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 but which are not covered by our top 8 Legislative Priorities Committee.
We believe in letting the legislative process work and have remained silent until now to allow you to work out bills in committee. With the committee process now coming to an end, we are pleased to announce our support for the following bills, which have been reported out of committee and are in alignment with the Republican Party of Texas Platform. As we continue to move through session we will issue additional support for other committee-approved bills. Finally, we want to express our gratitude to all of the Authors for their hard work supporting the citizens of Texas and the Party Platform:
House Bills
| Bill Number | Topic | Author | Platform Plank # |
| HB 44 | No discrimination for lack of vax | Swanson, Klick, et.al. | 137 |
| HB 65 | Illegal border crossing | Spiller, Holland, Bell, Keith | 259c |
| HB 81 | Vax Informed Consent | Harrison/Klick | 152, 163, 137 |
| HB 200 | Coordinating Council for Attorneys | Leach | 187 |
| HB 609 | Business liability from pandemic | Vasut | 67, 225, 137 |
| HB 911 | Authority during disaster | Harrison | 21, 196 |
| HB 1804 | Reform Education instruction material | Leo-Wilson | 112, 113 |
| HB 2273 | Oppose communism in TEKs | Oliverson | 112 |
| HB 3538 | Banning Taxpayer-Funded Lobbying | Troxclair | 232 |
| HB 3614 | Chaplains can serve as school counselors | Hefner | 108 |
| HB 2389 | ESOP business structure | Shine | 51 |
Senate Bills
| Bill Number | Title | Author | Platform Plank # |
| SB 2 | Illegal voting penalties | Hughes et al. | 242g |
| SB 3 | Ad valorem taxes | Bettencourt et al. | 91 |
| SB 6 | Secure power grid | Schwertner, King, Kolkhorst | 54 |
| SB 7 | Reliability of Power grid | Schwertner, King | 54 |
| SB 8 | School ESA | Creighton, Bettencourt, et al. | 101 |
| SB 20 | DAs must follow the law | Huffman, Parker | 181, 187 |
| SB 147 | Secure ownership of Texas land | Kolkhorst | 222 |
| SB 175 | Banning Taxpayer-Funded lobbying | Middleton | 232 |
| SB 177 | Vax Informed Consent | Middleton | 152 |
| SB 242 | Protect Texas from Federal mandates | Middleton | 33 |
| SB 265 | Reporting on adverse vax events | Perry | 137 |
| SB 330 | Electric Grid Security | Hall | 54 |
| SB 403 | Study of COVID vax | Springer | 137 |
| SB 426 | Patient access to off-label COVID treatments | Paxton | 138, 142 |
| SB 853 | Relating to electricity service | Hancock | 54 |
| SB 921 | Bans Ranked-Choice Voting | Hughes | 246 |
| SB 1024 | No mask or COVID vax mandates | Kolkhorst | 137 |
| SB 1396 | Religious study | Middleton | 31 |
| SB 1515 | 10 Commandments | King | 31 |
| SB 1562 | Child grooming | Hancock, Huffman | 208 |
| SB 2014 | Relating to renewable electric capacity | King et al. | 54 |
| SB 2015 | Relating to goals for electric generation capacity | King et al. | 54 |
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