# Valoree Swanson

Valoree Swanson is a Republican member of the Texas House for district 150.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Texas House, district 150
- Serving since: 2017-01-10
- Current term: TX 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/7298c6a9-c6be-41cd-a2ba-0cc79c851373

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/7298c6a9-c6be-41cd-a2ba-0cc79c851373 (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

Swanson sits at +0.70 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 92% of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.70 (standard error 0.01), from 450 donors and 866 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 92% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (TX 2025–26 session)

3,744 roll calls. Attendance 95.5% (Texas House 93.1%). Party unity 95.9% (85%). 584 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 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 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 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 32 bills: 28 reached committee, 10 passed one chamber, 7 passed both, 7 became law. Cosponsored 145. 31.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Texas House 48.5%; rank 124 of 145).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 301: Relating to the vote required in an election to approve an ad valorem tax rate that exceeds a taxing unit's voter-approval tax rate; making conforming changes. (introduced, 2025-08-26) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HB301/
- HB 295: Relating to election procedures regarding accepting a voter with a residence address that is not current and the immediate effect of a voter's registration… (in committee, 2025-08-28) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HB295/
- 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 and… (became law, 2025-09-17) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HB18/
- HB 79: 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/HB79/
- HB 23: Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of property owned by certain nonprofit corporations, located in a populous county, and used to promote… (became law, 2026-04-15) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HB23/
- HB 77: 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/HB77/
- HB 81: Relating to the use by a political subdivision of public funds for lobbying and certain other activities. (in committee, 2025-08-18) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HB81/
- HB 52: Relating to the designation and use of certain spaces and facilities according to sex; authorizing a civil penalty and a private civil right of action. (in committee, 2025-08-18) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HB52/
- HB 107: Relating to the vote required in an election to approve an ad valorem tax rate that exceeds a taxing unit 's voter-approval tax rate; making conforming changes. (introduced, 2025-07-17) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/891/HB107/
- HB 64: Relating to the use by a political subdivision of public funds for lobbying and certain other activities. (introduced, 2025-07-14) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/891/HB64/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $174.3K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 87% 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=150
- Campaign site: https://www.valoreeswanson.com/2019/06/meet-valoree/
- X: https://x.com/valoreeswanson
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ValoreeSwansonforTexas

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/7298c6a9-c6be-41cd-a2ba-0cc79c851373