Latest Update — August 15th

Here’s a quick recap of what happened over the last week: Second Special Session Called The absence of the Texas House Democrats over the last two weeks have left the House incapable of conducting business and therefore killing all of the items that Gov. Abbott listed...

Latest Update — August 8th

Here’s a quick recap of what happened over the last week: House Democrats Flee the State On Sunday, Texas House Democrats fled the state in an attempt to block passage of a new Congressional redistricting map intended to give the Republicans up to five additional...

Latest Update — August 1st

Here’s a quick recap of what happened over the last week: Texas House Releases Congressional Maps On Wednesday, the Texas House released a new map to rewrite the state’s 38 Congressional districts.  The new map is intended to help Republicans gain an additional five...

Latest Update — July 18th

Here’s a quick recap of what happened over the last week: Special Flood Committee Members Named The first part of the upcoming first special session focus on issues relating to the tragic flooding in the Texas Hill Country as the priority issue.  This week, the Lt....

Latest Update — July 11th

Here’s a quick recap of what happened over the last week: Special Session Announced On Wednesday, Gov. Abbott officially called the first special session of the summer to begin Monday, July 21st.  With the issuance of the proclamation, members will begin filing...

Latest Update — June 27th

Here’s a quick recap of what happened over the last week: Abbott Calls Special Session Sunday was the deadline for Gov. Abbott’s final actions on all bills that were passed by the legislature in the recently concluded regular session. Abbott signed 1,155 bills into...