Slaton Hires Law Firm, Remains Silent on Absence From Legislative Session
April 10, 2023 – KSST News learned early Monday morning that District 2 State House Representative Bryan Slaton has retained an attorney to respond to a potential ethics investigation by the Texas House Committee on General Investigating. Patrick Short, a Rockwall attorney has over 30 years of legal experience representing clients in East and North Texas in personal injury, wrongful death, criminal defense, and select civil...
Representative Slaton Files HB 2889 Providing Property Tax Relief to Families
AUSTIN, TEXAS – Yesterday, Representative Slaton filed HB 2889, which provides Texas families with property tax relief based on the size of their family. The bill will help promote couples getting married, staying married, and having or adopting children. A couple who marries and stays married would receive a ten-percent property tax credit. A family of four or more biological or adopted children would receive a forty-percent tax...
Representative Slaton Files HB 2811, Authorizing Sheriff-Led School Protection Forces
AUSTIN, TEXAS – Today, Representative Bryan Slaton of HD-2 filed HB 2811, allowing school districts and local sheriffs to partner together to create school protection forces. The bill authorizes a school board to enter into an agreement with their county sheriff who can form and operate a Volunteer School-Protection Force, made up of former police officers, military veterans, and individuals deemed competent by...
Representative Slaton Files Legislation To Finish Building Border Wall
News Release – Nov. 21, 2022 AUSTIN, TEXAS – Last week, Representative Bryan Slaton, HD-2, filed legislation which would finish building the wall along the southern border with Mexico, as ordered by President Donald Trump during his term in office. HB 209 would empower the Texas Department of Public Safety to use the Border Security Enhancement Fund to construct a wall along the border while meeting minimum federal...
Representative Slaton Files “Defend The Texas National Guard” Legislation
News Release — Nov. 17, 2022 AUSTIN, TEXAS – This week, Representative Bryan Slaton, HD-2, filed House Bill 184, also known as “Defend the Guard” which, if approved, will protect the Texas National Guard from being deployed into active combat duty in unconstitutional wars. The bill requires that Congress follow Article 1, Section 8 of the US Constitution and actually declare war, before the Texas National Guard can...
Rep. Slaton Files Bill To ‘Charge Illegal Aliens With The Crime Of Criminal Trespass’
News Release — Nov. 15, 2022 AUSTIN, TEXAS – Yesterday, Representative Bryan Slaton of House District 2 filed House Bill 91 that will, if passed, empower Texas law enforcement and prosecutors to arrest and charge illegal aliens with the crime of criminal trespass. Representative Slaton issued the following statement in a Nov. 15, 2022 press release: “The crises at our southern border has taken a nose-dive under President...
Rep. Slaton Again Files Legislation To Designate Child Gender Modification As “Child Abuse”
News Release — Nov. 14, 2022 AUSTIN, TEXAS – Today, Representative Bryan Slaton of House District 2 filed legislation that, if passed, will bring an end to the practice of child gender modification in the State of Texas. Texas House District 2 Rep. Bryan Slaton HB 42 will designate genital removal surgeries, chemical castration, puberty blockers, and other sex change therapies as child abuse. Representative Slaton commented,...
A Lunch & Learn With Slaton, Hall, Part of 87th Legislature’s Town Hall Visits
Approximately 50 persons took advantage of the opportunity over lunch Wednesday to hear an update directly from State Rep. Bryan Slaton and State Senator Bob Hall regarding the recent 87th Texas Legislature sessions, during a Lunch and Learn meeting. The town hall meeting on Sept. 15, 2021 was sponsored by the Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce, with Atmos Energy and Oncor as contributing sponsors, at Sulphur Springs Country Club....
Rep. Slaton Calls for Border Security Legislation During Special Session
News Release – June 14, 2021 AUSTIN, TEXAS – Today, Representative Bryan Slaton of House District 2 called for border security legislation to be included and made a priority in the special session to be called by Governor Abbott. The crisis at the border has deteriorated exponentially over the last several months since the inauguration of Joe Biden, which has been highlighted by the repeated pleas for help by officials and...
Senator Hall Gives Update On How Priorities, Bills Fared During 87th Legislative Session
Texas Senator Bob Hall Thursday evening in a town hall meeting at Hopkins County Courthouse gave n update on his involvement in the 87th Legislative session, including not only his office’s process regarding bills, the committees he serves on and priorities he took with him to the Regular Session, but how those bills and priorities fared. Hall then took questions from the audience of approximately 50 people in attendance in the...
