Representative Steve Tarvin

House District 2 · Republican

Budget and Fiscal Affairs Oversight (Chairman), Appropriations, Defense & Veterans Affairs, Game, Fish & Parks, Insurance, Retirement, Small Business Development

C Score: 26 / 100

Score Breakdown

Voting Record (80%) 20/100

District Conditions (20%) 50/100

2 facilities in district. 0 deaths in 2026. 2 deaths since 2020.

Voting Record on GPS-Tracked Bills

Aligned with reform on 2 of 10 tracked bills.

Bill	Description	GPS Position	Vote	Aligned?
SB 185 (2025)	Inmate Gender Treatment Ban — Transgender Prisoner Healthcare	oppose	YEA	✗
SB 79 (2025)	Fentanyl Eradication and Removal Act — Fentanyl Mandatory Minimums	oppose	YEA	✗
HB 505 (2024)	Riot Felony Penalty Enhancement	oppose	YEA	✗
SB 159 (2024)	Cell Phone Ban in Prisons	oppose	YEA	✗
SB 63 (2024)	Bail Reform — Expanded Cash Bail Requirements	oppose	YEA	✗
SB 44 (2023)	Street Gang Terrorism and Prevention Act — Gang Mandatory Minimum Sentences	oppose	YEA	✗
HB 1216 (2022)	Enhanced Fleeing Police Penalties	oppose	YEA	✗
HB 272 (2022)	Raise Juvenile Court Jurisdiction to 18	support	NAY	✗
SB 174 (2022)	Unsecured Judicial Release	support	YEA	✓
SB 441 (2022)	Reducing Barriers to Reentry Act	support	YEA	✓

Advocacy Directed at This Legislator

📬 2 postcards mailed via GPS Campaigns

📜 1 Tell My Story postcards

📊 3 total advocacy contacts

📅 Mar 16, 2026 last contact date

No responses recorded from this legislator despite 3 advocacy contacts.

District Prison Data

2 GDC facilities in this district. 2 deaths documented since 2020.

WALKER STATE PRISON 2 deaths since 2020 NORTHWEST RESIDENTIAL SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT CENTER 0 deaths recorded

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Grade History

Mar 2026 C (26)

Mar 2026 F (26)

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