Issue 18 – June 1st The 140 days of the 87th Texas Legislature ended yesterday and adjourned Sine die (without any future date for resumption). Many bills in the Senate were forced to be withdrawn from the Senate Local and Uncontested Calendar ... Read More

Issue 17 – May 24th The House chose to recess for two days until 1:00pm Sunday as frustration builds between legislative leaders over which bills are moving or not. The calendar for those two cancelled days included voting scheduled on 71 Senate ... Read More

Issue 16 – May 17th Hundreds of House bills set on the various calendars died this past week as the clock for passage expired, including five bills we were tracking. There remains a significant amount of work and time to finalize bills still ... Read More

Issue 15 – May 10th There is a common saying that the legislature is where bills go to die. That time has now arrived. Approximately 80% of all bills filed in each Texas legislative session fail to pass. This past Saturday was the first weekend ... Read More

Vol. 14 – May 3rd “All that Glitters is not Gold.” – William Shakespeare or Led Zeppelin There are bills making great progress in the Texas legislature that may not provide the best solution for Texas citizens. Two examples of this are HB1679 ... Read More

Vol. 13 – April 26th “We must use time as a tool, not as a couch.” – John F. Kennedy. Time becomes an easier tool for opponents to kill bills as only a very limited amount of time remains for bills to be heard and passed out of committees. This ... Read More

Vol. 12 – April 19th This week’s focus on bills of big impact that might become law relates to preparing for the ever-growing role of technology in financial services. Texas has in recent years been a national leader in creating legal structure ... Read More

Vol. 11 – April 12th This week’s focus on bills of big impact that might become law relates to the two biggest current regulatory fears regarding consumers’ personal identifiable information exposed by Third Party Vendors and Cyber Security ... Read More

Vol. 10 – April 5th I had the privilege of testifying before House Pensions, Investments and Financial Services on March 31st, in support of HB3472, but we will save that discussion for another time. This week’s focus on bills of big impact that ... Read More