| From | Fran's Friday Message <[email protected]> |
| Subject | Some Wins, Some Losses |
| Date | May 30, 2025 12:07 PM |
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Week 20: 89th Texas Legislature
I=E2=80=99ve been trying to decide on a =E2=80=9Clabel=E2=80=9D for the 89t=
h Session that sums up the tone of the session. I=E2=80=99m debating betwe=
en =E2=80=9CBig Government/Big Spending=E2=80=9D or =E2=80=9CDemocrats Chee=
red=E2=80=9D. =20
Too many bills passed that grow government, grow spending, and impose gover=
nment controls on local government. The spending has been phenomenal! Las=
t session=E2=80=99s budget was the biggest ever, and this one topped it. T=
hey had a $24 billion surplus, plus a $28 billion excess rainy day fund, an=
d they decided to give taxpayers $6.5 billion in property tax relief. =E2=
=80=9CBig Government/Big Spending=E2=80=9D indeed!
The =E2=80=9CDemocrats Cheered=E2=80=9D label comes from the number of Demo=
crat bills that sailed through the House, while Republican bills got left o=
n the floor at the midnight deadline. Democrats literally cheered when the=
clock struck midnight, and numerous Republican priority bills were left un=
touched. Then there=E2=80=99s also the cheer leading that went on when Bur=
rows was elected Speaker of the House with Democrat support. Maybe it=E2=
=80=99s the "Session of Democrats" in the Republican House. Check out the =
video.
DEMOCRATS CHEERED
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What do you think? What label would you put on the 89th session? It=E2=80=
=99s certainly not the =E2=80=9Cmost conservative session ever=E2=80=9D! T=
hough House and Senate members will try to tell us it was. I hope that TTP=
has given you enough insight, and taught you to find out for yourself so t=
hat you don=E2=80=99t fall for the lies and gaslighting.
Keep reading below for some highlights of the good and bad. I=E2=80=99ve b=
een compiling a spreadsheet of priority categories and corresponding bills =
with their status. I=E2=80=99ll publish that later next week, but for now,=
I=E2=80=99ll give you a brief summary. =20
My lists are not all-inclusive. Just bills that I=E2=80=99ve been aware of=
and have worked on this session. My list has 14 priority categories, and =
out of 72 bills examined, 35 passed, and 37 are dead. But we=E2=80=99ll ne=
ed to look more closely, because so many of the bills that passed, while fi=
tting the criteria of the priority, were small, minor improvements. And ma=
ny of the big, comprehensive and =E2=80=9Ctop=E2=80=9D priorities died.
THIS WEEK
Our final TTP Tuesday for this session was May 27th. We closed out our ses=
sion involvement with a group of activists pulling a hail Mary for two bill=
s =E2=80=93 SB2880 and HB4623.
SB2880 is the one that would ban sale or distribution of abortion pills in =
Texas. It missed the deadline for voting on Senate bills in the House, so =
it=E2=80=99s dead. We knew it was too late on Tuesday for this bill, but w=
e also know that all things are possible in the TX Legislature, and that if=
leadership wants something to pass it will pass. Leadership did want this=
one to pass, but we got our position on the record anyway. (We also reali=
ze that all things are possible with God, and on this issue, God is on our =
side, so who knows? Maybe a special session?) SB2880 is one of the ones l=
eft on the schedule when the clock struck midnight on Tuesday.
HB4623 is maybe the crowning jewel of legislation in the 89th Session. Thi=
s bill finally puts an end to school district employees being immune to civ=
il liability in case of abuse or misconduct with students. With multiple c=
ases of abuse being reported weekly in public schools, and mostly seeing th=
e incidents covered up, or shoved down the road by school districts, this b=
ill was essential to protecting children in public schools. Our teams deli=
vered position papers on this bill Tuesday, and asked Senators to sign on a=
s co-authors. Late Tuesday night, the bill passed the Senate with 19 Senat=
e Co-authors! There are some amendments that will need to be resolved in c=
onference committee, but the bill is basically strong, and a welcome relief=
to grassroots activists who=E2=80=99ve been trying to accomplish this for =
years.
GOOD STUFF THAT PASSED
SB8 =E2=80=93 Requires Sheriffs to sign on to the 287G program and provides=
funding (cooperate with ICE)
SB12 =E2=80=93 Parental rights and stop DEI & Gender Ideology in schools (B=
ut the bill was amended by Jeff Leach with language that literally allows s=
chools to use DEI and gender ideology. Hopefully it will be stripped out i=
n conference committee)
SB33 =E2=80=93 No taxpayer money for abortion travel
SB24 =E2=80=93 Teach the reality and evils of communism in public schools
HB4623 =E2=80=93 Eliminate qualified immunity for public school employees
HB229 =E2=80=93 What is a Woman? (there is only male or female, and they a=
re not the same or interchangeable)
SB412 =E2=80=93 Stricter prosecution of child porn offenses
SB17 - TX land ownership by hostile foreigners (passed, but weakened by Sh=
aheen amendment)
HB4535/407/1586/3441 =E2=80=93 Medical freedom bills & vaccine manufacturer=
s accountability
SB1362 =E2=80=93 Ban Red Flag Laws
SJR5/SB40 =E2=80=93 Constitutional amendment requiring denial of bail to il=
legals charged with violent crime
GOOD STUFF THAT DIDN=E2=80=99T PASS
SB19 =E2=80=93 End taxpayer funded lobbying
SB3224 =E2=80=93 Require use of E Verify
SB1798 =E2=80=93 End In-State Tuition
SB18 =E2=80=93 No Drag Queen story hours at public libraries
HB54 =E2=80=93 No =E2=80=9CFurries=E2=80=9D in schools
SB240 =E2=80=93 Private spaces based on biological sex
HB1549 =E2=80=93 Restrict retail displays of obscene devices
HB1375 =E2=80=93 Civil liability for harm resulting from obscene actions an=
d materials
SB1224 - Requires school misconduct be reported directly to local law enfo=
rcement
SB2880 =E2=80=93 Bans abortion pills
SB715/819 & HB3125 =E2=80=93 Bills that strengthen electric grid
SB16 =E2=80=93 Requires proof of citizenship to register to vote
SB396 =E2=80=93 Requires voter registrar to verify voter=E2=80=99s address
SB618/SB505 =E2=80=93 Relating to unlawful altering of election procedures =
(SOS Waivers)
SB964 =E2=80=93 Requires =E2=80=9Cnot eligible to vote=E2=80=9D on drivers =
licenses of non-citizens
SJR87 =E2=80=93 Constitutional amendment that would deny bail to violent of=
fenders already on bail for something else
HB796 =E2=80=93 Texas Sovereignty Act
HB170 =E2=80=93 Kyle=E2=80=99s Law (no civil action for justifiable use of =
force when criminal charges are not made or exonerated)
SB1065 =E2=80=93 State Fair Gun Law =E2=80=93 would not allow municipal own=
ed properties to impose ban on carrying gun, regardless of who manages the =
property.
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OTHER STUFF THAT PASSED =E2=80=93 YOU BE THE JUDGE
SB2 =E2=80=93 School Choice legislation passed - $1 billion allocated to he=
lp 100,000 students
HB2 =E2=80=93 Additional $8.5 Billion to public schools for teacher raises,=
special programs and increase basic allotment
SB22 =E2=80=93 Hollywood subsidies of $2.5 billion over several years
SB5 =E2=80=93 Establishes Dementia Institute of Research
SB646 =E2=80=93 Loan re-payment to students in school counseling
SB11 =E2=80=93 Allocates daily prayer/study time in schools
HB21 =E2=80=93 Restrictions on HFC=E2=80=99s
HB247 =E2=80=93 Exempts increased appraisal value of improvements to help b=
order security
SB10 =E2=80=93 Ten Commandments placed in every classroom
HB229 =E2=80=93 What is a Woman?
SB3 =E2=80=93 THC Ban
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NEXT WEEK - ACTION ITEMS
Take the week off! Relax. Get a massage. Take a nap. Rest up, because a=
fter next week, campaign/election and censure season begins and there=E2=80=
=99s TONS of work to do!
Thanks to all who contributed to the work this session! Whether you did it =
at the Capitol, from home, or some combination of both, please know how muc=
h we appreciate you. We hope that the experience has broadened your unders=
tanding of legislative process, and the ins and outs of getting bills acros=
s the finish line. We=E2=80=99ve all learned and grown together, and I app=
reciate you all!
Future Friday messages will only happen when there=E2=80=99s something to r=
eport. Once Interim Hearings get started, there will be more work to do, s=
o don=E2=80=99t think we=E2=80=99re off the hook until 2027! It never ends=
.
Watch for my status analysis that will come out next week. I=E2=80=99ll po=
st it on the website and share on social media - and maybe one more Friday =
Message.
Now go enjoy your summer!
