Legislative Hearings Update
House & Senate Floor The House will reconvene on Thursday, March 16 at 10:00 AM The Senate will reconvene on Thursday, March 16 at 11:00 AM Video Broadcasts: House | Senate Legislative Hearings [...]
Bills on the Move Spotlight
CSSB 30 (Huffman) Relating to supplemental appropriations and reductions in appropriations and giving direction and adjustment authority regarding appropriations - was passed out of the Senate Chamber unanimously on 3/15 [...]
Lt. Governor Statement on Senate Passage of SB 2
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick issued this statement today following the Texas Senate’s passage of Senate Bill 2, which restores the act of illegal voting to a felony: “Maintaining the integrity [...]
SB 30 Supplemental Bill Highlights
From Sen. Joan Huffman's press release: Senator Joan Huffman filed Senate Bill 30, the Senate’s supplemental budget for the 2022-2023 biennium. In total, the bill appropriates $11.8 billion in All [...]
Paul Bettencourt on Filed Property Tax Relief Bills
Senator Paul Bettencourt (R-Houston) in a press release announced the Senate’s $16.5 billion in Property Tax Relief bills heard in the Senate Finance Committee on March 15th, 2023. An overview can [...]
SB 28 Creates Texas Water Fund
From Sen. Charles Perry's March 7th press release: Sen. Charles Perry filed Senate Bill 28 and Senate Joint Resolution 75 to create the Texas Water Fund (TWF) at the Texas [...]
Creighton Ask Constitutionality of ESA
On March 10th Senator Brandon Creighton sent the Attorney General a request for an opinion (RQ-0502-KP) regarding the constitutionality of Texas's "Blaine Amendments" and the constitutionality of a Texas Education [...]
TEA Social Studies TEKS Revision and Instructional Materials
From the Texas Education Agency (TEA) social studies newsletter on March 10th: The State Board of Education (SBOE) voted to amend their instructional materials adoption cycle to remove Proclamation 2025 [...]
EPA Announces Good Neighbor Plan
On March 15, 2023, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued its final Good Neighbor Plan, which secures significant reductions in ozone-forming emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOX) from power plants [...]
Nelson Announces Structural Changes in Texas Secretary of State’s Elections Division
Texas Secretary of State Jane Nelson today announced structural changes to the Texas Secretary of State's Elections Division. Keith Ingram, the current Director of the Elections Division, will now serve [...]