Last summer, during the Republican Party of Texas (RPT) State Convention, delegates voted for eight legislative priorities that fall roughly into one of two categories: protection of children, and protection of conservative values and God given inalienable rights. This 88th regular session succeeded on the first and yielded mixed results on the second. Regarding the … Read more
Legislative Priorities Report 5-22-23 The Texas Legislature is drawing to a close and we are beginning to get a clearer picture on wins and losses for this session. Senate bills are the only bills left in play in the House, and Wednesday is the deadline for the House to vote on Senate bills. Wednesday is … Read more
I am thrilled to report that, this past Friday evening, the Texas House cast a historic vote passing our major legislative priority bill, SB 14, banning gender mutilation of children. A bipartisan, 98-42 majority supported the bill, which should soon be on the Governor’s desk. Representative Tom Oliverson did a masterful job defending his bill … Read more
Austin, TX, Release: May 12, 2023 — For Immediate Release Today the Texas House of Representatives took a critical step towards ending the chemical castration and surgical mutilation of children by passing SB 14 to engrossment. 18 other states have already protected children from these horrific and abusive practices. SB 14 protects Texas children from so-called “gender transition” … Read more
Austin, TX, Release: May 11, 2023 — For Immediate Release Senate Bill 14, which would ban child gender modification, is a top legislative priority for the Republican Party of Texas. We must protect Texas children from the left-wing extremists who would chemically castrate and surgically mutilate them for life. This bill has been scheduled for a … Read more
Austin, TX, Release: May 8, 2023 — For Immediate Release Representative Bryan Slaton officially resigned from the Texas House of Representatives today. Republican Party of Texas Chairman Matt Rinaldi released the following statement: “The Republican Party of Texas commends the Texas House for responding swiftly and appropriately to the reprehensible actions of Representative Slaton. The misconduct … Read more
The Texas Legislature, particularly the House of Representatives, is at a crossroads. While it is on the verge of doing great things for our citizens, it is also on the verge of sailing us down the river. We have three weeks left in the legislative session, and many Legislative Priority bills are getting close to … Read more
Austin, TX, Release: May 1, 2023 — For Immediate Release From: Platform Advocacy Committee Chairman Matt Patrick To: Senators, Representatives, and Staff, Allow me to introduce the Platform Advocacy (PA) Committee. We are a new SREC Committee created to educate on and advance the common sense planks that were overwhelmingly approved by Republicans from across Texas … Read more
On Tuesday, our third Legislative Priority bill will have a vote on the House floor. SB 14, by Rep. Oliverson and Sen. Campbell, protects Texas children from so-called gender transition practices, including puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and surgical procedures to remove healthy body parts. We are very thankful for this critical legislation to save children … Read more
Last summer at the Republican Party of Texas state convention, delegates voted “Protect Our Elections” as the top legislative priority. This is the second state convention in a row that election integrity has been the number one priority. The current priority reads, “Restore felony penalties and enact civil penalties for Election Code violations, which shall … Read more