Texas Legislature
Bills Authored / Joint Authored
Rep. Richard Hayes
88th Legislature Regular Session
Report Date: 4/18/2024

Number of Bills: 45

Report Sections: Authored Bills | Joint Authored Bills

Author (36):
HB 2323 Author: Hayes
Sponsor: Parker
Last Action: 06/12/2023 E Effective on 1/1/24
Caption: Relating to the issuance of specialty license plates commemorating the 100th anniversary of the writing of the state song.

HB 2433 Author: Hayes
Last Action: 03/13/2023 H Referred to Transportation: Mar 13 2023 3:37PM
Caption: Relating to the definition of a motorcycle.

HB 2501 Author: Hayes
Last Action: 03/13/2023 H Referred to Public Education: Mar 13 2023 3:37PM
Caption: Relating to prohibiting certain nonprofit state associations and organizations from providing training and insurance and risk pool contracts to public educational entities.

HB 2568 Author: Hayes | Morales, Eddie | Cain | Rogers
Sponsor: LaMantia
Last Action: 06/11/2023 E Effective on 9/1/23
Caption: Relating to a study of carrizo cane on the international border of this state.

HB 2705 Author: Hayes | Bumgarner | Oliverson
Last Action: 05/11/2023 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption: Relating to the prohibition of short-barrel firearms.

HB 2733 Author: Hayes
Last Action: 03/13/2023 H Referred to Public Health: Mar 13 2023 3:37PM
Caption: Relating to the confinement in a county jail of certain defendants who are incompetent to stand trial and to the compensation to the county for the costs of that confinement.

HB 2906 Author: Hayes
Last Action: 03/14/2023 H Referred to Land & Resource Management: Mar 14 2023 11:22AM
Caption: Relating to the expenses and fees awarded to a property owner in certain eminent domain proceedings.

HB 3080 Author: Hayes
Last Action: 03/14/2023 H Referred to Land & Resource Management: Mar 14 2023 11:22AM
Caption: Relating to the authority of a municipality to annex area qualified for agricultural or wildlife management use or as timberland.

HB 3082 Author: Hayes
Last Action: 03/14/2023 H Referred to Public Health: Mar 14 2023 11:22AM
Caption: Relating to a pharmacy, pharmacist, or pharmacy technician decision to not dispense or sell a drug according to religious belief or moral conviction.

HB 3114 Author: Hayes
Last Action: 03/14/2023 H Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence: Mar 14 2023 11:22AM
Caption: Relating to the burden of proof in a suit or administrative proceeding to establish that an area is subject to the public beach easement.

HB 3396 Author: Hayes | Hinojosa | Frazier
Last Action: 03/15/2023 H Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence: Mar 15 2023 11:33AM
Caption: Relating to requiring the Health and Human Services Commission to establish a plan to bring certain funded forensic state hospital beds online.

HB 4035 Author: Hayes
Last Action: 03/20/2023 H Referred to Health Care Reform, Select: Mar 20 2023 3:35PM
Caption: Relating to disclosure of certain health care costs.

HB 4036 Author: Hayes
Last Action: 03/20/2023 H Referred to Elections: Mar 20 2023 3:35PM
Caption: Relating to permitting poll watchers to observe certain procedures of correcting a defect in an early voting ballot voted by mail.

HB 4037 Author: Hayes
Last Action: 05/11/2023 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption: Relating to the time period for conducting a pretrial hearing after a criminal defendant has been restored to competency.

HB 4038 Author: Hayes
Last Action: 03/20/2023 H Referred to Land & Resource Management: Mar 20 2023 3:35PM
Caption: Relating to the limitations period for actions challenging and validations regarding municipal annexation.

HB 4039 Author: Hayes
Last Action: 03/20/2023 H Referred to Land & Resource Management: Mar 20 2023 3:35PM
Caption: Relating to the provision of municipal services to land annexed by a municipality for full purposes.

HB 4040 Author: Hayes
Last Action: 03/20/2023 H Referred to State Affairs: Mar 20 2023 3:35PM
Caption: Relating to the disclosure of charges, fees, assessments, surcharges, and taxes collected by a telecommunications provider.

HB 4042 Author: Hayes
Last Action: 03/20/2023 H Referred to Ways & Means: Mar 20 2023 3:35PM
Caption: Relating to the appraisal for ad valorem tax purposes of tangible personal property used for the production of income that, in the owner's opinion, has an aggregate value of less than a certain amount.

HB 4043 Author: Hayes
Last Action: 03/20/2023 H Referred to Higher Education: Mar 20 2023 3:35PM
Caption: Relating to the governance of public institutions of higher education.

HB 4336 Author: Hayes
Last Action: 03/21/2023 H Referred to Community Safety, Select: Mar 21 2023 12:28PM
Caption: Relating to the prohibition of a person who is the subject of a family violence protective order or arrested for or charged with an offense involving family violence to surrender firearms owned by the person.

HB 4368 Author: Hayes
Last Action: 03/21/2023 H Referred to State Affairs: Mar 21 2023 12:28PM
Caption: Relating to the protection of this state and its citizens from border invasion or imminent danger from border security breaches; creating a criminal offense.

HB 4393 Author: Hayes
Last Action: 03/21/2023 H Referred to Elections: Mar 21 2023 12:28PM
Caption: Relating to the practices and procedures related to early voting by mail.

