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D Texas House · District 117 On the 2026 ballot

Rep. Philip Cortez

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Total votes
8,346
all sessions
Attendance
95%
406 missed
Lower than 77% of chamber peers
With party
96%
of cast votes
Near the chamber average
Bipartisan score
2%
crosses aisle rarely
Near the chamber average
Sponsored
471
bills & resolutions
Lower than 90% of chamber peers
Committees
3
assignments
Biography

About Rep. Philip Cortez

Rep. serving Texas District 117. Member of the Democratic party. Has been in office 9 years · 8 months. Serves on General Aviation Select, Homeland Security, Public Safety and Veterans' Affairs and Intergovernmental Affairs.

Sworn in
Jan 10, 2017
9 years · 8 months
Closest ally
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no co-sponsorship data
Top topic
Criminal Justice
531 votes tracked
Voting record · by topic

How Philip votes, broken down

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Criminal Justice 71% / 29%
122 support · 49 oppose
Labor & Employment 82% / 18%
70 support · 15 oppose
Budget & Taxes 80% / 20%
133 support · 34 oppose
Transportation 88% / 12%
68 support · 9 oppose
Housing 78% / 22%
46 support · 13 oppose
Technology 84% / 16%
63 support · 12 oppose
Healthcare 95% / 5%
183 support · 10 oppose
Education 85% / 15%
148 support · 27 oppose
Veterans 100% / 0%
22 support · 0 oppose
Energy 84% / 16%
38 support · 7 oppose
Environment 77% / 23%
70 support · 21 oppose
Immigration 58% / 42%
7 support · 5 oppose
Last activity

Recent legislative activity

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Co-sponsor
HB 1Relating to youth camp emergency plans and preparedness; authorizing penalties. signed
1 year ago
Voted Yea
HR 177Creating a general investigating committee on disaster response.
1 year ago
Voted absent
HB 8Relating to public school accountability and transparency, including the implementation of an instructionally supportive assessment program and the adoption and administration of assessment instruments in public schools, indicators of achievement, public school performance ratings, and interventions and sanctions under the public school accountability system, a grant program for school district local accountability plans, and actions challenging Texas Education Agency decisions related to public school accountability.
1 year ago
Voted absent
SB 5Relating to making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief and preparedness and giving direction and adjustment authority regarding those appropriations.
1 year ago
Voted absent
SB 1Relating to campground and youth camp safety.
1 year ago
Voted absent
HB 1Relating to youth camp emergency plans and preparedness; authorizing penalties.
1 year ago
Voted Yea
HB 20Relating to measures to prevent and reduce fraudulent charitable solicitations and theft during declared disasters, including establishing a designation program for disaster relief nonprofit organizations and financial institutions; creating a criminal offense; increasing a criminal penalty.
1 year ago
Voted absent
HR 174Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, S.B. No. 5.
1 year ago
Voted Yea
SB 1Relating to campground and youth camp safety.
1 year ago
Voted absent
HB 8Relating to public school accountability and transparency, including the implementation of an instructionally supportive assessment program and the adoption and administration of assessment instruments in public schools, indicators of achievement, public school performance ratings, and interventions and sanctions under the public school accountability system, a grant program for school district local accountability plans, and actions challenging Texas Education Agency decisions related to public school accountability.
1 year ago