Texas Legislature
Bills Authored / Joint Authored
Rep. Leo Pacheco
87th Legislature Regular Session
Report Date: 4/23/2024

Number of Bills: 59

Report Sections: Authored Bills | Joint Authored Bills

Author (36):
HB 8 Author: Pacheco | White | Dean | Guillen | Collier
Last Action: 05/04/2021 S Referred to Jurisprudence
Caption: Relating to access by a hiring law enforcement agency to an applicant's employment records.

HB 381 Author: Pacheco
Last Action: 02/25/2021 H Referred to Ways & Means: Feb 25 2021 2:07PM
Caption: Relating to the establishment of a limitation on the total amount of ad valorem taxes that taxing units may impose on the residence homesteads of individuals who are disabled or elderly and their surviving spouses.

HB 382 Author: Pacheco
Last Action: 02/25/2021 H Referred to Public Education: Feb 25 2021 2:07PM
Caption: Relating to eliminating the requirement to use public school assessment instruments as a criterion for promotion or graduation.

HB 383 Author: Pacheco
Last Action: 02/25/2021 H Referred to International Relations & Economic Development: Feb 25 2021 2:07PM
Caption: Relating to the minimum wage.

HB 384 Author: Pacheco
Last Action: 03/08/2021 H Left pending in committee
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 385 Author: Pacheco | White | Campos | Button | Krause
Sponsor: Hughes
Last Action: 06/16/2021 E Effective on 9/1/21
Caption: Relating to conditions of community supervision and procedures applicable to the reduction or termination of a defendant's period of community supervision.

HB 386 Author: Pacheco
Last Action: 02/25/2021 H Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence: Feb 25 2021 2:07PM
Caption: Relating to the unlawful restraint of a dog; creating a criminal offense.

HB 387 Author: Pacheco
Last Action: 02/25/2021 H Referred to Ways & Means: Feb 25 2021 2:07PM
Caption: Relating to a sales and use tax exemption for child and adult diapers.

HB 388 Author: Pacheco
Last Action: 02/25/2021 H Referred to Ways & Means: Feb 25 2021 2:07PM
Caption: Relating to a sales and use tax exemption for certain feminine hygiene products.

HB 527 Author: Pacheco
Last Action: 03/01/2021 H Referred to Elections: Mar 1 2021 5:05PM
Caption: Relating to electronic voter registration.

HB 546 Author: Pacheco
Last Action: 05/10/2021 S Received from the House
Caption: Relating to the application of certain programs that support certain occupation-related postsecondary educational programs and students of those programs.

HB 612 Author: Pacheco
Last Action: 03/01/2021 H Referred to Public Education: Mar 1 2021 5:05PM
Caption: Relating to the scheduling of the first and last days of school for students by school districts.

HB 793 Author: Pacheco
Last Action: 03/01/2021 H Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence: Mar 1 2021 5:05PM
Caption: Relating to drug-free zones under the Texas Controlled Substances Act.

HB 794 Author: Pacheco
Last Action: 03/01/2021 H Referred to Public Education: Mar 1 2021 5:05PM
Caption: Relating to the applicability of educator certification requirements and certain educator rights to charter schools.

HB 1179 Author: Pacheco
Last Action: 03/04/2021 H Referred to Elections: Mar 4 2021 4:17PM
Caption: Relating to certain activities near a polling place; changing the elements of certain criminal offenses.

HB 1334 Author: Pacheco
Last Action: 03/23/2021 H Withdrawn from schedule
Caption: Relating to the emergency possession of certain abandoned children.

HB 1336 Author: Pacheco
Last Action: 03/05/2021 H Referred to State Affairs: Mar 5 2021 1:21PM
Caption: Relating to requiring state contractors and political subdivisions of this state to participate in the federal electronic verification of employment authorization program, or E-verify.

HB 1551 Author: Pacheco
Last Action: 05/12/2021 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the sale of wine and malt beverages on Sundays.

HB 1660 Author: Pacheco
Last Action: 03/09/2021 H Referred to State Affairs: Mar 9 2021 2:21PM
Caption: Relating to requiring state contractors and political subdivisions of this state to participate in the federal electronic verification of employment authorization program, or E-verify.

HB 1661 Author: Pacheco
Last Action: 04/19/2021 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to state recognition of the Tap Pilam Coahuiltecan Nation.