HB 4396 Author: Hayes
Last Action: 03/21/2023 H Referred to Elections: Mar 21 2023 12:28PM
Caption: Relating to the members on a signature verification committee.

HB 4399 Author: Hayes
Last Action: 05/16/2023 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption: Relating to the plan for the operation of a central counting station.

HB 4401 Author: Hayes
Last Action: 03/21/2023 H Referred to Elections: Mar 21 2023 12:28PM
Caption: Relating to notice requirements for a public test of logic and accuracy of a voting system.

HB 4432 Author: Hayes
Last Action: 03/21/2023 H Referred to Elections: Mar 21 2023 12:28PM
Caption: Relating to authorizing certain election precincts to consolidate.

HB 4452 Author: Hayes
Last Action: 03/21/2023 H Referred to Community Safety, Select: Mar 21 2023 12:28PM
Caption: Relating to exempting the intrastate manufacture of a firearm, a firearm accessory, or ammunition from federal regulation.

HB 4650 Author: Hayes
Last Action: 03/22/2023 H Referred to Elections: Mar 22 2023 11:54AM
Caption: Relating to the procedure for duplicating ballots for automatic counting.

HB 4654 Author: Hayes | Dorazio
Last Action: 03/22/2023 H Referred to State Affairs: Mar 22 2023 11:54AM
Caption: Relating to providing for a reduction in the total number of state agency rules.

HB 4671 Author: Hayes
Last Action: 05/11/2023 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption: Relating to the qualifications and summoning of grand jurors.

HB 4674 Author: Hayes | Thimesch
Last Action: 05/11/2023 S Referred to Jurisprudence
Caption: Relating to the qualifications, summoning, and reimbursement of jurors.

HB 4689 Author: Hayes
Last Action: 04/24/2023 H Reported favorably as substituted
Caption: Relating to hotel and convention center projects, including the authority of certain municipalities to receive certain tax revenue derived from those projects and to pledge certain tax revenue for the payment of obligations related to those projects.

HB 4703 Author: Hayes
Last Action: 03/22/2023 H Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence: Mar 22 2023 11:54AM
Caption: Relating to the operation and administration of and practice in and grants provided by courts in the judicial branch of state government.

HB 4712 Author: Hayes
Last Action: 03/22/2023 H Referred to Natural Resources: Mar 22 2023 11:54AM
Caption: Relating to the burden of proof in a suit or administrative proceeding to establish that an area is subject to the public beach easement.

HB 5250 Author: Hayes
Last Action: 05/12/2023 H Returned to Local & Consent Calendars Comm.
Caption: Relating to fees on and grants for fuel ethanol, renewable methane, biodiesel, and renewable diesel.

HR 1106 Author: Hayes
Last Action: 04/28/2023 H Reported enrolled: Apr 28 2023 10:22AM
Caption: Recognizing Kathy Blair for her service as president of the Texas State Association of Parliamentarians.

Joint Author (9):
HB 479 Author: Hinojosa | Hayes | Kacal | Rose | Anderson
Last Action: 05/01/2023 S Received from the House
Caption: Relating to the period for transporting a criminal defendant who is found incompetent to stand trial to a facility for competency restoration services and to the compensation to the county for the costs of confinement occurring after that period.

HB 508 Author: Wu | DeAyala | Hayes | Hull | Cunningham
Last Action: 05/01/2023 H Considered in Calendars
Caption: Relating to the civil prosecution of offenses involving certain municipal parking ordinances; authorizing a civil fine.

HB 3211 Author: Stucky | Thimesch | Anderson | Bumgarner | Hayes
Last Action: 04/20/2023 S Referred to s/c on Higher Education by Pres
Caption: Relating to a campus of the Texas State Technical College System located in Denton County.

HB 3372 Author: Thimesch | Slawson | Hayes | DeAyala | Capriglione
Sponsor: Parker
Last Action: 06/13/2023 E Effective on 9/1/23
Caption: Relating to the reporting of political contributions, including in-kind contributions, and expenditures made using a credit card.

HB 3559 Author: Harrison | Leo-Wilson | Schatzline | Hayes
Last Action: 03/16/2023 H Referred to Public Education: Mar 16 2023 11:39AM
Caption: Relating to prohibiting certain nonprofit state associations and organizations from providing training, insurance and risk pool contracts, and other professional services to public educational entities.

HB 4411 Author: Dutton | Bumgarner | Hayes
Last Action: 05/10/2023 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption: Relating to the apprenticeship system of adult career and technology education.

HB 5105 Author: Stucky | Hayes | Thimesch | Bumgarner
Sponsor: Springer
Last Action: 06/13/2023 E Effective on 9/1/23
Caption: Relating to authorizing certain counties to impose a hotel occupancy tax and the use of revenue from that tax.

HB 5166 Author: Morales Shaw | Shaheen | Flores | Rosenthal | Hayes
Last Action: 04/25/2023 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the development of a language access plan to increase access to assistance under health and human services programs by certain individuals.

HR 1421 Author: Thimesch | Bumgarner | Patterson | Hayes | Capriglione
Last Action: 05/04/2023 H Reported enrolled: May 4 2023 1:05PM
Caption: Honoring Lewisville ISD Teachers of the Year on the occasion of their visit to the State Capitol on May 4, 2023.

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