HCRW Legislative Center

Legislation, Public Policy & Civic Engagement

The Hays County Republican Women Legislative Page is designed to help members stay informed through official resources, legislative education, and federation updates. As a club of the Texas Federation of Republican Women and National Federation of Republican Women, we support informed civic participation, constitutional literacy, and respectful public engagement.

Track Texas Legislation Open Legislative Tracker

Texas Legislative Tracker Widget

This dashboard gives members quick access to official reporting, session tools, and calendar resources. The figures below are seeded with the latest published totals currently on this page and include a browser-side refresh attempt from the official reports when the page loads.

Official Source Tracker
Last widget refresh: March 10, 2026
Filed House Bills
7,560
From the official Filed House Bills report for the 89th Regular Session.
Filed Senate Bills
3,943
From the official Filed Senate Bills report for the 89th Regular Session.
Session Tools
Reports & Calendars
Members can review chamber calendars, agendas, hearings, and general reports through official legislative portals.
General Reports House Schedules Senate Agenda Senate Hearings & Events

Auto-refresh note: this widget will attempt to refresh from official report pages once per day in the visitor's browser. If the Texas sites block cross-site requests, the numbers stay on the last saved values shown above.

Purpose of This Page

This page is intended as an educational resource for HCRW members. It highlights official legislative tools, federation content, and key issue areas being discussed in Texas. It is not a lobbying page, a bill-whip page, or a campaign page. Members are encouraged to review legislation through official government sources, follow committee activity, and remain informed as active citizens.

What you will find here Official Texas legislative resources, committee trackers, a TFRW legislative spotlight, educational summaries of major policy categories, and bill-tracking tools for members.
What you will not find here Instructions to support or oppose specific bills, pressure campaigns, endorsements, or content that goes beyond educational and civic-information purposes.

Texas Legislative Dashboard

The Texas Legislature Online website is the central official hub for tracking bills, committee activity, calendars, witnesses, and legislative reports. The Texas House and Texas Senate also maintain official committee pages, schedules, and chamber information. Use the tracker cards below for quick access to Texas-specific legislative tools.

General Texas Bill Tracker

Search bills, authors, captions, actions, and session information through the official Texas Legislature Online portal.

Texas Legislature Online Bill Search Text Search

Committee Activity

Monitor committee assignments, hearing notices, witness lists, and chamber-specific committee information through official House and Senate sources.

Texas House Committees House Committee Schedule Texas Senate Committees Senate Hearings & Events

Session Reports

Review official reports listing bills filed during the regular session.

Filed House Bills Report Filed Senate Bills Report

Find Your Lawmakers

Look up your Texas House member, Texas Senator, and legislative contact information using official chamber tools.

Find Your Texas House Member Texas Senate Members

How to Track a Bill & Receive Notifications

Texas Legislature Online offers public tools that allow citizens to search bills, review bill history, monitor committee activity, and create a free MyTLO account to save bills and receive email alerts. This is one of the best ways for members to stay informed using official state resources.

1. Search for a bill Go to Texas Legislature Online and search by bill number, topic, author, or keyword.
2. Open the bill page Each bill page provides captions, analyses, full text, history, committee referrals, witness lists, and related documents.
3. Create a free MyTLO account MyTLO allows users to save bills, organize bill lists, and receive email notifications when a saved bill changes status or has a new action posted.
4. Follow committee activity Many important developments happen in committee. Review hearing notices, posted agendas, witness lists, and committee schedules regularly.
5. Watch hearings and floor sessions The Senate and House provide official live or archived hearing and floor coverage so users can follow proceedings directly.
6. Recheck the latest version Bills can change substantially through substitute text, amendments, committee reports, and later chamber action. Always review the latest posted language.
Helpful tip: MyTLO and Texas Legislature Online are official state tools and are ideal for club members who want to stay informed without relying on third-party summaries.

TFRW Legislative Spotlight

In the March 2026 TFRW Today, TFRW Vice President of Legislation Robbi Hull summarized a U.S. Supreme Court ruling addressing whether the President may use the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to impose tariffs. The article explains that the Court held IEEPA does not authorize presidential tariffs and emphasized that tariff power is part of Congress's taxing authority under Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution.

Constitutional separation of powers Trade policy Executive authority
The article notes that the Court found no explicit delegation in IEEPA authorizing tariffs.
It also explains that the decision addressed statutory authority, not the practical logistics of unwinding the tariffs.
This is an excellent example of the type of constitutional and legal analysis TFRW legislative content can spotlight for members.

Spotlight source: TFRW Legislative Update, TFRW Today, March 2026.

Open TFRW Legislative Update PDF

Major Texas Policy Areas to Watch

The committee structure in the 89th Texas Legislature includes issue areas such as Border Security, Education K-16, Finance, Business and Commerce, Health and Human Services, Local Government, and more. The topic cards below are framed for member education and can be updated throughout the year as official committee work develops.

Border Security

Track border enforcement, public safety coordination, immigration-related state actions, and appropriations discussions through official committee and bill pages.

Senate Border Security

Education & Parental Rights

Follow public education policy, curriculum, school finance, academic standards, and family-choice discussions through the House and Senate education committees.

House Public Education Senate Education K-16

Property Taxes & State Finance

Monitor budget legislation, appropriations, tax policy, and local tax-related proposals using official finance and budget resources.

House Appropriations Senate Finance

Energy & Grid Reliability

Stay informed on legislation affecting energy production, transmission, reliability, and market oversight through commerce and utility-related committees.

House State Affairs Senate Business & Commerce

Water, Land & Growth

Track water infrastructure, land use, natural resource planning, and local growth-related legislation that impacts Texas communities and future development.

House Natural Resources Senate Local Government

Health, Family & Human Services

Review health policy, Medicaid-related oversight, children and family services, and public health legislation through official health committee resources.

House Public Health Senate Health & Human Services

Official Resources for Members

Use official sources whenever possible. These links help members research legislation, verify bill language, watch hearings, and learn more about the legislative process.

Texas Legislature Online Official portal for bills, bill text, authors, actions, calendars, committees, witnesses, and legislative reports. Texas House of Representatives Official House information, members, chamber news, schedules, committees, and representative lookup tools. Texas Senate Official Texas Senate portal with member pages, committees, hearings, events, and archived broadcasts. Watch Live & Archived Hearings Follow chamber proceedings and committee hearings through official video and audio archives. Congress.gov Official federal legislation research resource for bills, resolutions, actions, and summaries. Texas Federation of Republican Women Federation updates, legislative education, programs, and statewide organizational resources.

How Members Can Stay Engaged

Read the bill text Review captions, analyses, and full bill language before drawing conclusions or sharing information with others.
Follow committee activity Many important policy decisions develop at the committee level through referrals, hearings, testimony, and substitute language.
Use official sources Link to Texas Legislature Online, official chamber sites, and federation resources rather than unverified summaries.
Promote informed civic participation Encourage constitutional literacy, respectful dialogue, and member education consistent with federation standards.

Legislative Page Disclaimer

The information on this page is provided for educational and informational purposes. Hays County Republican Women encourages members to stay informed through official legislative resources and federation updates. Nothing on this page should be construed as lobbying, a directive to support or oppose specific legislation, or an endorsement of any candidate or campaign. Members should consult official legislative sources for the most current bill text, committee actions, and legislative status.