On April 12th, 2023 the House committee for State Affairs laid out HB 20 and HB 7, Texas’s most recent attempt to criminalize migrants. Texas Impact joined dozens of other grassroots groups to protest the bills and testify against them in the hearing, which was...
On Wednesday April 12th the Texas Impact Ending Gun Violence (EGV) Issue team took their work to the Texas capitol and held a prayer breakfast to remember victims of gun violence and open up discussion on the issue. The event has been a long time coming for the EGV...
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...
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...
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...
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...
