Texas GOP Urgent Alerts Including Ban Taxpayer-Funded Lobbying!
May 5, 2025 | Media Inquiries: press@mctxgop.org
The Republicans in the Texas House need constant, persistent reminders that their constituents are watching their every move and will hold them accountable at the ballot box. We must make it crystal clear that their actions today will have consequences tomorrow.
The legislation listed below desperately needs your support RIGHT NOW! Please call the chairman and committee members immediately and register your strong support! Every call matters in this fight for our values and future. Don't wait - act today!
Scroll down for a list of bills that need that need your assistance to be heard!
To find the current status of a bill listed below, click on the bill number to go to Texas Legislature Online. Look under ‘Bill Stages’ for the status:
Waiting for a committee hearing - Contact the committee chair or members of the committee to get a hearing for a priority bill. (Once assigned to a committee a bill must have a hearing in order to remain viable.)
Left pending in committee - Contact the committee chair and members of the committee for a bill that has had a hearing but left pending. It needs to be voted out of committee. (To remain viable a bill must be voted out of the committee into the Calendars Committee.)
How to contact your legislator:
Learn how to email or call your legislator here.
URGENT CALL TO ACTION: BAN TAXPAYER-FUNDED LOBBYING
As of May 1, 2025 there have been zero true bills in the House State Affairs Committee for our Legislative Priority “Ban Taxpayer-Funded Lobbying”.
All of the “Ban Taxpayer-Funded Lobbying” bills have unacceptable exceptions; therefore, the Ban Taxpayer-Funded Lobbying subcommittee does not support any officially.
All of the bills below are in the State Affairs Committee. Please urge the members of the State Affairs committees to amend their bills for ZERO TOLERANCE of Taxpayer-Funded Lobbying! Contact them here.
If amended, we are calling for the following bills to go to hearing:
HB 309 by Representative Leo Wilson. Relating to the use by a political subdivision of public funds for lobbying and certain other activities.
HB 4860 by Representative Patterson. Relating to the use by a political subdivision of public funds for lobbying and certain other activities.
HB 755 by Representative Spiller (does not ban taxpayer-funded lobbying, but supports it). Relating to certain requirements applicable to certain public entities that engage in lobbying.
HB 3615 by Representative Schatzline is a very good bill also (with amendments). Relating to the use by certain public entities of public funds for lobbying and certain other activities.
OTHER CALLS TO ACTION
SB 13 by Senator Paxton. Relating to a school district's library materials and catalog, the creation of local school library advisory councils, and parental rights regarding public school library catalogs and access by the parent's child to library materials.
Scheduled on 5/6 for public hearing in House Committee on Public Education. Contact committee members here.
SB 240 by Senator Middleton. Relating to the designation and use of certain spaces and facilities according to biological sex; authorizing a civil penalty and a private civil right of action. Needs a hearing in House Committee on State Affairs. Contact the members here.
SB 2166 by Senator Parker. Relating to testing of voting tabulation equipment. Needs a hearing in the House Committee on Elections. Contact their committee members here.
SB 1535 by Senators Zaffirini & Parker. Relating to the establishment by the Texas Workforce Commission of an advanced nuclear energy workforce development program. Needs a hearing in House Committee on State Affairs. Contact the members here.
We want to thank all our state representatives who are working to pass good legislation that supports the Republican Party of Texas Priorities! Stay up to date and keep calling to show our concern for the process of the Texas Legislature.
How to contact your legislator:
Learn how to email or call your legislator here
Follow our Legislative Priorities Bills List here. To find the status of one of the bills listed, simply click on the bill number and it will take you to Texas Legislature Online where you can see all the details as well as co-authors and text of the bill.