Taylor was the representative for Texas’s 3rd congressional district and was a Republican. He served from 2019 to 2022.
![Photo of Rep. Van Taylor [R-TX3, 2019-2022]](/static/legislator-photos/412821-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Legislative Metrics
Read our 2022 Report Card for Taylor.
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Taylor is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the House of Representatives in 2022 positioned according to our ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top).
The chart is based on the bills Taylor sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2017 to Dec 27, 2022. See full analysis methodology.
Enacted Legislation
Taylor was the primary sponsor of 1 bill that was enacted:
Does 1 not sound like a lot? Very few bills are ever enacted — most legislators sponsor only a handful that are signed into law. But there are other legislative activities that we don’t track that are also important, including offering amendments, committee work and oversight of the other branches, and constituent services.
We consider a bill enacted if one of the following is true: a) it is enacted itself, b) it has a companion bill in the other chamber (as identified by Congress) which was enacted, or c) if at least about half of its provisions were incorporated into bills that were enacted (as determined by an automated text analysis, applicable beginning with bills in the 110th Congress).
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Taylor sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:
Emergency Management (25%) Government Operations and Politics (25%) Transportation and Public Works (17%) Education (17%) Health (17%)
Recently Introduced Bills
Taylor recently introduced the following legislation:
- H.R. 5990 (117th): Dual Credit Innovation Act
- H.R. 3364 (117th): Truth in Taxation Act of 2021
- H.R. 3367 (117th): Gold Star Children Act
- H.R. 3010 (117th): Search and Rescue Dog Protection Act
- H.R. 2902 (117th): Elected Official Lobbying Prohibition Act of 2021
- H.R. 2550 (117th): Traveling Parents Screening Consistency Act of 2021
- H.R. 1606 (117th): End Forced Child Marriages Act
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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 2019 to Dec 2022, Taylor missed 32 of 1,952 roll call votes, which is 1.6%. This is on par with the median of 2.0% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Dec 2022. The chart below reports missed votes over time.
We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absenses, major life events, and running for higher office.
Primary Sources
The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:
- unitedstates/congress-legislators, a community project gathering congressional information
- The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
- Office of the Clerk, House of Representatives for the photo
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills
