
First Look: 2026-27 Budget Bills
Twitter Facebook Linkedin This week, the Texas House and Senate laid out their initial funding proposals for the 2026-27 biennium in budget bills HB 1 and SB 1. These bills
Twitter Facebook Linkedin This week, the Texas House and Senate laid out their initial funding proposals for the 2026-27 biennium in budget bills HB 1 and SB 1. These bills
Twitter Facebook Linkedin https://youtu.be/TZmNetvDroE Today, Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar released his office’s Biennial Revenue Estimate (BRE) for the 2026-27 biennium. This estimate tells the Legislature how much tax revenue they
View this testimony as a PDF. Every Texan is an independent public policy organization that uses data and analysis to advocate for solutions that enable Texans of all backgrounds to
Shannon Halbrook, Director of the Invest in Texas Team, testifies to the Senate Finance Committee to advocate for equitable tax policies. Read this testimony as a PDF here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgA7mrvKUeU
Read Shannon’s work in The Houston Chronicle. About 17 million Texans will sit down to file their taxes over the next few weeks, whether on paper, with the help of
The state budget is the only bill the Legislature must pass each session. Every two years, legislators decide how to allocate our tax dollars to the services and infrastructure that
Update on Spending Caps & Available Funds Earlier this year, Texas budget watchers marveled at the unusually large $32.7 billion carryover balance available to the Legislature during the regular session.
Proposition 3 Will Maintain Texas’ Extreme Wealth Inequality We all benefit when everyday Texans, regardless of where we live or what we look like, have a fair opportunity to prosper.
The budget is the only bill the Legislature must pass each session. Every two years, the Legislature is tasked with making important decisions on allocating our tax dollars to the
Every Texan Director of Policy & Advocacy, Chandra Kring Villanueva, testifies on Senate Bill 2 on the first day of the 3rd Special Session of the 88th Texas Legislative Session.