Texas Legislature
Bills Authored / Joint Authored
Rep. Ray Lopez
86th Legislature Regular Session
Report Date: 4/24/2024

Number of Bills: 46

Report Sections: Authored Bills | Joint Authored Bills

Author (7):
HB 4753 Author: Lopez | Blanco
Last Action: 05/15/2019 S Referred to Health & Human Services
Caption: Relating to a study regarding the cost of child care in this state in comparison to family income.

HB 4754 Author: Lopez | White
Sponsor: Menéndez
Last Action: 06/14/2019 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to a study on the number of active releasees on a parole officer's caseload.

HB 4755 Author: Lopez
Last Action: 05/02/2019 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the requirements for interlocal contracts.

HB 4756 Author: Lopez
Last Action: 05/01/2019 H Left pending in committee
Caption: 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.

HB 4757 Author: Lopez
Last Action: 04/24/2019 H Referred to Human Services: Apr 24 2019 5:51PM
Caption: Relating to the provision of Medicaid benefits to certain former foster care youth.

HB 4758 Author: Lopez | Zwiener | Reynolds
Last Action: 05/01/2019 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to providing notice to a state representative and senator of an administrative penalty assessed by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

HJR 153 Author: Lopez
Last Action: 04/24/2019 H Referred to Appropriations: Apr 24 2019 5:51PM
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to require the legislature to appropriate funds to state institutions of higher education to fund certain education programs for veterans.

Joint Author (39):
HB 116 Author: González, Mary | Bernal | Rosenthal | Lopez
Last Action: 03/13/2019 H Considered in Calendars
Caption: Relating to improving training and staff development for primary and secondary educators to enable them to more effectively serve all students.

HB 217 Author: Gervin-Hawkins | Thompson, Senfronia | Lopez | Davis, Sarah | Guillen
Last Action: 05/15/2019 S Referred to Business & Commerce
Caption: Relating to health benefit plan coverage for hair prostheses for cancer patients.

HB 288 Author: Thompson, Senfronia | Moody | Lopez | Collier
Last Action: 05/16/2019 S Referred to Health & Human Services
Caption: Relating to the personal needs allowance for certain Medicaid recipients who are residents of long-term care facilities.

HB 620 Author: Neave | Reynolds | Lopez
Last Action: 05/07/2019 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to a veterans suicide prevention public awareness campaign.

HB 680 Author: Deshotel | Lopez
Sponsor: Watson
Last Action: 06/14/2019 E Effective on 9/1/19
Caption: Relating to the powers and duties of the Texas Workforce Commission and local workforce development boards regarding the provision of child care.

HB 714 Author: Lucio III | Lopez
Sponsor: Rodríguez
Last Action: 06/02/2019 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to a reemployment program available to certain veterans placed on community supervision for a misdemeanor offense.

HB 761 Author: Wu | Lopez
Last Action: 04/17/2019 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the establishment of the Texas Pay Equity Task Force.

HB 1045 Author: Neave | Lopez | Reynolds
Last Action: 05/09/2019 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption: Relating to a veteran suicide tracking system and required reporting of veteran suicides by certain persons.

HB 1332 Author: Israel | Lopez
Last Action: 04/22/2019 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to the repeal of the authority of political subdivisions to adopt or enforce juvenile curfews.

HB 1559 Author: Meza | Lopez
Last Action: 04/15/2019 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to employment leave for certain family or medical obligations; imposing an assessment.

HB 1808 Author: Lucio III | Miller | Lopez
Last Action: 04/26/2019 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to standards for nutrition, physical activity, and screen time for certain child-care facilities and homes.

HB 1904 Author: Larson | Lopez
Last Action: 04/16/2019 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to withdrawals of water from the Edwards Aquifer to supply a military installation.

HB 2012 Author: Lucio III | Lopez
Last Action: 04/24/2019 H Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
Caption: Relating to conditions of community supervision for defendants convicted of certain criminal offenses involving animals.

HB 2111 Author: Pacheco | Cortez | Lopez | Minjarez | Gutierrez
Sponsor: Flores
Last Action: 06/15/2019 E Vetoed by the Governor
Caption: Relating to the period for which a school district's participation in certain tax increment financing reinvestment zones may be taken into account in determining the total taxable value of property in the school district.

HB 2207 Author: Shine | Cortez | Darby | Martinez Fischer | Lopez
Last Action: 05/09/2019 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption: Relating to reimbursement of federal military treatment facilities under the workers' compensation system.

HB 2572 Author: Patterson | González, Mary | VanDeaver | Bowers | Lopez
Last Action: 05/02/2019 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to eliminating the state-required assessment instrument in social studies and the United States history end-of-course assessment instrument and to establishing a pilot program to develop a portfolio method to assess student performance in those courses.

HB 2646 Author: Gutierrez | Lopez | Cortez | Bernal | Leach
Last Action: 05/08/2019 S Received from the House
Caption: Relating to the adoption of a land bank program by the Texas State Affordable Housing Corporation.

