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Sponsored bills (52)
Bills this legislator primary-sponsored. Data from OpenStates.
- HR 169 Commemorating the 25th anniversary of Dr. Ruben Gallegos Elementary School in Brownsville ISD. · Passed One Chamber · Sep 3, 2025
- HB 245 Relating to the definition of authorized emergency vehicle. · Aug 1, 2025
- HB 3016 Relating to the circumstances in which a rental company may void a damage waiver for a rental vehicle. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
- HB 2402 Relating to the determination of fees, charges, and rates for certain benefits under Medicaid. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
- HB 1960 Relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway 345 in San Benito as the Lieutenant Milton Resendez Memorial Highway. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
- SB 535 Relating to the admissibility of evidence regarding a victim's past sexual behavior in prosecutions of certain trafficking, sexual, or assaultive offenses. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
- HB 3680 Relating to subdivision plat requirements in certain counties; authorizing a fee; authorizing a civil penalty; creating a criminal offense. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
- SB 1353 Relating to the licensing and regulation of pilots in the jurisdiction of the pilot board of a navigation district located in Cameron County. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
- HR 1470 Congratulating Dr. Pastor Alvarado of Brownsville on his retirement. · Passed One Chamber · Jun 1, 2025
- HR 1324 Congratulating Dr. Rose M. Z. Gowen on her retirement as a Brownsville city commissioner. · Passed One Chamber · Jun 1, 2025
- SB 2141 Relating to the issuance of specialty license plates to state and federal judges. · Became Law · May 29, 2025
- HB 1465 Relating to the prosecution of the criminal offense of invasive visual recording and the applicability of sex offender registration requirements to that offense. · Became Law · May 29, 2025
- HB 3483 Relating to the authority of a special utility district to issue a public security. · Passed One Chamber · May 28, 2025
- HCR 116 Redesignating Brownsville as the official Bicycling Capital of the Rio Grande Valley for a 10-year period ending in 2035. · Became Law · May 24, 2025
- HB 2523 Relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway 48 in Cameron County as the Deputy Constable Ruben Garcia Memorial Highway. · Became Law · May 24, 2025
- HB 5520 Relating to border protection and economic development services, programs, and other measures, including measures to recruit health care professionals to the border region, improve border inspection efficiency, and enhance border region airport security and capacity, and establishing certain educational programs. · Passed One Chamber · May 19, 2025
- HB 2159 Relating to the capacity of a minor to consent to certain treatment for the minor or the minor's child. · Passed One Chamber · May 19, 2025
- HB 3849 Relating to the program categories in the unified transportation program. · Passed One Chamber · May 16, 2025
- HB 3946 Relating to judicial specialty license plates. · Introduced · May 15, 2025
- SCR 13 Urging the U.S. Department of State and the United States Section of the International Boundary and Water Commission to take appropriate action to ensure that Mexico complies with the 1944 Treaty regarding shared water resources. · Became Law · May 15, 2025
- HB 2160 Relating to the interview of a child in a suit affecting a parent-child relationship. · Introduced · May 15, 2025
- HB 4732 Relating to state recognition of and prohibited gaming activities by the Lipan Apache Tribe of Texas. · Passed One Chamber · May 15, 2025
- HB 1119 Relating to a biennial report on the regional allocation of mental health beds. · Passed One Chamber · May 14, 2025
- HB 4415 Relating to waiver of immunity in certain employment discrimination actions in connection with a workers' compensation claim. · Introduced · May 14, 2025
- HB 4402 Relating to human operators of certain automated motor vehicles. · Introduced · May 10, 2025
- HB 2229 Relating to the expunction of arrest records and files by a statutory county court. · Passed One Chamber · May 9, 2025
- HR 1037 Congratulating The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley chess team on earning a share of the national championship at the 2025 President's Cup tournament. · Passed One Chamber · May 8, 2025
- HB 1127 Relating to the promotion of breast-feeding and the prohibition against interference with or restriction of the right to breast-feed. · Passed One Chamber · Apr 30, 2025
- HB 1136 Relating to a study conducted by the Governor's Committee on People with Disabilities regarding parking for certain individuals with disabilities. · Passed One Chamber · Apr 30, 2025
- HCR 77 Urging the U.S. Department of State and the United States Section of the International Boundary and Water Commission to take appropriate action to ensure that Mexico complies with the 1944 Treaty regarding shared water resources. · Apr 29, 2025
- HB 1126 Relating to sunscreening devices installed on a motor vehicle that displays or qualifies for the issuance of a judicial specialty license plate. · Passed One Chamber · Apr 29, 2025
- HB 1147 Relating to the establishment by the Texas Workforce Commission of a workplace soft skills training pilot program. · Passed One Chamber · Apr 23, 2025
- HB 1154 Relating to the establishment of a skilled labor task force by certain local workforce development boards. · Passed One Chamber · Apr 23, 2025
- HB 4417 Relating to the use of certain money from the state highway fund for certain projects in the Safe Routes to School Program. · Introduced · Apr 14, 2025
