Senate Transportation – March 15, 2023
Senate Transportation met on March 15 to take up a number of bills. This report covers discussions concerning: SB 904 (Springer), SB 190 (Miles), SB 323 (Huffman), SB 1021 (Nichols), [...]
Speaker Phelan Announces Additional House Priorities
Speaker Phelan has announced additional legislative priorities for the 88th Session. The Speaker noted additional legislative priorities of the Texas House will be announced in the coming days. Infrastructure Priorities [...]
House Appropriations S/C on Art. VI, VII, & VIII – February 21, 2023
The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Articles VI, VII, & VIII met on February 21 to discuss the following Article VI, VII, & VIII agencies. This report focuses on LBB and [...]
Senate Finance: Article VII – February 14, 2023
The Senate Committee on Finance met on February 14th to discuss the following Article VII agencies. This report focuses on LBB and agency presentations for the following topics: Department of [...]
Comptroller Announces Transfer of $7.3B to State Highway & Rainy Day Funds
Comptroller Glenn Hegar announced he has completed the transfer of about $7.3 billion into the State Highway Fund (SHF) and the Economic Stabilization Fund (ESF; commonly known as the “Rainy [...]
TxDOT Makes $250M Available for Transportation Alternatives Call for Projects
TxDOT is making available around $250 million for its 2023 Transportation Alternatives Call for Projects. The federal funding will go towards sidewalks, bike lanes, shared-use paths and other projects to [...]
House Transportation – October 6, 2022
House Transportation met in Corpus Christi to hear invited testimony on the following interim charges and topics: Discuss transportation safety efforts in Texas; Study the impacts that increased federal funding, [...]
Senate Transportation – May 3, 2022
The Senate Committee on Transportation met to hear only invited testimony on safety, driver’s license efficiency, and alternatively fueled vehicles. An archive of the video can be found here. This [...]
House Transportation – April 26, 2022
The House Committee on Transportation met on April 26th to hear invited and public testimony on the following interim charges. A link to the video archive of the hearing can [...]
Federal Infrastructure Law Guidebook Released
On January 31, the White House released the first edition of its Bipartisan Infrastructure Law guidebook for state, local, Tribal, and territorial leaders. The guidebook contains an overview of the [...]