Grassroots activists wait to see if there is movement this week on several of their top priorities.
Numbers & Things
Legislative Day:
Mon, 4/5 – Day 84
Tues, 4/6 – Day 85
Wed, 4/7 – Day 86
Thurs, 4/8 – Day 87
Fri, 4/9 – Day 88
Number of Bills Filed: 6,795 Total Bills Filed
House of Representatives: 613 Bills Filed
Senate:2,182 Bills Filed
Number of Bills Referred: 6,759 Total Bills Referred
House of Representatives: 4,599 Bills Referred (99.7% of all bills filed)
Senate:2,160 Bills Referred (99% of all bills filed)
Bottom Line Up Front
(BLUF)
Several priorities still on Senate Intent Calendar (potential to be completely voted out of that chamber this week)
Potential for Budget to be brought up in Senate this week
House hearing a few more Abbott/Speaker priorities; still no real movement on other RPT priorities. We will likely see this week how quickly the House Calendars committee moves on Constitutional Carry
House of Representatives
(Convenes Again on Tues 4/6 at 2 pm, Wed – Fri)
HB 1504 (Morales, C.) – Ethnic studies instruction in public schools
HB 1776 (Bell, K.) – Elective Course on founding principles of U.S. in the curriculum for public high school students and posting of founding documents in public school buildings
HB 4502 (Vasut) – Cost recovery for costs associated with the interconnection of electric generation facilities within ERCOT
HB 2587 (Sanford) – Require social media platforms to publicly disclose information related to content management, data management, and business practices
HB 3016 (Moody) – Prohibition of suspension of a provision of Code of Criminal Procedure or Penal Code during a declared state of disaster
HB 1173 (Noble) – Prohibited logistical support of a governmental entity for procurement of ab abortion
HB 4378 (Paddie) – Supply of power and financial stability of competitive wholesale and retail electricity markets
10:30 AM or upon final adjournment: Homeland Security & Public Safety Committee[POSTING]
Various firearm regulation related bills
HB 558 (White) – Taking of a blood specimen on arrest for certain intoxication offenses
10:00 AM or upon final adjournment: Redistricting Committee[POSTING]
Focus on East Texas Region
10:30 AM or upon final adjournment: County Affairs Committee[POSTING]
HB 1703 (Middleton) – Disclosure of certain relationships with local government officers and vendors
SB 185 (Perry) – Time for rendering final order in certain suits affecting parent-child relationship involving DFPS
SB 190 (Hughes) – Procedures and grounds for terminating the parent-child relationship, taking possession of child, and for hearings affecting the parent-child relationship involving DFPS
SB 797 (Hughes) – Display of national motto in public schools and institutions of higher education
SB 855 (Hughes) – Electronic dissemination of commercial recordings or audiovisual works
SB 1158 (Kolkhorst) – State contracts/investments in social media companies that censor political speech
SB 1178 (Birdwell) – Rights and duties of parents and the protection of parental rights in suits affecting the parent-child relationship
SB 1936 (Hughes) – Beginning and ending possession times in certain standard possession orders in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship
SB 1234 (Hughes) – Paper Record Verification (RPT Priority)
SB 1336 (Hancock) – Limit on the rate of growth of certain appropriations
11 AM or upon adjournment:Local Government Committee [POSTING]
SB 10 (Bettencourt) – Taxpayer-funded lobbying ban on local governments (RPT Priority)
SB 1437 (Bettencourt) – Requirement that local governments conduct an efficiency audit before holding an election to approve certain property tax rates
SB 1879 (Bettencourt) – Authorization and reporting of expenditures for lobbying activities by certain governmental entities
SB 1776 (Campbell) – Inclusion of an elective course on the founding principles of the U.S. in H.S. curriculum and the posting of founding documents in public school buildings
SB 2026 (Taylor) – Instruction in informed patriotism in public schools
