Texas · Current officeholder
Claudia Ordaz
Democratic Texas House, District 79
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Sponsored legislation
117 bills in the current data (60 as primary sponsor), sorted by most recent official action. Linked by Open States person ID.
| Bill | Title | Role | Stage | Last action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HR 60 | In memory of Cacique Jose Sierra Sr. of the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo tribe in El Paso. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | August 28, 2025 |
| HB 2853 | Relating to student union building fees at The University of Texas at El Paso. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | June 22, 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 777 | Relating to compensation and employment condition standards by municipal charter or collective bargaining agreement and to impasse resolution in collective bargaining with certain political subdivisions. | 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 1198 | Relating to the designation of spaceports as critical infrastructure facilities for purposes of criminal and civil liability. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| HCR 127 | Expressing support for the strengthening of our partnership with Taiwan. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| HB 742 | Relating to human trafficking prevention, including training for first responders, disclosure of human trafficking information by certain health care facilities, and protection for facility employees who report human trafficking. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| HB 4903 | Relating to the establishment of the Quad-Agency Child Care Initiative and the Quad-Agency Child Care Initiative Commission. | 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 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. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| HB 4099 | Relating to the treatment of a patient by a physical therapist without a referral. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| HB 4063 | Relating to the filing and release of record of a unilateral memorandum of contract concerning residential property. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| HB 3923 | Relating to state employment opportunities for individuals who do not hold a bachelor's degree. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| HB 3749 | Relating to the regulation of the provision of elective intravenous therapy. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| HB 3629 | Relating to prohibiting a person required to register as a sex offender from serving as a member of the board of trustees of an independent school district. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| HB 300 | Relating to the Texas Armed Services Scholarship Program. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| HB 285 | Relating to the prosecution of the offense of cruelty to nonlivestock animals. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| HB 2310 | Relating to developing a strategic plan for the improvement and expansion of early learning and educational opportunities for young children with disabilities. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| HB 2306 | Relating to changing the eligibility for release on parole of certain inmates serving sentences for trafficking offenses involving child victims and disabled individuals. | Co-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 1211 | Relating to tuition and fee exemptions at public institutions of higher education for certain students who were under the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| HB 1193 | Relating to the confidentiality of certain information on a declaration of informal marriage. | 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 102 | Relating to early registration for students in military-related programs at public institutions of higher education. | 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 1734 | Relating to status of certain documents or instruments purporting to convey title to or an interest in real property. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 30, 2025 |
| HB 4 | Relating to the assessment of public school students, public school accountability and actions, and proceedings challenging the operations of the public school system. | Co-sponsor | Passed both chambers | May 29, 2025 |
| HB 1022 | Relating to the course levels offered at Sul Ross State University Rio Grande College. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | May 29, 2025 |
| SB 462 | Relating to establishing a child-care services waiting list priority for the children of certain child-care workers. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 28, 2025 |
| SB 2925 | Relating to the establishment of the Task Force on Modernizing Manufacturing. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 28, 2025 |
| SB 1265 | Relating to certain duties of the Texas Workforce Commission with respect to child-care resources. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | 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. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | May 28, 2025 |
| HB 3171 | Relating to compensation and employment condition standards by municipal charter or collective bargaining agreement and to impasse resolution in collective bargaining with certain political subdivisions. | 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 455 | Relating to arbitration provisions in certain surplus lines insurance contracts. | Co-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 112 | Relating to the creation and operation of a science park district in certain counties. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 27, 2025 |