With thanks and love,
Fran Rhodes, President
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</p> <p class=3D"MsoNoSpacing" style=3D"color: #3c4144; font-family: arial,=
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ext-align: left; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 10px; Ma=
rgin-bottom: 10px;">I=E2=80=99ve been trying to decide on a =E2=80=9Clabel=
=E2=80=9D for the 89<sup>th</sup> Session that sums up the tone of the sess=
ion.<span style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I=E2=80=99m debating b=
etween =E2=80=9CBig Government/Big Spending=E2=80=9D or =E2=80=9CDemocrats =
Cheered=E2=80=9D.<span style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></p> <p c=
lass=3D"MsoNoSpacing" style=3D"color: #3c4144; font-family: arial,helvetica=
,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; padding: 0; margin: 0; Margin: 0; text-align=
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om: 10px;">Too many bills passed that grow government, grow spending, and i=
mpose government controls on local government.<span style=3D"mso-spacerun: =
yes;"> </span>The spending has been phenomenal! <span style=3D"mso-sp=
acerun: yes;"> </span>Last session=E2=80=99s budget was the biggest ev=
er, and this one topped it.<span style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span=
>They had a $24 billion surplus, plus a $28 billion excess rainy day fund, =
and they decided to give taxpayers $6.5 billion in property tax relief.&nbs=
p;<span style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>=E2=80=9CBig Government/B=
ig Spending=E2=80=9D indeed!</p> <p class=3D"MsoNoSpacing" style=3D"color: =
#3c4144; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; padding=
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1.5; margin-bottom: 10px; Margin-bottom: 10px;">The =E2=80=9CDemocrats Chee=
red=E2=80=9D label comes from the number of Democrat bills that sailed thro=
ugh the House, while Republican bills got left on the floor at the midnight=
deadline.<span style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Democrats litera=
lly cheered when the clock struck midnight, and numerous Republican priorit=
y bills were left untouched.<span style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes;"> </spa=
n>Then there=E2=80=99s also the cheer leading that went on when Burrows was=
elected Speaker of the House with Democrat support.<span style=3D"mso-spac=
erun: yes;"> </span>Maybe it=E2=80=99s the "Session of Democrats" in =
the Republican House. Check out the video.</p>=20
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in-bottom: 10px; Margin-bottom: 10px;"> </p> <p class=3D"MsoNoSpacing"=
style=3D"color: #3c4144; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-wei=
ght: 400; padding: 0; margin: 0; Margin: 0; text-align: left; font-size: 12=
pt; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 10px; Margin-bottom: 10px;">What do yo=
u think?<span style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What label would y=
ou put on the 89<sup>th</sup> session?<span style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes;">&n=
bsp; </span>It=E2=80=99s certainly not the =E2=80=9Cmost conservative sessi=
on ever=E2=80=9D!<span style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Though Ho=
use and Senate members will try to tell us it was.<span style=3D"mso-spacer=
un: yes;"> </span>I hope that TTP has given you enough insight, and t=
aught you to find out for yourself so that you don=E2=80=99t fall for the l=
ies and gaslighting.</p> <p class=3D"MsoNoSpacing" style=3D"color: #3c4144;=
font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; padding: 0; mar=
gin: 0; Margin: 0; text-align: left; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; mar=
gin-bottom: 10px; Margin-bottom: 10px;">Keep reading below for some highlig=
hts of the good and bad.<span style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I=
=E2=80=99ve been compiling a spreadsheet of priority categories and corresp=
onding bills with their status.<span style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes;"> </=
span>I=E2=80=99ll publish that later next week, but for now, I=E2=80=99ll g=
ive you a brief summary.<span style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></=
p> <p class=3D"MsoNoSpacing" style=3D"color: #3c4144; font-family: arial,he=
lvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; padding: 0; margin: 0; Margin: 0; tex=
t-align: left; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 10px; Marg=
in-bottom: 10px;">My lists are not all-inclusive.<span style=3D"mso-spaceru=
n: yes;"> </span>Just bills that I=E2=80=99ve been aware of and have =
worked on this session.<span style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My =
list has 14 priority categories, and out of 72 bills examined, 35 passed, a=
nd 37 are dead.<span style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But we=E2=
=80=99ll need to look more closely, because so many of the bills that passe=
d, while fitting the criteria of the priority, were small, minor improvemen=
ts.<span style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And many of the big, co=
mprehensive and =E2=80=9Ctop=E2=80=9D priorities died.</p> <p class=3D"MsoN=
oSpacing" style=3D"color: #3c4144; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;=
font-weight: 400; padding: 0; margin: 0; Margin: 0; text-align: left; font=
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strong>THIS WEEK</strong></p> <p class=3D"MsoNoSpacing" style=3D"color: #3c=
4144; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; padding: 0=
; margin: 0; Margin: 0; text-align: left; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5=
; margin-bottom: 10px; Margin-bottom: 10px;">Our final TTP Tuesday for this=
session was May 27<sup>th</sup>.<span style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes;"> =
</span>We closed out our session involvement with a group of activists pull=
ing a hail Mary for two bills =E2=80=93 SB2880 and HB4623.</p> <p class=3D"=
MsoNoSpacing" style=3D"color: #3c4144; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-se=
rif; font-weight: 400; padding: 0; margin: 0; Margin: 0; text-align: left; =
font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 10px; Margin-bottom: 10px=
;">SB2880 is the one that would ban sale or distribution of abortion pills =
in Texas.<span style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It missed the dea=
dline for voting on Senate bills in the House, so it=E2=80=99s dead.<span s=
tyle=3D"mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We knew it was too late on Tuesda=
y for this bill, but we also know that all things are possible in the TX Le=
gislature, and that if leadership wants something to pass it will pass.<spa=
n style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Leadership did want this one t=
o pass, but we got our position on the record anyway.<span style=3D"mso-spa=
cerun: yes;"> </span>(We also realize that all things are possible wi=
th God, and on this issue, God is on our side, so who knows?<span style=3D"=
mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Maybe a special session?) SB2880 is=
one of the ones left on the schedule when the clock struck midnight on Tue=
sday.</p> <p class=3D"MsoNoSpacing" style=3D"color: #3c4144; font-family: a=
rial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; padding: 0; margin: 0; Margin:=
0; text-align: left; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 10p=
x; Margin-bottom: 10px;">HB4623 is maybe the crowning jewel of legislation =
in the 89<sup>th</sup> Session.<span style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes;"> </=
span>This bill finally puts an end to school district employees being immun=
e to civil liability in case of abuse or misconduct with students.<span sty=
le=3D"mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With multiple cases of abuse being =
reported weekly in public schools, and mostly seeing the incidents covered =
up, or shoved down the road by school districts, this bill was essential to=
protecting children in public schools.<span style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes;">&=
nbsp; </span>Our teams delivered position papers on this bill Tuesday, and =
asked Senators to sign on as co-authors.<span style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes;">=
</span>Late Tuesday night, the bill passed the Senate with 19 Senate=
Co-authors!<span style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are some=
amendments that will need to be resolved in conference committee, but the =
bill is basically strong, and a welcome relief to grassroots activists who=
=E2=80=99ve been trying to accomplish this for years.</p> <p class=3D"MsoNo=
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trong>GOOD STUFF THAT PASSED</strong></p>=20
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ecial-format: bullet;">SB8 =E2=80=93 Requires Sheriffs to sign on to the 28=
7G program and provides funding (cooperate with ICE)</li>=20
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e-height: 1.5em; Margin: 0; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0; word-bre=
ak: break-word; overflow-wrap: break-word; list-style: disc outside; mso-sp=
ecial-format: bullet;">SB12 =E2=80=93 Parental rights and stop DEI & Ge=
nder Ideology in schools (But the bill was amended by Jeff Leach with langu=
age that literally allows schools to use DEI and gender ideology.<span styl=
e=3D"mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hopefully it will be stripped out in=
conference committee)</li>=20
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e-height: 1.5em; Margin: 0; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0; word-bre=
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ecial-format: bullet;">SB33 =E2=80=93 No taxpayer money for abortion travel=
</li>=20
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ecial-format: bullet;">SB24 =E2=80=93 Teach the reality and evils of commun=
ism in public schools</li>=20
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e-height: 1.5em; Margin: 0; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0; word-bre=
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ecial-format: bullet;">HB4623 =E2=80=93 Eliminate qualified immunity for pu=
blic school employees</li>=20
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e-height: 1.5em; Margin: 0; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0; word-bre=
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ecial-format: bullet;">HB229 =E2=80=93 What is a Woman?<span style=3D"mso-s=
pacerun: yes;"> </span>(there is only male or female, and they are no=
t the same or interchangeable)</li>=20
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e-height: 1.5em; Margin: 0; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0; word-bre=
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ecial-format: bullet;">SB412 =E2=80=93 Stricter prosecution of child porn o=
ffenses</li>=20
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e-height: 1.5em; Margin: 0; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0; word-bre=
ak: break-word; overflow-wrap: break-word; list-style: disc outside; mso-sp=
