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James Talarico

Democrat

Overview

Texas state representative, first elected in 2018, and a former public school teacher.

Facts from Texas House of Representatives: member biography.

How to reach them
Source: Open States

Campaign money

  • Raised $128.8 million and spent $114.2 million since Sep 2025.
  • Of the money donors gave, 100% came from individual people and 0% from PACs (groups that collect money to give to candidates).
  • Since 2025, 69 PACs gave $316,558 to their campaign.
  • Since 2025, outside groups like super PACs spent $4.3 million to help them and $1.3 million against them.
Source and every donor: FEC
PACs that gave to their campaign since 202569 PACs · $316,558
Outside groups that spent to help them since 202511 groups · $4.3 million
Outside groups that spent against them since 20254 groups · $1.3 million

Bills they wrote

Bills and joint resolutions where they're the main author, since 2023. Laws first, then the ones that got furthest.

Wrote

100 bills

Became law

2 became law. Another 12 passed the House or Senate but didn't.

  • Introduced Feb 8, 2023HB 2063: Relating to required informed consent before a dog or cat may be boarded at a kennel and left unattended; providing a civil penalty.
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 3, 2023HB 1905: Relating to allowing school districts to make available certain school safety training courses to employees of certain private schools, child-care facilities, or organizations providing out-of-school-time care.
    Became law
  • Introduced Mar 14, 2025HB 5148: Relating to municipal regulation of stairway requirements in certain multifamily residential buildings.
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Feb 21, 2025HB 3173: Relating to certain planning, notification, and evaluation requirements with respect to certain workforce development programs in this state.
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Nov 25, 2024HB 1464: Relating to a prescription drug purchasing pool for certain health benefit plan issuers and employers.
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Nov 12, 2024HB 222: Relating to the permissible uses of the school safety allotment under the Foundation School Program.
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Nov 12, 2024HB 1035: Relating to the contents of an affidavit required to be included with an application for an exemption from ad valorem taxation of all or part of the appraised value of real property used to operate a child-care facility.
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Mar 7, 2023HB 3754: Relating to a suit for dissolution of a marriage and associated suit affecting the parent-child relationship when a party is pregnant.
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Mar 6, 2023HB 3621: Relating to a local option exemption from ad valorem taxation by a county or municipality of all or part of the appraised value of real property used to operate a child-care facility.
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Mar 6, 2023HB 3642: Relating to the permissible uses of the school safety allotment under the Foundation School Program.
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Mar 6, 2023HJR 149: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation real property used to operate a child-care facility.
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Feb 27, 2023HB 2891: Relating to the use of glucagon medication on certain public and private school campuses.
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Feb 16, 2023HB 2411: Relating to the maintenance, administration, and disposal of opioid antagonists on public and private school campuses and to the permissible uses of money appropriated to a state agency from the opioid abatement account.
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Jan 12, 2023HB 1323: Relating to the measures to encourage eligible students to claim certain tuition and fee exemptions at public institutions of higher education for students who are or have been in foster or other residential care.
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Aug 19, 2025HJR 26: Proposing a constitutional amendment establishing the Independent Citizen Redistricting Commission to redistrict the Texas Legislature, Texas congressional districts, and State Board of Education districts and revising procedures for redistricting.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Aug 19, 2025HB 259: Relating to the Independent Citizen Redistricting Commission and the redistricting of the districts used to elect members of the United States House of Representatives, the Texas Legislature, and the State Board of Education.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jul 29, 2025HJR 28: Proposing a constitutional amendment establishing the Independent Citizen Redistricting Commission to redistrict the Texas Legislature, Texas congressional districts, and State Board of Education districts and revising procedures for redistricting.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jul 29, 2025HB 221: Relating to the Independent Citizen Redistricting Commission and the redistricting of the districts used to elect members of the United States House of Representatives, the Texas Legislature, and the State Board of Education.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 14, 2025HB 5367: Relating to campaign contribution limits for certain offices.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 14, 2025HB 5404: Relating to overtime compensation for certain state employees.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 14, 2025HB 5304: Relating to campaign contribution limits for certain offices.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 14, 2025HB 5321: Relating to employment leave for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 14, 2025HB 5328: Relating to the installation of advanced x-ray inspection technology systems at certain Texas-Mexico border crossings.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 14, 2025HB 5299: Relating to the establishment of the Texas Promise Grant Program for certain students at two-year public institutions of higher education.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 14, 2025HB 5298: Relating to restrictions on certain contributions and lobbyist compensation by persons appointed to public office by the governor; creating a criminal offense.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 14, 2025HB 5423: Relating to an annual report published by the Texas Education Agency regarding public school campus closures.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 14, 2025HB 5307: Relating to the regulation of the cultivation, manufacture, processing, distribution, sale, testing, transportation, delivery, transfer, possession, use, and taxation of cannabis and cannabis products and the local regulation of cannabis establishments; providing for expunction of records relating to certain decriminalized conduct; authorizing the imposition of fees; requiring an occupational license; creating a criminal offense; imposing a tax.