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Vote Notice 3.19.2025

Texans for Fiscal Responsibility has issued the following vote notice for March 19th, 2025  Texas House of Representatives None Texas Senate Subject:  Senate Bill 24 (SB 24) – Anti-communism education Subject:  Senate Bill 112 (SB 112) – Parental rights and…

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Vote Notice 3.18.25

Texans for Fiscal Responsibility has issued the following vote notice for March 18th, 2025  Texas House of Representatives None Texas Senate Subject:  Senate Bill 3 (SB 3) – Hemp Regulation and THC Ban Subject:  Senate Bill 6 (SB 6) –…

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Vote Notice 3.13.2025

Texans for Fiscal Responsibility has issued the following vote notice for March 13th, 2025  Texas House of Representatives None Texas Senate Subject:  Senate Bill 14 (SB 14) – Regulatory efficiency Reminder: Vote Notices are provided to both Texas state lawmakers and…

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Vote Notice 3.12.2025

Texans for Fiscal Responsibility has issued the following vote notice for March 12th, 2025  Texas House of Representatives None Texas Senate Subject:  Senate Joint Resolution 18 (SJR 18) – No Capital Gains Tax Subject: Senate Concurrent Resolution 9 (SCR 9) –…

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Vote Notice 3.11.2025

Texans for Fiscal Responsibility has issued the following vote notice for March 11th, 2025  Texas House of Representatives None Texas Senate Subject:  Senate Bill 11 (SB 11) – Prayer in Schools Subject: Senate Bill 20 (SB 20) – Criminalizes AI-generated Child…

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Vote Notice 3.6.2025

Texans for Fiscal Responsibility has issued the following vote notice for March 6th, 2025  Texas House of Representatives None Texas Senate Subject: Senate Joint Resolution 34 (SJR 34) – Parental Rights Constitutional Amendment Subject:  Senate Bill 10 (SB 10) – Ten…

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Vote Notice 3.5.2025

Texans for Fiscal Responsibility has issued the following vote notice for March 5th, 2025  Texas House of Representatives None Texas Senate Subject: Senate Bill 21 (SB 21) – State Bitcoin Reserve Subject:  Senate Bill 764 (SB 764) – Standardizes regulatory processes…

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Vote Notice 3.4.2025

Texans for Fiscal Responsibility has issued the following vote notice for March 4th, 2025  Texas House of Representatives None Texas Senate Subject: Senate Bill 5 (SB 5) – Creating Dementia Research Institute Subject: Senate Joint Resolution 3 (SJR 3) – Constitutional Amendment…

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More Government Intervention Will Not Solve the Problems Facing the Texas Grid

Since 2011, market participants, regulators, and watchers have understood that intermittent energy sources—wind and solar—are causing three major problems in the ERCOT electric market.  First, their intermittency has increasingly pushed the grid towards unreliability. Second, they have driven reliable thermal…

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Texas Taxpayers Need Urgent Relief

Texas taxpayers have an urgent need for property tax relief, which should include a clear path to eliminating school district maintenance and operations (M&O) property taxes—the largest portion of Texans’ property tax bills. Despite claims of historic tax cuts, Texans…

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Taxpayer-Funded Lobbying and Property Tax Relief

The failure of property tax relief efforts over the last six years is a perfect example of how local governments are using taxpayer money to lobby against the interests of Texans.  Most local governments have abandoned any semblance of fiscal…

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Vote Notice 2.26.2025

Texans for Fiscal Responsibility has issued the following vote notice for February 26th, 2025  Texas House of Representatives None Texas Senate Subject: Senate Bill 28 (SB 28) – Texas Lottery Restrictions Reminder: Vote Notices are provided to both Texas state lawmakers and…

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Vote Notice 2.25.2025

Texans for Fiscal Responsibility has issued the following vote notice for February 25th, 2025  Texas House of Representatives None Texas Senate Subject: Senate Bill 26 (SB 26) – Teacher pay increases at expense of taxpayers. Reminder: Vote Notices are provided to both…

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Big Government, Backroom Deals: Texas House Leadership Unilaterally Raises Office Budgets

Texas House Leadership Sidesteps Full House Vote In a move that bypasses traditional legislative procedures and disrespects taxpayers, the Texas House Administration Committee has unilaterally approved significant budget increases for legislative offices, including a controversial new stipend for Democrat vice…

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Dirty Money and Rigged Games: The Lottery and Gambling

Texas Lottery Under Fire for Alleged Money Laundering and Corruption The Texas Lottery has once again found itself at the center of controversy, as recent Senate Finance Committee hearings exposed a series of alarming allegations, including money laundering, regulatory negligence,…