Texas · Current officeholder
James Talarico
Democratic Texas House, District 50
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Sponsored legislation
110 bills in the current data (76 as primary sponsor), sorted by most recent official action. Linked by Open States person ID.
| Bill | Title | Role | Stage | Last action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 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 |
| HJR 26 | Proposing a constitutional amendment establishing the Independent Citizen Redistricting Commission to redistrict the Texas Legislature, Texas congressional districts, and State Board of Education districts and revising procedures for redistricting. | Primary sponsor | Introduced | August 19, 2025 |
| HB 259 | Relating to the Independent Citizen Redistricting Commission and the redistricting of the districts used to elect members of the United States House of Representatives, the Texas Legislature, and the State Board of Education. | Primary sponsor | Introduced | August 19, 2025 |
| HJR 28 | Proposing a constitutional amendment establishing the Independent Citizen Redistricting Commission to redistrict the Texas Legislature, Texas congressional districts, and State Board of Education districts and revising procedures for redistricting. | Primary sponsor | Introduced | July 29, 2025 |
| HB 221 | Relating to the Independent Citizen Redistricting Commission and the redistricting of the districts used to elect members of the United States House of Representatives, the Texas Legislature, and the State Board of Education. | Primary sponsor | Introduced | July 29, 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. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | June 22, 2025 |
| SB 840 | Relating to certain municipal regulation of certain mixed-use and multifamily residential development projects and conversion of certain commercial buildings to mixed-use and multifamily residential occupancy. | Co-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 2835 | Relating to municipal regulation of stairway requirements in certain apartment buildings. | Primary 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 3284 | Relating to the creation of the Texas Commission on Marriage and Family. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| HB 3133 | Relating to user reports of explicit deep fake material on social media platforms. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| HB 1481 | Relating to school district and open-enrollment charter school policies regarding student use of personal communication devices. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| HB 1105 | Relating to the exemption of tuition and laboratory fees at public institutions of higher education for certain paramedics. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| HB 107 | Relating to the establishment of the sickle cell disease registry. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 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 21 | Relating to housing finance corporations; authorizing a fee. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | May 28, 2025 |
| SB 455 | Relating to arbitration provisions in certain surplus lines insurance contracts. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | May 27, 2025 |
| SB 1143 | Relating to certain planning and evaluation requirements with respect to certain workforce development programs in this state. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 27, 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 1057 | Relating to placement on the minimum salary schedule and service credit in the Teacher Retirement System of Texas for certain public school career or technology education teachers. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 27, 2025 |
| SB 2857 | Relating to a prescription drug purchasing pool for certain health benefit plan issuers and employers. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 26, 2025 |
| SB 5 | Relating to the creation of the Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of Texas. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | May 24, 2025 |
| HR 1028 | Recognizing May 21, 2025, as Texas Capitol Staff Appreciation Day. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 24, 2025 |
| HB 50 | Relating to informed consent for certain screening tests. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 23, 2025 |
| SJR 34 | Proposing a constitutional amendment affirming the rights and responsibilities of parents. | Primary sponsor | Passed both chambers | May 21, 2025 |
| HB 1738 | Relating to the repeal of the offense of homosexual conduct. | Co-sponsor | 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. | Co-sponsor | Passed both chambers | May 15, 2025 |
| HJR 112 | Proposing a constitutional amendment protecting the right of parents to raise their children. | Primary sponsor | In committee | May 14, 2025 |
| HB 4442 | Relating to an elective course on mindfulness for middle school, junior high school, and high school students. | 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 1581 | Relating to public school bilingual education programs, dual language immersion programs, and special language programs. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 14, 2025 |
| HB 1579 | Relating to establishing the Texas Seal of Biliteracy for public high school students. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 14, 2025 |
| HB 1368 | Relating to a notification requirement if a public school does not have a nurse, school counselor, or librarian assigned to the school during all instructional hours. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 14, 2025 |
| HB 1228 | Relating to municipal and county permitting requirements to conduct certain repairs on residential buildings. | Co-sponsor | In committee | May 14, 2025 |
| HB 3312 | Relating to the preservation and release of video surveillance recordings of special education settings. | Primary sponsor | In committee | May 13, 2025 |
| HB 2867 | Relating to late payment fees charged by a municipally owned water utility. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 13, 2025 |
| HB 321 | Relating to implementing an express lane option under Medicaid and the child health plan program. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 12, 2025 |
| HB 1044 | Relating to persons authorized to conduct a marriage ceremony. | Primary sponsor | In committee | May 10, 2025 |
