Published by admin on 15 Aug 2007
80th Legislature Report
This report summarizes some of the important legislative developments relating to family violence from the most recent Texas legislative session. It is worth noting that almost 1,500 bills were passed by the Legislature, and TCFV is unable to review and analyze them all. We are reporting on the legislation with the most significant impact on family violence issues, but there certainly may be other legislation that is of interest to individual victims, their families or family violence service providers.
The 1,500 bills that were passed are only a small fraction of the more than 6,000 bills that were filed this session. In light of those statistics and the fact that the legislative process is designed to make it difficult for new legislation to pass, we are very pleased with the fact that five of TCFV’s six legislative priority items did indeed pass AND that funding for family violence and BIPP services has been maintained or increased.
No matter what the results of any legislative session, the process requires considerable efforts by many people. TCFV is very, very grateful to the efforts of its Board of Directors, its Public Policy Committee and to the many family violence advocates and survivors who took time out of their lives to participate in the legislative process. We could not do our work without you. Thank you! Download the Report
