Texas Vote Reports

Prevents governmental entities in Texas from enforcing "extreme risk protective orders."

Creates a transactional currency backed by "gold and silver," and recognizes it as "legal tender."

Bans the use of public funds for abortion-related travel.

Authorizes $8.5 billion in new funding to public schools, including for teacher and staff pay raises, early-childhood programs, and bilingual education.

Applies to Congress to "call a convention under Article V of the United States Constitution."

Would have defunded municipal libraries that host "Drag Queen Story Hour" events.

Creates a transactional currency backed by "gold and silver," and recognizes it as "legal tender."

Authorizes $8.5 billion in new funding to public schools, including for teacher and staff pay raises, early-childhood programs, and bilingual education.

Performs "outreach and education" to inform "migrant agricultural workers" of their "rights," studies the "need" for "additional or improved migrant labor housing facilities," and locates "unlicensed migrant labor housing facilities" without identifying "individual migrant agricultural workers."

Would have repealed the criminal offense of homosexual conduct in state law.

Would begin a formal process for Texas to declare certain federal acts as unconstitutional and prevent their enforcement.

Applies to Congress to "call a convention under Article V of the United States Constitution."

Withdraws Texas from Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC).

Allocates $1.54 billion for border security over two years, funding law enforcement and border barriers.

Prevents sexually explicit materials from being within reach of children in government schools, and it prevents vendors from selling such materials to school districts.

Would create an Education Savings Account (ESA) program providing $8,000 annually per eligible child for private education and related expenses.

Establishes penalties for unauthorized entry or reentry into the state by individuals classified as "aliens" under federal law.

Expands eligibility for funding under the Major Events Reimbursement Program by amending the Government Code to classify each series of World Cup games in a designated market area as separate, single events.

Would increase the criminal penalty for illegal voting from a Class A misdemeanor to either a state jail felony for attempted illegal voting or second-degree felony for illegal voting.

Establishes penalties for unauthorized entry or reentry into the state by individuals classified as "aliens" under federal law.

Expands eligibility for funding under the Major Events Reimbursement Program by amending the Government Code to classify each series of World Cup games in a designated market area as separate, single events.

Allocates $1.54 billion for border security over two years, funding law enforcement and border barriers.

Strengthens penalties for smuggling, stash houses, and evading arrest, imposing mandatory minimums of 10 years and allowing consecutive sentences for related crimes.

Enacts government support for nursing-related postsecondary education, including scholarships to nursing students, loan repayment assistance to nurses and nursing faculty, and grants to nursing education programs.

Extends the deadline for the automatic rescission of certain applications made by the Texas Legislature to the United States Congress to call a national convention under Article V of the United States Constitution.

Eliminates of the countywide polling place program.

Would increase the criminal penalty for illegal voting from a Class A misdemeanor to either a state jail felony for attempted illegal voting or second-degree felony for illegal voting.

Bans diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives at colleges and public institutions of higher education.

Enacts an insurance premium tax credit for certain housing developments.

Establishes the Future Texas Teachers Scholarship Program for certain students at public institutions of higher education.

Prohibits a person or entity from surveilling, reporting, or tracking the purchase of firearms, ammunition, and accessories through the use of certain credit card merchant category codes.

Bans diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives at colleges and public institutions of higher education.

Withdraws Texas from Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC).

Allows public utility agencies in some counties, through condemnation, to acquire land, easements, and property within its service area for the agency's use and benefit.

Enacts an insurance premium tax credit for certain housing developments.

Establishes the Future Texas Teachers Scholarship Program for certain students at public institutions of higher education.

Appropriates, as passed by the Texas Legislature, approximately $248.6 billion for the FY 2022-23, of which roughly $248.1 billion became law following the Governor's line-item veto proclamation.

Limits the issuance of 'no-knock' arrest and search warrants to only situations in which it is "necessary to avoid the risk of death or serious bodily injury to peace officers and others."

Allows the governor to issue "pandemic disaster" declarations and establishes the 10-member Pandemic Disaster Legislative Oversight Committee to oversee them when the legislature is not convened.

Allows permitless carry of a handgun for persons 21 years of age or older.

Seeks to prevent election fraud by both creating criminal offenses and increasing criminal penalties.

Prohibits an abortion after a fetal heartbeat has been detected, except for when a woman has a "medical emergency," which places the woman in danger of death or a serious risk of substantial impairment of a major bodily function.

Appropriates approximately $1.8 billion for border security efforts.

Appropriates approximately $248.6 billion for the FY 2022-23, of which roughly $248.1 billion became law.

Allows the governor to issue "pandemic disaster" declarations and establishes the 10-member Pandemic Disaster Legislative Oversight Committee to oversee them when the legislature is not convened.

Limits the issuance of 'no-knock' arrest and search warrants to only situations in which it is "necessary to avoid the risk of death or serious bodily injury to peace officers and others."

Prohibits an abortion after a fetal heartbeat has been detected, except for when a woman has a "medical emergency," which places the woman in danger of death or a serious risk of substantial impairment of a major bodily function.

Allows permitless carry of a handgun for persons 21 years of age or older.

SB17 ensures that employers cannot discriminate based on religious beliefs. This bill would also ensure employees cannot be fired for statements they make about their own beliefs.

Would ensure that ballot propositions must be written with clear language describing the tax increases that would come with them.

Would ensure that your privacy on the road is better protected, and makes sure that traffic enforcement will be done by officers.

Would allow the Second Amendment to be used in Churches and places of worship. People would be able to carry and protect their congregation with approval from their Church leadership.

Would create an incentive encouraging people on the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to purchase fruits and vegetables grown in the state of Texas.

Would add additional healthcare coverage and cost by adding mammography to certain health plans.

Would allow children under the age of 18 to be given contraceptives using taxpayer funding.

Would use taxpayer money to subsidize certain music venues and performances.

Would ensure that college campuses in Texas cannot take actions that restrict free speech on their premises.

Would allow greater competition in the bids for public projects by opening them to nonunion groups.

Would ensure that anyone who misrepresents a child through a port of entry can be charged and prosecuted in any Texas county.

Would add additional healthcare coverage and cost by adding mammography to certain health plans.