Some are good, some are bad, and others are downright ugly. Access a mobile version of TLO, Who Represents Me, and DistrictViewer on an iPhone, iPad, or other mobile device. The comments came from state Reps. Four Price, R-Amarillo; Craig Goldman, R-Fort Worth; Toni Rose, D-Dallas; and Terry Canales, D-Edinburg, during a conversation about the House agenda moderated by Cassandra Pollock, the Tribune’s state politics reporter. This publication highlights areas of interest Texas REALTORS ® will monitor during the 2021 session. The Republicans, Jetton and Slawson, said they wanted to reopen the economy to address shortfalls. While Moody said he supported Phelan for his character, Button praised the Beaumont Republican for his years of leadership, including when Phelan didn’t push Button last session to support a bill he knew her constituents would reject. By Jacob Asmussen | December 10, 2020. After the 2020 Census, redistricting will occur, with congressional districts redrawn for the 2022 through 2030 elections. Perhaps it goes without saying — but producing quality journalism isn't cheap. Four Tribune reporters share what they are most watching for at the 2021 legislative session. By the freewheeling 1970s, Texas marijuana possession laws became less severe. Monday marked the first day bills could be prefiled. Several cannabis reform bills pre-filed ahead of 2021 session . The Tribune’s Evan Smith and Ross Ramsey on how the Legislature works — and what it might look like in a pandemic. Full Story, by Cassandra Pollock Texas lawmakers will meet next month to address the health and economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic, but social distancing measures will likely disrupt the Legislature’s daily grind, said Ross Ramsey, executive editor of The Texas Tribune. Now it's time to govern. Lawmakers in January will tackle issues including the next state budget and redistricting. Editor's note: This session was recorded Dec. 4, when Sen. Chuy Hinojosa was vice chair of the Senate Finance Committee. She added that, amid a mounting number of uninsured Texans, she was “extremely optimistic” legislators would vote to expand Medicaid this session. Staying with their constitutional obligations, legislators must pass a two-year state budget and apportion the districts for Congress, State Board of Education, Texas Senate and House of Representatives seats as part of the decennial redistricting process. The redistricting process — redrawing congressional and state legislative districts — could take longer than usual this year, two state lawmakers said. Tribune events are supported through contributions from our investors and members. Following an election that largely maintained the status quo within the Texas Legislature, Pollock said Democrats’ inability to gain any seats in the House means they’ll have limited input on the state’s redistricting process. Dan Patrick appointed Sen. Eddie Lucio Jr. as vice chair of the panel, replacing Hinojosa. In 2021, the Texas Senate will have 18 Republicans and 13 ⦠In-Depth News Politics 2021 Texas Legislature gerrymandering legislative redistricting Texas redistricting U.S. Census Bureau. Texas Senate panel weighs banning abortion in 2021. March 24, 2021â Yesterday marked the halfway point of the eighty-seventh Texas Legislature, one of the wildest and most contentious weâve ever seen. In fact, that might be the hardest option available. In many states, this process is controlled by the state legislature, subject to gubernatorial veto.When one party controls the process, this can lead to gerrymandering, where district lines are set to maximize that partyâs control in Congress. We have redistricting, of course, that we have to do. Key Texas House leader says Capitol occupancy may be limited in upcoming legislative session, GOP lawmakers heading into the legislative session take aim at voter fraud, despite no evidence of widespread problem. A Texas redistricting committee is holding field hearings across the state ahead of 2021 mapmaking, including in San Antonio on Thursday. The Texas Legislature doesnât meet very often. “And we have to pick and choose what bills get paid when times are tough, and how to manage feeding our family, and how to manage educating our kids, and all the things that women and mothers have to do across the state.”, Incoming members of the Texas Legislature discuss their plans and priorities for their first legislative session. Full Story, by Karen Brooks Harper Two Texas lawmakers said despite an expected shortfall of almost $5 billion for the current two-year budget, they hope to increase funding for health care and broadband services in the next budget, without increasing taxes. Show us with your support. I don't know.”, Four members of the Texas Senate outline what’s on the agenda for the upper chamber. The Washington version is noisy. “There's a million ways to do this.”, Three veteran members of the Texas House discuss how presumptive House Speaker Dade Phelan will lead the lower chamber. He also supports rapid testing in the Capitol and will require masks in his office. Full Story, by Ross Ramsey The pandemic may change that. Facebook. by Alana Rocha, Justin Dehn and Todd Wiseman Dec. 14, 2020, The House will limit attendance for what is typically a crowded day at the Capitol when family and friends attend the opening ceremonies. Republican control of the Texas Legislature allows the party to continue to direct important issues during the upcoming session. ⦠Austin American-Statesman. While