Texans for Fiscal Responsibility has issued the following vote notice for April 29th, 2025 Texas House of Representatives Subject: House Joint Resolution 7 (HJR 7) – Billions in new constitutional spending Subject: House Joint Resolution 112 (HJR 112) – Protects…

Texans for Fiscal Responsibility has issued the following vote notice for April 28th, 2025 Texas House of Representatives Subject: House Bill 23 (HB 23) – Third-party development reviews Subject: House Bill 103 (HB 103) – Taxpayer transparency for local debt…

Testimony on HB 4568 The 79th Texas Legislature established the Texas Moving Image Industry Incentive Program (TMIIIP), also known as the Film Incentive Program, in 2005. Since then, star-struck legislators have thrown well over $100 million of Texas taxpayer money…

Texans for Fiscal Responsibility has issued the following vote notice for April 25th, 2025 Texas House of Representatives Subject: House Bill 205 (HB 205) – Subsidizes exclusive fueling stations Subject: House Bill 499 (HB 499) – Mandates mental health warnings…

Introduction We’re proud Texans. We believe in family, freedom, and personal responsibility. We trust that parents, not bureaucrats, know what’s best for their children. And we understand that good stewardship of tax dollars means investing in what works, not simply…

Texans for Fiscal Responsibility has issued the following vote notice for April 24th, 2025 Texas House of Representatives Subject: House Bill 29 (HB 29) – Municipal water system waste Subject: House Bill 125 (HB 125) – New taxpayer funded medical…

Texans for Fiscal Responsibility has issued the following vote notice for April 23rd, 2025 Texas House of Representatives Subject: Senate Bill 5 (SB 5) – Creating Dementia Research Institute Subject: Senate Joint Resolution 3 (SJR 3) – Constitutional Amendment for…

Texans for Fiscal Responsibility has issued the following vote notice for April 22nd, 2025 Texas House of Representatives Subject: House Bill 18 (HB 18) – Expands rural hospital grants and bureaucracy Subject: House Bill 121 (HB 121) – TEA peace…

In a win for Texas families, the Texas House passed Senate Bill 2 (SB 2), the Texas Education Freedom Act sponsored by Rep. Brad Buckley (R-Salado), in the early hours of April 17, 2025, establishing Education Savings Accounts (ESAs) to…

Wherever you turn these days, Texas politicians are claiming that they are spending $51 billion on property tax relief. The problem is that the $51 billion figure has no connection to reality. For at least two reasons. First, if they…

Texans for Fiscal Responsibility has issued the following vote notice for April 16th, 2025 Texas House of Representatives Subject: Senate Bill 2 (SB 2) – Education Savings Accounts Subject: House Bill 2 (HB 2) – Massive New Funding for Public…

Texans for Fiscal Responsibility has issued the following vote notice for April 15th, 2025 Texas House of Representatives Subject: House Bill 20 (HB 20) – Skilled trades high school certification Subject: House Bill 100 (HB 100) – Bans use of…

“This week, I helped pass the most conservative Texas House budget in history.” Texas Republican Rep. Jared Patterson posted that message after the Republican-led Texas House recently passed its 2026–27 budget version CSSB 1. He and other Republicans also claimed…

Texans for Fiscal Responsibility has issued the following vote notice for April 14th, 2025 Texas House of Representatives Subject: House Joint resolution 5 (HJR 5) – Permanent fund for technical college Texas Senate Subject: Senate Bill 34 (SB 34) –…

In the early hours of Friday morning, the Texas House of Representatives passed SB 1, the proposed state budget for the 2026–27 biennium, after over 14 hours of debate that stretched from noon on April 10 into 3 a.m. on…