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Running forState House, District 62

Shelley Luther

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Overview

Shelley Luther is an American salon owner and politician who has represented the 62nd district in the Texas House of Representatives since 2025.

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

15 bills

Became law

3 became law. Another 1 passed the House or Senate but didn't.

  • Introduced Apr 29, 2025HB 5694: Relating to the creation of the Fannin County Improvement District No. 1; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.
    Became law
  • Introduced Apr 22, 2025HB 5684: Relating to the creation of the Alluvium Ranch Municipal Management District No. 1; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes; granting a limited power of eminent domain.
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 26, 2025HB 3441: Relating to the liability of vaccine manufacturers that advertise a harmful vaccine.
    Became law
  • Introduced Mar 21, 2025HB 5653: Relating to the composition of the juvenile board of Grayson County.
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Aug 25, 2025HB 299: Relating to the limitation on increases in the appraised value of a residence homestead for ad valorem tax purposes.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Aug 25, 2025HJR 39: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide that the appraised value of a residence homestead for ad valorem tax purposes for the first tax year that the owner of the property qualifies the property for a residence homestead exemption is the market value of the property and that, if the owner purchased the property, the purchase price of the property is considered to be the market value of the property for that tax year and to limit increases in the appraised value of the homestead for subsequent tax years based on the market value of all new improvements to the property.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jul 29, 2025HB 228: Relating to the composition of the juvenile board of Grayson County.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 14, 2025HB 5357: Relating to the period for which land must be devoted to certain uses to qualify for appraisal for ad valorem tax purposes as qualified open-space land.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 14, 2025HB 5464: Relating to the authority of the governor, and certain political subdivisions with respect to disasters.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 13, 2025HB 4981: Relating to a scoring system for all permit applications within the jurisdiction of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 10, 2025HB 4180: Relating to imposing a tax on certain money transmissions.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 10, 2025HB 4209: Relating to a report of child abuse or neglect made by an employee of a school district or an open-enrollment charter school.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 4, 2025HB 3682: Relating to the diagnosis, maintenance, and repair of digital electronic equipment.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 17, 2025HB 1947: Relating to civil and criminal liability for engaging in certain conduct involving a critical infrastructure facility; creating criminal offenses.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 17, 2025HB 1946: Relating to the denial of certain applications for a permit or other authorization under the Texas Clean Air Act on the basis of proximity to a semiconductor wafer manufacturing facility.
    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

1,777 votes on bills that passed at least one chamber.

Attendance

Didn't vote on 68 of 1,777 votes (4%). 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 Commerce80 votes
            Congressional Redistricting, Select1 vote
              Corrections22 votes
                County and Regional Government36 votes
                  Courts and Civil Law (Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence)76 votes
                    Courts and Civil Law (Jurisprudence)19 votes
                      Criminal Justice79 votes
                        Criminal Law (Criminal Jurisprudence)56 votes
                          Culture, Recreation and Tourism21 votes
                            Defense and Veterans' Affairs17 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
                                        Elections23 votes
                                          Energy Resources18 votes
                                            Environmental Regulation22 votes
                                              Family and Fiduciary Relationships41 votes
                                                Finance4 votes
                                                  Government Efficiency67 votes
                                                    Health and Human Services59 votes
                                                      Higher Education49 votes
                                                        Homeland Security, Public Safety and Veterans' Affairs55 votes
                                                          Human Services55 votes
                                                            Insurance36 votes
                                                              Intergovernmental Affairs39 votes
                                                                International Relations1 vote
                                                                  Juvenile Justice11 votes
                                                                    Land and Resource Management20 votes
                                                                      Licensing and Administrative Procedures37 votes
                                                                        Local Government53 votes
                                                                          Natural Resources58 votes
                                                                            Pensions, Investments and Financial Services42 votes
                                                                              Property Tax Appraisals13 votes
                                                                                Public Education56 votes
                                                                                  Public Health73 votes
                                                                                    State Affairs142 votes
                                                                                      State-Federal Relations1 vote
                                                                                        Taxes (Ways and Means)83 votes
                                                                                          Trade, Workforce and Economic Development37 votes
                                                                                            Transportation64 votes
                                                                                              Transportation Funding8 votes
                                                                                                Veterans' Affairs9 votes
                                                                                                  Water, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs43 votes
                                                                                                    Workforce13 votes

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