Texas Senate Subject: Pro-Taxpayer, House Bill 1038 (HB 1038) Subject: Creation of a Grant Program, House Bill 2209 (HB 2209) Texas House of Representatives Subject: Growing Government, House Joint Resolution 102 (HJR 102) Subject: Growing Government, House Bill 1942 (HB 1942) Subject: Growing…

Texas is often thought of as a conservative state. Teachers, for instance, complain about inadequate spending on public education and low salaries. Democrat State Rep. James Talarico (Austin) has argued that the low salaries are “pushing teachers out of the…

Texas Senate Subject: Expression of Opposition to CBDC Implementation by Federal Reserve, Senate Concurrent Resolution 25 (SCR 25) Subject: Anti-ESG, Senate Bill 833 (SB 833) Subject: Preventing the Weaponization of the Judicial System, Senate Bill 1195 (SB 1195) Subject: Gas…

Texas Senate Subject: Scope of Government, Senate Bill 1546 (SB 1546) Subject: Increased Transparency for Information Requests, Senate Bill 1579 (SB 1579) Subject: Requiring All Employers to Use E-Verify System, Senate Bill 1621 (SB 621) Subject: Expansion of Government-Sponsored Loan…

Texas Senate None Texas House of Representatives Subject: Removes Barriers to Entry for Dentists and Dental Hygienists, House Bill 3039 (HB 3039) Subject: Creation of a Grant Program, House Bill 2181 (HB 2181) Subject: Raising Salaries of Judges, While Ignoring…

On Thursday, the Texas House of Representatives considered House Bill 5 (HB 5), or what was dubbed the “Texas Jobs and Security Act” by both the legislation’s author, Republican State Rep. Todd Hunter (Corpus Christi), and Texas House Speaker Dade…

Texas Senate None Texas House of Representatives Subject: Pro-Taxpayer, House Bill 1301 (HB 1301) Subject: Pro-Taxpayer, House Bill 1916 (HB 1916) Subject: Pro-Taxpayer, House Bill 1956 (HB 1956) Subject: Expanding Welfare, House Bill 2402 (HB 2402) Subject: Increased Transparency for…

Episode Description 💰 In this episode of 𝗧𝗔𝗫𝗣𝗔𝗬𝗘𝗥 𝗧𝗔𝗟𝗞𝗦, we discuss Texas House lawmakers and the confusing saga around whether they voted in favor of increasing their own pensions, at the further expense of Texas taxpayers. We also discuss the…

Texas Senate Subject: Closing the Disaster Loophole, Senate Bill 1251 (SB 1251) Subject: Pro-Taxpayer, Senate Bill 1803 (SB 1803) Subject: Preemption of Local Climate Charter Efforts, Senate Bill 1860 (SB 1860) Texas House of Representatives Subject: Corporate Welfare Revival, House…

On Tuesday, the Texas House finally passed House Bill 438, legislation that Texans for Fiscal Responsibility (TFR) claimed raised the pensions of lawmakers since those pensions are tied to district judge salaries. Many lawmakers, especially the legislation’s author, took issue…

Texas Senate Subject: Oyster Tyranny, House Bill 1809 (HB 1809) Subject: Farming Freedom, House Bill 2308 (HB 2308) Subject: Protecting Medical Freedom, Senate Bill 666 (SB 666) Texas House of Representatives Subject: Expanding Corporate Welfare, House Bill 4419 (HB 4419) Subject: Expanding Corporate Welfare,…

Texas Senate Subject: Property Tax Exemption at Expense of Other Taxpayers, Senate Joint Resolution 64 (SJR 64) Subject: Education Options for Child Victims of Sexual Grooming, Senate Bill 1557 (SB 1557) Subject: Anti-ESG, Senate Bill 2530 (SB 2530) Texas House…

Episode Description 💰 In our twelfth episode of 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗘𝗘𝗞 𝗔𝗛𝗘𝗔𝗗, we discuss what is left to be done ahead of key deadlines in the Texas House, a recent misleading post by former President Donald Trump in relation to the…

Texas Senate Subject: Choice of Virtual School Classes, Senate Bill 1068 (SB 1068) Subject: Anti-Free Enterprise, Senate Bill 1268 (SB 1268) Subject: Taxpayer Money to Urban Farm MicroEnterprise Support Program, Senate Bill 1348 (SB 1348) Subject: Increasing Barriers to Entry…

Texas Senate None Texas House of Representatives Subject: Further Entrenching the Role of the State in Mental Health, House Bill 400 (HB 400) Subject: Limiting “No-Knock” Warrants, House Bill 504 (HB 504) Subject: Reforming Asset Forfeiture, House Bill 3659 (HB 3659) Subject: Scholarship Program…