| The Legislature is in full swing, and there are multiple action items in this email. So please read
it in its entirety! The Legislative Priorities Committee has approved 28 additional bills since our last update, bringing our total to 148. This is more than double the number of bills our committee approved last session, which is very encouraging. And we still have more to review! The updated LP bill list is here. This week is a busy week at the Capitol, and we need your help! Please share the following information with other Republicans: The Republican Party of Texas strongly supports HB 900, which prohibits sexually explicit books in public schools. This bill is a top priority of the Legislative Priorities Committee. Please go to the link below to register your written testimony and SUPPORT for HB 900, which will become part of the public record. The sooner you do so, the better, as it is time sensitive. A link for public comment is here: https://comments.house.texas.gov/home. All that is needed is a simple comment of support, like “I strongly support HB 900 because it prohibits harmful, sexually explicit materials in public schools.” We are also asking that parents and grandparents from across Texas to come to the Capitol on Tuesday to testify in favor of HB 900 at the meeting of the Public Education Committee, which begins hearing bills at 8:00 AM, Tuesday March 21, 2023 in room E2.036. If you can’t make it, please call the members of the Public Ed Committee and ask them to pass out HB 900: Chair: Brad Buckley 512-463-0684 Alma Allen 512-463-0744 Steve Allison 512-463-0686 Charles Cunningham 512-463-0520 Harold V. Dutton, Jr. 512-463-0510 Cody Harris 512-463-0730 Brian Harrison 512-463-0516 Cole Hefner 512-463-0271 Gina Hinojosa 512-463-0668 Ken King 512-463-0736 Oscar Longoria 512-463-0645 Matt Schaefer 512-463-0528 James Talarico 512-463-0821 Two more Legislative Priority bills, to Defend Our Gun Rights are being heard on Tuesday, March 21 in the House Committee on Public Safety at 2:00pm in room E2.012: HB 175 Schaefer – allows for those who receive deferred adjudication community supervision for unlawful carrying a handgun to have their records expunged. HB 636 Patterson – allows a licensed election judges to carry a handgun in a polling place. There is also a concerning bill being heard in this committee that infringes on gun rights. It’s HB 2780 and would prohibit an individual from owning a firearm if they received a mental health diagnosis in a treatment center as a child. This is a very slippery slope and we do not support this bill. Please call members of House Community Safety and urge them to: Vote YES on: HB 175 HB 636 Vote NO on: HB 2780 House Committee on Community Safety: Chair: Ryan Guillen 512-463-0416 Vice Chair: Jarvis Johnson 512-463-0554 Rhetta Bowers 512-463-0464 Dustin Burrows 512-463-0542 Terry Canales 512-463-0426 Mark Dorazio 512-463-0646 Vikki Goodwin 512-463-0652 Sam Harless 512-463-0496 Justin Holland 512-463-0484 Tracy O. King 512-463-0194 Brooks Landgraf 512-463-0546 Joe Moody 512-463-0728 Ellen Troxclair 512-463-0490 On Wednesday in the Senate, our LP approved bill for School Choice, SB 176 (committee substitute) by Sen. Middleton, will be heard in Senate Education at 9:00am in E1.028. Please call these committee members and urge them to vote this bill out of committee: Chair: Brandon Creighton 512-463-0104 Vice Chair: Donna Campbell 512-463-0125 Paul Bettencourt 512-463-0107 Brian Birdwell 512-463-0122 Pete Flores 512-463-0124 Phil King 512-463-0110 Morgan LaMantia 512-463-0127 Jose Menendez 512-463-0126 Mayes Middleton 512-463-0111 Tan Parker 512-463-0112 Angela Paxton 512-463-0108 Drew Springer 512-463-0130 Royce West 512-463-0123 Please pass this information along to other Republican voters. Thank you for helping us support great legislation in our great state of Texas! |
For God and Texas, Jill Glover SREC, SD 12 Chair, SREC Legislative Priorities Committee |
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