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Lara Keel Update for Texas Lobbyists: Legislative News

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Lara Keel Update for Texas Lobbyists: Legislative News On June 14th 2013, Rick Perry announced to the public some of his final decisions on a few of the many pieces of legislation that have passed in the current session. Governor Perry also applauded some of the session’s larger legislative policy changes and the consistent efforts […]

Lara Keel Texas Legislative Update: HR 28

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Lara Keel Texas Legislative Update: HR 28 House Resolution No. 28 plans to heavily increase regulation on illegal recreational/commercial fishing in local waters. Worldwide, illegal fishing creates massive economic losses of up to 23 billion dollars every year. The majority of this problem comes from foreign fleets that detract profit from United States commercial fishing. […]

Lara Keel 83rd Session Update: HB 12

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Lara Keel 83rd Session Update: HB 12 House Bill No. 12 is a proposed state exemption from several current federal regulation(s) regarding firearms, firearm accessories, and ammunition. The bill also lists and details various firearm related offense penalties. This bill draws from the tenth amendment, which demonstrates the importance of states right’s when federal policy/law […]

Lara Keel Texas Lobbyist Update: SB 1

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Lara Keel Texas Lobbyist Update: SB 1 Senate Bill No. 1 is a redistricting plan that is aiming to redraft Texas’s current district map. There are some concerns that the most recent Legislative maps, drawn in 2011, are not entirely politically fair and/or unbiased. Although this is uncertain and widely debated, it is a problem […]

Lara Keel 83rd Legislative Session Update: HB 897

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Lara Keel 83rd Legislative Session Update: HB 897 http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/83R/billtext/html/HB00897F.htm House Bill No. 897 was passed on May 20th 2013. When enacted, the bill will require that all students in grades 7 through 12 be instructed in cardiopulmonary resuscitation. This instruction may be implemented into any course. Schools are required to use evidence based, nationally recognized […]