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88th Texas Legislature

Issue 88.11 First Bill of interest clears the Senate Doug Foster Director of Regulatory Affairs doug.foster@mortgagelaw.com We have now seen the first bill of interest clear its first chamber, with SB 801 highlighted below ... Read More

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88th Texas Legislature

Issue 88.10 Bill Filing Closes & Committee Work Begins Doug Foster Director of Regulatory Affairs doug.foster@mortgagelaw.com With the bill filing deadline behind us, the real work of the legislature over the next 60 days ... Read More

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88th Texas Legislature

Issue 88.9 - Texas Advocacy Day at the Capitol Doug Foster Director of Regulatory Affairs doug.foster@mortgagelaw.com We are fast approaching the March 10th deadline for filing bills during this session. There are rumors of ... Read More

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88th Texas Legislature

Issue 88.8 - Texas Legislative Priorities Doug Foster Director of Regulatory Affairs doug.foster@mortgagelaw.com In our last addition we listed the seven emergency items identified by Governor Abbott in his State of the State ... Read More

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Issue 88.7 Doug Foster Director of Regulatory Affairs doug.foster@mortgagelaw.com Governor Abbott delivered his State of the State address in which he revealed his priorities for the Texas Legislature. This biennial requirement of ... Read More

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Issue 88.6 There were 26 first term freshmen representative sworn into the Texas House of Representatives 150-member body last month. Having a freshman class of approximately 17 percent is typical. However, what is not typical is ... Read More

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88th Texas Legislature

Issue 88.5 Bills Filed Restricting Foreign Ownership of Real Estate In the previous 87th Texas Legislative Session we saw passage into law of SB 2116 prohibiting contracts or other agreements with certain foreign-owned companies in connection ... Read More

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88th Texas Legislature

Issue 88.4 Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick announced committee assignments on Monday January 23rd. The Senate’s longest serving Democrat, Senator John Whitmire, was the only Democrat to receive an appointment as a chairman. In 2013 prior to Lt. ... Read More

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88th Texas Legislature

Issue 88.3 Governor Greg Abbott and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick were both inaugurated to their third terms on January 17th. Speeches made by both leaders laid out priorities they would like to accomplish during the current legislative ... Read More

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