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AUSTIN – Caucus Chairman Paul Bettencourt (R-Houston) announced that all nine members of the Texas Senate Republican Caucus that are on the ballot in the 2020 election cycle will be unopposed in the March Republican Primary. This is a testament to the historic record of accomplishment by the Republican led Texas Senate, under the leadership […]

House Bill 1631 Prohibits the use of Photographic Traffic Signal Enforcement Systems   AUSTIN– House Bill 1631, otherwise known as the Red-Light Camera Bill, passed the Texas Senate 23-8. The bill was authored in the House by Representative Jonathan Stickland (R – Bedford) and sponsored in the Senate by Senator Bob Hall (R – Edgewood). […]

Senate Bill 1978 Protects the Religious Liberty of Businesses and Individuals Against any Discrimination by a Government or Public Entity   AUSTIN– Senate Bill 1978 would prevent a government or public entity from penalizing businesses for exercising their religious beliefs. This bill is essential after Chick-fil-A was barred from opening a location at the San […]

HB 3 Reduces STAAR Tests, does not Increase Passing Standards and Prohibits Evaluating Teacher Performance and Incentive Pay based solely on STAAR test scores   AUSTIN– The Committee Substitute to House Bill 3, sponsored by Senator Larry Taylor (R-Galveston) has passed the Texas Senate with 26 yes votes, thereby allowing for the largest school finance […]

  People continue to die crossing the border and are forced into sex slavery in the face of Congress’ refusal to act Senators Cornyn, Cruz, and Lt. Governor Patrick all joined Senate Republican Caucus membership   AUSTIN – Yesterday afternoon the Texas Senate Republican Caucus held a joint press conference to again call attention to […]

  Caucus Chair Paul Bettencourt authors Senate Bill 2, which passes 18-13, Texas Businesses and Homeowners finally catch a break from rising Property Taxes   AUSTIN– Senate Bill 2, authored by Chairman of the Texas Senate Republican Caucus, Senator Paul Bettencourt, passed the Senate with all 19 Republican members of the Senate voting to suspend […]

All 19 Republican Senators voted to send Senate Bill 23 to the House and ensure that babies Born-Alive must be given every chance to live  AUSTIN – Senate Bill 23, the Born-Alive Infant Protection Act, authored by Senator Lois Kolkhorst passed the Senate 21-10 with all 19 Republican Senators voting for it. Senate Bill 23 would […]

Chairman of the Caucus Paul Bettencourt Puts Forth Senate Resolution 535, co-authored by all 18 other Republican Senators AUSTIN – Chairman of the Texas Senate Republican Caucus, Paul Bettencourt, put forth Senate Resolution 535, co-authored by all the Republican Senators, this afternoon that declares the crisis at the US-Mexico border an emergency. Chairman Bettencourt, echoing […]

Texas Senators Joan Huffman (R-Houston) and Jane Nelson (R-Flower Mound) in attendance as well as Young Conservatives of Texas State Chair Saurabh Sharma AUSTIN – President Trump today signed an Executive Order protecting freedom of speech on college campuses and incentivizing universities to lessen student debt. The President was surrounded by student activists whose conservative […]

• .@TeamBettencourt announces all 9 @TexasSenateGOP members on 2020 ballot are unopposed in March primary.… https://t.co/V7SGNydDAY, December 12, 2019
• Thank you to all TX GOP Congressional Reps and @JohnCornyn and @tedcruz for voting Yes on the 4.6B border bill and… https://t.co/L6uoEbqRdv, June 28, 2019