Giovanni Capriglione

Giovanni Capriglione (born March 8, 1973) is an American politician. He is a Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives, having represented district 98 since 2013.

Early life and education Capriglione studied for a Bachelor of Science in physics at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester, Massachusetts, and then a Master of Business Administration at Santa Clara University in Santa Clara, California.

Political career In the 2012 Republican primary election, Capriglione, with 55.6 percent of the vote, unseated the incumbent Vicki Truitt of Keller in Tarrant County. Truitt, who had held the seat since 1999, polled the remaining 44.4 percent of the ballots cast. He won the 2012 general election with 85.6 percent of the vote against the Libertarian Party candidate Michael Goolsby who polled the remaining 14.4 percent.

Capriglione authored House Bill 1280, the Human Life Protection Act of 2021, also known as the Texas trigger law, which was signed into law by Governor Abbott in July 2021. The Texas trigger law outlaws any abortion starting thirty days after the Supreme Court overrules Roe v. Wade, without exception for rape, incest or viability of the fetus.

In the 84th Legislature Giovanni Capriglione sits on three committees: the House Appropriations Committee, the Investment and Financial Services Committee and the Local & Consent Calendars Committee. Rep. Capriglione also serves as the Chairman of the Sub-Committee on State & Local Debt. In 2015, Rep. Capriglione was elected Secretary of the House Energy Caucus and is a member of the Innovation & Technology Caucus. In the 83rd Legislature, Rep. Capriglione served on two committees: Government Efficiency and Reform and International Trade and Intergovernmental Affairs. Rep. Capriglione also passed HB 483 authorizing the creation of the Texas Bullion Depository to insure that Texas has first rights to its gold.

In the general election held on November 6, 2018, Capriglione won his fourth legislative term. With 56,694 votes (68.3 percent), he defeated the Democrat Mica J. Ringo, who polled 24,294 (29.3 percent). Another 2,002 ballots (2.4 percent) went to the Libertarian Party choice, H. Todd J. Moore. In 2025, he co-wrote SB 21, a bill that created the Texas Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and allow the State of Texas to purchase digital cryptocurrency as a strategic reserve. The bill was signed into law by Governor Greg Abbott on June 22, 2025. Following Arizona and New Hampshire, Texas is the third state to enact legislation creating a bitcoin reserve on the state level.

Personal life Capriglione lives in Southlake in suburban Tarrant County. He and his wife, Elisa, whom he married in 2000, have three children.