Congressional Redistricting, Select
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6 bills pending
Cole Hefner — House District 5
🔴 Republican
👍 0 Partner Likes
📜 45 Primary Authored Bills
📈 6 policy measures passed
🗳 4272 Individual Votes Observed
🏛 6 Committee Assignments
Voting Similarity
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Compared only with current house members on explicit yes-or-no votes from non-unanimous roll calls. Texas's configured final-vote patterns retain substantive final action; procedural and unanimous votes are excluded. Each percentage measures agreement, and the shared-vote count shows how much common voting history supports it.
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R
Briscoe Cain
55.9%
agreement
1,125 shared votes
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R
David Lowe
56.6%
agreement
1,169 shared votes
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Mike Olcott
57.2%
agreement
1,132 shared votes
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Brian Harrison
58.8%
agreement
1,162 shared votes
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D
Ana-María Rodríguez Ramos
59.1%
agreement
1,160 shared votes
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Steve Toth
59.3%
agreement
1,163 shared votes
Organization Alignment
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Alignment compares this legislator's explicit yes-or-no votes with each public organization's current bill likes and dislikes. Only Texas's configured substantive final-vote patterns count; procedural votes are excluded. The shared-vote count is the number of graded bills on which both cast a position.
No public organization has comparable final-vote history for this legislator yet.
Committee Assignments
General Aviation, Select
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Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
🏛️ Chair House
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199 bills pending
Redistricting
👤 Member House
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6 bills pending
S/C on Transportation Funding
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99 bills pending
Transportation
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99 bills pending
Primary Authored Bills
StateLens credits bill likes to the first-listed primary author. The activity pills below reconcile to this profile's partner-like totals.
HCR136
In memory of Deputy Melissa Pollard of the Wood County Sheriff's Office.
June 20, 2025Signed by Governor
HB5664
Relating to the operation of Wood County Central Hospital District of Wood County, Texas.
June 20, 2025Enrolled
HB4804
Relating to the revocation of a driver's license or personal identification certificate and to disqualification from operating a commercial motor vehicle.
June 20, 2025Signed by Governor
HB4529
Relating to the regulation of child-care facilities that maintain a certificate to operate issued by the United States Department of Defense.
June 20, 2025Signed by Governor
HB4264
Relating to creation of a grant program for certain peace officers who hold a master proficiency certificate.
June 20, 2025Signed by Governor
HB3642
Relating to the designation of portions of the state highway system as memorial highways, to certain memorial markers on certain highways, and to the installation of highway signs for certain cultural attractions.
June 20, 2025Signed by Governor
HB2464
Relating to the authority of a municipality to regulate a home-based business.
June 12, 2025Signed by Governor
HR1496
Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, H.B. No. 3642.
June 1, 2025Enrolled
HB5663
Relating to the authority of the Wood County Central Hospital District of Wood County, Texas, to provide brain and memory care services to residents of the hospital district through the creation and operation of brain and memory health care services districts.
May 28, 2025Pending: Senate
HR862
In memory of Deputy Melissa Pollard of the Wood County Sheriff's Office.
May 23, 2025Enrolled
HB4662
Relating to financial assistance for rail facilities.
May 20, 2025Pending: Senate Transportation
HB3722
Relating to the height of a structure near certain airspace designated for use by Department of Defense contractors.
May 19, 2025Pending: Senate Transportation
HCR89
Designating the cannon as the official state gun of Texas.
May 16, 2025Introduced in House
HB3552
Relating to criminal conduct involving the theft, damage, destruction, or unlawful possession of copper or brass, to criminal conduct committed in, around, or in relation to critical infrastructure facilities or equipment or interrupting or impairing the operation of those facilities or equipment, and to the sale of regulated materials, including copper or brass material, to metal recycling entities and training on identifying those materials; creating criminal offenses; increasing criminal penalties; providing an administrative penalty.
May 14, 2025Introduced in House
HB2486
Relating to certain files maintained by a law enforcement agency regarding certain employees of the agency.
May 13, 2025Introduced in House
HB3317
Relating to the relationship between pharmacists or pharmacies and health benefit plan issuers or pharmacy benefit managers.
May 12, 2025Introduced in House
HB41
Relating to the acquisition or use of certain foreign equipment or services by a governmental entity.
