Texas Legislature

Bills Authored / Joint Authored

Rep. Richard Hayes
89th Legislature Regular Session
Report Date: 2/22/2026
Number of Bills: 79

Report Sections: Authored Bills | Joint Authored Bills

Author (45):
Author:
Hayes | Bumgarner | Virdell | Pierson
Last Action:
04/14/2025 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the prohibition of short-barrel firearms.
Author:
Hayes
Sponsor:
Cook
Last Action:
06/22/2025 E Vetoed by the Governor
Caption:
Relating to the time period for conducting pretrial hearings after a criminal defendant has been restored to competency.
Author:
Hayes | Cook | Hopper | Bumgarner | Wilson
Last Action:
05/06/2025 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Relating to the combination of certain election precincts.
Author:
Hayes | Capriglione | Patterson
Last Action:
05/05/2025 H Considered in Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the plan for the operation of a central counting station.
Author:
Hayes
Last Action:
05/05/2025 S Referred to Economic Development
Caption:
Relating to fees on and grants for fuel ethanol, renewable methane, biodiesel, and renewable diesel.
Author:
Hayes
Last Action:
02/28/2025 H Referred to Higher Education: Feb 28 2025 11:02AM
Caption:
Relating to the determination of resident status of students by public institutions of higher education.
Author:
Hayes
Last Action:
03/03/2025 H Referred to Public Education: Mar 3 2025 2:24PM
Caption:
Relating to prohibiting certain nonprofit state associations and organizations from providing training and insurance and risk pool contracts to public educational entities.
Author:
Hayes
Last Action:
04/28/2025 H Reported favorably as substituted
Caption:
Relating to the provision of municipal services to land annexed by a municipality for full purposes.
Author:
Hayes
Last Action:
03/11/2025 H Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs: Mar 11 2025 3:26PM
Caption:
Relating to reports on information regarding certain multifamily residential developments to the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs.
Author:
Hayes
Last Action:
04/22/2025 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to acceptable forms of photo identification for the purposes of voting.
Author:
Hayes
Last Action:
05/08/2025 H Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
Caption:
Relating to fees charged by certain property owners' associations for resale certificates and updates of resale certificates.
Author:
Hayes
Last Action:
04/14/2025 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the possession of a firearm by persons convicted of certain felony offenses.
Author:
Hayes
Last Action:
05/19/2025 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption:
Relating to requiring an election judge to provide a watcher removed from a polling place a signed statement containing the reason for the removal.
Author:
Hayes
Last Action:
03/19/2025 H Referred to Elections: Mar 19 2025 12:35PM
Caption:
Relating to assisting a voter at an early voting polling place.
Author:
Hayes | Bucy | Isaac | Raymond | Leo Wilson
Last Action:
05/09/2025 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Relating to the date of the meeting of presidential electors of this state.
Author:
Hayes
Sponsor:
Hughes
Last Action:
06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption:
Relating to choice of law and venue for certain construction contracts.
Author:
Hayes
Last Action:
04/29/2025 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the sequestration of a jury in a criminal case.
Author:
Hayes
Last Action:
05/19/2025 S Referred to Business & Commerce
Caption:
Relating to the contents of a trust accounting.
Author:
Hayes
Sponsor:
Hughes
Last Action:
06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption:
Relating to decedents' estates and other matters involving probate courts.
Author:
Hayes
Last Action:
05/05/2025 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the timely return of a ballot by mail.
Author:
Hayes
Last Action:
05/10/2025 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to voidable provisions contained in certain construction contracts.
Author:
Hayes
Last Action:
03/27/2025 H Referred to Insurance: Mar 27 2025 11:57AM
Caption:
Relating to presuit notice and inspection requirements associated with, and certain liability in connection with, certain insurance claims for property damage.
Author:
Hayes
Last Action:
03/27/2025 H Referred to State Affairs: Mar 27 2025 11:57AM
Caption:
Relating to censorship of or certain other interference with digital expression, including expression on social media platforms or through electronic mail messages.
