Texas DOGE considers bill to prohibit 'surveillance' by state contractors

Texas DOGE considers bill to prohibit 'surveillance' by state contractors

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- A committee of Texas lawmakers will consider prohibiting state contractors and vendors from conducting “unauthorized surveillance” of lawmakers, state employees or anyone raising concerns or complaints about state operations. House Bill 5061 also aims to prevent contractors from engaging in “intimidation, coercion, extortion, undue influence, or other similar conduct intended to influence, silence, or retaliate against” those pe…

One US state has created its own version of DOGE, bill passes both chambers · American Wire News

The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has inspired the great state of Texas to begin a cleanup agency of their own. Senate Bill 14 (S.B. 14) has been passed by both chambers and was crafted in the image of DOGE. If signed into law, it will create a Texas Regulatory Office that aims to eliminate unnecessary red tape and make existing regulations more efficient. It would do this by establishing an advisory panel consisting of business own…

Texas poised to create its own version of DOGE as bill passes both chambers

close Video DOGE unveils website enabling American people to suggest deregulations Heritage Foundation research fellow EJ Antoni on President Trump’s slated announcement on semiconductor tariffs and DOGE’s new website enabling the American people to recommend potential cuts. Texas will likely have its own Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) very soon after lawmakers passed a bill to create an efficiency office within the governor’s offi…

Texas DOGE bill passes House vote, heads to governor's desk to be signed into law

Texas SB14 would create an efficiency office to streamline state regulations, reduce unnecessary rules and improve public access to regulatory information.

New Texas Office Could Clean Up Regulations Statewide

Texas could soon be borrowing a page from the US government's playbook. Continue reading…

🇺🇸 TEXAS TO LAUNCH ITS OWN DOGE — AND YES, IT’S ELON-INSPIRED

Everything’s bigger in Texas — including government efficiency. A new bill modeled after Trump and Elon’s federal DOGE initiative just passed both chambers of the Texas Legislature and is headed to Gov. Greg Abbott’s desk. The plan? Create a Texas Regulatory Office to slash red tape, cut pointless rules, and make state agencies justify every new regulation with actual cost-benefit logic. Bonus: plain language, less paperwork, and a searchable pu…