Bill Sponsor
Jolanda 'Jo' Jones
Texas · State Representative · District 147 · Democrat
Overview
Bills
Votes
Address
Room E2.908, P.O. Box 12910, Austin, TX 78711
Phone
512-463-0524
Address
5445 Almeda Road Suite 501, Houston, TX 77004
Phone
713-522-0555
Address
Room E2.908, P.O. Box 12910, Austin, TX 78711
Phone
512-463-0524
Address
5445 Almeda Road Suite 501, Houston, TX 77004
Phone
713-522-0555
Featured Bills
Jun 22, 2025
Signed by Governor
Cosponsor
Texas House Bill 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.
Became Law
Jun 22, 2025
Vetoed by Governor
Sponsor
Texas House Bill 413
Relating to the release of certain defendants detained in jail pending trial.
Active
Jun 22, 2025
Became Law
Sponsor
Texas Senate Bill 650
Relating to requiring the use of electronically readable information to verify a purchaser's age in the retail sale of alcoholic beverages.
Became Law
Jun 22, 2025
Became Law
Sponsor
Texas Senate Bill 646
Relating to repayment of certain mental health professional education loans.
Became Law
Jun 20, 2025
Became Law
Sponsor
Texas House Bill 824
Relating to the inclusion of civics instruction in public school government curriculum requirements for high school students.
Became Law
Recent Votes
Sep 3, 2025
Voted Absent
Absent
passage
Passed
Texas House Bill 1
Relating to youth camp emergency plans and preparedness; authorizing penalties.
Sep 3, 2025
Voted Absent
Absent
passage
Passed
Texas House Bill 20
Relating to measures to prevent and reduce fraudulent charitable solicitations and theft during declared disasters, including establishing a designation program for disaster relief nonprofit organizations and financial institutions; creating a criminal offense; increasing a criminal penalty.
Sep 3, 2025
Voted Absent
Absent
passage
Passed
Texas House Bill 8
Relating to public school accountability and transparency, including the implementation of an instructionally supportive assessment program and the adoption and administration of assessment instruments in public schools, indicators of achievement, public school performance ratings, and interventions and sanctions under the public school accountability system, a grant program for school district local accountability plans, and actions challenging Texas Education Agency decisions related to public school accountability.
Sep 3, 2025
Voted Absent
Absent
passage
Passed
Texas House Bill 8
Relating to public school accountability and transparency, including the implementation of an instructionally supportive assessment program and the adoption and administration of assessment instruments in public schools, indicators of achievement, public school performance ratings, and interventions and sanctions under the public school accountability system, a grant program for school district local accountability plans, and actions challenging Texas Education Agency decisions related to public school accountability.
Sep 3, 2025
Voted Absent
Absent
passage
Passed
Texas House Resolution 128
Amending the House Rules of Procedure to authorize additional constitutionally compliant, proportional penalties for members absent without leave for purpose of impeding the action of the House that do not unfairly impair members' representative functions.
Sep 3, 2025
Voted Absent
Absent
passage
Passed
Texas House Resolution 174
Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, S.B. No. 5.