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Caroline Harris Davila

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Overview

Caroline Esther Harris Davila is an American politician. She is a Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from District 52, serving since 2023.

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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

46 bills

Became law

7 became law. Another 13 passed the House or Senate but didn't.

  • Introduced Mar 13, 2025HB 4848: Relating to requiring that competency-based baccalaureate degree programs be offered at certain public institutions of higher education.
    Became law
  • Introduced Mar 13, 2025HB 4903: Relating to the establishment of the Quad-Agency Child Care Initiative and the Quad-Agency Child Care Initiative Commission.
    Became law
  • Introduced Mar 7, 2025HB 4099: Relating to the treatment of a patient by a physical therapist without a referral.
    Became law
  • Introduced Nov 12, 2024HB 388: Relating to a uniform coordination of benefits questionnaire for health benefit plans.
    Became law
  • Introduced Nov 12, 2024HB 517: Relating to the authority of a property owners' association to assess a fine for discolored vegetation or turf during a period of residential watering restriction.
    Became law
  • Introduced Nov 12, 2024HB 216: Relating to itemized billing for health care services and supplies provided by health care providers.
    Became law
  • Introduced Nov 12, 2024HB 346: Relating to the fee amounts prescribed by the secretary of state for expedited commercial and business record searches or filings and the exemption from the franchise tax and certain filing fees for veteran-owned businesses.
    Became law
  • Introduced Mar 13, 2025HB 5122: Relating to certain duties of the Texas Workforce Commission with respect to child-care resources.
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Mar 12, 2025HB 4626: Relating to hearing and public notice requirements regarding the conversion by a municipality of certain properties to house homeless individuals.
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Mar 11, 2025HB 4371: Relating to the provision of services by certain persons in the private duty nursing program.
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Mar 7, 2025HB 4098: Relating to the authority of certain municipalities to use certain tax revenue for hotel and convention center projects.
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Mar 5, 2025HB 3807: Relating to establishing a child-care services waiting list priority for the children of certain child-care workers.
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Feb 28, 2025HB 3539: Relating to the use of a high occupancy vehicle lane by an operator of a motor vehicle who is pregnant.
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Feb 24, 2025HB 3241: Relating to the authority of certain municipalities to use certain tax revenue for hotel and convention center projects.
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Feb 19, 2025HB 2999: Relating to weight limitations for hydrogen-fueled motor vehicles.
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Feb 13, 2025HB 2832: Relating to requiring a state agency to report the acceptance of federal money to the comptroller of public accounts.
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Feb 10, 2025HB 2613: Relating to liability of a water park entity for injuries arising from certain activities.
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Dec 13, 2024HB 1618: Relating to aquifer storage and recovery projects that transect a portion of the Edwards Aquifer.
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Nov 13, 2024HB 1290: Relating to prohibiting certain food additives from being included in free or reduced-price meals provided by school districts.
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Nov 12, 2024HB 408: Relating to the awarding of contracts by the Texas Department of Transportation for certain materials used in road construction projects.
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Aug 15, 2025HB 154: Relating to state agency terminology used in describing the landlocked territory on the western bank of the Jordan River.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 14, 2025HB 5289: Relating to notice provided by a health care provider before initiating debt collection against a patient.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 14, 2025HB 5378: Relating to the notice of certain food additives in meals provided by a public school.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 13, 2025HB 4758: Relating to a public school policy to allow a student with a disability to be accompanied by a handler for the student's service animal.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 13, 2025HB 4759: Relating to the treatment for ad valorem tax purposes of land and equipment used for hydroponic farming.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 13, 2025HB 5121: Relating to inpatient competency restoration services.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 12, 2025HB 4481: Relating to the applicability of laws regarding school crossing guards to open-enrollment charter schools.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 12, 2025HB 4610: Relating to requiring the acceptance of cash payments by retailers in certain transactions.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 12, 2025HB 4622: Relating to a study by the Texas Education Agency regarding participation in certain career and technology programs.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 7, 2025HB 4026: Relating to a requirement that the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality consider flood data when considering the issuance of certain wastewater treatment or discharge permits.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 6, 2025HB 3922: Relating to prohibiting the use of environmental, social, or governance scores.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 28, 2025HB 3548: Relating to local school health advisory councils and instruction regarding human sexuality, sexual orientation, and gender identity provided by public schools.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 28, 2025HB 3535: Relating to requiring backup generation at certain wastewater treatment facilities.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 28, 2025HB 3568: Relating to the interconnection of wind or solar power facilities that use critical electric grid equipment purchased from certain companies.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 25, 2025HB 3273: Relating to limitations on certain suits to recover real property held by another in adverse possession; the unauthorized sale, rental, lease, or advertisement for sale, rental, or lease of real property; and the removal of certain unauthorized occupants of a dwelling; creating a criminal offense; authorizing a fee.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 24, 2025HB 3252: Relating to the issuance by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality of permits for certain wastewater treatment facilities.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 21, 2025HB 3136: Relating to excused absences from public school for the purpose of visiting an institution of higher education.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 11, 2025HB 2631: Relating to prohibited facility fees for telehealth and telemedicine medical services; providing an administrative penalty.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 11, 2025HB 2630: Relating to declarant control of certain property owners' associations.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 7, 2025HB 2568: Relating to a compliance agreement for the suspension of an enforcement action against a regional water supply, sewer, wastewater treatment, or solid waste disposal service for certain violations.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 31, 2025HB 2321: Relating to the development of a standard method of computing a student's high school grade point average.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Nov 12, 2024HB 208: Relating to provision to a patient of an itemized bill for health care services and supplies.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Nov 12, 2024HB 287: Relating to an annual study by the Texas A&M University Texas Real Estate Research Center of the purchase and sale of single-family homes by certain institutional buyers.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Nov 12, 2024HB 652: Relating to prohibited uses of public money by certain municipalities and counties that reduce or reallocate funding or resources for certain law enforcement agencies.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Nov 12, 2024HB 251: Relating to price estimates and billing requirements for certain health care facilities.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Nov 12, 2024HB 296: Relating to the issuance of a license to practice medicine to certain applicants licensed or educated in a foreign country.
    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 Government35 votes
                  Courts and Civil Law (Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence)75 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-1653 votes
                                        Elections22 votes
                                          Energy Resources18 votes
                                            Environmental Regulation21 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)83 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.