Vikki Goodwin and Dan Patrick on the 2025 Texas bills
They are running for Lieutenant Governor of Texas. Only one of them has cast a vote on the bills this site asks about, and that is a fact about the offices they have held rather than a judgement about either of them. This page says exactly what the record shows for each, and where the two kinds of record stop being comparable.
What Vikki Goodwin's record shows
Vikki Goodwin sits in the Texas House, so there is a roll call on these bills. Of the 67 votes this site asks about, Vikki Goodwin cast 64. On the 49 of those where the two parties took opposite sides, they voted against their own party's majority 2 times.
Where they broke with their own party
- 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.
- HB 3179 — Lets the county where the Llano and James rivers meet charge its own hotel tax, except at hotels a city already taxes.
What Dan Patrick's record shows
Why there are no votes. Presides over the Senate rather than voting in the House, so he casts no vote on these bills.
What there is instead. Priority-bill designations — bills he publicly named as must-pass.
What that evidence cannot tell you. Every bill on that list is one he wanted passed, so it can show where he stood on a bill but never how often he would agree with you.
On these 67 bills, Dan Patrick left a recorded mark on 8 of them
Named 8 a must-pass priority.
- SB 33 — Bars cities and counties from spending public money or giving logistical support to abortion providers, or to groups that help people obtain an abortion.
named it a must-pass priority. history - SB 2 — Creates state-funded accounts that families can spend on private school tuition and other approved school costs. The money comes from the state budget.
named it a must-pass priority. history - SB 8 — 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.
named it a must-pass priority. history - SB 10 — Requires every public school classroom in Texas to display a copy of the Ten Commandments.
named it a must-pass priority. history - SB 3 — Bans hemp products containing THC — the ones sold in smoke shops and convenience stores — and adds licences, fees and criminal penalties for selling them.
named it a must-pass priority. history - SB 14 — 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.
named it a must-pass priority. history - SB 6 — 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.
named it a must-pass priority. history - SB 5 — 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.
named it a must-pass priority. history
Why these are not the same kind of evidence
A vote is a choice between yes and no on one question, made at the same moment as 149 other people, and it can go either way. A signature is the last word on a bill that already passed, and a priority list names only bills somebody wanted. Printing them side by side as though they were one measurement would flatter whichever candidate you already preferred, so this page keeps them apart and says what each one is.
See where you land, before you see the party
The site asks you about real votes with the party labels hidden, then shows you where you landed and how these members actually voted.
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, the party label is hidden until you answer, and every vote, count and score is in a file you can download and check, so none of this asks you to trust me.
Sources. Roll calls from the Texas House Journal and LegiScan. Governor and Lieutenant Governor actions from the bill history at capitol.texas.gov, linked on each bill above.