# Ron Travis

Ron Travis is a Republican member of the Tennessee House for district 31.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Tennessee House, district 31
- Serving since: 2012-11-06
- Current term: TN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/7429d345-6ad7-421c-936b-3ef9755c6d1f

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/7429d345-6ad7-421c-936b-3ef9755c6d1f (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

100% of Travis’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Tennessee, in the top quarter of State House Republicans.

## What Travis says (TN 2025–26 session)

2 classified statements: 2 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 | Travis | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.9% | 643 of 792 |
| Policy criticism | 0.0% | 9.3% | 736 of 792 |
| Policy discussion | 50.0% | 31.9% | 130 of 792 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 1.8% | 678 of 792 |
| Credit claiming | 50.0% | 12.7% | 5 of 792 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.4% | 619 of 792 |

Most discussed policy areas: Emergency Management 100% (State House Republicans 2.8%); Agriculture and Food 0% (State House Republicans 4.4%); Armed Forces and National Security 0% (State House Republicans 4.9%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 0% (State House Republicans 6.2%); Commerce 0% (State House Republicans 3.9%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.30 (standard error 0.02), from 14 donors and 905 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 41% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (TN 2025–26 session)

4,267 roll calls. Attendance 99.8% (Tennessee House 99.1%). Party unity 98.0% (96.3%). 19 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-04-23 · voted yea · FLOOR VOTE: MESSAGE CALENDAR 2 CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENT # 4 4/23/2026 Passed · HB 2111 Correctional Programs - As enacted, creates the state families of incarcerated individuals advisory board within the department of correction for the… · pass · https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114/HB2111/
- 2026-04-23 · voted yea · FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR 4 PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/23/2026 Passed · SJR 1209 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Max Christopher Collins, Salutatorian, Creek Wood High School - · pass · https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114/SJR1209/
- 2026-04-23 · voted yea · FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR 3 PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/23/2026 Passed · SJR 1240 Memorials, Interns - Aaron Sullivan - · pass · https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114/SJR1240/
- 2026-04-23 · voted yea · FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR 4 PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/23/2026 Passed · SJR 1208 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Christopher Heath Foster, Valedictorian, Creek Wood High School - · pass · https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114/SJR1208/
- 2026-04-23 · voted yea · FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR 4 PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/23/2026 Passed · SJR 1220 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Keely Nicole Melton, Valedictorian, McEwen High School - · pass · https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114/SJR1220/
- 2026-04-23 · voted yea · FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR 4 PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/23/2026 Passed · SJR 1198 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Kylie Miller, Valedictorian, McNairy Central High School - · pass · https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114/SJR1198/
- 2026-04-23 · voted yea · FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/23/2026 Passed · SB 1849 Local Government, General - As enacted, enacts the "Essential Governmental Employee Housing Act of 2026"; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 5;… · pass · https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114/SB1849/
- 2026-04-23 · voted yea · FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR 2 PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/23/2026 Passed · HJR 1657 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Dahee Yoon, Salutatorian, Cookeville High School - · pass · https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114/HJR1657/
- 2026-04-23 · voted yea · FLOOR VOTE: MOTION TO ADOPT CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT 4/23/2026 Passed · HB 1707 Immigration - As enacted, requires, until February 1, 2029, each court to cooperate with the U.S. department of homeland security and federal… · pass · https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114/HB1707/
- 2026-04-23 · voted yea · FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR 4 PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/23/2026 Passed · SJR 1169 Memorials, Personal Occasion - Faye Colyer, 105th birthday - · pass · https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114/SJR1169/

## Legislation (TN 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 32 bills: 30 reached committee, 13 passed one chamber, 13 passed both, 13 became law. Cosponsored 0. 65.6% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Tennessee House 71.0%; rank 68 of 97).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HJR 1605: Memorials, Public Service - Carolyn Cates - (became law, 2026-05-07) https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114/HJR1605/
- HJR 1571: Memorials, Personal Occasion - August Jett Cates, birth - (became law, 2026-05-07) https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114/HJR1571/
- HJR 1350: Memorials, Sports - Cade Reel, 2026 Drive, Chip, and Putt National Finalist - (became law, 2026-04-30) https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114/HJR1350/
- HJR 1333: Memorials, Retirement - Jim Reed, Rhea County Commissioner - (became law, 2026-04-24) https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114/HJR1333/
- HJR 941: Memorials, Death - Ola Cecil Harris - (became law, 2026-03-11) https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114/HJR941/
- HJR 942: Memorials, Death - Charles Farris Dye, Sr. - (became law, 2026-03-11) https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114/HJR942/
- HJR 911: Memorials, Recognition - Allan Dale Hannah - (became law, 2026-02-27) https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114/HJR911/
- HB 2591: Funeral Directors and Embalmers - As introduced, establishes organic human reduction as a legally permissible method to dispose of human remains, with… (in committee, 2026-02-05) https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114/HB2591/
- HJR 839: Memorials, Recognition - Allan Dale Hannah - (became law, 2026-02-12) https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114/HJR839/
- HB 2170: Health Care - As introduced, authorizes electronic filing of the annual report by a sponsoring not-for-profit corporation providing healthcare services to low… (in committee, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114/HB2170/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $10.8K (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.

- 2025-08-06 · Post on X · https://x.com/rontravis31/status/1953175200876626012
- 2025-08-06 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/rontravis31/status/1953230606399074462

## Links

- Official site: https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/legislatorinfo/member.aspx?district=H31
- X: https://x.com/rontravis31
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RonTravisforStateRepresentative/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ronlaura.travis/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ron-travis-28b31582/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/7429d345-6ad7-421c-936b-3ef9755c6d1f