Joanne Shofner

Joanne Shofner

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State Representative

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Profile Snapshot

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Office
State Representative
State
Texas
Jurisdiction
11
Serving
Currently serving
Term
2025 - Present

State Representative Joanne Shofner proudly serves House District 11 in the Texas House of Representatives, representing the people of Nacogdoches, Henderson, Panola, Shelby, Sabine, and Newton Counties. A seventh-generation Texan, Representative Shofner embodies the district’s deeply held values of faith, family, freedom, and service. She is committed to being a strong voice for rural Texas and an advocate for the communities she represents. For the 89th Legislative Session, Representative Shofner was appointed to serve on the House Committees on Higher Education and Public Health. In her first term, she passed a landmark piece of legislation, House Bill 25, which advances medical freedom by allowing over-the-counter access to Ivermectin, a Nobel Prize–winning anti-parasitic medication. House Bill 25 was a Governor and Speaker priority legislative item which both leaders entrusted Representative Shofner to pass during the 89th Legislature. Representative Shofner’s leadership has earned her recognition as a Strong Border Champion by Texans for Strong Borders, Legislative MVP by Texans for Vaccine Choice, and a Top 5 Conservative Member of the House by the Young Conservatives of…

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Issue Activity

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Uncategorized votes
16 stored votes · 0 yea · 0 nay
Election Integrity
3 stored votes · 0 yea · 0 nay
Fiscal Responsibility
1 stored vote · 0 yea · 0 nay

Evidence & Sources

30/31 verified

Every item below is a stored record. 30 have a named source with a working link, 1 have partial sourcing.

  • Joanne Shofner holds the office of State Representative
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  • Voted yes on SB 1: Relating to campground and youth camp safety.
    roll-call vote· Official roll-call record· 2025-09-03source
    Verified
  • Voted yes on SB 5: Relating to making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief and preparedness and giving direction and adjustment authority regarding those appropriations.
    roll-call vote· Official roll-call record· 2025-09-03source
    Verified
  • Voted yes on SB 1: Relating to campground and youth camp safety.
    roll-call vote· Official roll-call record· 2025-09-03source
    Verified
  • Voted no on SB 10: Relating to the calculation of the voter-approval tax rate for certain taxing units.
    roll-call vote· Official roll-call record· 2025-09-02source
    Verified
  • Voted yes on SB 54: Relating to election procedures regarding accepting a voter with a residence address that is not current and the immediate effect of a voter's registration after the registrar's receipt of certain change of address notices.
    roll-call vote· Official roll-call record· 2025-09-02source
    Verified
  • Voted yes on SB 54: Relating to election procedures regarding accepting a voter with a residence address that is not current and the immediate effect of a voter's registration after the registrar's receipt of certain change of address notices.
    roll-call vote· Official roll-call record· 2025-09-02source
    Verified
  • Voted no 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· 2025-08-28source
    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· 2025-08-28source
    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· 2025-08-28source
    Verified
  • Voted no 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· 2025-08-28source
    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· 2025-08-28source
    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· 2025-08-28source
    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· 2025-08-28source
    Verified
  • Voted no 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· 2025-08-28source
    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· 2025-08-28source
    Verified
  • Voted no 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· 2025-08-28source
    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· 2025-08-28source
    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· 2025-08-28source
    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· 2025-08-28source
    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· 2025-08-28source
    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· 2025-08-28source
    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· 2025-08-28source
    Verified
  • Voted no 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· 2025-08-28source
    Verified
  • Voted no 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· 2025-08-28source
    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· 2025-08-28source
    Verified
  • Co-sponsored: Relating to prohibitions on the manufacture and provision of abortion-inducing drugs, including the jurisdiction of and effect of certain judgments by courts within and outside this state with respect to the manufacture and provision of those drugs, and to protections from certain counteractions under the laws of other states and jurisdictions; authorizing qui tam actions.
    sponsored/co-sponsored bill· Congress.gov· 2025-08-20source
    Verified
  • Co-sponsored: Relating to the authority of the comptroller to provide funding for the deployment and operation of certain emergency communication equipment.
    sponsored/co-sponsored bill· Congress.gov· 2025-08-15source
    Verified
  • Co-sponsored: 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.
    sponsored/co-sponsored bill· Congress.gov· 2025-08-15source
    Verified
  • Co-sponsored: Relating to making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief and preparedness and giving direction and adjustment authority regarding those appropriations.
    sponsored/co-sponsored bill· Congress.gov· 2025-08-15source
    Verified
  • Sponsored: Relating to a pharmacist's authority to dispense ivermectin without a prescription.
    sponsored/co-sponsored bill· Congress.gov· 2025-08-15source
    Verified
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