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Texas Legislature

Bills Authored / Joint Authored

Rep. Claudia Ordaz
89th Legislature Regular Session
Report Date: 2/28/2026
Number of Bills: 52

Report Sections: Authored Bills | Joint Authored Bills

Author (18):
Author:
Ordaz | Orr | Rose | Frank | Howard
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
05/25/2025 S Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the care provided to sexual assault survivors by health care facilities.
Author:
Ordaz | Leach | Meyer | Moody | Cook
Sponsor:
West
Last Action:
06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption:
Relating to the prosecution of the offense of cruelty to nonlivestock animals.
Author:
Ordaz | Patterson | Shaheen | Garcia Hernandez, Cassandra | Leo Wilson
Sponsor:
Blanco
Last Action:
05/26/2025 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the establishment of a county employee family leave pool program.
Author:
Ordaz
Last Action:
04/30/2025 S Received from the House
Caption:
Relating to notification of the execution of certain local economic development agreements by a municipality or county to local workforce development boards.
Author:
Ordaz
Last Action:
03/10/2025 H Referred to Public Health: Mar 10 2025 2:24PM
Caption:
Relating to the definition of abortion.
Author:
Ordaz | Orr | Harris Davila | Johnson | Rose
Last Action:
04/30/2025 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to health benefit plan coverage of anxiety and pain management in connection with insertion or removal of prescription contraceptive devices.
Author:
Ordaz | Buckley | Leo Wilson | Plesa
Sponsor:
Parker
Last Action:
06/20/2025 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to developing a strategic plan for the improvement and expansion of early learning and educational opportunities for young children with disabilities.
Author:
Ordaz | Moody | González, Mary | Morales, Eddie | Perez, Vincent
Last Action:
05/22/2025 S Referred to Economic Development
Caption:
Relating to establishing a certified caregiver pilot program in the Borderplex workforce development area.
Author:
Ordaz | Bonnen | Paul | Lopez, Janie | Capriglione
Last Action:
04/29/2025 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Relating to the authority of the governing board of a state governmental body to conduct a closed meeting to deliberate an issue involving certain defense, military, or aerospace issues.
Author:
Ordaz | Button
Last Action:
05/07/2025 H Reported favorably as substituted
Caption:
Relating to a franchise tax credit for taxable entities that employ certain apprentices in broadband utility engineering or construction jobs.
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:
Ordaz
Last Action:
05/14/2025 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Relating to the establishment of the Task Force on Modernizing Manufacturing.
Author:
Ordaz
Last Action:
04/17/2025 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to programs established and funded under the Texas emissions reduction plan.
Author:
Ordaz
Last Action:
05/08/2025 H Reported favorably as substituted
Caption:
Relating to the mandatory reporting of birth outcomes by licensed midwives in the State of Texas.
Author:
Ordaz
Last Action:
04/07/2025 H Referred to Trade, Workforce & Economic Development: Apr 7 2025 5:28PM
Caption:
Relating to establishing a pilot program to increase the supply of child-care services and encourage employer partnerships to meet strategic workforce needs in certain regions of the state.
Author:
Ordaz
Last Action:
04/07/2025 H Referred to Trade, Workforce & Economic Development: Apr 7 2025 5:28PM
Caption:
Relating to cooperation by economic development program participants with local workforce development boards.
Author:
Ordaz
Last Action:
04/07/2025 H Referred to s/c on Workforce by Speaker: Apr 7 2025 5:28PM
Caption:
Relating to the establishment of the Cross-Agency Employment Resource Initiative to coordinate and optimize certain employment services and resources in this state.
Author:
Ordaz | Bonnen | Paul | Morales, Eddie | Lopez, Janie
Sponsor:
Hinojosa, Adam
Last Action:
05/13/2025 E Signed by the Governor
Caption:
Urging Congress to amend the Internal Revenue Code to make spaceports eligible for tax-exempt private activity bonds.
Joint Author (34):
Author:
Button | Capriglione | Hunter | Bonnen | Ordaz
Sponsor:
Parker
Last Action:
05/27/2025 S Placed on intent calendar
Caption:
Relating to the creation and operation of a science park district in certain counties.
Author:
Troxclair | VanDeaver | Ordaz | Harris Davila | Bowers
Last Action:
03/03/2025 H Referred to Public Education: Mar 3 2025 2:24PM
Caption:
Relating to public school policies regarding student use of personal electronic devices.
Author:
Shaheen | Ordaz
Last Action:
03/25/2025 H Referred directly to subcommittee by chair
Caption:
Relating to the unlawful production or distribution of sexually explicit images or videos using deep fake technology; increasing a criminal penalty.
Author:
Manuel | LaHood | Ordaz | Pierson
Sponsor:
Johnson
Last Action:
06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption:
Relating to the confidentiality of certain information on a declaration of informal marriage.
Author:
Hickland | Manuel | Ordaz | Leach | Leo Wilson
Last Action:
03/12/2025 H Referred to Trade, Workforce & Economic Development: Mar 12 2025 11:15AM
Caption:
Relating to restrictions on the sale of obscene devices; providing a civil penalty.
Author:
Campos | Garcia, Josey | Ordaz | LaHood | Johnson
Last Action:
04/30/2025 S Received from the House
Caption:
Relating to the interment of certain cremated animal remains with human remains in perpetual care cemeteries and the eligibility of those cemeteries for an exemption from ad valorem taxation.
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:
Morales, Eddie | Troxclair | Harris Davila | Ordaz | Cunningham
Last Action:
05/12/2025 S Referred to Transportation
Caption:
Relating to a designation on a person's driver's license or personal identification certificate that the person is a registered sex offender.
Author:
Howard | Ordaz
Last Action:
03/14/2025 H Referred to Insurance: Mar 14 2025 2:36PM
Caption:
Relating to the coverage of emergency contraceptive drugs by health benefit plans.
Author:
