Texas · Current officeholder
Erin Gámez
Democratic Texas House, District 38
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Sponsored legislation
113 bills in the current data (52 as primary sponsor), sorted by most recent official action. Linked by Open States person ID.
| Bill | Title | Role | Stage | Last action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HB 22 | Relating to the authority of the comptroller to provide funding for the deployment and operation of certain emergency communication equipment. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 15, 2026 |
| SB 5 | Relating to making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief and preparedness and giving direction and adjustment authority regarding those appropriations. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | September 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. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | September 17, 2025 |
| HB 1 | Relating to youth camp emergency plans and preparedness; authorizing penalties. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | September 5, 2025 |
| HR 169 | Commemorating the 25th anniversary of Dr. Ruben Gallegos Elementary School in Brownsville ISD. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | September 3, 2025 |
| SB 2 | Relating to disaster preparedness, response, and recovery; requiring a license; authorizing fees. | Co-sponsor | Passed both chambers | August 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. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | August 27, 2025 |
| HB 5 | Relating to making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief and giving direction and adjustment authority regarding those appropriations. | Co-sponsor | In committee | August 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. | Co-sponsor | In committee | August 21, 2025 |
| HB 245 | Relating to the definition of authorized emergency vehicle. | Primary sponsor | Introduced | August 1, 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. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| SB 31 | Relating to exceptions to otherwise prohibited abortions based on a physician's reasonable medical judgment. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | June 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. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | June 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. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| HCR 9 | Designating the first Saturday of every month as Small Business Saturday for a 10-year period ending in 2035. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | June 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. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| HB 43 | Relating to the Texas Agricultural Finance Authority and certain programs administered by the authority. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | June 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. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| HB 3680 | Relating to subdivision plat requirements in certain counties; authorizing a fee; authorizing a civil penalty; creating a criminal offense. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| HB 3211 | Relating to vision care benefits, including participation of optometrists and therapeutic optometrists in vision care or managed care plans. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| HB 3016 | Relating to the circumstances in which a rental company may void a damage waiver for a rental vehicle. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | June 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. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| HB 27 | Relating to courses in personal financial literacy for high school students in public schools. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| HB 2402 | Relating to the determination of fees, charges, and rates for certain benefits under Medicaid. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | June 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. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| HB 1875 | Relating to a study by the General Land Office regarding veterans cemeteries in this state. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| HB 1481 | Relating to school district and open-enrollment charter school policies regarding student use of personal communication devices. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| HB 107 | Relating to the establishment of the sickle cell disease registry. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | June 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. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | June 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. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | June 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. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | June 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. | Co-sponsor | Passed both chambers | June 2, 2025 |
| HR 1470 | Congratulating Dr. Pastor Alvarado of Brownsville on his retirement. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | June 1, 2025 |
| HR 1324 | Congratulating Dr. Rose M. Z. Gowen on her retirement as a Brownsville city commissioner. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | June 1, 2025 |
| SB 2141 | Relating to the issuance of specialty license plates to state and federal judges. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | 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. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 29, 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. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | May 28, 2025 |
| HB 3483 | Relating to the authority of a special utility district to issue a public security. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 28, 2025 |
| HB 21 | Relating to housing finance corporations; authorizing a fee. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | 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. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | May 27, 2025 |
| HB 220 | Relating to the care provided to sexual assault survivors by health care facilities. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 25, 2025 |
| SB 5 | Relating to the creation of the Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of Texas. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | May 24, 2025 |
| HCR 116 | Redesignating Brownsville as the official Bicycling Capital of the Rio Grande Valley for a 10-year period ending in 2035. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | 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. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 24, 2025 |
| HB 50 | Relating to informed consent for certain screening tests. | Co-sponsor | 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. | Co-sponsor | Passed both chambers | 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. | Co-sponsor | Passed both chambers | 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. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | May 20, 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. | Primary sponsor | 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. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 19, 2025 |
| HB 1738 | Relating to the repeal of the offense of homosexual conduct. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 19, 2025 |
| HB 3849 | Relating to the program categories in the unified transportation program. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 16, 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. | Co-sponsor | Passed both chambers | 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. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 15, 2025 |
| HB 4732 | Relating to state recognition of and prohibited gaming activities by the Lipan Apache Tribe of Texas. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 15, 2025 |
| HB 3946 | Relating to judicial specialty license plates. | Primary sponsor | In committee | May 15, 2025 |