HB 1663 Author: Pacheco
Last Action: 03/09/2021 H Referred to Culture, Recreation & Tourism: Mar 9 2021 2:21PM
Caption: Relating to state recognition of the Tap Pilam Coahuiltecan Nation.

HB 1937 Author: Pacheco
Last Action: 04/14/2021 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the maximum permitted rate of interest, sum of fees, and other amounts that may be charged in connection with deferred presentment transactions.

HB 1982 Author: Pacheco
Last Action: 03/15/2021 H Referred to Public Health: Mar 15 2021 10:54AM
Caption: Relating to the prescription and dispensing of medical cannabis; requiring an occupational license; authorizing a fee.

HB 2479 Author: Pacheco
Last Action: 04/26/2021 H No action taken in committee
Caption: Relating to persons who are authorized to conduct a marriage ceremony.

HB 2562 Author: Pacheco
Last Action: 03/17/2021 H Referred to State Affairs: Mar 17 2021 11:03AM
Caption: Relating to certifying the Railroad Commission of Texas as the independent organization for the ERCOT power region.

HB 2750 Author: Pacheco
Last Action: 04/15/2021 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the exemption of certain activities from regulation as a structural pest control service.

HB 2777 Author: Pacheco
Last Action: 03/17/2021 H Referred to Business & Industry: Mar 17 2021 11:03AM
Caption: Relating to the regulation of reroofing contractors; providing administrative and civil penalties; authorizing fees; requiring an occupational registration.

HB 2779 Author: Pacheco
Last Action: 03/17/2021 H Referred to Insurance: Mar 17 2021 11:03AM
Caption: Relating to the regulation as a public insurance adjuster of certain persons acting on behalf of an insured for a real or personal property insurance claim.

HB 2945 Author: Pacheco
Last Action: 03/24/2021 H Referred directly to subcommittee by chair
Caption: Relating to the transfer of alcoholic beverages between certain permitted premises.

HB 3348 Author: Pacheco | Middleton | Campos | Cortez | Allison
Sponsor: Creighton
Last Action: 06/16/2021 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the number of baccalaureate degree programs certain public junior colleges may offer.

HB 3351 Author: Pacheco | Middleton | Campos | Cortez | Raney
Last Action: 05/07/2021 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption: Relating to establishing the Texas Commission on Community College Finance.

HB 3353 Author: Pacheco
Last Action: 03/22/2021 H Referred to Higher Education: Mar 22 2021 11:25AM
Caption: Relating to baccalaureate degree programs offered by certain public junior colleges.

HB 3374 Author: Pacheco | Patterson | Campos
Sponsor: Paxton
Last Action: 06/15/2021 E Effective on 9/1/21
Caption: Relating to the requirement to compare and verify signatures when renting a motor vehicle.

HB 3900 Author: Pacheco | Campos
Last Action: 05/12/2021 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption: Relating to the appointment of a deputy clerk to certain county courts at law.

HB 3908 Author: Pacheco | Campos
Last Action: 05/13/2021 H Postponed
Caption: Relating to the deputy clerks appointed to certain statutory probate courts.

HJR 22 Author: Pacheco
Last Action: 03/01/2021 H Referred to Ways & Means: Mar 1 2021 5:05PM
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment establishing a limitation on the total amount of ad valorem taxes that political subdivisions may impose on the residence homesteads of individuals who are disabled or elderly and their surviving spouses.

Joint Author (23):
HB 26 Author: Swanson | Pacheco | White
Last Action: 02/25/2021 H Referred to State Affairs: Feb 25 2021 2:07PM
Caption: Relating to the governor's power to control the sale, transportation, and use of weapons and ammunition during a declared state of disaster or state of emergency.

HB 409 Author: Cortez | Pacheco | Guillen
Last Action: 05/10/2021 S Referred to Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs
Caption: Relating to waivers for entrance fees to state parks and certain hunting and fishing license fees for resident first responders.

HB 457 Author: Shaheen | Klick | Pacheco | Price | Lopez
Last Action: 04/19/2021 S Referred to Local Government
Caption: Relating to a local option exemption from ad valorem taxation by a county of a portion of the value of the residence homestead of a physician who provides health care services for which the physician agrees not to seek payment from any source, including the Medicaid program or otherwise from this state or the federal government, to county residents who are indigent or who are Medicaid recipients.

HB 803 Author: Middleton | Morales, Eddie | Cain | White | Pacheco
Last Action: 04/26/2021 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to equal parenting orders in suits affecting the parent-child relationship.