ecial-format: bullet;">SB17 - <span style=3D"mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>TX =
land ownership by hostile foreigners (passed, but weakened by Shaheen amend=
ment)</li>=20
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e-height: 1.5em; Margin: 0; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0; word-bre=
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ecial-format: bullet;">HB4535/407/1586/3441 =E2=80=93 Medical freedom bills=
& vaccine manufacturers accountability</li>=20
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e-height: 1.5em; Margin: 0; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0; word-bre=
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ecial-format: bullet;">SB1362 =E2=80=93 Ban Red Flag Laws</li>=20
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e-height: 1.5em; Margin: 0; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0; word-bre=
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ecial-format: bullet;">SJR5/SB40 =E2=80=93 Constitutional amendment requiri=
ng denial of bail to illegals charged with violent crime</li>=20
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bottom: 10px; Margin-bottom: 10px;"><strong>GOOD STUFF THAT DIDN=E2=80=99T =
PASS</strong></p>=20
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ecial-format: bullet;">SB19 =E2=80=93 End taxpayer funded lobbying</li>=20
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ecial-format: bullet;">SB3224 =E2=80=93 Require use of E Verify</li>=20
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ecial-format: bullet;">SB1798 =E2=80=93 End In-State Tuition</li>=20
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ecial-format: bullet;">SB18 =E2=80=93 No Drag Queen story hours at public l=
ibraries</li>=20
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ecial-format: bullet;">HB54 =E2=80=93 No =E2=80=9CFurries=E2=80=9D in schoo=
ls</li>=20
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ecial-format: bullet;">SB240 =E2=80=93 Private spaces based on biological s=
ex</li>=20
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e-height: 1.5em; Margin: 0; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0; word-bre=
ak: break-word; overflow-wrap: break-word; list-style: disc outside; mso-sp=
ecial-format: bullet;">HB1549 =E2=80=93 Restrict retail displays of obscene=
devices</li>=20
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e-height: 1.5em; Margin: 0; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0; word-bre=
ak: break-word; overflow-wrap: break-word; list-style: disc outside; mso-sp=
ecial-format: bullet;">HB1375 =E2=80=93 Civil liability for harm resulting =
from obscene actions and materials</li>=20
<li class=3D"MsoNoSpacing" style=3D"display: list-item; lin=
e-height: 1.5em; Margin: 0; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0; word-bre=
ak: break-word; overflow-wrap: break-word; list-style: disc outside; mso-sp=
ecial-format: bullet;">SB1224<span style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes;"> </sp=
an>- Requires school misconduct be reported directly to local law enforceme=
nt</li>=20
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e-height: 1.5em; Margin: 0; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0; word-bre=
ak: break-word; overflow-wrap: break-word; list-style: disc outside; mso-sp=
ecial-format: bullet;">SB2880 =E2=80=93 Bans abortion pills</li>=20
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e-height: 1.5em; Margin: 0; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0; word-bre=
ak: break-word; overflow-wrap: break-word; list-style: disc outside; mso-sp=
ecial-format: bullet;">SB715/819 & HB3125 =E2=80=93 Bills that strength=
en electric grid</li>=20
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e-height: 1.5em; Margin: 0; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0; word-bre=
ak: break-word; overflow-wrap: break-word; list-style: disc outside; mso-sp=
ecial-format: bullet;">SB16 =E2=80=93 Requires proof of citizenship to regi=
ster to vote</li>=20
<li class=3D"MsoNoSpacing" style=3D"display: list-item; lin=
e-height: 1.5em; Margin: 0; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0; word-bre=
ak: break-word; overflow-wrap: break-word; list-style: disc outside; mso-sp=
ecial-format: bullet;">SB396 =E2=80=93 Requires voter registrar to verify v=
oter=E2=80=99s address</li>=20
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e-height: 1.5em; Margin: 0; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0; word-bre=
ak: break-word; overflow-wrap: break-word; list-style: disc outside; mso-sp=
ecial-format: bullet;">SB618/SB505 =E2=80=93 Relating to unlawful altering =
of election procedures (SOS Waivers)</li>=20
<li class=3D"MsoNoSpacing" style=3D"display: list-item; lin=
e-height: 1.5em; Margin: 0; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0; word-bre=
ak: break-word; overflow-wrap: break-word; list-style: disc outside; mso-sp=
ecial-format: bullet;">SB964 =E2=80=93 Requires =E2=80=9Cnot eligible to vo=
te=E2=80=9D on drivers licenses of non-citizens</li>=20
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e-height: 1.5em; Margin: 0; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0; word-bre=
ak: break-word; overflow-wrap: break-word; list-style: disc outside; mso-sp=
ecial-format: bullet;">SJR87 =E2=80=93 Constitutional amendment that would =
deny bail to violent offenders already on bail for something else</li>=20
<li class=3D"MsoNoSpacing" style=3D"display: list-item; lin=
e-height: 1.5em; Margin: 0; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0; word-bre=
ak: break-word; overflow-wrap: break-word; list-style: disc outside; mso-sp=
ecial-format: bullet;">HB796 =E2=80=93 Texas Sovereignty Act</li>=20
<li class=3D"MsoNoSpacing" style=3D"display: list-item; lin=
e-height: 1.5em; Margin: 0; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0; word-bre=
ak: break-word; overflow-wrap: break-word; list-style: disc outside; mso-sp=
ecial-format: bullet;">HB170 =E2=80=93 Kyle=E2=80=99s Law (no civil action =
for justifiable use of force when criminal charges are not made or exonerat=
ed)</li>=20
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e-height: 1.5em; Margin: 0; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0; word-bre=
ak: break-word; overflow-wrap: break-word; list-style: disc outside; mso-sp=
ecial-format: bullet;">SB1065 =E2=80=93 State Fair Gun Law =E2=80=93 would =
not allow municipal owned properties to impose ban on carrying gun, regardl=
ess of who manages the property.</li>=20
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t-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; padding: 0; margin:=
0; Margin: 0; text-align: left; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; margin-=
bottom: 10px; Margin-bottom: 10px;"> </p> <p class=3D"MsoNoSpacing" st=
yle=3D"color: #3c4144; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight=
: 400; padding: 0; margin: 0; Margin: 0; text-align: left; font-size: 12pt;=
line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 10px; Margin-bottom: 10px;"><strong>OTHER=
STUFF THAT PASSED =E2=80=93 YOU BE THE JUDGE</strong></p>=20
<ul style=3D"list-style-position: inside; Margin: 0 0 10px 0=
; padding: 0 0 0 10px;">=20
<li class=3D"MsoNoSpacing" style=3D"display: list-item; lin=
e-height: 1.5em; Margin: 0; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0; word-bre=
ak: break-word; overflow-wrap: break-word; list-style: disc outside; mso-sp=
ecial-format: bullet;">SB2 =E2=80=93 School Choice legislation passed - $1 =
billion allocated to help 100,000 students</li>=20
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e-height: 1.5em; Margin: 0; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0; word-bre=
ak: break-word; overflow-wrap: break-word; list-style: disc outside; mso-sp=
ecial-format: bullet;">HB2 =E2=80=93 Additional $8.5 Billion to public scho=
ols for teacher raises, special programs and increase basic allotment</li>=
=20
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e-height: 1.5em; Margin: 0; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0; word-bre=
ak: break-word; overflow-wrap: break-word; list-style: disc outside; mso-sp=
ecial-format: bullet;">SB22 =E2=80=93 Hollywood subsidies of $2.5 billion o=
ver several years</li>=20
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e-height: 1.5em; Margin: 0; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0; word-bre=
ak: break-word; overflow-wrap: break-word; list-style: disc outside; mso-sp=
ecial-format: bullet;">SB5 =E2=80=93 Establishes Dementia Institute of Rese=
arch</li>=20
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e-height: 1.5em; Margin: 0; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0; word-bre=
ak: break-word; overflow-wrap: break-word; list-style: disc outside; mso-sp=
ecial-format: bullet;">SB646 =E2=80=93 Loan re-payment to students in schoo=
l counseling</li>=20
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e-height: 1.5em; Margin: 0; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0; word-bre=
ak: break-word; overflow-wrap: break-word; list-style: disc outside; mso-sp=
ecial-format: bullet;">SB11 =E2=80=93 Allocates daily prayer/study time in =
schools</li>=20
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e-height: 1.5em; Margin: 0; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0; word-bre=
ak: break-word; overflow-wrap: break-word; list-style: disc outside; mso-sp=
ecial-format: bullet;">HB21 =E2=80=93 Restrictions on HFC=E2=80=99s</li>=20
<li class=3D"MsoNoSpacing" style=3D"display: list-item; lin=
e-height: 1.5em; Margin: 0; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0; word-bre=
ak: break-word; overflow-wrap: break-word; list-style: disc outside; mso-sp=
ecial-format: bullet;">HB247 =E2=80=93 Exempts increased appraisal value of=
improvements to help border security</li>=20
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e-height: 1.5em; Margin: 0; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0; word-bre=
ak: break-word; overflow-wrap: break-word; list-style: disc outside; mso-sp=
ecial-format: bullet;">SB10 =E2=80=93 Ten Commandments placed in every clas=
sroom</li>=20
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e-height: 1.5em; Margin: 0; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0; word-bre=
ak: break-word; overflow-wrap: break-word; list-style: disc outside; mso-sp=
ecial-format: bullet;">HB229 =E2=80=93 What is a Woman?</li>=20
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e-height: 1.5em; Margin: 0; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0; word-bre=
ak: break-word; overflow-wrap: break-word; list-style: disc outside; mso-sp=
ecial-format: bullet;">SB3 =E2=80=93 THC Ban</li>=20
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t-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; padding: 0; margin:=
0; Margin: 0; text-align: left; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; margin-=
bottom: 10px; Margin-bottom: 10px;"> </p> <p class=3D"MsoNoSpacing" st=
yle=3D"color: #3c4144; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight=
: 400; padding: 0; margin: 0; Margin: 0; text-align: left; font-size: 12pt;=