HB 2655 Author: Rosenthal | Allen | Talarico | Toth | Lopez
Last Action: 05/10/2019 S Referred to Education
Caption: Relating to an active shooter emergency protocol for public school districts and required active shooter response training for school district peace officers and school resource officers.

HB 2682 Author: Collier | Lopez
Last Action: 04/29/2019 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to health benefit coverage for certain fertility preservation services under certain health benefit plans.

HB 2984 Author: Allison | González, Mary | Minjarez | Lopez | Capriglione
Sponsor: Taylor
Last Action: 06/14/2019 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the essential knowledge and skills of the technology applications curriculum and the establishment of a computer science strategic advisory committee to increase computer science instruction and participation in public schools.

HB 2997 Author: Talarico | Thierry | Bernal | Hinojosa | Lopez
Last Action: 04/29/2019 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to suicide prevention training for certain public school employees and public school mental health related programs and the applicability of related immunity provisions.

HB 3021 Author: Ramos | Lopez
Last Action: 05/14/2019 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption: Relating to informing the public about the availability of provisions in protective orders, including provisions regarding pets and other companion animals.

HB 3240 Author: Meza | Lopez
Last Action: 05/09/2019 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption: Relating to a study by the Legislative Budget Board concerning the long-term effects of regulating tuition rates and amounts charged by public institutions of higher education.

HB 3247 Author: Martinez | Guillen | Bonnen, Greg | Lopez
Sponsor: Alvarado
Last Action: 06/14/2019 E Effective on 9/1/19
Caption: Relating to the Texas Emergency Services Retirement System.

HB 3423 Author: Allison | Lopez
Last Action: 04/17/2019 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to ad valorem and franchise tax credits for donations to school districts to create or support career and technical education programs or courses.

HB 3428 Author: Capriglione | Price | Buckley | Zerwas | Lopez
Sponsor: Perry
Last Action: 06/14/2019 E Effective on 9/1/19
Caption: Relating to training on Alzheimer's disease and dementia for certain Department of Family and Protective Services employees and area agencies on aging employees and volunteers.

HB 3470 Author: Allen | Lopez
Last Action: 04/17/2019 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to the duties of school district peace officers, school resource officers, and security personnel.

HB 3512 Author: Pacheco | Sherman, Sr. | Lopez | González, Jessica | Krause
Last Action: 05/06/2019 S Referred to Criminal Justice
Caption: Relating to conditions of community supervision and procedures applicable to the reduction or termination of a defendant's period of community supervision.

HB 3728 Author: Bernal | Gervin-Hawkins | Lopez
Last Action: 04/15/2019 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to requiring certain employers to provide paid sick leave to employees; providing administrative penalties.

HB 3800 Author: Thompson, Senfronia | Lopez | Collier
Sponsor: Huffman
Last Action: 06/14/2019 E Effective on 9/1/19
Caption: Relating to required reporting of human trafficking cases by certain law enforcement entities and by prosecutors.

HB 3879 Author: Ramos | Lopez
Last Action: 05/13/2019 S Referred to Vet Affairs & Border Security
Caption: Relating to the participation of armed forces members in a marriage ceremony through video conference technology.

HB 3933 Author: Martinez Fischer | Oliverson | Lopez
Last Action: 04/02/2019 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to consumer protections against billing and limitations on information reported by consumer reporting agencies.

HB 4047 Author: Dominguez | Lopez | White | Zedler
Last Action: 05/07/2019 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to measures to facilitate the award of postsecondary course credit leading to workforce credentialing based on military experience, education, and training.

HB 4242 Author: Bernal | Talarico | Lopez | Ramos | Raymond
Last Action: 05/10/2019 S Referred to Education
Caption: Relating to the consideration of reading level in the adoption of certain assessment instruments and associated student performance levels and to the temporary suspension of accountability sanctions for public schools.

HB 4462 Author: Meza | Lopez | Guillen
Last Action: 05/13/2019 S Received from the House
Caption: Relating to a task force to study access to legal services for persons with disabilities.

HB 4476 Author: Davis, Yvonne | Lopez
Last Action: 05/09/2019 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption: Relating to civil liability for abuse or exploitation of an elderly person or person with a disability.

HB 4513 Author: Hunter | Flynn | Lozano | Lopez | Herrero
Last Action: 05/14/2019 S Referred to Health & Human Services
Caption: Relating to employing and training mental health professionals for the mental health program for veterans.

HB 4514 Author: Hunter | Flynn | Lozano | Lopez
Last Action: 05/07/2019 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to the requirement that the Texas Veterans Commission provide training to support the veterans mental health program.

HR 1150 Author: Morales | Lopez | Guerra | Walle | Perez
Last Action: 04/24/2019 H Reported enrolled: Apr 24 2019 9:50AM
Caption: Commemorating Mexican Mother's Day on May 10, 2019.

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