Much is happening in anticipation of January 10, 2023-the opening
day of the 88th Texas Legislative Session. November 14, 2022 was
the first day bills could officially be filed, and hundreds of
bills have already been filed by Republicans and Democrats
combined.

The State Republican Executive Committee (SREC) Legislative
Priorities Committee is tasked with advocating for bills that
advance the Republican Party of Texas's eight priorities. As
bills are filed, the Legislative Priorities sub-committees are
busy reviewing each bill and identifying the ones that match the
priority language passed by our delegates at the Republican State
Convention last June.

The SREC quarterly meeting is in Austin this weekend, December
9-10, during which the Legislative Priorities Committee will
meet, discuss, evaluate, and compile priority bills. We will
continue doing this throughout the session, as well as
encouraging and working with legislators to file or amend bills
that better reflect our priorities. Once approved by the
committee, bills will be posted on the Texasgop.org website under
"#txlege, LP Bill List."

Committee hearings will begin March 11, 2023. For a list of other
important legislative dates/deadlines, see here.

In the meantime, we continue to focus on our "Ban Democrat
Chairs" priority. Last session, three of our priority bills died
in committees chaired by Democrats. HB 1569, a religious freedom
bill died in Business and Industry, a committee chaired by
Democrat Rep. Chris Turner. HB 4537, a School Choice bill
authored by Rep. Mayes Middleton, was killed by Public Education
Committee Chairman, Democrat Rep. Harold Dutton. The strongest
bill to protect historic monuments, HB 446 authored by Reps.
Allison, Ashby, Clardy, Bell (K.), and Murr, would have increased
criminal penalties for damaging or destroying monuments. But it
was killed in the Criminal Jurisprudence committee chaired by
Democrat Rep. Nicole Collier.

Given the track record, Republicans have no reason to expect
priority legislation to be passed through any committee chaired
by Democrats. These chairmanships also allow Democrats to raise
large sums of lobby money that will be used to defeat Republicans
in elections.

Grassroots action items continue to be:
If you have not already done so, send a handwritten postcard to
Speaker Phelan, asking that he not appoint Democrat committee
chairs. The address is PO Box 2910, Austin, 78768. Also, send a
postcard to your own Representative - it's the same address.
After you've sent a postcard, make phone calls to your own State
Representative and Speaker Phelan's office, asking that they
support the rule change to ban Democrat chairs. If they have
already come out in favor of the rule change, thank them.
Ask your representative to make a public statement that he/she
supports the Ban Democrat Chairs Legislative Priority. He/she can
put it out in a formal statement, a Tweet, a Facebook post, say
it in a public forum, or however, he or she chooses, as long as
it's public.
Speaker Phelan's Austin number is 512-463-1000. His District
office is 409-745-2777. Call either or both. For your own
Representative's number, if they are an incumbent, you can find
their phone number by clicking here. For the new Freshman
members, it will take a week or two for the lists to be updated
online. But you can always contact them through their campaign
websites until the State lists are updated.


The RPT has partnered with a Texas small business to sell shirts
that say, "BAN Democrat Chairs". You can order the shirt by
clicking here. They are $15, plus $10 shipping. If you want to
save money by ordering for a group, you can have as many shirts
as you want shipped to the same address for the flat shipping
rate of $10. This is what the shirts look like - not fancy, but
direct and to the point.

Please post pictures of yourself wearing your shirt with the
hashtag, #NoDemChairs to social media. We will be in Austin the
opening week of session, January 10-12, 2023, wearing our shirts.

Want to go to Austin for the House debate on Democrat Chairs?
Several organizations and individuals are offering bus rides to
Austin on Thursday, January 12, 2023. If you live in the North
Texas area, go to NTXconservatives.com and scroll down to "Bus
Trips." If you are in Dallas, email [email protected] for bus
information. If you are in East Texas, email
[email protected].

For God and Texas,


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

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