This week there are pressing deadlines in the Texas Legislature and every day hundreds of bills will fail due to the timeline and deadlines. We are working hard on pushing our positive bills and opposing the negative bills and we will do our best to post updates and alerts. We encourage advocates to follow the state site closely to take action on the bills that you care about. Below is a summary of the status of our House bills that are vulnerable to this week's deadlines.

House Bills That Passed This Week:

The TCC supports the following House Bills which have passed chamber this week:

HB 3653: Ban on Labor and Delivery Restraints for Pregnant Inmates.

House Bills Still Moving in House:

Of the TCC tracked legislation, the following house bills have survived the first two deadlines of this week and still have a fighting chance to make it out of the house:

House Bills Set on House Calendar:

These bills have until Wednesday to pass on Second Reading and until Thursday to pass out of the house on 3^rd reading. Some will die tomorrow and others will make it. We support all of these.

HB 4009: Trafficking Bill, Postponed until 5:00 a.m. Wednesday May 12

HB 2267: Prohibits Death Penalty for Law of Parties

HB 2632: Project to Prevent Social Isolation for Elderly

HB 2659: Project to promote father's participation in care of unborn children

HB 498: Innocence Commission (Major State 5-14)

HB 2962: CHIP and Medicaid Eligibility (Major State 5-14)

House Bills in Local Calendars Committee:

These bills must be set on the local calendar by Wednesday at 9:00 a.m. If they make it on the local calendar, they have until Thursday to pass. TCC supports all of these.

HB 451: Benefit plan for autism spectrum disorder

HB 639: Trafficking bill