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Angelia Orr

REPUBLICAN

Angelia Orr is running for Texas State Representative, District 13.

Personal background

Angelia Orr graduated from Texas A&M University in 1992. She lives in Hill County with her husband, Will, and they have two grown children. They attend First Baptist Church Hillsboro.

Professional background

Angelia is a small business owner. She previously worked as a substitute teacher.

Political background

Angelia currently serves as a state representative and is in her second term. She was elected Hill County’s district clerk in 2010. She was elected to the Itasca School Board in 2007.

Economy

Co-authored legislation to create a plan to eliminate property taxes while funding essential services.

Helped raise the small-business personal property-tax exemption from $2,500 to $125,000.

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Public Safety

Backed bail reforms placing bail decisions for violent offenders with elected judges and barring taxpayer funding for bail bonds.

Helped pass Senate Bill (SB) 8, strengthening local law-enforcement agreements with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Supported legislation ending penalties on short-barreled rifles, expanding gun-license reciprocity, and blocking taxpayer-funded gun buybacks.

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Healthcare

Co-authored House Bill (HB) 1806, which bars cities from using taxpayer funds for abortion travel.

Co-authored House Bill (HB) 5510 to expand the Texas Heartbeat Act and address abortion-pill trafficking; plans to pursue it in the 90th Legislature.

Helped pass Senate Bill (SB) 14, which bans certain transgender surgeries and medical procedures for minors.

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Education

Co-authored House Bill (HB) 2, described as Texas's largest single investment in public education.

Helped pass legislation expanding career and technical education, dual-credit programs, and rural workforce partnerships.

Supported displaying the Ten Commandments in public-school classrooms and voluntary daily prayer or Bible reading.

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Energy & the Environment

Co-authored House Joint Resolution 7 and supported Senate Bill 7 to fund water infrastructure, develop supplies, and safeguard aquifers.

Opposes permit applications that could drain shared aquifers and threaten water security.

Supports measures to improve grid reliability, protect infrastructure, and ensure affordable energy.

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Voting & Elections

Supports sharing Department of Public Safety data to "keep voter-registration list accurate and up to date."

Wants a constitutional amendment that "clearly states only U.S. citizens can vote in Texas."

Supports increasing penalties for election-supply tampering and interference with voting.

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