# Jeff Barry

Jeff Barry is a Republican member of the Texas House for district 29.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Texas House, district 29
- Serving since: 2025-01-14
- Current term: TX 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/988efb07-ace2-4419-ac40-ccec69ebe875

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/988efb07-ace2-4419-ac40-ccec69ebe875 (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

Barry reported $588.6K in the 2026 cycle, in the top 5% of State House Republicans (median $33.7K).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.32 (standard error 0.02), from 515 donors and 293 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 44% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (TX 2025–26 session)

3,726 roll calls. Attendance 98.2% (Texas House 93.1%). Party unity 72% (85%). 305 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2025-09-03 · voted yea · 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 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 · 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 46 bills: 39 reached committee, 19 passed one chamber, 13 passed both, 13 became law. Cosponsored 117. 41.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Texas House 48.5%; rank 99 of 145).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 312: Relating to the authority of a municipality or county to impose a supplemental local sales and use tax to provide additional revenue for property tax relief… (introduced, 2025-09-02) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HB312/
- HB 20: Relating to measures to prevent and reduce fraudulent charitable solicitations and theft during declared disasters, including establishing a designation… (became law, 2025-09-17) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HB20/
- HB 19: Relating to required flood disaster plans for campgrounds; authorizing a civil penalty. (in committee, 2025-08-12) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/891/HB19/
- HB 272: Relating to creation of the Screwworm Abatement Trust (SWAT) Fund. (introduced, 2025-08-04) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/891/HB272/
- HB 20: Relating to certain measures to prevent and reduce fraudulent charitable solicitations during disasters, including establishing a voluntary certification… (in committee, 2025-08-12) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/891/HB20/
- HB 217: Relating to the liability of a groundwater conservation district for actions of the district restricting groundwater production from a well. (introduced, 2025-07-28) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/891/HB217/
- HB 216: Relating to the consideration by a groundwater conservation district of modeled available groundwater when issuing permits. (introduced, 2025-07-28) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/891/HB216/
- HB 218: Relating to the transfer of groundwater outside a groundwater conservation district's boundaries. (introduced, 2025-07-28) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/891/HB218/
- HB 193: Relating to the authority of a taxing unit to use or transfer for the repayment of debt an increase in maintenance and operations ad valorem tax revenue… (introduced, 2025-07-24) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/891/HB193/
- HB 110: Relating to the definitions of certain terms for purposes of the exemption from ad valorem taxation of farm products in the hands of the producer. (introduced, 2025-07-17) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/891/HB110/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $588.6K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 98% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://house.texas.gov/members/4405
- Campaign site: https://www.votejeffbarry.com/
- X: https://x.com/JeffBarryforTX
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/votejeffbarry
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffrey-barry-cic-a485ba5/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/988efb07-ace2-4419-ac40-ccec69ebe875