Dutton said the caucus has long advocated for increased police training and oversight, widespread outrage following the death of George Floyd in police custody has heightened visibility of Black Americans’ treatment by law enforcement. Watch all of the conversations from the symposium and read highlights from the discussions below. Every two years, the Texas Legislature convenes for session. “What this pandemic tells us is that we have a problem … in Texas, and now all the people are seeing it.”, Women’s equity is at the top of the agenda for state Reps. Gina Hinojosa and Julie Johnson, co-founders of the Texas Legislature’s Women’s Equity Bloc. Still, Dutton acknowledged the challenges of reimagining policing in a Legislature where only a fraction of bills become law and in a state where some Republican officials, including Gov. “Second, he takes time to communicate with people. The Texas Tribune and Spectrum News have teamed up to present a free week-long event â from Dec. 7 to 11 â previewing the 2021 proceedings. The representatives also spoke about the importance of health care, education, child care access and LGBTQ+ protections in the upcoming session. Full Story, by Ross Ramsey Canales said some of the members will need to energize their base for the next election and that’s why there will be at least one special session with “a lot of red meat to it.”, “The reality is that’s historically been the tool used,” Canales said. We're in that periodic move from electioneering to governing. “With coronavirus, COVID-19, the agenda could be very narrow this session,” said state Rep. Todd Hunter, R-Corpus Christi, during a panel discussion previewing the Phelan administration and the 2021 legislative session. Full Story, Watch: Here’s what you should know heading into the 2021 Texas legislative session, Analysis: When mapmaking Texas politicians are smiling and quiet, pay attention, Masks required, COVID-19 tests encouraged for opening day in the Texas House next month, Analysis: Texans might be ready for casinos, but lawmakers aren’t convinced, GOP megadonor Sheldon Adelson readies 2021 lobbying blitz to bring casinos to Texas, Dan Patrick wants to change Senate rules so GOP keeps a key advantage, despite losing its supermajority, Analysis: Adding a new tax might be easier than ending an old tax break. Updated: Dec. 11, 2020. The Legislature Explained at The Texas Tribune's symposium previewing the 2021 legislative session. During the 2021 legislative session, the Texas Legislative Black Caucus will focus on continuing efforts to reform the state’s criminal justice system, said state Rep. Nicole Collier, the caucus’ first vice chair. More than 800,000 people lack adequate broadband infrastructure, according to a letter sent to Gov. “And Dade Phelan is the perfect person for this situation.”. “Basically, you have to have approval – either expressed or tacit – from the House, Senate and governor in order to pass a law.”. In an ongoing effort to reduce the spread of COVID-19, the Texas State Capitol, Capitol Grounds and Visitors Center are currently fully closed to the public. A number of statewide public hearings scheduled for earlier this year were canceled because of the pandemic. The 87th Legislature's regular session runs from Jan. 12 to May 31. “We want to aim to provide uniformity, some type of consistent system, that people in Texas can look to and say, ‘This is what is expected of our law enforcement officers all across the state.”’. Access Mobile Version of TLO. Several Texas lawmakers said the upcoming legislative session will likely be pushed into a special session next year if federal census results are delayed for long. “We have so many tools in our toolbox that we’ll be able to work through it. It will be nothing compared to 2011,” Hinojosa said. Texas House Current Makeup: Republicans â 83, Democrats â 67 | January 2021: Republicans â 83, Democrats â 67. When lawmakers gather in Austin on January 12th for the 87th session of the Texas Legislature, they'll be staring two colossal issues square in the face; an on-going pandemic still killing off their constituents, and a once-thriving economy chewed up by the very same contagion, robbing state coffers of at least $4.5 billion With the coronavirus pandemic continuing to affect everyday life, Texas legislators know that it wonât be business as usual at the Capitol during the 2021 legislative session. Conversations on how people will testify during the session are underway, Pollock said, and lawmakers are considering options such as limiting the number of people in the Capitol and requiring a negative COVID-19 test before entering. This will be the second public hearing for the Texas House Redistricting Committee to gather public input about how lawmakers should redraw political district lines to account for a decade's worth of population growth and demographic changes. This 2021 legislative session is already vastly different as the coronavirus continues to change the everyday lives of Texans. Media support is provided by Spectrum News. AUSTIN, Texas â Democratic Texas lawmakers will take another shot at legalizing marijuana in the Lone Star State when the legislature convenes in January. During the 2021 legislative session, the Texas Legislative Black Caucus will focus on continuing efforts to reform the stateâs criminal justice system, ⦠“This is where we go to debate, jump up and down, scream at each other, come out with a kind of forced agreement – and if you can't get together, it doesn't function right.”