Public Education
🏛️ Vice Chair House
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557 bills pending
Diego M. Bernal — House District 123
🔵 Democrat
👍 0 Partner Likes
📜 65 Primary Authored Bills
📈 1 policy measures passed
🗳 4272 Individual Votes Observed
🏛 3 Committee Assignments
Voting Similarity
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Compared only with current house members on explicit yes-or-no votes from non-unanimous roll calls. Texas's configured final-vote patterns retain substantive final action; procedural and unanimous votes are excluded. Each percentage measures agreement, and the shared-vote count shows how much common voting history supports it.
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D
Hubert Vo
98.1%
agreement
1,000 shared votes
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D
Ana Hernandez
96.7%
agreement
921 shared votes
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D
Sheryl Cole
96.0%
agreement
1,023 shared votes
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D
Donna Howard
95.6%
agreement
1,068 shared votes
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D
Chris Turner
95.4%
agreement
1,007 shared votes
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D
Charlene Ward Johnson
95.2%
agreement
1,020 shared votes
Organization Alignment
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Alignment compares this legislator's explicit yes-or-no votes with each public organization's current bill likes and dislikes. Only Texas's configured substantive final-vote patterns count; procedural votes are excluded. The shared-vote count is the number of graded bills on which both cast a position.
No public organization has comparable final-vote history for this legislator yet.
Committee Assignments
S/C on Property Tax Appraisals
👤 Member House
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Ways & Means
👤 Member House
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263 bills pending
Primary Authored Bills
StateLens credits bill likes to the first-listed primary author. The activity pills below reconcile to this profile's partner-like totals.
HB426
Relating to Medicaid and child health plan program coverage and reimbursement for childhood cranial remolding orthosis.
June 20, 2025Signed by Governor
HR1359
Congratulating Brandi Spieth of San Antonio on graduating as a member of the Texas Partners in Policymaking Class of 2025.
June 1, 2025Enrolled
HR1358
Congratulating Mixtli in San Antonio on receiving the AAA Five Diamond Restaurant Award.
June 1, 2025Enrolled
HR984
Congratulating Hotel Emma on its receipt of a MICHELIN Two Key rating for 2024.
May 24, 2025Enrolled
HR983
Congratulating 2M Smokehouse in San Antonio on its receipt of a 2024 MICHELIN Recommended designation.
May 24, 2025Enrolled
HR982
Congratulating Signature Restaurant in San Antonio on its receipt of a 2024 MICHELIN Recommended designation.
May 24, 2025Enrolled
HR981
Congratulating The Barbecue Station in San Antonio on its receipt of a 2024 MICHELIN Recommended designation.
May 24, 2025Enrolled
HR980
Congratulating Garcia's Mexican Food in San Antonio on its receipt of a 2024 MICHELIN Recommended designation.
May 24, 2025Enrolled
HR979
Congratulating Leche de Tigre in San Antonio on its receipt of a 2024 MICHELIN Recommended designation.
May 24, 2025Enrolled
HR978
Congratulating Nicosi in San Antonio on its receipt of a 2024 MICHELIN Recommended designation.
May 24, 2025Enrolled
HR977
Congratulating The Jerk Shack in San Antonio on its receipt of a 2024 MICHELIN Bib Gourmand Award.
May 24, 2025Enrolled
HR976
Congratulating Southerleigh Fine Food & Brewery in San Antonio on its receipt of a 2024 MICHELIN Bib Gourmand Award.
May 24, 2025Enrolled
HR975
Congratulating Ladino in San Antonio on its receipt of a 2024 MICHELIN Bib Gourmand Award.
May 24, 2025Enrolled
HR974
Congratulating Little Em's Oyster Bar in San Antonio on its receipt of a 2024 MICHELIN Recommended designation.
May 24, 2025Enrolled
HR973
Congratulating Cullum's Attaboy in San Antonio on its receipt of a 2024 MICHELIN Bib Gourmand Award.
