Gender Modification Bill Extended! The House Public Health Committee heard public testimony on Tuesday and it was left pending in committee. The deadline for public comment on HB 1686 (Gender Mod ban) has been extended until Friday, March 31! Make your voice heard and help protect children from harmful gender reassignment procedures and treatments and prohibit the use of public money or public assistance to provide those procedures and treatments. Texas residents may submit their concerns to the House Committee which will be distributed to committee members and made publicly available on House and legislative websites. Click the button below to Take Action! |
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88th Legislative Session Updates SB 14 This Senate bill is designed to protect children from experimental and harmful sex reassignment medical procedures by prohibiting Texas medical professionals from engaging in these practices and holding those who violate the law accountable. The Senate passed SB 14 on second reading, Wednesday, March 29 with 19 ayes, 11 nays, and 1 present not voting. There will need to be one more vote on third reading by the Senate before this bill heads over to the House. We hope to see this vote early next week. SB 13 Relates to a school district's library materials and parental rights regarding library materials that are deemed obscene or otherwise harmful to children. The Senate Education Committee heard public testimony on Wednesday, March 29 but left the bill pending. HB 900 the house version, was voted out of committee on Tuesday, March 28 by a vote of 10-2. |
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Texas Values Policy Director, Jonathan Covey speaks with Jackie Schlegel, Executive Director for
Texans for Vaccine Freedom Jackie Schlegel testified on five Medical Freedom priority bills, with three heard in the house and two heard in the senate. "Our number one priority bill this legislative session that was not on the radar two years ago that I'm excited about this go around, is a transparency and accountability of COVID-19 vaccines study...We feel that Texas has a duty to step up and give us the answers where the federal government has failed." Jackie Schlegel Catch the Texas Values Report on weekly Texas Values Report at any time, day or night, and on a variety of podcast sites:
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The 88th Legislative Session is at the Half-way Point! Each week during the legislative session, the Church Ambassador Network of Texas brings pastors to the Texas Capitol and minister to the Members serving there. We have already had more pastors spend a day ministering with us in the first half of this session than we did during the entire previous session. Likewise, we’ve already met with more elected officials in the first half of this legislative session than we did in the entirety of the last session! If you are a pastor and haven’t yet joined us for a day of ministry, there is still time! Call Texas Values Director of the Church Ambassador Network of Texas at (832) 236-0707 or via email: Bryan English. |
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Texas Senate Passes SB 15! On Wednesday the Texas Senate passed SB 15 by Senator Mayes Middleton to help secure protections for Texas' collegiate-aged women athletes by a 19 to 10 vote, with 2 Senators present but not voting. Now the Texas House must pick up the baton and help the #SaveWomensSports bill become law." |
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Find and Support Your Local Pregnancy
Resource Center Thank you to Senator Kolkhorst and the Texas Senate for your faithfulness in continuing to work on this issue!
Visit TexasHeartbeatLaw.com to find the resource nearest to you! Get more pro-life news from Texas Values at this link. |
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