Good morning, 

Here is the Texas Minute for Monday, October 10, 2022.

– Brandon Waltens 

• With the state legislative session convening in just a few months, the Republican Party of Texas is telling Republicans in the state legislature they expect their legislative priorities to come first.
   

• At the Republican Party of Texas (RPT) Convention in June, more than 5,000 delegates from across the state gathered to determine the party priorities and platform for the next two years.
   

• These eight legislative priorities are meant to serve as directives for lawmakers on what party members would like to see accomplished during the 140-day legislative session beginning in January.

Texas GOP Legislative Priorities

• Protect our Elections
• Ban Democrat Chairs
• Abolish Abortion in Texas
• Stop Sexualizing Texas Kids
• Ban Gender Modification of Children
• Secure the Border and Protect Texans
• Parental Rights and Educational Freedom
• Defend Our Gun Rights

• Now the party is calling on the House Republican Caucus and the Senate Republican Caucus to “include the 2022-23 Legislative Priorities of the Republican Party of Texas as they prepare their respective Legislative Priorities lists.”
   
• The caucuses are made up of Republican lawmakers inside the chamber.
   
• The resolution, passed by a vote of 58-4 by the State Republican Executive Committee, also calls on the caucuses to “adopt and publish” their priorities ahead of the session.

   

• SREC members Jim Pikl, Jan Duncan, Fernando Trevino, and Gail Stanart voted against the resolution.
   

• “This is a very simple resolution that asks that Republican legislators adopt legislative priorities and make those priorities public,” Texas GOP Chairman Matt Rinaldi told Texas Scorecard.
   

• The Legislature is slated to convene on January 10, 2023.

Your Federal & State Lawmakers

The districts displayed here should reflect those recently redrawn by the Legislature. Though the new lines do not take representational effect until 2023, they will appear on the 2022 ballot. Please note that your incumbent legislator and/or district numbers may have changed.