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Christina Morales

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Overview

Christina Morales is a Texas Democratic politician serving in the Texas House of Representatives for district 145.

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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

40 bills

Became law

1 became law. Another 3 passed the House or Senate but didn't.

  • Introduced Mar 6, 2025HB 3966: Relating to requiring owners or operators of commercial passenger bus services to provide certain notifications to residents concerning operations.
    Became law
  • Introduced Nov 12, 2024HB 178: Relating to social studies curriculum choice for public school students.
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Mar 8, 2023HB 4216: Relating to certain notifications related to the rights of crime victims.
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Mar 6, 2023HB 3639: Relating to active shooter response training for peace officers, including school district peace officers and school resource officers.
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Aug 15, 2025HB 179: Relating to an alert system for notification of a toxic chemical release by a manufacturing facility.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jul 21, 2025HB 150: Relating to requiring certain alert messages to be in English and Spanish.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 14, 2025HB 5255: Relating to policies related to the removal and placement of a child by the Department of Family and Protective Services.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 14, 2025HB 5505: Relating to requirements for backup electric generator connections for new multiunit complexes in certain municipalities; providing civil penalties.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 14, 2025HB 5425: Relating to prohibiting certain nondisclosure or non-disparagement agreements by employers; creating a civil cause of action.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 12, 2025HB 4489: Relating to the issuance of an educator certificate to certain applicants from outside this state.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 12, 2025HB 4608: Relating to public access to the audit records of certain governmental entities.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 7, 2025HB 4067: Relating to prohibiting covenants not to compete against workers.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 6, 2025HB 3959: Relating to tuition and fee exemptions at a public institution of higher education or a career school or college for a student meeting certain income and grade requirements.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 6, 2025HB 3961: Relating to the establishment of a perimenopause and menopause educational program by the Department of State Health Services.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 6, 2025HB 3953: Relating to a study by the broadband development office on Internet service for multiunit residential properties.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 6, 2025HB 3951: Relating to the transportation of an inmate after release on parole, mandatory supervision, or conditional pardon.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 4, 2025HB 3660: Relating to protective orders prohibiting offenses motivated by bias or prejudice.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 27, 2025HB 3450: Relating to instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the use of automated external defibrillators for school district, private school, and open-enrollment charter school employees and volunteers.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 26, 2025HB 3447: Relating to the minimum wage.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 21, 2025HB 3209: Relating to carbon monoxide detectors in certain properties.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 6, 2025HB 2534: Relating to the right of an employee to time off from work if the employee or the employee's child is a victim of family violence or a violent felony offense.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Nov 12, 2024HB 407: Relating to municipal and county requirements for solar energy device compatibility for certain residential construction; creating criminal offenses.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Nov 12, 2024HB 492: Relating to prohibiting the allocation of low income housing tax credits for certain developments.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Nov 12, 2024HB 457: Relating to an alert system for notification of the release of toxic chemicals by a manufacturing facility.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Nov 12, 2024HB 547: Relating to the reporting of lost or stolen firearms; creating a criminal offense.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Nov 12, 2024HB 508: Relating to nurses employed by public schools.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Nov 12, 2024HB 378: Relating to an increase in the amount of the exemption of residence homesteads from ad valorem taxation by a school district and the protection of school districts against the resulting loss in local revenue.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Nov 12, 2024HB 559: Relating to a study conducted by the secretary of state regarding compliance with high school deputy registrar obligations.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Nov 12, 2024HB 423: Relating to a prohibition on the board of trustees of a school district from entering into certain contracts and the disclosure of certain conflicts of interest.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Nov 12, 2024HB 315: Relating to the terms and conditions of a standard possession order in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Nov 12, 2024HJR 55: Proposing a constitutional amendment to increase the amount of the exemption of residence homesteads from ad valorem taxation by a school district.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Nov 12, 2024HB 527: Relating to librarians employed by public schools.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Nov 12, 2024HB 474: Relating to a policy adopted by a school district regarding the wearing of attire and regalia at certain public school events.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Nov 12, 2024HB 286: Relating to a study by the Department of Public Safety on stolen firearms.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Nov 12, 2024HB 440: Relating to requiring certain alert messages to be in English and Spanish.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Nov 12, 2024HB 231: Relating to a study on food deserts and their disproportionate impact among communities of color.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Nov 12, 2024HB 341: Relating to a study by the Texas Department of Transportation on traffic collisions involving persons operating bicycles, electric bicycles, or motor-assisted scooters.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 10, 2023HB 5119: Relating to the provision of employment assistance services to individuals of all gender identities and sexual orientations.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 6, 2023HB 3531: Relating to the designation of Women's Equality Day as a state holiday.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 6, 2023HB 3587: Relating to the required sterilization of adult animals seized and placed in the custody of a releasing agency more than once.
    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

1,733 votes on bills that passed at least one chamber.

Attendance

Didn't vote on 205 of 1,733 votes (12%). 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 Commerce77 votes
            Congressional Redistricting, Select1 vote
              Corrections22 votes
                County and Regional Government35 votes
                  Courts and Civil Law (Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence)72 votes
                    Courts and Civil Law (Jurisprudence)17 votes
                      Criminal Justice78 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 Health14 votes
                                Disaster Preparedness and Flooding5 votes
                                  Disaster Preparedness and Flooding, Select1 vote
                                    Economic Development16 votes
                                      Education K-1652 votes
                                        Elections20 votes
                                          Energy Resources17 votes
                                            Environmental Regulation22 votes
                                              Family and Fiduciary Relationships41 votes
                                                Finance4 votes
                                                  Government Efficiency66 votes
                                                    Health and Human Services58 votes
                                                      Higher Education49 votes
                                                        Homeland Security, Public Safety and Veterans' Affairs53 votes
                                                          Human Services54 votes
                                                            Insurance37 votes
                                                              Intergovernmental Affairs35 votes
                                                                International Relations1 vote
                                                                  Juvenile Justice11 votes
                                                                    Land and Resource Management20 votes
                                                                      Licensing and Administrative Procedures37 votes
                                                                        Local Government53 votes
                                                                          Natural Resources57 votes
                                                                            Pensions, Investments and Financial Services42 votes
                                                                              Property Tax Appraisals13 votes
                                                                                Public Education55 votes
                                                                                  Public Health72 votes
                                                                                    State Affairs137 votes
                                                                                      State-Federal Relations1 vote
                                                                                        Taxes (Ways and Means)82 votes
                                                                                          Trade, Workforce and Economic Development34 votes
                                                                                            Transportation65 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.