PUC Chairman Lake Resigns
The following statement from the Governor's office was released: Governor Greg Abbott today accepted the resignation of Peter Lake as Chairman of the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUC). Lake [...]
Governor Abbott Sets Special Election For Texas House District 2
Governor Greg Abbott issued a proclamation announcing Tuesday, November 7, 2023 as the special election date to fill the unexpired term in House District 2 of the Texas House of Representatives. [...]
House Adjourns Sine Die for the 88th Regular Session
The House has adjourned sine die, concluding the 88th Regular Session. Details on final statistics, including a spotlight on legislation passed out of the 88th Regular Session and an update [...]
Midnight Deadline – 122nd Day
The House is staring down a midnight deadline tonight to pass all HBs/HJRs on second reading. The House Supplemental calendar was published at 11:54 p.m. last night and totals 20 [...]
Legislative Update – 121st Day of the 88th Session EOD
Yesterday, the House continued deliberations on the floor until just a few minutes shy of 2am this morning. The House did not complete its calendar and started working from the [...]
HB 5 Passes to 3rd Reading in the House
HB 5(Hunter / Meyer / Burrows / Shine / Longoria / et al.) as substituted passed to 3rd reading (118-22) with 10 adopted amendments. A HillCo report covering the floor [...]
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 [...]
Bill Statistics at the 45th Day, 88th Session
The Legislative Reference Library has published a comparison of bill filing statistics between the 88th and 87th Sessions at the 45-day mark. Per the LRL data, 447 more House and [...]
Governor Abbott Reappoints Three To State Board For Educator Certification
Governor Greg Abbott has reappointed Bob Brescia, Ed.D., Courtney Boswell MacDonald, and Scott Muri, Ed.D. to the State Board for Educator Certification for terms set to expire on February 1, [...]
Senate Business & Commerce on February 7, 2023
The Texas Senate Business and Commerce Committee will be meeting on February 7th at 11 a.m. or upon adj./recess with the purpose to discuss proposed changes to the wholesale electric [...]