Representative Vince Perez

Vince Perez serves as a Democratic Representative for District 77 in the Texas state legislature.

Perez joint-authored HB 2038, the “DOCTOR Act,” which creates a pathway for highly qualified, foreign-trained physicians to obtain a provisional supervised license in Texas while maintaining safeguards. Perez also championed legislation to create a public law school in El Paso, the largest community in the nation without an established law school. The result was better representation, fewer unnecessary jail days, and a blueprint for data-driven criminal-justice reform that earned Perez recognition as “National County Leader of the Year” in 2016 from American City & County-the first Texas county commissioner to receive the honor. Outside of elected office, Perez has worked as a strategic advisor on public-policy, communications, healthcare, and finance issues for a range of institutional clients. Perez holds both undergraduate and graduate degrees in Government from Georgetown University.