# Yvonne Davis

Yvonne Davis is a Democratic member of the Texas House for district 111.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Texas House, district 111
- Serving since: 1993-01-12
- Current term: TX 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/3f38bf62-86ba-4833-9737-2e084ae6255d

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/3f38bf62-86ba-4833-9737-2e084ae6255d (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

66% of the 47 bills Davis sponsored got out of committee, in the top quarter of the Texas House.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.54 (standard error 0.02), from 937 donors and 843 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 62% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (TX 2025–26 session)

3,575 roll calls. Attendance 90.2% (Texas House 93.1%). Party unity 95.5% (85%). 119 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2025-09-03 · voted not voting · passage · HB 1 Relating to youth camp emergency plans and preparedness; authorizing penalties. · pass · https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HB1/
- 2025-09-03 · voted not voting · passage · SB 1 Relating to campground and youth camp safety. · pass · https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/SB1/
- 2025-09-03 · voted not voting · passage · HB 8 Relating to public school accountability and transparency, including the implementation of an instructionally supportive assessment program and the… · pass · https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HB8/
- 2025-09-03 · voted not voting · adopt the conference committee report on SB 5. · SB 5 Relating to making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief and preparedness and giving direction and adjustment authority regarding those… · pass · https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/SB5/
- 2025-09-03 · voted not voting · passage · HB 8 Relating to public school accountability and transparency, including the implementation of an instructionally supportive assessment program and the… · pass · https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HB8/
- 2025-09-03 · voted not voting · concur in the senate amendments to HB 20. · HB 20 Relating to measures to prevent and reduce fraudulent charitable solicitations and theft during declared disasters, including establishing a designation… · pass · https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HB20/
- 2025-09-03 · voted not voting · passage · SB 1 Relating to campground and youth camp safety. · pass · https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/SB1/
- 2025-09-03 · voted not voting · concur in the senate amendments to HB 1. · HB 1 Relating to youth camp emergency plans and preparedness; authorizing penalties. · pass · https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HB1/
- 2025-09-02 · voted nay · passage · SB 54 Relating to election procedures regarding accepting a voter with a residence address that is not current and the immediate effect of a voter's… · pass · https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/SB54/
- 2025-09-02 · voted nay · passage · HB 18 Relating to a restriction on the acceptance of political contributions and the making of certain political expenditures by a member of the legislature… · pass · https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HB18/

## Legislation (TX 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 47 bills: 47 reached committee, 31 passed one chamber, 3 passed both, 3 became law. Cosponsored 23. 66.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Texas House 48.5%; rank 25 of 145).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 1279: Commending Joy Chanslor for her service as a legislative intern in the office of State Representative Yvonne Davis. (passed one chamber, 2025-05-21) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/89R/HR1279/
- HR 1277: Commending Illya Hicks II for his service as a legislative aide in the office of State Representative Yvonne Davis. (passed one chamber, 2025-05-21) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/89R/HR1277/
- HR 1278: Commending Benjamin Keith Abell for his service as a senior legislative aide in the office of State Representative Yvonne Davis. (passed one chamber, 2025-05-23) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/89R/HR1278/
- HR 1276: Commending Lucious Williams of DeSoto for his service in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. (passed one chamber, 2025-05-21) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/89R/HR1276/
- HR 1076: Honoring Alfrelynn J. Roberts on her election as president of the National Association of Negro Musicians. (passed one chamber, 2025-05-21) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/89R/HR1076/
- HR 1053: Congratulating Curtis King of Dallas on his receipt of a 2025 Honorable Mention from the Tony Awards Excellence in Theatre Education program. (passed one chamber, 2025-05-24) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/89R/HR1053/
- HR 987: Congratulating Berna Dean Steptoe on her retirement from WFAA. (passed one chamber, 2025-05-23) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/89R/HR987/
- HR 906: In memory of Sallye R. Moore of Grand Prairie. (passed one chamber, 2025-04-24) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/89R/HR906/
- HR 891: In memory of Edna Belle Pemberton of Dallas. (passed one chamber, 2025-04-24) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/89R/HR891/
- HR 770: Congratulating Stephen Wayne Jackson Sr. on his receipt of a 2025 Outstanding Texan Award from the Texas Legislative Black Caucus. (passed one chamber, 2025-04-21) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/89R/HR770/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $112.1K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.house.texas.gov/members/member-page/?district=111

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/3f38bf62-86ba-4833-9737-2e084ae6255d