House Bill 782: Home-Rule Municipalities

April 8, 2021

Shelby Sterling, J.D.

Shelby is a born-and-raised Texan from the Dallas-Fort Worth area. She attended the University of Oklahoma where she earned a Bachelor of Arts in Letters: Constitutional Emphasis, which is a combination study of philosophy, history, and literature on the U.S. Constitution and the Founding Fathers.

After graduation, Shelby followed her passion for law and returned to Texas to pursue her J.D. at Texas A&M University School of Law in Fort Worth.

Shelby Sterling, JD, is a policy analyst for the Government for the People campaign at the Texas Public Policy Foundation.

Home-rule municipalities in Texas have fairly broad discretion to place initiatives before voters; however, the system for local elections lacks uniformity across the state because each municipality’s charter governs its local elections. Change in the legal requirements of local election processes are long overdue. House Bill 782 proposes reforms that are needed.

Testimony Before the House Committee on Elections

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Shelby Sterling, J.D.

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