| Last week, the Senate passed SB 14, a bill to ban the castration and mutilation of
children for gender transition purposes, out of the State Affairs committee after many hours of testimony. Thank you to Senator Donna Campbell for
doing an excellent job laying out her bill and questioning witnesses. In the House, the companion bill by Rep. Oliverson is set for a big committee
hearing today (Monday). Like last week, this week is a busy one for several of our Legislative Priorities. Monday in the Senate, the following bills are listed on the intent calendar for debate and vote on the floor:
Monday, 3/27 - Public Health 8:00 a.m., E2.036
1. Please contact your Senator and ask them to vote YES on SB 14, SB 162, and SB 959. 2. Please call these members of the Public Health Committee and ask them to vote YES on HB 1686 to prohibit gender modification of children. Submit a public comment here if you cannot testify in Austin. Chair: Stephanie Klick 512-463-0599 Vice Chair: Liz Campos 512-463-0452 Nicole Collier 512-463-0716 Jacey Jetton 512-463-0710 Ann Johnson 512-463-0389 Jolanda Jones 512-463-0524 Venton Jones 512-463-0586 Tom Oliverson [email protected] (email Rep. Oliverson and thank him for authoring the bill) Four Price 512-463-0470 Reggie Smith 512-463-0297 Tony Tinderholt 512-463-0624 3. Please call Public Education members and ask them to vote YES on HB 1507 to prohibit school programs from celebrating or providing instruction regarding sexual preference. Submit a public comment here. 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 4. Please call House Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence members and ask them to vote YES on HB 888 to extend the statute of limitations for patients to sue for gender modification procedures. Submit a public comment here. Chair: Jeff Leach 512-463-0544 Vice Chair: Julie Johnson 512-463-0468 Yvonne Davis 512-463-0598 Lulu Flores 512-463-0674 Joe Moody 512-463-0728 Andrew S. Murr 512-463-0536 Mike Schofield 512-463-0528 Shelby Slawson 512-463-0628 Cody Vasut 512-463-0564 5. Please call Senate State Affairs members and ask them to vote YES on election integrity bills SB 1039, SB 397, SB 990, and SB 1938. Chair: Bryan Hughes (R) 512-463-0101 Vice Chair: Angela Paxton (R) 512-463-0108 Paul Bettencourt (R) 512-463-0107 Brian Birdwell (R) 512-463-0122 Morgan LaMantia (D) 512-463-0127 Jose Menendez (D) 512-463-0126 Tan Parker (R) 512-463-0112 Charles Perry (R) 512- 463-0128 Charles Schwertner (R) 512-463-0105 Judith Zaffirini (D) 512-463-0121 6. Please call the House Elections Committee and ask them to vote YES on election integrity bills HB 2020 and HB 3611. Chair: Reggie Smith 512-463-0297 Vice Chair: John H. Bucy III 512-463-0696 Dustin Burrows 512-463-0542 Giovanni Capiglione 512-463-0690 Mano DeAyala 512-463-0514 Christian Manuel 512-463-0662 Eddie Morales 512-463-0566 Valoree Swanson 512-463-0572 Hubert Vo 512-463-0568 Thank you for contacting these elected officials. The Democrats are very organized and make many phone calls and show up in large numbers in person. We must do the same to support our Republicans. Please share this email with anyone you think will be willing to make calls and submit comments. If you plan to attend our event on Thursday, April 20 on Banning Gender Modification of Children at the Capitol with our grassroots coalition partners, bus rides are now FREE from the DFW area! Sign up here: https://ntxconservatives.com/bus-trips. To get more updates regarding election bills, visit TexasFirst.org/alerts. |
For God and Texas, Jill Glover SREC, SD 12 Chair, SREC Legislative Priorities Committee |
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