Bill Sponsor
Philip Cortez
Texas · State Representative · District 117 · Democrat
Overview
Bills
Votes
Address
Room 4N.3, P.O. Box 12910, Austin, TX 78711
Phone
512-463-0269
Address
2600 SW Military Drive Suite 211, San Antonio, TX 78224
Phone
210-923-3638
Address
Room 4N.3, P.O. Box 12910, Austin, TX 78711
Phone
512-463-0269
Address
2600 SW Military Drive Suite 211, San Antonio, TX 78224
Phone
210-923-3638
Featured Bills
Sep 05, 2025
Became Law
Cosponsor
Texas House Bill 1
Relating to youth camp emergency plans and preparedness; authorizing penalties.
Became Law
Jun 22, 2025
Became Law
Sponsor
Texas House Bill 1052
Relating to health benefit plan coverage of telemedicine, teledentistry, and telehealth appointments with an originating site or distant site located outside this state.
Became Law
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
Became Law
Sponsor
Texas House Bill 766
Relating to the ballot application requirements for the election of a precinct chair.
Became Law
Jun 22, 2025
Vetoed by Governor
Cosponsor
Texas House Bill 3120
Relating to certain duties of the owner or operator of a residential child detention facility.
Active
Recent Votes
Sep 3, 2025
Voted Yes
check
Yes
passage
Passed
Texas House Bill 1
Relating to youth camp emergency plans and preparedness; authorizing penalties.
Sep 3, 2025
Voted Yes
check
Yes
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.