During the Regular Session, the 89th Texas Legislature passed three key measures to meaningfully improve fiscal transparency and cultivate a more informed decision-making environment. These well-intentioned measures include:
• HB 103 (2025), relating to the creation and maintenance of a database of taxing unit bond, tax, and bond-related project information; providing a civil penalty;
• HB 3526 (2025), relating to fiscal transparency for bonds issued by local governmental entities; and
• SB 843 (2025), relating to a Texas Education Agency database of school district and open-enrollment charter school bonds, taxes, and bond-related projects.
Border Security
STATE IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT ISN’T A POLICY PREFERENCE: It’s a Core Function of Sovereignty, Public Safety, and National Security
Protects Citizenship: Citizenship is the covenant that binds a political community, defining rights, duties, and the consent to self-government. Immigration enforcement maintains the legal boundary between members and non-members. When unlawful entry and presence are left unregulated at scale, that boundary erodes. Membership is no longer determined by law and allegiance, but by physical access...
May 26, 2026