Former member of Congress · last served 115th Congress
Lamar Smith
Lamar Smith was a Republican U.S. representative from Texas, first elected to Congress in 1987, who voted with most Republicans on 96% of the 112th Congress’s yes/no votes and sponsored 6 bills that became law (113th–115th 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.
5 most recent votes
- YeaOn Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments — American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
- YeaOn Agreeing to the Resolution — Providing for consideration of the Senate amendments to the bill (H.R. 8) to extend certain tax relief provisions enacted in 2001 and…Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
- YeaOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendment — Drywall Safety Act of 2012Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
- YeaOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendment — To provide for the conveyance of certain property from the United States to the Maniilaq Association located in Kotzebue, Alaska.Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
- YeaOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass — Congressional Pay Freeze and Fiscal Responsibility ActJan 1, 2013 · Passed
5 most recent bills
- H.R. 6226 American Space SAFE Management ActDec 28, 2018 · Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 873.
- H.R. 6227 National Quantum Initiative ActDec 21, 2018 · Became Public Law No: 115-368.
- H.R. 7201 To amend title 35, United States Code, to include the exclusive economic zone as part of the United States for patent infringement, and for other purposes.Nov 29, 2018 · Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
- H.R. 7058 Digital Goods and Services Tax Fairness Act of 2018Nov 15, 2018 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
- H.R. 589 Department of Energy Research and Innovation ActSep 28, 2018 · Became Public Law No: 115-246.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 2883 (106th) Child Citizenship Act of 2000Became law
- H.R. 6063 (112th) Child Protection Act of 2012Became law
- H.R. 3033 (114th) READ ActBecame law
- H.R. 2325 (100th) A bill to authorize the acceptance of a donation of land for addition to Big Bend National Park, in the State of Texas.Became law
- H.R. 4709 (109th) Telephone Records and Privacy Protection Act of 2006Became law
- H.R. 3767 (106th) Visa Waiver Permanent Program ActBecame law
- H.R. 6029 (112th) Foreign and Economic Espionage Penalty Enhancement Act of 2012Became law
- H.R. 1020 (114th) STEM Education Act of 2015Became law
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Smith has won
Rep. Smith has won 16 U.S. House elections (1986–2016). Of the contested races, margins ran from 20.6 to 86.5 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 21st district done while Rep. Smith served?
2012 to 2018 in TX-21: typical household income was up 9% after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was down 2.0 points, and the share of workers looking for a job was down 2.8 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 21st district during Smith’s time representing it (1987 to 2019). It does not say what the member did or caused. It is not a score, and PORKER never ranks members on it.
Only one set of district lines is shown. TX-21 was redrawn in 2007, 2012 and again in 2022, and a redrawn district is a different place. So this card shows only the longest stretch on the same lines during the term, 2012 to 2018 (no 2020 yearly estimate), not the full 1987 to 2019.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
115th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 13 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 13 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 12 | See the 12 → |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 6 | See the 6 → |
| With a committee report listed | 5 | See the 5 → |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 115th 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 · latest recorded House vote Sep 16, 2026 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.