Legislative Priorities Report for 5.14.21

We have 17 days left in the 87th Texas
Legislature Regular Session. Last night was the deadline for
bills originating in the House to be voted on and sent to the
Senate.
The Republican Party of Texas has eight
legislative priorities: Election Integrity, Religious Freedom,
Children and Gender Modification (banning medical practices),
Abolition of Abortion, Constitutional Carry, Monument Protection,
School Choice for All, Ban Taxpayer-Funded Lobbying. These
priorities were chosen by our state convention delegates last
summer.
As of today, we have one priority bill passed
and on its way to the Governor's desk: SB 8, the "Heartbeat"
bill. This bill will prohibit an abortion of a baby when a
heartbeat can be detected by a doctor. The Senate quickly passed
this bill to the House, where it was met with Democrat opposition
but had the votes to complete the process.
We do have several other priority bills that
are getting close, such as HB 1927, Constitutional Carry. This
bill is going to conference where amendments will be voted on,
and it is expected to then be sent to the governor. This was a
hard fought success by the grassroots and Rep. Shafer, who
manuvered his bill through the process masterfully.
Other priorities are on shakier ground.
Election Integrity, which was at the top of the priority list,
appears to be in danger of becoming weaker than the original
bills filed. We hope that Republicans will be resolute in holding
out for bills that will ensure an election process that is
trustworthy and fair.
A major disappointment, so far, is the
difficulty in getting a bill to ban the practice of child gender
modification. Banning the practice of utilizing chemicals and
mutilating surgeries for minors in an attempt to change their
physical appearance to that of the opposite sex. This barbaric
practice is exploding due to cultural pressure and underlying
psychological distress exploited by greedy medical practitioners.
The Texas House Calendars Committee
Republicans - Chair Dustin Burrows, Rep. Slawson, Rep. Jetton,
Rep. Patterson, Rep. Craddick, Rep. Harris, Rep. Hefner, and Rep.
Leman - failed to place HB 1399 on the House Calendar in time for
a vote before the clock expired last night at midnight.
That leaves us with two bills from the
Senate. SB 1646 has passed the Senate and is sitting in Chair
Klick's Public Health Committee. It appears unlikely she will
vote that particular bill out of committee.
The other bill, SB 1311, which is similar to
HB 1399, is on the Senate intent calendar and should be voted out
Monday or Tuesday. It has time to make it to the House floor for
a vote by the deadline, Tuesday, May 25 at midnight.
Another critical priority bill - banning
taxpayer-funded lobbying - SB 10, has been substituted and
finally voted out of State Affairs. Chair Paddie will lay out the
bill on the House floor Tuesday. It is not as robust as
originally written but still worthy of support.
For more specific information on the progress
of each of our priority bills, check out this very informative
graph by Jeramy Kitchens. You can compare our Priority bill
progress with that of the Governor, Lt. Governor, and Speaker of
the House. Approximately 95 bills have been sent to the Governor
for signature, one being an approved Priority bill of the Texas
Republican Party.
For more other specific priority information,
including bill statuses, please sign up for our Strategic Texas
Activist Team (STAT) email here. For a resource guide for our
Legislative Priorities including contact information for all the
state elected officials, click here.
Action Items:

Call Gov. Abbott and tell him we expect
him to publicly support the RPT Priorities, including protecting
Texas children from mutilating medical practices. 512-463-2000


Call Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick 512-463-0001


Ask Speaker Phelan to make sure our
priorities get a vote on the House floor 512-463-1000


Call Chair Burrows and ask him to get the
remaining priority bills on the calendar when they hit his
committee 512-463-0542

There's still time for our Republican
legislators to get our Priority bills passed. We fervently
encourage them to do so, to keep our state strong in the face of
a perilous national government. We need some heroes right about
now.
For God and Texas,






Jill Glover
SREC, SD 12
Chair, SREC Legislative Priorities Committee



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