| HB 334 | Relating to the establishment of a county employee family leave pool program. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 26, 2025 |
| HB 220 | Relating to the care provided to sexual assault survivors by health care facilities. | Primary 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 |
| HR 1028 | Recognizing May 21, 2025, as Texas Capitol Staff Appreciation Day. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 24, 2025 |
| HCR 29 | Designating April as Counseling Awareness Month for a 10-year period ending in 2035. | 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 |
| HB 2652 | Relating to establishing a certified caregiver pilot program in the Borderplex workforce development area. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 22, 2025 |
| HB 3339 | Relating to a study on maternal mortality and morbidity among Black women in this state. | Co-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 |
| 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 |
| SB 1706 | Relating to the authority of the governing board of a state governmental body to conduct a closed meeting to deliberate an issue involving certain defense, military, or aerospace issues. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 15, 2025 |
| HB 5212 | Relating to the disclosure of mandatory fees or surcharges charged to a consumer by a food service establishment; authorizing an administrative penalty. | Primary sponsor | In committee | May 15, 2025 |
| HB 5118 | Relating to a study on employer and state agency use of automated employment decision tools in assessing an applicant's suitability for a position. | Primary sponsor | In committee | May 15, 2025 |
| HB 4775 | Relating to an application for a warrant to seize a cruelly treated animal. | Primary sponsor | In committee | May 15, 2025 |
| HB 4443 | Relating to the establishment by the Texas Workforce Commission of a pilot program to train workers for careers in energy-efficient technologies. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 15, 2025 |
| HB 3475 | Relating to the establishment of a public law school in El Paso County. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 15, 2025 |
| HB 2048 | Relating to an incentive program to promote beverage container recycling. | Primary sponsor | In committee | May 15, 2025 |
| HB 5122 | Relating to certain duties of the Texas Workforce Commission with respect to child-care resources. | Primary sponsor | In committee | May 14, 2025 |
| HB 4531 | Relating to status of certain documents or instruments purporting to convey title to or an interest in real property. | Primary sponsor | In committee | May 14, 2025 |
| HB 4196 | Relating to the establishment of the Task Force on Modernizing Manufacturing. | Primary sponsor | In committee | May 14, 2025 |
| HB 3807 | Relating to establishing a child-care services waiting list priority for the children of certain child-care workers. | Primary sponsor | In committee | May 14, 2025 |
| HB 3695 | Relating to copayments required by a health maintenance organization or preferred provider benefit plan for visiting physical therapists. | Co-sponsor | In committee | May 14, 2025 |
| HB 2874 | Relating to the inclusion of provenance data on content shared on social media platforms. | Primary sponsor | In committee | 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 |
| HCR 35 | Urging Congress to amend the Internal Revenue Code to make spaceports eligible for tax-exempt private activity bonds. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 13, 2025 |
| HB 4487 | Relating to prohibitions in connection with certain sales of clothing on an Internet website or software application; providing a civil penalty. | Primary sponsor | In committee | May 13, 2025 |
| HB 4336 | Relating to the emergency possession of a newborn by employees of a hospital. | Co-sponsor | In committee | May 13, 2025 |
| HB 3458 | Relating to the source of dogs and cats sold by pet stores; providing a civil penalty. | 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 |
| HJR 138 | Proposing a constitutional amendment prohibiting the imposition of a carbon tax. | Co-sponsor | In committee | May 12, 2025 |
| HB 74 | Relating to the creation of the Puerto Verde Port Authority District; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes; granting a limited power of eminent domain. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | May 12, 2025 |
| HB 1777 | Relating to a designation on a person's driver's license or personal identification certificate that the person is a registered sex offender. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 12, 2025 |
| HB 4028 | Relating to the regulation of preproduction plastic by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. | Primary sponsor | In committee | May 9, 2025 |
| HB 2275 | Relating to arbitration provisions in certain surplus lines insurance contracts. | Co-sponsor | In committee | May 9, 2025 |
| HB 1674 | Relating to the production, sale, and use of certain agricultural products containing perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS); creating a criminal offense. | Co-sponsor | In committee | May 9, 2025 |
| HB 1290 | Relating to prohibiting certain food additives from being included in free or reduced-price meals provided by school districts. | Co-sponsor | In committee | May 9, 2025 |
| HB 4553 | Relating to the mandatory reporting of birth outcomes by licensed midwives in the State of Texas. | Primary sponsor | In committee | May 8, 2025 |
