Hope you all are staying safe and warm in the icy weather much of
Texas is experiencing right now. The Legislative Priorities
Committee is hard at work reviewing bills and approving those
that meet our priority language.

The filing deadline for bills in
the Texas Legislature is February 10. We are hoping to see more
by the deadline that address our GOP priorities.

The Legislative Priorities
Committee approves bills by undertaking a thorough review of
those that appear at first glance to address Republican Party of
Texas (RPT) priorities. If the Legislative Priorities Committee
votes to approve a bill after review as addressing one of RPT's
eight priorities, the committee will advocate for prioritization
and passage of the bill. You can find the latest version of our
approved bill list on the Texasgop.org website here. We will be
adding to this list soon.

Our committee would like to
highlight several pieces of legislation that have already been
filed. Regarding Election Integrity, Rep. David Spiller filed HB
52, which provides a felony penalty for illegal voting. Sen.
Hughes has filed a companion bill in the Senate, SB 166. There
are a few other similar bills filed.

Rep. Jared Patterson filed an
excellent bill that partially addresses our Stop Sexualizing
Texas Kids priority. HB 1655 creates mandated library standards
in Texas public schools. Currently, we have guidelines only, and
no mandated standards. Included in the standards HB1655 would
impose is prohibiting schools from possessing, acquiring, and
distributing library materials rated sexually explicit, and
materials considered harmful to minors, as defined in 43.24 of
Texas Penal Code. Materials that are "sexually relevant
material", i.e. not sexually explicit, but may have references to
human sexuality included, would require parental consent. The
bill would be enforced by imposing penalties on vendors who
distribute explicit books to public schools. Similar enforcement
measures are used in the entertainment industry, and have proven
to be very effective. This enforcement measure also reduces
fiscal impact on the state.

Rep. Patterson's is the first
bill of its kind protecting Texas kids from sexualization through
the prohibition of sexually explicit library materials in
schools. We applaud Rep. Patterson for this exceptionally strong
bill which should be a model for the whole country.

We are also optimistic for the
prospects of bills to Ban Gender Modification of Children. More
than 13 bills were filed thus far and are gaining momentum. We
appreciate the work being done to get a strong bill to the
governor that would protect children from chemical castration and
hideous surgical mutilation.

If you want to know what bills
your representative and senator have filed, you can easily view
this information on Texas Legislature Online. In the middle of
the home page at the top under "Search Legislation," select
"Word/Phrase", type his or her name in the box, and press "Go."
This takes you to a list of each bill filed by that
representative or senator and a description.

Also, please remember all the
resources we have available on the Texasgop.org website. Under
#TxLege, you will find a link to identify who represents you, the
list of RPT's Legislative Priorities, a sample email to a
legislator, and approved bills. We will soon post a list of
talking points for each of the priorities.

Action Steps:

Look up the bills filed by
your Representative and Senator. If they have not filed a bill
that matches one of our Legislative Priorities, call or email
their office and encourage them to do so, or to co-author other
legislation addressing our priorities. You can find the contact
information here.
Share this information with
other Republicans and encourage them to sign up for these
Legislative Priorities Reports. The link is at the bottom of
this email.










For God and Texas,



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













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