House Speaker Dade Phelan has announced the creation of the Select Study Committee on Sustainable Property Tax Relief. Speaker Phelan stated the Committee has been tasked with: "Evaluating the dynamic [...]
TCEQ Commissioners have voted to appoint Kelly Keel as Interim Executive Director, effective today, June 15, 2023. Keel is currently the Director of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) [...]
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick held a press conference on May 6 to discuss property tax legislation. This report is intended to give you an overview and highlight the various topics [...]
The 88th Legislative Session adjourned sine die on May 29th after taking up thousands of bills and issues over the last 140 days. During the 88th Session a total of [...]
Senate After gaveling in at noon and shortly recessing, the Senate introduced, referred, and set a hearing for SB 1/SJR 1 (Bettencourt) which would compress school property tax rates and [...]
Governor Greg Abbott today issued a statement following the Texas House of Representatives passing HB 1/HJR 1 as part of the special session #1 agenda: “The Texas House is the [...]
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick issued the following statement today following the Texas Senate’s unanimous passage of SJR 1/SB 1 (Bettencourt) relating to property tax relief: “I have been committed to [...]
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 [...]
After a 4-hour scheduled deliberation period, the Texas House voted to impeach Attorney General Paxton (121-23). The articles of impeachment (PDF) will be sent to the Senate for trial.
The conference committee reports and out of bounds resolutions for HB 1, the state budget, and SB 30, the supplemental budget, are available now. See below for links and summary [...]