Here is an overview of activity from  your area elected officials on various legislation so far this session.

At the Capitol: Updates from the 85th Texas LegislatureRep. Cecil Bell Jr.

R-Magnolia • Elected: 2014 [email protected]

Bell's HB 136 to include career and technology education and workforce training in the mission of public education was reported favorably out of the House Public Education Committee.

At the Capitol: Updates from the 85th Texas LegislatureSen. Joan Huffman

R-Houston • Elected: 2008 [email protected]

Huffman voted against SB3, a bill which promotes private school choice. The majority of Senate Republicans voted in favor of the bill; it eventually passed the upper chamber in an 18-13 vote.

At the Capitol: Updates from the 85th Texas LegislatureSen. Lois Kolkhorst

R-Brenham • Elected 2014 [email protected]

SB 28, which offers greater funding for the expansion of Texas ports, passed the Senate unanimously. Kolkhorst co-authored the bill. Her district includes a swath of the Texas coast.

At the Capitol: Updates from the 85th Texas LegislatureRep. Mike Schofield

R-Katy • Elected: 2014 [email protected]

Schofield co-authored HB 1574. The bill requires county registrars to immediately cancel a person's voter registration upon receiving information that the person is not a citizen.

At the Capitol: Updates from the 85th Texas LegislatureRep. John Zerwas

R-Richmond • Elected: 2007 [email protected]

Zerwas' HB 2 passed out of the House Appropriations Committee unanimously. The bill proposed tapping the state's Economic Stabilization Fund to settle the existing budget's shortfalls.