Lujan | Button | Morales Shaw | Cook | Ordaz
Last Action:
05/15/2025 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to an incentive program to promote beverage container recycling.
Author:
Perez, Vincent | Moody | Morales, Eddie | Ordaz
Sponsor:
Blanco
Last Action:
06/22/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption:
Relating to student union building fees at The University of Texas at El Paso.
Author:
Lalani | Longoria | Ordaz | Hunter
Last Action:
05/14/2025 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to the inclusion of provenance data on content shared on social media platforms.
Author:
Lujan | Bumgarner | Ordaz | Manuel
Sponsor:
Hughes
Last Action:
05/28/2025 S Removed from local & uncontested calendar
Caption:
Relating to compensation and employment condition standards by municipal charter or collective bargaining agreement and to impasse resolution in collective bargaining with certain political subdivisions.
Author:
Patterson | Meyer | Turner | Ordaz | Button
Last Action:
05/13/2025 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to the source of dogs and cats sold by pet stores; providing a civil penalty.
Author:
Perez, Vincent | Moody | González, Mary | Ordaz | Morales, Eddie
Last Action:
05/15/2025 S Received from the House
Caption:
Relating to the establishment of a public law school in El Paso County.
Author:
Harris Davila | Ordaz | Button | Morales Shaw
Last Action:
05/14/2025 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Relating to establishing a child-care services waiting list priority for the children of certain child-care workers.
Author:
Bell, Keith | Cook | Ordaz | Bowers | Fairly
Sponsor:
Parker
Last Action:
06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption:
Relating to state employment opportunities for individuals who do not hold a bachelor's degree.
Author:
Zwiener | Ordaz | Anchía | Wu
Last Action:
05/09/2025 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the regulation of preproduction plastic by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
Author:
Morales Shaw | Raymond | Lujan | Little | Ordaz
Sponsor:
Campbell
Last Action:
06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption:
Relating to exemptions from the taxes imposed on the sale, use, or rental of a motor vehicle for a vehicle purchased, used, or rented by a nonprofit food bank or a provider of housing and related services.
Author:
Bhojani | Bell, Keith | Longoria | Lujan | Ordaz
Last Action:
05/15/2025 S Received from the House
Caption:
Relating to the establishment by the Texas Workforce Commission of a pilot program to train workers for careers in energy-efficient technologies.
Author:
Bhojani | Luther | Ordaz | Richardson | Button
Last Action:
05/13/2025 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to prohibitions in connection with certain sales of clothing on an Internet website or software application; providing a civil penalty.
Author:
Bhojani | Button | Ordaz | Longoria | Richardson
Last Action:
05/14/2025 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Relating to status of certain documents or instruments purporting to convey title to or an interest in real property.
Author:
Flores | Rodríguez Ramos | Bucy | Ordaz
Last Action:
05/15/2025 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to an application for a warrant to seize a cruelly treated animal.
Author:
Flores | Rodríguez Ramos | Ordaz
Last Action:
04/03/2025 H Referred to Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs: Apr 3 2025 12:38PM
Caption:
Relating to a central database containing information about persons who have been convicted of or received a grant of deferred adjudication community supervision after pleading guilty for certain offenses involving animal cruelty; creating a criminal offense.
Author:
Flores | Rodríguez Ramos | Ordaz
Last Action:
04/24/2025 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to liability for the loss, injury, or death of a domestic animal.
Author:
Anchía | Walle | Ordaz
Last Action:
04/24/2025 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to a program administered by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to connect clean vehicle program applicants with certain vehicle owners to facilitate the issuance of grants or other funding for the replacement of those vehicles.
Author:
Harris Davila | Ordaz | Button
Sponsor:
Birdwell
Last Action:
06/20/2025 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the establishment of the Quad-Agency Child Care Initiative and the Quad-Agency Child Care Initiative Commission.
Author:
Bhojani | Ordaz | Lujan | Harris Davila | Longoria
Last Action:
05/15/2025 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to a study on employer and state agency use of automated employment decision tools in assessing an applicant's suitability for a position.
Author:
Harris Davila | Ordaz | Button | Morales Shaw
Last Action:
05/14/2025 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Relating to certain duties of the Texas Workforce Commission with respect to child-care resources.
Author:
Phelan | Ordaz | Harris Davila
Last Action:
05/15/2025 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to the disclosure of mandatory fees or surcharges charged to a consumer by a food service establishment; authorizing an administrative penalty.
Author:
Plesa | Manuel | McLaughlin | Ordaz | Garcia, Josey
Last Action:
04/07/2025 H Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence: Apr 7 2025 5:28PM
Caption:
Relating to a Mass Violence Care Fund to assist victims of mass violence with unreimbursed medical expenses.
Author:
Lopez, Janie | Hull | Ordaz | Romero | Garcia Hernandez, Cassandra
Sponsor:
Zaffirini
Last Action:
05/24/2025 E Signed by the Governor
Caption:
Designating April as Counseling Awareness Month for a 10-year period ending in 2035.
Author:
Lujan | Button | Ordaz | Paul | Bhojani
Sponsor:
Parker
Last Action:
06/20/2025 E Signed by the Governor
Caption:
Expressing support for the strengthening of our partnership with Taiwan.
Author:
Moody | González, Mary | Ordaz | Morales, Eddie | Perez, Vincent
Last Action:
02/19/2025 H Reported enrolled: Feb 19 2025 4:57PM
Caption:
Recognizing February 18 and 19, 2025, as El Paso Days at the State Capitol.
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