{"id":2703528,"date":"2026-11-10T10:02:01","date_gmt":"2026-11-10T15:02:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaigntexas-democrats-pre-file-a-flood-of-hard-left-bills-for-the-upcoming-session\/"},"modified":"2026-11-10T10:07:12","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T15:07:12","slug":"utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaigntexas-democrats-pre-file-a-flood-of-hard-left-bills-for-the-upcoming-session","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaigntexas-democrats-pre-file-a-flood-of-hard-left-bills-for-the-upcoming-session\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Legislators Pre-File Flood Of Hard-Left Bills"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Futm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaigntexas-democrats-pre-file-a-flood-of-hard-left-bills-for-the-upcoming-session%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2703528&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>After campaigning as centrists, Texas Democrats who won the governorship and House used the first pre\u2011filing day for the 2027 session to file sweeping reversals of recent conservative laws. Proposed bills would repeal abortion restrictions, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >restore transgender youth medical care<\/a> and Medicaid coverage, impose new gun limits (including an assault\u2011weapons ban and age restrictions), reinstate DEI programs, expand Medicaid, and allow sheriffs to end cooperation with ICE. Over 1,200 bills were pre\u2011filed that day, signaling an immediate push to enact a progressive agenda.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The mask sat quite lightly upon their faces.<\/p>\n<p>Running for office this year, Democrats pretended to pivot to the center. This was especially true in Texas, where the Democrat running for governor said that the culture wars are <em>over<\/em>, and Democrats have no time for that noise.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>\u201cYou can shove it with your culture wars.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For a special midterms edition of <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/TheConversation?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TheConversation<\/a>, Texas Democratic governor candidate Gina Hinojosa talked with <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DashaBurns?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DashaBurns<\/a> about why she thinks Dems have \u201ctaken the bait\u201d when it comes to the culture wars. <\/p>\n<p>  \ud83c\udfa7:\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ussDdC340E\">pic.twitter.com\/ussDdC340E<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u2014 POLITICO (@politico) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/politico\/status\/2103483518680469847?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 25, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>They pinky-swore: There was only one thing they cared about, and it was <em>affordability<\/em>. A new era of common sense was beginning, and Democrats were turning away from other stuff to deal with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harris-angers-left-flank-with-appeals-to-trump-skeptical-republicans-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Harris angers left flank with appeals to Trump-skeptical Republicans - Washington Examiner\">middle-class economic issues<\/a>. Then Democrats won a majority in the Texas House, and <a href=\"https:\/\/texasscorecard.com\/decisiontexas\/democrats-sweep-texas-statewide-offices-ending-32-years-of-republican-control\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">all of the statewide offices<\/a>, starting with governor. You\u2019ll be shocked what happens next, I guess. <\/p>\n<p>Texas allows legislators and legislators-elect to <a href=\"https:\/\/lrl.texas.gov\/whatsnew\/client\/index.cfm\/2014\/11\/4\/bill-prefiling-faqs-and-statistics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pre-file bills<\/a> for the next legislative session, so they can hit the ground running when they show up in Austin. And November 9 was the first pre-filing day for the <a href=\"https:\/\/lrl.texas.gov\/sessions\/sessionyears.cfm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">January 12, 2027<\/a> session when the newly elected legislature starts its work. Monday was the first day we could <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chron.com\/politics\/article\/texas-legislature-bills-prefiling-2027-22521040.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">see<\/a> what the new Democrat-led Texas House, and their allies in the Texas Senate who know they have a majority in the other chamber, intend to <em>do<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Short answer: They hate guns, they adore transgender everything, they very much want to trans kids, they want more illegal immigrants, they want much more abortion, and they want a much bigger welfare state. See, no more culture wars, just good common sense stuff for the middle class.<\/p>\n<p>Start with HB 126, pre-filed by <a href=\"https:\/\/house.texas.gov\/members\/3310\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Rep. Donna Howard<\/a>, a Democrat from Austin. If you <a href=\"https:\/\/capitol.texas.gov\/tlodocs\/90R\/billtext\/pdf\/HB00126I.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">read the bill<\/a>, it ends with a laundry list, identifying a bunch of existing state laws that it proposes to repeal. The transgender journalist Erin Reed, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.erininthemorning.com\/p\/on-day-one-of-blue-texas-a-bill-to\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">explaining the bill<\/a> as an exciting development, has done us the favor of figuring out which laws HB 126 proposes to get rid of:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The abortion ban repeals in the bill are sweeping\u2026.It also targets provisions that have restricted trans youth care. The bill would repeal <a href=\"https:\/\/texas.public.law\/statutes\/tex._health_and_safety_code_section_161.702\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Subchapter X of Chapter 161<\/a>, the core of SB 14, the 2023 law that bars doctors from providing puberty blockers and hormone therapy as well as surgical care to transgender youth. It would also repeal the <a href=\"https:\/\/texas.public.law\/statutes\/tex._human_resources_code_section_32.024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Medicaid exclusion<\/a> from SB 14.