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Running forState House, District 55

Hillary Hickland

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Overview

Hillary Hickland is an American politician. She represents the 55th district of the Texas House of Representatives.

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

59 bills

Became law

6 became law. Another 4 passed the House or Senate but didn't.

  • Introduced Mar 11, 2025HB 4466: Relating to restrictions on the fee assessed for issuance of certain birth records.
    Became law
  • Introduced Mar 6, 2025HB 3909: Relating to the use of a wireless communication device at a polling place.
    Became law
  • Introduced Mar 3, 2025HB 3597: Relating to public hearing requirements for issuing a license for or expanding certain residential child-care facilities.
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 14, 2025HB 2894: Relating to the provision of state aid to certain local governments disproportionately affected by the granting of ad valorem tax relief to disabled veterans.
    Became law
  • Introduced Nov 25, 2024HB 1465: Relating to the prosecution of the criminal offense of invasive visual recording and the applicability of sex offender registration requirements to that offense.
    Became law
  • Introduced Nov 13, 2024HB 1314: Relating to price estimates and billing requirements for certain health care facilities.
    Became law
  • Introduced Mar 12, 2025HB 4689: Relating to municipal annexation of an area adjacent to contiguous or connecting railroad rights-of-way.
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Jan 23, 2025HB 2028: Relating to the Internet and other electronic posting of notices and agendas for meetings under the open meetings law.
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Jan 22, 2025HB 1983: Relating to creating the criminal offense of child endangerment involving smuggling across an international border.
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Dec 9, 2024HB 1551: Relating to the notification of parents of students enrolled in public school regarding certain alleged criminal conduct by an employee.
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Aug 15, 2025HB 175: Relating to a court order for retroactive child support, including for retroactive child support beginning on the date of the child's conception.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Aug 15, 2025HB 178: Relating to efficiency audits for certain political subdivisions.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Aug 15, 2025HB 174: Relating to the prohibition of lobbyist representation of both political subdivisions and private entities.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Aug 15, 2025HB 171: Relating to flood risk notice requirements for certain campgrounds; providing a civil penalty.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Aug 15, 2025HB 176: Relating to the repeal of provisions providing for the calculation of an unused increment rate and the use of that rate in calculating certain other ad valorem tax rates.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Aug 15, 2025HB 173: Relating to the use by a school district or a school district employee of public funds for lobbying activities.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Aug 15, 2025HB 172: Relating to campground emergency safety certification requirements; providing a civil penalty.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Aug 15, 2025HB 177: Relating to the calculation of certain ad valorem tax rates of a taxing unit and the manner in which a proposed ad valorem tax rate that exceeds the voter-approval tax rate is approved; making conforming changes.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Aug 5, 2025HB 279: Relating to the calculation of certain ad valorem tax rates of a taxing unit and the manner in which a proposed ad valorem tax rate that exceeds the voter-approval tax rate is approved; making conforming changes.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Aug 1, 2025HB 247: Relating to the prohibition of lobbyist representation of both political subdivisions and private entities.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Aug 1, 2025HB 248: Relating to campground emergency safety certification requirements; providing a civil penalty.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jul 24, 2025HB 191: Relating to flood risk notice requirements for certain campgrounds; providing a civil penalty.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jul 21, 2025HB 159: Relating to efficiency audits for certain political subdivisions.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jul 21, 2025HB 158: Relating to the repeal of provisions providing for the calculation of an unused increment rate and the use of that rate in calculating certain other ad valorem tax rates.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jul 14, 2025HB 87: Relating to the use by a school district or a school district employee of public funds for lobbying activities.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jul 14, 2025HB 88: Relating to a court order for retroactive child support, including for retroactive child support beginning on the date of the child's conception.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 13, 2025HB 4978: Relating to the creation of municipal utility districts in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 13, 2025HB 5024: Relating to the regulation of cigarettes and tobacco products, including the definitions of cigarettes and tobacco products.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 12, 2025HB 4631: Relating to the preliminary investigation conducted when a child is referred to juvenile court.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 11, 2025HB 4387: Relating to the eligibility of a person to serve on a civilian oversight board.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 11, 2025HB 4448: Relating to an automated artificial intelligence review of library material purchased by public schools; providing an administrative penalty.