Vol. 6 – March 8th In a normal session about 75 percent of all filed bills will die before completing the arduous path to becoming law. This is typically very good news. That path will be even more difficult this year. It begins with a bill’s ... Read More

Vol. 5 – March 1st The House Pensions Investments and Financial Services Committee’s first organizational meeting and< introductory presentations by overseen state agencies is scheduled for 8:00am Wednesday March 3rd. This past week the ... Read More

Vol. 4 – February 22nd In Vol. 3 we listed the members appointed to the House Pension, Investments, and Financial Services (PIFS) Committee and Senate Business and Commerce (B&C) who will likely hear any mortgage related bills. With ... Read More

Vol. 3 – February 8th In the midst of the pandemic disruptions, a word of good news is the stability and leadership for the members of the two committees where the majority of mortgage and financial issues appear. Now that committees are formed ... Read More

Vol. 2 – February 1st This evening Governor Abbott will deliver his State of the State Address. In this speech hecan name emergency items making those issues the sole areas the legislature is allow to pass billson within the first 60 days of the ... Read More