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 14, 2025HB 5326: Relating to family and medical leave.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 14, 2025HB 5313: Relating to the reporting of loan agreements made for campaign or officeholder purposes by a person or political committee.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 14, 2025HB 5296: Relating to the salary and wages paid to public school employees.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 14, 2025HB 5306: Relating to the permissible uses of the school safety allotment and the creation of a mental and behavioral health allotment under the Foundation School Program.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 14, 2025HB 5311: Relating to establishing the Texas Care Plan Medicaid buy-in program to provide health benefit plan coverage to certain persons in this state.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 14, 2025HB 5309: Relating to the establishment of the local 9-1-1 response fund and grant program.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 14, 2025HJR 204: Proposing a constitutional amendment prohibiting the legislature from restricting an individual's access to abortion and related health care.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 14, 2025HJR 205: Proposing a constitutional amendment establishing the Independent Citizen Redistricting Commission to redistrict the Texas Legislature, Texas congressional districts, and State Board of Education districts and revising procedures for redistricting.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 14, 2025HB 5324: Relating to driver's license office appointments.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 14, 2025HB 5315: Relating to repealing certain restrictions and prohibitions regarding labor unions.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 14, 2025HJR 206: Proposing a constitutional amendment to limit the time that a person may serve as a statewide elected officer in the executive branch.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 14, 2025HB 5310: Relating to the repeal of certain laws regulating abortion and the construction of abortion statutes.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 14, 2025HB 5316: Relating to the Independent Citizen Redistricting Commission and the redistricting of the districts used to elect members of the United States House of Representatives, the Texas Legislature, and the State Board of Education.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 14, 2025HB 5297: Relating to the minimum wage.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 14, 2025HB 5384: Relating to a classroom teacher's right to appeal to the commissioner of education regarding the teacher's designation under a local optional teacher designation system.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 13, 2025HB 5146: Relating to certain requirements regarding the subsidized child-care program administered by the Texas Workforce Commission.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 13, 2025HB 5025: Relating to the carrying of certain weapons on the premises of a public library; creating a criminal offense.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 6, 2025HB 3921: Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the offense of aggravated sexual assault committed by a member of the clergy.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 5, 2025HB 3792: Relating to the identification, use, and taxation of surplus state property suitable for the development of affordable housing.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 18, 2025HB 2980: Relating to the reporting of a controlled substance overdose occurring on the campus of a public school.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 18, 2025HB 2968: Relating to single-family homes held by corporate owners for rental purposes; requiring information by and registration of certain corporate owners; authorizing a fee and civil penalty.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 13, 2025HB 2795: Relating to criminal offenses for creating and distributing certain misleading images and videos; creating a criminal offense.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 5, 2025HB 2478: Relating to the reporting of certain information regarding medically necessary debt on a consumer report.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 5, 2025HB 2480: Relating to municipal and county regulation of accessory dwelling units; authorizing fees.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 5, 2025HB 2491: Relating to the use of certain algorithmic devices in the determination of residential rental prices.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 5, 2025HB 2489: Relating to the creation of the Office of Youth Health and Safety.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Nov 19, 2024HB 1396: Relating to coverage for mental health conditions and substance use disorders under certain governmental health benefit plans.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Nov 19, 2024HB 1408: Relating to the participation of community-based organizations in workforce training programs funded by the skills development fund.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Nov 12, 2024HJR 23: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing a local option exemption from ad valorem taxation by a school district of all or part of the appraised value of the residence homesteads of certain persons who are employed by the district.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Nov 12, 2024HB 308: Relating to a suit for dissolution of a marriage and associated suit affecting the parent-child relationship when a party is pregnant.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Nov 12, 2024HB 347: Relating to the prosecution of the offense of invasive visual recording in a lactation room.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Nov 12, 2024HB 277: Relating to the measures to encourage eligible students to claim certain tuition and fee exemptions at public institutions of higher education for students who are or have been in foster or other residential care.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Nov 12, 2024HB 350: Relating to the use of glucagon medication on certain public and private school campuses.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Nov 12, 2024HB 253: Relating to the use, possession, delivery, or manufacture of testing equipment that identifies the presence of a substance listed in Penalty Group 1-B.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Nov 12, 2024HB 172: Relating to creating a fine arts allotment under the public school finance system.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Oct 19, 2023HB 177: Relating to a bonus payment for certain public school employees and to the public school finance system.