U.S. Representative — Texas's 36th District
Brian Babin
Republican · Texas
Republican U.S. Representative for Texas's 36th congressional district. Member of the 119th Congress in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Legislative Record
Recently sponsored bills (50 on record)
- H.R.9829 — ORTHO Act (Introduced, Jul 22, 2026)
- H.R.9505 — Bonnie Eloise Rush Milam Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jun 29, 2026)
- H.R.9341 — AI-Ready Federal Data Guidelines Act (Reported, Jun 18, 2026)
- H.R.9119 — To provide a prohibition on certain reductions to MQ-9 aircraft units, and for other purposes. (Introduced, Jun 3, 2026)
- H.R.7813 — NOAA Weather Radio Modernization Act (Reported, Mar 5, 2026)
- H.R.7273 — NASA Reauthorization Act of 2026 (Reported, Jan 30, 2026)
NASA Reauthorization Act of 2026 This bill reauthorizes through FY2026 the programs and activities of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The bill also directs NASA to continue planning for the eventual deorbit of the International Space Station (ISS) and to continue lunar and… - H.R.4055 — Dialysis-Related Amyloidosis Treatment Act of 2025 (Introduced, Jun 20, 2025)
- H.R.3706 — SUSHI Act (Reported, Jun 4, 2025)
Recent floor votes (100 on record)
- Voted Yea on H.R.8884 — Removing Barriers to Work for Disabled Americans Act (Passed, Jul 23, 2026)
- Voted Nay on H.Con.Res.89 — Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran (Passed, Jul 23, 2026)
- Voted Yea on H.Con.Res.113 — Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2027 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2028 through 2036 (Passed, Jul 22, 2026)
- Voted Yea on H.R.7008 — Stop Insider Trading Act (Passed, Jul 22, 2026)
- Voted Nay on H.R.7008 — Stop Insider Trading Act (Failed, Jul 22, 2026)
- Voted Yea on H.R.8800 — National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027 (Passed, Jul 22, 2026)
- Voted Nay on H.R.8800 — National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027 (Failed, Jul 22, 2026)
- Voted Aye on H.R.8800 — On Agreeing to the Amendment (Failed, Jul 22, 2026)
Recently cosponsored bills (12 on record)
- H.R.9417 — Artemis II Congressional Gold Medal Act (Introduced, Jul 27, 2026)
- H.R.8827 — ASSIMILATION Act (Introduced, May 19, 2026)
- H.R.8630 — PEAT Act of 2026 (Introduced, May 14, 2026)
- H.R.8826 — In God We Trust Act (Introduced, May 14, 2026)
- H.R.8781 — Title IX Clarification Act of 2026 (Reported, May 13, 2026)
- H.R.3514 — Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act of 2025 (Reported, May 13, 2026)
- H.R.4677 — To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 505 East 9th Avenue in Amarillo, Texas, as the "Mayor Jerry H. Hodge Post Office Building". (Introduced, Jul 23, 2025)
- H.R.45 — FIND Act (Introduced, Jan 15, 2025)
Voting analysis
Brian Babin chairs Science, Space and Technology. The Californian who leads the minority on that committee also has a page on this site, and between them the two records make a point about committee assignments: hers is dominated by immigration, his by the machinery of government. Neither one's leading subject is science.
Sponsored bills carry the Congressional Research Service's own subject classification. Brian Babin's cluster into: Government Operations and Politics (9), Health (6), Immigration (6), Science, Technology, Communications (6), Education (5), Armed Forces and National Security (3).
Where the committee does show
Two of his filings belong to it squarely — guidelines for making federal data usable by artificial intelligence systems, and a modernisation of the weather radio network the national oceanic agency runs. That second one is emergency infrastructure disguised as a technology bill: the radio broadcast is what still works when everything else is down.
The remaining three are a prohibition on cutting a particular class of military aircraft, a congressional gold medal named for a person, and one carrying an acronym.
Of the 50 most recent of those, 42 currently sit at Introduced.
Where he broke ranks
Two amendment votes, both lost. Two completed bills he opposed while his conference passed them — a marine conservation reauthorisation and a fuel retailing act. And a rotorcraft safety measure he supported that failed.
| Roll call | Date | Outcome | Their vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| H.R.8800 On Agreeing to the Amendment roll call 264 | Jul 21, 2026 | Failed | Aye (party: Nay) |
| H.R.2860 Northwest Straits Marine Conservation Initiative Reauthorization Act On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · roll call 196 | Jun 3, 2026 | Passed | Nay (party: Yea) |
| H.R.1346 Nationwide Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act On Passage · roll call 164 | May 13, 2026 | Passed | Nay (party: Yea) |
| H.R.7567 On Agreeing to the Amendment roll call 151 | Apr 30, 2026 | Failed | No (party: Yea) |
| S.2503 ROTOR Act On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · roll call 72 | Feb 24, 2026 | Failed | Yea (party: Nay) |
Below the Texas Republicans
He records a rate substantially under the Texas Republican group's average.
Among the 24 Republicans in the Texas delegation, the average rate of voting against the party majority is 6.0%. Brian Babin is below that average at 2.3%.
Tenure and attendance
Six terms beginning mid-way through the last decade, and he is on the floor for almost all of it.
First elected in 2015, now serving across 6 terms. Brian Babin falls in the veteran cohort.
By the numbers
In the 119th Congress, Brian Babin has 106 bills sponsored, 2211 cosponsored, 100 recent floor votes recorded.
Committee assignments
- House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology (Chair)
- House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
- House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Highways and Transit
- House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Water Resources and Environment
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