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Vote Notices

Vote Notice 3.26.2025

Texans for Fiscal Responsibility has issued the following vote notice for March 26th, 2025  Texas House of Representatives None Texas Senate Subject:  Senate Joint Resolution 57 (SJR 57) – Ban on local bailout spending Subject:  Senate Bill 8 (SB 8)…

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Vote Notice 3.25.2025

Texans for Fiscal Responsibility has issued the following vote notice for March 25th, 2025  Texas House of Representatives None Texas Senate Subject:  Senate Bill 413 (SB 413) – School Board Transparency Subject:  Senate Bill 472 (SB 472) – Ends appraisal…

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Vote Notice 3.24.2025

Texans for Fiscal Responsibility has issued the following vote notice for March 24th, 2025  Texas House of Representatives None Texas Senate Subject:  Senate Concurrent Resolution 8 (SCR 8) – Opposing federal central digital currency Subject:  Senate Bill 315 (SB 315)…

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Not in Our Backyard: Irving Residents Show Up in Force to Oppose Casino Development

As the 89th Texas Legislature mulls over the terrible mistake of legalizing the lottery in the Lone Star State, Las Vegas Sands, a mega-casino conglomerate and multi-million dollar lobbying group, hosted a town hall in Irving regarding their development plans…

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Vote Notice 3.20.2025

Texans for Fiscal Responsibility has issued the following vote notice for March 20th, 2025  Texas House of Representatives None Texas Senate Subject:  Senate Bill 1 (SB 1) – State Budget Subject:  Senate Bill 213 (SB 213) – Prevents forced insurance…

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Vote Notice 3.19.2025

Texans for Fiscal Responsibility has issued the following vote notice for March 19th, 2025  Texas House of Representatives None Texas Senate Subject:  Senate Bill 24 (SB 24) – Anti-communism education Subject:  Senate Bill 112 (SB 112) – Parental rights and…

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Vote Notice 3.18.25

Texans for Fiscal Responsibility has issued the following vote notice for March 18th, 2025  Texas House of Representatives None Texas Senate Subject:  Senate Bill 3 (SB 3) – Hemp Regulation and THC Ban Subject:  Senate Bill 6 (SB 6) –…

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Vote Notice 3.13.2025

Texans for Fiscal Responsibility has issued the following vote notice for March 13th, 2025  Texas House of Representatives None Texas Senate Subject:  Senate Bill 14 (SB 14) – Regulatory efficiency Reminder: Vote Notices are provided to both Texas state lawmakers and…

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Vote Notice 3.12.2025

Texans for Fiscal Responsibility has issued the following vote notice for March 12th, 2025  Texas House of Representatives None Texas Senate Subject:  Senate Joint Resolution 18 (SJR 18) – No Capital Gains Tax Subject: Senate Concurrent Resolution 9 (SCR 9) –…

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Vote Notice 3.11.2025

Texans for Fiscal Responsibility has issued the following vote notice for March 11th, 2025  Texas House of Representatives None Texas Senate Subject:  Senate Bill 11 (SB 11) – Prayer in Schools Subject: Senate Bill 20 (SB 20) – Criminalizes AI-generated Child…

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Vote Notice 3.6.2025

Texans for Fiscal Responsibility has issued the following vote notice for March 6th, 2025  Texas House of Representatives None Texas Senate Subject: Senate Joint Resolution 34 (SJR 34) – Parental Rights Constitutional Amendment Subject:  Senate Bill 10 (SB 10) – Ten…

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Vote Notice 3.5.2025

Texans for Fiscal Responsibility has issued the following vote notice for March 5th, 2025  Texas House of Representatives None Texas Senate Subject: Senate Bill 21 (SB 21) – State Bitcoin Reserve Subject:  Senate Bill 764 (SB 764) – Standardizes regulatory processes…

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Vote Notice 3.4.2025

Texans for Fiscal Responsibility has issued the following vote notice for March 4th, 2025  Texas House of Representatives None Texas Senate Subject: Senate Bill 5 (SB 5) – Creating Dementia Research Institute Subject: Senate Joint Resolution 3 (SJR 3) – Constitutional Amendment…

Commentary

More Government Intervention Will Not Solve the Problems Facing the Texas Grid

Since 2011, market participants, regulators, and watchers have understood that intermittent energy sources—wind and solar—are causing three major problems in the ERCOT electric market.  First, their intermittency has increasingly pushed the grid towards unreliability. Second, they have driven reliable thermal…

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Texas Taxpayers Need Urgent Relief

Texas taxpayers have an urgent need for property tax relief, which should include a clear path to eliminating school district maintenance and operations (M&O) property taxes—the largest portion of Texans’ property tax bills. Despite claims of historic tax cuts, Texans…