# Steve Toth

Steve Toth is a Republican member of the Texas House for district 15.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Texas House, district 15
- Serving since: 2019-01-08
- Current term: TX 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/6c80914d-b07b-4d27-95e2-0e5aa2b0c7d9

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/6c80914d-b07b-4d27-95e2-0e5aa2b0c7d9 (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

Toth sits at +0.73 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 93% of State House Republicans.

## What Toth says (TX 2025–26 session)

1,193 classified statements: 1,193 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 | Toth | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 9.3% | 2.9% | 66 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 12.5% | 9.3% | 214 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 26.1% | 31.9% | 472 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.3% | 1.8% | 523 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 7.6% | 12.7% | 460 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 3.4% | 1.4% | 111 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Education 26% (State House Republicans 15%); Government Operations and Politics 19% (State House Republicans 18%); Health 12% (State House Republicans 10%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 10% (State House Republicans 6.2%); Economics and Public Finance 9.3% (State House Republicans 12%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.73 (standard error 0.01), from 1,000 donors and 851 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 93% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (TX 2025–26 session)

3,694 roll calls. Attendance 98.4% (Texas House 93.1%). Party unity 97.3% (85%). 1,050 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 yea · 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 nay · 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 69 bills: 60 reached committee, 16 passed one chamber, 3 passed both, 3 became law. Cosponsored 188. 23.2% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Texas House 48.5%; rank 138 of 145).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 192: Relating to the funding of law enforcement agencies in certain counties. (became law, 2025-09-17) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HB192/
- HJR 11: Proposing a constitutional amendment concerning the limitation on the rate of growth in state and local appropriations with the return of over-collected… (introduced, 2025-08-15) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HJR11/
- HB 94: Relating to creating a grant program administered by the Texas Division of Emergency Management. (in committee, 2025-08-18) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HB94/
- HB 80: Relating to abortion, including civil liability for distribution of abortion-inducing drugs and duties of Internet service providers; creating a criminal… (in committee, 2025-08-18) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HB80/
- HB 93: Relating to a limitation on the rate of growth in state and local appropriations with the return of over-collected taxpayer money by reducing taxes. (introduced, 2025-08-15) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HB93/
- 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 92: Relating to the repeal of or limitations on certain state and local taxes, including school district maintenance and operations ad valorem taxes, the… (in committee, 2025-08-20) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HB92/
- HJR 10: Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the determination of a quorum of the senate or house of representatives. (in committee, 2025-08-26) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HJR10/
- HB 136: Relating to creating a grant program administered by the Texas Division of Emergency Management. (introduced, 2025-07-21) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/891/HB136/
- HB 66: Relating to abortion, including civil liability for distribution of abortion-inducing drugs and duties of Internet service providers; creating a criminal… (introduced, 2025-07-14) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/891/HB66/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $10.1K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 100% 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.

- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/Toth_4_Texas/status/2113803694705897606
- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/Toth_4_Texas/status/2113072007004795045
- 2026-10-21 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/Toth_4_Texas/status/2112710338991022287
- 2026-10-18 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/Toth_4_Texas/status/2111884453836689706
- 2026-10-18 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/Toth_4_Texas/status/2111884850210689258
- 2026-10-14 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/Toth_4_Texas/status/2110439583045595534
- 2026-10-12 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/Toth_4_Texas/status/2109488420296802321
- 2026-10-12 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/Toth_4_Texas/status/2109488453469565115
- 2026-10-12 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/Toth_4_Texas/status/2109488498201755687
- 2026-10-12 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/Toth_4_Texas/status/2109488569081307643

## Links

- Official site: https://www.house.texas.gov/members/member-page/?district=15
- Campaign site: https://stevetothfortexas.com
- X: https://x.com/Toth_4_Texas
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SteveTothTX
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/steve.toth.566/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9W6AE49pqBeQSwVt4XuadQ
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steve-toth-34544a5/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/6c80914d-b07b-4d27-95e2-0e5aa2b0c7d9