Download the PDF The Texas House will take up the budget bill — HB 1 — on Maundy Thursday. With 150 members, the House often takes well past midnight to pass the budget. With an all-nighter looming, and hundreds of pre-filed amendments being vetted, House committees...
This week, people of faith joined with thousands of Texans from across the state to oppose legislation that would prohibit health care professionals from delivering gender-affirming care to Texans under 18. In partnership with Texas Impact, members of the Austin...
Download the PDF This week is going to be a very bad week for LGBTQ equality. The news cycle will be consumed with anti-LGBTQ bills practically all week. In this action alert, we have prioritized the worst of the worst: ending gender affirming care — currently the...
This week, action heated up in the Capitol across a range of issues. Texas Impact focused especially on hearings related to the electric grid; vouchers; and addressing gun violence. We are proud of the members of our Ending Gun Violence issue team who provided...
Download the PDF Committees take center stage for the next several weeks as decisions are made about which fraction of the hundreds of bills referred to them will see the light of day on the floors of their respective chambers. We are at full speed now. As has...
At a rally at the Capitol opposing anti-trans bills, Equality Texas Executive Director Ricardo Martinez told a crowd of trans Texans, medical professionals, faith leaders, and allies that it’s everyone’s responsibility to speak up loudly against baseless...
