
Capitol Update – Special Sessions (9-16-25)
September 16, 2025Greetings from your Texas Capitol! The Legislature has now adjourned “sine die” from the second called special session. During the first and second called special sessions, the Senate worked to pass legislation…

Capitol Update 5-30-25
May 31, 2025Greetings from your Texas Capitol! It has been almost two weeks since our last Capitol Update, and things have indeed been busy during that time. Wednesday was the deadline for all bills…

Capitol Update 5-14-25
May 31, 2025Greetings from your Texas Capitol! We’re down to the wire, and though the Legislature will not formally adjourn sine die until June 2nd; several critical deadlines for the passage of bills will…

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…