Ray Lopez

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Bills this legislator primary-sponsored. Data from OpenStates.

• HB 257 Relating to emergency warning systems operated by municipalities and counties. · Aug 19, 2025
• HB 1866 Relating to the state law enforcement authority of federal National Park Service law enforcement officers. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• HB 39 Relating to information and data regarding the incidence of veteran deaths in this state. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• SB 2137 Relating to the allocation of low income housing tax credits. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• SB 2143 Relating to the authority of a county to commission certain individuals as peace officers and establish certain law enforcement agencies. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• HCR 98 Urging Congress to enhance coordination among federal, state, and local authorities in the deployment of C-UAS technologies for border security. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• HB 24 Relating to procedures for changes to a zoning regulation or district boundary. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• HB 132 Relating to the confidentiality of information used to prevent, detect, respond to, or investigate a hostile act of a foreign adversary of the United States. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• HB 150 Relating to the establishment of the Texas Cyber Command and the transfer to it of certain powers and duties of the Department of Information Resources. · Became Law · Jun 2, 2025
• SB 1646 Relating to criminal conduct involving the theft, damage, or destruction of copper or brass or involving the unauthorized possession of certain copper or brass material, to transactions of metal recycling entities involving certain copper or brass material, to training on identifying certain copper or brass material, and to studying the effect of certain regulations on incidents of theft of copper or brass material; creating criminal offenses; increasing criminal penalties; providing an administrative penalty. · Became Law · May 30, 2025
• SB 651 Relating to the requirement that a veterans county service office report to the commissioners court or a designated county executive official. · Became Law · May 30, 2025
• HB 5238 Relating to the criminal offense of disrupting a meeting or procession. · Became Law · May 29, 2025
• SB 1227 Relating to fees for the issuance of certain military specialty license plates. · Became Law · May 29, 2025
• HB 1899 Relating to the required age for a license or permit relating to the conduct of a public fireworks display. · Became Law · May 28, 2025
• SB 2183 Relating to the periods during which a retail fireworks permit holder may sell fireworks to the public. · Passed One Chamber · May 26, 2025
• HB 3248 Relating to the authority of a defense base development authority to employ and commission peace officers. · Became Law · May 24, 2025
• HR 1130 Congratulating Gregg Popovich on his retirement as head coach of the San Antonio Spurs. · Passed One Chamber · May 24, 2025
• HB 290 Relating to assistance for tuition and fees at postsecondary educational institutions for certain members of the Texas military forces. · Passed One Chamber · May 23, 2025
• HB 561 Relating to the eligibility of certain local governmental entities affected by the realignment of defense worker jobs or facilities to receive grants. · Passed One Chamber · May 22, 2025
• SB 494 Relating to the establishment of a theft of petroleum products task force. · Became Law · May 20, 2025
• HB 2136 Relating to design and use of a model criminal citation and an addendum to the citation. · Passed One Chamber · May 19, 2025
• HB 2192 Relating to permit requirements for the sale of fireworks. · Introduced · May 15, 2025
• HB 3753 Relating to the allocation of low income housing tax credits. · Introduced · May 15, 2025
• SB 897 Relating to the administration of a grant program to support community mental health programs assisting veterans and their families. · Became Law · May 15, 2025
• HB 3552 Relating to criminal conduct involving the theft, damage, destruction, or unlawful possession of copper or brass, to criminal conduct committed in, around, or in relation to critical infrastructure facilities or equipment or interrupting or impairing the operation of those facilities or equipment, and to the sale of regulated materials, including copper or brass material, to metal recycling entities and training on identifying those materials; creating criminal offenses; increasing criminal penalties; providing an administrative penalty. · Introduced · May 14, 2025
• HB 4176 Relating to the investigation of certain motor vehicle collisions by former peace officers. · Passed One Chamber · May 13, 2025
