Faith and Family Scorecard Alert: Budget Amendments
As the Texas House meets today to go over the State Budget, over 300 amendments have been pre-filed. Texas Values Action has been tracking these important amendments and watching for ones that would affect issues of faith, family and religious freedom. Throughout the day more amendments will be added and Texas Values Action will alert new amendments added to our Scorecard via our twitter page.
Of the pre-filed amendments, Texas Values Action will be scoring the following:
| AMENDMENTS TEXAS VALUES ACTION SUPPORTS | |||
| Author | Page | Article | Summary |
| Stickland | 26 | I | Increases Funding of Alternatives to Abortion Program |
| Leach | 42 | I | Increase Funding for Women’s Health Programs |
| Swanson | 71 | I | Funds for Community Based Care |
| Frank | 74 | I | Funds for Community Based Care |
| Meyer | 98 | II | Increase Funding for Healthy Texas Women Programs |
| Patterson | 99 | II | Increases Funding for Alternatives to Abortion |
| Krause | 100 | II | Increases Funding for Alternatives to Abortion |
| Klick | 142 | II | Ensures Funding for Alternatives to Abortion is Not Used to Reimburse Abortions |
| Oliverson | 145 | II | Increases Funding for Alternatives to Abortion |
| Cain | 221 | V | Prohibition on Taxpayer Funded Elective Surgeries for Inmates |
| Swanson | 312 | IX | Prohibits Funding of Hospitals that Perform Elective Abortions |
| Middleton | 313 | IX | Prohibits City-owned Property from Being Leased to Abortion Providers |
| Cain | 319 | IX | Prohibition on Spending Related to Human Fetal Tissue |
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AMENDMENTS TEXAS VALUES ACTION OPPOSES: |
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| Author | Page | Article | Summary |
| Howard | 11 | I | Funds “positive school culture programs” – Likely Linked to Pro-progressive LGBT Agenda |
| Rosenthal | 50 | I | Funds “positive school culture programs” – Likely Linked to Pro-progressive LGBT Agenda |
| Beckley | 88 | II | Study vaccination levels of children enrolled at a licensed child-care facility/registered family home |
| Howard | 101 | II | Defunds Alternatives to Abortion and Abstinence Education |
| Calanni | 102 | II | Reduces Funding for Alternatives to Abortion/Increases Funds for Family Planning |
| Turner | 103 | II | Strikes Abstinence Education |
| Minjarez | 110 | II | Allows for Federal Grant Application for Abstinence Programs/ |
| Howard | 112 | II | Adds Unnecessary Regulations on Alternatives to Abortion Program |
| Howard | 161 | III | Takes Education Commissioner Authority to Determine Instructional Material/Technology |
| Gutierrez | 165 | III | Removes Technical or Governance Assistance to Charter Schools |
| Howard | 168 | III | Funds Study of Students Not Accepted or Expelled from Charter Schools- Info includes data and gender |
| Canales | 185 | III | Contingent on HB 548- Funds Public Education information Management System for Monitoring |
| Gonzalez, J | 320 | IX | Prohibits Funds for School Choice |
You can download a PDF of the above list here.
