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Running forState House, District 34

Denise Villalobos

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Overview

Denise Villalobos is an American engineer and politician serving as a member of the Texas House of Representatives for the 34th district since 2025.

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

28 bills

Became law

6 became law. Another 6 passed the House or Senate but didn't.

  • Introduced Mar 14, 2025HB 5149: Relating to restricting the collection and use of DNA samples from children in the managing conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services.
    Became law
  • Introduced Mar 11, 2025HB 4377: Relating to the retention of certain genetic material and genetic information by the Department of Family and Protective Services.
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 21, 2025HB 3161: Relating to member contributions to the Texas Municipal Retirement System.
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 20, 2025HB 3093: Relating to the calculation of certain ad valorem tax rates of a taxing unit for a year in which a property owner provides notice that the owner intends to appeal an order of an appraisal review board determining a protest by the owner regarding the appraisal of the owner's property.
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 12, 2025HB 2760: Relating to judicial review of a Texas Workforce Commission decision in an unemployment compensation proceeding.
    Became law
  • Introduced Jan 31, 2025HB 2306: Relating to changing the eligibility for release on parole of certain inmates serving sentences for trafficking offenses involving child victims and disabled individuals.
    Became law
  • Introduced Mar 13, 2025HB 4801: Relating to authorizing the establishment of a grant program to allow the Nueces County Hospital District to recruit and retain certain medical professionals.
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Mar 5, 2025HB 3844: Relating to individuals who are considered opportunity youth for purposes of administering certain federal workforce development funds.
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Mar 4, 2025HB 3724: Relating to the placement of a cultivated oyster in a natural oyster bed, a private oyster bed, or coastal waters.
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Mar 3, 2025HB 3628: Relating to the review and updating by the Texas Water Development Board of guidance principles and rules related to certain plans adopted or approved by the board.
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Feb 14, 2025HB 2863: Relating to a hearing on the refusal to issue or the revocation or suspension of a vehicle title.
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Jan 31, 2025HB 2309: Relating to the forfeiture of certain contraband and the authority of the attorney general to bring certain forfeiture actions.
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Mar 14, 2025HB 5192: Relating to the operation of certain metropolitan transit authorities.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 14, 2025HB 5345: Relating to the regulation of metal recycling entities.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 14, 2025HB 5360: Relating to the duty of the attorney general to prosecute human trafficking offenses.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 14, 2025HB 5340: Relating to regulation of vehicle storage facilities and the approval and regulation by the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles of Internet websites for the public sale of certain abandoned vehicles by vehicle storage facility operators.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 14, 2025HB 5344: Relating to the eligibility of certain persons to provide services as an employee, volunteer, or contractor for certain agencies, including public school contractors, and access to the registry of persons who are not eligible for employment at public schools.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 14, 2025HB 5351: Relating to the election for which an application for a ballot to be voted by mail is requested.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 12, 2025HB 4576: Relating to the operation of certain metropolitan transit authorities.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 12, 2025HB 4575: Relating to the selection and retention of an insurance broker by certain metropolitan rapid transit authorities.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 11, 2025HB 4376: Relating to the modification of a visitation plan for a child in the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 11, 2025HB 4441: Relating to the administration of topical ophthalmic medications at certain health care facilities.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 6, 2025HB 3910: Relating to presumptive eligibility of certain individuals for nursing facility care under Medicaid.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 26, 2025HB 3416: Relating to prohibiting a fee for the issuance of an official transcript by a public institution of higher education.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 20, 2025HB 3094: Relating to the calculation of certain ad valorem tax rates of a taxing unit for a year in which a property owner provides notice that the owner intends to appeal an order of an appraisal review board determining a protest by the owner regarding the appraisal of the owner's property.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 14, 2025HB 2877: Relating to the definition of a project financing zone for the purposes of certain municipalities that use certain tax revenue to fund convention center facilities, multipurpose arenas, venues, and related infrastructure.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 10, 2025HB 2597: Relating to providing for a delay in the implementation of certain changes to the assignment of performance ratings under the public school accountability system.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 5, 2025HB 2487: Relating to a hearing on the refusal to issue or the revocation or suspension of a vehicle title.
    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

1,786 votes on bills that passed at least one chamber.

Attendance

Didn't vote on 8 of 1,786 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 Commerce81 votes
            Congressional Redistricting, Select1 vote
              Corrections22 votes
                County and Regional Government35 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)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 Services58 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 Procedures35 votes
                                                                        Local Government53 votes
                                                                          Natural Resources58 votes
                                                                            Pensions, Investments and Financial Services43 votes
                                                                              Property Tax Appraisals13 votes
                                                                                Public Education56 votes
                                                                                  Public Health73 votes
                                                                                    State Affairs144 votes
                                                                                      State-Federal Relations1 vote
                                                                                        Taxes (Ways and Means)84 votes
                                                                                          Trade, Workforce and Economic Development38 votes
                                                                                            Transportation67 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.