# Stan Lambert

Stan Lambert is a Republican member of the Texas House for district 71.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Texas House, district 71
- Serving since: 2017-01-10
- Current term: TX 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/a4e4115b-d488-4e93-8354-80e361c0c260

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/a4e4115b-d488-4e93-8354-80e361c0c260 (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

Lambert reported $971.7K in the 2024 cycle, the highest of 240 State House Republicans (median $10.7K).

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

225 classified statements: 225 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 | Lambert | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.9% | 642 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 0.0% | 9.3% | 735 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 13.3% | 31.9% | 663 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 1.8% | 1.8% | 288 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 8.4% | 12.7% | 433 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.4% | 618 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Education 63% (State House Republicans 15%); Health 20% (State House Republicans 10%); Labor and Employment 20% (State House Republicans 2.5%); Armed Forces and National Security 10% (State House Republicans 4.9%); Economics and Public Finance 10% (State House Republicans 12%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.25 (standard error 0.01), from 509 donors and 815 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 32% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (TX 2025–26 session)

3,735 roll calls. Attendance 90.6% (Texas House 93.1%). Party unity 56% (85%). 302 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 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 · 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 not voting · 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 56 bills: 56 reached committee, 37 passed one chamber, 25 passed both, 24 became law. Cosponsored 80. 66.1% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Texas House 48.5%; rank 23 of 145).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 47: Relating to the authority of a property owner to obtain an injunction restraining the collection of ad valorem taxes by a taxing unit if the taxing unit… (in committee, 2025-08-20) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HB47/
- HR 959: In memory of James Steven Strain. (passed one chamber, 2025-05-24) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/89R/HR959/
- HR 618: Recognizing March 26, 2025, as Texas Retired Teachers Day at the State Capitol. (passed one chamber, 2025-03-26) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/89R/HR618/
- HB 5342: Relating to the provision of behavioral health crisis services, including measures to fund and support the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline and related services. (became law, 2025-06-20) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/89R/HB5342/
- SB 2786: Relating to the exemption from the assessment requirements of the Texas Success Initiative for certain students who are public officers or employees. (became law, 2025-06-20) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/89R/SB2786/
- HB 5220: Relating to provision of and access to services for children with certain health care needs, including access to certain Medicaid waiver programs. (in committee, 2025-04-07) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/89R/HB5220/
- HB 5412: Relating to the determination of whether a person is intoxicated for purposes of the Texas Workers' Compensation Act. (in committee, 2025-04-07) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/89R/HB5412/
- HB 5188: Relating to an exemption from the requirement to obtain a permit from a groundwater conservation district for certain brackish groundwater wells. (in committee, 2025-04-23) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/89R/HB5188/
- HB 5377: Relating to the filing of a fraudulent financing statement in relation to certain secured transactions; authorizing the imposition of a fee. (in committee, 2025-05-08) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/89R/HB5377/
- HB 127: Relating to measures to protect institutions of higher education from foreign adversaries and to the prosecution of the criminal offense of theft of trade… (became law, 2025-06-20) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/89R/HB127/

## Campaign money (2024 cycle)

Itemized receipts $971.7K (State House Republicans median $10.7K). 98% 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.

- 2026-10-21 · Post on X · https://x.com/repstanlambert/status/2112881840055009335
- 2026-07-03 · Post on X · https://x.com/repstanlambert/status/2073119710099431648
- 2026-06-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/repstanlambert/status/2069505085567037950
- 2026-06-22 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/repstanlambert/status/2069070314349142492
- 2026-06-21 · Post on X · https://x.com/repstanlambert/status/2068720198979334638
- 2026-06-11 · Post on X · https://x.com/repstanlambert/status/2064931476567650488
- 2026-06-10 · Post on X · https://x.com/repstanlambert/status/2064508969620488207
- 2026-05-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/repstanlambert/status/2058913486877368761
- 2026-04-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/repstanlambert/status/2048211456928120954
- 2026-04-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/repstanlambert/status/2048412653257732284

## Links

- Official site: https://www.house.texas.gov/members/member-page/?district=71
- Campaign site: http://www.texansforstan.com
- X: https://x.com/repstanlambert
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/repstanlambert/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stan-d-lambert-legislator-banker-4362a714/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/a4e4115b-d488-4e93-8354-80e361c0c260