line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 10px; Margin-bottom: 10px;"><strong>NEXT =
WEEK - ACTION ITEMS</strong></p> <p class=3D"MsoNoSpacing" style=3D"color: =
#3c4144; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; padding=
: 0; margin: 0; Margin: 0; text-align: left; font-size: 12pt; line-height: =
1.5; margin-bottom: 10px; Margin-bottom: 10px;">Take the week off!<span sty=
le=3D"mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Relax.<span style=3D"mso-spacerun: =
yes;"> </span>Get a massage.<span style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes;"> =
</span>Take a nap.<span style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rest up=
, because after next week, campaign/election and censure season begins and =
there=E2=80=99s TONS of work to do!</p> <p class=3D"MsoNoSpacing" style=3D"=
color: #3c4144; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; =
padding: 0; margin: 0; Margin: 0; text-align: left; font-size: 12pt; line-h=
eight: 1.5; margin-bottom: 10px; Margin-bottom: 10px;">Thanks to all who co=
ntributed to the work this session! Whether you did it at the Capitol, from=
home, or some combination of both, please know how much we appreciate you.=
<span style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We hope that the experienc=
e has broadened your understanding of legislative process, and the ins and =
outs of getting bills across the finish line.<span style=3D"mso-spacerun: y=
es;"> </span>We=E2=80=99ve all learned and grown together, and I appr=
eciate you all!</p> <p class=3D"MsoNoSpacing" style=3D"color: #3c4144; font=
-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; padding: 0; margin: =
0; Margin: 0; text-align: left; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; margin-b=
ottom: 10px; Margin-bottom: 10px;">Future Friday messages will only happen =
when there=E2=80=99s something to report.<span style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes;"=
> </span>Once Interim Hearings get started, there will be more work t=
o do, so don=E2=80=99t think we=E2=80=99re off the hook until 2027!<span st=
yle=3D"mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It never ends.</p> <p class=3D"Mso=
NoSpacing" style=3D"color: #3c4144; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif=
; font-weight: 400; padding: 0; margin: 0; Margin: 0; text-align: left; fon=
t-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 10px; Margin-bottom: 10px;">=
Watch for my status analysis that will come out next week.<span style=3D"ms=
o-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I=E2=80=99ll post it on the website and sha=
re on social media - and maybe one more Friday Message.</p> <p class=3D"Mso=
NoSpacing" style=3D"color: #3c4144; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif=
; font-weight: 400; padding: 0; margin: 0; Margin: 0; text-align: left; fon=
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Now go enjoy your summer!</p> <p class=3D"MsoNoSpacing" style=3D"color: #3c=
4144; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; padding: 0=
; margin: 0; Margin: 0; text-align: left; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5=
; margin-bottom: 10px; Margin-bottom: 10px;">With thanks and love,</p> <p c=
lass=3D"MsoNoSpacing" style=3D"color: #3c4144; font-family: arial,helvetica=
,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; padding: 0; margin: 0; Margin: 0; text-align=
: left; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 10px; Margin-bott=
om: 10px;">Fran Rhodes, President</p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal align-center" s=
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t: 400; padding: 0; margin: 0; Margin: 0; font-size: 12pt; Margin-bottom: 1=
0px; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"> =
</p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal align-center" style=3D"color: #3c4144; font-fami=
ly: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; padding: 0; margin: 0; Ma=
rgin: 0; font-size: 12pt; Margin-bottom: 10px; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; line-h=
eight: normal; text-align: center;"><strong><span style=3D"font-family: 'Ar=
ial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #3c4144=
; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Help keep our legislative en=
gagement program going. We need to train up as many people as possibl=
e and build the True Texas Army! </span></strong></p> <p class=3D"Mso=
Normal align-center" style=3D"color: #3c4144; font-family: arial,helvetica,=
sans-serif; font-weight: 400; padding: 0; margin: 0; Margin: 0; font-size: =
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5);">Can you chip in?</span></span></strong></p>=20
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Week 20: 89th Texas Legislature
I’ve been trying to decide on a “label” for the 89th Session that sums up the tone of the session. I’m debating between “Big Government/Big Spending” or “Democrats Cheered”.
Too many bills passed that grow government, grow spending, and impose government controls on local government. The spending has been phenomenal! Last session’s budget was the biggest ever, and this one topped it. They had a $24 billion surplus, plus a $28 billion excess rainy day fund, and they decided to give taxpayers $6.5 billion in property tax relief. “Big Government/Big Spending” indeed!
The “Democrats Cheered” label comes from the number of Democrat bills that sailed through the House, while Republican bills got left on the floor at the midnight deadline. Democrats literally cheered when the clock struck midnight, and numerous Republican priority bills were left untouched. Then there’s also the cheer leading that went on when Burrows was elected Speaker of the House with Democrat support. Maybe it’s the "Session of Democrats" in the Republican House. Check out the video.
DEMOCRATS CHEERED
What do you think? What label would you put on the 89th session? It’s certainly not the “most conservative session ever”! Though House and Senate members will try to tell us it was. I hope that TTP has given you enough insight, and taught you to find out for yourself so that you don’t fall for the lies and gaslighting.
Keep reading below for some highlights of the good and bad. I’ve been compiling a spreadsheet of priority categories and corresponding bills with their status. I’ll publish that later next week, but for now, I’ll give you a brief summary.
My lists are not all-inclusive. Just bills that I’ve been aware of and have worked on this session. My list has 14 priority categories, and out of 72 bills examined, 35 passed, and 37 are dead. But we’ll need to look more closely, because so many of the bills that passed, while fitting the criteria of the priority, were small, minor improvements. And many of the big, comprehensive and “top” priorities died.
THIS WEEK
Our final TTP Tuesday for this session was May 27th. We closed out our session involvement with a group of activists pulling a hail Mary for two bills – SB2880 and HB4623.
SB2880 is the one that would ban sale or distribution of abortion pills in Texas. It missed the deadline for voting on Senate bills in the House, so it’s dead. We knew it was too late on Tuesday for this bill, but we also know that all things are possible in the TX Legislature, and that if leadership wants something to pass it will pass. Leadership did want this one to pass, but we got our position on the record anyway. (We also realize that all things are possible with God, and on this issue, God is on our side, so who knows? Maybe a special session?) SB2880 is one of the ones left on the schedule when the clock struck midnight on Tuesday.
HB4623 is maybe the crowning jewel of legislation in the 89th Session. This bill finally puts an end to school district employees being immune to civil liability in case of abuse or misconduct with students. With multiple cases of abuse being reported weekly in public schools, and mostly seeing the incidents covered up, or shoved down the road by school districts, this bill was essential to protecting children in public schools. Our teams delivered position papers on this bill Tuesday, and asked Senators to sign on as co-authors. Late Tuesday night, the bill passed the Senate with 19 Senate Co-authors! There are some amendments that will need to be resolved in conference committee, but the bill is basically strong, and a welcome relief to grassroots activists who’ve been trying to accomplish this for years.
GOOD STUFF THAT PASSED
SB8 – Requires Sheriffs to sign on to the 287G program and provides funding (cooperate with ICE)
SB12 – Parental rights and stop DEI & Gender Ideology in schools (But the bill was amended by Jeff Leach with language that literally allows schools to use DEI and gender ideology. Hopefully it will be stripped out in conference committee)
SB33 – No taxpayer money for abortion travel
SB24 – Teach the reality and evils of communism in public schools
HB4623 – Eliminate qualified immunity for public school employees
HB229 – What is a Woman? (there is only male or female, and they are not the same or interchangeable)
SB412 – Stricter prosecution of child porn offenses
SB17 - TX land ownership by hostile foreigners (passed, but weakened by Shaheen amendment)
HB4535/407/1586/3441 – Medical freedom bills & vaccine manufacturers accountability
SB1362 – Ban Red Flag Laws
SJR5/SB40 – Constitutional amendment requiring denial of bail to illegals charged with violent crime
GOOD STUFF THAT DIDN’T PASS
SB19 – End taxpayer funded lobbying
SB3224 – Require use of E Verify
SB1798 – End In-State Tuition
SB18 – No Drag Queen story hours at public libraries
HB54 – No “Furries” in schools
SB240 – Private spaces based on biological sex
HB1549 – Restrict retail displays of obscene devices
HB1375 – Civil liability for harm resulting from obscene actions and materials
SB1224 - Requires school misconduct be reported directly to local law enforcement
SB2880 – Bans abortion pills
SB715/819 & HB3125 – Bills that strengthen electric grid
SB16 – Requires proof of citizenship to register to vote
SB396 – Requires voter registrar to verify voter’s address
SB618/SB505 – Relating to unlawful altering of election procedures (SOS Waivers)
SB964 – Requires “not eligible to vote” on drivers licenses of non-citizens
SJR87 – Constitutional amendment that would deny bail to violent offenders already on bail for something else
HB796 – Texas Sovereignty Act
HB170 – Kyle’s Law (no civil action for justifiable use of force when criminal charges are not made or exonerated)
SB1065 – State Fair Gun Law – would not allow municipal owned properties to impose ban on carrying gun, regardless of who manages the property.
OTHER STUFF THAT PASSED – YOU BE THE JUDGE
SB2 – School Choice legislation passed - $1 billion allocated to help 100,000 students
HB2 – Additional $8.5 Billion to public schools for teacher raises, special programs and increase basic allotment
SB22 – Hollywood subsidies of $2.5 billion over several years
SB5 – Establishes Dementia Institute of Research
SB646 – Loan re-payment to students in school counseling
SB11 – Allocates daily prayer/study time in schools
HB21 – Restrictions on HFC’s
HB247 – Exempts increased appraisal value of improvements to help border security
SB10 – Ten Commandments placed in every classroom
HB229 – What is a Woman?
