Lara Keel Texas 83rd Legislative Session Lobbyist Report: HB 1122 http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/83R/fiscalnotes/html/HB01122H.htm House Bill No. 1122 is aiming to allow Dallas Independent School District to create a pilot program where students are able to earn a High School degree in an estimated three years. Interestingly, the bill would take the costs of the fourth year of […]
Lara Keel Texas 83rd Legislative Session Lobbyist Report: HB 178
Lara Keel Texas 83rd Legislative Session Lobbyist Report: HB 178 http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/83R/analysis/html/HB00178H.htm House Bill 178 was filed in November of 2012, and it currently pending in committee. The bill is about the importance of water conservation. If passed, it would amend the Tax Code and provide a sales tax exemption to the sale of a specified […]
83rd Legislative Session Update
83rd Legislative Session Update http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/83R/fiscalnotes/html/HB00060I.htm Fiscal notes are designed to inform Legislators and Representatives about economic costs attached to proposed pieces of Legislation. This individual note is from The Director of the Legislative Budget Board, (Ursula Parks), to the Chair of the House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence, (Abel Herrero). This bill would make failure to […]
Lara Keel Texas Lobbyist Report: Texas vs. California
Lara Keel Texas Lobbyist Report: Texas vs. California The following is a digest of a story that originally appeared on the Fox News Business website. Mike Toomey is posting this summary as a public service for other state lobbyists, political consultants, and interested parties. In the last ten years, Texas’s population has grown at nearly […]
Gun Control to be a Big Issue in the 83rd Legislative Session
Gun Control to be a Big Issue in the 83rd Legislative Session The following is a digest of an article originally appearing at the Texas Tribune. Lara Keel is running this summary as a public service for all Texas legislators involved in the 83rd Texas legislative session, other lobbyists, political consultants, and other interested parties. The […]