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UPDATE: Austin, TX – Senator Paul Bettencourt (R-Houston) passes SB 8, SB 12, and SJR 4 out of Senate Local Government unanimously at the hearing held on Saturday July 10, 2021. These bills are designed to build upon the property tax …

Houston, TX – SB 1365 authored by Senator Bettencourt (R-Houston) and sponsored by Representative Huberty (R-Kingwood) passed the recent 87th Legislature with bipartisan support and goes into effect September 1, 2021 to clarify Texas education system oversight and accountability for ISDs. …

AUSTIN, TEXAS — After this past weekend’s mass shooting in Austin, lawmakers are in disagreement over how to improve public safety. While some argue that access to guns is the problem, others say cities like Austin aren’t investing enough in their police …

Houston, TX – Senator Paul Bettencourt (R-Houston), Chair of the Local Government Committee, passes HB 1869 By Representative Dustin Burrows (R-Lubbock) with bipartisan support by a vote of 20-10 to strengthen protections in Senate Bill 2, The Texas Property Tax Reform …

"When you've got constables of both parties coming down and saying please don't do this, this isn't a partisan issue, this is an 'everybody is afraid issue' and crime is on the increase," said State Senator Paul Bettencourt of Houston. …

Past behavior dictates future behavior and that goes double for Harris County Commissioner's Court. After taking $9.6 Million Dollars of "ZuckerBucks" in the 2020 Presidential Election for their elections operations, and wasting a big chunk of it on printing but …

Austin, Texas – House sponsor Representative Dennis Paul (R-Houston) passes SB 1111 authored by Senator Paul Bettencourt (R-Houston) by a vote of 81-65 to stop the use of private P.O box as a registration address and ensure voters are registered to …

Austin, TX – SB 581, the Homeowners Religious Freedom Act, authored by Senator Paul Bettencourt (R- Houston) and sponsored by Representative Mike Schofield (R-Houston) in the House passed both chambers to provide protection for homeowners who wish to place certain religious …

Austin, Texas - Senator Paul Bettencourt (R-Houston) unanimously passed HB 2723 authored by House Ways and Means Chair Morgan Meyer (R-Dallas), companion to Senator Bettencourt's SB1434, to improve the accessibility and awareness of taxing entities property tax websites by creating a …