Texas Politics - GOVT 2306 Texas State and Local Government - Sinegal

Finding Policy

The Legislative Reference Library was the best source for finding the history of policy, bill sponsors, and governor actions. You can do an Advanced Search to add your keywords or, if you know the bill number and session, search that way.

Legislative Reference Library of Texas
The library of the state legislature is also open to the public. Links provide access to the text of recent legislation, statistics about the legislature, information on how to contact your legislators, and an overview of the legislative process.

You can also go straight to the source, the Texas Legislature Online, if you know the bill number and session.

Texas Legislature Online
This is a catch-all site for all Texas state legislative information available on the World Wide Web. The site contains links to both houses of the legislature, legislation information, and you can search the site for bills, amendments and more.

State Government Information

Texas.gov
The official website of the state of Texas
Governor's Office
As chief executive of the State of Texas, the governor is responsible for the administration of the state's executive branch. This site has links to many of the departments that fall directly under the governor's scope of responsibility.
Texas State Senate
The smaller of the two chambers of the state legislature, the state senate is presided over by the Lieutenant Governor. This site has links to the Lieutenant Governor's webpage, Senate legislation, committees, and various agencies.
Texas State House of Representatives
Everything you want to know about the larger of Texas' two legislative bodies. This link will take you to an overview of the house, including its membership, committees, and information on the Speaker of the House.
Texas Constitution and Statutes
This page contains a list of Texas Statutes. Click on the plus sign to open up the list. When you locate the title and chapter that you want, click on the pdf link to view a pdf, the html link to view a webpage, or the doc link for a word document.
Texas State Agencies
The list contains an entry for each current Texas state agency. The TRAIL icon links to a page containing contact and other information about the agency. The Website icon links to the agency's home page.
Texas Judicial Branch
This website contains information and links to the Texas State Supreme Court, the lower courts of the State of Texas, and the organizations and commissions associated with these courts.
Followthemoney.org
This website from the National Institute on Money in State Politics follows the influence of campaign money on state-level elections and public policy in all 50 states.
Texas Legislature on KUT
"Covering the Texas Legislature for KUT is Agenda Texas, your guide to everything under the Capitol dome and how it hits home. Agenda Texas is a co-production of KUT 90.5 FM and our reporting partners The Texas Tribune."
Open States
Open States is a comprehensive database of activities from all state capitols. This resource aggregates information about politics and government specific to each state.

GOVT 2306 Texas State and Local Government - Sinegal: Texas Politics

Finding Policy

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