| HB 2275 | Relating to arbitration provisions in certain surplus lines insurance contracts. | Co-sponsor | In committee | May 9, 2025 |
| HB 2189 | Relating to methods to improve health profession-related career and technology education and dual credit programs offered by public schools. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 9, 2025 |
| HB 175 | Relating to establishing optional certifications for child-care providers participating in the Texas Rising Star Program and establishing a grant program for those providers. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 9, 2025 |
| HB 1813 | Relating to a parental right to information concerning a public school special education program and certain requirements for persons serving as special education representatives and hearing officers at impartial due process hearings; authorizing a fee. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 8, 2025 |
| HB 1061 | Relating to authorization and reimbursement for certain examination fee and other required cost subsidies paid for public school teachers and students. | Primary sponsor | In committee | May 8, 2025 |
| HB 886 | Relating to a one-time supplemental payment of benefits under the Employees Retirement System of Texas. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 7, 2025 |
| HB 5146 | Relating to certain requirements regarding the subsidized child-care program administered by the Texas Workforce Commission. | Primary sponsor | In committee | 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 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 3173 | Relating to certain planning, notification, and evaluation requirements with respect to certain workforce development programs in this state. | Primary sponsor | In committee | May 5, 2025 |
| HB 5148 | Relating to municipal regulation of stairway requirements in certain multifamily residential buildings. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 30, 2025 |
| HB 3792 | Relating to the identification, use, and taxation of surplus state property suitable for the development of affordable housing. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 29, 2025 |
| HB 1464 | Relating to a prescription drug purchasing pool for certain health benefit plan issuers and employers. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 29, 2025 |
| HB 36 | Relating to the monitoring of certain family violence offenders, the provision of resources for family violence victims, and the collection of information about conditions of bond imposed in family violence cases and certain other criminal cases. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 28, 2025 |
| HB 1035 | Relating to the contents of an affidavit required to be included with an application for an exemption from ad valorem taxation of all or part of the appraised value of real property used to operate a child-care facility. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 24, 2025 |
| HB 2269 | Relating to a property owners' association's authority to require installation or maintenance of grass or turf landscaping. | Co-sponsor | In committee | April 23, 2025 |
| HB 222 | Relating to the permissible uses of the school safety allotment under the Foundation School Program. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 22, 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 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 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. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 15, 2025 |
| HJR 206 | Proposing a constitutional amendment to limit the time that a person may serve as a statewide elected officer in the executive branch. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 7, 2025 |
| HJR 205 | Proposing a constitutional amendment establishing the Independent Citizen Redistricting Commission to redistrict the Texas Legislature, Texas congressional districts, and State Board of Education districts and revising procedures for redistricting. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 7, 2025 |
| HJR 204 | Proposing a constitutional amendment prohibiting the legislature from restricting an individual's access to abortion and related health care. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 7, 2025 |
| HB 5423 | Relating to an annual report published by the Texas Education Agency regarding public school campus closures. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 7, 2025 |
| HB 5404 | Relating to overtime compensation for certain state employees. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 7, 2025 |
| HB 5384 | Relating to a classroom teacher's right to appeal to the commissioner of education regarding the teacher's designation under a local optional teacher designation system. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 7, 2025 |
| HB 5367 | Relating to campaign contribution limits for certain offices. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 7, 2025 |
| HB 5328 | Relating to the installation of advanced x-ray inspection technology systems at certain Texas-Mexico border crossings. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 7, 2025 |
| HB 5326 | Relating to family and medical leave. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 7, 2025 |
| HB 5324 | Relating to driver's license office appointments. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 7, 2025 |
| HB 5321 | Relating to employment leave for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 7, 2025 |
| HB 5316 | Relating to the Independent Citizen Redistricting Commission and the redistricting of the districts used to elect members of the United States House of Representatives, the Texas Legislature, and the State Board of Education. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 7, 2025 |
| HB 5315 | Relating to repealing certain restrictions and prohibitions regarding labor unions. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 7, 2025 |
| HB 5313 | Relating to the reporting of loan agreements made for campaign or officeholder purposes by a person or political committee. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 7, 2025 |
| HB 5311 | Relating to establishing the Texas Care Plan Medicaid buy-in program to provide health benefit plan coverage to certain persons in this state. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 7, 2025 |
| HB 5310 | Relating to the repeal of certain laws regulating abortion and the construction of abortion statutes. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 7, 2025 |
