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San Antonio staff brief council committee on state legislative session; track hundreds of bills including DEI, e-cigarette and pension measures
Summary
City staff outlined priorities and a tracker for the newly convened state legislative session, identifying hundreds of bills that could affect San Antonio policy areas including diversity/equity/inclusion, electronic cigarette sales near schools, municipal procurement, public safety and changes to the Fire and Police retirement plan.
City staff presented an overview of the Texas Legislature’s 89th session and its potential impacts on San Antonio during a Governmental Affairs Committee meeting, focusing on a set of bills city departments will monitor and next steps for council oversight.
The briefing, delivered by Sarali Basurto and other municipal staff, said the session had just opened and that state leadership would announce priorities in February. Basurto told the committee the city is tracking hundreds of bills — “more than 400 projects” identified so far — and that staff would provide monthly updates and an online bill tracker with links and memos for members.
City staff highlighted several categories of bills the city is watching: proposals that would restrict municipal contracting with advocacy organizations; measures affecting land use and residential density, including bills identified in the briefing as HB 369 and HB 282; legislation addressing bathrooms, locker rooms and sex-designated spaces (identified as HB 239 and SB 240 in the presentation); and a proposed real-time data…
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