---
title: Diego Bernal - Texas Legislator
legislator: Diego Bernal
party: Democrat
chamber: House
total_bills: 8
primary_author_count: 1
primary_author_rank: 18
canonical_url: "https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/author/diego-bernal"
source: JD Key Consulting - Texas Legislative Intelligence
---

# Diego Bernal

**Democrat** | Texas House

## Legislative Statistics

- **Primary Author:** 1 bills (Rank #18 in House)
- **Joint Author:** 5 bills
- **Coauthor:** 2 bills
- **Total Enacted Bills:** 8

## Top Legislative Subjects

- Human Services--Medical Assistance (1 bills)
- Human Services--Child Services (1 bills)
- ORTHOTICS & ORTHOTISTS (1 bills)
- Health--Other Diseases & Medical Conditions (1 bills)
- Health--Children's Insurance (1 bills)
- Human Services (1 bills)
- MEDICAID (1 bills)
- Health (1 bills)

## Frequent Collaborators

- Barbara Gervin-Hawkins (D) - 1 bills together
- Greg Bonnen (R) - 1 bills together
- Mark Dorazio (R) - 1 bills together
- Valoree Swanson (R) - 1 bills together

## Cross-Chamber Partners

- Royce West (D) - 1 bills

## Compliance Impact Profile

- **Moderate:** 1 bills

## Bills as Primary Author

| Bill | Title | Compliance |
|------|-------|------------|
| [HB426](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb426-89th-regular) | Relating to Medicaid and child health plan program covera... | Moderate |

## Bills as Joint Author

| Bill | Title | Primary Author |
|------|-------|----------------|
| [HB2](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb2-89th-regular) | Relating to public education and public school ... | Brad Buckley (R) |
| [HB2598](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb2598-89th-regular) | Relating to a school psychologist licensed unde... | Angie Button (R) |
| [HB2894](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb2894-89th-regular) | Relating to the provision of state aid to certa... | Hillary Hickland (R) |
| [HB9](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb9-89th-regular) | Relating to an exemption from ad valorem taxati... | Morgan Meyer (R) |
| [HJR1](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hjr1-89th-regular) | Proposing a constitutional amendment to authori... | Morgan Meyer (R) |

## Bills as Coauthor

| Bill | Title |
|------|-------|
| [HB1](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb1-89th-2nd-special) | Relating to youth camp emergency plans and preparedness; ... |
| [HB27](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb27-89th-regular) | Relating to courses in personal financial literacy for hi... |

## Source Links

- [Full Interactive Profile](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/author/diego-bernal)
- [All Texas Authors](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/authors)

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