Vincent "Vince" Perez

Wrote House Bill 3501, proposing to require certain hospitals to prepare and publish a quarterly report on the free and discounted care they give patients who cannot pay. The bill stalled in the House Public Health Committee.

March 24, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability

Source: house.texas.gov · researched July 13, 2026

Perez authored HB 2852, a bill to let some doctors licensed in other countries get a provisional Texas medical license if they have a job offer. The bill also set fees.

March 19, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability

Source: house.texas.gov · researched July 13, 2026

Introduced a bill proposing to let certain Texas counties hire a county purchasing agent. The bill was left pending in subcommittee and died (House Bill 4259).

May 5, 2025Supports Government Efficiency

Source: house.texas.gov · researched July 13, 2026

Perez authored HB 3562, relating to posting and other requirements applicable to meetings of the governing body of a hospital district.

March 25, 2025Supports Government Efficiency

Source: house.texas.gov · researched July 13, 2026

Perez authored HJR 159, proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to prohibit an individual from receiving an exemption from ad valorem taxation of the individual's residence homestead if the homestead is occupied by a registered sex offender.

March 24, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: house.texas.gov · researched July 13, 2026

Authored a bill letting some local taxing units agree to cut property taxes on a homeowner's main home inside a reinvestment zone (House Bill 4270). The House Ways and Means Committee left it pending and it never advanced.

May 5, 2025Supports Housing Affordability

Source: house.texas.gov · researched July 13, 2026

Perez authored HB 5217, a bill to send state aid to local governments that lose the most property tax money when disabled veterans and surviving military spouses get tax breaks.

May 5, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: house.texas.gov · researched July 13, 2026

Authored HB 5389, a bill to create a grant program that helps pay for handling the bodies of people who died poor.

April 7, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: house.texas.gov · researched July 13, 2026

Perez authored HB 4269, relating to bill payment assistance programs for utility customers offered by certain municipalities.

April 1, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: house.texas.gov · researched July 13, 2026

Perez authored HB 3475, relating to the establishment of a public law school in El Paso County.

May 15, 2025Supports Public Education Quality

Source: house.texas.gov · researched July 13, 2026

Perez authored HB 5096, a bill to let a local taxing unit grant a temporary property tax break (ad valorem exemption) on the full appraised value of surplus real property bought from the El Paso Independent School District.

April 7, 2025Supports Public Education Quality

Source: house.texas.gov · researched July 13, 2026

Filed a bill proposing extra state money for school districts, worth 8 percent of the basic per-student allotment, for each newly enrolled military-connected student. It stalled in the House Public Education Committee (House Bill 5420).

April 7, 2025Supports Public Education Quality

Source: house.texas.gov · researched July 13, 2026

Perez authored HJR 181, proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing elections for the recall of a member of the board of trustees of an independent school district.

April 2, 2025Supports Public Education Quality

Source: house.texas.gov · researched July 13, 2026

Authored HB 3277, a bill to change the basic per-student funding and state matching amounts in Texas' school funding formula (the Foundation School Program), including adjusting them for inflation.

March 20, 2025Supports Public Education Quality

Source: house.texas.gov · researched July 13, 2026

Authored a bill offering financial incentives to public school teachers who agree to teach a dual credit course. It was referred to the House Higher Education Committee in March 2025 and stayed there (House Bill 2850).

March 19, 2025Supports Public Education Quality

Source: house.texas.gov · researched July 13, 2026

Perez authored HJR 181, proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing elections for the recall of a member of the board of trustees of an independent school district.

April 2, 2025Supports Election Integrity

Source: house.texas.gov · researched July 13, 2026

Filed a Texas bill proposing to let voters petition for an election to remove a school board trustee. Listed grounds included misconduct in office, breaking the oath of office, misusing public money or property, and missing three meetings in a row. The bill was sent to the House Public Education Committee and died there (House Bill 4262).

April 1, 2025Supports Election Integrity

Source: house.texas.gov · researched July 13, 2026

Perez authored HB 4679, relating to toll service fees charged by vehicle rental companies.

April 3, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: house.texas.gov · researched July 13, 2026

Wrote House Bill 3501, proposing to require certain hospitals to prepare and publish a quarterly report on the free and discounted care they give patients who cannot pay. The bill stalled in the House Public Health Committee.

March 24, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: house.texas.gov · researched July 13, 2026

Authored HB 5625, a bill to let some cities and local government corporations spend certain tax revenue on qualified projects.

April 7, 2025Supports Public Infrastructure

Source: house.texas.gov · researched July 13, 2026

Authored a bill proposing to let the University of Texas at El Paso issue revenue bonds to pay for campus building projects (House Bill 2855).

March 19, 2025Supports Public Infrastructure

Source: house.texas.gov · researched July 13, 2026

Wrote a law removing the dollar caps on the student union fee at the University of Texas at El Paso (House Bill 2853). Fee increases above 10 percent a year now require approval in a student election.

June 22, 2025

Source: house.texas.gov · researched July 13, 2026

Perez authored HCR 112, urging Congress to allow U.S. citizens to use REAL ID cards as a travel document for arrivals at land and sea ports-of-entry.

May 1, 2025

Source: house.texas.gov · researched July 13, 2026

Proposed a constitutional amendment letting local governments temporarily waive property taxes on surplus land bought from a school district (House Joint Resolution 199).

April 3, 2025

Source: house.texas.gov · researched July 13, 2026

Introduced a bill proposing to change a school district's authority to contract with outside operators to run some of its campuses. The bill stayed in the House Public Education Committee (House Bill 4678).

April 3, 2025

Source: house.texas.gov · researched July 13, 2026

Authored HB 3499, a bill about whether a homeowner can still get the homestead property-tax break when a registered sex offender lives in the home.

March 24, 2025

Source: house.texas.gov · researched July 13, 2026