May 9, 2025Introduced in House
HB3302
Relating to the designation of a portion of Farm-to-Market Road 852 in Upshur County as the Petty Officer Billy Machen Bridge.
May 7, 2025Introduced in House
HB3285
Relating to requiring operators of smart devices to provide information to users about the collection of personal data.
April 30, 2025Pending: House Trade, Workforce & Economic Development
HB118
Relating to the establishment and powers and duties of the Texas Advisory Committee on Geopolitical Conflict.
April 30, 2025Introduced in House
HB4675
Relating to the unlawful possession of a firearm by a person not lawfully present in the United States.
April 29, 2025Introduced in House
HB4483
Relating to the funding mechanism for the regulation of workers' compensation and workers' compensation insurance; authorizing surcharges.
April 29, 2025Pending: House Workforce Subcommittee
HB2436
Relating to the prosecution of the offense of deadly conduct.
April 29, 2025Introduced in House
HB4257
Relating to United States citizenship requirements for the licensing and employment of peace officers.
April 23, 2025Introduced in House
HB4789
Relating to creation and maintenance of an electronic database to provide information to certain members of the United States armed forces regarding the resources and benefits provided to veterans.
April 22, 2025Pending: House Defense & Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee
HB4053
Relating to the location of and the amount of certain revenue that may be used for state veterans cemeteries.
April 22, 2025Pending: House Defense & Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee
HB3324
Relating to the designation of Farm-to-Market Road 3535 in Camp County as the Camp County Vietnam Veterans Memorial Highway.
April 22, 2025Pending: House Defense & Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee
HR289
Honoring Michael Mars for his service as Titus County GOP executive committee chair.
April 21, 2025Enrolled
HB3789
Relating to the issuance of a license to carry a handgun to certain active and retired judicial officers.
April 14, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB1951
Relating to certain agreements with collective bargaining organizations related to certain publicly funded public work contracts.
April 9, 2025Pending: House State Affairs
HB4865
Relating to identification of and sanctions against certain foreign actors.
April 3, 2025Pending: House State Affairs
HB17
Relating to the purchase of or acquisition of title to real property by certain aliens or foreign entities; creating a criminal offense.
April 2, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HR616
Honoring Donald K. Stephens for his work as the founder and president emeritus of Mercy Ships.
April 1, 2025Enrolled
HB4381
Relating to parental rights and required notification in public education; authorizing an administrative penalty.
April 1, 2025Pending: House Public Education
HB4375
Relating to broadcast coverage agreements for postseason activity of students representing a University Interscholastic League member school.
April 1, 2025Pending: House Public Education
HR485
Recognizing March 26, 2025, as Texas Pharmacy Day at the State Capitol.
March 26, 2025Enrolled
HB3404
Relating to certain municipal and county regulation of certain multifamily and mixed-use residential development projects and conversion of certain commercial buildings to mixed-use and multifamily residential occupancy.
March 21, 2025Pending: House Land & Resource Management
HB3327
Relating to repealing the affirmative defense to prosecution for the criminal offense of sale, distribution, or display of harmful material to a minor.
March 21, 2025Pending: House State Affairs
HB3291
Relating to the public purpose designation and taxation of certain projects of Type A economic development corporations.
March 20, 2025Pending: House Ways & Means
HB3274
Relating to the unauthorized entry, occupancy, sale, rental, lease, advertisement for sale, rental, or lease, or conveyance of real property, including the removal of certain unauthorized occupants of a dwelling; creating criminal offenses; increasing a criminal penalty; authorizing a fee.
March 20, 2025Pending: House Trade, Workforce & Economic Development
HB2416
Relating to an unauthorized vote by a delegate or alternate delegate to a federal Article V convention; creating a criminal offense.
March 17, 2025Pending: House State Affairs
HB1849
Relating to the purchase of or acquisition of title to real property by certain aliens or foreign entities; creating a criminal offense.
March 14, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HCR95
Designating Mineola as the official Sweets Capital of Texas for a 10-year period ending in 2035, replacing the city's previous designation as the City of Festivals.
March 11, 2025Pending: House Culture, Recreation & Tourism
HR155
In memory of George James Brown of Mount Pleasant.
March 6, 2025Enrolled
HCR51
Demanding that Congress reimburse the State of Texas for the costs incurred in securing the southern border.
March 5, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs