Former member of Congress · last served 109th Congress
Henry Bonilla
Henry Bonilla was a Republican U.S. representative from Texas, first elected to Congress in 1993, who sponsored 5 bills that became law (103rd–109th Congress).
How we count: “Broke with party” is a yes/no roll call where the member voted against most of their own party on that vote (party as recorded; even splits not counted). “Pork: own share” splits each earmark shared by several members evenly among them.
Recent votes
No recorded roll-call votes in PORKER’s records. Roll-call records start in 2011.
5 most recent bills
- H.R. 5384 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2007Dec 5, 2006 · Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S11127-11159; text of measure as reported in House: CR S11127-11140)
- H.R. 5541 Fairness in Immigration Litigation Act of 2006Jun 7, 2006 · Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
- H.R. 2744 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006Nov 10, 2005 · Became Public Law No: 109-97.
- H.R. 3405 STOPP Act of 2005Nov 3, 2005 · Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H9579-9580)
- H.Con.Res. 253 Expressing the sense of the Congress that reciting the pledge of allegiance by students attending public schools contributes to the moral foundation of our…Oct 17, 2005 · Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 821 (103rd) To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend eligibility for burial in national cemeteries to persons who have 20 years of service creditable for retired…Became law
- H.R. 2673 (108th) Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2004Became law
- H.R. 2330 (107th) Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2002Became law
- H.R. 499 (105th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service under construction at 7411 Barlite Boulevard in San Antonio, Texas, as the "Frank M. Tejeda Post…Became law
- H.R. 4766 (108th) Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2005Passed a chamber
- H.R. 3047 (105th) To authorize expansion of Fort Davis National Historic Site in Fort Davis, Texas, by 16 acres.Passed a chamber
- H.Con.Res. 199 (106th) Expressing the sense of the Congress that prayers and invocations at public school sporting events contribute to the moral foundation of our Nation and urging…Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 63 (108th) Designating majority membership on certain standing committees of the House.Passed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Bonilla has won
Rep. Bonilla has won 7 U.S. House elections (1992–2004). Of the contested races, margins ran from 4.3 to 39.9 points.
Full election history for this seat →
Source: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. House V15 / U.S. Senate V8 (CC0), retrieved 2026-10-18; winners matched to member records by seat and term. Results run through the 2024 elections; nothing from 2026 is shown until it is certified. A margin is a fact about one election, never a score of how well a member represents anyone, and PORKER does not rank members by it.
How has Texas’s 23rd district done while Rep. Bonilla served?
2005 to 2006 in TX-23: typical household income was about the same after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was about the same, and the share of workers looking for a job was up 1.5 points.
Each mini chart has its own scale, fitted to its lines (it does not start at zero), so compare the numbers, not the heights. Teal = district, oxblood = state, grey = U.S.
While they served, not because of them. This shows what happened in Texas’s 23rd district during Bonilla’s time representing it (1993 to 2007). It does not say what the member did or caused. It is not a score, and PORKER never ranks members on it.
One set of district lines. TX-23 was redrawn in 2007, 2012 and again in 2022 (the survey year the new lines first appear), but every survey year in Bonilla’s term so far (2005 and 2006) uses the same lines, so they can be compared. The Census Bureau has no 2020 yearly estimate.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
109th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 7 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 7 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 0 | None listed |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 1 | See the 1 → |
| With a committee report listed | 3 | See the 3 → |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 109th Congress, read from the stored Congress.gov bill records
- Fields
- cboCostEstimates, committeeReports, constitutionalAuthorityStatementText, notes
- PORKER copy refreshed
- October 26, 2026 (nightly)
Read this first. These are counts of records Congress.gov lists. Many bills never get a CBO estimate or a report, so a zero is not a mark against a member. We never show this as a score.
Data as of Oct 26, 2026 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.