• HB 2806 Relating to an attack by a dangerous dog; increasing a criminal penalty. · Introduced · May 13, 2025
• HB 2858 Relating to the establishment of a temporary guest worker program in this state. · Introduced · May 12, 2025
• HB 4175 Relating to the adoption of a mental health leave policy for certain qualified employees. · Introduced · May 12, 2025
• HB 535 Relating to the operation of a motor vehicle passing a pedestrian or a person operating a bicycle in certain municipalities; creating a criminal offense. · Introduced · May 8, 2025
• HB 510 Relating to the issuance of a certified birth record to a homeless individual. · Passed One Chamber · May 8, 2025
• HB 4113 Relating to the rating of child-care providers participating in the Texas Rising Star Program that install certain safety barriers. · Introduced · May 7, 2025
• SB 844 Relating to procedures for changes to a zoning regulation or district boundary. · Passed One Chamber · May 6, 2025
• HB 482 Relating to the provision by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to the pertinent state representative and state senator of notice of certain administrative actions of the commission. · Introduced · May 1, 2025
• HB 3895 Relating to a study by the Texas A&M Transportation Institute on wireless energy transmission for electric vehicles. · Introduced · May 1, 2025
• HB 1647 Relating to the establishment of a theft of petroleum products task force. · Introduced · Apr 30, 2025
• HB 1819 Relating to the administration of a grant program to support community mental health programs assisting veterans and their families. · Introduced · Apr 29, 2025
• HB 3345 Relating to authorizing an increase in an optional county fee on vehicle registration in certain counties. · Introduced · Apr 28, 2025
• HB 3953 Relating to a study by the broadband development office on Internet service for multiunit residential properties. · Introduced · Apr 16, 2025
• HB 460 Relating to a study regarding the cost of child care in this state in comparison to family income. · Introduced · Apr 9, 2025
• HB 5475 Relating to a study and report on the Underground Facility Damage Prevention and Safety Act. · Introduced · Apr 7, 2025
• HB 4754 Relating to access to universal changing facilities in places of public accommodation and public buildings. · Introduced · Apr 3, 2025
• HB 5030 Relating to the provision of certain mental and behavioral health services under Medicaid, Medicaid coverage and reimbursement for those services, and the regulation of psychiatric residential treatment facilities; requiring an occupational license. · Introduced · Apr 3, 2025
• HB 4544 Relating to the operation and administration of practice and procedure related to proceedings in the judicial branch of state government. · Introduced · Apr 3, 2025
• HB 4711 Relating to the confidentiality of information used to prevent, detect, respond to, or investigate a hostile act of a foreign adversary of the United States. · Introduced · Apr 3, 2025
• HB 3894 Relating to the eligibility of a service member or veteran of the United States armed forces to participate in a veterans treatment court program based on citizenship status. · Introduced · Mar 27, 2025
• HB 3917 Relating to coverage for maternal depression screenings under Medicaid and the child health plan program. · Introduced · Mar 27, 2025
• HB 1171 Relating to a study on state land use to facilitate health and wellness for veterans. · Introduced · Mar 24, 2025
• HB 583 Relating to the regulation of fences near certain reservoirs by certain counties. · Introduced · Mar 24, 2025
• HB 3083 Relating to an independent study on the effectiveness and feasibility of mini nuclear reactors. · Introduced · Mar 20, 2025
• HB 2356 Relating to the prosecution of the criminal offense of the possession, manufacture, transport, repair, or sale of certain devices intended to modify handguns. · Introduced · Mar 14, 2025
• HB 381 Relating to a pilot program awarding grants for the provision of personalized treatment protocols for veterans diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder. · Introduced · Mar 10, 2025
• HB 1300 Relating to information and data regarding the incidence of veteran deaths in this state. · Introduced · Mar 10, 2025
• HB 1172 Relating to requiring the Department of Information Resources to conduct a study concerning the cybersecurity of small businesses. · Introduced · Mar 7, 2025
• HB 617 Relating to the prohibition of housing discrimination on the basis of veteran status and to the enforcement of that prohibition. · Introduced · Mar 4, 2025
• HB 634 Relating to the creation of a task force to evaluate the housing needs of senior citizens who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, or questioning. · Introduced · Mar 4, 2025
• HB 599 Relating to the provision of information regarding certain public assistance programs by public schools. · Introduced · Mar 3, 2025