| HB 2308 | Relating to the establishment of the Texas Commission on Border Security and Illegal Immigration. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 15, 2025 |
| HB 2160 | Relating to the interview of a child in a suit affecting a parent-child relationship. | Primary sponsor | In committee | May 15, 2025 |
| HB 4415 | Relating to waiver of immunity in certain employment discrimination actions in connection with a workers' compensation claim. | Primary sponsor | In committee | May 14, 2025 |
| HB 2343 | Relating to required notice regarding shrimp in restaurants and certain prohibitions on purchasing and serving imported shrimp. | Co-sponsor | In committee | 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. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 14, 2025 |
| HB 1119 | Relating to a biennial report on the regional allocation of mental health beds. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 14, 2025 |
| HB 3134 | Relating to advanced air mobility. | Co-sponsor | 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. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 13, 2025 |
| HB 4329 | Relating to a study by the Texas Water Development Board on the costs of developing flood infrastructure in this state. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 12, 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. | Co-sponsor | In committee | May 12, 2025 |
| HB 4402 | Relating to human operators of certain automated motor vehicles. | Primary sponsor | In committee | May 10, 2025 |
| HB 2229 | Relating to the expunction of arrest records and files by a statutory county court. | Primary sponsor | 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. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 8, 2025 |
| HB 886 | Relating to a one-time supplemental payment of benefits under the Employees Retirement System of Texas. | Co-sponsor | 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. | Co-sponsor | In committee | May 7, 2025 |
| HB 2783 | Relating to automatic participation by certain county employees in deferred compensation plans provided by certain counties. | Co-sponsor | 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. | Co-sponsor | In committee | 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. | Co-sponsor | In committee | May 1, 2025 |
| HB 1136 | Relating to a study conducted by the Governor's Committee on People with Disabilities regarding parking for certain individuals with disabilities. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 30, 2025 |
| HB 1127 | Relating to the promotion of breast-feeding and the prohibition against interference with or restriction of the right to breast-feed. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 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. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 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. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 29, 2025 |
| HB 1154 | Relating to the establishment of a skilled labor task force by certain local workforce development boards. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 23, 2025 |
| HB 1147 | Relating to the establishment by the Texas Workforce Commission of a workplace soft skills training pilot program. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 23, 2025 |
| HB 2433 | Relating to the collection of state, municipal, and county hotel occupancy taxes by an accommodations intermediary. | Co-sponsor | In committee | April 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. | Co-sponsor | In committee | April 16, 2025 |
| HB 4901 | Relating to the regulation of platforms for the sale and distribution of software applications for mobile devices. | Co-sponsor | In committee | April 15, 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. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 14, 2025 |
| HB 5475 | Relating to a study and report on the Underground Facility Damage Prevention and Safety Act. | Co-sponsor | In committee | April 7, 2025 |
| HB 44 | Relating to exceptions to otherwise prohibited abortions based on a physician's reasonable medical judgment. | Co-sponsor | In committee | April 7, 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. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 3, 2025 |
| HB 4844 | Relating to the establishment of a border county mental health task force. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 3, 2025 |
| HB 195 | Relating to the dissemination of certain school district ad valorem tax-related information. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 3, 2025 |
| HB 4411 | Relating to school district hearings regarding complaints. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 2, 2025 |
| HB 4403 | Relating to the election of junior college district trustees by plurality vote. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 2, 2025 |
| HB 1121 | Relating to civil and criminal liability for the unlawful disclosure or promotion of intimate visual material. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 25, 2025 |
| HB 3538 | Relating to the Managed Care Consumer Choice Program. | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 24, 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. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 24, 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. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 21, 2025 |
| HB 3386 | Relating to political advertising distributed or broadcast as part of a mass text message campaign. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 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. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 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. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 19, 2025 |
| HB 2165 | Relating to required motor vehicle emissions inspections in certain border counties. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 14, 2025 |
| HB 2164 | Relating to a limitation on the location of a commencement ceremony held by a public institution of higher education. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 14, 2025 |
| HB 2161 | Relating to federal firearm reporting for persons recently released from emergency detention. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 14, 2025 |
| HB 1932 | Relating to an exemption from ad valorem taxation of the residence homesteads of certain disabled veterans and their surviving spouses. | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 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. | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 11, 2025 |
| HB 1432 | Relating to restrictive covenants regulating certain landscaping and water conservation practices. | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 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. | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 10, 2025 |
| HB 5 | Relating to the creation of the Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of Texas. | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 10, 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. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 7, 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. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 7, 2025 |
| HB 1114 | Relating to indicators of achievement under the public school accountability system. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 7, 2025 |
| HB 749 | Relating to notice provided by food service establishments serving shrimp imported from outside of the United States. | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 5, 2025 |
| HB 440 | Relating to requiring certain alert messages to be in English and Spanish. | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 28, 2025 |
| HR 159 | Commemorating the 14th anniversary of Kingdom Connection Worship Center in Brownsville. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | February 5, 2025 |
| HR 122 | Recognizing January 29, 2025, as Brownsville Day at the State Capitol. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | January 29, 2025 |