How to show up at the Texas Capitol
If you follow our alerts, you know there are gun bills coming up for a hearing or a vote every week at the Texas Capitol in Austin. If you’d like to show up and make your voice heard, here are answers to the most common questions. You can also download this as a PDF. What […]
Constitutional Carry Hearing: March 25!
Constitutional Carry has been scheduled for a committee hearing next Thursday, March 25, at the Texas Capitol in Austin! We need your help to tell the Legislature why it is critical for them to protect your gun rights by passing this priority legislation. These Constitutional Carry bills will allow those who can legally possess a handgun to carry it […]
GOA Texas Talking Points Booklet
This booklet is designed to help you craft informed, relevant, and important testimony for all of our gun rights hearings this session. CLICK HERE to download the full 2021 GOA Texas Talking Points Booklet Inside this year’s talking point booklet are three sections that will help you not only be a pro at testifying but […]
Committee Hearings: Week of 3/15
We need you to help stop gun control and defend your rights! This week’s hearings include several small pro-gun bills that clarify certain issues — and several very dangerous anti-gun bills. A committee hearing is a personal invitation to you to show up and give your opinion to the legislature — and it’s a critical […]
GOA TEXAS BULLET 3-8-2021
Let’s talk about emergency powers: Have you heard about HB 3? It would repeal the Governor’s emergency powers to control guns. But it would also add many other powers that some of our members find concerning. Good news: we don’t have to support HB 3 to protect our gun rights. Instead, legislators can support HB 1500 & SB 18, which repeal the […]
Repeal of Emergency Powers
We shouldn’t have to rely on the goodwill of any future governor to protect our gun rights. During a time of disaster, it is especially critical for Texans to be able to buy, carry, and use firearms. We need your help! Use this form to tell your State Representative and State Senator to coauthor Repeal […]
GOA Texas Bullet 3-1-2021
Stage 2 is beginning NOW! In the legislative process, Stage 1 is bill filing, Stage 2 is committee process, and Stage 3 is floor debate and votes. The stages overlap. Many House committees have announced organizational meetings this week where committee chairs will announce specific committee procedures (including how they will handle bill hearings and public input). Some […]
GOA Texas BULLET: 2-22-2021
What is the Texas Lege doing right now? Many committees in both the House and Senate are holding emergency hearings on the ERCOT / power outage issues. See a calendar of hearings on the TLO website. From that calendar, you can click any hearing notice for links to listen in and submit comments. You can view any current committee livestreams […]
GOA Texas Bullet: 2-15-2021
Constitutional Carry filed – again! Rep. Matt Schaefer has filed HB 1927, Constitutional Carry. This bill would allow those 21+ who can legally possess firearms to carry a handgun, open or concealed, without a permit. Rep. James White has filed 2 bills which together would allow those 21+ who can legally possess firearms to carry a […]
GOA Texas Bullet: 2-8-2021
NEWS: House Committees Announced! Speaker Phelan announced House committee chairs & members last Thursday. View the list — organized by committees View the list — organized by member The lists show which names are seniority picks (requests from members picked in order of seniority) and which names are Speaker appointments. Constitutional Carry (and many other gun bills) are typically assigned to […]
GOA Texas 2021 Priority Legislation
We’re excited that Texas legislators have already filed strong bills to protect your gun rights. But the clock is ticking, and it’s critical that our priority legislation move forward quickly. We need your help! Use this form to tell your State Representative and State Senator to support GOA priority legislation in Texas. Remember to be courteous […]
Constitutional Carry
We’re excited that Texas legislators have filed Constitutional Carry to repeal the permit requirement to carry a handgun. But the clock is ticking. We have to show strong support NOW to help this legislation move forward quickly. We need your help! Use this form to tell your State Representative and State Senator to coauthor Constitutional […]