"SB 788 Office of Environmental Justice - created under the Texas Commission for Environmental Quality to protect public health when issuing industrial permits"

"Tax supports for fossil fuels are slowing our transition to carbon neutral energy sources; instead we need to be increasing that energy efficiency with programs and rebating property taxes for local solar energy production."

"Similarly, tax supports for fossil fuels are slowing our transition to carbon neutral energy sources; instead we need to be increasing that energy efficiency with programs and rebating property taxes for local solar energy production."

"Instead we need to be increasing that energy efficiency with programs and rebating property taxes for local solar energy production."

"With overwhelming evidence that Climate Change is real and human-driven, we must act fast and with systemic reforms to preserve our land, air and water."

"Senator Eckhardt works to protect the region's air quality as a member of the Clean Air Coalition and she works to build collaborative solutions to our sustainable water future by working with an alliance of our neighbors."

"SJR 22 Legal Cannabis - allow public to vote on regulating the possession, cultivation and sale of cannabis."

"Fixing this problem starts with easing public investments off of policing and increasing programs that provide opportunity in education, healthcare and jobs for everyone. Second, stop militarizing and federalizing what should be local community policing. And third, investigate and prosecute cops who commit crimes with independence, transparency and consequence."

"Texas spends roughly $6B on law enforcement and corrections annually. This is an investment in problems rather than an investment in solutions."

"She has led efforts to reform the DNA lab, reform mental and behavioral health services in our community and create Travis County's first Public Defender's Office. Senator Eckhardt believes that Justice for All requires continued and unflinching analysis of our criminal and civil justice numbers."

"Phase out ineffective tax breaks for industries that do not need encouragement, do not assist in a core mission of government, or slow our transition to climate resilience. Tax rebates to attract national and international headquarters are largely ineffective."

"By converting the local option homestead exemption to a flat rate rather than a percentage... If the local option Homestead Exemption were capped at a flat $100,000 in value, Richey Rich and Poor Paul would get equivalent tax relief in dollars. But those dollars would mean much more to Poor Paul's budget than Richey Rich's."

"If the local option Homestead Exemption were capped at a flat $100,000 in value, Richey Rich and Poor Paul would get equivalent tax relief in dollars. But those dollars would mean much more to Poor Paul's budget than Richey Rich's."

"Phase out ineffective tax breaks for industries that do not need encouragement, do not assist in a core mission of government, or slow our transition to climate resilience. Tax rebates to attract national and international headquarters are largely ineffective. Trust funds for leisure and entertainment ventures that are not evaluated on the basis of direct job creation are not core missions of our state government."

"Senator Eckhardt launched the Austin Metro Area Master Community Workforce Plan, with a focus on a middle-skills initiative objective of 10,000 residents currently living at or below 200 percent of poverty securing middle-skill jobs by 2021."

"Senator Eckhardt seeks a level playing field for Travis County taxpayers and working families to help relieve the property tax burden on our most vulnerable neighbors. Senator Eckhardt's agenda includes collaboration with other taxing entities in Travis County, with the goal of increased transparency and fairness in taxation."

"We're seeing major efforts from a national agenda to attack and defund public education, despite the majority of Texans wanting increased funding for our students and teachers."

"Strong education needs to be followed by well-developed higher education and work-force training. Working to ensure Texas is equipped to meet the workforce needs of the 21st century by investing in the education and training of our homegrown Texans across the state will allow current and future Texans to thrive."

"Working to ensure Texas is equipped to meet the workforce needs of the 21st century by investing in the education and training of our homegrown Texans across the state will allow current and future Texans to thrive."

"Building this infrastructure means building generational opportunities for Texans with well funded public education, workforce training, reliable transportation, electricity, housing people can actually afford, broadband, & water."

"Strong education needs to be followed by well-developed higher education and work-force training."

"Audit the voucher scheme"

"SB 370 National Instant Criminal Background Check - for private gun sales; check facilitated by a licensed firearm dealer."

"Texas is one of the only states that has yet to expand Medicaid. If the legislature did expand Medicaid, more than a million additional Texans would qualify for health insurance."

"SJR 21 Right to Reproductive Autonomy - allow public to vote on a constitutional amendment safeguarding the right."

"Texas is #1 in uninsured people in the US and has the worst rate of child health insurance coverage in the nation— 1 in 4 uninsured U.S. children live here in our state and Texans deserve more."

"She has led efforts to reform the DNA lab, reform mental and behavioral health services in our community and create Travis County's first Public Defender's Office."

"Fight healthcare costs"

"The history of racism and over-policing in our country runs deep... the demographic most often arrested in drug cases are black and brown people even though there is scant evidence that white people suffer addiction at lesser rates."

"SJR 21 Right to Reproductive Autonomy - allow public to vote on a constitutional amendment safeguarding the right."

"Put the power of healthcare information in the hands of the patients. Increasing individuals' access to healthcare and preventing government intrusion into the doctor/patient relationship saves lives, saves families and is good for our economy."

"This legislative session we will make history defending fundamental principles of democracy which we thought were unassailable such as public education, academic freedom, freedom of the press, freedom of religion, due process and personal privacy."