Rep. Herrero filed legislation for the 87th Legislative Session

Ending Family Violence
• HB 1906 establishes a grant program to help more counties utilize GPS monitoring in family violence cases, providing additional notice to survivors at a critical time.

Expanding Our Local Economy
• HB 1492 and HB 1493 help the Port of Corpus Christi improve emergency response, and introduce clarity and efficiency when attracting new businesses to our local economy.

Improving Healthcare Access
• HB 1456 ensures the Nueces County Hospital District can continue to help provide affordable access to health care.

Battling TWIA
• HB 1450 requires that any TWIA rate increase above 5 percent not take effect unless first approved by a majority of policy holders.

• HB 1451 expands the TWIA board of directors to add property owner representation.

Supporting Education and Retired Teachers

• HB 3206 provides for a cost-of-living adjustment for retired teachers and school employees.

• HB 3207 ensures retired teachers and school employees are not penalized if they return to work during a declared disaster.

• HB 3209 allows for a one-time re-enrollment opportunity for retired teachers and school employees to opt back in to TRS Care.

• HB 3210 eliminates all non-federally mandated standardized testing.

• HCR 43 urges the U.S. Congress to repeal two harmful provisions of the Social Security Act that prevent teachers and public servants from accessing benefits they have earned for their years of service.

Supporting Those who Protect Us
• HB 2485 gives firefighters and police officers the option to be exempt from jury service, thereby allowing first responders to remain on duty serving the community.

• HB 3495 requires toll project entities to offer a discount program for veterans.

• HB 3496 designates State Highway 358 as the Peace Officers Memorial Highway.

• HB 3953 allows for a donation to be made to the Texas Open Burn Pit Registry when individuals apply for or renew a concealed handgun license.

• HB 3957 creates a Burn Pits 360 Veterans Organization license plate to honor this vital organization, and helps fund the Texas Open Burn Pit Registry.

• HB 4388 an HB 4390 extend crucial federal Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) protections to public employees.

Ensuring Families are Never Left in the Dark Again
• HB 2037 offers franchise tax credits for companies that develop energy storage technology that stores generated electricity for later transmission.

Ensuring Voting Rights
• HB 2484 allows for automatic voter registration when individuals apply for or renew a driver's license or state identification card.

Helping After a Disaster
• HB 3494 bans variable electric rate plans, such as those that resulted in exorbitantly high bills after the recent winter storm.

• HB 3945 allows taxing entities to waive penalties and interest on delinquent property taxes imposed on property located in a disaster area.

• HB 4414 ensures electricity customers are not charged unusually high rates after a disaster.

Helping our Community
• HB 2893 establishes a colonia self-help center in Nueces County to assist low income families in finding resources on how to improve their living conditions.

• HB 4032 allows for the review by local governmental entities of certain sales and use tax audit reports and audit working papers.

Criminal Justice and Safety
• HB 3022 makes it easier for those found innocent of a crime to not have the false criminal charge follow them through life.

• HB 4415 requires retail establishments to house knives in secure cases.