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

Although anything can still happen, if bills are not out of committee hearing by this Thursday, they are generally not going to pass. While that is a mixed blessing, it does not bode well for many of our priority bills still stuck in committee. On a positive note, we now have two major priority bills … Read more

Austin, TX, Release: April 14, 2023 — For Immediate Release The Texas State Board of Education (SBOE) scored a major victory for Texas parents and children today by rejecting the State Board for Educator Certification (SBEC) proposed revisions to Chapter 19 of the Texas Administrative Code by a vote of 10-5. These standards included outsourcing the … Read more

The Texas Senate made last week a great one for children.  SB 14, Senator Campbell’s bill to stop gender mutilation of children, was successfully debated and passed by the Senate.  We are grateful for the excellent work of Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, Sen. Bryan Hughes, and Sen. Campbell for skillfully navigating this bill to passage. … Read more

Austin, TX, Release: April 4, 2023 — For Immediate Release  The Republican Party of Texas lauds Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick, bill author Senator Donna Campbell, State Affairs Chair Senator Bryan Hughes, and the entire Texas Senate GOP caucus for the successful passage of one of the strongest bills in the country banning the chemical castration and surgical mutilation of children. Republican Party of Texas Chairman Matt Rinaldi said “Senator … Read more

The Legislative Session moves very quickly; before you know it, time is running short.  Many of the bills filed will not get past the first step of having a committee hearing.  Grassroots activist Tom Glass has put together an excellent timeline demonstrating our current urgency. “Thu, Apr 20 (101st day) House – last day for committee … Read more

Last week, the Senate passed SB 14, a bill to ban the castration and mutilation of children for gender transition purposes, out of the State Affairs committee after many hours of testimony.  Thank you to Senator Donna Campbell for doing an excellent job laying out her bill and questioning witnesses.  In the House, the companion … Read more

The Legislature is in full swing, and there are multiple action items in this email. So please read it in its entirety! The Legislative Priorities Committee has approved 28 additional bills since our last update, bringing our total to 148. This is more than double the number of bills our committee approved last session, which … Read more

WHEREAS, America has operated on a well understood and relatively uniform election system that has been implemented over two hundred years to support our Constitutional Republic; and WHEREAS, the political parties in America have created the world’s largest representative forums for debate among thousands of factions of American citizens all across the nation; and WHEREAS, … Read more

WHEREAS, the Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC), a 501(c)(3) organization which has 30 states and the District of Columbia as member states, has stated that its “sole mission [is] assisting states to improve the accuracy of America’s voter rolls and increase access to voter registration for all eligible citizens,” and yet reports only three employees … Read more