by Joshua Houston | Apr 6, 2021 | Action Alerts, Latest Posts
Week of April 5, 2021 Focus Area: Voting Rights Oppose These Bills in House Elections Committee: Criminalizing the Distribution of Applications for Ballot by Mail: HB 3080 by Oliverson HB 3080 would make it a criminal offense for any person to distribute an...
by Joshua Houston | Mar 29, 2021 | Action Alerts, Latest Posts
Week of March 29, 2021 Focus Area: Oppose Voter Suppression Omnibus Elections Bill: SB 7 by Hughes We expect SB 7 on the Senate floor very soon — possibly as soon as Tuesday. Many of the provisions do absolutely nothing for security, but simply make it harder to cast...
by Joshua Houston | Mar 22, 2021 | Action Alerts, Latest Posts
Focus Area: Racial Justice—Police Reform & Voting Rights Support Police Reform HB 54 by Talarico HB 54 would prohibit law enforcement from contracting with television crews to create reality TV shows after filming such a show led to the death of a man in...
by Bee Moorhead | Mar 15, 2021 | Action Alerts, Latest Posts, Legislative
Week of March 15, 2021 Top Priority: Voting Rights Support Ballot Tracking: HB 1382 by Bucy A top priority issue for Texas Impact, HB1382 would create an electronic tracking system so a voter would be able to track the status of their application to vote by mail, as...
by Bee Moorhead | Mar 1, 2021 | Action Alerts
March 1, 2021 Tell Lawmakers Texans Need Clean, Affordable, Reliable Power In response to the February power crisis, committees in both the Texas House and Senate held hearings last week. The hearings lasted for two days, and featured presentations from energy...
by Joshua Houston | Feb 22, 2021 | Action Alerts, Legislative
Tell Lawmakers to Make a Resilience Plan for Texas Texas was unprepared for an extreme weather event, and as a result large parts of the state lost power and water. Friends, neighbors, and faith communities have stepped in to assist as they are able, and Texans have...
