by Bee Moorhead | May 1, 2023 | Action Alerts, Latest Posts, Legislative
Download the PDF On May 1, the 88th Legislative Session will have 29 days remaining, and just 11 days for the Texas House to pass House bills. The “potential” of March is long gone. The “set up” of April is over. In May, the “chess pieces” start to move as the “grand...
by Bee Moorhead | Apr 24, 2023 | Action Alerts, Latest Posts, Legislative
Download the PDF Green=Support • Red=Oppose • Tan=Monitor Closely “GET A FRIEND TO CALL” WEEK You’ve made your calls, and now you wonder if there’s any more you can do to advance (or stop) bills you care about…and the answer is, get some friends!...
by Bee Moorhead | Apr 20, 2023 | Action Alerts, Economic Justice, Health, Issue Briefs, Latest Posts, Legislative
Download the 1-Pager HB 1280, Texas’ abortion ban, which the Legislature passed in 2021 and went into effect in August 2022, creates an exception for cases when the pregnancy causes a “life threatening physical condition” that “places the female at...
by Bee Moorhead | Apr 17, 2023 | Action Alerts, Latest Posts, Legislative
Download the PDF As of April 17, the Texas House will have 24 days before the deadline for HB’s to pass the House. Realistically, with the “traffic jam” that happens on the House Calendar, and the mysterious “trip wires” that can happen to a bill in the House...
by Bee Moorhead | Apr 10, 2023 | Action Alerts, Health, Latest Posts, Legislative, Race & Gender, Religious Freedom
Image: Rosa Rolanda, Autorretrato 1952 Get these bills moving! The following bills have not been scheduled for committee hearings yet. These bills would help to mitigate the damage from Texas’ extreme abortion laws, consistent with the beliefs held by the...
by Bee Moorhead | Apr 10, 2023 | Action Alerts, Latest Posts, Legislative
Download the PDF When the budget is in the rearview mirror, the controversial legislation often breaks loose in the Texas Legislature. This week is no exception. On Tuesday, the House Public Education Committee will take up several voucher bills. On Wednesday, the...
