Texas Constitutional Enforcement
2025 Legislative Agenda Status Report

April 6, 2025

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!

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!

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

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). Passed out of Senate State Affairs - Mar 5.

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

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 )

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). All stuck in committee Apr 4.

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) Heard in House State Affairs - Mar 26. Vote Delayed by Chair. Sponsor urges patience. Stand by for action alert.

Rule-of-Law Enforcement – 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.

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. Stuck in House PIFS & 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. Passed Senate Mar 20.

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). Birdwell's SJR 40/SB 871 heard in Senate State Affairs Mar 27.

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

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

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.

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.

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.