SB3 – THC Ban
NEXT WEEK - ACTION ITEMS
Take the week off! Relax. Get a massage. Take a nap. Rest up, because after next week, campaign/election and censure season begins and there’s TONS of work to do!
Thanks to all who contributed to the work this session! Whether you did it at the Capitol, from home, or some combination of both, please know how much we appreciate you. We hope that the experience has broadened your understanding of legislative process, and the ins and outs of getting bills across the finish line. We’ve all learned and grown together, and I appreciate you all!
Future Friday messages will only happen when there’s something to report. Once Interim Hearings get started, there will be more work to do, so don’t think we’re off the hook until 2027! It never ends.
Watch for my status analysis that will come out next week. I’ll post it on the website and share on social media - and maybe one more Friday Message.
Now go enjoy your summer!
With thanks and love,
Fran Rhodes, President
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Week 20: 89th Texas Legislature
I=E2=80=99ve been trying to decide on a =E2=80=9Clabel=E2=80=9D for the 89t=
h Session that sums up the tone of the session. I=E2=80=99m debating betwe=
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nment controls on local government. The spending has been phenomenal! Las=
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=80=9CBig Government/Big Spending=E2=80=9D indeed!
The =E2=80=9CDemocrats Cheered=E2=80=9D label comes from the number of Demo=
crat bills that sailed through the House, while Republican bills got left o=
n the floor at the midnight deadline. Democrats literally cheered when the=
clock struck midnight, and numerous Republican priority bills were left un=
touched. Then there=E2=80=99s also the cheer leading that went on when Bur=
rows was elected Speaker of the House with Democrat support. Maybe it=E2=
=80=99s the "Session of Democrats" in the Republican House. Check out the =
video.
DEMOCRATS CHEERED
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What do you think? What label would you put on the 89th session? It=E2=80=
=99s certainly not the =E2=80=9Cmost conservative session ever=E2=80=9D! T=
hough House and Senate members will try to tell us it was. I hope that TTP=
has given you enough insight, and taught you to find out for yourself so t=
hat you don=E2=80=99t fall for the lies and gaslighting.
Keep reading below for some highlights of the good and bad. I=E2=80=99ve b=
een compiling a spreadsheet of priority categories and corresponding bills =
with their status. I=E2=80=99ll publish that later next week, but for now,=
I=E2=80=99ll give you a brief summary. =20
My lists are not all-inclusive. Just bills that I=E2=80=99ve been aware of=
and have worked on this session. My list has 14 priority categories, and =
out of 72 bills examined, 35 passed, and 37 are dead. But we=E2=80=99ll ne=
ed to look more closely, because so many of the bills that passed, while fi=
tting the criteria of the priority, were small, minor improvements. And ma=
ny of the big, comprehensive and =E2=80=9Ctop=E2=80=9D priorities died.
THIS WEEK
Our final TTP Tuesday for this session was May 27th. We closed out our ses=
sion involvement with a group of activists pulling a hail Mary for two bill=
s =E2=80=93 SB2880 and HB4623.
SB2880 is the one that would ban sale or distribution of abortion pills in =
Texas. It missed the deadline for voting on Senate bills in the House, so =
it=E2=80=99s dead. We knew it was too late on Tuesday for this bill, but w=
e also know that all things are possible in the TX Legislature, and that if=
leadership wants something to pass it will pass. Leadership did want this=
one to pass, but we got our position on the record anyway. (We also reali=
ze that all things are possible with God, and on this issue, God is on our =
side, so who knows? Maybe a special session?) SB2880 is one of the ones l=
eft on the schedule when the clock struck midnight on Tuesday.
HB4623 is maybe the crowning jewel of legislation in the 89th Session. Thi=
s bill finally puts an end to school district employees being immune to civ=
il liability in case of abuse or misconduct with students. With multiple c=
ases of abuse being reported weekly in public schools, and mostly seeing th=
e incidents covered up, or shoved down the road by school districts, this b=
ill was essential to protecting children in public schools. Our teams deli=
vered position papers on this bill Tuesday, and asked Senators to sign on a=
s co-authors. Late Tuesday night, the bill passed the Senate with 19 Senat=
e Co-authors! There are some amendments that will need to be resolved in c=
onference committee, but the bill is basically strong, and a welcome relief=
to grassroots activists who=E2=80=99ve been trying to accomplish this for =
years.
GOOD STUFF THAT PASSED
SB8 =E2=80=93 Requires Sheriffs to sign on to the 287G program and provides=
funding (cooperate with ICE)
SB12 =E2=80=93 Parental rights and stop DEI & Gender Ideology in schools (B=
ut the bill was amended by Jeff Leach with language that literally allows s=
chools to use DEI and gender ideology. Hopefully it will be stripped out i=
n conference committee)
SB33 =E2=80=93 No taxpayer money for abortion travel
SB24 =E2=80=93 Teach the reality and evils of communism in public schools
HB4623 =E2=80=93 Eliminate qualified immunity for public school employees
HB229 =E2=80=93 What is a Woman? (there is only male or female, and they a=
re not the same or interchangeable)
SB412 =E2=80=93 Stricter prosecution of child porn offenses
SB17 - TX land ownership by hostile foreigners (passed, but weakened by Sh=
aheen amendment)
HB4535/407/1586/3441 =E2=80=93 Medical freedom bills & vaccine manufacturer=
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SB1362 =E2=80=93 Ban Red Flag Laws
SJR5/SB40 =E2=80=93 Constitutional amendment requiring denial of bail to il=
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GOOD STUFF THAT DIDN=E2=80=99T PASS
SB19 =E2=80=93 End taxpayer funded lobbying
SB3224 =E2=80=93 Require use of E Verify
SB1798 =E2=80=93 End In-State Tuition
SB18 =E2=80=93 No Drag Queen story hours at public libraries
HB54 =E2=80=93 No =E2=80=9CFurries=E2=80=9D in schools
SB240 =E2=80=93 Private spaces based on biological sex
HB1549 =E2=80=93 Restrict retail displays of obscene devices
HB1375 =E2=80=93 Civil liability for harm resulting from obscene actions an=
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SB1224 - Requires school misconduct be reported directly to local law enfo=
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SB2880 =E2=80=93 Bans abortion pills
SB715/819 & HB3125 =E2=80=93 Bills that strengthen electric grid
SB16 =E2=80=93 Requires proof of citizenship to register to vote
SB396 =E2=80=93 Requires voter registrar to verify voter=E2=80=99s address
SB618/SB505 =E2=80=93 Relating to unlawful altering of election procedures =
(SOS Waivers)
SB964 =E2=80=93 Requires =E2=80=9Cnot eligible to vote=E2=80=9D on drivers =
licenses of non-citizens
SJR87 =E2=80=93 Constitutional amendment that would deny bail to violent of=
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HB796 =E2=80=93 Texas Sovereignty Act
HB170 =E2=80=93 Kyle=E2=80=99s Law (no civil action for justifiable use of =
force when criminal charges are not made or exonerated)
SB1065 =E2=80=93 State Fair Gun Law =E2=80=93 would not allow municipal own=
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property.
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SB2 =E2=80=93 School Choice legislation passed - $1 billion allocated to he=
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HB2 =E2=80=93 Additional $8.5 Billion to public schools for teacher raises,=
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SB22 =E2=80=93 Hollywood subsidies of $2.5 billion over several years
SB5 =E2=80=93 Establishes Dementia Institute of Research
SB646 =E2=80=93 Loan re-payment to students in school counseling
SB11 =E2=80=93 Allocates daily prayer/study time in schools
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SB10 =E2=80=93 Ten Commandments placed in every classroom
HB229 =E2=80=93 What is a Woman?
SB3 =E2=80=93 THC Ban
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NEXT WEEK - ACTION ITEMS
Take the week off! Relax. Get a massage. Take a nap. Rest up, because a=
fter next week, campaign/election and censure season begins and there=E2=80=
=99s TONS of work to do!
Thanks to all who contributed to the work this session! Whether you did it =
at the Capitol, from home, or some combination of both, please know how muc=
h we appreciate you. We hope that the experience has broadened your unders=
tanding of legislative process, and the ins and outs of getting bills acros=
s the finish line. We=E2=80=99ve all learned and grown together, and I app=
reciate you all!
Future Friday messages will only happen when there=E2=80=99s something to r=
eport. Once Interim Hearings get started, there will be more work to do, s=
o don=E2=80=99t think we=E2=80=99re off the hook until 2027! It never ends=
.
Watch for my status analysis that will come out next week. I=E2=80=99ll po=
st it on the website and share on social media - and maybe one more Friday =
Message.
Now go enjoy your summer!
