U.S. Representative — Texas's 22nd District
Troy Nehls
Republican · Texas
Republican U.S. Representative for Texas's 22nd congressional district. Member of the 119th Congress in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Legislative Record
Recently sponsored bills (50 on record)
- H.R.9071 — Preventing Trafficking of Minors Act of 2026 (Introduced, May 29, 2026)
- H.R.9037 — To direct the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to improve and expand electronic filing capabilities for Federal Aviation Administration Form 337, and for other purposes. (Introduced, May 26, 2026)
- H.R.7916 — CODIS Access Modernization Act (Introduced, Mar 12, 2026)
- H.R.7662 — Railroad Safety Enhancement Act of 2026 (Introduced, Feb 24, 2026)
- H.R.7553 — Aviation Innovation and Global Competitiveness Act (Introduced, Feb 12, 2026)
- H.R.7510 — Preventing Research Ownership Transfer to External Competitive Threats (PROTECT) Act of 2026 (Introduced, Feb 11, 2026)
- H.R.7442 — National Bridge Funding Reform Act (Introduced, Feb 9, 2026)
- H.R.7371 — No Flight, No Fight Act of 2026 (Introduced, Feb 4, 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 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 (Agreed to, Jul 22, 2026)
Recently cosponsored bills (12 on record)
- H.R.9904 — Deputy Darren Almendarez Act (Introduced, Jul 23, 2026)
- H.R.7748 — Railway Safety Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jul 21, 2026)
- H.R.4700 — PRIME Act (Introduced, Jul 23, 2025)
- H.R.4668 — End the Vaccine Carveout Act (Introduced, Jul 23, 2025)
- H.R.4698 — PAAW Act (Introduced, Jul 23, 2025)
- 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.4601 — Seasonal Agriculture CDL Modernization Act (Introduced, Jul 22, 2025)
- H.R.404 — Hearing Protection Act (Introduced, Jan 15, 2025)
Voting analysis
Troy Nehls chairs the aviation subcommittee, and transportation leads his classified filings — the clearest gavel-to-output match in this tranche after the oversight chairman. He is also absent more often than most representatives.
Sponsored bills carry the Congressional Research Service's own subject classification. Troy Nehls's cluster into: Transportation and Public Works (17), Immigration (12), Crime and Law Enforcement (8), Environmental Protection (2), Foreign Trade and International Finance (2), Animals (1).
That count reports attendance and nothing else, but it does mean the rate below rests on fewer votes than most members supply.
On both sides of the same bill
A fuel retailing measure appears twice in his record with his vote reversed between them — no on the version that carried, yes on a version that did not. Since a measure can return to the floor altered, opposing one form and backing another is coherent. The pair is worth noticing anyway: each row in the table answers one specific question, and none of them is a standing position.
The rest are amendment votes across three vehicles, mostly pressing changes the conference declined.
| 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.8800 On Agreeing to the Amendment roll call 258 | Jul 21, 2026 | Agreed to | Aye (party: Nay) |
| H.R.8800 On Agreeing to the Amendment roll call 257 | Jul 21, 2026 | Failed | Aye (party: Nay) |
| H.R.8800 On Agreeing to the Amendment roll call 256 | Jul 21, 2026 | Failed | Aye (party: Nay) |
| H.R.8595 On Agreeing to the Amendment roll call 241 | Jul 15, 2026 | Failed | Aye (party: Nay) |
| H.R.8469 On Agreeing to the Amendment roll call 174 | May 15, 2026 | Failed | Aye (party: Nay) |
| H.R.1346 Nationwide Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act On Passage · roll call 164 | May 13, 2026 | Passed | Nay (party: Yea) |
| H.R.1346 Nationwide Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act On Motion to Recommit · roll call 163 | May 13, 2026 | Failed | Yea (party: Nay) |
| H.R.7567 On Agreeing to the Amendment roll call 148 | Apr 30, 2026 | Agreed to | Aye (party: Nay) |
| H.R.7567 On Agreeing to the Amendment roll call 147 | Apr 30, 2026 | Failed | Aye (party: Nay) |
Below the Texas Republicans
The Texas Republican delegation is large and contains several of the chamber's most frequent dissenters, which lifts its average well above Nehls's own rate.
Among the 24 Republicans in the Texas delegation, the average rate of voting against the party majority is 6.0%. Troy Nehls is below that average at 5.5%.
The filings
An endowment tax measure, a disapproval resolution aimed at a barred owl management strategy, a removal act, prevention of trafficking of minors, and improved electronic filing for an aviation authority form. The last is the aviation gavel showing through at the most granular level available.
Of the 50 most recent of those, 47 currently sit at Introduced.
Tenure
He took the seat at the start of this decade after service as a county sheriff.
First elected in 2021, now serving across 3 terms. Troy Nehls falls in the mid cohort.
By the numbers
In the 119th Congress, Troy Nehls has 91 bills sponsored, 806 cosponsored, 100 recent floor votes recorded.
Committee assignments
- House Committee on the Judiciary
- House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
- House Select Subcommittee to Investigate the Remaining Questions Surrounding January 6, 2021
- House Committee on the Judiciary: Crime and Federal Government Surveillance
- House Committee on the Judiciary: Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement
- House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Aviation (Chairman)
- House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Highways and Transit
- House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials
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