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The 89th Texas Legislative Session begins on Tuesday, January 14th and concludes on Monday, June 2nd, 2025
Regular Session Begins Tuesday, January 14, 2025 (1st day) at noon
Friday, March 14, 2025 (60th day) 60-day deadline for bill filing
Monday, June 2, 2025 (140th day) is the last day of the 89th Regular Session
New to the legislative process? Get up to speed with The Taxpayer’s Guide to the Texas Legislature: The Basics
The best way to influence your representatives is to testify on proposed legislation at committee hearings- if you are unable to attend a hearing, submit your testimony for House Bills online – the Senate does not have this tool and Senator offices must be contacted directly
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Priorities
Border Enforcement Repel invasion and deter illegal immigration.
Secure Texas Elections Securing elections from each citizen’s registration to the final count of legal votes.
Stop Sexualizing Texas Kids Stop the sexualization of minors, which leads to abuse, exploitation, and trafficking.
No Democrat Chairs The Republican-controlled Texas Legislature shall end the practice of awarding committee chairmanships to Democrats and require all committees to be majority Republican.
Ban Taxpayer Funded Lobbying Prohibit all forms of taxpayer-funded lobbying, including the use of tax dollars to hire lobbyists and payment of tax dollars to associations that lobby the Legislature.
Secure the Electric Grid Secure the integrity of Texas electricity production and delivery of abundant, reliable, and resilient energy, ensuring that the Texas grid can withstand any natural or manmade threat to include weather, cyber, physical, electromagnetic pulse (EMP) and geomagnetic disturbances (GMD).
Texas is Not for Sale Ban the sale of real property in Texas, and discontinue taxpayer funding and incentives, to governments, entities, and proxies of China, Iran, North Korea, and Russia, and to individuals from these nations who are not legal permanent residents or citizens of the United States.
End Federal Overreach Resisting unconstitutional federal acts and mandates that restrict transportation, including mandatory kill switches in vehicles, road diets, and restrictions on the owner’s right to repair vehicles and equipment. Ensuring that Texans have medical freedom and can give or withhold consent for any vaccine or medical treatment without coercion, are not discriminated against based on vaccine status, and are not faced with any vaccine or medical mandate by public or private entities.
These priorities were chosen by delegates at the state convention, May 23-25, 2024 in San Antonio, Texas.
Legislature Videos
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How to find a legislative report
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Chairman French
Legislature Commentary
David Cook Gets Speakership Nod From GOP Reformers
Alliance for a Safe Texas
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Republican Party of Texas
Legislative priorities for the 89th session
Capitol Resources
Legislature News
Weekly Legislative Update from Guest Writer Lisa Bellamy, Llano Tea Party President: 3/10/2023
March 10th is the deadline for legislators to introduce bills and joint resolutions for the regular session which is scheduled to end on May 29th. After the first 60 calendar days of a regular session, any bill or joint resolution, except local bills, emergency...
Weekly Legislative Update from FTP President, Matt Long: 03/6/2023
The Texas 88th Legislative Session is just starting to move along. Most committees meeting the week of March 6 are taking invited testimony only and many are doing no more than organizational or housekeeping items. NOW is the time to get engaged at The Capitol before...
Weekly Legislative Update from FTP President, Matt Long: 02/24/2023
The 88th Legislative session is getting off to a slow start. For several weeks in a row our House leadership has passed a vote to take a 5 day weekend. Please remember that when you are told that they did not have enough time to pass YOUR bill. The Senate is moving...
Rep. Troxclair issues statement on voting for another 5 day weekend in Texas House
The Senate also had the same schedule this week because the only thing that can be done on the floor now in both the House and the Senate as we await bills to be heard in committees is a ceremonial recognition of visitors. The most important work being done right now...
FTP at the Rattlesnake Roundup at TX Capitol
The tradition has been honored for decades in advance of the “World’s Largest Rattlesnake Roundup” in Sweetwater, a city of roughly 10,500 residents more than 220 miles west of Dallas. The Sweetwater Jaycees showed off some choice specimens, hosted snake-safety...
FTP at Texas First Legislative Briefing on Election Security
The Texas First Legislative Briefing on Election Security at the Capitol featured testimony from Sen. Bob Hall, cyber experts, and eye witness accounts. A recording of the event is available here.
FTP at The Texan’s 88th Session Kick Off
Held at the Texas Spirit Theater in the Bullock Museum, just a few blocks away from the Capitol, the 88th Session Kickoff featured panel after panel of lawmakers discussing the policies that will be debated on the House and Senate floors in the months that follow....
FTP at Texans for Vaccine Choice 5th Annual Freedom Fight at the Texas Capitol
Texans for Vaccine Choice 5th Annual Freedom Fight at the Texas Capitol on January 25th! As in years past, it was inspiring to hear from individuals who gave their personal and professional testimonies about why vaccine choice is such a critical issue. More...
Rep. Bryan Slaton (R-Royse City) receives standing ovation from “Ban Democratic Chairs” crowd
Watch on Twitter here