Author:
Hayes | Leo Wilson
Last Action:
05/13/2025 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to the liability of a funeral service provider for mental anguish damages.
Author:
Hayes
Sponsor:
Hughes
Last Action:
06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption:
Relating to venue in certain actions involving private transfer fees for real property.
Author:
Hayes | Leo Wilson | Luther
Last Action:
05/08/2025 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the registration and inspection of vehicles.
Author:
Hayes
Last Action:
04/22/2025 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to appeals from a justice or municipal court.
Author:
Hayes
Last Action:
03/31/2025 H Referred to Delivery of Government Efficiency: Mar 31 2025 4:34PM
Caption:
Relating to providing for a reduction in the total number of state agency rules.
Author:
Hayes
Last Action:
04/01/2025 H Referred to Pensions, Investments & Financial Services: Apr 1 2025 12:28PM
Caption:
Relating to prohibitions on deceptive and unfair practices related to financial institutions discriminating in the provision of financial services to consumers and other persons.
Author:
Hayes
Last Action:
04/03/2025 H Referred to Trade, Workforce & Economic Development: Apr 3 2025 12:38PM
Caption:
Relating to the termination of a lease agreement of a servicemember's dependent.
Author:
Hayes
Last Action:
04/03/2025 H Referred to Public Education: Apr 3 2025 12:38PM
Caption:
Relating to permissible uses of the school safety allotment under the Foundation School Program.
Author:
Hayes
Last Action:
05/10/2025 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the collection or execution of certain judgments; authorizing fees.
Author:
Hayes
Last Action:
04/03/2025 H Referred to Ways & Means: Apr 3 2025 12:38PM
Caption:
Relating to the use of municipal hotel occupancy tax revenue by certain municipalities.
Author:
Hayes
Last Action:
04/14/2025 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to state preemption of and the effect of certain state health and safety laws on certain municipal and county regulations, including a law providing that an elephant is a dangerous wild animal.
Author:
Hayes
Last Action:
04/07/2025 H Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence: Apr 7 2025 5:28PM
Caption:
Relating to certain actions for personal injury that arise out of a sexual offense against a child or disabled individual and are brought against a non-perpetrator of the offense.
Author:
Hayes
Last Action:
04/07/2025 H Referred to Pensions, Investments & Financial Services: Apr 7 2025 5:28PM
Caption:
Relating to providing a one-time supplemental payment and an annual cost-of-living adjustment applicable to certain benefits paid by the Judicial Retirement System of Texas Plan One and Judicial Retirement System of Texas Plan Two.
Author:
Hayes
Last Action:
04/07/2025 H Referred to Trade, Workforce & Economic Development: Apr 7 2025 5:28PM
Caption:
Relating to the law governing actions involving certain investment securities and the priority and perfection of certain security interests under the Uniform Commercial Code.
Author:
Hayes
Last Action:
04/22/2025 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to authorizing out-of-state winery direct shipper's permit holders to conduct sampling or tasting events at certain locations.
Author:
Hayes
Last Action:
04/23/2025 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the financial disclosure requirements for judges receiving contributions from parties involved in cases they preside over.
Author:
Hayes
Sponsor:
Parker
Last Action:
05/28/2025 S Removed from local & uncontested calendar
Caption:
Relating to the powers and duties and validating certain acts and proceedings of the Cole Ranch Improvement District No. 1 of Denton County, Texas.
Author:
Hayes
Sponsor:
Parker
Last Action:
05/28/2025 S Removed from local & uncontested calendar
Caption:
Relating to the powers and duties and validating certain acts and proceedings of the Hunter Ranch Improvement District No. 1 of Denton County, Texas.
Author:
Hayes
Sponsor:
Parker
Last Action:
05/28/2025 E Signed by the Governor
Caption:
Designating Denton as the official Halloween Capital of Texas for a 10-year period ending in 2035.
Author:
Hayes
Last Action:
03/24/2025 H Referred to State Affairs: Mar 24 2025 2:16PM
Caption:
Proposing a constitutional amendment regarding the time during which the legislature may act on bills or resolutions during a regular session.
