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Greg Bonnen

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Overview

James Gregory Bonnen is an American politician. A member of the Republican Party, he has served in the Texas House of Representatives since 2013.

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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

78 bills

Became law

24 became law. Another 23 passed the House or Senate but didn't.

  • Introduced Aug 15, 2025SB 5: Relating to making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief and preparedness and giving direction and adjustment authority regarding those appropriations.
    Became law
  • Introduced Mar 14, 2025HB 5424: Relating to volunteer firefighter compensation limits.
    Became law
  • Introduced Mar 14, 2025HB 5246: Relating to the administration, powers, and duties of the Texas Space Commission and Texas Aerospace Research and Space Economy Consortium, to other governmental entities regarding aerospace, aviation, and space exploration initiatives and activities, and to the abolishment of the spaceport trust fund.
    Became law
  • Introduced Mar 14, 2025HB 500: Relating to making supplemental appropriations and reductions in appropriations and giving direction and adjustment authority regarding appropriations.
    Became law
  • Introduced Mar 13, 2025HB 130: Relating to genetic information security for residents of this state; providing a civil penalty; providing a private cause of action.
    Became law
  • Introduced Mar 13, 2025HB 4743: Relating to the issuance of a single license for a hospital and a mobile stroke unit of the hospital.
    Became law
  • Introduced Mar 12, 2025HB 4488: Relating to the creation and re-creation of funds and accounts, the dedication and rededication of revenue and allocation of accrued interest on dedicated revenue, and the exemption of unappropriated money from use for general governmental purposes.
    Became law
  • Introduced Mar 12, 2025HB 4506: Relating to electronic delivery of notice for certain municipal zoning changes.
    Became law
  • Introduced Mar 12, 2025HB 4638: Relating to the Texas Pharmaceutical Initiative.
    Became law
  • Introduced Mar 12, 2025HB 4486: Relating to directing payment, after approval, of certain miscellaneous claims and judgments against the state out of funds designated by this Act; making appropriations.
    Became law
  • Introduced Mar 10, 2025HB 4157: Relating to liability protections for commercial space flight and exploration.
    Became law
  • Introduced Mar 5, 2025HB 3812: Relating to health benefit plan preauthorization requirements for certain health care services and the direction of utilization review by physicians.
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 18, 2025SB 1349: Relating to creating the criminal offenses of transnational repression and unauthorized enforcement of foreign law and to a study and law enforcement training regarding transnational repression.
    Became law
  • Introduced Jan 30, 2025HB 2273: Relating to the delegation of certain authority of a county judge in certain counties.
    Became law
  • Introduced Mar 10, 2023HB 1595: Relating to the administration and investment of, and distribution and use of money from, certain constitutional and statutory funds to support general academic teaching institutions in achieving national prominence as major research universities and driving the state economy.
    Became law
  • Introduced Mar 10, 2023HB 5174: Relating to the establishment and administration of the Texas Semiconductor Innovation Consortium.
    Became law
  • Introduced Mar 10, 2023HB 4990: Relating to the Texas Pharmaceutical Initiative and a governing board and advisory council for the initiative.
    Became law
  • Introduced Mar 8, 2023HB 4041: Relating to directing payment, after approval, of certain miscellaneous claims and judgments against the state out of funds designated by this Act; making appropriations.
    Became law
  • Introduced Mar 3, 2023HB 3461: Relating to the creation and re-creation of funds and accounts, the dedication and rededication of revenue and allocation of accrued interest on dedicated revenue, and the exemption of unappropriated money from use for general governmental purposes.
    Became law
  • Introduced Mar 3, 2023HB 3359: Relating to network adequacy standards and other requirements for preferred provider benefit plans.
    Became law
  • Introduced Mar 3, 2023HB 3447: Relating to the establishment and administration of the Texas Space Commission and the Texas Aerospace Research and Space Economy Consortium.
    Became law
  • Introduced Mar 2, 2023HB 3345: Relating to the amount of the fee imposed on certain sexually oriented businesses that is allocated to the sexual assault program fund and the allocation of certain other revenue to that fund; increasing the amount of a fee.
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 28, 2023HB 3045: Relating to the designation of a portion of Farm-to-Market Road 517 in Brazoria and Galveston Counties as the Ken Clark Memorial Highway.
    Became law
  • Introduced Jan 18, 2023HB 1: General Appropriations Bill.
    Became law
  • Introduced Mar 14, 2025HB 104: Relating to the creation of the Texas future fund and the Texas future fund investment review board and to the permissible uses of money in the Texas future fund.
    Passed both chambers
  • Introduced Mar 14, 2025HB 5294: Relating to medical school admissions, coursework, academic standards, and employment decisions in this state.
    Passed both chambers
  • Introduced Mar 10, 2023HJR 3: Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the Texas University Fund, which provides funding to certain institutions of higher education to achieve national prominence as major research universities and drive the state economy.
    Passed both chambers
  • Introduced Mar 8, 2023HJR 2: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the 88th Legislature to provide a cost-of-living adjustment to certain annuitants of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas.
    Passed both chambers
  • Introduced Mar 1, 2023HJR 134: Proposing a constitutional amendment to abolish the office of county treasurer of Galveston County.
    Passed both chambers
  • Introduced Aug 4, 2025HB 18: Relating to the authority of the comptroller to provide funding for the deployment and operation of certain emergency communication systems.
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Mar 14, 2025HB 5333: Relating to the establishment of the STEM Excellence Graduate Fellowship program.
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Mar 13, 2025HB 4736: Relating to the Texas Emergency Services Retirement System.
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Mar 13, 2025HB 124: Relating to the school safety allotment under the Foundation School Program.
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Mar 12, 2025HB 4504: Relating to restrictions on covenants not to compete for physicians and certain health care practitioners.
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Mar 12, 2025HB 4503: Relating to electronic health record requirements; authorizing a civil penalty.
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Mar 7, 2025HB 4088: Relating to the qualifications for jury service.
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Mar 7, 2025HB 4066: Relating to the repeal of the Texas Research Incentive Program.
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Feb 27, 2025HB 3453: Relating to the liability of nonprofit entities contracted with the Department of Family and Protective Services or with a single source continuum contractor to provide community-based care or child welfare services.
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Mar 10, 2023HB 5186: Relating to the establishment of the state health benefit plan reimbursement review board and the reimbursement for health care services or supplies provided under certain state-funded health benefit plans.
