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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 …

With the "Woke" moment raging all over the country, the latest craze is to try to literally force corporations and businesses into the fight over Republican sponsored Voter Integrity bills like the "Integrity-7" I filed, and SB 7 the omnibus …

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 …

Austin, TX – The Texas Senate passes Senate Bill 1616 in a Bipartisan vote of 19-11, authored by Senator Paul Bettencourt (R-Houston), to make substantial changes to decriminalize violations of local pandemic orders and replaces them with civil penalties. In addition, …