ALERT! Big Hearing TOMORROW, Friday!
Do you know the difference between men and women? Come to the Capitol Tomorrow!
If so, we need you to show up at the Capitol in the Senate State Affairs Hearing, John Reagan Building, Rm 140. This building is on the north side of Capitol next to Texas Supreme Court. Please look for Texas Values staff/volunteers for assistance and testify in favor of the “What is a Woman Bill” HB 229 (Representative Ellen Troxclair, author) on Friday, April 25, at 8 a.m. This bill will make the definition of “woman” and “man” clear in state law and grant legal protection to defend women’s single-sex spaces and opportunities.
We need as many people as possible to show up tomorrow, Friday, to testify in favor of the bill. If you work or live close to the Capitol and cannot stay, please come and register “in favor” of the bill. Our team will be on site to assist you. Please share this alert with as many people as you can who are in your network or grassroots groups.
We will have stickers, posters, and talking points. Please look for Megan from our team for assistance.
Please thank your Texas House member and members of the House State Affairs Committee for holding a hearing on this very important bill that will provide common sense definitions of “sex” in our state law. However, we still need a law that explicitly protects women in restrooms, locker rooms, domestic abuse shelters, and prisons. Please let your member and the members of the House Committee on State Affairs know that the Texas House still needs to support and have a hearing on the Texas Women’s Privacy Act before it is too late! The Texas Senate just passed the Texas Women’s Privacy Act, SB 240, yesterday! But it still must have a hearing and vote in the Texas House!
HB 239 has not received a hearing yet in the State Affairs Committee.
You can find who represents you here.
Call the Senate State Affairs Committee members by thanking them and showing your support of the bills:
Chairman Ken King (512) 463-0736
Vice Chairwoman Ana Hernandez (512) 463-0614
Rep. Rafael Anchia (512) 463-0746
Rep. Drew Darby (512) 463-0331
Rep. Yvonne Davis (512) 463-0598
Rep. Charlie Geren (512) 463-0610
Rep. Ryan Guillen (512) 463-0416
Rep. Lacy Hull (512) 463-0727
Rep. John McQueeney (512) 463-0608
Rep. Will Metcalf (512) 463-0726
Rep. Dade Phelan (512) 463-0706
Rep. Richard Pena Raymond (512) 463-0558
Rep. John T Smithee (512) 463-0702
Rep. Senfronia Thompson (512) 463-0720
Rep. Chris Turner (512) 463-0574
In addition to the “What is a Woman” bill, The House State Affairs committee will also have a hearing on “The Woman and Child Protection Act” (HB 5510 by Rep. Leach) and HB 3990 by Representative Hillary Hickland which will address flags being flown by government buildings. The “Woman and Child Protection Act” will criminalize and stop the trafficking of deadly abortion pills in our state. Please show your support for these bills as well by coming to testify and register “in favor”.
To recap, we need you to:
- Show up and testify on tomorrow, April 25 for “What is a Woman Act” bill, HB 229 at 8a.m. in John Reagan Building.
- Consider dropping a card in favor of or testifying on other good legislation the same day. (Pro-life and pro-family bills)
- Sign and share our petition for the Texas Women’s Privacy Act.
Visit and share the new Texas Women’s Privacy Act Website and don’t forget to sign our petition on the page!