Action Alerts

HB 44 (Rep. Swanson) and HB 609 (Rep. Vasut) are finally up for a floor vote in the House! Let your State Rep know that they should vote YES on both bills! HB 44 would stop discrimination against Medicaid patients who do not vaccinate on schedule. HB 609 would protect business owners who do not

HB 1105 by Representative Four Price would aggressively expand the capacity of pharmacists and pharmacy technicians with regard to ordering and administering vaccines. During the COVID pandemic, the federal government allowed pharmacists, techs, and interns to prescribe and give COVID vaccines to older children. HB 1105 seeks to make these measures permanent, but goes above

HB 4174 (Rep. Hefner) seeks to make veterans “whole” for the purposes of state benefits if they were discharged from the armed forces due to declining the COVID jabs. Even though the Department of Defense recently rescinded its COVID vaccine mandate, those who have been discharged thus far were not often done so with honor.

#TyrannySquad Queen Rep. Donna Howard is, yet again, searching for ways to increase the profits for vaccine manufacturers. This time, she is targeting vulnerable college students with HB 989. On its face, HB 989 seems benign – commissioning the creation of a state strategy plan for lowering HPV rates among young adults. However, during this

SJR 70 by Senator Bryan Hughes would amend the Texas Constitution to recognize the fundamental right of parents to raise their children – including, but not limited to, being the sole decision maker for their medical care – without state intervention or interference and is being heard in the Senate State Affairs Committee on April

HB 609 by Rep. Cody Vasut would prohibit business owners from being sued for disease exposure if they do not mandate vaccines during a pandemic. TWO WAYS TO TAKE ACTION NOW BY URGING MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON CALENDARS TO PLACE THIS BILL ON THE HOUSE CALENDAR! 1- Email Committee Members [email protected], [email protected], [email protected],

UPDATE: The vote took place in the late morning of March 29, 2023. We were able to get the results via a Record Vote in the House.  Rep. Ann Johnson’s resolution HR 835 would celebrate Big Pharma and promote jabs by having the state mark March 29, 2023 as “Vaccine Advocacy and Awareness Day” to

HB 989   by Rep. Howard would task the state with creating a strategy plan for the prevention and treatment of human papillomavirus for higher education students in Texas. We need to be proactive to ensure that this plan will not involve mandated HPV vaccines! The time to act is NOW because this bill will be heard

OUR FIRST FLOOR VOTE IS HERE!SB 29 by Sen. Birdwell is Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick’s priority legislation to ban COVID mandates and is scheduled for a potential floor vote in the Senate on Monday, March 27. TFVC supports this protective bill, and we are counting on YOU to let our Senators know that they should

NUMEROUS protective bills (SB 177, SB 265, SB 301, SB 403, SB 426, SB 1024) will be heard in the Senate Health & Human Services Committee THIS Wednesday, March 22, 2023!  MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD FROM HOME OR IN PERSON:THREE WAYS TO PARTICIPATE FROM HOME 1- Email the Committee Members [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected],

SB 29 by Sen. Birdwell is Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick’s priority legislation to ban COVID mandates and will be heard in the Senate State Affairs Committee on Monday, March 20! If passed, this bill would prohibit any government entity from mandating face coverings, COVID vaccines, or closures of private businesses or public schools in response

HB 81  by Rep. Harrison would protect all Texans from COVID vaccine mandates by providing for informed consent and will be heard in the House Public Health Committee THIS Monday, March 20, 2023! MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD FROM HOME OR IN PERSON: 1. Participate From Home  – TWO WAYS Any of the From Home options

HB 44   by Rep. Swanson would protect Medicaid and CHIP patients from discrimination by state-funded doctors based on vaccination status and will be heard in the House Public Health Committee THIS Monday, March 20, 2023! MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD FROM HOME OR IN PERSON: 1. Participate From Home  – TWO WAYS Any of the From

HB 609 by Rep. Vasut would free businesses owners from possible civil liabilities if they choose not to comply with mandates and will be heard in the House Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Committee THIS Wednesday, March 8, 2023! MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD FROM HOME OR IN PERSON: 1. Participate From Home  – TWO WAYS Any

With Governor Abbott and Lieutenant Governor Patrick both prioritizing the end of COVID-related mandates in Texas, the baton has now been passed to our state legislators to swiftly pass the myriad protective bills that have been filed so far. Several bills supported by TFVC have been referred to committees in each chamber, but in order