HB 873 Author: Collier | Pacheco | Shaheen | Stucky | Ordaz Perez
Last Action: 05/13/2021 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption: Relating to the unlawful restraint of a dog; creating a criminal offense.

HB 1024 Author: Geren | Holland | Thompson, Senfronia | Parker | Pacheco
Sponsor: Hancock
Last Action: 05/12/2021 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the pickup and delivery of alcoholic beverages from certain premises for off-premises consumption.

HB 1306 Author: Swanson | Dominguez | Pacheco
Sponsor: Bettencourt
Last Action: 06/09/2021 E Effective on 9/1/21
Caption: Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for assault or aggravated assault of a process server.

HB 1341 Author: Leach | Pacheco | Cortez | Guillen
Last Action: 05/04/2021 S Referred to Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs
Caption: Relating to waivers for entrance fees to state parks for resident first responders, military service members, and veterans.

HB 1400 Author: Swanson | Tinderholt | Pacheco | Dominguez
Sponsor: Bettencourt
Last Action: 06/15/2021 E Effective on 9/1/21
Caption: Relating to the creation of the criminal offense of impersonating a private investigator.

HB 1544 Author: Guillen | Pacheco
Sponsor: Zaffirini
Last Action: 06/18/2021 E Vetoed by the Governor
Caption: Relating to the eligibility of land to continue to be appraised for ad valorem tax purposes as qualified open-space land if the land is temporarily used for sand mining operations; authorizing a fee.

HB 1675 Author: Allison | Middleton | Pacheco
Sponsor: Kolkhorst
Last Action: 05/13/2021 S Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to guardianships of the person of wards with profound intellectual disabilities who are minors or were minors when their guardianship proceedings commenced.

HB 1916 Author: Turner, Chris | Pacheco | Patterson | Anchia
Last Action: 04/13/2021 S Referred to Business & Commerce
Caption: Relating to prohibiting certain telemarketing calls by a credit access business.

HB 2119 Author: Burrows | Pacheco
Last Action: 04/27/2021 H Considered in Calendars
Caption: Relating to the regulation of restaurants and third-party food delivery services, including the issuance of certain alcoholic beverage certificates to restaurants.

HB 2743 Author: Metcalf | Pacheco
Sponsor: Paxton
Last Action: 05/26/2021 S Removed from local & uncontested calendar
Caption: Relating to the salary of certain employees who transfer within a state agency.

HB 2813 Author: Turner, Chris | Pacheco
Last Action: 04/14/2021 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to a restriction on total charges charged for extensions of consumer credit that a credit services organization obtains for a consumer or assists a consumer in obtaining.

HB 3175 Author: Morrison | Ashby | Pacheco | Wilson | Coleman
Last Action: 05/11/2021 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption: Relating to financial support and incentives for comprehensive regional universities.

HB 3267 Author: Kuempel | Pacheco
Last Action: 04/26/2021 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to a restriction on the use of money in the tax increment fund for a tax increment financing reinvestment zone created by certain home-rule municipalities.

HB 3391 Author: Turner, Chris | Pacheco
Last Action: 04/14/2021 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to fees paid to a third party in connection with certain extensions of consumer credit.

HB 3557 Author: King, Ken | Pacheco
Last Action: 05/17/2021 S Referred to Education
Caption: Relating to allowing parents and guardians to elect for a student to repeat or retake a course or grade.

HB 3580 Author: Talarico | Pacheco | Guillen | Reynolds | Herrero
Last Action: 03/22/2021 H Referred to Public Education: Mar 22 2021 11:25AM
Caption: Relating to the salary paid to certain public school teachers.

HB 4116 Author: Turner, Chris | Pacheco
Last Action: 04/14/2021 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to credit services organizations and extensions of consumer credit facilitated by credit services organizations.

HCR 62 Author: Hunter | Pacheco
Sponsor: West
Last Action: 06/18/2021 E Signed by the Governor
Caption: Designating the second week in October as Indigenous Peoples' Week for a 10-year period beginning in 2021.

HJR 125 Author: Ellzey | Guillen | Pacheco
Sponsor: Birdwell
Last Action: 05/18/2021 E Filed with the Secretary of State
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to allow the surviving spouse of a person who is disabled to receive a limitation on the school district ad valorem taxes on the spouse's residence homestead if the spouse is 55 years of age or older at the time of the person's death.

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