May 24, 2025Enrolled
HR970
Congratulating Hailey Pruitt on her receipt of a 2024 Outstanding Service Award from the MICHELIN Guide.
May 24, 2025Enrolled
HR969
Congratulating Lauren Beckman on her receipt of a 2024 Outstanding Service Award from the MICHELIN Guide.
May 24, 2025Enrolled
HR968
Congratulating Mixtli in San Antonio on earning a MICHELIN Star rating for 2024.
May 24, 2025Enrolled
HR1062
In memory of Maverick Levertt Crawford III of San Antonio.
May 24, 2025Enrolled
HB361
Relating to the authority of the chief appraiser of certain appraisal districts to consider a property to be a comparable property when using the market data comparison method of appraisal to determine the market value of a residence homestead for ad valorem tax purposes.
May 13, 2025Pending: Senate Local Government
HB249
Relating to installment payments of ad valorem taxes imposed on residence homesteads in certain counties.
May 8, 2025Pending: Senate
HB164
Relating to the regulation of migrant labor housing facilities; changing the amount of a civil penalty.
May 8, 2025Introduced in House
HB3667
Relating to the time allowed for the issuance of a permit or license.
May 6, 2025Pending: House Licensing & Administrative Procedures
HB2249
Relating to the establishment of the Texas Teacher Recruitment Scholarship Program.
April 28, 2025Pending: Senate
HB538
Relating to student access to certain academic records; authorizing a fee.
April 23, 2025Pending: Senate
HB2609
Relating to prohibiting the denial of a driver's license renewal for failure to appear in court, failure to pay a fine or cost, or failure to satisfy a judgment.
April 23, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB821
Relating to the establishment of a grocery access investment fund program.
April 17, 2025Pending: House Dis Prev & Women's & Children's Health Subcommittee
HJR211
Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation a portion of the market value of tangible personal property a person owns that is held or used for the production of income.
April 7, 2025Pending: House Ways & Means
HB5442
Relating to an exemption from ad valorem taxation of a portion of the appraised value of tangible personal property a person owns that is held or used for the production of income.
April 7, 2025Pending: House Ways & Means
HB5405
Relating to the amount of an expenditure made by a municipality for which competitive bidding is required.
April 7, 2025Pending: House Intergovernmental Affairs
HB5355
Relating to the permissible uses of the allotment for students with dyslexia or related disorders under the Foundation School Program.
April 7, 2025Pending: House Public Education
HB5353
Relating to the administration of certain assessment instruments and the accountability rating system for assessing campus and district performance.
April 7, 2025Pending: House Public Education
HB5175
Relating to the employment of classroom teachers in public schools and the waiver or payment of certain educator examination and certification fees.
April 7, 2025Pending: House Public Education
HJR67
Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation the total assessed value of the residence homestead of an unpaid caregiver of an individual who is eligible to receive long-term services and supports under the Medicaid program while the individual is on a waiting list for the services and supports.
March 31, 2025Pending: House Ways & Means
HB511
Relating to an exemption from ad valorem taxation of the total appraised value of the residence homestead of an unpaid caregiver of an individual who is eligible to receive long-term services and supports under the Medicaid program while the individual is on a waiting list for the services and supports.
March 31, 2025Pending: House Ways & Means
HB3967
Relating to the purchase of or acquisition of single-family homesteads by certain out-of-state entities.
March 27, 2025Pending: House Trade, Workforce & Economic Development
HB211
Relating to the evaluation of applications for certain financial assistance administered by the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs.
March 18, 2025Pending: House Intergovernmental Affairs
HB1962
Relating to the disposition of rental payments received by public housing authorities from tenants.
March 14, 2025Pending: House Intergovernmental Affairs
HB841
Relating to requiring certain employers to provide paid sick leave to employees; providing administrative penalties.
