Please request that they NOT SUPPORT these 4 horrendous bills. These bills remove the rights of towns and cities to plan and zone while centralizing power in the hands of the state. This is big government grabbing power and using a 1 size fits all policy STATEWIDE.
Every town and city is unique.  State control is not in our best interests.  These bills will be voted on by both legislative bodies.  The phone numbers below are for local senators and representatives.  The last four names are committee members who are hearing these bills right now.  Note:  all four of these bad bills were authored by Republicans!  SB15, SB673, SB840, SB 854 (See information below).

Please call the numbers listed below for Senator Tan Parker (SD 12), Rep. Richard Hayes (HD 57), Rep. Ben Bumgarner (HD 63), Rep. Andy Hopper, (HD 64), Rep. Mitch Little (HD 65), Rep. Jared Patterson (HD 106), Senator Brent Hagenbuch (SD 30), and Senator Angela Paxton (SD 8), and request they vote-“NO” on the following bills.

Tan Parker: 1-512-463-0112
Richard Hayes:  1-512-463-0556
Ben Bumgarner: 1-512-463-0688
Andy Hopper: 1-512-463-0582
Mitch Little: 1-512-463-0478

Jared Patterson:  1-512-463-0694

Angela Paxton: 1-512-463-0108

Brent Hagenbuch:  1-512-463-0130

Paul Bettencourt: 1- 512-463-0107
Mayes Middleton: 1-512-463-0111
Molly Cook: 1-512-463-0115
Royce West: 1:512-463-0123

SB15 by Bettencourt
-Applies to towns with 90,000 people – takes away all towns and cities rights to set minimum zoning requirements – and states that on land of more than 5 acres, not currently platted, that each acre cannot have less than 31 units per acre,
min lot size can be 1400 sq feet or 20’ by 70’ or 10’ by 140 or appx. 30 by 47- insane!SB 673 by Hughes
-Allows accessory dwellings units – meaning each homeowner can add rental units to their existing property with NO SET BACK or configuration requirement or restrictions, and NO HEIGHT restrictions. Supporters use a 320,000 state-wide housing shortage to justify these changes.SB 840 by Hughes
-Developers can build apartments with NO RESTRICTION ON HEIGHT, DENSITY, SET BACK, BUFFER, and NO CODE restriction, NO TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS, NO FEES and only 1 parking space per unit.

SB 854- by Middleton
– ALLOWS ALL RELIGIOUS ENTITIES TO BUILD MULTI- FAMILY UNITS on religious land without any restrictions – no density, no height, etc.  “Religious entities” are not defined- so create a church and build, build, build. These laws will affect ALL towns, and all land in the state of Texas. Please, please call the top 8 and more if you can, ask them to vote – NO! Thank you! The others are on the Senate Committee.

Some of these bills are subject to the town size and others are not.  To read about these individual bills, go to:  https://grassrootspriorities.com/g2_200.php

If you don’t want to talk to anyone at these numbers, call after 7:00 and leave your name and address as well as the bill numbers are your request to vote NO.

Please spread the word.  There are towns and cities all over Texas that will have local control removed if these bills are passed.

Thanks for your help!