# Brent Money Brent Money is a Republican member of the Texas House for district 2. - Party: Republican - Seat: Texas House, district 2 - Serving since: 2025-01-14 - Current term: TX 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/469f1932-49dc-4a46-8341-b2cd9bc0f96d Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/469f1932-49dc-4a46-8341-b2cd9bc0f96d (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 10% of the 50 bills Money sponsored got out of committee, in the bottom 5% of the Texas House. ## What Money says (TX 2025–26 session) 198 classified statements: 198 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate. | Label | Money | State House Republicans average | Rank | |---|---|---|---| | Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.9% | 642 of 791 | | Policy criticism | 7.6% | 9.3% | 359 of 791 | | Policy discussion | 43.4% | 31.9% | 212 of 791 | | Bipartisanship | 2.0% | 1.8% | 254 of 791 | | Credit claiming | 14.1% | 12.7% | 304 of 791 | | Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.4% | 618 of 791 | Most discussed policy areas: Education 20% (State House Republicans 15%); Agriculture and Food 13% (State House Republicans 4.4%); Government Operations and Politics 13% (State House Republicans 18%); Taxation 12% (State House Republicans 8.1%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 10% (State House Republicans 6.2%). ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score +0.89 (standard error 0.02), from 407 donors and 286 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 98% of State House Republicans score lower. ## Votes (TX 2025–26 session) 3,758 roll calls. Attendance 94.6% (Texas House 93.1%). Party unity 96.7% (85%). 832 votes against the party majority. Key votes: - 2025-09-03 · voted nay · 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 nay · passage · SB 1 Relating to campground and youth camp safety. · pass · https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/SB1/ - 2025-09-03 · voted yea · 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 yea · 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 yea · 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 yea · 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 yea · passage · SB 1 Relating to campground and youth camp safety. · pass · https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/SB1/ - 2025-09-03 · voted yea · 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 yea · 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 yea · 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 50 bills: 43 reached committee, 5 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 163. 10.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Texas House 48.5%; rank 143 of 145). Recent sponsored bills: - HB 211: Relating to the calculation of the voter-approval tax rate of certain taxing units and the manner in which a proposed ad valorem tax rate that exceeds the… (in committee, 2025-08-20) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HB211/ - HB 213: Relating to the text of ballot propositions for bond elections. (introduced, 2025-08-18) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HB213/ - HB 185: Relating to the use by a political subdivision of public funds for lobbying activities. (in committee, 2025-08-20) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HB185/ - HB 212: Relating to the ballot proposition for a school district bond election. (introduced, 2025-08-18) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HB212/ - HR 17: Amending the permanent rules of the House of Representatives relating to quorum and attendance to remove seniority, office assignments, parking spaces, or… (in committee, 2025-08-25) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HR17/ - HB 91: Relating to reducing school district maintenance and operations ad valorem taxes through the use of certain surplus state revenue. (in committee, 2025-08-18) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HB91/ - HB 152: Relating to a study of alternative methods of taxation to replace revenue lost to political subdivisions if ad valorem taxes are abolished. (in committee, 2025-08-18) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HB152/ - HJR 17: Proposing a constitutional amendment to abolish ad valorem taxes. (in committee, 2025-08-20) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HJR17/ - HB 162: Relating to the exercise of the power of eminent domain by a political subdivision to acquire property outside the political subdivision's boundaries. (introduced, 2025-08-15) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HB162/ - HB 144: Relating to the protection of an unborn child’s rights and criminal liability and justification for prohibited conduct. (in committee, 2025-08-20) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HB144/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $247.5K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 99% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors. ## Recent statements Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only. - 2026-10-22 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/BrentMoneyTX/status/2113379154637033541 - 2026-10-22 · Post on X · https://x.com/BrentMoneyTX/status/2113418420020523333 - 2026-10-16 · Post on X · https://x.com/BrentMoneyTX/status/2111166516360269934 - 2026-10-14 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/BrentMoneyTX/status/2110429696273834403 - 2026-10-13 · Post on X · https://x.com/BrentMoneyTX/status/2109797976860250364 - 2026-10-12 · Post on X · https://x.com/BrentMoneyTX/status/2109789888232960037 - 2026-10-06 · Post on X · https://x.com/BrentMoneyTX/status/2107596776123301940 - 2026-10-06 · Post on X · https://x.com/BrentMoneyTX/status/2107608153026076794 - 2026-10-05 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/BrentMoneyTX/status/2107166214166315387 - 2026-10-05 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/BrentMoneyTX/status/2107224941481324728 ## Links - Campaign site: https://www.brentmoney.com - X: https://x.com/BrentMoneyTX - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brent.money - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brentmoneytx - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brentamoney/ Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/469f1932-49dc-4a46-8341-b2cd9bc0f96d