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Running forState House, District 80

Don McLaughlin

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Overview

Donald Edward McLaughlin Jr. is an American businessman and politician who is a member of the Texas House of Representatives from the 80th district.

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

34 bills

Became law

3 became law. Another 6 passed the House or Senate but didn't.

  • Introduced Mar 11, 2025HB 4341: Relating to critical infrastructure facility emergency response maps and the critical infrastructure emergency response map grant program.
    Became law
  • Introduced Mar 3, 2025HB 33: Relating to active shooter incidents at primary and secondary school facilities and other emergencies.
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 20, 2025HB 3104: Relating to the appointment and compensation of a bailiff appointed by the judges of certain district courts in Webb County.
    Became law
  • Introduced Mar 5, 2025HB 3793: Relating to procedures for a commissioners court to close, abandon, or vacate certain county roads.
    Passed both chambers
  • Introduced Mar 14, 2025HB 5600: Relating to incentives for the development of the clean hydrogen industry in this state, including tax benefits, loans, and grants for clean hydrogen projects, clean hydrogen workforce development, hydrogen powered motor vehicles, and certain items used to produce clean hydrogen.
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Mar 5, 2025HB 3781: Relating to the provision of financial assistance by the Texas Water Development Board for the development of certain projects in economically distressed areas.
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Feb 19, 2025HB 3009: Relating to the qualifying offenses and related information included in the Department of Public Safety's computerized central database of offenders who have committed certain violent offenses.
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Feb 18, 2025HB 2947: Relating to truancy and the offense of a parent contributing to nonattendance.
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Feb 13, 2025HB 2776: Relating to the criminal and licensing consequences for the commission of certain offenses by massage establishments, massage schools, massage therapists, and massage therapy instructors.
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Aug 15, 2025HB 45: Relating to a guide on preparing for and responding to a flooding disaster.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Aug 15, 2025HB 75: Relating to building standards for youth camps located within or near certain floodplains.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Aug 15, 2025HB 44: Relating to the jurisdiction and operation of the County Court at Law in Atascosa County.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Aug 15, 2025HB 69: Relating to creating the Texas Flash Flood Alley Interoperability Council and a grant program administered by the council.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Aug 4, 2025HB 276: Relating to parasitic insect control.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jul 23, 2025HB 182: Relating to creating the Texas Flash Flood Alley Interoperability Council and a grant program administered by the council.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jul 18, 2025HB 124: Relating to building standards for youth camps located within or near certain floodplains.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jul 17, 2025HB 108: Relating to a guide on preparing for and responding to a flooding disaster.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jul 14, 2025HB 93: Relating to the jurisdiction and operation of the County Court at Law in Atascosa County.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 12, 2025HB 4476: Relating to the waiver of jurisdiction by a juvenile court for certain children who are accused of committing certain offenses involving the use or exhibition of a firearm, the mandatory transfer of jurisdiction for those children to a criminal court, and an order of expunction issued with respect to those offenses.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 11, 2025HB 4416: Relating to disorderly or threatening behavior and measures by public schools and institutions of higher education to prevent that behavior; increasing criminal penalties; creating a criminal offense.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 10, 2025HB 4186: Relating to student loan repayment assistance for certain physicians employed as county medical examiners.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 10, 2025HB 4255: Relating to the regulation of physicians and the disciplinary authority of the Texas Medical Board.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 3, 2025HB 3578: Relating to the authority of a county that borders the United Mexican States to regulate residential land use; creating a criminal offense.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 3, 2025HB 3587: Relating to firearm safety instruction in public schools and certain private schools.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 3, 2025HB 3573: Relating to certain prohibited considerations in contracting by governmental entities and the elimination of the state's historically underutilized business program.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 3, 2025HB 3586: Relating to the authority of a taxing unit to enter into an agreement under the Property Redevelopment and Tax Abatement Act to exempt from ad valorem taxation a portion of the value of property on which a solar power facility is located or is planned to be located.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 3, 2025HB 3580: Relating to renewable energy generation facilities.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 25, 2025HB 3310: Relating to the authority of certain counties to adopt noise regulations; creating a criminal offense; authorizing fees.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 25, 2025HB 3278: Relating to the study of and incentives for the use of solar and wind energy.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 20, 2025HB 3075: Relating to a prohibition on the provision of state money to entities that promote certain ideological programs and the establishment of a division in the Legislative Budget Board to ensure such entities do not receive state money; authorizing the imposition of a civil penalty.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 18, 2025HB 2965: Relating to the applicability of a hotel occupancy tax in and the use of hotel occupancy tax revenue by certain counties.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 18, 2025HB 2956: Relating to a central database containing information about certain persons who have been convicted of or received a grant of deferred adjudication community supervision for certain offenses involving family violence and related notice requirements; creating a criminal offense.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 11, 2025HB 2660: Relating to the requirement to obtain certification and continuing education for certain public information officers.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 11, 2025HB 2661: Relating to the jurisdiction and operation of the County Court at Law in Atascosa County.
    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

1,788 votes on bills that passed at least one chamber.

Attendance

Didn't vote on 112 of 1,788 votes (6%). 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 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)56 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 Efficiency66 votes
                                                    Health and Human Services58 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 Affairs143 votes
                                                                                      State-Federal Relations1 vote
                                                                                        Taxes (Ways and Means)84 votes
                                                                                          Trade, Workforce and Economic Development38 votes
                                                                                            Transportation66 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.