# Sergio Muñoz

Sergio Muñoz is a Democratic member of the Texas House for district 36.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Texas House, district 36
- Serving since: 2011-01-11
- Current term: TX 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/b7c4e0e7-4949-4dff-bc4c-fdaaada3f37d

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/b7c4e0e7-4949-4dff-bc4c-fdaaada3f37d (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

Muñoz sits at −0.23 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 95% of State House Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.23 (standard error 0.02), from 59 donors and 868 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 95% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (TX 2025–26 session)

3,700 roll calls. Attendance 96.7% (Texas House 93.1%). Party unity 64% (85%). 306 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 67 bills: 58 reached committee, 26 passed one chamber, 5 passed both, 4 became law. Cosponsored 53. 38.8% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Texas House 48.5%; rank 108 of 145).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 172: In memory of Alejandro Rodriguez IV. (passed one chamber, 2025-09-03) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HR172/
- HR 105: Congratulating the Palmview 16U baseball team on winning the 2025 Colt League Baseball World Series. (passed one chamber, 2025-09-02) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HR105/
- HR 83: Commemorating the 70th anniversary of Pearson Elementary School in Mission. (passed one chamber, 2025-09-02) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HR83/
- HB 247: Relating to the implementation of an instructionally supportive assessment program and the adoption and administration of assessment instruments in public… (in committee, 2025-08-20) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HB247/
- HB 248: Relating to the jurisdiction of statutory county courts and creation of an additional statutory probate court in Hidalgo County. (in committee, 2025-08-20) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HB248/
- HJR 23: Proposing a constitutional amendment to abolish ad valorem taxes. (in committee, 2025-08-20) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HJR23/
- HB 243: Relating to the creation and operation of the Texas Interoperability Council and a grant program administered by the council. (in committee, 2025-08-20) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HB243/
- HB 245: Relating to the collection of delinquent ad valorem taxes. (in committee, 2025-08-20) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HB245/
- HB 246: Relating to the abolition of ad valorem taxes and the creation of a joint interim committee on the abolition of those taxes. (in committee, 2025-08-20) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HB246/
- HB 242: Relating to the collection of delinquent ad valorem taxes. (in committee, 2025-08-20) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HB242/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $14.5K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.house.texas.gov/members/member-page/?district=36
- X: https://x.com/sergiomunozjr
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sergioforsouthtexas
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sergiomunozjr
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sergio-mu%c3%b1oz-jr-3a3b6a112/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/b7c4e0e7-4949-4dff-bc4c-fdaaada3f37d