Texas Legislature Cheat Sheet

Step 1: Find out who represents you

March 2, 2017

Texas Capitol building

Step 1: Find out who represents you

Step 2: Track bills you care about: Visit our priority bill track on every issue.

Once you have information on the bills you care about, visit www.legis.state.tx.us. Click through to the “My TLO” portal. Here, you can create an account and choose different alerts to help keep you updated in real time!

Step 3: Stay engaged!
There are plenty of ways you can have your voice heard! Here is a short list of ways you can stay engaged with your State Representative and Senator:

  • Email your representative
  • Call your representative
  • Attend local, in-district meetings
  • Visit your representative's Capitol office

Learn more about how to lobby a decision maker.

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