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Bryan Hughes

Bryan Hughes

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State Senator

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Office
State Senator
State
Texas
Jurisdiction
1
Serving
Currently serving
Term
2017 - Present

Occupation: Attorney Education: BBA, University of Texas at Tyler; JD, Baylor University School of Law Legislative Experience: House Member, 2003 - 2017; Senate Member: 2017 - present Hometown: Mineola Party: Republican Senator Bryan Hughes is serving his third term in the Texas Senate, representing one million people across 19 counties in beautiful East Texas. Dubbed as “one of the most effective legislators in the country” by Governing Magazine, Senator Hughes is known for passing the Heartbeat Bill, Critical Race Theory Ban, Election Integrity Bill, Social Media Censorship Ban, and the strongest data privacy law in the Nation, along with several other groundbreaking laws. Ranked as the most conservative member of the Senate, Hughes is the only member of the legislature to have two pieces of legislation argued before the U.S. Supreme Court. For his service in the Legislature, Senator Hughes has received the Taxpayer Champion Award, the Visionary Leader Award from Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas, and the Horizon Award from Texas Right to Life. He has also been named Defender of the American Dream by Americans for Prosperity and Guardian of Small Business by the…

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  • Bryan Hughes holds the office of State Senator
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  • Voted yes on SB 8: Relating to the designation and use of certain spaces and facilities according to sex; authorizing a civil penalty and a private civil right of action.
    roll-call vote· Official roll-call record· 2025-09-03source
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  • Voted yes on SB 10: Relating to the calculation of the voter-approval tax rate for certain taxing units.
    roll-call vote· Official roll-call record· 2025-08-19source
    Verified
  • Voted yes on SB 8: Relating to the designation and use of certain spaces and facilities according to sex; authorizing a civil penalty and a private civil right of action.
    roll-call vote· Official roll-call record· 2025-08-19source
    Verified
  • Voted yes on SB 10: Relating to the calculation of the voter-approval tax rate for certain taxing units.
    roll-call vote· Official roll-call record· 2025-08-18source
    Verified
  • Voted yes on SB 8: Relating to the designation and use of certain spaces and facilities according to sex; authorizing a civil penalty and a private civil right of action.
    roll-call vote· Official roll-call record· 2025-08-18source
    Verified
named source + link partial sourcing not yet sourced