. State Rep. Giovanni Capriglione and State Sen. Chuy Hinojosa discuss their plans to craft a state budget amid an economic downturn. “For years we've had Texas Legislative Black Caucus members attempting to break down the barriers to access to health care and health services,” Collier said. Full Story, by Ross Ramsey The conversation, moderated by Tribune political reporter Cassi Pollock, also included Rep.-elect Eddie Morales Jr., D-Eagle Pass, and Rep.-elect Jacey Jetton, R-Sugar Land. The new Legislature is scheduled to convene on Tuesday, January 12, 2021. “It's up to the 150 of us to come together for the betterment of Texas,” Goldman said. Texas Republicans have blocked voter access legislation for years. The Texas version is a bit quieter, but it's underway. “It's all insider baseball,” Ramsey said. It is a bicameral body composed of a 31-member Senate and a 150-member House of Representatives. After the 2020 Census, redistricting will occur, with congressional districts redrawn for the 2022 through 2030 elections. A Texas redistricting committee is holding field hearings across the state ahead of 2021 mapmaking, including in San Antonio on Thursday. “We have different police departments with different policies,” Collier, D-Fort Worth, said. “Because inherently, when you're drawing maps that affect the state board of education, House and Senate districts and congressional districts, at some level … it can become controversial or personal to many of the members in both chambers.”. Will Dan Patrick push to change the rules? With the recent election cycle (mostly) behind us, Texasâ 87th legislative session is set to convene at noon on Jan. 12. HOUSTON â A bill seeking to modify the so-called âcastle doctrineâ in Texas is getting lawmakers riled up ahead of the legislative session that ⦠Dec. 14, 2020, Casinos are making a serious run at Texas lawmakers, hoping to open up to five gaming destinations in a state that has resisted them for years. Many of the legislatureâs 2020 agenda items therefore are expected to re-emerge in 2021. Texas Democrats promised 2020 would be the year Texas turned blue, the Texas Tribune reported on Wednesday. Legal challenges and changing deadlines, compounded by the coronavirus pandemic, frustrated census efforts and could push redistricting into a special session, the lawmakers said. 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Email. “We're going to have a $4 to $5 billion budget deficit that we have to balance the budget on. Full Story, by Patrick Svitek From the state budget to health care to education policy — and the politics and impact of the coronavirus behind it all — we focus on what Texans need to know about the biennial legislative session. “In these times of economic uncertainty and high unemployment, tax increases are completely off the table,” said Giovanni Capriglione, R-Southlake. The conversation, moderated by Tribune CEO Evan Smith, highlighted the inner workings of the Texas Capitol, from how a bill becomes a law to the differences between the Legislature’s upper and lower chamber. Texas Legislative Session Preview. Here at Progress Texas, weâre going through every bill filled in the 2021 Texas Legislative Session. Ramshaw is also a former editor-in-chief of The Texas Tribune. When it does, a lot can happen in a short period of time. 2021 Texas Legislative Session Bills; Prepare for a (Legislative) Gun Battle in Texas Next Year. And while those results are not yet known, we do now know the results of the races for the Texas state legislature. Now, he said, it could be delayed because the U.S. Census Bureau has pushed back its deadlines for counting the population due to COVID-19. “It's crazy to think that it's not contentious at some moments,” Price said. January 12, 2021: 87th Legislature convenes at noon (Texas Constitution, Article III, Section 5(a); Texas Government Code, Section 301.001) March 12, 2021: 60-day bill filing deadline ( Texas Constitution, Article III, Section 5(b) ) The Texas Tribune held a weeklong virtual symposium Dec. 7-11 previewing the state’s upcoming legislative session, which begins in January. Johnson said the caucus will bring the perspective of women who have children and care for their families. Texas Legislature; Bill seeking to modify Texas âcastle doctrineâ causes stir ahead of 2021 legislative session click2houston.com - Aaron Barker. By. Nov. 30, 2020, The seasons change in the political world, too. Third, definitely, he is trustworthy.”, The panelists also said that Phelan, like Dennis Bonnen — who will retire as speaker at the end of his term after a secret recording revealed he encouraged the targeting of 10 GOP members for primary challenges — has the same focus and knack to get things done as his predecessor and will, as Hunter said, fairly call “balls and strikes.”, Texas House members spell out their top priorities heading in to the 2021 legislative session. Throughout the event, lawmakers, state officials and journalists discussed the impact of 2020 elections on the state House and Senate, the impact of COVID-19 on the state budget, the priorities of lawmakers in both chambers, calls for action on racial justice and police brutality, what the redistricting process is likely to look like and more. The 2021 must-do menu also includes legislative and congressional redistricting, which is generally a big olâ mess even when thereâs not a pandemic. Greg Abbott, have pledged to “back the blue.”