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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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, …
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Austin, TX - Senator Paul Bettencourt (R-Houston) has passed SB 1879 unanimously to increase transparency on lobbying that is funded using taxpayer money. Currently, political subdivisions are not required to report expenditures paid to hire lobbyists or contributions of dues to …
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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 …
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With the recent CDC announcement about masks no longer being required for folks with full vaccinations, why does Harris County Judge Lina Hildago still insist upon maintaining a Red Threat Level-1 Alert? Is it some type of blind obedience …
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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 …
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Austin, Texas – Senator Paul Bettencourt (R-Houston), passed two major voter integrity bills, SB 1111 to stop the use of private P.O box as a registration address and SB 1589 to create educated DPS Election Marshalls for election disputes. These bills …
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Austin, Texas - Senator Paul Bettencourt (R-Houston) passed SB1449 unanimously, a refile from pervious session, to the House to bring property tax relief to small businesses around the state, an important piece of the Texas Economy. This bill increases the exemption …
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