| HB 5144 | Relating to prohibiting certain deceptive trade practices by businesses assisting veterans with Department of Veterans Affairs claims. | Co-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 3605 | Relating to a franchise tax credit for taxable entities that employ certain apprentices in broadband utility engineering or construction jobs. | Primary sponsor | In committee | May 7, 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 137 | Relating to the route designation for the issuance of a permit for the movement of oversize and overweight vehicles in certain counties. | Co-sponsor | In committee | May 1, 2025 |
| HB 406 | Relating to notification of the execution of certain local economic development agreements by a municipality or county to local workforce development boards. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 30, 2025 |
| HB 3618 | Relating to certain searches of female inmates by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. | Co-sponsor | In committee | April 30, 2025 |
| HB 2076 | Relating to health benefit plan coverage of anxiety and pain management in connection with insertion or removal of prescription contraceptive devices. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 30, 2025 |
| HB 1775 | Relating to reporting information regarding certain evidence collection kits. | Co-sponsor | In committee | April 30, 2025 |
| HB 1675 | Relating to the interment of certain cremated animal remains with human remains in perpetual care cemeteries and the eligibility of those cemeteries for an exemption from ad valorem taxation. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 30, 2025 |
| HB 1378 | Relating to municipal and county regulation of certain electric energy storage. | Co-sponsor | In committee | April 30, 2025 |
| HB 2679 | Relating to the authority of the governing board of a state governmental body to conduct a closed meeting to deliberate an issue involving certain defense, military, or aerospace issues. | 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. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 28, 2025 |
| HB 1718 | Relating to the definition of "closing" for purposes of certain private activity bonds. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 28, 2025 |
| HB 4841 | Relating to a program administered by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to connect clean vehicle program applicants with certain vehicle owners to facilitate the issuance of grants or other funding for the replacement of those vehicles. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 24, 2025 |
| HB 4777 | Relating to liability for the loss, injury, or death of a domestic animal. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 24, 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 4519 | Relating to programs established and funded under the Texas emissions reduction plan. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 17, 2025 |
| HB 1952 | Relating to the composition of county appraisal district boards of directors. | Co-sponsor | In committee | April 17, 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 5644 | Relating to a Mass Violence Care Fund to assist victims of mass violence with unreimbursed medical expenses. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 7, 2025 |
| HB 5395 | Relating to the establishment of the Cross-Agency Employment Resource Initiative to coordinate and optimize certain employment services and resources in this state. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 7, 2025 |
| HB 5390 | Relating to cooperation by economic development program participants with local workforce development boards. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 7, 2025 |
| HB 5086 | Relating to establishing a pilot program to increase the supply of child-care services and encourage employer partnerships to meet strategic workforce needs in certain regions of the state. | 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 4776 | Relating to a central database containing information about persons who have been convicted of or received a grant of deferred adjudication community supervision after pleading guilty for certain offenses involving animal cruelty; 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. | Co-sponsor | In committee | April 3, 2025 |
| HB 1092 | Relating to the unlawful production or distribution of sexually explicit images or videos using deep fake technology; increasing a criminal penalty. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 25, 2025 |
| HB 3056 | Relating to municipal and county regulation of certain wind and solar power facilities. | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 20, 2025 |
| HB 2023 | Relating to the coverage of emergency contraceptive drugs by health benefit plans. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 14, 2025 |
| HB 1549 | Relating to restrictions on the sale of obscene devices; providing a civil penalty. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 12, 2025 |
| HB 1497 | Relating to the placement of a nativity scene on the Capitol grounds. | 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 1307 | Relating to the definition of abortion. | Primary 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 |
| HB 515 | Relating to public school policies regarding student use of personal electronic devices. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 3, 2025 |
| HR 188 | Recognizing February 18 and 19, 2025, as El Paso Days at the State Capitol. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | February 19, 2025 |