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 11, 2025HB 4447: Relating to information that a property owners' association must file with the Texas Real Estate Commission; authorizing an administrative penalty.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 10, 2025HB 4191: Relating to adjustments in the appraised value of a residence homestead.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 6, 2025HB 3990: Relating to the display of flags by a building owned or operated by the state, a municipality, or a county.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 3, 2025HB 3598: Relating to prohibiting a child in the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services from declining a placement.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 24, 2025HB 3222: Relating to school district policies, appeals to the commissioner of education, and reporting on settlement agreements entered into by a public school.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 21, 2025HB 3147: Relating to fiscal reporting by public schools.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 21, 2025HB 3148: Relating to the automatic admission of students to general academic teaching institutions.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 19, 2025HB 3013: Relating to a restriction on the use of public money by a school district regarding the passage of a bond proposal.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 7, 2025HB 2569: Relating to the applicability of certain parental notification requirements to school districts of innovation.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 5, 2025HB 2443: Relating to requiring the Texas Education Agency to prepare a report regarding public education mandates.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 5, 2025HB 2444: Relating to the creation of the criminal offense of harmful communication to a minor.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 5, 2025HB 2449: Relating to discovery requirements for pro se defendants in a criminal case.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 22, 2025HB 1981: Relating to the use of public resources by a public school officer or employee to engage in certain political activities.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 22, 2025HB 1980: Relating to a court order for retroactive child support, including for retroactive child support beginning on the date of the child's conception.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 22, 2025HB 1985: Relating to the age limit for a beginning position in a fire department under municipal civil service.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 6, 2025HB 1742: Relating to protesting changes to municipal zoning regulations and boundaries.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Dec 9, 2024HB 1549: Relating to restrictions on the sale of obscene devices; providing a civil penalty.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Dec 4, 2024HB 1512: Relating to reporting the number of children known or reasonably believed to not be citizens of the United States enrolled in a public school and to requesting reimbursement from the United States government for the cost of educating those children.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Dec 4, 2024HB 1509: Relating to the offense of failure to stop or report aggravated sexual assault of a child; increasing a criminal penalty.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Dec 4, 2024HB 1511: Relating to the authority of a political subdivision to adopt or enforce a juvenile curfew; creating criminal offenses.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Nov 21, 2024HB 1434: Relating to affirmative defenses to prosecution for certain offenses involving material or conduct that is obscene or otherwise harmful to children.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Nov 21, 2024HB 1433: Relating to efficiency audits for certain political subdivisions.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Nov 21, 2024HB 1435: Relating to an expedited response by a governmental body to a request for public information.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Nov 13, 2024HB 1312: Relating to a person submitting proof of citizenship to verify eligibility to vote in Texas.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Nov 13, 2024HB 1309: Relating to the applicability of the law governing the provision of state aid to certain local governments disproportionately affected by the granting of ad valorem tax relief to disabled veterans and to the effect of the receipt of such aid on the maintenance and operations ad valorem tax rate of a local government.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Nov 13, 2024HB 1310: Relating to an annual report on the costs to this state and political subdivisions of providing health care services to foreign patients.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Nov 13, 2024HB 1313: Relating to the use by a school district or a school district employee of public funds for lobbying activities.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Nov 13, 2024HB 1311: Relating to a limitation on rules, bylaws, and policies adopted by a school district's board of trustees.
    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

1,791 votes on bills that passed at least one chamber.

Attendance

Didn't vote on 14 of 1,791 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 Government36 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-1654 votes
                                        Elections23 votes
                                          Energy Resources18 votes
                                            Environmental Regulation22 votes
                                              Family and Fiduciary Relationships41 votes
                                                Finance4 votes
                                                  Government Efficiency66 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)84 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.