R Texas Senate · District 5 On the 2026 ballot

Sen. Charles Schwertner

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Session

Total votes

2,732

all sessions

Attendance

100%

3 missed

Near the chamber average

With party

94%

of cast votes

Near the chamber average

Bipartisan score

3%

crosses aisle rarely

Lower than 76% of chamber peers

Voting record

Yea

2,361

voted in favor

Nay

367

voted against

Absent

3

missed votes

Total cast

2,732

across all sessions

Crossed party

140

votes against own party

This page

2,732

matching current filters

Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

HB 1128

Relating to persons permitted to be in a polling place or a place where ballots are being counted.

Yea

Passed

21–9

May 21, 2021

HB 2593

Relating to the criminal penalties for the possession of certain tetrahydrocannabinols under the Texas Controlled Substances Act.

Yea

Passed

23–7

May 21, 2021

HB 3979

Relating to the social studies curriculum in public schools.

Nay

Failed

13–17

May 21, 2021

HB 3979

Relating to the social studies curriculum in public schools.

Yea

Passed

18–12

May 21, 2021

HB 957

Relating to local, state, and federal regulation of firearm suppressors.

Yea

Passed

18–12

May 21, 2021

HB 781

Relating to the carrying and possession of a handgun by a public junior college school marshal.

Yea

Passed

19–11

May 20, 2021

HB 3924

Relating to health benefits offered by certain nonprofit agricultural organizations.

Yea

Passed

18–12

May 20, 2021

HB 1925

Relating to prohibitions on camping in a public place and to a political subdivision's designation of property for camping by homeless individuals; creating a criminal offense.

Yea

Passed

21–9

May 20, 2021

HB 159

Relating to improving training and staff development for primary and secondary educators to enable them to more effectively serve all students. Against party

Nay

Passed

21–8

May 20, 2021

HB 135

Relating to notifying an alleged perpetrator of child abuse or neglect of certain rights in an investigation by the Department of Family and Protective Services.

Yea

Passed

23–7

May 20, 2021