James Talarico
Born
1989
Contact
Email · james.talarico@house.texas.gov
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2
Bills sponsored
this session · 49 all-time
2
Bills co-sponsored
this session · 44 all-time
0
Enacted into law
this session · 0 all-time
364
Recorded votes
88%
Vote participation
voted in 88% of 364 recorded votes
Voting scorecard
89R session · computed from recorded roll-call votes
Party unity
N/A (no party)
Votes with own party's majority
Independence
Not enough data yet
Votes against own party's majority
Participation
80.3%
based on 118 votes
Roll calls where a yes/no was cast
Sponsored (introduced)
49 billsCurrent session 2 bills
- HB 259 Relating to the Independent Citizen Redistricting Commission and the redistricting of the districts used to elect members of the United States House of Representatives, the Texas Legislature, and the State Board of Education. Introduced
- HJR 26 Proposing a constitutional amendment establishing the Independent Citizen Redistricting Commission to redistrict the Texas Legislature, Texas congressional districts, and State Board of Education districts and revising procedures for redistricting. Introduced
Historical 47 bills
- HB 221 Relating to the Independent Citizen Redistricting Commission and the redistricting of the districts used to elect members of the United States House of Representatives, the Texas Legislature, and the State Board of Education. Died
- HJR 28 Proposing a constitutional amendment establishing the Independent Citizen Redistricting Commission to redistrict the Texas Legislature, Texas congressional districts, and State Board of Education districts and revising procedures for redistricting. Died
- HB 5423 Relating to an annual report published by the Texas Education Agency regarding public school campus closures. Died
- HB 5404 Relating to overtime compensation for certain state employees. Died
- HB 5384 Relating to a classroom teacher's right to appeal to the commissioner of education regarding the teacher's designation under a local optional teacher designation system. Died
- HB 5367 Relating to campaign contribution limits for certain offices. Died
- HB 5328 Relating to the installation of advanced x-ray inspection technology systems at certain Texas-Mexico border crossings. Died
- HB 5326 Relating to family and medical leave. Died
- HB 5324 Relating to driver's license office appointments. Died
- HB 5321 Relating to employment leave for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking. Died
- HB 5316 Relating to the Independent Citizen Redistricting Commission and the redistricting of the districts used to elect members of the United States House of Representatives, the Texas Legislature, and the State Board of Education. Died
- HB 5315 Relating to repealing certain restrictions and prohibitions regarding labor unions. Died
- HB 5313 Relating to the reporting of loan agreements made for campaign or officeholder purposes by a person or political committee. Died
- HB 5311 Relating to establishing the Texas Care Plan Medicaid buy-in program to provide health benefit plan coverage to certain persons in this state. Died
- HB 5310 Relating to the repeal of certain laws regulating abortion and the construction of abortion statutes. Died
- HB 5309 Relating to the establishment of the local 9-1-1 response fund and grant program. Died
- HB 5307 Relating to the regulation of the cultivation, manufacture, processing, distribution, sale, testing, transportation, delivery, transfer, possession, use, and taxation of cannabis and cannabis products and the local regulation of cannabis establishments; providing for expunction of records relating to certain decriminalized conduct; authorizing the imposition of fees; requiring an occupational license; creating a criminal offense; imposing a tax. Died
- HB 5306 Relating to the permissible uses of the school safety allotment and the creation of a mental and behavioral health allotment under the Foundation School Program. Died
- HB 5304 Relating to campaign contribution limits for certain offices. Died
- HB 5299 Relating to the establishment of the Texas Promise Grant Program for certain students at two-year public institutions of higher education. Died
- HB 5298 Relating to restrictions on certain contributions and lobbyist compensation by persons appointed to public office by the governor; creating a criminal offense. Died
- HB 5297 Relating to the minimum wage. Died
- HB 5296 Relating to the salary and wages paid to public school employees. Died
- HB 5148 Relating to municipal regulation of stairway requirements in certain multifamily residential buildings. Died
- HB 5146 Relating to certain requirements regarding the subsidized child-care program administered by the Texas Workforce Commission. Died
Co-sponsored
44 billsCurrent session 2 bills
- SB 5 Relating to making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief and preparedness and giving direction and adjustment authority regarding those appropriations. Signed
- HB 5 Relating to making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief and giving direction and adjustment authority regarding those appropriations. In Committee
Historical 42 bills
- HB 4901 Relating to the regulation of platforms for the sale and distribution of software applications for mobile devices. Died
- HB 4442 Relating to an elective course on mindfulness for middle school, junior high school, and high school students. Died
- HB 3919 Relating to size and density requirements for residential lots in certain municipalities; authorizing a fee. Died
- 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. Died
- HB 3312 Relating to the preservation and release of video surveillance recordings of special education settings. Died
- HB 3284 Relating to the creation of the Texas Commission on Marriage and Family. To Executive
- HB 3133 Relating to user reports of explicit deep fake material on social media platforms. To Executive
- HB 2867 Relating to late payment fees charged by a municipally owned water utility. Died
- HB 2777 Relating to the applicability of the death penalty to a capital offense committed by a person with severe mental illness. Died
- HB 2433 Relating to the collection of state, municipal, and county hotel occupancy taxes by an accommodations intermediary. Died
- HB 2275 Relating to arbitration provisions in certain surplus lines insurance contracts. Died
- HB 2269 Relating to a property owners' association's authority to require installation or maintenance of grass or turf landscaping. Died
- HB 2189 Relating to methods to improve health profession-related career and technology education and dual credit programs offered by public schools. Died
- HB 1813 Relating to a parental right to information concerning a public school special education program and certain requirements for persons serving as special education representatives and hearing officers at impartial due process hearings; authorizing a fee. Died
- HB 1738 Relating to the repeal of the offense of homosexual conduct. Died
- HB 1581 Relating to public school bilingual education programs, dual language immersion programs, and special language programs. Died
- HB 1579 Relating to establishing the Texas Seal of Biliteracy for public high school students. Died
- HB 1481 Relating to school district and open-enrollment charter school policies regarding student use of personal communication devices. To Executive
- 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. Died
- HB 1228 Relating to municipal and county permitting requirements to conduct certain repairs on residential buildings. Died
- HB 1105 Relating to the exemption of tuition and laboratory fees at public institutions of higher education for certain paramedics. To Executive
- HB 1061 Relating to authorization and reimbursement for certain examination fee and other required cost subsidies paid for public school teachers and students. Died
- HB 1057 Relating to placement on the minimum salary schedule and service credit in the Teacher Retirement System of Texas for certain public school career or technology education teachers. Died
- 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. To Executive
- 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. Died
Voting record
Historical 50 votes
| Bill | Vote | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
|
HB 123
Relating to measures to support kindergarten readiness and early literacy and numeracy skills for public school students and to funding to support those measures.
