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…

Episode Description 💰 In this episode of 𝗧𝗔𝗫𝗣𝗔𝗬𝗘𝗥 𝗧𝗔𝗟𝗞𝗦, we discuss Texas House lawmakers voting in favor of increasing their own pensions, at the further expense of Texas taxpayers. We also discuss the corporate welfare revival effort moving in the…

Legislation Referenced House Bill 1395 – State Rep. Joe Moody (D-El Paso) Texans for Fiscal Responsibility relies on the support of private donors across the Lone Star State in order to promote fiscal responsibility and pro-taxpayer government in Texas. Please…

Texas Senate Subject: Rollback of Medical Regulation, Senate Bill 773 (SB 773) Subject: Property Tax Exemption at Expense of Other Taxpayers, Senate Bill 1145 (SB 1145) Subject: Increased Transparency in Corporate Welfare, Senate Bill 1419 (SB 1419) Subject: Hotel Occupancy…

The state of Texas is one of only 10 states that have not expanded Medicaid after the passage of Obamacare. That is a good thing. Medicaid expansion is costly and does not provide timely access to quality care. If you…

Texas Senate Subject: Streamline Specific Restaurant Regulations, Senate Bill 577 (SB 577) Subject: Hotel Occupancy Tax for Allen Convention Center Hotel Project, Senate Bill 720 (SB 720) Subject: Protecting Parental Rights, Senate Bill 1072 (SB 1072) Texas House of Representatives…

Texas Senate Subject: Protecting Rights Under the Constitution, Senate Bill 242 (SB 242) Subject: Pro-Taxpayer, Senate Bill 369 (SB 369) Subject: Creation of a Grant Program, Senate Bill 462 (SB 462) Subject: Ensuring Optimal Choice in Government School System, Senate…

At the end of last week, several Texas House lawmakers signed on in support of the corporate welfare revival effort prioritized by Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan (R-Beaumont), increasing the total amount of public supporters to a threshold that’s enough…

Episode Description 💰 In our eleventh episode of 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗘𝗘𝗞 𝗔𝗛𝗘𝗔𝗗, we discuss what the Texas Legislature is proposing to do with the budget surplus (over-collected taxpayer money), the budget proposal nearing the final stages of its consideration and the…

Executive Summary A lot of people know about Texas’ $32.7 billion budget surplus. What most don’t know is that the Texas Legislature has $78.4 billion more in state funds to spend this year than it spent in 2021 and that…