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Mike Olcott

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Overview

Mike Olcott is an American politician who was elected member of the Texas House of Representatives for the 60th district in 2024.

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Facts from Wikipedia.

How to reach them
Source: Open States

Bills they wrote

Bills and joint resolutions where they're the main author, since 2023. Laws first, then the ones that got furthest.

Wrote

48 bills

Became law

3 became law. Another 6 passed the House or Senate but didn't.

  • Introduced May 5, 2025HB 5700: Relating to the board of directors, operations, and territory of the Palo Pinto County Municipal Water District No. 1.
    Became law
  • Introduced Apr 8, 2025HB 5667: Relating to the chairman of the juvenile board of Parker County.
    Became law
  • Introduced Mar 12, 2025HB 4559: Relating to the repeal of an unused definition and a chapter heading formerly regulating membership dues.
    Became law
  • Introduced Mar 13, 2025HB 4763: Relating to reports by certain public institutions of higher education on fraud, waste, and abuse involving state resources.
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Mar 13, 2025HB 4878: Relating to reporting regarding the confinement in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice or a county jail of certain persons not lawfully present.
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Mar 13, 2025HB 4880: Relating to sign requirements for construction or maintenance work zones.
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Mar 4, 2025HB 3743: Relating to the management-to-staff ratio requirement for state agencies.
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Feb 7, 2025HB 2590: Relating to the punishment for the offense of indecent exposure.
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Feb 7, 2025HB 2587: Relating to an annual report on the financial impact on hospitals for providing certain uncompensated care.
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Aug 22, 2025HB 291: Relating to medical school admissions, coursework, academic standards, and employment decisions in this state.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Aug 22, 2025HB 288: Relating to medical school admissions, coursework, academic standards, and employment decisions in this state.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Aug 20, 2025HB 275: Relating to increasing the threshold of voter approval for a school district bond election.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Aug 20, 2025HJR 31: Proposing a constitutional amendment increasing the threshold of voter approval for a school district bond election.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Aug 18, 2025HB 187: Relating to the authority of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to issue an emergency or temporary order requested by a county judge following a weather emergency.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Aug 18, 2025HB 186: Relating to the use by a political subdivision of public funds for lobbying activities.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Aug 4, 2025HB 263: Relating to the authority of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to issue an emergency or temporary order requested by a county judge following a weather emergency.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jul 14, 2025HB 68: Relating to increasing the threshold of voter approval for a school district bond election.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jul 14, 2025HB 46: Relating to the use by a political subdivision of public funds for lobbying and certain other activities.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 14, 2025HB 5500: Relating to the Texas Commission on the Arts; the composition and qualifications of its governing board, expenditures for certain fine arts projects, and the distribution of grants.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 14, 2025HB 5497: Relating to abolishing the Center for Elimination of Disproportionality and Disparities.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 14, 2025HB 5553: Relating to discipline in public schools.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 14, 2025HB 5501: Relating to the definition of assistance organization in the disposal of surplus and salvage property of this state.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 13, 2025HB 4772: Relating to exemptions from the requirement to obtain a permit from a groundwater conservation district for certain groundwater wells.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 13, 2025HB 4771: Relating to the citizenship status of and birth certificates for certain children born in this state.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 13, 2025HB 4745: Relating to the prohibited use of public money to pay the costs of providing public benefits to certain persons.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 13, 2025HB 4881: Relating to the authority of the Texas Military Department to negotiate the release of a reversionary interest and certain other interests of the state in certain property in Palo Pinto County owned by the Palo Pinto County Livestock Association.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 13, 2025HB 4884: Relating to the operation of a fraud, waste, and abuse hotline and a duty to provide employees and the public with certain hotline information.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 13, 2025HB 4883: Relating to enhancing the criminal penalty for the offense of intoxication assault in certain circumstances.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 13, 2025HB 4886: Relating to reporting on students not lawfully present in the United States enrolled in a public school.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 13, 2025HB 4975: Relating to autologous and direct blood donations.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 4, 2025HB 3714: Relating to eliminating the requirement for character traits and personal skills instruction in public schools.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 3, 2025HB 3579: Relating to eliminating the requirement for personal skills instruction in public schools.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 3, 2025HB 3655: Relating to increasing the threshold of voter approval for a school district bond election.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 3, 2025HJR 163: Proposing a constitutional amendment increasing the threshold of voter approval for a school district bond election.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 3, 2025HB 3657: Relating to the removal of a public school student from the classroom for engaging in certain conduct against a school district employee.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 27, 2025HB 3472: Relating to informed consent requirements before the provision of health care services.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 26, 2025HB 3361: Relating to the elimination of electronic poll lists and the countywide polling place program.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 26, 2025HB 3440: Relating to the repeal of the authority to exclude certain students without certain required immunizations from attending public school in times of emergency or epidemic.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 24, 2025HB 3257: Relating to the use by a political subdivision of public funds for lobbying and certain other activities.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 21, 2025HB 3210: Relating to requiring state contractors, political subdivisions of this state, and private employers to participate in the federal electronic verification of employment authorization program, or E-verify.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 14, 2025HB 2872: Relating to the release or disclosure of vaccination or immunization information; providing a civil penalty.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 7, 2025HB 2589: Relating to the chairman of the juvenile board of Parker County.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 7, 2025HB 2591: Relating to the operation of a juvenile justice alternative education program.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 7, 2025HB 2592: Relating to the operation of a juvenile justice alternative education program in certain counties.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 7, 2025HB 2579: Relating to the use of a public school as a polling place.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Nov 14, 2024HB 1324: Relating to the determination of resident status of students by public institutions of higher education.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Nov 13, 2024HB 1281: Relating to the jurisdiction and enforcement of certain policies of certain international organizations.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Nov 12, 2024HB 1009: Relating to the display of the Ten Commandments in public schools.
    Introduced

