Co-Author: House Bill 18, also known as the SCOPE Act, will help parents with more tools to keep children safe online. Rep. Shelby Slawson's bill is strong comprehensive legislation that regulates digital platforms and their hazardous attempts to manipulate young Texans in order to harvest their data and dollars. From bullying to self-harm to dangerous pranks, kids are susceptible to these aggressive and addictive platforms and parents need more resources to intervene and protect. HB 18 has passed the House and is on its way to the Senate.
HB 600 by Dr. Greg Bonnen provides a cost-of-living adjustment for our retired teachers. Texas retired teachers havenโt had a significant increase in years, and inflation has weakened those dollars further. Proud to deliver on this promise to our retired teachers.
I was proud to stand with Rep. Jared Patterson in support of HB 900, which would keep pornography out of the hands of schoolchildren and penalize those who allow sexually explicit material into school libraries.
My first bill is on its way to the Governor's desk! HB 1542 will help solve some permitting red tape for Texas Motor Speedway, to keep those big race event dollars flowing into the HD-65 economy -- and it has passed the House and Senate.
HB 2134 passed the House yesterday on 2nd reading. I appreciate the support from Lewisville Mayor TJ Gilmore who came to Austin to testify in support of this bill -- and its potential to help local law enforcement when they have reason to believe human trafficking or prostitution is taking place in a local massage establishment.
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