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Mar 9, 2023HB 4343: Relating to health benefit plan preauthorization requirements for certain health care services and the direction of utilization review by physicians.
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Mar 8, 2023HB 600: Relating to contributions to, benefits from, and the administration of systems and programs administered by the Teacher Retirement System of Texas.
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Mar 6, 2023HB 3729: Relating to the disclosure under the public information law of certain evidence of a crime that resulted in the death of a person.
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Mar 3, 2023HB 3493: Relating to the service retirement eligibility and benefits of certain members of the Employees Retirement System of Texas.
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Mar 1, 2023HB 3195: Relating to conduct of insurers providing preferred provider benefit plans with respect to physician and health care provider contracts and claims.
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Feb 28, 2023HB 3056: Relating to the cash balance benefit under the Employees Retirement System of Texas.
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Feb 28, 2023HB 3050: Relating to the creation of the Texas state buildings preservation endowment fund, including the transfer to the fund of the unencumbered balances of certain other funds.
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Feb 28, 2023HB 3051: Relating to the provision of funding to the Texas Historical Commission for state historic sites.
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Aug 8, 2025HB 3: Relating to making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief and giving direction and adjustment authority regarding those appropriations.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jul 29, 2025HB 225: Relating to training requirements for certain public officials and candidates for public office.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jul 14, 2025HB 83: Relating to the use by a political subdivision of public funds for lobbying and related activities.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 14, 2025HB 5202: Relating to the governance of public institutions of higher education.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 14, 2025HB 5293: Relating to the establishment of the Texas forensic analyst apprenticeship pilot program.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 14, 2025HB 5487: Relating to the operation and administration of the Texas Semiconductor Innovation Consortium.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 13, 2025HB 4806: Relating to recovery of damages in civil actions.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 13, 2025HB 4724: Relating to the civil liability of nonprofit entities.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 13, 2025HB 5099: Relating to establishment of a shared savings program for certain managed care plans.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 13, 2025HB 5102: Relating to applicability of certain prescription drug insurance laws to health benefit plans and pharmacy benefit managers.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 12, 2025HB 4641: Relating to the resumption of service by certain judicial officers under the Judicial Retirement System of Texas Plan Two.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 5, 2025HB 3877: Relating to creating the criminal offense of criminal pursuit.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 27, 2025HB 3461: Relating to certain memorial markers and designations on highways in this state.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 27, 2025HB 3459: Relating to distribution of state traffic fine revenue received by the comptroller.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 30, 2025HB 2285: Relating to political advertising distributed or broadcast as part of a mass text message campaign and civil penalties for required disclosures on certain political advertising.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 22, 2025HB 1: General Appropriations Bill.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Oct 6, 2023HB 12: Relating to the Department of Public Safety performing rapid DNA testing of certain individuals crossing the Texas-Mexico border.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 10, 2023HJR 184: Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation certain tangible personal property held by a manufacturer of medical or biomedical products as a finished good or used in the manufacturing or processing of medical or biomedical products.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 10, 2023HB 4893: Relating to unconditional designation of hospitals as participating providers in a managed care plan.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 10, 2023HB 4901: Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of certain tangible personal property held by a manufacturer of medical or biomedical products as a finished good or used in the manufacturing or processing of medical or biomedical products.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 10, 2023HB 4773: Relating to unconditional designation of physicians as participating providers in a managed care plan
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 9, 2023HB 4484: Relating to the ownership of the pore space underlying the surface of land and to the use of that space for the geologic storage of carbon dioxide; authorizing a fee.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 9, 2023HB 4326: Relating to the direction of utilization review by physicians.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 8, 2023HB 4044: Relating to the creation and optional filing of a record of life for an unborn child and the use of a certificate of stillbirth; authorizing fees.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 8, 2023HB 4099: Relating to the payment of gas customer rate relief charges imposed for costs related to Winter Storm Uri.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 8, 2023HB 4050: Relating to compliance with minimum safety standards as a condition for the issuance of tax-supported bonds by school districts.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 7, 2023HB 500: Relating to supplemental appropriations and reductions in appropriations and giving direction and adjustment authority regarding appropriations.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 7, 2023HB 3954: Relating to the funding and continuation of the supplemental special education services and instructional materials program.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 3, 2023HB 3367: Relating to contributions to, benefits from, and the administration of the Judicial Retirement System of Texas Plan Two.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 3, 2023HB 3411: Relating to restrictions on covenants not to compete for physicians and certain other health care practitioners.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 3, 2023HB 3495: Relating to the investment authority of certain state agencies and the confidentiality of certain information related to those investments.
    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

1,792 votes on bills that passed at least one chamber.

Attendance

Didn't vote on 147 of 1,792 votes (8%). 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 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-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
                                                            Insurance37 votes
                                                              Intergovernmental Affairs39 votes
                                                                International Relations1 vote
                                                                  Juvenile Justice11 votes
                                                                    Land and Resource Management20 votes
                                                                      Licensing and Administrative Procedures37 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.