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U.S. Representative — Texas's 21st District

Chip Roy

Republican · Texas

Republican U.S. Representative for Texas's 21st congressional district. Member of the 119th Congress in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Legislative Record

Recently sponsored bills (50 on record)

  • H.R.9773 — Permanent Trump Secure Border Act (Reported, Jul 20, 2026)
  • H.R.9656 — Illegal Alien Patient Reporting Act (Introduced, Jul 13, 2026)
  • H.R.9254 — Stop the SPLC Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jun 10, 2026)
  • H.R.9230 — Statutory Term Limits on Congressional Pay and Power Act (Introduced, Jun 9, 2026)
  • H.R.9200 — To secure the borders of the United States, and for other purposes. (Introduced, Jun 8, 2026)
  • H.R.9199 — Permanent Trump Secure Border Act (Introduced, Jun 8, 2026)
  • H.R.9157 — American White-Collar Worker Jobs Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jun 4, 2026)
  • H.R.9019 — POWER Act (Introduced, May 22, 2026)

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 Nay 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.5267 — American Franchise Act (Reported, Jul 20, 2026)
  • H.R.335 — Repeal the NFA Act (Introduced, May 7, 2026)
  • H.R.8591 — No Capital Gains Tax on Family Farms Act (Introduced, Apr 30, 2026)
  • H.R.8443 — End H–1B Visa Abuse Act of 2026 (Introduced, Apr 29, 2026)
  • H.R.850 — SHUSH Act (Introduced, Apr 28, 2026)
  • H.R.8374 — Equal Treatment for Farmers Act (Introduced, Apr 20, 2026)
  • H.R.4700 — PRIME Act (Introduced, Jul 23, 2025)
  • H.R.4668 — End the Vaccine Carveout Act (Introduced, Jul 23, 2025)

Voting analysis

Chip Roy is one of the handful of House Republicans who most often vote against their conference. His record differs from the ordinary dissenter's in that he contested both the substance of the year's defense bill and its final passage — losing the amendment fight and then voting no.

25.1%
Votes against the Republican majority
199
Roll calls where a party majority formed
3 of 218
Rank among House Republicans, most defections first

Fighting the bill, then voting against it

Across the defense authorization's floor consideration he sided against his party on amendment after amendment — sometimes backing changes the majority refused, sometimes opposing changes it accepted — and when the bill reached final passage he opposed that too. A member who merely wants leverage stops at the amendments. Roy did not.

The 10 most recent of 50 roll calls where Chip Roy voted against the House Republican majority.
Roll callDateOutcomeTheir vote
H.R.8800
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027
On Passage · roll call 278		Jul 22, 2026PassedNay (party: Yea)
H.R.8800
On Agreeing to the Amendment
roll call 274		Jul 22, 2026FailedNo (party: Yea)
H.R.8800
On Agreeing to the Amendment
roll call 264		Jul 21, 2026FailedAye (party: Nay)
H.R.8800
On Agreeing to the Amendment
roll call 263		Jul 21, 2026FailedAye (party: Nay)
H.R.8800
On Agreeing to the Amendment
roll call 262		Jul 21, 2026FailedNo (party: Yea)
H.R.8800
On Agreeing to the Amendment
roll call 258		Jul 21, 2026Agreed toAye (party: Nay)
H.R.8800
On Agreeing to the Amendment
roll call 257		Jul 21, 2026FailedAye (party: Nay)
H.R.8800
On Agreeing to the Amendment
roll call 256		Jul 21, 2026FailedAye (party: Nay)
H.R.8800
On Agreeing to the Amendment
roll call 255		Jul 21, 2026FailedAye (party: Nay)
H.R.4541
EARLY Act Reauthorization
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · roll call 250		Jul 20, 2026PassedNay (party: Yea)

Set against the Texas Republicans

The Texas Republican delegation is the largest state party group in the chamber, and its members vote with the conference at a high rate. Roy's departures run to a multiple of that group's average.

Among the 24 Republicans in the Texas delegation, the average rate of voting against the party majority is 6.0%. Chip Roy is above that average at 25.1%.

What he legislates on

Immigration dominates his sponsored bills to a degree unusual even among members who campaign on it — it is his largest classified subject area by a wide margin, ahead of taxation, health and international affairs. Almost none of that legislation has advanced: the overwhelming majority of his displayed bills remain at introduction, which is the ordinary outcome for legislation but a notable one given the volume he files.

Sponsored bills carry the Congressional Research Service's own subject classification. Chip Roy's cluster into: Immigration (15), Taxation (5), Health (4), International Affairs (4), Crime and Law Enforcement (3), Education (3).

233
Bills sponsored
673
Bills cosponsored

Of the 50 most recent of those, 49 currently sit at Introduced.

Tenure and attendance

Roy has served several terms without reaching veteran standing and has not changed party. He is recorded as not voting appreciably more often than most of the chamber. The figure describes participation only and supports no conclusion about why.

First elected in 2019, now serving across 4 terms. Chip Roy falls in the mid cohort.

9.5%
Roll calls recorded as not voting
220
Roll calls eligible to vote on
21
Recorded as not voting

By the numbers

In the 119th Congress, Chip Roy has 233 bills sponsored, 673 cosponsored, 100 recent floor votes recorded.

Committee assignments

  • House Committee on Rules
  • House Committee on the Budget
  • House Committee on the Judiciary
  • House Committee on Rules: Legislative and Budget Process
  • House Committee on the Judiciary: Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement
  • House Committee on the Judiciary: The Constitution and Limited Government (Chair)

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