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 10, 2023HB 4801: Relating to the use of the money in the Opioid Abatement Account.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 10, 2023HB 4799: Relating to the provision of opioid antagonists to clients on discharge from a chemical dependency treatment facility.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 10, 2023HB 4798: Relating to governmental health benefit plan coverage for opioid antagonists and associated devices.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 9, 2023HB 4356: Relating to the dissolution of the Texas Juvenile Justice Department and the creation of the Office of Youth Safety and Rehabilitation.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 9, 2023HB 4469: Relating to prekindergarten programs provided by public schools, including through partnerships with certain community-based child-care providers.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 9, 2023HB 4425: Relating to a temporary exemption from sales and use taxes for household goods.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 9, 2023HB 4430: Relating to driver's license office appointments.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 8, 2023HB 4252: Relating to certain public school instructional requirements and prohibitions.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 8, 2023HB 4234: Relating to establishing an account to create a program to pay off certain outstanding debts attributed to medical expenses; making an appropriation.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 8, 2023HB 4230: Relating to class size limits for certain grade levels in public schools.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 8, 2023HB 4243: Relating to a one-year moratorium on the collection of registration and inspection fees for certain motor vehicles.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 8, 2023HB 4231: Relating to a one-year moratorium on the collection of tolls.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 7, 2023HB 3829: Relating to creating a fine arts allotment under the public school finance system.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 6, 2023HB 3572: Relating to the permissible uses of the school safety allotment under the public school finance system.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 2, 2023HB 3299: Relating to requiring the disclosure of taxes and fees charged for the sale of concert and other event tickets.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 2, 2023HB 3267: Relating to establishing the Texas Care Plan Medicaid buy-in program to provide health benefit plan coverage to certain persons in this state.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 2, 2023HB 3268: Relating to repealing certain restrictions and prohibitions regarding labor unions.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 2, 2023HJR 142: Proposing a constitutional amendment guaranteeing the right to a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 2, 2023HB 3269: Relating to the right of a residential tenant to summon police or emergency assistance.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 1, 2023HB 3150: Relating to guidelines for prescribing opioid antagonists at chemical dependency facilities.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 28, 2023HB 3034: Relating to notice regarding nonemergency ambulance and certain nonemergency health care coverage in health benefit plans.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 21, 2023HB 2529: Relating to written notification provided by drug manufacturers regarding the cause of generic insulin prescription drug unavailability.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 21, 2023HB 2588: Relating to the permissible uses of the school safety allotment and the creation of a mental health allotment under the Foundation School Program.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 16, 2023HB 2407: Relating to the establishment of the Texas Promise Grant Program for certain students at two-year public institutions of higher education.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 15, 2023HB 2387: Relating to the availability of the defense to prosecution for certain offenses involving possession of small amounts of controlled substances, marihuana, dangerous drugs, or abusable volatile chemicals, or possession of drug paraphernalia for defendants seeking assistance for a suspected overdose.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 14, 2023HB 2294: Relating to procedures for public involvement in redistricting of judicial districts, state legislative districts, State Board of Education districts, and congressional districts.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 14, 2023HB 2287: Relating to allowing the board of trustees of certain school districts to create a nonvoting student trustee position on the board.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 14, 2023HB 2298: Relating to family and medical leave.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 13, 2023HB 2264: Relating to requiring public junior colleges to award course credit to students who hold a Child Development Associate credential.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 10, 2023HB 2179: Relating to the addition of a service readiness component to the college, career, or military readiness outcomes bonus under the Foundation School Program.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 9, 2023HB 2106: Relating to the implementation of student and family engagement plans by school districts.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 8, 2023HB 2062: Relating to the administration and conduct of elections.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 3, 2023HB 1831: Relating to the regulation of the cultivation, manufacture, processing, distribution, sale, testing, transportation, delivery, transfer, possession, use, and taxation of cannabis and cannabis products and the local regulation of cannabis establishments; providing for expunction of records relating to certain decriminalized conduct; authorizing the imposition of fees; requiring an occupational license; creating a criminal offense; imposing a tax.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 3, 2023HB 1830: Relating to the authority of the Texas A&M Forest Service to identify urban areas with a canopy coverage disparity and plant trees in those areas.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 30, 2023HJR 96: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation real property used to operate a child-care facility.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 30, 2023HB 1801: Relating to an exemption from ad valorem taxation of real property used to operate a child-care facility.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 24, 2023HB 1548: Relating to the salary and wages paid to public school employees.
    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

