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City legislative director summarizes 89th Legislature outcomes; special session will focus on flood response, tax and housing issues
Summary
Carrie Rogers, the City of Austin’s legislative director, briefed the council on July 22 about outcomes from the regular 89th Texas Legislature and the governor’s newly convened special session, highlighting firefighter pension changes, preemption measures, housing and water bills, and a planned focus on flood response.
Carrie Rogers, legislative director for the City of Austin, briefed the council on July 22 about major outcomes from the regular session of the 89th Texas Legislature and the start of a governor-called special session.
Rogers told the council the city tracked about 1,500 bills out of roughly 9,000 filed during the regular session and that about 26 bills were vetoed by the governor. She said the city’s priorities included preserving local authority, fiscal responsibility and public safety, and that staff worked to build relationships with legislators to improve or mitigate bills that could affect Austin.
Rogers highlighted several specific outcomes discussed during the briefing: work on firefighters’ pension reform carried by Representative Busey and others that the…
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