# James Taylor

James Taylor is a Republican member of the Arizona House for district 29.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Arizona House, district 29
- Serving since: 2025-01-13
- Current term: AZ 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/70f55f83-fed8-497f-86a9-94b6d428b9b4

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/70f55f83-fed8-497f-86a9-94b6d428b9b4 (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

68% of Taylor’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Arizona, in the bottom quarter of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.22 (standard error 0.03), from 40 donors and 296 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 28% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (AZ 2025–26 session)

1,672 roll calls. Attendance 97.8% (Arizona House 93.0%). Party unity 96.3% (93.3%). 46 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-06-13 · voted yea · Passed · HCR 2040 minimum wage; exception; homeless · pass · https://openstates.org/az/bills/57th-2nd-regular/HCR2040/
- 2026-06-13 · voted yea · Passed · HB 2397 homeowners' associations; property covenants; disclosures · pass · https://openstates.org/az/bills/57th-2nd-regular/HB2397/
- 2026-06-13 · voted yea · Passed · HB 2321 DCS; credit freeze; consumer reporting · pass · https://openstates.org/az/bills/57th-2nd-regular/HB2321/
- 2026-06-13 · voted yea · failed to pass · HB 2398 watercraft; insurance requirements; penalties · fail · https://openstates.org/az/bills/57th-2nd-regular/HB2398/
- 2026-06-13 · voted yea · Passed · HB 2406 department of veterans' services; study · pass · https://openstates.org/az/bills/57th-2nd-regular/HB2406/
- 2026-06-13 · voted yea · Passed · HB 2408 nursing board; regulatory actions; expungement · pass · https://openstates.org/az/bills/57th-2nd-regular/HB2408/
- 2026-06-12 · voted yea · failed to pass · SB 1519 off-highway vehicles; weight · fail · https://openstates.org/az/bills/57th-2nd-regular/SB1519/
- 2026-06-12 · voted yea · Passed · HB 2305 private towing carriers; regulation; rates · pass · https://openstates.org/az/bills/57th-2nd-regular/HB2305/
- 2026-06-12 · voted yea · Passed · HB 2114 motorcycle registration requirements; safety fund · pass · https://openstates.org/az/bills/57th-2nd-regular/HB2114/
- 2026-06-12 · voted yea · Passed · HB 2311 artificial intelligence service; disclosures; requirements · pass · https://openstates.org/az/bills/57th-2nd-regular/HB2311/

## Legislation (AZ 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 11 bills: 7 reached committee, 6 passed one chamber, 4 passed both, 2 became law. Cosponsored 79. 54.5% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Arizona House 34.5%; rank 17 of 56).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 2493: small modular reactors; manufacturing; zoning (introduced, 2026-01-26) https://openstates.org/az/bills/57th-2nd-regular/HB2493/
- HB 2494: certificate; environmental compatibility; zoning; exemption (passed one chamber, 2026-06-10) https://openstates.org/az/bills/57th-2nd-regular/HB2494/
- HB 2492: urban growth boundaries; prohibition (in committee, 2026-03-03) https://openstates.org/az/bills/57th-2nd-regular/HB2492/
- HB 2216: high schools; trade diploma program (introduced, 2026-01-20) https://openstates.org/az/bills/57th-2nd-regular/HB2216/
- HB 2215: literacy endorsements; coaches; specialists (introduced, 2026-01-14) https://openstates.org/az/bills/57th-2nd-regular/HB2215/
- HB 2765: Arizona teachers academy; community colleges.. (became law, 2025-04-18) https://openstates.org/az/bills/57th-1st-regular/HB2765/
- HB 2540: statewide assessment; accommodations; written form (became law, 2025-05-13) https://openstates.org/az/bills/57th-1st-regular/HB2540/
- HB 2539: appropriation; State Route 303 (introduced, 2025-01-22) https://openstates.org/az/bills/57th-1st-regular/HB2539/
- HB 2205: election procedures manual; authority (passed both chambers, 2025-05-06) https://openstates.org/az/bills/57th-1st-regular/HB2205/
- HB 2206: multistate voter registration system; prohibition (passed both chambers, 2025-05-13) https://openstates.org/az/bills/57th-1st-regular/HB2206/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $16.6K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 68% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.azleg.gov/House/House-member/?legislature=57&session=129&legislator=2370
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/votejamestaylor/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/70f55f83-fed8-497f-86a9-94b6d428b9b4