- HB 4854 Relating to disclosure under the public information law of information obtained by the comptroller in connection with a school district property value study. · Introduced · Apr 3, 2025
- HB 4844 Relating to the establishment of a border county mental health task force. · Introduced · Apr 3, 2025
- HB 4411 Relating to school district hearings regarding complaints. · Introduced · Apr 2, 2025
- HB 4403 Relating to the election of junior college district trustees by plurality vote. · Introduced · Apr 2, 2025
- HB 1121 Relating to civil and criminal liability for the unlawful disclosure or promotion of intimate visual material. · Introduced · Mar 25, 2025
- HB 3454 Relating to liability to a vehicle storage facility operator for money owed in relation to the delivery, storage, and disposal of certain personal property. · Introduced · Mar 24, 2025
- HB 3386 Relating to political advertising distributed or broadcast as part of a mass text message campaign. · Introduced · Mar 21, 2025
- HB 3412 Relating to notice of and assistance in filing an application for a residence homestead exemption from ad valorem taxation provided to a home buyer by a title insurance company or title insurance agent in connection with the closing and settlement of certain transactions pertaining to residential real property; authorizing a fee; providing for the imposition of an administrative penalty. · Introduced · Mar 21, 2025
- HB 1631 Relating to the duration of a child's detention following a detention hearing and a study on the effects of detention orders in a juvenile court proceeding. · Introduced · Mar 20, 2025
- HB 2837 Relating to state, local, and court involvement in determining whether victims and witnesses to an offense and certain detained, arrested, or incarcerated persons are lawfully present in the United States. · Introduced · Mar 19, 2025
- HB 2164 Relating to a limitation on the location of a commencement ceremony held by a public institution of higher education. · Introduced · Mar 14, 2025
- HB 2161 Relating to federal firearm reporting for persons recently released from emergency detention. · Introduced · Mar 14, 2025
- HB 2165 Relating to required motor vehicle emissions inspections in certain border counties. · Introduced · Mar 14, 2025
- HB 1125 Relating to prohibited provisions in a settlement agreement between a governmental agency and employee regarding a claim or complaint involving sexual assault or certain unlawful conduct based on sex. · Introduced · Mar 7, 2025
- HB 1138 Relating to the authority of a municipality or county to regulate or prohibit the carrying of a firearm on the premises of certain libraries. · Introduced · Mar 7, 2025
- HB 1114 Relating to indicators of achievement under the public school accountability system. · Introduced · Mar 7, 2025
- HR 159 Commemorating the 14th anniversary of Kingdom Connection Worship Center in Brownsville. · Passed One Chamber · Feb 5, 2025
- HR 122 Recognizing January 29, 2025, as Brownsville Day at the State Capitol. · Passed One Chamber · Jan 29, 2025
Cosponsored bills (61)
Bills this legislator coauthored or cosponsored. Data from OpenStates.
- HB 22 Relating to the authority of the comptroller to provide funding for the deployment and operation of certain emergency communication equipment. · Passed One Chamber · Apr 15, 2026
- 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
- HB 20 Relating to measures to prevent and reduce fraudulent charitable solicitations and theft during declared disasters, including establishing a designation program for disaster relief nonprofit organizations and financial institutions; creating a criminal offense; increasing a criminal penalty. · Became Law · Sep 17, 2025
- HB 1 Relating to youth camp emergency plans and preparedness; authorizing penalties. · Became Law · Sep 5, 2025
- SB 2 Relating to disaster preparedness, response, and recovery; requiring a license; authorizing fees. · Passed Legislature · Aug 27, 2025
- HB 3 Relating to the interoperability of emergency communication equipment and infrastructure in this state, including the creation and operation of the Texas Interoperability Council, a grant program administered by the council, and the purchase of certain public safety radio communication systems. · Passed One Chamber · Aug 27, 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 2 Relating to disaster preparedness, response, and recovery, including required training for justices of the peace and responding to mass fatality events; requiring a license; authorizing fees. · Introduced · Aug 21, 2025
- HB 1875 Relating to a study by the General Land Office regarding veterans cemeteries in this state. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
- HB 43 Relating to the Texas Agricultural Finance Authority and certain programs administered by the authority. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
- HB 27 Relating to courses in personal financial literacy for high school students in public schools. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
- HB 107 Relating to the establishment of the sickle cell disease registry. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
- HCR 9 Designating the first Saturday of every month as Small Business Saturday for a 10-year period ending in 2035. · 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
- 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
- SB 31 Relating to exceptions to otherwise prohibited abortions based on a physician's reasonable medical judgment. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
- HB 4429 Relating to the designation of a portion of U.S. Highway 281 in Blanco and Burnet Counties as the Muckleroy Family Memorial Highway. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