With thanks and love,
Fran Rhodes, President
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font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; padding: 0; marg=
in: 0; Margin: 0; text-align: left; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; marg=
in-bottom: 10px; Margin-bottom: 10px;"> </p> <p class=3D"MsoNoSpacing"=
style=3D"color: #3c4144; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-wei=
ght: 400; padding: 0; margin: 0; Margin: 0; text-align: left; font-size: 12=
pt; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 10px; Margin-bottom: 10px;">What do yo=
u think?<span style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What label would y=
ou put on the 89<sup>th</sup> session?<span style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes;">&n=
bsp; </span>It=E2=80=99s certainly not the =E2=80=9Cmost conservative sessi=
on ever=E2=80=9D!<span style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Though Ho=
use and Senate members will try to tell us it was.<span style=3D"mso-spacer=
un: yes;"> </span>I hope that TTP has given you enough insight, and t=
aught you to find out for yourself so that you don=E2=80=99t fall for the l=
ies and gaslighting.</p> <p class=3D"MsoNoSpacing" style=3D"color: #3c4144;=
font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; padding: 0; mar=
gin: 0; Margin: 0; text-align: left; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; mar=
gin-bottom: 10px; Margin-bottom: 10px;">Keep reading below for some highlig=
hts of the good and bad.<span style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I=
=E2=80=99ve been compiling a spreadsheet of priority categories and corresp=
onding bills with their status.<span style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes;"> </=
span>I=E2=80=99ll publish that later next week, but for now, I=E2=80=99ll g=
ive you a brief summary.<span style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></=
p> <p class=3D"MsoNoSpacing" style=3D"color: #3c4144; font-family: arial,he=
lvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; padding: 0; margin: 0; Margin: 0; tex=
t-align: left; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 10px; Marg=
in-bottom: 10px;">My lists are not all-inclusive.<span style=3D"mso-spaceru=
n: yes;"> </span>Just bills that I=E2=80=99ve been aware of and have =
worked on this session.<span style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My =
list has 14 priority categories, and out of 72 bills examined, 35 passed, a=
nd 37 are dead.<span style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But we=E2=
=80=99ll need to look more closely, because so many of the bills that passe=
d, while fitting the criteria of the priority, were small, minor improvemen=
ts.<span style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And many of the big, co=
mprehensive and =E2=80=9Ctop=E2=80=9D priorities died.</p> <p class=3D"MsoN=
oSpacing" style=3D"color: #3c4144; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;=
font-weight: 400; padding: 0; margin: 0; Margin: 0; text-align: left; font=
-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 10px; Margin-bottom: 10px;"><=
strong>THIS WEEK</strong></p> <p class=3D"MsoNoSpacing" style=3D"color: #3c=
4144; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; padding: 0=
; margin: 0; Margin: 0; text-align: left; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5=
; margin-bottom: 10px; Margin-bottom: 10px;">Our final TTP Tuesday for this=
session was May 27<sup>th</sup>.<span style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes;"> =
</span>We closed out our session involvement with a group of activists pull=
ing a hail Mary for two bills =E2=80=93 SB2880 and HB4623.</p> <p class=3D"=
MsoNoSpacing" style=3D"color: #3c4144; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-se=
rif; font-weight: 400; padding: 0; margin: 0; Margin: 0; text-align: left; =
font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 10px; Margin-bottom: 10px=
;">SB2880 is the one that would ban sale or distribution of abortion pills =
in Texas.<span style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It missed the dea=
dline for voting on Senate bills in the House, so it=E2=80=99s dead.<span s=
tyle=3D"mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We knew it was too late on Tuesda=
y for this bill, but we also know that all things are possible in the TX Le=
gislature, and that if leadership wants something to pass it will pass.<spa=
n style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Leadership did want this one t=
o pass, but we got our position on the record anyway.<span style=3D"mso-spa=
cerun: yes;"> </span>(We also realize that all things are possible wi=
th God, and on this issue, God is on our side, so who knows?<span style=3D"=
mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Maybe a special session?) SB2880 is=
one of the ones left on the schedule when the clock struck midnight on Tue=
sday.</p> <p class=3D"MsoNoSpacing" style=3D"color: #3c4144; font-family: a=
rial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; padding: 0; margin: 0; Margin:=
0; text-align: left; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 10p=
x; Margin-bottom: 10px;">HB4623 is maybe the crowning jewel of legislation =
in the 89<sup>th</sup> Session.<span style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes;"> </=
span>This bill finally puts an end to school district employees being immun=
e to civil liability in case of abuse or misconduct with students.<span sty=
le=3D"mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With multiple cases of abuse being =
reported weekly in public schools, and mostly seeing the incidents covered =
up, or shoved down the road by school districts, this bill was essential to=
protecting children in public schools.<span style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes;">&=
nbsp; </span>Our teams delivered position papers on this bill Tuesday, and =
asked Senators to sign on as co-authors.<span style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes;">=
</span>Late Tuesday night, the bill passed the Senate with 19 Senate=
Co-authors!<span style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are some=
amendments that will need to be resolved in conference committee, but the =
bill is basically strong, and a welcome relief to grassroots activists who=
=E2=80=99ve been trying to accomplish this for years.</p> <p class=3D"MsoNo=
Spacing" style=3D"color: #3c4144; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; =
font-weight: 400; padding: 0; margin: 0; Margin: 0; text-align: left; font-=
size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 10px; Margin-bottom: 10px;"><s=
trong>GOOD STUFF THAT PASSED</strong></p>=20
<ul style=3D"list-style-position: inside; Margin: 0 0 10px 0=
; padding: 0 0 0 10px;">=20
<li class=3D"MsoNoSpacing" style=3D"display: list-item; lin=
e-height: 1.5em; Margin: 0; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0; word-bre=
ak: break-word; overflow-wrap: break-word; list-style: disc outside; mso-sp=
ecial-format: bullet;">SB8 =E2=80=93 Requires Sheriffs to sign on to the 28=
7G program and provides funding (cooperate with ICE)</li>=20
<li class=3D"MsoNoSpacing" style=3D"display: list-item; lin=
e-height: 1.5em; Margin: 0; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0; word-bre=
ak: break-word; overflow-wrap: break-word; list-style: disc outside; mso-sp=
ecial-format: bullet;">SB12 =E2=80=93 Parental rights and stop DEI & Ge=
nder Ideology in schools (But the bill was amended by Jeff Leach with langu=
age that literally allows schools to use DEI and gender ideology.<span styl=
e=3D"mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hopefully it will be stripped out in=
conference committee)</li>=20
<li class=3D"MsoNoSpacing" style=3D"display: list-item; lin=
e-height: 1.5em; Margin: 0; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0; word-bre=
ak: break-word; overflow-wrap: break-word; list-style: disc outside; mso-sp=
ecial-format: bullet;">SB33 =E2=80=93 No taxpayer money for abortion travel=
</li>=20
<li class=3D"MsoNoSpacing" style=3D"display: list-item; lin=
e-height: 1.5em; Margin: 0; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0; word-bre=
ak: break-word; overflow-wrap: break-word; list-style: disc outside; mso-sp=
ecial-format: bullet;">SB24 =E2=80=93 Teach the reality and evils of commun=
ism in public schools</li>=20
<li class=3D"MsoNoSpacing" style=3D"display: list-item; lin=
e-height: 1.5em; Margin: 0; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0; word-bre=
ak: break-word; overflow-wrap: break-word; list-style: disc outside; mso-sp=
ecial-format: bullet;">HB4623 =E2=80=93 Eliminate qualified immunity for pu=
blic school employees</li>=20
<li class=3D"MsoNoSpacing" style=3D"display: list-item; lin=
e-height: 1.5em; Margin: 0; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0; word-bre=
ak: break-word; overflow-wrap: break-word; list-style: disc outside; mso-sp=
ecial-format: bullet;">HB229 =E2=80=93 What is a Woman?<span style=3D"mso-s=
pacerun: yes;"> </span>(there is only male or female, and they are no=
t the same or interchangeable)</li>=20
<li class=3D"MsoNoSpacing" style=3D"display: list-item; lin=
e-height: 1.5em; Margin: 0; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0; word-bre=
ak: break-word; overflow-wrap: break-word; list-style: disc outside; mso-sp=
ecial-format: bullet;">SB412 =E2=80=93 Stricter prosecution of child porn o=
ffenses</li>=20
<li class=3D"MsoNoSpacing" style=3D"display: list-item; lin=
e-height: 1.5em; Margin: 0; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0; word-bre=
ak: break-word; overflow-wrap: break-word; list-style: disc outside; mso-sp=
ecial-format: bullet;">SB17 - <span style=3D"mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>TX =
land ownership by hostile foreigners (passed, but weakened by Shaheen amend=
ment)</li>=20