• HB 434 Relating to creating a reimbursement program to reimburse certain supplemental nutrition assistance program recipients for the cost of certain food delivery service fees. · Introduced · Feb 28, 2025
• HB 385 Relating to the collection and publication of affordable housing information by certain municipalities and the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs. · Introduced · Feb 28, 2025
• HB 326 Relating to authorizing the increase or decrease of the rates of the gasoline and diesel fuel taxes based on the cost of certain highway projects. · Introduced · Feb 28, 2025
• HB 357 Relating to a defendant's eligibility for reduction or termination of community supervision. · Introduced · Feb 28, 2025
• HB 412 Relating to health benefit plan coverage for early childhood intervention services. · Introduced · Feb 28, 2025
• HB 440 Relating to requiring certain alert messages to be in English and Spanish. · Introduced · Feb 28, 2025
• HB 225 Relating to a pilot program to provide grants for free or reduced-tuition prekindergarten classes to certain children. · Introduced · Feb 27, 2025
• HB 190 Relating to a grant program to provide free or reduced-tuition prekindergarten classes to certain children. · Introduced · Feb 27, 2025
• HB 254 Relating to the eligibility of an individual to pay the ad valorem taxes imposed on the individual's residence homestead in installments. · Introduced · Feb 27, 2025

Bills this legislator coauthored or cosponsored. Data from OpenStates.

• SB 5 Relating to making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief and preparedness and giving direction and adjustment authority regarding those appropriations. · Became Law · Sep 18, 2025
• HCR 13 Urging the federal government to take immediate action to curb the spread of the New World screwworm in Texas. · Became Law · Sep 17, 2025
• HB 1 Relating to youth camp emergency plans and preparedness; authorizing penalties. · Became Law · Sep 5, 2025
• HB 5 Relating to making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief and giving direction and adjustment authority regarding those appropriations. · Introduced · Aug 21, 2025
• HB 1056 Relating to the recognition of gold and silver specie as legal tender and the establishment of a transactional currency based on gold and silver; authorizing a fee. · Became Law · Jun 22, 2025
• HB 102 Relating to early registration for students in military-related programs at public institutions of higher education. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• HB 143 Relating to the authority of the Railroad Commission of Texas and the Public Utility Commission of Texas to address a failure by an operator to maintain an electrical power line serving a well site or certain surface facilities in accordance with the National Electrical Code. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• HB 107 Relating to the establishment of the sickle cell disease registry. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• HB 14 Relating to support for the development of the nuclear energy industry. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• HB 20 Relating to establishing the Applied Sciences Pathway program. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• HB 908 Relating to the reporting by law enforcement agencies of missing children to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• HB 300 Relating to the Texas Armed Services Scholarship Program. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• HB 6 Relating to discipline management and access to telehealth mental health services in public schools. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• HB 33 Relating to active shooter incidents at primary and secondary school facilities and other emergencies. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• HB 1481 Relating to school district and open-enrollment charter school policies regarding student use of personal communication devices. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• HB 2516 Relating to the eligibility of certain individuals younger than 65 years of age to purchase Medicare supplement benefit plans. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• HB 1851 Relating to the disposition of certain surplus motor vehicles and other law enforcement equipment by the Texas Facilities Commission to certain school districts. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• HB 4226 Relating to exemptions from the taxes imposed on the sale, use, or rental of a motor vehicle for a vehicle purchased, used, or rented by a nonprofit food bank or a provider of housing and related services. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• HB 120 Relating to college, career, and military readiness in public schools, including career and technology education programs, the Financial Aid for Swift Transfer (FAST) program, and the Rural Pathway Excellence Partnership (R-PEP) program, funding for those programs under the Foundation School Program, and workforce reporting to support those programs, to the public school accountability system, and to the new instructional facility allotment and the permissible uses of funding under the Foundation School Program. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• SB 681 Relating to the term and renewal of an engineering or land surveying license or registration. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• HB 3211 Relating to vision care benefits, including participation of optometrists and therapeutic optometrists in vision care or managed care plans. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
• SB 4 Relating to an increase in the amount of the exemption of residence homesteads from ad valorem taxation by a school district and the protection of school districts against certain losses in local revenue. · Became Law · Jun 16, 2025
• SB 23 Relating to an increase in the amount of the exemption from ad valorem taxation by a school district of the appraised value of the residence homestead of a person who is elderly or disabled and the protection of school districts against certain losses in local revenue. · Became Law · Jun 16, 2025
• HB 9 Relating to an exemption from ad valorem taxation of a portion of the appraised value of tangible personal property that is held or used for the production of income. · Became Law · Jun 12, 2025
• SJR 59 Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the creation of funds to support the capital needs of educational programs offered by the Texas State Technical College System. · Passed Legislature · Jun 2, 2025
• HB 210 Relating to contracting with a school district or open-enrollment charter school by a vendor with whom a member of the board of trustees or governing body of the district or school or a related individual has certain business interests; creating a criminal offense. · Became Law · May 29, 2025
• HB 1151 Relating to neglect of a child and the grounds for termination of the parent-child relationship and possession of a child by the Department of Family and Protective Services. · Became Law · May 28, 2025
• HB 37 Relating to perinatal bereavement care provided by certain hospitals, a perinatal bereavement care initiative, and a perinatal bereavement care hospital recognition program. · Became Law · May 28, 2025
• HCR 59 Designating April as Promise Month for a 10-year period ending in 2035. · Passed One Chamber · May 28, 2025
• HB 21 Relating to housing finance corporations; authorizing a fee. · Became Law · May 28, 2025
• SB 1080 Relating to the revocation of an occupational license from certain license holders and the issuance of an occupational license to certain applicants with criminal convictions. · Became Law · May 27, 2025
• HB 22 Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of intangible personal property. · Became Law · May 24, 2025
• HR 1028 Recognizing May 21, 2025, as Texas Capitol Staff Appreciation Day. · Passed One Chamber · May 24, 2025
• HB 1392 Relating to the postponement of the delinquency date for a payment of ad valorem taxes imposed by a taxing unit if the office of the collector for the taxing unit is closed on the delinquency date. · Became Law · May 24, 2025
• SB 5 Relating to the creation of the Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of Texas. · Became Law · May 24, 2025
• HB 50 Relating to informed consent for certain screening tests. · Passed One Chamber · May 23, 2025
• SJR 85 Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to increase the amount of the exemption from ad valorem taxation by a school district of the market value of the residence homestead of a person who is elderly or disabled. · Passed Legislature · May 22, 2025
• SJR 2 Proposing a constitutional amendment to increase the amount of the exemption of residence homesteads from ad valorem taxation by a school district. · Passed Legislature · May 22, 2025
• HJR 1 Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation a portion of the market value of tangible personal property a person owns that is held or used for the production of income. · Passed Legislature · May 20, 2025
• HB 1738 Relating to the repeal of the offense of homosexual conduct. · Passed One Chamber · May 19, 2025
• HB 3009 Relating to the qualifying offenses and related information included in the Department of Public Safety's computerized central database of offenders who have committed certain violent offenses. · Introduced · May 15, 2025