. Perry said he has “no doubt this is the session” to expand access to broadband internet for rural Texans. “Broadband speed, internet was not a priority, it was just a normal one of the key issues that we needed to address, but because of the pandemic, now it’s become a priority,” Hinojosa said. Full Story, It might seem that closing tax loopholes and ending exemptions would be an easy way to balance a state budget during a pandemic. Dec. 1, 2020, The Legislature is set to convene in January. “The more things change, the more things stay the same,” said Rep.-elect Shelby Slawson, R-Stephenville, adding that supporting law enforcement is also one of her top concerns. Monday marked the first day bills could be prefiled. Twitter. Dec. 2, 2020, In January, the lieutenant governor suggested he could push to further lower the threshold required to bring bills to the floor if the GOP lost its supermajority. And then there are other major issues, in my opinion, like health and human services that we have to find some long-term solution on.”. The Texas Legislature is set to convene its 2021 legislative session on January 12, and lawmakers have already pre-filed several bills that would reform Texasâ outdated cannabis laws. Full Story, by Patrick Svitek and Mitchell Ferman As a nonprofit newsroom, we rely on members to help keep our stories free and our events open to the public. Morales, the Democrat, said he wants to consider pulling money from the state’s “rainy day fund” to address the budget and would like to increase access to broadband and healthcare in the many rural counties in his district, the largest in the state. “There’s a lot of unknowns,” said state Sen. Joan Huffman, R-Houston, who chairs the Senate Select Committee on Redistricting. On January 12, lawmakers from across the state of Texas will convene the 87 th Texas Legislative Session. Legislators will also be selecting a new Speaker of the House during the opening of the 2021 legislative session. The lege website makes it easy to see the bills filed every day. Texas Legislature | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Prefiling Browse Legislation - View Trending - Dataset Downloads Active Texas Bills ( Introduced , Engrossed , Enrolled , Passed ) If the U.S. Census Bureau doesn’t hand over data to lawmakers by mid-April, Huffman said “it will be impossible to get” maps redrawn without a special session. Jef Rouner - November 20, 2020. How many times? In 2021, lawmakers in the nationâs second most populous state and the worldâs 11th largest economy, Texas, could be the first to put an end to this practice. Johnson said some Democrats and Republicans weren’t aware of women’s lack of opportunity in the House until the group of women lawmakers brought it up. Greg Abbott in September by a bipartisan group of state lawmakers. Major sponsors of this symposium are Toyota North America, the Beer Alliance of Texas, CenterPoint Energy, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas, Philanthropy Advocates, Educate Texas, Gulf States Toyota, Raise Your Hand Texas, AT&T, Texas State University System, HCA Healthcare, University of Texas at Arlington, IDEA Public Schools, DoorDash, Texas Exes, NRG Energy and 19th Amendment Centennial Fund. Collier said the caucus also plans to address disparities in health care, which have been exposed with greater clarity by the coronavirus pandemic. With Dade Phelan likely to become the Texas House speaker, Price said Phelan will have the “incredibly difficult job” of placing members on committees and deciding who will chair them. January 12, 2021: 87th Legislature convenes at noon (Texas Constitution, Article III, Section 5(a); Texas Government Code, Section 301.001) March 12, 2021: 60-day bill filing deadline ( Texas Constitution, Article III, Section 5(b) ) The 87th Texas Legislature is about to kick off come 2021. The following report was contributed to in part by Wade Long, one of TMHA's long standing lobbyists. Huffman was joined by state Rep. Phil King, R-Austin, in a conversation moderated by Ross Ramsey, executive editor of The Texas Tribune. The legislative agenda also states that the City of San Antonio supports Medicaid expansion in Texas, aligning with the Countyâs legislative agenda passed on Tuesday With a Republican-controlled state House and Senate, however, Medicaid expansion remains unlikely in Texas. Full Story, by Patrick Svitek “It's a social mechanism,” Ramsey said during a panel discussion explaining the Legislature and previewing the 2021 session. Leading members of the Texas Legislative Black Caucus outline the priorities of their members for the 2021 legislative session. The panelists also highlighted new safety protocols that will be in place this session at the Capitol. Itâs a policy pressure cooker. the Texas REALTORS® Legislative Priorities for the 87th Texas Legislature. Those include redistricting, law enforcement, criminal justice reform, property taxes, and other issues voted on by Texas voters. The gavel doesnât drop to open the 2021 Texas legislative session until Jan. 12, but state lawmakers are already giving us an indication of what they will be working on next year. The 87th Legislature's regular session runs from Jan. 12 to May 31. Nov. 27, 2020, More than 60 election-related bills have been filed in the House and Senate in the three weeks since the election. “It is time for us to be very pragmatic and take a common-sense approach to how we cover the health care needs of Texans,” said state Sen. 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