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- See also: State legislative scorecards
Below you can find the scorecards found for the Texas State Legislature in 2023. When a scorecard rates all legislators in one place, the organization name will be linked. When a scorecard rates legislators separately by chamber, the chamber will be linked.
Below you can find the scorecards found for the Texas State Legislature in 2021. When a scorecard rates all legislators in one place, the organization name will be linked. When a scorecard rates legislators separately by chamber, the chamber will be linked.
Below you can find the scorecards found for the Texas State Legislature in 2019. When a scorecard rates all legislators in one place, the organization name will be linked. When a scorecard rates legislators separately by chamber, the chamber will be linked.
Below you can find the scorecards found for the Texas State Legislature in 2017. When a scorecard rates all legislators in one place, the organization name will be linked. When a scorecard rates legislators separately by chamber, the chamber will be linked.
Below you can find the scorecards found for the Texas State Legislature in 2015. When a scorecard rates all legislators in one place, the organization name will be linked. When a scorecard rates legislators separately by chamber, the chamber will be linked.
- Americans for Prosperity - Texas — Legislators are scored on how they voted on tax and fiscal legislation.
- Concerned Women for America of Texas — Legislators are scored based on votes on bills relating to abortion, common core, and sex trafficking.
- Conservative Roundtable: Senate and House — Legislators are scored on their votes for or against the organization's position and principles.
- Environment Texas — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to environmental and public health issues.
- Heritage Alliance — Legislators are scored based on votes on social issues, economic issues, and other issues.
- National Federation of Independent Business — Legislators are scored on their votes on small business issues.
- Texans for Fiscal Responsibility — Legislators are scored based by the organization on their votes on bills relating to "core budget and free enterprise issues."
- Texans Uniting for Reform & Freedom — Legislators are scored based on their votes on bills relating to taxes and property rights.
- Texas Association of Business: Senate and House — Legislators are scored based on their votes on bills related to businesses, taxpayers, and families.
- Texas Eagle Forum — Legislators are scored based on votes relating to conservative issues.
- Texas Right to Life — Legislators are scored on bills related to reproductive health issues.
- Texas Tribune — Legislators are scored on their liberal or conservative voting records by Mark P. Jones, chairman of Rice University’s political science department.
- The American Conservative Union — Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.
Below you can find the scorecards found for the Texas State Legislature in 2013. When a scorecard rates all legislators in one place, the organization name will be linked. When a scorecard rates legislators separately by chamber, the chamber will be linked.
- Concerned Women for America of Texas: Senate and House — Legislators are scored based on votes on bills relating to abortion, common core, and sex trafficking.
- Conservative Roundtable — Legislators are scored on their votes for or against the organization's position and principles.
- Equality Texas — Legislators are scored on bills related to LGBT issues.
- NARAL Pro-Choice Texas — Legislators are scored based on votes for House Bill 2.
- National Federation of Independent Business — Legislators are scored on their votes on small business issues.
- Texans for Fiscal Responsibility — Legislators are scored based by the organization on their votes on bills relating to "core budget and free enterprise issues."
- Texans Uniting for Reform & Freedom — Legislators are scored based on their votes on bills relating to taxes and property rights.
- Texas Association of Business: Senate and House — Legislators are scored based on their votes on bills related to businesses, taxpayers, and families.
- Texas Eagle Forum — Legislators are scored based on votes relating to conservative issues.
- Texas League of Conservation Voters — Legislators are scored based on votes relating to environment and conservation issues.
- Texas Right to Life: Senate and House — Legislators are scored on bills related to reproductive health issues.
- Texas Tribune — Legislators are scored on their liberal or conservative voting records by Mark P. Jones, chairman of Rice University’s political science department.
- The American Conservative Union — Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.
- Young Conservatives of Texas — Legislators are scored based on their votes on conservative issues.
- Young Conservatives of Texas — Legislators are scored based on votes for Amendments 2, 12, 51, 95, and 118.
Below you can find the scorecards found for the Texas State Legislature in 2011. When a scorecard rates all legislators in one place, the organization name will be linked. When a scorecard rates legislators separately by chamber, the chamber will be linked.
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The following organizations routinely provide legislative scorecards in Texas. Section 5 Article III of the Texas Constitution states that the Legislature shall meet every two years at times to be established by law. As such, legislative scorecards in Texas are generally created on a bi-annual basis.
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