by Joshua Houston | Apr 19, 2021 | Latest Posts, Legislative
Monday & Tuesday, April 19-20, 2021 Focus Areas: More Bullying LGBTQ Children, the Death Penalty, and Redistricting Bills that Bully LGBTQ Children Oppose SB 1646 by Sen. Perry SB 1646 would empower the state to take a child away from affirming parents, and...
by Joshua Houston | Apr 19, 2021 | Latest Posts, Legislative
While millions of Texans worry about the continued threat of COVID and their February electric bills, the Legislature spent last week pandering to the whims of around 1 million Texans who they expect to participate in the Republican primary election less than 11...
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 | Latest Posts, Legislative
Last week, committees accelerated to full speed. With the bill filing deadline in the rearview mirror, committees met in-person all day with long agendas, and posted even fuller agendas for this week. Now that bill filing has ended, the final numbers are clear. The...
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...
