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Legislation Advocacy - The Week Ahead

Due in part to your activism, several of the bills we are advocating for have been voted favorably out of committee and many others are scheduled for public hearings this week. Now more than ever, we must keep the pressure on by engaging the legislators. There are very powerful special interest groups working against us. We can overcome that by intensifying our efforts.  

 

HB 760 Relating to State Board of Education oversight of regional education service center services and products concerning student curriculum.

  • Status: Assigned to committee. No scheduled hearing.
  • Recommendation: STRONGLY FOR
  • Research: CSCOPE or C-SCAM? 
  • Comment:  This legislation along with SB 1406, would shed the light of public scrutiny on the controversial CSCOPE curriculum.
  • Call to action: Contact committee members to voice your support. 
SB 1029 Relating to a prohibition on converting a non-tolled state highway or segment of the state highway system to a toll project.
  • Status: Left pending in committee.
  • Recommendation: FOR
  • Research: Non-Toll Solutions 
  • Comment: TX toll road policy is steals our treasure and freedom. Other good transportation bills
  • Call to action: Continue to contact committee members to voice your support. Every email, call, letter and personal visit will help move this bill out of committee.

HB  3391 Relating to comprehensive development agreements of the Texas Department of Transportation or a regional mobility authority.

HB 14 Relating to the fiscal transparency and accountability of certain entities responsible for public money.
  • Status: Left pending in subcommittee.
  • Recommendation: FOR
  • Research Updated: Moderates Mobilize to Keep Taxpayers in the Dark 
  • Comment: Increased transparency results in greater accountability.
  • Call to action: Continue to contact committee members to voice your support. Every email, call, letter and personal visit makes a difference. Encourage your contacts to do the same. Let's move this bill forward! 
SB 14 Relating to the fiscal transparency and accountability of certain entities responsible for public money.
  • Status: Left pending in subcommittee.  
  • Recommendation: FOR
  • Research:  Sunshine Week 
  • Comment: Taxpayers have a right to know how much local gov. debt they owe.
  • Call to action: Continue to contact committee members to voice your support. Every email, call, letter and personal visit makes a difference. Encourage your contacts to do the same. Let's move this bill forward! 
HB 2301 Relating to requiring state contractors and governmental entities to participate in the federal electronic verification of work authorization program, or E-Verify...
  • Status: Assigned to committee. No scheduled discussion.
  • Recommendation: FOR
  • Research: Proposed Immigration Laws 
  • Comment: Illegal immigrants cost cost Texas taxpayers billions of dollars every year
  • Call to action: Continue to contact committee members to voice your support. It needs a public hearing!  
SB 1575 Relating to state savings through a taxpayer savings grant program.
  • Status: Public hearing scheduled for April 9th 8:30am NOTICE 
  • Recommendation: FOR
  • Research: The Texas Taxpayer Savings Grant Program 
  • Comment: It's time has come. We advocated for this in the 82nd session but it never got traction. It will save money for taxpayers and improve children's education.
  • Call to action: Continue to contact committee members to voice your support. For those who can, please show up at the hearing to witness or testify FOR it.

SJR 4 Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to a person's freedom of religion.  

  • Status: Assigned to committee. No scheduled discussion.
  • Recommendation: FOR
  • Research Updated: Support Texas Religious Freedom Amendment 
  • Comment:  Our religious freedom is our most foundational freedom, enshrined in the First Amendment of the Constitution.
  • Call to action: Continue to contact committee members to voice your support. It needs a public hearing!  
HB 204 Relating to zero-based budgeting for certain entities...
  • Status: Assigned to committee. No scheduled discussion. 
  • Recommendation: STRONGLY FOR
  • Research:  Using Zero Based Budgeting in Texas  
  • Comment: It is time to start phasing it in gradually.
  • Call to action: Continue to contact committee members to voice your support. It needs a public hearing!  
HB 621 & 723 Relating to renewable energy subsidies
HB 1076 Relating to certain firearms, firearm accessories and firearm...
  • Status: Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)! MINUTES 
  • Recommendation: STRONGLY FOR
  • Research Updated: Black leaders speak out against more gun controls VIDEO 
  • Comment: Protection of 2nd amendment rights for Texans.
  • Call to action: Contact calendar committee members telling them to move this bill to the house floor. Every email, call, letter and personal visit makes a HUGE difference. Encourage your contacts to do the same.  

SB 2 Relating to charter schools and home-rule charter school districts.

  • Status: Placed on intent calendar!
  • Recommendation: FOR 
  • Comment: Will lift the cap on the creation of charter schools and create more choice.
  • Additional Research: Lifting the cap on charters 
  • Call to action: Contact your state senator to voice your support for this bill as substituted. 

HB 149 Relating to the Texas Liberty Preservation Act

  • Status: Left pending in committee. Overwhelming testimony/witness FOR it. 
  • Recommendation: STRONGLY FOR
  • Research: National Defense Authorization Act of 2012 
  • Comment: Protection of 10th amendment. Challenge constitutionality of NDAA.
  • Call to action: Continue to contact committee members to voice your support. Let's move this bill out of committee.       
HB 1568 Relating to funding under the Foundation School Program
  • Status: Public hearing scheduled for April 9th NOTICE 
  • Recommendation: STRONGLY FOR
  • Research: Protect Traditional Family Values 
  • Comment: Texas must continue to promote virtue.
  • Call to action: For those who can, please show up at the hearing to witness or testify. Witnessing takes less than five minutes. Just fill out the electronic form and you're done. Continue to contact committee members to express your support. 
 HJR 48 Constitutional amendment for right to choose or not choose to purchase health insurance.
  • Status: Public hearing scheduled for April 10th 2:00pm NOTICE   
  • Recommendation: STRONGLY FOR
  • Research: Joint bill filed by Senator Campbell 
  • Comment: Good start at nullifying Obama Care  
  • Call to action: For those who can, please show up at the hearing to witness or testify. Witnessing takes less than five minutes. Just fill out the electronic form and you're done. Continue to contact committee members to voice your support.
  HB 607 Relating to the phaseout and repeal of the franchise tax.
  • Status: Referred to committee but not scheduled for public hearing.  
  • Recommendation: STRONGLY FOR
  • Research: Fixing the Texas Magin Tax 
  • Comment: The franchise tax is more than a business income tax it's a revenue tax that punishes Texas businesses even if they loose money. 
  • Call to action: Keep up the pressure! Continue to contact committee members to schedule a public hearing. 

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