The Liberty Action Agenda is a set of critical reforms that must be made to promote and defend liberty, personal responsibility, and free enterprise in Texas. To ensure the flourishing of Texans during the next quarter-century, we must work now toward these bold policy proposals that embody the Texas ideal.
Eliminate Taxpayer Funded Lobbying: The Texas Legislature should no longer allow local governments to hire unaccountable lobbyists with taxpayer dollars.
Eliminate School Property Taxes and Rein in Local Spending: By continuing focus on meaningful structural changes, policymakers can put Texas on a pathway to eliminate property taxes. Policymakers should extend the same responsible spending policies required of the state to cities and counties, ensure public money goes to public purposes only, and require local governments to adopt balanced budgets.
Ensure Affordable, Reliable Energy and Safeguard Water Infrastructure: Texas should require every electric generator — not just new facilities — to guarantee a dependable and affordable supply of power during peak demand. The state should streamline water planning and bring groundwater management under a more unified system to strengthen our long-term water security.
Make Government More Accountable and Transparent: Texans deserve a transparent, straightforward understanding of where their tax dollars go, why the money is being spent, and what real results it delivers. Local governments and school districts need to rebuild Texans’ trust by proving that public services are delivered for the people’s benefit, not for insiders or corrupt actors gaming the system.
Combat the Cartels and Deport Dangerous Criminal Aliens: Texas must safeguard its citizens and communities from cartel-driven drug and human smuggling by using every lawful tool available to establish real operational control of the border. That includes authorizing all Texas peace officers to exercise the same authority as federal immigration agents — identifying, questioning, and detaining illegal aliens anywhere in the state.
Make Texas the National Leader in Education and Student Success: Texas should keep empowering parents by expanding education savings accounts, supporting the growth of charter schools, and strengthening career-focused programs. Our schools should double down on the three proven drivers of student success: great teachers, strong curriculum, and active parent involvement. Texas should lead nationally by overhauling teacher preparation, so it emphasizes practical teaching skills, while making sure educators become true experts in their subjects before they learn how to teach.
Protect Children Online: Texas should use every lawful tool available to protect children online from predators, addictive social-media algorithms, and nefarious AI tools. Barring minors from accessing social media would help reduce serious mental-health harms and shield them from exploitation.
Support Strong Family Formation: Texas must restore the family as the building block of society and recognize that forming lasting marriages and raising children are positive and desirable ends for individuals and society. Texas must be the best state in the nation for married mothers and fathers in which to raise children and direct their education and upbringing.
Take Back Our Cities: Texas should prioritize law and order in communities where progressive policies have weakened public safety. The state should allow DPS personnel to step in and support local law enforcement proactively — without waiting for city councils to ask — so Texans aren’t left unprotected when local leaders fail to act.
Protect Texas Elections and Ensure Enforcement of Election Violations. Texas elections are often administered under a patchwork of local interpretations, uneven enforcement, and political discretion that undermines public confidence. To protect election integrity and voter trust, Texas should set a uniform statewide standard for how elections are conducted and create regional district courts empowered to oversee prosecutors and ensure election laws are enforced consistently.
Coming Soon: In subsequent announcements, each TPPF campaign will release its individual list of specific policy reforms. The full TPPF LAA consists of more than 70 items.