Rhonda Anderson, of Longview, grassroots coordinator with the conservative group Texas Values, introduced a report concerning the group’s successes in the course of the 88th Texas Legislature to The Republican Girls of Purple River Valley at a luncheon assembly Wednesday at China Star.
A former marketing campaign employee for Gov. Greg Abbott, she first praised the governor for his work earlier than explaining what her group does.
“We’re concerned within the legislative course of, combating for household values, conservative values and religion based mostly values,” she stated. “So, I’ve a presentation of the payments that all of us advocated for within the common session that have been sizzling matters.”
She then spoke about SB 14, the invoice outlawing gender modification for minors, just lately signed into legislation by Gov. Abbott together with SB 15 she defined as “maintaining males out of girls’s sports activities,” additionally signed by Abbott.
“The subsequent huge invoice we advocated for was to cease drag queen reveals,” she stated. “It didn’t cease the reveals but it surely does ban children from attending. “Our personal Sen. Hughes (Bryan Hughes, R-Mineola) was very influential on this, which works into impact Sept. 1.
She spoke about HB 900, which bans sexually express books from public faculties.
“I do know you guys coated that right here,” Anderson stated. “I feel the subsequent step could be the general public libraries.
SB 24, she stated, helps with funding for pregnance disaster heart.
“Be certain that your home is aware of about this. The invoice will assist mothers and infants with providers. If we’re going to be a pro-life stat, we’ve obtained to assist fund these being pregnant facilities. That’s placing our cash the place our mouth is.
“SB 763 permits for varsity to have chaplains on campus, which I feel is a good transfer as a result of we’re slowing getting God again within the faculties,” Anderson stated, including that HB 2012, upgrades payments from the eighty fifth Legislature permitting posters in public faculties to use to schools and requires faculties to position them in outstanding spots if introduced to the varsity.
Anderson then inspired all members to grow to be deputy voter registrars and ballot watchers, each easy processes involving a quick, on-line class and check.
She challenged the group to begin recruiting folks, together with college students 16 and older to grow to be registrars and to recruit folks 18 and older to grow to be election employees and polls watchers.
