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Running forState House, District 68

David Spiller

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Overview

David Lee Spiller is an American attorney and politician serving as a member of the Texas House of Representatives from the 68th district.

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

68 bills

Became law

10 became law. Another 19 passed the House or Senate but didn't.

  • Introduced Apr 9, 2025HB 5668: Relating to the powers and duties of the Far North Fort Worth Municipal Utility District No. 1 of Tarrant and Wise Counties; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds.
    Became law
  • Introduced Mar 5, 2025HB 3788: Relating to the operations of municipal hospital authorities.
    Became law
  • Introduced Jan 27, 2025HB 2128: Relating to a study of rural firefighting and technical rescue service capabilities.
    Became law
  • Introduced Nov 12, 2024HB 908: Relating to the reporting by law enforcement agencies of missing children to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
    Became law
  • Introduced Apr 25, 2023HB 5414: Relating to the creation of the Mountain Springs Municipal Utility District of Cooke County; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose fees and taxes.
    Became law
  • Introduced Apr 25, 2023HB 5415: Relating to the creation of the Elm Fork Municipal Utility District No. 1 of Cooke County; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.
    Became law
  • Introduced Mar 10, 2023HB 5232: Relating to civil penalties imposed for violations of the Texas Free Enterprise and Antitrust Act of 1983.
    Became law
  • Introduced Mar 8, 2023HB 4085: Relating to the payment by the state or a county of costs for certain mental health hearings or proceedings.
    Became law
  • Introduced Mar 1, 2023HB 3191: Relating to the elections and operations of certain hospital districts.
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 3, 2023HB 1913: Relating to the designation of a portion of Farm to Market Road 2526 in Eastland County as the Sergeant Barbara Fenley Memorial Highway.
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 28, 2025HB 3520: Relating to automobile liability insurance requirements for transportation network company drivers.
    Passed both chambers
  • Introduced Mar 10, 2023HB 5214: Relating to actions brought by the attorney general on behalf of certain persons under the Texas Free Enterprise and Antitrust Act of 1983.
    Passed both chambers
  • Introduced Mar 14, 2025HB 5580: Relating to agreements between sheriffs and the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement to enforce federal immigration law.
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Mar 13, 2025HB 5088: Relating to the major events reimbursement program and the events trust fund.
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Mar 13, 2025HB 5010: Relating to the memorial designation of certain portions of an international border wall and the use of grants related to homeland security for those purposes.
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Feb 28, 2025HB 3525: Relating to the authority of the North Texas Groundwater Conservation District to consider certain factors before granting or denying a permit.
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Feb 26, 2025HB 3413: Relating to the designation of a portion of U.S. Highway 183 in Eastland County as the Deputy Sheriff David Bosecker Memorial Highway.
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Feb 19, 2025HB 3004: Relating to work, an activity, or a function performed near a high voltage overhead line.
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Jan 22, 2025HB 1964: Relating to equitable relief from the enforcement of certain governmental requirements that affect agricultural operations.
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Jan 22, 2025HB 1998: Relating to the amount of an expenditure made by certain political subdivisions for which a competitive procurement method may be required.
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Nov 12, 2024HB 875: Relating to workers' compensation insurance coverage and bid bonding requirements for small municipal construction projects for certain municipalities.
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Nov 12, 2024HB 917: Relating to a district or county attorney participating as counsel in certain proceedings.
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Nov 12, 2024HB 323: Relating to requiring political subdivisions of this state to participate in the federal electronic verification of employment authorization program, or E-verify.
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Nov 12, 2024HB 933: Relating to the jurisdiction of the Texas Supreme Court and the Court of Criminal Appeals.
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Nov 12, 2024HB 954: Relating to the authority of a county to cancel subdivisions in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality.
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Nov 12, 2024HB 674: Relating to the prosecution and punishment of certain criminal offenses committed in the course of or for the purpose of avoiding certain law enforcement checkpoints or evading an arrest or detention; increasing criminal penalties.
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Mar 3, 2023HB 3505: Relating to motor vehicle safety inspections; authorizing a fee.
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Feb 13, 2023HB 2233: Relating to required mental health awareness training for first responders.
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Feb 13, 2023HB 2232: Relating to county authority to cancel subdivisions in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality.
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Aug 11, 2025HB 296: Relating to the use by a political subdivision of public funds for lobbying activities.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jul 14, 2025HB 86: Relating to requirements applicable to certain governmental entities that engage in lobbying.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 13, 2025HB 4790: Relating to including certain veteran-owned businesses within the definition of a historically underutilized business for purposes of state contracting.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 13, 2025HB 4803: Relating to the creation of offices of District Attorney for the Northeast Texas, Central Texas, Southeast Texas, and South Texas Regions and the powers and duties of and related to such officers.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 12, 2025HB 4585: Relating to the submission, payment, and audit of certain claims for and utilization review of health services, including services provided under the Medicaid managed care and child health plan programs.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 10, 2025HB 4256: Relating to actions brought by the attorney general on behalf of certain persons under the Texas Free Enterprise and Antitrust Act of 1983.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 7, 2025HB 4054: Relating to consumer protections against certain medical and health care billing by emergency medical services providers.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 5, 2025HB 3856: Relating to immigration documentation or other information to verify citizenship or immigration status and to notification to the federal government of an arrested or detained person who is unlawfully present in the United States; creating a criminal offense.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 28, 2025HB 3553: Relating to the use of deadly force in defense of property.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 20, 2025HB 3082: Relating to the small and mid-sized district allotment under the public school finance system.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 19, 2025HB 3060: Relating to actions brought by the attorney general on behalf of certain persons under the Texas Free Enterprise and Antitrust Act of 1983.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 18, 2025HB 2922: Relating to use of artificial intelligence in utilization review conducted for health benefit plans.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 7, 2025HB 2566: Relating to the enforcement of state and federal immigration laws by state agencies, local entities, and peace officers; creating a civil penalty.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 5, 2025HB 2500: Relating to certain proceedings by the Public Utility Commission of Texas regarding water or sewer service.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 3, 2025HB 2361: Relating to agreements between local law enforcement agencies and United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement to enforce federal immigration law.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 27, 2025HB 2105: Relating to the unauthorized entry, occupancy, sale, rental, lease, advertisement for sale, rental, or lease, or conveyance of real property, including the removal of certain unauthorized occupants of a dwelling; creating criminal offenses; increasing a criminal penalty; authorizing a fee.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 27, 2025HB 2116: Relating to the display of the Ten Commandments in public schools.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Nov 20, 2024HB 1425: Relating to a period of prayer and reading of the Bible or other religious text in public schools.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Nov 12, 2024HB 790: Relating to the amount of an expenditure made by certain political subdivisions for which a competitive procurement method may be required to be used.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Nov 12, 2024HB 811: Relating to the applicability of lobbyist registration requirements to a person who provides legal services to a political subdivision.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Nov 12, 2024HB 945: Relating to the authority of a justice of the peace to issue a search warrant to collect a blood specimen from a person arrested for certain intoxication criminal offenses.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Nov 12, 2024HB 755: Relating to certain requirements applicable to certain public entities that engage in lobbying.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Nov 12, 2024HB 898: Relating to the Texas Sovereignty Act.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Nov 12, 2024HB 243: Relating to the authority of the attorney general to acquire by eminent domain certain real property owned by aliens or foreign entities.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Nov 12, 2024HB 840: Relating to the removal, relocation, alteration, or construction of certain monuments, memorials, or designations located on public property; authorizing a civil penalty.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Nov 12, 2024HB 191: Relating to the purchase of or acquisition of title to real property by certain foreign entities.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Oct 9, 2023HB 91: Relating to informed consent before provision of certain medical treatments and exemptions from COVID-19 vaccination requirements.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 8, 2023HB 4004: Relating to reliability programs adopted by the Public Utility Commission of Texas for the ERCOT power region.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 8, 2023HB 4003: Relating to a study regarding the electric grid facilities that use nuclear energy to generate electricity.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 8, 2023HB 4006: Relating to the purchase of or acquisition of title to real property by certain foreign entities.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 6, 2023HB 3594: Relating to an adjustment to the voter-approval tax rate for certain municipalities with low or decreasing debt.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 3, 2023HB 3406: Relating to workers' compensation insurance coverage and bid bonding requirements for small municipal construction projects.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 3, 2023HB 3407: Relating to requiring commercial automobile insurance for responsible master plumbers.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 3, 2023HB 3470: Relating to the authority of the attorney general to acquire by eminent domain certain real property owned by aliens or foreign entities.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 28, 2023HB 3042: Relating to the consideration of the proportion of long-term debt and equity capitalization in establishing the rates of electric utilities.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 28, 2023HB 3043: Relating to periodic rate adjustments by electric utilities.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 27, 2023HB 2930: Relating to the jurisdiction of the Texas Supreme Court and the Court of Criminal Appeals.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 27, 2023HB 2936: Relating to the board of directors of the Eastland Memorial Hospital District.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 23, 2023HB 1512: Relating to the removal, relocation, alteration, or construction of certain monuments, memorials, or designations located on public property; authorizing a civil penalty.
    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

