Rep. Terri Leo Wilson Celebrates Major Legislative Wins for House District 23

Austin, TX – State Representative Terri Leo Wilson is proud to report the passage of 15 bills, including 12  House Bills and 3 House Concurrent Resolutions, delivering results that reflect her deep commitment to  education reform, local governance, public safety, and conservative values. 

• HB 100: Relating to the purchase, adoption, and use of instructional materials by public schools. • HB 554: Relating to the sale of fireworks on and before the Juneteenth holiday. 
• HB 654: Relating to the dismissal of a criminal charge related to the illegal hunting of certain deer;  authorizing fees. 
• HB 721: Relating to the applicability of certain laws requiring health care cost disclosures by health  benefit plan issuers and administrators. 
• HB 1868: Relating to a study on changes to performance tier funding for dual credit or dual enrollment  courses under the public junior college state finance program and the capacity of the state’s workforce to  teach dual credit or dual enrollment courses. 
• HB 3254: Relating to the eligibility of members of the State Board of Education and their dependents to  participate in the state employees group benefits program. 
• SB 65: Relating to the adoption of uniform rules for hours of work for certain county employees. • SB 204: Relating to a handbook on parental rights in education and training requirements on parental  rights in education for a member of the board of trustees of a school district. 
• SB 207: Relating to excused absences from public school for certain students to attend mental health  care appointments. 
• SB 823: Relating to labeling and representation of imported shrimp; authorizing an administrative  penalty. 
• SB 1241: Relating to the consideration of college entrance examinations for admission to certain public  institutions of higher education and a study by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board  regarding those examinations. 
• SB 1207: Relating to instruction on adoption in the parenting and paternity awareness program in public  schools. 
• HCR 6: Designating Galveston as the official Juneteenth Capital of Texas for a 10-year period ending in  2035. 
• HCR 12: Designating September as Deaf Awareness Month for a 10-year period ending in 2035. • HCR 50: Designating Galveston as the official Mardi Gras Capital of Texas for a 10-year period ending  in 2035. 

Supporting the Republican Party of Texas Platform 

Rep. Terri Leo Wilson was a steadfast conservative in advancing 36 Republican Party of Texas platform bills  by joint authoring, co-authoring, and voting in favor of each. She also authored one of the most important  priorities of the session: HB 100, which promotes parent choice and reform in Texas public education.

• HB 14 Relating to support for the development of the nuclear energy industry. 
• HB 100: Relating to the purchase, adoption, and use of instructional materials by public schools. • HB 119: Relating to the registration as a lobbyist of persons who engage in certain lobbying activities on  behalf of a foreign adversary and to prohibitions on the receipt of compensation related to those  lobbying activities; providing a civil penalty. 
• HB 1586: Relating to an exemption from required immunizations for school enrollment. • HB 1661: Relating to election supplies and the conduct of elections; creating criminal offenses;  increasing criminal penalties. 
• HB 2963: Relating to diagnosis, maintenance, and repair of certain digital electronic equipment. • HB 3228: Relating to the inclusion of certain provisions in lease agreements for wind or solar power  facilities. 
• HB 3441: Relating to the liability of vaccine manufacturers that advertise a harmful vaccine. • HB 3809: Relating to the removal of battery energy storage facilities. 
• HB 3824: Relating to fire safety standards and emergency operations plans for the operation of battery  energy storage facilities; providing administrative penalties. 
• HB 4076: Relating to prohibiting organ transplant recipient discrimination on the basis of vaccination  status. 
• HB 4535: Relating to COVID-19 vaccine administration requirements. 
• HB 4623: Relating to liability of public schools and professional school employees for sexual  misconduct involving students. 
• SB 6: Relating to the planning for, interconnection and operation of, and costs related to providing  service for certain electrical loads and to the generation of electric power by a water supply or sewer  service corporation. 
• SB 12: Relating to parental rights in public education, to certain public school requirements and  prohibitions regarding instruction, diversity, equity, and inclusion duties, and social transitioning, and to  student clubs at public schools. 
• SB 13: Relating to a school district’s library materials and catalog, the establishment of local school  library advisory councils, and parental rights regarding public school library catalogs and access by the  parent’s child to library materials. 
• SB 20: Relating to the creation of the criminal offense of possession, promotion, or production of certain  obscene visual material appearing to depict a child. 
• SB 25: Relating to health and nutrition standards to promote healthy living, including requirements for  food labeling, primary and secondary education, higher education, and continuing education for certain  health care professionals; authorizing a civil penalty. 
• SB 75: Relating to the resilience of the electric grid and certain municipalities. 
• SB 379: Relating to prohibiting the purchase of sweetened drinks and candy under the supplemental  nutrition assistance program. 
• SB 412: Relating to defenses to prosecution for certain offenses involving material or conduct that is  obscene or otherwise harmful to children. 
• SB 888: Relating to the attorney general’s defense of a district or county attorney against certain lawsuits  in federal court.
• SB 984: Relating to access to individualized investigational treatments for patients with life-threatening  or severely debilitating illnesses. 
• SB 985: Relating to the combination of certain election precincts. 
• SB 1271: Relating to the concurrent jurisdiction of this state over United States military installations  with respect to certain subject matters. 
• SB 1362: Relating to prohibiting the recognition, service, and enforcement of extreme risk protective  orders; creating a criminal offense. 
• SB 1470: Relating to requiring the Department of Public Safety to share data for the purpose of  maintaining the statewide voter registration list. 
• SB 1535: Relating to the establishment by the Texas Workforce Commission of an advanced nuclear  energy workforce development program. 
• SB 1762: Relating to the authority of the Railroad Commission of Texas to designate certain persons as  the operator of an orphaned oil or gas well. 
• SB 1862: Relating to interstate notification by the voter registrar of certain applicants for voter  registration. 
• SB 2148: Relating to the reliability of the electricity supply chain. 
• SB 2166: Relating to testing of voting tabulation equipment. 
• SB 2420: Relating to the regulation of platforms for the sale and distribution of software applications for  mobile devices. 
• SB 2753: Relating to the integration of early voting by personal appearance and election day voting,  including the manner in which election returns are processed and other related changes. • SJR 5: Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring the denial of bail under certain circumstances to  persons accused of certain offenses punishable as a felony. 
• SJR 37: Proposing a constitutional amendment clarifying that a voter must be a United States citizen. 

Budget Summary: Senate Bill 1 

This legislative session, the Texas Legislature passed SB 1. Texas is now the eighth-largest economy in the  world. That scale means our budget will always be significant, but we must continue working to ensure it is  efficient and responsibly managed. The good news is that Texas funds state government primarily through sales  taxes and fees generated by our strong economy; not property taxes. 

Over a thousand people move to Texas each day. Our population and economy continue to grow, and that  growth fuels our budget. This session, the Legislature dedicated $51 billion, or about 15 percent of the total  state budget, to property tax relief. These dollars help buy down local school property taxes to reduce the  burden on taxpayers. 

Still, I share the concerns many Texans have about the size of government spending. When families across the  state are watching every penny, government should do the same. That is why I believe we must do more in  future sessions to reduce and ultimately eliminate our reliance on property taxes. This will not be easy. Cities,  counties, and school districts still need to be funded, and they currently rely on property taxes to do so. But I am  committed to pursuing serious, thoughtful solutions that ensure we meet local needs while protecting Texas  taxpayers.

This is not just a talking point. I intend to spend the interim studying this issue and working with colleagues to  find responsible, long-term answers. I have consistently authored the legislation to end property taxes and am  committed to getting it done.