This is Jonathan Saenz, President and Attorney for Texas Values. As we navigate the busy 89th legislative session, we are working tirelessly at the State Capitol every one of the 140 days to protect your religious freedoms, preserve family values, and celebrate the freedoms we all hold dear.

Just recently a young staffer at OUR TEXAS STATE CAPITOL was  approached by a man in the women’s restroom! The young woman was preparing to exit the restroom when a male voice compliments her on her hair.  Why is a male allowed in the women's restroom? If it is happening at our state capitol, then you know it is happening all over the state.  Legislation has been filed this session to address keeping women’s spaces safe.

As a 501c3 nonprofit organization, the costs of this work can be substantial. To continue our efforts throughout the legislative session, we need to raise between $200,000 and $300,000 to sustain our important work. We humbly ask for your support to help Texas Values remain a strong and steadfast voice for our great State of Texas.                                                                                                  Your generosity truly makes a difference.                                   

Despite their 100% failure to pass last session and overwhelming opposition from Texas citizens year after year, Democratic state legislators brought back #BantheBible bills again in the 89th Legislature!

Hiding under the disguise of “sexual orientation” and “gender identity,” these harmful bills create special privileges for some and ban the free expression of Biblical beliefs, especially with regard to marriage and sexuality. Those who do not comply or agree with radical LGBT gender ideology could face fines, possible jail time, or other punishment by the government.

A little over a month into the 2025 legislative session and already a flood of aggressive #BanTheBible bills have surfaced, courtesy of many familiar faces (and some new ones) in the Texas House and Senate. A number of bills are focused on undoing hard-fought victories from last session to protect children from gender modification procedures such as Senate Bill 14 from the 
88th Legislature.

The Texas Values policy team closely monitors each measure as it is filed and analyzes for harmful provisions. An example of one of the 13 bills we are watching—and why: 

SB 366 by Sen. Sarah Eckhardt Amends the Government Code to add persons who “identify” as gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, 
or queer to the definition of an “economically disadvantaged person.”

See more on our website here. 

Texas Values University is our newest education program, launching soon. 
This program will be the most incredible, innovative, and transformational effort, a “one-stop shop” on how to learn, love, and lead like Jesus in Texas on the core issues of faith, family, and freedom.

With Texas Values University, we are going to change the nation by first making Texas stronger than ever before, one Texan at a time. Stay tuned for updates!

Protect Life
Texas Values will continue working to 
better enforce our pro-life laws and ban 
the abortion pill in Texas. We will also 
prioritize ways to stop taxpayer funding 
by municipalities and political entities for 
out-of-state abortions and work to make 
adoption and foster care more affordable 
and accessible for families. Legislation we 
support includes:
• H.B. 1806 by Rep. Candy Noble
• S.B. 730 by Sen. Donna Campbell

Texas Women’s Privacy Act 
Texas needs a law to protect safety and 
privacy for women and girls in sex-separated 
facilities such as restrooms and locker rooms. 
Municipalities and school districts are taking 
it upon themselves to pass local ordinances 
and rules protecting students and citizens. It 
is time for uniform statewide statutes making 
it clear that (1) there are only two sexes, male 
and female, and (2) males cannot enter into 
sex-separated spaces for females. Legislation 
we support includes:
• H.B. 239 by Rep. Valoree Swanson
• S.B. 240 by Sen. Mayes Middleton
• H.B. 229 by Rep. Ellen Troxclair

Sex Education Elimination/Banning Radical Gender Ideology                Sex education instruction continues to be 
used by liberal school districts to promote 
radical and divisive gender ideology to 
students in public school classrooms across 
the state. Forced pronoun usage, enabling 
students to socially “transition,” and school 
districts intentionally withholding crucial 
student information from their own parents 
are among the issues Texas Values will work 
to address legislatively this coming session. 
Legislation we support includes: 
• S.B. 371 by Sen. Donna Campbell

School Choice/Education Savings Accounts
It is time for a fundamental change in 
Texas education. The status quo is not 
working and more and more parents are 
in favor of the money following the student 
so that families can take an individualized 
approach to their children’s education. 
Our team will be especially focused on 
safeguarding religious freedom and 
stopping the inclusion of radical gender 
ideology language in any school choice 
proposal that moves this legislative
session. Legislation we support includes:
• S.B. 2 by Sen. Brandon Creighton

Universal Conscience Protections
Religious freedom remains a top priority for 
the 89th Legislature. Texas lacks adequate 
legal protections for both physicians and 
health care facilities to decline in procedures 
that violate their conscience, religious 
purpose, or mission. In addition, the right 
of school employees to pray while on duty 
should be protected statutorily and the Ten 
Commandments should be posted in public 
schools. Legislation we support includes:
• S.B. 10 by Rep Phil King
• S.B. 11 by Senator Mayes Middleton
• S.B. 619 by Sen. Kevin Sparks
• S.B. 965 by Sen. Tan Parker
• H.B. 2816 by Rep. Tom Oliverson

Expand Parental Rights
Parents have a constitutional right to direct 
the education and upbringing of their 
children. Our team will work for students 
against inappropriate library materials and 
activist school districts who aggressively 
push ideology over education. Legislation 
we support includes:
• S.B. 13 by Sen. Angela Paxton
• S.B. 810 by Sen. Bryan Hughes

Protect Texas from Predatory Gambling
In the last two years there has been an 
organized effort to legalize gambling 
practices such as sports betting and change 
the State Constitution to allow corporations to build casinos in Texas. We believe that the data is clear: mobile sports betting 
and other forms of gambling such as casino 
resorts are harmful to the family and are 
predatory in nature. We will work to stop 
all legislation that legalizes casinos and 
sports betting in Texas.

Texas Values is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to standing for faith, family, and freedom in Texas. More information is available at txvalues.org

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