Legislative Priorities Report

12.04.20





Legislative Priorities Report for December 4, 2020

 

Last July, delegates to the State Republican Party of Texas voted on eight
Legislative Priorities they want to see passed into law this upcoming
legislative session. These eight priorities are:

 

Election Integrity

Require citizenship verification of each voter, and felony penalties for
Election Code violations that threaten election integrity.

 

Religious Freedom

Restore the rights of individuals, organizations, and businesses, to exercise
their sincerely held religious beliefs by prohibiting local ordinances, state
laws, or executive orders that violate those rights.

 

Children and Gender Modification

Abolish the following practices for minors: intervention to prevent natural
progression of puberty; administration of opposite sex hormones; and
performance of any type of gender reassignment surgery.

 

Abolition of Abortion

Abolish abortion by ensuring the right to life and equal protection of the
laws to all preborn children from the moment of fertilization.

 

Constitutional Carry

Restore legal Texas firearms owners’ rights to carry them openly or concealed
without a permit, while maintaining the option of a permit for reciprocity
purposes.

 

Monument Protection

All monuments or markers in our state shall be protected by law from being
removed, defaced, destroyed, or otherwise dishonored. In particular, specific
protection shall be given to the Alamo Cenotaph which shall not be removed from
its current location off the Alamo Battlefield footprint.

 

School Choice for All

Empower parents and guardians to choose from public, private, charter, or
homeschool options for their children’s education using tax credits or
exemptions without government restraint or intrusion.

 

Ban Taxpayer-Funded Lobbying

Abolish all forms of taxpayer-funded lobbying.

 

Chairman West, with the vigorous urging of many Texas Republican voters, has
also charged us with an additional priority: reigning in executive power. This
priority calls on the legislature to curtail the power of the governor to
extend the Disaster Act and enable local officials to enact restrictions on
individual liberties of Texans. Our citizens -- especially our vulnerable
populations of children and seniors -- are suffering due to isolation, and mask
and other unscientific mandates. Small businesses are being destroyed from
occupancy and other unconstitutional ordinances.This must stop.

 

The purpose of the State Republican Executive Committee (SREC) is to ensure
our elected officials are passing legislation that reflects our principles and
Party platform. The Legislative Priorities Committee is responsible for working
with our Republican legislators to craft and pass the priorities as designated
by our delegates every two years at the state convention. We also inform and
equip our Republican voters with actions they can carry out to support the
passage of these priorities.

 

To that end, as Chair of the Legislative Priorities Committee, I will update
you weekly on progress. We measure success as passing each one of these
priorities, and expect our Republican representatives and senators to rise to
the occasion this session to work in concert with the will of the Republican
voters who put them in office. 

 

The Democrats have come out of the gate quickly filing a number of bills that
are in opposition to our priorities. But Democrats did not win the state of
Texas in this past election, Republicans did, so we will seize this opportunity
to keep Texas free through fair elections. We will restore our religious
liberties and keep our children alive and safe and educated as parents see fit.
We will ensure our Second Amendment rights are unhindered, and our monuments
intact as they remind us of our history, mistakes included. Finally, we will
make sure citizens do not pay lobbyists to work against our interests. 

 

The failure of the last legislative session -- to enact the will of the Party
that won the State House, Senate, and Governor’s office -- must not repeat
itself this session.  And our Capitol must be open to the people of the State
of Texas, as specified in the Texas Constitutions, with no restrictions. 

 

These are challenging times, and truly we are on the verge of losing to those
who want socialism and a compliant populace. However, we are Texans, and with
God’s grace, we can save Texas. The first thing you can do iscall your state
representative, state senator, and the governor’s office and ask that they open
the Capitol and pass these Legislative Priorities!

 

For God and Texas,

Jill Glover

 

SREC SD 12

Chair, Legislative Priorities Committee

 

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