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Government Relations
86th Legislative Session
During the course of the Legislative Session, the Mayor’s Government Relations team will keep Council and the general public updated by posting written testimony from Mayor Sylvester Turner on this site. Below, you will find links to letters from the Mayor on specific legislation.
Additionally, we will post updates to Council Members detailing which pieces of legislation on the city’s priority list have been filed, as well as issues important to the city.
The documents below are .pdf, unless otherwise indicated.
- Legislative Principles
- Letter of Support for House Bill 1917 – Up Front Financing – May 16th, 2019
- Written testimony against Senate Bill 9 - May 15th, 2019
- Letter of Support for House Bill 1113 – Anti-Sex Trafficking – May 13, 2019
- Letter of Support for Senate Bill 1281 – PACE Program - May 13th, 2019
- Letter of Support for House Bill 1325 - Industrial Hemp Legalization - May 7th, 2019
- Letter of Support for House Bill 1110 – Post-Partum Medicaid Coverage – May 1, 2019
- Written Testimony Against Anti-Bullet Train Legislation – April 30, 2019
- Letter of Support for Legislation Regarding Concrete Batch Plant Hearings – April 30, 2019
- Letter of Support for the Texas Bullet Train – April 15, 2019
- Letter of Support for House Bill 496 — Bleeding Control Kits in Public Schools — April 15, 2019
- Written Testimony Against Senate Bill 1209 - Occupational Licenses - April 4, 2019
- HPD Written Testimony Against SB 1209 - Licensing and Regulation of Wrecker Drivers - April 3, 2019
- Letter of Support for House Bill 2945 — Gas Pump Credit Card Skimmers – April 9, 2019
- Letter of Support from Haley Carter on House Bill 1335 — School-Based Behavioral Health Services — April 9, 2019
- Letter of Support for Senate Bill 1573 – Safe Firearm Storage – April 9, 2019
- Letter of Support for Senate Bill 493 — Two-Mile Development Rule — April 5, 2019
- Written Testimony Against Senate Bill 1106 and House Bill 3622 – Changes to Major Plumbing Codes – April 5, 2019
- Written Testimony Against House Bill 3899 — Intra-State Commerce — March 29, 2019
- Letter of Support for House Bill 2184 — Transition from an Alternative Education Program to a Regular Classroom – March 29, 2019
- Written Testimony Against House Bill 3535 – Cable Franchise Fees - April 1, 2019
- Written Letter Against House Bill 3535 and Senate Bill 1152 by Mayor Turner and Members of Houston City Council – Cable Fees – March 27, 2019
- Letter of Opposition to HB 1929 - Defunding Planned Parenthood - April 1, 2019
- Letter of Support for House Bill 3854 – Scrap Tire Disposal – March 25, 2019
- Letter of Support for House Bill 1623 – Trauma-Informed Training for Public School Teachers – March 25, 2019
- Letter of Support for House Bill 921 – Relating to Animal Shelters Intake - March 20, 2019
- Written Testimony Against Senate Bill 1152 – Franchise Fee Cuts – March 19th, 2019
- Letter of Support for Senate Bill 500 - Texas Infrastructure Resiliency Fund – March 18, 2019
- Written Testimony Against Senate Bill 674 – Drainage Fee Cuts – March 18, 2019
- Written Testimony Against Senate Bill 702 – Lobby Injunction – March 14, 2019”
- Letter of Support for House Bill 826 – UH College of Medicine – March 12, 2019
- Letter of Support for House Bill 1335 – School-Based Behavioral Health Centers – March 7, 2019
- Letter of Support for Senate Bill 10 – Child Psychiatry Access Program (CPAP)
- Letter of Support to House Bill 478 – Flood Infrastructure & Local Match Funding – March 5, 2019
- Written Testimony Against Senate Bill 15 - February 28, 2019
- Written Testimony Against House Bill 2 - Property Tax Reform -- February 27, 2019
- Letter of Support for HB 906 – Behavioral Health Spending Study – February 27, 2019
- Letter of Support for House Bill 433 - February 27, 2019
- Letter of Support for Medicaid Payments for Ambulance Services – February 25, 2019
- Letter of Support for House Bill 10 - Texas Behavioral Health Research Institute - February 18, 2019
- Letter of Support for House Bill 86 – Celebratory Gunfire – February 15th, 2019
- Written Testimony Against Senate Bill 2 – Property Tax Reform - February 6th, 2019