State Senate · TX-7
Paul Bettencourt
551 bills with a recorded vote
HB 18 · Sep 4Legislators absent to block sessions face limits on political moneyPass 18–8Bettencourt:YesSR 5 · Sep 4Senate rules set committees and their membership for regular sessionsPass 26–0Bettencourt:YesSR 2 · Sep 4Senate names five members to examine July 2025 floodsPass 26–0Bettencourt:YesSB 8 · Sep 3Public facilities would assign shared private spaces by sexPass 18–8Procedural vote · Excluded from alignmentEarlier qualifying vote: Voted Yes · Aug 19Bettencourt:YesSB 5 · Sep 3State disaster funds would support response, local warnings, and forecastingPass 26–0Bettencourt:YesSB 1 · Sep 3Youth camps and campgrounds would follow specified safety rulesPass 26–0Procedural vote · Excluded from alignmentBettencourt:YesSR 85 · Sep 3Senate lets S.B. 5 committee consider conditional camp-safety fundingPass 26–0Bettencourt:YesHB 7 · Sep 3Texas restricts abortion-drug distribution and allows private lawsuitsPass 17–8Bettencourt:Yes
District alignment compares this member’s votes with the majority position of verified users in the district. District alignment needs ten comparable bills, each with enough verified constituent votes. Your personal score starts with one comparable bill. Only qualifying yes/no votes in the scored service period count. Procedural votes stay in the record but do not count toward either alignment score. How scoring works