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88th Texas Legislature

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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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 88.2 On a vote of 143-3 Dade Phelan, R-Beaumont was reelected to a second term as Texas Speaker of the House. Adoption of procedural rules had a small twist this year. A long brewing attempt to ban minority party members from chairing ... Read More

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88th Texas Legislature

Issue 88.1 As the 88th Texas Legislative Session kicked off today, it is remarkable to think what a difference two years can make.  When the 2020 session started there was a new Speaker of the House to elect and procedural rules to develop ... Read More

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