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89TH STATE LEGISLATIVE SESSION Rick Ramirez, Deputy Intergovernmental Relations Officer Intergovernmental Relations Office Agenda • Legislative Team & Legislative Agenda • 89th Session Overview • Key City Issues & Bills • Key Bills of Interest to the Commission 2 City of Austin Legislative Team Carrie Rogers Intergovernmental Relations Officer Carrie.Rogers@austintexas.gov 512.923.7577 cell Rick Ramirez Deputy Officer – Legislative Rick.Ramirez2@austintexas.gov 737.218.3668 cell Local / Regional Administrator Deputy Officer Grants / Legislative Funding Alison Ross Legislative Relations Senior Coordinator Alison.Ross@austintexas.gov 512.680.3631 cell Legislative Relations Senior Coordinator Valerie Gomez Coordinator Valerie.Gomez@austintexas.gov 512.689.8256 cell Annabel Osburn Grants Strategic Program Analyst Grant Writer Grant Writer 3 Legislative Agendas: At a Glance Legislative program focuses on primary City priorities: • Preserve Local Authority: Protect Austin’s control over zoning, ordinances, and local regulations, and ensure cities have appropriate tools to meet housing affordability challenges. • Financial Responsibility: Oppose unfunded state mandates or legislation that would place undue financial burdens on the City. • Community Health & Safety: Support access to healthcare, public safety funding, improved quality of life and protections for vulnerable populations. • Environmental & Infrastructure Resilience: Protect Austin’s natural resources, encourage sustainability, and invest in critical infrastructure. 4 Overarching Issues Influencing the 89th session Politically Charged, Overarching Issues Influencing the 89th session • Election results: New Administration • New House Speaker • New House Rules & Committees • School Finance / School Vouchers • Power Grid 5 State Leadership in the 89th Session The “Big Three” House & Senate Chambers Republicans will control House and Senate in the 89th Session Governor Greg Abbott Elected by voters for a four-year term. Not up for reelection this cycle. Lt. Governor Dan Patrick Elected by voters for a four-year term. Not up for reelection this cycle. House Speaker Dustin Burrows Elected by Texas House every two- years on 1st day of the regular session Speaker Burrows elected House Speaker for the 89th Session 89th Session • Senate 20 Republicans, 11 Democrats *3 Freshmen • House 88 Republicans, 62 Democrats *31 Freshmen 6 Changes in the House New Speaker • Dustin Burrows (R-Lubbock) New House Rules • No Minority Party Committee Chairs • No Majority Party Committee Vice Chairs • New Authority for Vice Chairs • 2 New Standing Committees • 6 Standing Committees Abolished • 11 New Standing Subcommittees New Members • 31 Freshman House Members – the most since 83rd Session in 2013 7 89th Bill Statistics • A total of 2,949 bills and joint resolutions have been filed as of Friday, Jan. 24 • 1,670 bills filed in the first week of bill filing • The first week of filing for the 89th Session was a four-day week due to Veterans day • For comparison, 1,037 bills were filed in the first week of the 88th Session 8 Key Issues Impacting the City Disannexation & ETJ Austin Water & Austin Energy Community Advocacy Homelessness Land Use Preemption Debt Restrictions DEI 9 89th Session: Major City Bills District of Austin HB 274 (Cain) Debt HB 1453 (Tepper) SB 470 (Sparks) Firearms at Events on Public Land HB 1715 (Cain) Community Advocacy HB 309 (Leo-Wilson), HB 1189 (Troxclair), HB 1294 (Patterson), SB 239 (Middleton) HB 571 (Cain), HB 671 (Shaheen) Expenditure Caps HB 325 (Cain) HB 774 (Harrison) Land Use Preemptions HB 369 (Tepper) HB 878 (Vasut) SB 673 (Hughes) *These are a sampling of bills and do not represent all bill related to the issue* 10 89th Session: Major City Bills ETJ Release HB 1901 (Cook) Homelessness Data Sharing HB 636 (Walle) Artificial Intelligence HB 1709 (Capriglione) Right to Cure HB 1711 (Collier) Birth Certificates & Homelessness HB 505 (Bucy) HB 1042 (Bhojani) Payday Lending HB 476 (Bucy) 11 89th Session: Arts Commission Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Monuments & Memorials HB 167 (Tepper) HB 1521 (Gerdes) & SB 689 (Hughes) HB 436 (Leo Wilson) Film & Television Production HB 1452 (Capriglione) HB 840 (Spiller) SB 317 (Creighton) Texas African American Heritage Commission SB 283 (Miles) 12 Questions? Rick Ramirez Interim Intergovernmental Relations Officer Rick.Ramirez2@austintexas.gov 13 Thank you 14