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Running forState House, District 115

Cas Garcia Hernandez

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Overview

Cassandra Garcia Hernandez is an American politician who is a member of the Texas House of Representatives for the 115th district after winning the 2024 election.

Facts from Wikipedia.

How to reach them
Source: Open States

Bills they wrote

Bills and joint resolutions where they're the main author, since 2023. Laws first, then the ones that got furthest.

Wrote

25 bills

Became law

1 became law. Another 8 passed the House or Senate but didn't.

  • Introduced Nov 12, 2024HB 923: Relating to the Texas Medical Disclosure Panel.
    Became law
  • Introduced Mar 13, 2025HB 5134: Relating to eligibility to request a deposition before bringing a civil action.
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Mar 12, 2025HB 4659: Relating to the authority of certain municipalities to use certain tax revenue for hotel and convention center projects.
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Mar 11, 2025HB 4398: Relating to municipal permitting requirements for certain development projects supported with low income housing tax credit allocations.
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Feb 26, 2025HB 3358: Relating to the definition of an emergency service provider for purposes of critical incident stress management and crisis response services.
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Feb 21, 2025HB 3195: Relating to resident safety from criminal activity in senior retirement communities.
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Feb 4, 2025HB 2413: Relating to the authority of a county to dispose of sensitive media devices.
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Nov 12, 2024HB 854: Relating to payment of the replacement cost of lost or damaged property under a homeowner's, renter's, or condominium owner's insurance policy.
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Nov 12, 2024HB 946: Relating to prohibiting oral releases for automobile insurance claims.
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Aug 20, 2025HB 269: Relating to a grant program to assist nonprofit organizations, regional planning commissions, and emergency communication districts in the provision of emergency communications services in this state.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Aug 15, 2025HB 148: Relating to the use of artificial intelligence to score constructed responses on assessment instruments administered to public school students.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jul 22, 2025HB 167: Relating to the use of artificial intelligence to score constructed responses on assessment instruments administered to public school students.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jul 22, 2025HB 176: Relating to a grant program to assist nonprofit organizations in the provision of emergency communications services in this state.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 12, 2025HB 4635: Relating to disclosure of the use of artificial intelligence in the denial of insurance claims.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 12, 2025HB 4636: Relating to the collection and disclosure of a consumer's driving and precise geolocation data.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 21, 2025HB 3194: Relating to the grounds for denial of a license or disciplinary action by the Texas Board of Nursing.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 12, 2025HB 2753: Relating to unlawful employment practices based on sexual harassment, including complaints and civil actions arising from those practices.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 10, 2025HB 2627: Relating to the development and implementation of the Live Well Texas program and the expansion of Medicaid eligibility to provide health benefit coverage to certain individuals; imposing penalties.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 28, 2025HB 2150: Relating to telephone access for certain health benefit plan verifications and preauthorization requests and for utilization review requests.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 27, 2025HB 2119: Relating to preauthorization of certain benefits by certain health benefit plan issuers.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Nov 12, 2024HB 884: Relating to the municipal sales and use tax for street maintenance.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Nov 12, 2024HB 981: Relating to access to certain litigation, law enforcement, corrections, and prosecutorial records under the public information law.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Nov 12, 2024HB 965: Relating to exceptions to and the repeal of certain laws prohibiting abortion.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Nov 12, 2024HB 956: Relating to the reporting of certain orders and convictions to the Department of Public Safety and Federal Bureau of Investigation for use with the National Instant Criminal Background Check System for the transfer of firearms.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Nov 12, 2024HB 969: Relating to the applicability of the open meetings law and the public information law to the Texas Energy Reliability Council and to independent organizations established to manage power regions.
    Introduced

Source: Open States

How they voted

Final votes on bills that passed either chamber of the Texas legislature, since 2025. Votes on amendments, committees, and procedure are left out.

Votes shown

1,785 votes on bills that passed at least one chamber.

Attendance

Didn't vote on 38 of 1,785 votes (2%). Some of these may be excused absences, approved by the House ahead of time. The vote records we use don't say which.

By topic
Academic and Career-Oriented Education7 votes
    Agriculture and Livestock21 votes
      Appropriations7 votes
        Border Security4 votes
          Business and Commerce82 votes
            Congressional Redistricting, Select1 vote
              Corrections22 votes
                County and Regional Government36 votes
                  Courts and Civil Law (Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence)76 votes
                    Courts and Civil Law (Jurisprudence)19 votes
                      Criminal Justice80 votes
                        Criminal Law (Criminal Jurisprudence)57 votes
                          Culture, Recreation and Tourism22 votes
                            Defense and Veterans' Affairs17 votes
                              Dis Prev and Women's and Children's Health16 votes
                                Disaster Preparedness and Flooding13 votes
                                  Disaster Preparedness and Flooding, Select1 vote
                                    Economic Development16 votes
                                      Education K-1653 votes
                                        Elections23 votes
                                          Energy Resources18 votes
                                            Environmental Regulation22 votes
                                              Family and Fiduciary Relationships41 votes
                                                Finance4 votes
                                                  Government Efficiency67 votes
                                                    Health and Human Services58 votes
                                                      Higher Education50 votes
                                                        Homeland Security, Public Safety and Veterans' Affairs54 votes
                                                          Human Services55 votes
                                                            Insurance37 votes
                                                              Intergovernmental Affairs39 votes
                                                                International Relations1 vote
                                                                  Juvenile Justice11 votes
                                                                    Land and Resource Management20 votes
                                                                      Licensing and Administrative Procedures36 votes
                                                                        Local Government52 votes
                                                                          Natural Resources58 votes
                                                                            Pensions, Investments and Financial Services43 votes
                                                                              Property Tax Appraisals13 votes
                                                                                Public Education56 votes
                                                                                  Public Health73 votes
                                                                                    State Affairs143 votes
                                                                                      State-Federal Relations1 vote
                                                                                        Taxes (Ways and Means)84 votes
                                                                                          Trade, Workforce and Economic Development38 votes
                                                                                            Transportation65 votes
                                                                                              Transportation Funding8 votes
                                                                                                Veterans' Affairs9 votes
                                                                                                  Water, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs43 votes
                                                                                                    Workforce13 votes

                                                                                                      Source: Open States, Texas Legislature Online. Topics from the state legislature.