AUSTIN — Today, the Texas Freedom Caucus released its 10 priorities for this 88th legislative session:
- MAXIMUM PROPERTY TAX RELIEF
- Large cut in school district maintenance & operations property taxes with the goal of elimination
- Reform the property tax appraisal process by lowering appraisal caps
- SECURE THE BORDER
- Declare an invasion and provide resources to the governor to take bold action under the U.S. and Texas Constitutions to actually prevent illegal border crossings and expel illegal crossers
- Establish a permanent Texas Border Defense Corp
- Fund and finish a border wall, and implement Texas version of Title 42 for public health
- EXPAND EDUCATIONAL FREEDOM & END WOKE INDOCTRINATION
- Parental choice in education with funding following the student
- Expand vocational skills training in schools
- Grant authority to the State Board of Education over content in instructional materials
- Prohibit men from competing against women in collegiate sports
- End woke indoctrination, and defund ‘diversity, equity, and inclusion’ (DEI) initiatives
- PROTECT TEXAS CHILDREN
- Ban abusive gender procedures on minors
- Remove pornographic materials from school libraries, and ensure age safeguards in public libraries
- Require 18 and up age verification for pornographic internet sites
- Bolster school safety to address shooting incidents, and violent or disruptive students in the classroom
- DEFEND THE SANCTITY OF LIFE
- Abolish the distribution of abortion pills in Texas
- Stop those aiding and abetting out-of-state abortions by enforcing Texas law
- Reform the 10-Day-Rule to ensure end of life protections
- Lower costs of adoptions
- SECURE THE GRID & OPPOSE ESG POLICIES
- Expand thermal electrical generation, including natural gas, nuclear, and geothermal sources
- Reject ESG “social credit” policies that choke oil and gas development
- Oppose subsidies for unreliable wind and solar projects
- PROTECT SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHTS
- Oppose red flag laws, and gun databases created by banks and credit card companies
- Automatic reciprocity with other states for handgun licenses
- INCREASE ELECTION INTEGRITY
- Restore the felony penalty for voter fraud
- Establish alternative methods to prosecute voter fraud when progressive DAs refuse
- Strengthen the enforcement of election laws
- RESTORE SEPARATION OF POWERS
- Repeal the statutes allowing the governor to create a crime through the Emergency Management Plan
- Give citizens standing in court to challenge disaster orders which deprive them of rights or property
- Ban counties and cities from imposing vaccine and mask mandates, or closing businesses
- HEALTH CARE AFFORDABILITY & MEDICAL FREEDOM
- Prioritize price transparency, and affordability through competition
- Ensure that vaccine laws guarantee personal choice and informed consent
These priorities are available on our website here. We've also published a guide for the grassroots.
Our mission is to amplify the voice of liberty-minded, grassroots Texans. We take bold action to protect life, strengthen families, defend the U.S. and Texas Bill of Rights, restrain government, and revitalize personal and economic freedoms in the State of Texas. Learn more about the Texas House Freedom Caucus here.
