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On this page we will list the votes and bills eligible for inclusion on the 2021 Fiscal Responsibility Index comporting to our mission and founding principles. We use the Fiscal Responsibility Index to explain the broad parameters by which we will report on the legislative session, and then measure its outcomes.
Pending-Vote Announcements
These votes are eligible for consideration on the 2021 Fiscal Responsibility Index. Votes on legislation and amendments regarding our core principles will be included.
| Date | Item | Chamber | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1/13/2021 | HR 4 (Anti-transparency and anti-accountability rules changes) | House | AGAINST, AMEND |
| 3/23/2021 | SB 155 (Election integrity) | Senate | FOR |
| 3/23/2021 | SB 12 (Free speech protections) | Senate | FOR |
| 3/23/2021 | HB 1024 (Rolling back regulations on businesses) | House | FOR |
| 3/30/2021 | HB 16 (Anti-free market regulation of energy providers) | House | AGAINST |
| 3/30/2021 | HB 17 (Protecting consumer choice in energy) | House | FOR |
| 3/30/2021 | SB 601 (Creating the Texas Produced Water Consortium) | Senate | AGAINST |
| 3/30/2021 | SB 650 (Preventing government subsidies for abortion) | Senate | FOR |
| 3/30/2021 | SB 872 (Extending the dry cleaner environmental response program for 20 years) | Senate | AGAINST |
| 3/30/2021 | SB 941 (Allowing state funds to be used for the scenic byways program) | Senate | AGAINST, AMEND |
| 3/30/2021 | SB 5 (Rural broadband expansion w/ undetermined cost) | Senate | AGAINST, AMEND |
| 3/30/2021 | SB 7 (Election integrity) | Senate | FOR |
| 3/30/2021 | SB 1137 (Hospital price transparency) | Senate | FOR |
| 3/30/2021 | HB 1195 (Tax protection for businesses) | House | FOR |
| 3/30/2021 | HB 567 (Protecting parental rights) | House | FOR |
| 4/6/2021 | SB 73 (Expanding local government involvement in Medicaid) | Senate | AGAINST |
| 4/6/2021 | SB 1113 (Requiring voter registrars to clean up voter rolls) | Senate | FOR |
| 4/6/2021 | SB 1234 (Requiring electoral paper trails) | Senate | FOR |
| 4/6/2021 | SB 1336 (Strengthening the state's spending limit) | Senate | FOR |
| 4/6/2021 | SB 14 (Pre-empting nanny state local regulations) | Senate | FOR |
| 4/6/2021 | SB 1114 (Election integrity) | Senate | FOR |
| 4/7/2021 | SB 6 (Creating liabilities for Texans) | Senate | AGAINST |
| 4/7/2021 | HB 5 (Rural broadband expansion w/ undetermined cost) | House | AGAINST |
| 4/7/2021 | SJR 45 (Protecting republican form of government) | Senate | FOR, AMEND |
| 4/7/2021 | SB 1025 (Protecting republican form of government) | Senate | FOR, AMEND |
| 4/7/2021 | SB 248 (Nanny-state regulations) | Senate | AGAINST |
| 4/7/2021 | SB 598 (Election integrity) | Senate | FOR |
| 4/7/2021 | SB 1278 (Leveling the playing field for electric providers) | Senate | FOR |
| 4/7/2021 | SB 1112 (Election integrity) | Senate | FOR |
| 4/12/2021 | HB 871 (Eliminating red tape) | House | FOR |
| 4/12/2021 | HB 428 (Imposing regulations on businesses) | House | AGAINST |
| 4/13/2021 | HB 636 (Continuing unnecessary agency) | House | AGAINST |
| 4/13/2021 | HB 1575 (Making government more efficient) | House | FOR |
| 4/13/2021 | HB 1600 (Continuing agencies without reforms) | House | AGAINST |
| 4/13/2021 | HB 2415 (Increasing taxes on businesses) | House | AGAINST |
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