Legislative Hearings Update
House & Senate Floor The House will reconvene on Monday, March 27 at 2:00 PM The Senate will reconvene on Monday, March 27 at 2:00 PM Video Broadcasts: House | Senate Legislative Hearings [...]
Governor Abbott Appoints Landi To Texas Emergency Services Retirement System Board
Governor Greg Abbott has appointed Brad Landi to the Texas Emergency Services Retirement System Board of Trustees for a term set to expire on September 1, 2027. Brad Landi of [...]
State Board for Educator Certification Rule Updates
The following State Board for Educator Certification rule reviews were filed with the Texas Register on Wednesday, March 8, 2023, for publication in the March 17, 2023 issue: Proposed Review [...]
AG Opinion on ESA Constitutionality
State Senator Brandon Creighton, Chair of the Senate Education Committee, sent a request asking for the Attorney General's Opinion on the Constitutionality of legislation creating a Texas Education Savings Account [...]
Update of the Commissioner’s List of Approved Prekindergarten Instruments
TEA is extending the deadline for submission of prekindergarten progress monitoring instruments for inclusion on the Commissioner's List of Approved Prekindergarten Progress Monitoring Instruments. Implementation of the instruments will begin [...]
House Appropriations – March 23, 2023
House Appropriations held a hearing on March 23, 2023. The hearing covered HB 1 (Bonnen) and SB 30 (Huffman) and received no public testimony in the hearing. The full notice [...]
House Environmental Regulation – March 23, 2023
House Environmental Regulation met on March 23 to discuss TCEQ’s Sunset bill HB 1505 (Bell, Keith). An archive of this hearing can be found here. This report is intended to [...]
House State Affairs – March 22, 2023
House State Affairs met on March 22 to take up a number of bills. This report covers the following bills: HB 1942 (Leach), HJR 102 (Leach), HB 96 (González, Mary), HB 712 (Shaheen), HB [...]
House Natural Resources – March 21, 2023
House Natural Resources met to discuss the following bills: HB 1565 (Canales), HB 2443 (Harris), HB 2388 (Harris), HB 3582 (Harris), HB 2757 (Tepper), HB 1699 (T. King), HB 1646 [...]
House Insurance – March 21, 2023
The House Committee on Insurance met on March 21st to take up bills on the notice here. This report covers the following bills in order: HB 1996 (Hull), HB [...]