# J.M. Lozano

J.M. Lozano is a Republican member of the Texas House for district 43.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Texas House, district 43
- Serving since: 2012-03-08
- Current term: TX 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/a43f2db5-4b24-4dfa-af7f-a2c7cbc5ea21

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/a43f2db5-4b24-4dfa-af7f-a2c7cbc5ea21 (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 Lozano’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Texas, in the top quarter of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.20 (standard error 0.02), from 32 donors and 857 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 26% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (TX 2025–26 session)

3,700 roll calls. Attendance 90.3% (Texas House 93.1%). Party unity 88% (85%). 345 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 yea · 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 not voting · 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 47 bills: 46 reached committee, 22 passed one chamber, 4 passed both, 4 became law. Cosponsored 137. 46.8% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Texas House 48.5%; rank 78 of 145).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 210: Relating to the definition of "residence homestead" for purposes of the exemption from ad valorem taxation of the residence homestead of a totally disabled… (in committee, 2025-08-20) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HB210/
- HB 112: Relating to the definition of "residence homestead" for purposes of the exemption from ad valorem taxation of the residence homestead of a totally disabled… (introduced, 2025-07-17) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/891/HB112/
- HR 1441: Congratulating Jorge Antonio Borrego and Alexandria Cisneros Borrego of San Antonio on the birth of their son, Jett. (passed one chamber, 2025-06-01) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/89R/HR1441/
- HR 1440: Congratulating Dr. Jose Manuel Lozano of Falfurrias on his retirement. (passed one chamber, 2025-06-01) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/89R/HR1440/
- HR 1246: Congratulating John W. Galloway Sr. on his retirement from Galloway & Sons Funeral Home in Beeville. (passed one chamber, 2025-05-31) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/89R/HR1246/
- HR 693: Recognizing April 16, 2025, as Refugio County Day at the State Capitol. (passed one chamber, 2025-04-16) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/89R/HR693/
- HR 571: Congratulating International Consulting Engineers on its national and local awards. (passed one chamber, 2025-05-23) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/89R/HR571/
- HB 5414: Relating to certain criminal conduct involving agricultural land, including the justified use of force or deadly force to protect agricultural land from that… (in committee, 2025-04-07) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/89R/HB5414/
- HB 5417: Relating to a bona fide offer for the acquisition of real property through condemnation. (in committee, 2025-04-07) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/89R/HB5417/
- HB 5245: Relating to the acquisition of real property by a private entity with eminent domain authority. (in committee, 2025-04-07) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/89R/HB5245/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $22.0K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 100% 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=43
- Campaign site: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://www.lozanofortexas.com/&ved=2ahUKEwiu_-Wjy6GGAxWFC3kGHW8sAX0QFnoECCcQAQ&usg=AOvVaw2uORL7izrzH3BpsVPCWojR
- X: https://x.com/repjmlozano
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RepJMLozano
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rep.j.m.lozano/?hl=en
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjqIcb3E5dLXRZ8nGIDwmRA
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jose-lozano-448a6048/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/a43f2db5-4b24-4dfa-af7f-a2c7cbc5ea21