1,787 votes on bills that passed at least one chamber.

Attendance

Didn't vote on 10 of 1,787 votes (less than 1%). 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 Justice79 votes
                        Criminal Law (Criminal Jurisprudence)56 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-1654 votes
                                        Elections23 votes
                                          Energy Resources18 votes
                                            Environmental Regulation22 votes
                                              Family and Fiduciary Relationships41 votes
                                                Finance4 votes
                                                  Government Efficiency67 votes
                                                    Health and Human Services59 votes
                                                      Higher Education50 votes
                                                        Homeland Security, Public Safety and Veterans' Affairs55 votes
                                                          Human Services55 votes
                                                            Insurance36 votes
                                                              Intergovernmental Affairs39 votes
                                                                International Relations1 vote
                                                                  Juvenile Justice11 votes
                                                                    Land and Resource Management20 votes
                                                                      Licensing and Administrative Procedures37 votes
                                                                        Local Government52 votes
                                                                          Natural Resources58 votes
                                                                            Pensions, Investments and Financial Services43 votes
                                                                              Property Tax Appraisals13 votes
                                                                                Public Education56 votes
                                                                                  Public Health72 votes
                                                                                    State Affairs144 votes
                                                                                      State-Federal Relations1 vote
                                                                                        Taxes (Ways and Means)84 votes
                                                                                          Trade, Workforce and Economic Development38 votes
                                                                                            Transportation66 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.