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 19, 2023 | Human Migration, Human Rights, Latest Posts, Legislative
Trying to get a handle on the wide range of “border security” bills in the Legislature? Fabi has created this helpful graphic that illustrates the big...
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 14, 2023 | Latest Posts, Legislative
Texas Impact Founding Executive Director Lin Team, Sen. Nathan Johnson, and Executive Director Bee Moorhead Reflection on House and Senate resolutions honoring Texas Impact by Lin Team, Texas Impact Founding Executive Director It was déjà vu all over again yesterday...
by Bee Moorhead | Apr 13, 2023 | Asylum, Human Migration, Human Rights, Latest Posts, Legislative
Join Texas denominational leaders in urging legislators to abandon plans to impose a harsh new anti-immigrant regime in Texas. Add Your Name The Texas Legislature is considering bills that would establish a new, state-based system to repel, detain, and punish...
by Bee Moorhead | Apr 11, 2023 | Latest Posts, Legislative
AUSTIN –– Texas Impact, the state’s oldest and largest interfaith advocacy network, was honored in the Texas House and Senate this morning, Tuesday, April 11, on its 50th anniversary. Sen. Nathan Johnson (D-Dallas) and Rep. Donna Howard (D-Austin) commended the...
