Former member of Congress · last served 103rd Congress
Bill Sarpalius
Bill Sarpalius was a Democratic U.S. representative from Texas, first elected to Congress in 1989, who sponsored 1 bill that became law (101st–103rd 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. 2294 To designate the Federal building in Wichita Falls, Texas, which is currently known as the Main Post Office, as the "Graham B. Purcell, Jr., Post Office and…Oct 22, 1994 · Became Public Law No: 103-385.
- H.R. 2654 To authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to exempt certain small landfills from the groundwater monitoring requirements contained…Aug 4, 1994 · Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- H.R. 2187 Helium Act Amendments of 1993Jul 19, 1994 · For Further Action See H.R.3967.
- H.R. 952 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to adjust the $50 threshold for payment of social security taxes on wages paid for domestic service in a private…Apr 28, 1994 · See H.R.4278.
- H.J.Res. 324 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to limit the number of years an individual may serve in certain positions in the Government of…Feb 15, 1994 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 4878 (101st) To establish the Lake Meredith National Recreation Area in the State of Texas, and for other purposes.Passed a chamber
- H.J.Res. 345 (101st) Designating the week of March 1 through 7, 1990, as "National Quarter Horse Week".222 cosponsors
- H.J.Res. 455 (102nd) Designating the 7-day period beginning on October 1, 1992, as "National Myasthenia Gravis Awareness Week".79 cosponsors
- H.R. 3550 (102nd) To prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services from changing current regulations respecting use of voluntary contributions, provider-paid taxes, and…26 cosponsors
- H.R. 4131 (102nd) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a deduction for interest on any loan used to purchase a new American-made highway vehicle.9 cosponsors
- H.R. 4176 (102nd) Secured Credit Availability Amendments of 19928 cosponsors
- H.R. 4584 (102nd) Savings Associations Interstate Branching Reform Act of 19925 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Sarpalius has won
Rep. Sarpalius has won 3 U.S. House elections (1988–1992). Of the contested races, margins ran from 4.9 to 20.7 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.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
103rd 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 | 0 | None listed |
| With a committee report listed | 0 | None listed |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 103rd 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.