Texas Senate Subject: Election Integrity, Senate Bill 397 (SB 397) Subject: Removing Barriers to Work, Senate Bill 1615 (SB 1615) Texas House of Representatives Subject: Expanding Homestead Exemption Qualifiers, House Joint Resolution 150 (HJR 150) Subject: Expanding Homestead Exemption Qualifiers,…

Episode Description 💰 In this episode of 𝗧𝗔𝗫𝗣𝗔𝗬𝗘𝗥 𝗧𝗔𝗟𝗞𝗦, we discuss what the ongoing Texas legislative session looks like now that we are 100 days into the 140-day session. We specifically talk about things like property tax relief efforts, corporate…

Texas Senate Subject: Anti-Taxpayer, Senate Joint Resolution 56 (SJR 56) Subject: Anti-Taxpayer, Senate Joint Resolution 74 (SJR 74) Subject: Anti-Taxpayer, Senate Bill 1648 (SB 1648) Subject: Pro-Taxpayer, Senate Bill 561 (SB 561) Subject: Corporate Welfare, Senate Bill 627 (SB 627)…

Legislation Referenced House Joint Resolution 69 – State Rep. Gina Hinojosa (D-Austin) 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: Pre-emption of Local Jurisdictions for Masking/Vaccination Requirements, Senate Bill 1024 (SB 1024) Subject: Pro-Taxpayer, Senate Bill 1252 (SB 1252) Texas House of Representatives Subject: Transparency & Accountability for School Board Grievances, House Bill 890 (HB 890) Subject:…

On Monday, the Texas Senate considered House Bill 1, or the General Appropriations Act (GAA) for the next biennium (fiscal years 2024 and 2025). The legislation represents the proposed state budget, the only item that lawmakers are constitutionally bound to…

Texas Senate Subject: Expanding Corporate Welfare, Senate Bill 874 (SB 874) Subject: Prohibition on Public Funds for Child Abuse, Senate Bill 1029 (SB 1029) Subject: Expanding Free Speech Protections in Higher Education, Senate Bill 1711 (SB 1711) Texas House of…

Recently in the City of El Paso, a group of climate change activists called Sunrise El Paso wrote a “climate charter” calling for the city to “use all available resources and authority” to limit its use of fossil fuels. According to…

Episode Description 💰 In our tenth episode of 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗘𝗘𝗞 𝗔𝗛𝗘𝗔𝗗, we discuss the state budget proposal now making its way through the Texas Senate and the prospects for property tax relief as deadlines are on the horizon. We are…

Texas Senate Subject: Parents Come First, Senate Joint Resolution 29 (SJR 29) Subject: Informed Consent, Senate Bill 177 (SB 177) Subject: Election Integrity, Senate Bill 220 (SB 220) Subject: Pro-Property Rights, Senate Bill 785 (SB 785) Subject: Pro-Property Rights, Senate…

On Thursday, the Texas House of Representatives considered legislation seeking to lower the appraisal caps from the current threshold of 10 percent as it applies to homestead property down to 5 percent, while allowing the cap to apply to all…

Texas Senate None Texas House of Representatives Subject: Raise Cap on Notary Fees, House Bill 255 (HB 255) Subject: Fee Exemption, House Bill 349 (HB 349) Subject: Expansion of Government-Sponsored Loan Programs, House Bill 1248 (HB 1248) Subject: Burdensome Regulation, House Bill 1286 (HB…

Legislation Referenced House Bill 2799 – State Rep. John Bucy III (D-Cedar Park) 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….

An Overview Texas Senate Budget Substantially Increases Appropriations Table 1 shows the amount by which the Texas Senate proposes to increase appropriations compared with what was appropriated for the 2022-23 budget. While the Legislative Budget Board shows a comparison of…

Episode Description 💰 In this episode of 𝗧𝗔𝗫𝗣𝗔𝗬𝗘𝗥 𝗧𝗔𝗟𝗞𝗦, we discuss what legislative priorities are moving, as they apply to what legislative leadership wants, and what they mean to Texas taxpayers. Show Notes/References Texans for Fiscal Responsibility relies on the…