House committee assignments

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https://house.texas.gov/_media/pdf/comm ... mittee.pdf

Page 18 is the Homeland Security & Public Safety

CHAIR: White, James
VICE-CHAIR: Bowers, Rhetta

SENIORITY APPOINTMENTS:
Goodwin, Vikki
Schaefer, Matt
Tinderholt, Tony

SPEAKER APPOINTMENTS:
Harless, Sam
Hefner, Cole
Morales, Eddie of Maverick
Patterson, Jared
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For what it's worth, James White is A rated by the TSRA and was endorsed this last election.

https://tsra.com/wp-content/uploads/202 ... uide-2.pdf

I know Schaefer, Tinderholt, and Patterson to be reasonably reliable 2A supporters.
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Another positive point is Patterson is also on the house calendar's committee, which may help pass positive legislation removing restrictions on the 2nd Amendment in Texas.
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Social media post from Rachel Malone of GOA;
Texas House committee assignments are out -- and so far I am optimistic. Now is the time to push stronger than ever for our bills that REPEAL the current infringements on our gun rights.

Over 50% of gun bills typically go through Homeland Security. Basically, we're there every week. It's chaired by James White (who has authored a form of permitless carry bill and been generally supportive of gun rights), AND it includes a whopping FOUR of our GOA-endorsed reps (Cole Hefner, Jared Patterson, Matt Schaefer, and Tony Tinderholt). The party breakdown for the 9-member committee is 6-R, 3-D.

The Calendars Committee -- which is the gatekeeper committee that decides what bills go to the floor and what bills get anonymously "tagged" and die behind closed doors -- is chaired by Dustin Burrows. He has not previously coauthored Constitutional Carry, but has expressed past support for the idea. If you are in his district, please be sure to let him know you support it and want him to prioritize pushing it through the Calendars Committee.

Also on the Calendars committee are GOA-endorsed Cole Hefner, Jared Patterson, and Shelby Slawson, as well as Ben Leman, who has previously coauthored Constitutional Carry, and Cody Harris, who has coauthored some smaller gun bills.

However, Vice Chair of the Calendars committee is Joe Moody, who is the author and vocal advocate of Red Flag Gun Confiscation bills.
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