Angelia Orr, Texas House District 13
Angelia Orr represents Texas House District 13 and is a Republican. This page is the record: of the 67 votes this site publishes, Angelia Orr cast 59, and on the 44 of those where the two parties took opposite sides, they voted against their own party 11 times.
Where they broke with their own party
- HB 2284 — Requires music therapists to hold a state licence before they can practise, and allows the state to charge fees for it. history
- HB 3883 — Makes an FIA World Endurance Championship car race eligible for state event-reimbursement money. history
- HB 3326 — Makes it easier for adjunct professors to qualify for federal student loan forgiveness, by requiring public colleges to count 3.35 hours of work for each credit hour taught and to treat 30 hours a week as full time. history
- HB 5111 — Sets who may serve as a campaign treasurer: at least 18, a Texas resident, not already treasurer for someone else, and not convicted of certain election offences. history
- HB 2060 — Orders a state study of whether newborns whose mothers were on Medicaid are getting the coverage federal rules require. history
- HB 510 — Requires the state to give a homeless person a free certified copy of their birth certificate when they ask for one. history
- HB 2308 — Creates an 11-member advisory commission of state officials and legislators to study border security and illegal immigration. history
- HB 2186 — Requires elevator mechanics, apprentices and contractors to register with the state before working on elevators. history
- HB 1784 — Extends the help colleges must give students who were in foster care — including a named staff liaison — to students who are homeless. history
- SB 973 — Lets appraisal districts put more property images online, including street-level exterior photos and aerial shots showing more than one building. history
- HB 2298 — Creates a state grant programme to help Texas hospitals and clinics use artificial intelligence to scan medical images for cancer. history
How they voted on the bills people have heard of
These seven drew the most attention of the 67 this site publishes. Every member has a position on record for each one, whichever way they went.
- SB 2 Education savings accounts Voted for
Creates state-funded accounts that families can spend on private school tuition and other approved school costs. The money comes from the state budget. history - SB 8 Immigration enforcement Voted for
Requires the sheriff of every county that runs a jail, or contracts one out, to request an agreement letting their deputies enforce federal immigration law, and to ask again each year if no agreement is reached. Creates state grants, sized by the county’s population, to pay for it. history - SB 10 Ten Commandments in classrooms Voted for
Requires every public school classroom in Texas to display a copy of the Ten Commandments. history - SB 3 THC ban Voted for
Bans hemp products containing THC — the ones sold in smoke shops and convenience stores — and adds licences, fees and criminal penalties for selling them. history - SB 14 Regulatory review Voted for
Creates a state office that reviews agency rules and recommends repealing ones it finds unnecessary. It also tells judges to decide for themselves what a law means, rather than accepting the agency’s reading. history - SB 6 Electric grid and large power users Voted for
Sets terms for power users above 75 megawatts at one site, such as data centres. They must help pay to connect, and can be ordered to cut usage during an energy emergency alert. history - SB 5 Dementia research institute Voted for
Creates a state institute that awards grants for dementia, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s research and prevention. It takes effect only if voters approve a constitutional amendment setting up the institute and its fund. history
ZIP codes in District 13
76706 · 76705 · 76634 · 76707 · 77871 · 76689 · 76648 · 76570 · 76711 · 75859 · 76693 · 76687 · 76682 · 76653 · 76622 · 76690 · 76708 · 76621 · 76691 · 76649 · 76655 · 76640 · 76524 · 76670 · 76633 · 76637 · 76050 · 76666 · 76629 · 76457 · 76579 · 76093 · 76519 · 76630 · 76043 · 75831 · 75833 · 75838 · 75840 · 75846 · 75848 · 75850 · 75855 · 75860 · 76055 · 76624 · 76627 · 76628 · 76631 · 76632 · 76635 · 76636 · 76642 · 76645 · 76650 · 76652 · 76654 · 76656 · 76660 · 76661 · 76664 · 76665 · 76667 · 76671 · 76673 · 76676 · 76678 · 76680 · 76685 · 76686 · 76692 · 76704 · 77855 · 77865
Most people first. Nearly half of Texas ZIP codes sit in more than one House district, so a ZIP on this list may also be in another one, and your street decides which.
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Who made this. Marco Arras, a Texas resident. I donate to the Democratic Party, and I say so before anything else rather than in a footnote. The rule that picks which votes appear is published and runs identically on both caucuses, and every vote and count is in a file you can download and check.
Sources. Roll calls from the Texas House Journal and LegiScan. Districts and ZIP codes derived from 2020 Census blocks; the method and its known error are documented in ZIP_TO_DISTRICT.md.