Author:
Hayes
Last Action:
03/21/2025 H Referred to Local & Consent Calendars: Mar 21 2025 9:52AM
Caption:
Recognizing April 2 and 3, 2025, as Denton County Days at the State Capitol.
Author:
Hayes | Anchía | Hunter | Zwiener | Darby
Last Action:
06/01/2025 H Reported enrolled: Jun 1 2025 5:13PM
Caption:
Commending the members of the PowerHouse Texas Energy Policy Fellowship Program for their service during the 89th Legislative Session.
Joint Author (34):
Author:
Vasut | Cain | Leach | Hayes | Schofield
Last Action:
05/16/2025 S Received from the House
Caption:
Relating to statutory construction, including restrictions on the use of certain aids to construction.
Author:
Leo Wilson | Hayes | Paul | Vasut | Patterson
Last Action:
02/27/2025 H Referred to Higher Education: Feb 27 2025 11:13AM
Caption:
Relating to the enrollment, including resident status and tuition rates, of certain persons, including persons not authorized to be present in the United States, in public institutions of higher education.
Author:
Rosenthal | Johnson | Hayes | Orr
Last Action:
05/14/2025 S Received from the House
Caption:
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.
Author:
Vasut | Leo Wilson | Hayes | Cain | Olcott
Last Action:
04/30/2025 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the determination of resident status of students by public institutions of higher education.
Author:
Isaac | Hayes
Sponsor:
Campbell
Last Action:
05/29/2025 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to liability of a cavern entity for injuries arising from certain activities.
Author:
Virdell | Hayes | Vasut | Cain | Isaac
Last Action:
03/11/2025 H Referred to Trade, Workforce & Economic Development: Mar 11 2025 3:26PM
Caption:
Relating to the labeling of beef, pork, beef products, and pork products; providing a civil penalty.
Author:
Canales | Metcalf | Virdell | Guillen | Hayes
Last Action:
04/28/2025 S Referred to Transportation
Caption:
Relating to adding a designation on a person's driver's license or commercial driver's license indicating that the person is licensed to carry a handgun.
Author:
Plesa | Bowers | Ordaz | Garcia, Linda | Hayes
Last Action:
04/28/2025 S Referred to Business & Commerce
Caption:
Relating to the definition of "closing" for purposes of certain private activity bonds.
Author:
Cook | Landgraf | Hayes | Spiller | Curry
Sponsor:
Zaffirini
Last Action:
06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption:
Relating to the jurisdiction of a court in a suit to divide certain property not divided or awarded on the dissolution of a marriage.
Author:
Dean | Leach | Dutton | Hayes | Landgraf
Sponsor:
Middleton
Last Action:
06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption:
Relating to the accrual of a cause of action for purposes of certain laws governing certain construction liability claims.
Author:
Virdell | Hopper | Hayes | Canales | Vasut
Last Action:
03/14/2025 H Referred to Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs: Mar 14 2025 2:36PM
Caption:
Relating to removing the requirement that an applicant for or holder of a license to carry a handgun provide fingerprints.
Author:
Gámez | Hayes | Spiller | Collier
Last Action:
05/19/2025 S Referred to Health & Human Services
Caption:
Relating to the capacity of a minor to consent to certain treatment for the minor or the minor's child.
Author:
Schofield | Leach | Hayes | González, Jessica | Vasut
Last Action:
05/01/2025 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the annual base salary from the state of a district judge.
Author:
Patterson | Hayes
Last Action:
05/05/2025 S Referred to Criminal Justice
Caption:
Relating to the authority of certain peace officers to arrest a person without a warrant while outside the officer's jurisdiction.
Author:
Cook | Hayes | Landgraf | Spiller | Curry
Sponsor:
Johnson
Last Action:
06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption:
Relating to the recovery of fees, court costs, and expenses in family law proceedings.
Author:
Capriglione | Curry | Hayes
Sponsor:
Hall
Last Action:
06/20/2025 E Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Caption:
Relating to diagnosis, maintenance, and repair of certain digital electronic equipment.