Passed to engrossment as amended |
Yea | pass | May 06, 2025 |
|
HB 123
Relating to measures to support kindergarten readiness and early literacy and numeracy skills for public school students and to funding to support those measures.
Passed as amended |
Yea | pass | May 07, 2025 |
|
HB 116
Relating to grounds for the involuntary termination of the parent-child relationship.
Passed |
Yea | pass | April 25, 2025 |
|
HB 115
Relating to postconviction applications for a writ of habeas corpus.
Passed to engrossment |
Not Voting | pass | May 14, 2025 |
|
HB 113
Relating to statutory construction, including restrictions on the use of certain aids to construction.
Passed to engrossment |
Nay | pass | May 14, 2025 |
|
HB 112
Relating to the creation and operation of a science park district in certain counties.
Passed to engrossment |
Yea | pass | May 12, 2025 |
|
HB 112
Relating to the creation and operation of a science park district in certain counties.
Passed |
Yea | pass | May 13, 2025 |
|
HB 111
Relating to the applicability of the public information law, including the disclosure of information in the possession, custody, or control of certain governmental bodies.
Amended |
Yea | pass | May 06, 2025 |
|
HB 111
Relating to the applicability of the public information law, including the disclosure of information in the possession, custody, or control of certain governmental bodies.
Passed to engrossment as amended |
Nay | pass | May 06, 2025 |
|
HB 111
Relating to the applicability of the public information law, including the disclosure of information in the possession, custody, or control of certain governmental bodies.
Passed |
Nay | fail | May 07, 2025 |
|
HB 104
Relating to the creation of the Texas future fund and the Texas future fund investment review board and to the permissible uses of money in the Texas future fund.
Amendment fails of adoption |
Yea | fail | May 02, 2025 |
|
HB 104
Relating to the creation of the Texas future fund and the Texas future fund investment review board and to the permissible uses of money in the Texas future fund.
Passed as amended |
Yea | pass | May 05, 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.
Passed to engrossment as amended |
Yea | pass | May 07, 2025 |
|
HB 245
Relating to the treatment of military service credit in the Employees Retirement System of Texas as law enforcement or custodial officer service.
Passed to engrossment as amended |
Not Voting | pass | May 01, 2025 |
|
HB 245
Relating to the treatment of military service credit in the Employees Retirement System of Texas as law enforcement or custodial officer service.
Passed as amended |
Yea | pass | May 02, 2025 |
|
HB 265
Relating to the allocation of certain constitutional transfers of money to the economic stabilization fund, the state highway fund, and the Grow Texas fund and to the permissible uses of money deposited to the Grow Texas fund.
Passed |
Not Voting | pass | May 16, 2025 |
| passage | Yea | pass | June 02, 2025 |
| passage | Yea | pass | June 01, 2025 |
| passage | Yea | pass | May 31, 2025 |
| passage | Yea | pass | May 30, 2025 |
| passage | Nay | pass | May 29, 2025 |
| passage | Not Voting | pass | May 28, 2025 |
| other | Not Voting | fail | May 28, 2025 |
| passage | Nay | pass | May 27, 2025 |
| passage | Yea | pass | May 26, 2025 |
| other | Yea | fail | May 26, 2025 |
| passage | Yea | pass | May 25, 2025 |
| other | Nay | fail | May 25, 2025 |
| other | Yea | fail | May 24, 2025 |
| passage | Yea | pass | May 23, 2025 |
| other | Nay | fail | May 23, 2025 |
| passage | Yea | pass | May 22, 2025 |
| passage | Yea | pass | May 21, 2025 |
| other | Nay | fail | May 21, 2025 |
| passage | Yea | pass | May 20, 2025 |
| other | Nay | fail | May 20, 2025 |
| passage | Yea | pass | May 19, 2025 |
| passage | Not Voting | pass | May 16, 2025 |
| passage | Yea | pass | May 15, 2025 |
| other | Yea | fail | May 15, 2025 |
| other | Not Voting | fail | May 14, 2025 |
| passage | Yea | pass | May 13, 2025 |
| other | Not Voting | fail | May 13, 2025 |
| passage | Yea | pass | May 12, 2025 |
| other | Yea | fail | May 12, 2025 |
| passage | Not Voting | pass | May 10, 2025 |
| other | Not Voting | fail | May 10, 2025 |
| passage | Yea | pass | May 09, 2025 |
| other | Yea | fail | May 09, 2025 |
| passage | Yea | pass | May 08, 2025 |