• SJR 3 Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the establishment of the Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of Texas, establishing the Dementia Prevention and Research Fund to provide money for research on and prevention and treatment of dementia, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and related disorders in this state, and transferring to that fund $3 billion from state general revenue. · Passed Legislature · May 15, 2025
• HB 1930 Relating to the qualifications for serving as a member of the board of directors of certain municipal utility districts. · Introduced · May 14, 2025
• HB 2827 Relating to the term and renewal of an engineering or land surveying license or registration. · Introduced · May 13, 2025
• HB 3134 Relating to advanced air mobility. · Passed One Chamber · May 13, 2025
• HB 135 Relating to exemptions from sales and use taxes for game animals and exotic animals. · Became Law · May 13, 2025
• HB 1268 Relating to the creation of the Texas technology and innovation program. · Passed One Chamber · May 9, 2025
• HJR 5 Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the creation of funds to support the capital needs of educational programs offered by the Texas State Technical College System and removing that system and its campuses from the annual appropriation of certain constitutionally dedicated funding for public institutions of higher education. · Passed One Chamber · May 8, 2025
• HB 5144 Relating to prohibiting certain deceptive trade practices by businesses assisting veterans with Department of Veterans Affairs claims. · Introduced · May 7, 2025
• HB 3673 Relating to the revocation of an occupational license from certain license holders and the issuance of a provisional occupational license to certain applicants with criminal convictions. · Introduced · May 7, 2025
• HB 3265 Relating to discriminatory practices by a health benefit plan issuer, pharmacy benefit manager, and third-party payor and certain prescription drug manufacturers, distributors, and related persons with respect to certain entities participating in a federal drug discount program; providing a civil penalty. · Introduced · May 5, 2025
• HB 503 Relating to the eligibility of certain counties to participate in the rural sheriff's office salary assistance grant program and the rural prosecutor's office salary assistance grant program. · Passed One Chamber · Apr 28, 2025
• HR 945 In memory of Pope Francis. · Passed One Chamber · Apr 24, 2025
• HB 215 Relating to the payment of support rights and other benefits for a child in the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services. · Passed One Chamber · Apr 23, 2025
• HB 2433 Relating to the collection of state, municipal, and county hotel occupancy taxes by an accommodations intermediary. · Introduced · Apr 21, 2025
• HCR 101 Designating the tomahawk rib-eye steak as the official State Steak of Texas and directing the Texas Department of Agriculture to promote the tomahawk rib-eye steak as part of efforts to support Texas beef and agricultural products. · Passed One Chamber · Apr 16, 2025
• HB 446 Relating to workplace heat illness prevention, including the creation of a heat illness prevention advisory board; imposing administrative penalties; providing a private cause of action. · Introduced · Apr 15, 2025
• HB 4901 Relating to the regulation of platforms for the sale and distribution of software applications for mobile devices. · Introduced · Apr 15, 2025
• HB 8 Relating to a reduction in the maximum compressed tax rate of a school district. · Introduced · Apr 9, 2025
• HB 195 Relating to the dissemination of certain school district ad valorem tax-related information. · Passed One Chamber · Apr 3, 2025
• HB 13 Relating to creating the Texas Interoperability Council and a grant program administered by the council. · Passed One Chamber · Apr 3, 2025
• HB 2381 Relating to the reporting of lost or stolen firearms; creating a criminal offense. · Introduced · Mar 14, 2025
• HB 2380 Relating to prohibiting the transfer of firearms to certain recipients. · Introduced · Mar 14, 2025
• HB 1537 Relating to the Licensed Professional Counselors Compact; authorizing fees. · Introduced · Mar 12, 2025
• HJR 3 Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the establishment of the Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of Texas, establishing the Dementia Prevention and Research Fund to provide money for research on and prevention and treatment of dementia and related disorders in this state, and transferring to that fund $3 billion from state general revenue. · Introduced · Mar 10, 2025
• HB 5 Relating to the creation of the Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of Texas. · Introduced · Mar 10, 2025
• HB 1049 Relating to the issuance of gold and silver specie and the establishment of a currency based on gold and silver; authorizing a fee. · Introduced · Mar 7, 2025
• HB 177 Relating to a bonus payment for certain public school employees and to the public school finance system. · Oct 19, 2023