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The 87th Texas Legislature was a meeting of the legislative branch of the U.S. state of Texas, composed of the Texas Senate and the Texas House of Representatives. The Texas State Legislature met in Austin, Texas , from January 12, 2021, to May 31, 2021. [ 1 ]
The 88th Texas Legislature was a meeting of the legislative branch of the U.S. state of Texas, composed of the Texas Senate and the Texas House of Representatives. The Texas State Legislature met in its regular session in Austin, Texas, from January 10, 2023 to May 29, 2023, [1] followed by four consecutive special sessions. [2] All seats in ...
Ultimately, Republicans would pass the bill in August, 2021. [5] [6] In 2017, HB 496, a bill to enact the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, was introduced to the Texas State Legislature, but the bill died in committee without a hearing. [7] The Texas Voter Choice Act, introduced in 2017, was an attempt to reform Texas electoral law.
The bill passed the Texas Senate with bipartisan support but was blocked from advancing in the House by a committee chair, Rep. Todd Hunter, R-Corpus Christi, after the CCP spearheaded a campaign ...
Legislation that died in the House alongside SB 147 included a bill to ban “critical race theory” in universities and another to restrict drag queen story times at libraries.
Texas's congressional districts beginning in the 118th Congress. In the 2018 elections, Democrats made major gains in the Texas House and Texas Senate, and they saw the 2020 elections as a chance to win control of the Texas House to give them power over the redistricting process in 2021. [195]
The sponsor of the new Texas bill, Kolkhorst, cited "the purchase in 2021 of over 130,000 acres in South Texas by a Chinese-controlled firm" and its proximity to an Air Force base as among the ...
District 62 is a district of the Texas House of Representatives that serves all of Grayson, Franklin, Fannin, and Delta Counties. This district had its first representative in 1853. [1] The current representative for District 62 is Republican Shelley Luther. [2] [3]