Legislative Priorities for the 88th Texas Legislature

With the 88th Texas Legislature already underway, the following is a list (non-exhaustive) of our current legislative priorities:

Bill NumberAuthorSummaryLast Status
HB 1State Rep. Greg Bonnen
(R-Friendswood)
General Appropriations Act for 2024-25 BienniumPassed House 4.6.23, On Senate Intent Calendar 4.13.23
SB 1State Sen. Joan Huffman
(R-Houston)
General Appropriations Act for 2024-25 BienniumLeft pending in Senate Finance Committee 2.21.23

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TFR Supports/Recommends:

Bill NumberAuthorSummaryLast Status
HB 985State Rep. Briscoe Cain
(R-Deer Park)
Use 90% of the budget surplus to ‘buy down’ the ISD M&OReferred to House Appropriations Committee 3.2.23
HB 612State Rep. Matt Shaheen
(R-Plano)
Use 90% of the budget surplus to ‘buy down’ the ISD M&OReferred to House Appropriations Committee 2.23.23
HB 629State Rep. Ellen Troxclair
(R-Spicewood)
Use 90% of the budget surplus to ‘buy down’ the ISD M&OReferred to House Appropriations Committee 2.23.23
HB 1030State Rep. Matt Schaefer
(R-Tyler)
Use 90% of the budget surplus to ‘buy down’ the ISD M&OReferred to House Appropriations Committee 3.2.23
SB 1107State Sen. Mayes Middleton
(R-Galveston)
Use 90% of the budget surplus to ‘buy down’ the ISD M&OReferred to Senate Finance Committee 3.9.23

Observations:

TFR Supports/Recommends:

Bill NumberAuthorSummaryLast Status
HB 2258State Rep. Briscoe Cain
(R-Deer Park)
Impose a spending cap using population and inflation on all local governmentsReferred to House State Affairs Committee 3.9.23
HB 2220State Rep. Brian Harrison
(R-Midlothian)
Lower the voter-approval tax rate to that of the No-New-Revenue tax rateReferred to House Ways & Means Committee 3.9.23
HB 4479State Rep. Carrie Isaac
(R-Wimberly)
Freeze ISD M&O until compressed to zero (0)Referred to House Ways & Means Committee 3.21.23

Observation:

TFR Supports/Recommends:

Bill NumberAuthorSummaryLast Status
SB 175State Sen. Mayes Middleton
(R-Galveston)
Bans the practice statewidePassed Senate 4.6.23. Referred to House State Affairs Committee 4.13.23
HB 3538State Rep. Ellen Troxclair
(R-Spicewood)
Bans the practice statewideReferred to House State Affairs Committee 3.16.23

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