Texas Constitutional Enforcement
2025 Legislative Agenda

April 19, 2025

1. 1. End Federal Overreach
   2. Fighting Inflation, CBDC, Globalism, and ESG
   3. End Texas Executive Overreach and Protect Texas Medical Freedom
   4. Border Enforcement

   1. End Federal Overreach

   Texas Sovereignty Act – Joint legislative committee recommends unconstitutional federal acts for declaration by legislature and governor. (RPT End Federal Overreach Priority). (RPT Platform Plank 20) (HB 796 Cecil Bell / SB 80 Bob Hall). Apr 2 - HB 796 passed out of House State Affairs! Apr 10 – in Calendars.

   Resist Federal Red Flag Orders -- (RPT End Federal Overreach Priority). (RPT Platform Plank 19 b) (HB 162 Briscoe Cain / SB 1362 Bryan Hughes). SB 1362 Passed Senate Mar 27! Apr 9 Assigned to House Crim Jurisprudence.

   Protect County and District Attorneys From the Feds – Allows Attorney General to defend county and district attorneys in actions taken against them by the feds for enforcing state law, if the county/district attorneys request. (RPT End Federal Overreach Priority). (RPT Platform Planks 5 and 20) (SB 888 Lois Kolkhorst / HB 2460 Jeff Leach). Apr 10 – SB 888 Passed Senate. Apr 16 – HB 2460 Passed House State Affairs.

2. Don’t Mess With Texas Elections – limits on funding from outside Texas for Texas races. (RPT Platform Plank 202) (SB 405 Mayes Middleton / HB 3592 Dade Phelan ). Apr 16 HB 3592 passed House State Affairs.

3. Disconnects Texas Firearms Law from Feds – removes prohibition of short barrel rifles from Texas law. (RPT Plank 19) (HB 259 Richard Hayes / SB 1596 Brent Hagenbuch) Apr 16 SB 1596 Passed Senate. Apr 14 HB 259 heard in House Homeland Security.

4. Stuck in Committee – the following RPT End Federal Overreach Priorities are stuck:

5. Protect the Texas National Guard (RPT Platform Plank 247) (HB 930 Briscoe Cain). (RPT End Federal Overreach Priority). House Homeland Security Mar 17 hearing. No movement since.

6. Resist FBI Weaponization Against Texans -- Require feds to get sheriff and AG permission for arrests and searches in county. (RPT Platform Plank 5) (HB 1982 & HB 3932 Andy Hopper.)

   Run Texas Elections Separately from Federal Elections – (RPT Platform Plank 221 g) (HB 209 Mike Schofield, SB 106 Bob Hall).

   Refuse to Cooperate With Federal Health Emergencies – (SB 131 Bob Hall).

   2. Fighting Inflation, CBDC, Globalism, and ESG

   Currency Choice Amendment to protect the natural right to hold and trade with any medium of exchange including cash, coin, digital currency, and scrip. (RPT Platform Plank 30 d and 80). (SJR 55 Tan Parker / HJR 175 Stan Gerdes / HJR 177 Andy Hopper). Apr 14 HJR 175 Heard in PIFS.

   Transactional Gold –provide ability for Texans to use a credit card or digital app to spend stored gold or silver in ordinary transactions (RPT Platform Plank 80). (HB 1056 Mark Dorazio / SB 2002 Bryan Hughes) Mar 26 Heard in House State Affairs - Mar 26. Apr 16 Voted out of House State Affairs.

   Rule-of-Law Enforcement: 

   • Make Texas Supreme Court final arbiter of all constitutional questions (SB 1210 Bryan Hughes / HB 933 David Spiller). Apr 10 SB 1210 Passed Senate. Apr 9 HB 933 Passed House Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence, Apr 17 In Calendars.
   • Give AG prosecutorial authority for election law after 6 month inactivity by DA. (RPT Election Integrity Priority). (RPT Platform Plank 165) (SB 1026 Bryan Hughes / HB 5138 Matt Shaheen). SB 1026 passed out of Sen State Affairs - Mar 26. Came off intent calendar Apr 1. HB 5138 scheduled hearing in House State Affairs Apr 23.
     
   • Give AG prosecutorial authority for human trafficking law after 6 month inactivity by DA. (RPT Platform Plank 165) (HB 45 Lacey Hull). Apr 16 Passed out of House State Affairs.
   • Creates State Special Prosecutor under Texas Supreme Court with independent prosecutorial authority over election law, public integrity law, human trafficking law, abortion law, and riot law. (HB 4717 Mike Schofield). Stuck in House State Affairs.

   Prohibit Discrimination in Lending by Financial Firms based on ideology/ESG/Nature of Business  - (RPT Platform Plank 31). (HB 1516 Mike Schofield / SB 512 Lois Kolkhorst) Stop Paypal from imposing fines on free speech. Apr 16 – SB 512 Voted out of Senate B&C.

   Anti-ESG Bill – (SB 495 Kevin Sparks) – stops Texas Department of Insurance from implementing rules that implement ESG. Expands upon what Tom Oliverson and Ken King accomplished last session. Mar 20 Passed Senate. Apr 9 Assigned to House Insurance.

   3. End Texas Executive Overreach and Protect Texas Medical Freedom

   Stop Executive Overreach -- Amend Texas Disaster Act to insure that we never get lockdowns or mask mandates again and to stop open-ended criminal penalties for which executives define offense. Put conditions on delegation of power that legislature must approve emergencies after short time. (HB 5464 is RPT End Federal Overreach Priority). (RPT Platform Planks 8 and 114). (HB 5464 Shelley Luther /SJR 40 -SB 871 Brian Birdwell). Apr 10 - Birdwell's SJR 40/SB 871 Passed Senate. Apr 15 Assigned to House State Affairs. SB 871 scheduled for hearing on Apr 23.

   Liability for Advertising Vax Manufacturers – (HB 3441 Shelley Luther) – (RPT End Federal Overreach Priority). Apr 2 Hearing in House Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence.

7. Ivermectin Without Prescription - (HB 3175 Wes Virdell / HB 3219 Joanne Shofner) Stuck in House Public Health Apr 4.

8. Right to Refuse Vax for Med Students – (SB 2119 Kevin Sparks / HB 4927 Joanne Shofner). Apr 16 SB 2119 Voted out of Senate Health & Human Service.

9. Informed Consent for Child Vax -- (SB 1488 Bob Hall). Apr 10 Passed Senate.

10. Comprehensive Medical Informed Consent - (RPT End Federal Overreach Priority). (RPT Platform Plank 114) (SB 754 Mayes Middleton / HB 3472 Mike Olcott). Stuck in Senate State Affairs & House Public Health Apr 4.

    “Gain-of-Function” Ban – ban gain-of-function research in Texas (RPT Platform Plank 159) (SB 1488 Bob Hall). Stuck in Senate K - 16 Education Apr 4.

11. Stop Mandatory Vaccinations - Constitutional amendment to add provision to Texas Bill of Rights to protect natural, unalienable right to decline vaccination. (RPT End Federal Overreach Priority). (RPT Platform Plank 114).(HJR 91 Andy Hopper, SJR 10 Bob Hall).  Stuck in House State Affairs and Senate HHS Apr 4.

12. 4. Border Enforcement

    Stop the Magnet – stop taxpayer services to illegal aliens (RPT Border Enforcement Priority). (RPT Platform Plank 232) (HB 4745 - Mike Olcott). Assigned to House State Affairs Apr 3.

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