Austin, TX, Release: October 8, 2021 — For Immediate Release Austin, Texas – Today the Texas Republican Party released an Open Letter To Governor Abbott and a Resolution Defending Medical Freedom and Personal Responsibility. Both of these actions encourage Governor Abbott to protect personal freedom from overreaching vaccine mandates we have recently seen from the Biden … Read more

Austin, TX, Release: October 6, 2021 — For Immediate Release On September 11, 2021, the Republican Party of Texas (“RPT”) was informed of a cyber attack against EPIK, RPT’s web hosting provider. It was the web hosting provider that experienced the attack. This criminal activity was reported immediately to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the lead federal … Read more

Legislative Priorities Report Oct. 6, 2021 This week, Governor Abbott and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick called on the Legislature to restore penalties for election fraud to second-degree felonies, that had been reduced to misdemeanors in the SB1 Election Integrity bill passed during the second special session.  To this end, Senator Bryan Hughes filed SB 9, … Read more

Austin, TX, Release: October 1, 2021 — For Immediate Release Yesterday, in response to calls from the grassroots, Governor Greg Abbott added a new item to the 3rd Special Session Call to fix election integrity penalties. Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick quickly thanked the Governor for adding it to call and said the Senate would take it … Read more

Legislative Priorities Report Sept. 27, 2021 This past week in Austin, the first week of the third special session, the Senate passed bills relating to the items Governor Abbott has placed on the call, including a bill protecting girls’ sports.  They also released a draft of the new Senate district lines for public input. The … Read more

Legislative Priorities Report Sept. 20, 2021 The third special session of the 87th Texas Legislature begins today.  The Governor announced he has placed the following items on the call: Redistricting. Legislation providing appropriations from the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. Protecting biological girls’ sports in grades K-12. Legislation regarding whether public entities can mandate … Read more

Legislative Priorities Report Sept. 7, 2021 This past Thursday evening the second Special Session ended three days early when Speaker Phelan abruptly announced the House was adjourning Sine Die.  Here is what that means currently for our Legislative Priorities, as established by our state convention delegates last summer. Election Integrity—SB 1 passed, the omnibus election … Read more

Legislative Priorities Report Sept. 6, 2021 This past Thursday evening the second Special Session ended three days early when Speaker Phelan abruptly announced the House was adjourning Sine Die.  Here is what that means currently for our Legislative Priorities, as established by our state convention delegates last summer. Election Integrity—SB 1 passed, the omnibus election … Read more

Legislative Priorities Report for September 1, 2021 Yesterday the House and Senate passed the conference report of SB 1, the Election Integrity omnibus bill. The next stop is Governor Abbott’s desk for his signature!  While SB 1 passed both the House and the Senate last week, because the House made changes to the bill, it … Read more

**The following resolution was passed by the SREC during their 3rd Quarter 2021 meeting, held August 28th 2021. WHEREAS, the Governor of the State of Texas called a special session of the State Legislature to address outstanding issues not addressed in the Regular 87th Session; and WHEREAS, one of the issues designated by the Governor … Read more