<li class=3D"MsoNoSpacing" style=3D"display: list-item; lin=
e-height: 1.5em; Margin: 0; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0; word-bre=
ak: break-word; overflow-wrap: break-word; list-style: disc outside; mso-sp=
ecial-format: bullet;">HB4535/407/1586/3441 =E2=80=93 Medical freedom bills=
& vaccine manufacturers accountability</li>=20
<li class=3D"MsoNoSpacing" style=3D"display: list-item; lin=
e-height: 1.5em; Margin: 0; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0; word-bre=
ak: break-word; overflow-wrap: break-word; list-style: disc outside; mso-sp=
ecial-format: bullet;">SB1362 =E2=80=93 Ban Red Flag Laws</li>=20
<li class=3D"MsoNoSpacing" style=3D"display: list-item; lin=
e-height: 1.5em; Margin: 0; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0; word-bre=
ak: break-word; overflow-wrap: break-word; list-style: disc outside; mso-sp=
ecial-format: bullet;">SJR5/SB40 =E2=80=93 Constitutional amendment requiri=
ng denial of bail to illegals charged with violent crime</li>=20
</ul> <p class=3D"MsoNoSpacing" style=3D"color: #3c4144; fon=
t-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; padding: 0; margin:=
0; Margin: 0; text-align: left; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; margin-=
bottom: 10px; Margin-bottom: 10px;"><strong>GOOD STUFF THAT DIDN=E2=80=99T =
PASS</strong></p>=20
<ul style=3D"list-style-position: inside; Margin: 0 0 10px 0=
; padding: 0 0 0 10px;">=20
<li class=3D"MsoNoSpacing" style=3D"display: list-item; lin=
e-height: 1.5em; Margin: 0; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0; word-bre=
ak: break-word; overflow-wrap: break-word; list-style: disc outside; mso-sp=
ecial-format: bullet;">SB19 =E2=80=93 End taxpayer funded lobbying</li>=20
<li class=3D"MsoNoSpacing" style=3D"display: list-item; lin=
e-height: 1.5em; Margin: 0; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0; word-bre=
ak: break-word; overflow-wrap: break-word; list-style: disc outside; mso-sp=
ecial-format: bullet;">SB3224 =E2=80=93 Require use of E Verify</li>=20
<li class=3D"MsoNoSpacing" style=3D"display: list-item; lin=
e-height: 1.5em; Margin: 0; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0; word-bre=
ak: break-word; overflow-wrap: break-word; list-style: disc outside; mso-sp=
ecial-format: bullet;">SB1798 =E2=80=93 End In-State Tuition</li>=20
<li class=3D"MsoNoSpacing" style=3D"display: list-item; lin=
e-height: 1.5em; Margin: 0; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0; word-bre=
ak: break-word; overflow-wrap: break-word; list-style: disc outside; mso-sp=
ecial-format: bullet;">SB18 =E2=80=93 No Drag Queen story hours at public l=
ibraries</li>=20
<li class=3D"MsoNoSpacing" style=3D"display: list-item; lin=
e-height: 1.5em; Margin: 0; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0; word-bre=
ak: break-word; overflow-wrap: break-word; list-style: disc outside; mso-sp=
ecial-format: bullet;">HB54 =E2=80=93 No =E2=80=9CFurries=E2=80=9D in schoo=
ls</li>=20
<li class=3D"MsoNoSpacing" style=3D"display: list-item; lin=
e-height: 1.5em; Margin: 0; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0; word-bre=
ak: break-word; overflow-wrap: break-word; list-style: disc outside; mso-sp=
ecial-format: bullet;">SB240 =E2=80=93 Private spaces based on biological s=
ex</li>=20
<li class=3D"MsoNoSpacing" style=3D"display: list-item; lin=
e-height: 1.5em; Margin: 0; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0; word-bre=
ak: break-word; overflow-wrap: break-word; list-style: disc outside; mso-sp=
ecial-format: bullet;">HB1549 =E2=80=93 Restrict retail displays of obscene=
devices</li>=20
<li class=3D"MsoNoSpacing" style=3D"display: list-item; lin=
e-height: 1.5em; Margin: 0; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0; word-bre=
ak: break-word; overflow-wrap: break-word; list-style: disc outside; mso-sp=
ecial-format: bullet;">HB1375 =E2=80=93 Civil liability for harm resulting =
from obscene actions and materials</li>=20
<li class=3D"MsoNoSpacing" style=3D"display: list-item; lin=
e-height: 1.5em; Margin: 0; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0; word-bre=
ak: break-word; overflow-wrap: break-word; list-style: disc outside; mso-sp=
ecial-format: bullet;">SB1224<span style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes;"> </sp=
an>- Requires school misconduct be reported directly to local law enforceme=
nt</li>=20
<li class=3D"MsoNoSpacing" style=3D"display: list-item; lin=
e-height: 1.5em; Margin: 0; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0; word-bre=
ak: break-word; overflow-wrap: break-word; list-style: disc outside; mso-sp=
ecial-format: bullet;">SB2880 =E2=80=93 Bans abortion pills</li>=20
<li class=3D"MsoNoSpacing" style=3D"display: list-item; lin=
e-height: 1.5em; Margin: 0; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0; word-bre=
ak: break-word; overflow-wrap: break-word; list-style: disc outside; mso-sp=
ecial-format: bullet;">SB715/819 & HB3125 =E2=80=93 Bills that strength=
en electric grid</li>=20
<li class=3D"MsoNoSpacing" style=3D"display: list-item; lin=
e-height: 1.5em; Margin: 0; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0; word-bre=
ak: break-word; overflow-wrap: break-word; list-style: disc outside; mso-sp=
ecial-format: bullet;">SB16 =E2=80=93 Requires proof of citizenship to regi=
ster to vote</li>=20
<li class=3D"MsoNoSpacing" style=3D"display: list-item; lin=
e-height: 1.5em; Margin: 0; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0; word-bre=
ak: break-word; overflow-wrap: break-word; list-style: disc outside; mso-sp=
ecial-format: bullet;">SB396 =E2=80=93 Requires voter registrar to verify v=
oter=E2=80=99s address</li>=20
<li class=3D"MsoNoSpacing" style=3D"display: list-item; lin=
e-height: 1.5em; Margin: 0; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0; word-bre=
ak: break-word; overflow-wrap: break-word; list-style: disc outside; mso-sp=
ecial-format: bullet;">SB618/SB505 =E2=80=93 Relating to unlawful altering =
of election procedures (SOS Waivers)</li>=20
<li class=3D"MsoNoSpacing" style=3D"display: list-item; lin=
e-height: 1.5em; Margin: 0; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0; word-bre=
ak: break-word; overflow-wrap: break-word; list-style: disc outside; mso-sp=
ecial-format: bullet;">SB964 =E2=80=93 Requires =E2=80=9Cnot eligible to vo=
te=E2=80=9D on drivers licenses of non-citizens</li>=20
<li class=3D"MsoNoSpacing" style=3D"display: list-item; lin=
e-height: 1.5em; Margin: 0; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0; word-bre=
ak: break-word; overflow-wrap: break-word; list-style: disc outside; mso-sp=
ecial-format: bullet;">SJR87 =E2=80=93 Constitutional amendment that would =
deny bail to violent offenders already on bail for something else</li>=20
<li class=3D"MsoNoSpacing" style=3D"display: list-item; lin=
e-height: 1.5em; Margin: 0; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0; word-bre=
ak: break-word; overflow-wrap: break-word; list-style: disc outside; mso-sp=
ecial-format: bullet;">HB796 =E2=80=93 Texas Sovereignty Act</li>=20
<li class=3D"MsoNoSpacing" style=3D"display: list-item; lin=
e-height: 1.5em; Margin: 0; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0; word-bre=
ak: break-word; overflow-wrap: break-word; list-style: disc outside; mso-sp=
ecial-format: bullet;">HB170 =E2=80=93 Kyle=E2=80=99s Law (no civil action =
for justifiable use of force when criminal charges are not made or exonerat=
ed)</li>=20
<li class=3D"MsoNoSpacing" style=3D"display: list-item; lin=
e-height: 1.5em; Margin: 0; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0; word-bre=
ak: break-word; overflow-wrap: break-word; list-style: disc outside; mso-sp=
ecial-format: bullet;">SB1065 =E2=80=93 State Fair Gun Law =E2=80=93 would =
not allow municipal owned properties to impose ban on carrying gun, regardl=
ess of who manages the property.</li>=20
</ul> <p class=3D"MsoNoSpacing" style=3D"color: #3c4144; fon=
t-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; padding: 0; margin:=
0; Margin: 0; text-align: left; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; margin-=
bottom: 10px; Margin-bottom: 10px;"> </p> <p class=3D"MsoNoSpacing" st=
yle=3D"color: #3c4144; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight=
: 400; padding: 0; margin: 0; Margin: 0; text-align: left; font-size: 12pt;=
line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 10px; Margin-bottom: 10px;"><strong>OTHER=
STUFF THAT PASSED =E2=80=93 YOU BE THE JUDGE</strong></p>=20
<ul style=3D"list-style-position: inside; Margin: 0 0 10px 0=
; padding: 0 0 0 10px;">=20
<li class=3D"MsoNoSpacing" style=3D"display: list-item; lin=
e-height: 1.5em; Margin: 0; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0; word-bre=
ak: break-word; overflow-wrap: break-word; list-style: disc outside; mso-sp=
ecial-format: bullet;">SB2 =E2=80=93 School Choice legislation passed - $1 =
billion allocated to help 100,000 students</li>=20
<li class=3D"MsoNoSpacing" style=3D"display: list-item; lin=
e-height: 1.5em; Margin: 0; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0; word-bre=
ak: break-word; overflow-wrap: break-word; list-style: disc outside; mso-sp=
ecial-format: bullet;">HB2 =E2=80=93 Additional $8.5 Billion to public scho=
ols for teacher raises, special programs and increase basic allotment</li>=
=20
<li class=3D"MsoNoSpacing" style=3D"display: list-item; lin=
e-height: 1.5em; Margin: 0; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0; word-bre=
ak: break-word; overflow-wrap: break-word; list-style: disc outside; mso-sp=
ecial-format: bullet;">SB22 =E2=80=93 Hollywood subsidies of $2.5 billion o=
ver several years</li>=20
<li class=3D"MsoNoSpacing" style=3D"display: list-item; lin=
e-height: 1.5em; Margin: 0; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0; word-bre=
ak: break-word; overflow-wrap: break-word; list-style: disc outside; mso-sp=
ecial-format: bullet;">SB5 =E2=80=93 Establishes Dementia Institute of Rese=
arch</li>=20