- HB 3689 Relating to funding of excess losses and operating expenses of the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association; authorizing an assessment; authorizing a surcharge. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
- HB 2854 Relating to the required approval of certain hospital visits as a condition of release on parole or to mandatory supervision for certain releasees and to the hospital's liability for damages resulting from those visits. · 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
- 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
- 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 2308 Relating to the establishment of a consortium to conduct United States Food and Drug Administration's drug development clinical trials with ibogaine to secure the administration's approval of the medication's use for treatment of opioid use disorder, co-occurring substance use disorder, and any other neurological or mental health conditions for which ibogaine demonstrates efficacy and to the administration of that treatment. · Became Law · Jun 11, 2025
- HJR 7 Proposing a constitutional amendment to dedicate a portion of the revenue derived from state sales and use taxes to the Texas water fund and to provide for the allocation and use of that revenue. · Passed Legislature · Jun 2, 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
- 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 220 Relating to the care provided to sexual assault survivors by health care facilities. · Passed One Chamber · May 25, 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
- SB 1238 Relating to prohibited insurance discrimination on the basis of an insured's marital status following the death of the insured's spouse. · Became Law · May 20, 2025
- HB 1738 Relating to the repeal of the offense of homosexual conduct. · Passed One Chamber · May 19, 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 2308 Relating to the establishment of the Texas Commission on Border Security and Illegal Immigration. · Passed One Chamber · May 15, 2025
- HB 2343 Relating to required notice regarding shrimp in restaurants and certain prohibitions on purchasing and serving imported shrimp. · Introduced · May 14, 2025
- HB 168 Relating to the age at which a person in this state may marry and to certain rights of a party to a void marriage entered into when the party was a minor. · Passed One Chamber · May 14, 2025
- HB 3134 Relating to advanced air mobility. · Passed One Chamber · May 13, 2025
- HB 2785 Relating to the display of certain information on the secretary of state's Internet website prior to the completion of an online voter registration application. · Passed One Chamber · May 13, 2025
- HB 3717 Relating to the establishment of a grant program to fund the United States Food and Drug Administration's drug development trials with ibogaine for the purpose of securing the administration's approval as a medication for treatment of opioid use disorder, co-occurring substance use disorder, and any other neurological or mental health conditions for which ibogaine demonstrates efficacy. · Introduced · May 12, 2025
- HB 4329 Relating to a study by the Texas Water Development Board on the costs of developing flood infrastructure in this state. · Passed One Chamber · May 12, 2025
- HB 886 Relating to a one-time supplemental payment of benefits under the Employees Retirement System of Texas. · Passed One Chamber · 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 2783 Relating to automatic participation by certain county employees in deferred compensation plans provided by certain counties. · Passed One Chamber · May 6, 2025
- HB 2777 Relating to the applicability of the death penalty to a capital offense committed by a person with severe mental illness. · Introduced · May 6, 2025
- HB 5218 Relating to the route designation for the issuance of a permit for the movement of oversize and overweight vehicles that serve a deepwater seaport on the U.S.-Mexico Border. · Introduced · May 1, 2025
- HB 2433 Relating to the collection of state, municipal, and county hotel occupancy taxes by an accommodations intermediary. · Introduced · Apr 21, 2025
- HB 4392 Relating to prohibited insurance discrimination on the basis of an insured's marital status following the death of the insured's spouse. · Introduced · Apr 16, 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 5475 Relating to a study and report on the Underground Facility Damage Prevention and Safety Act. · Introduced · Apr 7, 2025
- HB 44 Relating to exceptions to otherwise prohibited abortions based on a physician's reasonable medical judgment. · Introduced · Apr 7, 2025
- HB 195 Relating to the dissemination of certain school district ad valorem tax-related information. · Passed One Chamber · Apr 3, 2025
- HB 3538 Relating to the Managed Care Consumer Choice Program. · Introduced · Mar 24, 2025
- HB 1932 Relating to an exemption from ad valorem taxation of the residence homesteads of certain disabled veterans and their surviving spouses. · Introduced · Mar 14, 2025
- HB 1467 Relating to emergency preparedness of assisted living facilities and the health and safety of residents of those facilities; providing civil and administrative penalties. · Introduced · Mar 11, 2025
- HB 1432 Relating to restrictive covenants regulating certain landscaping and water conservation practices. · Introduced · Mar 11, 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 749 Relating to notice provided by food service establishments serving shrimp imported from outside of the United States. · Introduced · Mar 5, 2025
- HB 440 Relating to requiring certain alert messages to be in English and Spanish. · Introduced · Feb 28, 2025
Data from OpenStates. Official / OpenStates page →