1. 86th Session of the Texas Legislature: Navigate. Communicate. Educate.

2. Navigate. Understanding the Process You Need It When? Who Are You?
Communicate
Who Are You?
Why Should They Care?
Educate
NIMS.
Explaining the Unexplainable

3. Bill Mortality

4. Identical or Conference
Governor
Identical or Conference
Floor Debate
Floor Debate
Committee
Committee
Chamber 1
Chamber 2

5. Committees Posting schedules change. Testimony: For, Against, On
Pending versus terminally pending
Substitutes and amendments
Formal meetings
Conference committees

6. Calendars : House Local and Consent: General Calendars:
No opposing testimony.
No floor debate. No individual vote.
Speed versus vulnerability (self-policing)
10 signatures or 10 minutes
General Calendars:
Major State and General State, Constitutional amendments, Resolutions
Debate and vote
2nd Reading (majority) vs 3rd Reading (2/3rd)

7. Bill Progress HOUSE SENATE Filed Hearing Set on Cal Chamber 1
4,202
2,057
Filed
2,611
1,015
Hearing
1,586
806
Set on Cal
1,116
713
Chamber 1
786
502
Chamber 2

8. Communicate. Understanding the Process You Need It When? Who Are You?
Navigate
Understanding the Process
You Need It When?
Communicate
Who Are You?
Why Should They Care?
Educate
NIMS.
Explaining the Unexplainable

9. Tools YOU Can Use Establish your credibility
Recognize your relative power
Broaden your coalitions
Messages and Messengers
Utilize personal relationships
Use procedure advantageously

10. Communicate Your Position: For. Against. Neutral. With changes?
Unless changes?
Priority: On a scale from artillery to thermonuclear? (Thanks Mark Sloan!)
Show Impact:
If passes we can’t__. If doesn’t pass we can’t__.
Would cost us __. Would save us ___.
In most counties ok, but in my county ___.

11. Hot Topics Property tax: SB 2 / HB 2 Harvey:
Rebuild Texas / TDEM recommendations
Recovery grants
Recovery loans
Public mtgs and info
State Flood Plan
TDEM organization (DPS Sunset)
Environmental notifications and streamlined permitting
Urban/rural recovery structure
Defense: State vs Local authority (infectious disease, etc.)

12. Educate. Understanding the Process You Need It When? Who Are You?
Navigate
Understanding the Process
You Need It When?
Communicate
Who Are You?
Why Should They Care?
Educate
NIMS.
Explaining the Unexplainable

13. NIMS
City to County
County to State
State to Federal