Texas Senate Subject: Regulating EV Charging Stations, Senate Bill 1001 (SB 1001) Texas House of Representatives Subject: Family Care Item Sales Tax Exemption, House Bill 300 (HB 300) Reminder: Vote Notices are provided to both Texas state lawmakers and the general public in advance…

Episode Description 💰 In our seventh episode of 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗘𝗘𝗞 𝗔𝗛𝗘𝗔𝗗, we are joined by special guest Michael Quinn Sullivan, Publisher at Texas Scorecard and discuss the state budget proposal that is moving through the Texas legislative process as well…

Texas Senate Subject: Emergency Powers Reform, Senate Joint Resolution 58 (SJR 58) Subject: Emergency Powers Reform, Senate Bill 1104 (SB 1104) Subject: Prohibition on Public Funds for Gender Transitioning, Senate Bill 14 (SB 14) Subject: Protecting Women’s College Sports, Senate…

Episode Description 💰 In this episode of 𝗧𝗔𝗫𝗣𝗔𝗬𝗘𝗥 𝗧𝗔𝗟𝗞𝗦, we discuss what priority legislation is moving now that the 88th Legislative Session is over halfway complete. We focus on property tax relief legislation that recently passed the Texas Senate and…

On Wednesday, the Texas Senate unanimously passed all three property tax relief proposals prioritized by Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick. Property Tax Relief ‘Package’ Of the three pieces of legislation considered as a part of the prioritized property tax relief…

Legislation Referenced House Bill 5 – State Rep. Todd Hunter (R – Corpus Christi) 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: Property Tax Relief, Senate Bill 3 (SB 3) Subject: Property Tax Relief, Senate Bill 5 (SB 5) Subject: Burdensome Regulation, Senate Bill 58 (SB 58) Subject: Burdensome Regulation, Senate Bill 384 (SB 384) Texas House of Representatives None Reminder: Vote Notices are provided to both Texas state…

The 88th Legislative Session is now halfway complete, and legislation seeking to provide property tax relief is starting to move through the legislative process. Both chambers have provided some compression of school district maintenance and operations (M&O) property taxes, which…

Episode Description 💰 In our sixth episode of 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗘𝗘𝗞 𝗔𝗛𝗘𝗔𝗗, we are joined by special guest Vance Ginn, Ph.D. and discuss the varying approaches to property tax relief making their way through the legislative process in both the Texas…

Texans for Fiscal Responsibility has issued the following vote notice for March 20, 2023 (Day 70 of the 88th Legislative Session): Texas Senate Subject: Property Tax Relief, Senate Bill 4 (SB4) Subject: Licensing, Senate Bill 159 (SB159) Subject: Free Speech,…

Episode Description 💰 In this episode of 𝗧𝗔𝗫𝗣𝗔𝗬𝗘𝗥 𝗧𝗔𝗟𝗞𝗦, we discuss the dueling property tax relief proposals prioritized by leadership in both legislative chambers. We also cover other pro-taxpayer legislation making its way through the process, including the proposed ban…

Tim Hardin is the President/CEO of Texans for Fiscal Responsibility. Senate Bill 3: Homestead Exemption Increase The Texas Senate Finance Committee considered Senate Bill 3 or Lt., Gov. Dan Patrick’s legislative priority related to increasing the homestead exemption from $40,000 to…

Texans for Fiscal Responsibility has issued the following vote notice for March 15, 2023 (Day 65 of the 88th Legislative Session): Texas Senate Subject: Supplemental Appropriations Act, Senate Bill 30 (SB30) Texas House of Representatives None Reminder: Vote Notices are provided…

On Monday, the House Ways and Means Committee laid out House Bill 2, the House leadership’s property tax relief package. The legislation is authored by the chairman of the committee State Rep. Morgan Meyer (R-Dallas/Career Fiscal Index “F”). The legislation…

On Monday, the Texas Senate State Affairs Committee considered legislation seeking to ban the practice of taxpayer-funded lobbying statewide. Though the legislation was left pending, it is likely to be passed out of committee and considered by the overall Senate…