OUR POLICY PRIORITIES
Texas Impact Legislative Priorities 2023-2024
Texas Impact’s legislative priorities are set by the Board of Directors in the summer before each legislative session. Read about the process here.
Economic Justice
Protect Maternal Health
- Support increased funding for family planning
- Oppose limits on access to birth control
- Support Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act
- Support 12 months postpartum coverage under Medicaid
- Support establishing prenatal child support and prenatal medical support
- Support limiting civil and criminal penalties for abortion by shielding medical providers’ actions from non-medical evaluation or intervention
Support Public Schools
- Oppose vouchers and similar programs that use public education funds to subsidize private education
- Oppose legislative micromanagement of the state board of education’s work in curriculum development
- Support accountability for charter schools, including auditing the performance of existing charters and increasing the review and scrutiny of applicants for new charters
- Oppose legislation allowing public education programming that advances or inhibits particular religious beliefs
Climate Justice
Support the Texas Electric Grid
- Support renewable power and consumer-side energy efficiency
- Support grid capacity solutions such as backup generation, battery storage, and increased transmission
Protect Texans’ Health from Climate Impacts
- Support establishment of a Resilient Texas program modeled on Resilient Florida, to help the state and its local communities prepare for the impacts of climate change
- Support new administrative structures at the Public Utility Commission that elevate public health and vulnerable consumers
Civic Engagement
Support Voting Rights
- Support measures that increase voter participation, such as online voter registration, longer early voting periods, county-wide polling locations, or modernizing vote by mail
- Oppose legislation that imposes new restrictions or onerous administrative processes on county election administrators
- Oppose any new requirements or restrictions for individual voters
Promote Good Governance
- Support limits on executive authority to declare disasters under the Texas Disaster Act
- Support establishing standards for responsible gun ownership, including licensing requirements
- Support regulation of gun purchasing, including regulations related to age and regulations related to evidence that the purchaser poses a threat to themselves or others
- Support elimination of provisions of SB8 establishing private causes of action that allow individuals to sue Texas individuals and groups for alleged activities related to abortion
Human Rights
Support Migrants
- Support defunding Operation Lone Star
- Support limits on executive actions related to federal immigration law enforcement
Protect Minority Communities
- Support requiring enhanced monitoring and prosecution of hate crimes and domestic terrorism
- Oppose limiting privacy, bodily autonomy, or family autonomy of any Texan, including women seeking reproductive healthcare or abortion; trans people seeking gender-affirming care; and LGBTQ+ people
- Oppose civil or criminal penalties for individuals or groups who provide counseling, facilitate travel, or otherwise provide non-medical assistance to people seeking health care, including people seeking abortions or people seeking gender-affirming care