# Lauren Simmons

Lauren Simmons is a Democratic member of the Texas House for district 146.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Texas House, district 146
- Serving since: 2025-01-14
- Current term: TX 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/9dc31ea5-fd89-4909-a9bf-d732ea02282a

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/9dc31ea5-fd89-4909-a9bf-d732ea02282a (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

Simmons missed 17% of 3,700 roll calls, attendance in the bottom tenth of the Texas House (average 93.1%).

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

755 classified statements: 755 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Simmons | State House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 6.4% | 2.5% | 105 of 764 |
| Policy criticism | 7.4% | 10.4% | 397 of 764 |
| Policy discussion | 12.8% | 39.2% | 688 of 764 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.9% | 2.9% | 522 of 764 |
| Credit claiming | 2.3% | 14.4% | 639 of 764 |
| Extreme labels | 0.9% | 1.0% | 214 of 764 |

Most discussed policy areas: Education 44% (State House Democrats 15%); Government Operations and Politics 24% (State House Democrats 15%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 22% (State House Democrats 9.8%); Health 8.3% (State House Democrats 15%); Crime and Law Enforcement 6.2% (State House Democrats 8.0%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.75 (standard error 0.03), from 1,612 donors and 239 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 31% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (TX 2025–26 session)

3,700 roll calls. Attendance 83% (Texas House 93.1%). Party unity 95.3% (85%). 106 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 nay · 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 nay · 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 106 bills: 101 reached committee, 46 passed one chamber, 15 passed both, 14 became law. Cosponsored 20. 43.4% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Texas House 48.5%; rank 92 of 145).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 304: Relating to a franchise tax credit for entities that establish a grocery store or healthy corner store in a food desert. (introduced, 2025-08-27) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HB304/
- HB 271: Relating to the composition of the Texas Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Review Committee. (introduced, 2025-08-20) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HB271/
- HB 270: Relating to the revocation of certain licenses of persons found to have engaged in price gouging during a declared disaster. (introduced, 2025-08-20) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HB270/
- HB 278: Relating to the revocation of certain licenses of persons found to have engaged in price gouging during a declared disaster. (introduced, 2025-08-05) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/891/HB278/
- HB 132: Relating to the composition of the Texas Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Review Committee. (introduced, 2025-07-18) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/891/HB132/
- HR 1107: In memory of the Reverend Perry Cameron Colston. (passed one chamber, 2025-05-24) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/89R/HR1107/
- HR 1069: Commending Senior Captain Edward Escamilla and firefighters Jonathan Guzman and Darren Jones of the Houston Fire Department for their actions in responding to… (passed one chamber, 2025-05-23) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/89R/HR1069/
- HR 873: Congratulating Simon Bejarano, Jimmie Lee Finister III, Matthew Huntington Fisk, Climon Leroy Hall Jr., and William Coltrane Mouton of Scouting America Troop… (passed one chamber, 2025-05-23) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/89R/HR873/
- HR 874: Congratulating Landon Isaiah Bogar, Greyson Alec'Zander Baskin, and Carl Jude Jackson of Scouting America Troop No. 212 in Houston on achieving the rank of… (passed one chamber, 2025-05-23) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/89R/HR874/
- HR 869: In memory of Malania Watson Butler of Houston. (passed one chamber, 2025-05-23) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/89R/HR869/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $141.6K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 88% 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.

- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/LASimmonsTX146/status/2114812994677035335
- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/LASimmonsTX146/status/2114199949957349563
- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/LASimmonsTX146/status/2114463557521944799
- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/LASimmonsTX146/status/2113307587517272227
- 2026-10-21 · Post on X · https://x.com/LASimmonsTX146/status/2112916187289932281
- 2026-10-20 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks, policy discussion · https://x.com/LASimmonsTX146/status/2112347176550408328
- 2026-10-20 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/LASimmonsTX146/status/2112350570577297736
- 2026-10-20 · Post on X · https://x.com/LASimmonsTX146/status/2112570408860016672
- 2026-10-19 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/LASimmonsTX146/status/2112202183122788536
- 2026-10-19 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/LASimmonsTX146/status/2112264425231044972

## Links

- Campaign site: https://www.laurenashleysimmons.com
- X: https://x.com/LASimmonsTX146
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LASimmonsTX146
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lasimmonstx146/
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lasimmonstx146

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/9dc31ea5-fd89-4909-a9bf-d732ea02282a