1,722 votes on bills that passed at least one chamber.

Attendance

Didn't vote on 284 of 1,722 votes (16%). 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
              Corrections21 votes
                County and Regional Government33 votes
                  Courts and Civil Law (Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence)72 votes
                    Courts and Civil Law (Jurisprudence)16 votes
                      Criminal Justice74 votes
                        Criminal Law (Criminal Jurisprudence)54 votes
                          Culture, Recreation and Tourism21 votes
                            Defense and Veterans' Affairs17 votes
                              Dis Prev and Women's and Children's Health15 votes
                                Disaster Preparedness and Flooding13 votes
                                  Disaster Preparedness and Flooding, Select1 vote
                                    Economic Development16 votes
                                      Education K-1651 votes
                                        Elections22 votes
                                          Energy Resources16 votes
                                            Environmental Regulation22 votes
                                              Family and Fiduciary Relationships41 votes
                                                Finance4 votes
                                                  Government Efficiency66 votes
                                                    Health and Human Services54 votes
                                                      Higher Education48 votes
                                                        Homeland Security, Public Safety and Veterans' Affairs55 votes
                                                          Human Services55 votes
                                                            Insurance34 votes
                                                              Intergovernmental Affairs38 votes
                                                                International Relations1 vote
                                                                  Juvenile Justice10 votes
                                                                    Land and Resource Management20 votes
                                                                      Licensing and Administrative Procedures35 votes
                                                                        Local Government47 votes
                                                                          Natural Resources58 votes
                                                                            Pensions, Investments and Financial Services43 votes
                                                                              Property Tax Appraisals13 votes
                                                                                Public Education55 votes
                                                                                  Public Health67 votes
                                                                                    State Affairs139 votes
                                                                                      State-Federal Relations1 vote
                                                                                        Taxes (Ways and Means)83 votes
                                                                                          Trade, Workforce and Economic Development38 votes
                                                                                            Transportation66 votes
                                                                                              Transportation Funding8 votes
                                                                                                Veterans' Affairs9 votes
                                                                                                  Water, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs40 votes
                                                                                                    Workforce13 votes

                                                                                                      Source: Open States, Texas Legislature Online. Topics from the state legislature.