Source: Open States

How they voted

Final votes on bills that passed either chamber of the Texas legislature, since 2025. Votes on amendments, committees, and procedure are left out.

Votes shown

1,720 votes on bills that passed at least one chamber.

Attendance

Didn't vote on 8 of 1,720 votes (less than 1%). Some of these may be excused absences, approved by the House ahead of time. The vote records we use don't say which.

By topic
Academic and Career-Oriented Education7 votes
    Agriculture and Livestock21 votes
      Appropriations7 votes
        Border Security4 votes
          Business and Commerce79 votes
            Congressional Redistricting, Select1 vote
              Corrections21 votes
                County and Regional Government33 votes
                  Courts and Civil Law (Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence)70 votes
                    Courts and Civil Law (Jurisprudence)19 votes
                      Criminal Justice80 votes
                        Criminal Law (Criminal Jurisprudence)54 votes
                          Culture, Recreation and Tourism21 votes
                            Defense and Veterans' Affairs16 votes
                              Dis Prev and Women's and Children's Health16 votes
                                Disaster Preparedness and Flooding13 votes
                                  Disaster Preparedness and Flooding, Select1 vote
                                    Economic Development16 votes
                                      Education K-1653 votes
                                        Elections21 votes
                                          Energy Resources18 votes
                                            Environmental Regulation21 votes
                                              Family and Fiduciary Relationships37 votes
                                                Finance4 votes
                                                  Government Efficiency65 votes
                                                    Health and Human Services58 votes
                                                      Higher Education49 votes
                                                        Homeland Security, Public Safety and Veterans' Affairs51 votes
                                                          Human Services52 votes
                                                            Insurance36 votes
                                                              Intergovernmental Affairs37 votes
                                                                International Relations1 vote
                                                                  Juvenile Justice11 votes
                                                                    Land and Resource Management19 votes
                                                                      Licensing and Administrative Procedures36 votes
                                                                        Local Government51 votes
                                                                          Natural Resources55 votes
                                                                            Pensions, Investments and Financial Services42 votes
                                                                              Property Tax Appraisals10 votes
                                                                                Public Education53 votes
                                                                                  Public Health67 votes
                                                                                    State Affairs143 votes
                                                                                      State-Federal Relations1 vote
                                                                                        Taxes (Ways and Means)73 votes
                                                                                          Trade, Workforce and Economic Development38 votes
                                                                                            Transportation67 votes
                                                                                              Transportation Funding8 votes
                                                                                                Veterans' Affairs9 votes
                                                                                                  Water, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs43 votes
                                                                                                    Workforce12 votes

                                                                                                      Source: Open States, Texas Legislature Online. Topics from the state legislature.