Texas Senate Subject: Decrease Barrier to Entry, House Bill 1846 (HB 1846) Texas House of Representatives Subject: Anti-Taxpayer, Senate Bill 1648 (SB 1648) Subject: Anti-Taxpayer, Senate Joint Resolution 74 (SJR 74) Subject: Property Tax Exemption at Expense of Other Taxpayers, Senate Bill 1145 (SB 1145) Reminder: Vote Notices are provided to both Texas…

Texas Senate Subject: Wound Care Dressing and Menstrual Product Sales Tax Exemption, Senate Bill 379 (SB 379) Subject: Raising the Mandatory Retirement Age for State Justices and Judges, House Joint Resolution 107 (HJR 107) Subject: Growing Government, House Bill 3447 (HB 3447)…

Episode Description 💰 In this episode of 𝗧𝗔𝗫𝗣𝗔𝗬𝗘𝗥 𝗧𝗔𝗟𝗞𝗦, we discuss the recent failure by Texas House lawmakers to pass a meaningful border security legislative priority, the childish dialogue between elected leadership in both legislative chambers on potential property tax…

If you are a Texas taxpayer and hoping to get tangible property tax relief as an outcome of the ongoing 88th Legislative Session, you might be disappointed. Not only does it look as if nearly no real property tax relief…

Texas Senate Subject: Farming Freedom, House Bill 1750 (HB 1750) Subject: Anti-Taxpayer, House Bill 1755 (HB 1755) Subject: Removing Barriers to Work, House Bill 1859 (HB 1859) Subject: Declaring an Invasion of the State of Texas, Senate Concurrent Resolution 29…

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…