March 5, 2025Pending: House Workforce Subcommittee
HB834
Relating to limiting the locations where a person may carry a firearm other than a handgun in certain counties; creating a criminal offense.
March 5, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB828
Relating to the creation of certain criminal offenses concerning firearm sales at gun shows; authorizing a fee.
March 5, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB814
Relating to the expansion of eligibility for Medicaid to certain individuals under the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
March 5, 2025Pending: House Appropriations
HB807
Relating to the expansion of eligibility for Medicaid to certain individuals under the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
March 5, 2025Pending: House Appropriations
HB792
Relating to the expansion of eligibility for Medicaid in certain counties under the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
March 5, 2025Pending: House Dis Prev & Women's & Children's Health Subcommittee
HB781
Relating to certain public school instructional requirements and prohibitions and the incorporation of certain instructional activities as part of student coursework.
March 5, 2025Pending: House Public Education
HB768
Relating to credit services organizations and extensions of consumer credit facilitated by credit services organizations; increasing a criminal penalty.
March 5, 2025Pending: House Pensions, Investments & Financial Services
HB756
Relating to the requirements for the revision of a charter for an open-enrollment charter school.
March 5, 2025Pending: House Public Education
HB743
Relating to a justice or municipal court's authority to order a defendant confined in jail for failure to pay a fine or cost or for contempt and to the authority of a municipality to enforce the collection of certain fines by imprisonment of the defendant.
March 5, 2025Pending: House Criminal Jurisprudence
HJR69
Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring the state to expand eligibility for Medicaid to certain individuals under the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
March 4, 2025Pending: House Appropriations
HJR68
Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to limit the total amount of ad valorem taxes that a school district may impose on certain residence homesteads following a substantial school tax increase.
March 4, 2025Pending: House Ways & Means
HJR66
Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation income-producing tangible personal property for a certain period of time.
March 4, 2025Pending: House Ways & Means
HB729
Relating to the prohibition of housing discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity and to the enforcement of that prohibition.
March 4, 2025Pending: House Trade, Workforce & Economic Development
HB715
Relating to the prohibition of certain discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity; providing an administrative penalty.
March 4, 2025Pending: House State Affairs
HB701
Relating to the appointment of an attorney ad litem or an amicus attorney in certain cases of divorce.
March 4, 2025Pending: House Family & Fiduciary Relationships Subcommittee
HB693
Relating to the calculation of average daily attendance for school districts providing certain full-day prekindergarten programs.
March 4, 2025Pending: House Public Education
HB683
Relating to the use of average enrollment for purposes of the public school finance system.
March 4, 2025Pending: House Public Education
HB664
Relating to consideration of location of an offeror's principal place of business in awarding certain municipal contracts.
March 4, 2025Pending: House Intergovernmental Affairs
HB642
Relating to a limitation on the total amount of ad valorem taxes that a school district may impose on certain residence homesteads following a substantial school tax increase.
March 4, 2025Pending: House Ways & Means
HB622
Relating to mandatory sales price disclosure in commercial and industrial real property sales; providing a civil penalty.
March 4, 2025Pending: House Trade, Workforce & Economic Development
HB593
Relating to the compensatory education allotment for homeless students or students in foster care under the Foundation School Program.
March 3, 2025Pending: House Public Education
HB567
Relating to school district grace period policies and the provision of meals to public school students with insufficient balances on prepaid meal cards or in meal accounts.
March 3, 2025Pending: House Public Education
HB479
Relating to requiring a licensed firearms dealer to report certain sales or transfers of multiple rifles to law enforcement; creating a criminal offense.
February 28, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB452
Relating to a sales and use tax refund for certain small businesses.
February 28, 2025Pending: House Ways & Means
HB399
Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of income-producing tangible personal property for a certain period of time.
February 28, 2025Pending: House Ways & Means
HB327
Relating to an exemption from certain zoning requirements for developments receiving certain financial assistance administered by the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs.
February 28, 2025Pending: House Intergovernmental Affairs