---
title: Richard Hayes - Texas Legislator
legislator: Richard Hayes
party: Republican
chamber: House
total_bills: 71
primary_author_count: 3
primary_author_rank: 16
canonical_url: "https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/author/richard-hayes"
source: JD Key Consulting - Texas Legislative Intelligence
---

# Richard Hayes

**Republican** | Texas House

## Legislative Statistics

- **Primary Author:** 3 bills (Rank #16 in House)
- **Joint Author:** 11 bills
- **Coauthor:** 57 bills
- **Total Enacted Bills:** 71

## Top Legislative Subjects

- Business & Commerce--General (1 bills)
- Civil Remedies & Liabilities (1 bills)
- Property Interests--Real Property (1 bills)
- Probate--Wills & Admin of Estates (1 bills)
- CONTRACTORS & SUBCONTRACTORS (1 bills)
- Property Interests (1 bills)
- Courts (1 bills)
- Courts--Civil Procedure (1 bills)

## Frequent Collaborators

- Jeff Barry (R) - 1 bills together
- Angelia Orr (R) - 1 bills together
- David Spiller (R) - 1 bills together
- Cody Vasut (R) - 1 bills together
- Wesley Virdell (R) - 1 bills together

## Cross-Chamber Partners

- Bryan Hughes (R) - 3 bills

## Compliance Impact Profile

- **Critical:** 1 bills
- **Moderate:** 2 bills

## Bills as Primary Author

| Bill | Title | Compliance |
|------|-------|------------|
| [HB2960](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb2960-89th-regular) | Relating to choice of law and venue for certain construct... | Critical |
| [HB3421](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb3421-89th-regular) | Relating to decedents' estates and other matters involvin... | Moderate |
| [HB4170](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb4170-89th-regular) | Relating to venue in certain actions involving private tr... | Moderate |

## Bills as Joint Author

| Bill | Title | Primary Author |
|------|-------|----------------|
| [HB1130](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb1130-89th-regular) | Relating to liability of a cavern entity for in... | Carrie Isaac (R) |
| [HB1916](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb1916-89th-regular) | Relating to the jurisdiction of a court in a su... | David Cook (R) |
| [HB1922](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb1922-89th-regular) | Relating to the accrual of a cause of action fo... | Jay Dean (R) |
| [HB2524](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb2524-89th-regular) | Relating to the recovery of fees, court costs, ... | David Cook (R) |
| [HB2963](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb2963-89th-regular) | Relating to diagnosis, maintenance, and repair ... | Giovanni Capriglione (R) |
| [HB3479](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb3479-89th-regular) | Relating to the Rio Grande vegetative managemen... | Matt Morgan (R) |
| [HB4063](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb4063-89th-regular) | Relating to the filing and release of record of... | Claudia Ordaz Perez (D) |
| [HB4081](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb4081-89th-regular) | Relating to the sealing of certain documents al... | Cody Vasut (R) |
| [HB4202](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb4202-89th-regular) | Relating to proof of identity of a person makin... | Valoree Swanson (R) |
| [HB5033](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb5033-89th-regular) | Relating to the authority of this state to impl... | Keith Bell (R) |
| [HB5093](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb5093-89th-regular) | Relating to disclosure under the public informa... | Salman Bhojani (D) |

## Bills as Coauthor

| Bill | Title |
|------|-------|
| [HB1](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb1-89th-2nd-special) | Relating to youth camp emergency plans and preparedness; ... |
| [HB100](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb100-89th-regular) | Relating to the purchase, adoption, and use of instructio... |
| [HB102](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb102-89th-regular) | Relating to early registration for students in military-r... |
| [HB1056](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb1056-89th-regular) | Relating to the recognition of gold and silver specie as ... |
| [HB1089](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb1089-89th-regular) | Relating to creation of the gulf coast protection account... |
| [HB119](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb119-89th-regular) | Relating to the registration as a lobbyist of persons who... |
| [HB12](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb12-89th-regular) | Relating to the review and audit of certain state agency ... |
| [HB1392](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb1392-89th-regular) | Relating to the postponement of the delinquency date for ... |
| [HB14](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb14-89th-regular) | Relating to support for the development of the nuclear en... |
| [HB1443](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb1443-89th-regular) | Relating to creating the criminal offense of promotion or... |
| [HB1465](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb1465-89th-regular) | Relating to the prosecution of the criminal offense of in... |
| [HB1481](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb1481-89th-regular) | Relating to school district and open-enrollment charter s... |
| [HB1506](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb1506-89th-regular) | Relating to the issuance of a license to carry a handgun ... |
| [HB1522](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb1522-89th-regular) | Relating to notice of a meeting held under the open meeti... |
| [HB1586](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb1586-89th-regular) | Relating to an exemption from required immunizations for ... |
| [HB16](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb16-89th-2nd-special) | Relating to the operation and administration of and pract... |
| [HB1661](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb1661-89th-regular) | Relating to election supplies and the conduct of election... |
| [HB1734](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb1734-89th-regular) | Relating to the transfer of court files in a suit affecti... |
| [HB1778](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb1778-89th-regular) | Relating to human trafficking, prostitution, and child po... |
| [HB18](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb18-89th-2nd-special) | Relating to a restriction on the acceptance of political ... |

*Showing 20 of 57 coauthored bills*

## Source Links

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

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