Legislative Priorities: 90th Session of the Texas House & Senate
Protect Life & The Innocence of Children
- Support legislation that provides equal protection under the law to unborn children. Similar to HB2197, 89 (R)
- Ensure current abortion laws are followed and violations are prosecuted
- Make adoption more accessible and affordable
- Protect families’ and individuals’ rights to make end of life decisions
- Provide strict enforcement of laws that prohibit gender modification of children, inappropriate materials in libraries, drag queen shows for children, and other measures that protect the innocence of children
- Promote a traditional, classical style of education using traditional curriculum materials without Islamic influence
CORE BELIEF: PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY, RULE OF LAW, FAMILY VALUES
Stop Sharia Practices & End the Muslim Dominance of Texas Communities
- Support and encourage the Sharia-Free Caucus in the Texas House
- Ban all Sharia law and practice in Texas
- Shut down all state funds to individuals & organizations working against Texas & our Constitution
- Investigate & expose financial contributors and networks
- Deny Texas Education Freedom Account funds to Islamists; close legislative loopholes
CORE BELIEF: RULE OF LAW, CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNANCE, FAMILY VALUES
Ensure Responsible Financial Stewardship
- Ban taxpayer-funded lobbying
- Pass responsible budgets that cut spending; stop expanding government
- Find a substitute for property taxes; put Texas on a path to eliminate property taxes
- Address the inequities of the school funding formula; repeal Robin Hood
- Repeal Corporate Welfare (Chapter 403 – old Chapter 313)
CORE BELIEF: FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY, CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNANCE, PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY
Enhance Texas Sovereignty / End Government Overreach
- Enhance existing laws to stop the unauthorized flow of people & products across Texas’s southern border
- Support legislation that limits H1-B Visas, and prosecutes & investigates fraud in the system
- Extend mandatory E-Verify to private companies
- Tax remittances from Texas to foreign countries
- Support legislation that creates the Border Protection Unit within the Dept of Public Safety, similar to HB 354, 89(R)
- Ensure all Texans have medical freedom to give or withhold consent for any vaccine or medical treatment without coercion or discrimination
CORE BELIEF: CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNANCE, RULE OF LAW, PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY, STATE/NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY, FREEDOM
Ensure Texas Elections Are Fair, Transparent, & Honest
- Pass legislation for closed primary elections; make municipal elections partisan
- Reduce the early voting period; enforce SB2753 89(R) which closes the gap between early voting & election day.
- Require paper ballots that are sequentially numbered and that can be stored and verified
CORE BELIEF: CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT, RULE OF LAW
Protect Texas Land, Water, & Infrastructure
- Stop subsidies of unreliable energy sources; improve opportunities for reliable sources
- Harden the electric grid system with new insulation & security technology; ensure affordable energy sources for all Texans
- Study water resources and allocation; pass legislation accordingly to ensure all Texans have access to clean, reliable sources of water
- Evaluate the effects of large data centers, BESS systems, and other situations that stress water and power supplies, and recommend legislation or best practices
- Protect TX Citizens from unconstitutional federal environmental regulations
CORE BELIEF: TEXAS SOVEREIGNTY, FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY, FREEDOM
End Predatory Gambling in Texas
- Abolish the Texas Lottery
- Ensure existing gambling laws are enforced
- Promote educational efforts to teach the dangers of predatory gambling
CORE BELIEF: RULE OF LAW, FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY, FAMILY VALUES
Questions? Contact Fran Rhodes, TTP President, [email protected] 817-676-3628