Capitol Update 4-23-25
April 25, 2025Greetings from your Texas Capitol! To put it simply, we are now deep in the throes of the legislative session. The Senate has been very busy in our best efforts to get…
Capitol Update 3-31-25
April 25, 2025Greetings from your Texas Capitol! Since our last Capitol Update, we have officially passed the constitutional 60-day threshold before which bills cannot be voted out of the Texas House or Senate without…
Capitol Update 3-5-25
March 6, 2025Greetings from your Texas Capitol! It’s a busy time for us here at the statehouse in Austin. My staff and I are hard at work with committees starting to actively hear bills…
Capitol Update (2-18-25)
February 18, 2025Greetings from your Texas Capitol! It’s a busy time for us here at the statehouse in Austin. Governor Abbott has declared seven “emergency items” which affords the Legislature the ability to consider…
Capitol Update (1-30-25)
February 14, 2025Greetings from your Texas Capitol! Just over a week ago, the peaceful transition of power from President Biden to President Trump took place, a practice described by Ronald Reagan in 1981 as…
Capitol Update (Opening Day – 89th Session)
January 15, 2025Greetings from your Texas Capitol! Today, January 14th, 2025 the 89th Texas Legislature gaveled in and I began my eighth session serving the citizens of Senate District 22. As you know, the…