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88th Texas Legislature – Texas House Committees assigned

Issue 88.6 There were 26 first term freshmen representative sworn into the Texas House of Representatives 150-member body last month. Having a freshman class of approximately 17 percent is typical. However, what is not typical is ... Read More

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88th Texas Legislature

Issue 88.5 Bills Filed Restricting Foreign Ownership of Real Estate In the previous 87th Texas Legislative Session we saw passage into law of SB 2116 prohibiting contracts or other agreements with certain foreign-owned companies in connection ... Read More

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Issue 88.4 Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick announced committee assignments on Monday January 23rd. The Senate’s longest serving Democrat, Senator John Whitmire, was the only Democrat to receive an appointment as a chairman. In 2013 prior to Lt. ... Read More

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Issue 88.3 Governor Greg Abbott and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick were both inaugurated to their third terms on January 17th. Speeches made by both leaders laid out priorities they would like to accomplish during the current legislative ... Read More

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88th Texas Legislature

Issue 88.2 On a vote of 143-3 Dade Phelan, R-Beaumont was reelected to a second term as Texas Speaker of the House. Adoption of procedural rules had a small twist this year. A long brewing attempt to ban minority party members from chairing ... Read More

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88th Texas Legislature

Issue 88.1 As the 88th Texas Legislative Session kicked off today, it is remarkable to think what a difference two years can make. When the 2020 session started there was a new Speaker of the House to elect and procedural rules to develop ... Read More

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Legislative Changes to Homestead Property Tax Exemption Effective January 1, 2022

Under Texas law, prior to January 1, 2022, persons buying residence property had to wait until the year following acquisition to file for a homestead ad valorem property tax exemption. As of January 1, 2022, the property tax exemption can now be ... Read More

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87th Texas Legislature 2nd Special Session

Issue 22 - August 20th Yesterday for the first time in nearly six weeks the Texas House declared a quorum for the Second Called Special Session. With one resignation bringing the total membership down to 149, and with eight Democrats counted ... Read More

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87th Texas Legislature 87.21 1st Special Session

Issue 21 – July 19th Governor Abbott called a Special Session to begin on July 8th and set the below listed bullet items as the agenda. The rules for a Special Session establish the timeframe as 30 days and restricts the debate of the legislature ... Read More

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