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>So this is Democrat Day One: Repeal all abortion restrictions, and restore transgender medical and surgical procedures for minors, with government funding. That\u2019s the new, post-culture war, common-sense era Texas Democrat will focus on. The bill, Reed concludes, \u201cwould signal that Democrats are willing to make transgender youth care and the repeal of anti-trans provisions part of their messaging.\u201d And that\u2019s not wrong.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>A total reversal of the pediatric gender ban in Texas? Elections have consequences.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats flipped the Texas governor&#8217;s office and the House on November 3. On the first day lawmakers could pre-file bills for 2027, Rep. Donna Howard filed HB 126, a sweeping repeal of the\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u2014 Gerald Posner (@geraldposner) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/geraldposner\/status\/2119897799743451551?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 9, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Also on Monday, the NRA <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nraila.org\/articles\/20261109\/texas-a-flurry-of-anti-gun-bills-introduced-on-the-first-day-of-prefiling\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">identified<\/a> 35 anti-gun bills pre-filed in a single day for the next state legislative session. Among the most radical, SB 80, introduced by Laredo Democrat <a href=\"https:\/\/senate.texas.gov\/member.php?d=21\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sen. Judith Zaffirini<\/a>, would ban all \u201cassault weapons\u201d in the state. Read <a href=\"https:\/\/capitol.texas.gov\/tlodocs\/90R\/billtext\/pdf\/SB00080I.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the bill<\/a>, because we\u2019ve traveled down this road before. If you own \u201ca semiautomatic centerfire rifle that has the capacity to accept a detachable magazine,\u201d that\u2019s a problem. The bill proposes to add other conditions to make that rifle an \u201cassault weapon,\u201d but they\u2019re things like \u201ca folding or telescoping stock\u201d or \u201ca pistol grip that protrudes conspicuously beneath the action of the firearm.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Seven other bills propose limitations on the ownership of firearms by adults under the age of 21. Among the more aggressive examples, <a href=\"https:\/\/house.texas.gov\/members\/3850\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">HB 173<\/a>, introduced by El Paso Democrat <a href=\"https:\/\/house.texas.gov\/members\/3850\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Rep. Joe Moody<\/a>, would make it a crime if anyone \u201cintentionally or knowingly sells, rents, leases, or gives\u201d a semiautomatic rifle \u201cthat is capable of accepting a detachable magazine and that has a caliber greater than .22\u201d to an adult under that age.<\/p>\n<p>Restoring DEI in higher education, <a href=\"https:\/\/capitol.texas.gov\/tlodocs\/90R\/billtext\/pdf\/SB00125I.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SB 125<\/a>, introduced by San Antonio Democrat Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/senate.texas.gov\/member.php?d=26\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jos\u00e9 Men\u00e9ndez<\/a>, would repeal the state\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/statutes.capitol.texas.gov\/?tab=1&#038;code=ED&#038;chapter=ED.51&#038;artSec=51.3525\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ban<\/a> on DEI offices and programs.<\/p>\n<p>And so on. <a href=\"https:\/\/thetexan.news\/issues\/healthcare\/medicaid-expansion-bills-kick-off-pre-filing-for-90th-texas-legislature\/article_c0922d17-9f6e-44e7-baad-d1328de08447.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Medicaid expansion<\/a>. Repeal of the Texas law requiring sheriffs to cooperate with ICE, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kxan.com\/investigations\/texas-democrats-move-to-repeal-ice-agreements-law-as-bill-filing-begins\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">allowing<\/a> sheriffs to terminate those agreements. Texas Democrats were common-sense centrists right up until the morning of November 4. Consider that a preview of the national political environment next year.<\/p>\n<p>A total of 1,262 bills were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/Dfi0YSahJQ-\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pre-filed<\/a> on Monday alone, and pre-filing in the Texas legislature <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kxan.com\/news\/texas-politics\/texas-legislators-to-pre-file-bills-ahead-of-2027-session\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">continues<\/a> through the start of the January session.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Chris Bray is a senior correspondent at The Federalist and a former infantry sergeant in the U.S. Army. He has a history PhD from the University of California Los Angeles, not that it did him any good. He also posts on Substack, at &#8220;Tell Me How This Ends,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/chrisbray.substack.com\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>They fake centrism; Texas Dems drop culture wars<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2086,"featured_media":2703529,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Screenshot-260.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[5129,87676,87675,87674,74278],"class_list":["post-2703528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","tag-left-wing","tag-partisan-bills","tag-prefiled-bills","tag-texas-legislature-2","tag-texas-politics-2"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Screenshot-260.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2703528","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2086"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2703528"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2703528\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2703533,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2703528\/revisions\/2703533"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2703529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2703528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2703528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2703528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}