<li class=3D"MsoNoSpacing" style=3D"display: list-item; lin=
e-height: 1.5em; Margin: 0; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0; word-bre=
ak: break-word; overflow-wrap: break-word; list-style: disc outside; mso-sp=
ecial-format: bullet;">SB646 =E2=80=93 Loan re-payment to students in schoo=
l counseling</li>=20
<li class=3D"MsoNoSpacing" style=3D"display: list-item; lin=
e-height: 1.5em; Margin: 0; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0; word-bre=
ak: break-word; overflow-wrap: break-word; list-style: disc outside; mso-sp=
ecial-format: bullet;">SB11 =E2=80=93 Allocates daily prayer/study time in =
schools</li>=20
<li class=3D"MsoNoSpacing" style=3D"display: list-item; lin=
e-height: 1.5em; Margin: 0; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0; word-bre=
ak: break-word; overflow-wrap: break-word; list-style: disc outside; mso-sp=
ecial-format: bullet;">HB21 =E2=80=93 Restrictions on HFC=E2=80=99s</li>=20
<li class=3D"MsoNoSpacing" style=3D"display: list-item; lin=
e-height: 1.5em; Margin: 0; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0; word-bre=
ak: break-word; overflow-wrap: break-word; list-style: disc outside; mso-sp=
ecial-format: bullet;">HB247 =E2=80=93 Exempts increased appraisal value of=
improvements to help border security</li>=20
<li class=3D"MsoNoSpacing" style=3D"display: list-item; lin=
e-height: 1.5em; Margin: 0; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0; word-bre=
ak: break-word; overflow-wrap: break-word; list-style: disc outside; mso-sp=
ecial-format: bullet;">SB10 =E2=80=93 Ten Commandments placed in every clas=
sroom</li>=20
<li class=3D"MsoNoSpacing" style=3D"display: list-item; lin=
e-height: 1.5em; Margin: 0; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0; word-bre=
ak: break-word; overflow-wrap: break-word; list-style: disc outside; mso-sp=
ecial-format: bullet;">HB229 =E2=80=93 What is a Woman?</li>=20
<li class=3D"MsoNoSpacing" style=3D"display: list-item; lin=
e-height: 1.5em; Margin: 0; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0; word-bre=
ak: break-word; overflow-wrap: break-word; list-style: disc outside; mso-sp=
ecial-format: bullet;">SB3 =E2=80=93 THC Ban</li>=20
</ul> <p class=3D"MsoNoSpacing" style=3D"color: #3c4144; fon=
t-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; padding: 0; margin:=
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Week 20: 89th Texas Legislature
I’ve been trying to decide on a “label” for the 89th Session that sums up the tone of the session. I’m debating between “Big Government/Big Spending” or “Democrats Cheered”.
Too many bills passed that grow government, grow spending, and impose government controls on local government. The spending has been phenomenal! Last session’s budget was the biggest ever, and this one topped it. They had a $24 billion surplus, plus a $28 billion excess rainy day fund, and they decided to give taxpayers $6.5 billion in property tax relief. “Big Government/Big Spending” indeed!
The “Democrats Cheered” label comes from the number of Democrat bills that sailed through the House, while Republican bills got left on the floor at the midnight deadline. Democrats literally cheered when the clock struck midnight, and numerous Republican priority bills were left untouched. Then there’s also the cheer leading that went on when Burrows was elected Speaker of the House with Democrat support. Maybe it’s the "Session of Democrats" in the Republican House. Check out the video.
DEMOCRATS CHEERED
What do you think? What label would you put on the 89th session? It’s certainly not the “most conservative session ever”! Though House and Senate members will try to tell us it was. I hope that TTP has given you enough insight, and taught you to find out for yourself so that you don’t fall for the lies and gaslighting.
Keep reading below for some highlights of the good and bad. I’ve been compiling a spreadsheet of priority categories and corresponding bills with their status. I’ll publish that later next week, but for now, I’ll give you a brief summary.
My lists are not all-inclusive. Just bills that I’ve been aware of and have worked on this session. My list has 14 priority categories, and out of 72 bills examined, 35 passed, and 37 are dead. But we’ll need to look more closely, because so many of the bills that passed, while fitting the criteria of the priority, were small, minor improvements. And many of the big, comprehensive and “top” priorities died.
THIS WEEK
Our final TTP Tuesday for this session was May 27th. We closed out our session involvement with a group of activists pulling a hail Mary for two bills – SB2880 and HB4623.
SB2880 is the one that would ban sale or distribution of abortion pills in Texas. It missed the deadline for voting on Senate bills in the House, so it’s dead. We knew it was too late on Tuesday for this bill, but we also know that all things are possible in the TX Legislature, and that if leadership wants something to pass it will pass. Leadership did want this one to pass, but we got our position on the record anyway. (We also realize that all things are possible with God, and on this issue, God is on our side, so who knows? Maybe a special session?) SB2880 is one of the ones left on the schedule when the clock struck midnight on Tuesday.
HB4623 is maybe the crowning jewel of legislation in the 89th Session. This bill finally puts an end to school district employees being immune to civil liability in case of abuse or misconduct with students. With multiple cases of abuse being reported weekly in public schools, and mostly seeing the incidents covered up, or shoved down the road by school districts, this bill was essential to protecting children in public schools. Our teams delivered position papers on this bill Tuesday, and asked Senators to sign on as co-authors. Late Tuesday night, the bill passed the Senate with 19 Senate Co-authors! There are some amendments that will need to be resolved in conference committee, but the bill is basically strong, and a welcome relief to grassroots activists who’ve been trying to accomplish this for years.
GOOD STUFF THAT PASSED
SB8 – Requires Sheriffs to sign on to the 287G program and provides funding (cooperate with ICE)
SB12 – Parental rights and stop DEI & Gender Ideology in schools (But the bill was amended by Jeff Leach with language that literally allows schools to use DEI and gender ideology. Hopefully it will be stripped out in conference committee)
SB33 – No taxpayer money for abortion travel
SB24 – Teach the reality and evils of communism in public schools
HB4623 – Eliminate qualified immunity for public school employees
HB229 – What is a Woman? (there is only male or female, and they are not the same or interchangeable)
SB412 – Stricter prosecution of child porn offenses
SB17 - TX land ownership by hostile foreigners (passed, but weakened by Shaheen amendment)
HB4535/407/1586/3441 – Medical freedom bills & vaccine manufacturers accountability
SB1362 – Ban Red Flag Laws
SJR5/SB40 – Constitutional amendment requiring denial of bail to illegals charged with violent crime
GOOD STUFF THAT DIDN’T PASS
SB19 – End taxpayer funded lobbying
SB3224 – Require use of E Verify
SB1798 – End In-State Tuition
SB18 – No Drag Queen story hours at public libraries
HB54 – No “Furries” in schools
SB240 – Private spaces based on biological sex
HB1549 – Restrict retail displays of obscene devices
HB1375 – Civil liability for harm resulting from obscene actions and materials
SB1224 - Requires school misconduct be reported directly to local law enforcement
SB2880 – Bans abortion pills
SB715/819 & HB3125 – Bills that strengthen electric grid
SB16 – Requires proof of citizenship to register to vote
SB396 – Requires voter registrar to verify voter’s address
SB618/SB505 – Relating to unlawful altering of election procedures (SOS Waivers)
SB964 – Requires “not eligible to vote” on drivers licenses of non-citizens
SJR87 – Constitutional amendment that would deny bail to violent offenders already on bail for something else
HB796 – Texas Sovereignty Act
HB170 – Kyle’s Law (no civil action for justifiable use of force when criminal charges are not made or exonerated)
SB1065 – State Fair Gun Law – would not allow municipal owned properties to impose ban on carrying gun, regardless of who manages the property.
OTHER STUFF THAT PASSED – YOU BE THE JUDGE
SB2 – School Choice legislation passed - $1 billion allocated to help 100,000 students
HB2 – Additional $8.5 Billion to public schools for teacher raises, special programs and increase basic allotment
SB22 – Hollywood subsidies of $2.5 billion over several years
SB5 – Establishes Dementia Institute of Research
SB646 – Loan re-payment to students in school counseling
SB11 – Allocates daily prayer/study time in schools
HB21 – Restrictions on HFC’s
HB247 – Exempts increased appraisal value of improvements to help border security
SB10 – Ten Commandments placed in every classroom
HB229 – What is a Woman?
SB3 – THC Ban
NEXT WEEK - ACTION ITEMS
Take the week off! Relax. Get a massage. Take a nap. Rest up, because after next week, campaign/election and censure season begins and there’s TONS of work to do!
Thanks to all who contributed to the work this session! Whether you did it at the Capitol, from home, or some combination of both, please know how much we appreciate you. We hope that the experience has broadened your understanding of legislative process, and the ins and outs of getting bills across the finish line. We’ve all learned and grown together, and I appreciate you all!
Future Friday messages will only happen when there’s something to report. Once Interim Hearings get started, there will be more work to do, so don’t think we’re off the hook until 2027! It never ends.
Watch for my status analysis that will come out next week. I’ll post it on the website and share on social media - and maybe one more Friday Message.
Now go enjoy your summer!
With thanks and love,
Fran Rhodes, President
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