Author:
Swanson | Hayes | Leach | Dutton
Last Action:
05/12/2025 H Postponed
Caption:
Relating to priority of claims against a decedent's estate and to payment of the family allowance from the estate.
Author:
Canales | Swanson | Little | Schofield | Hayes
Last Action:
05/09/2025 S Received from the House
Caption:
Relating to the expunction of all records and files related to a finding of criminal contempt by a court.
Author:
Morgan | McLaughlin | Hayes | Cain
Sponsor:
Zaffirini
Last Action:
06/20/2025 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the Rio Grande vegetative management program.
Author:
Oliverson | Schofield | Hayes
Last Action:
05/08/2025 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to appeals from orders granting or denying a plea to the jurisdiction by a governmental unit in certain circumstances.
Author:
Louderback | Darby | Garcia, Josey | Lalani | Hayes
Sponsor:
Kolkhorst
Last Action:
05/23/2025 S Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the use of geothermal energy as a dispatchable generation resource.
Author:
Dorazio | Hayes
Last Action:
03/27/2025 H Referred to Pensions, Investments & Financial Services: Mar 27 2025 11:57AM
Caption:
Relating to the persons who are authorized to request a payoff statement from a property tax lender.
Author:
Ordaz | Hayes
Sponsor:
Zaffirini
Last Action:
06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption:
Relating to the filing and release of record of a unilateral memorandum of contract concerning residential property.
Author:
Vasut | Bumgarner | Hayes
Sponsor:
Hughes
Last Action:
06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption:
Relating to the sealing of certain documents alleged to contain trade secrets.
Author:
Swanson | Garcia, Josey | Hayes | Cain | Schofield
Sponsor:
Zaffirini
Last Action:
06/20/2025 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to proof of identity of a person making an acknowledgment of a written instrument.
Author:
Bhojani | González, Jessica | Dyson | Hayes | Flores
Last Action:
05/14/2025 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to the application processing time for admission to practice law in this state without examination for an attorney licensed to practice law in another state.
Author:
Davis, Aicha | Dutton | LaHood | Hayes
Last Action:
05/12/2025 S Received from the House
Caption:
Relating to a relative and kinship care grant program administered by the Office of Court Administration of the Texas Judicial System.
Author:
Bell, Keith | Guillen | Toth | Hayes | Olcott
Sponsor:
Flores
Last Action:
06/20/2025 E See remarks for effective date
Caption:
Relating to the authority of this state to implement a motor vehicle emissions inspection and maintenance program.
Author:
Bhojani | Moody | Hayes | Schofield | Johnson
Sponsor:
Birdwell
Last Action:
06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption:
Relating to disclosure under the public information law of certain contact information of a notary public that is maintained by the secretary of state.
Author:
Collier | Cook | Rose | Plesa | Hayes
Sponsor:
West
Last Action:
05/28/2025 E Signed by the Governor
Caption:
Designating the fourth Thursday of March as Tuskegee Airmen Commemoration Day for a 10-year period ending in 2035.
Author:
Swanson | Lambert | Plesa | Hayes
Last Action:
05/07/2025 H Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
Caption:
Proposing a constitutional amendment to remove the requirement that a home equity loan be closed only at the office of the lender, an attorney at law, or a title company.
Author:
Virdell | Cain | Bumgarner | Hayes | Schofield
Last Action:
03/17/2025 H Referred to State Affairs: Mar 17 2025 2:32PM
Caption:
Proposing a constitutional amendment providing that federal authority to regulate the manufacture, possession, sale, or use of firearms, firearm accessories, and ammunition in this state is not recognized by this state.
Author:
Patterson | Hayes | Bumgarner | Hopper | Little
Last Action:
04/03/2025 H Reported enrolled: Apr 3 2025 1:06PM
Caption:
Recognizing April 2 and 3, 2025, as Denton County Days at the State Capitol.
Author:
Bumgarner | Little | Hopper | Patterson | Hayes
Last Action:
05/24/2025 H Reported enrolled: May 24 2025 5:21PM
Caption:
In memory of Fred Joseph Mitchell of Lewisville.
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