| HB 5309 | Relating to the establishment of the local 9-1-1 response fund and grant program. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 7, 2025 |
| HB 5307 | Relating to the regulation of the cultivation, manufacture, processing, distribution, sale, testing, transportation, delivery, transfer, possession, use, and taxation of cannabis and cannabis products and the local regulation of cannabis establishments; providing for expunction of records relating to certain decriminalized conduct; authorizing the imposition of fees; requiring an occupational license; creating a criminal offense; imposing a tax. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 7, 2025 |
| HB 5306 | Relating to the permissible uses of the school safety allotment and the creation of a mental and behavioral health allotment under the Foundation School Program. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 7, 2025 |
| HB 5304 | Relating to campaign contribution limits for certain offices. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 7, 2025 |
| HB 5299 | Relating to the establishment of the Texas Promise Grant Program for certain students at two-year public institutions of higher education. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 7, 2025 |
| HB 5298 | Relating to restrictions on certain contributions and lobbyist compensation by persons appointed to public office by the governor; creating a criminal offense. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 7, 2025 |
| HB 5297 | Relating to the minimum wage. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 7, 2025 |
| HB 5296 | Relating to the salary and wages paid to public school employees. | Primary 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 5025 | Relating to the carrying of certain weapons on the premises of a public library; creating a criminal offense. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 3, 2025 |
| HB 3919 | Relating to size and density requirements for residential lots in certain municipalities; authorizing a fee. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 3, 2025 |
| HB 3921 | Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the offense of aggravated sexual assault committed by a member of the clergy. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 27, 2025 |
| HB 2980 | Relating to the reporting of a controlled substance overdose occurring on the campus of a public school. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 20, 2025 |
| HB 2968 | Relating to single-family homes held by corporate owners for rental purposes; requiring information by and registration of certain corporate owners; authorizing a fee and civil penalty. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 20, 2025 |
| HB 2795 | Relating to criminal offenses for creating and distributing certain misleading images and videos; creating a criminal offense. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 19, 2025 |
| HB 2491 | Relating to the use of certain algorithmic devices in the determination of residential rental prices. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 17, 2025 |
| HB 2489 | Relating to the creation of the Office of Youth Health and Safety. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 17, 2025 |
| HB 2480 | Relating to municipal and county regulation of accessory dwelling units; authorizing fees. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 17, 2025 |
| HB 2478 | Relating to the reporting of certain information regarding medically necessary debt on a consumer report. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 17, 2025 |
| HB 1408 | Relating to the participation of community-based organizations in workforce training programs funded by the skills development fund. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 11, 2025 |
| HB 1396 | Relating to coverage for mental health conditions and substance use disorders under certain governmental health benefit plans. | Primary 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 1049 | Relating to the issuance of gold and silver specie and the establishment of a currency based on gold and silver; authorizing a fee. | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 7, 2025 |
| HJR 23 | Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing a local option exemption from ad valorem taxation by a school district of all or part of the appraised value of the residence homesteads of certain persons who are employed by the district. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 3, 2025 |
| HB 550 | Relating to the provision of menstrual products at public schools. | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 3, 2025 |
| HB 528 | Relating to requiring public schools to provide to certain parents notice regarding certain incidents and risks related to the parent's child and suicide prevention materials. | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 3, 2025 |
| HB 350 | Relating to the use of glucagon medication on certain public and private school campuses. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 28, 2025 |
| HB 347 | Relating to the prosecution of the offense of invasive visual recording in a lactation room. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 28, 2025 |
| HB 308 | Relating to a suit for dissolution of a marriage and associated suit affecting the parent-child relationship when a party is pregnant. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 28, 2025 |
| HB 277 | Relating to the measures to encourage eligible students to claim certain tuition and fee exemptions at public institutions of higher education for students who are or have been in foster or other residential care. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 27, 2025 |
| HB 266 | Relating to a local option exemption from ad valorem taxation by a school district of all or part of the appraised value of the residence homesteads of certain individuals who are employed by the district. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 27, 2025 |
| HB 253 | Relating to the use, possession, delivery, or manufacture of testing equipment that identifies the presence of a substance listed in Penalty Group 1-B. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 27, 2025 |
| HB 172 | Relating to creating a fine arts allotment under the public school finance system. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 27, 2025 |