Texas Legislature - Building Power to Win

Welcome to the Building Power to Win Campaign!

The Sierra Club is committed to a long-range campaign alongside our community partners to wrestle power away from those who wield it for the few and return it to everyday working Texans. We know we can't make progress on many state legislative issues in one session or even two. It will take several cycles to build grassroots power strong enough to pass policies that work for the people. Dive in to the issues below, learn about who represents you, and sign up to get involved!

From this page you can:

• Find out who represents you.
• Building Power to Win campaign kickoff recording and slide deck.
• Start with the Lege 101 basics with these videos from Indivisible TX Lege.
• Read our 2023 legislative agenda.
• Read our written testimony on specific bills.
• Sign up to receive email updates on legislative action.
• Stay up to date on bill movement with our bill tracker.
• Don't see a bill on our tracker? Look it up on Texas Legislature Online!
• See how your legislators did on our 2023 Legislative Scorecard.
• Learn tips for writing a Letter to the Editor of your local newspaper.
• Learn more about Turn Texas Green, the Lone Star Chapter's political action committee.

News You Can Use

• All of our blogs on the Texas Legislature in one place right here!

Volunteer Opportunities

• Help us distribute factsheets at the Capitol and in district offices across the state with our Lit Drop Team!
• Reach out to more Sierra Club members and supporters with our Outreach Team to ask them to join our legislative campaign!
• Complete this form to let us know you're interested in future activities!

Factsheets

• Let's Finally Fix the Grid in 2023
• Texans Aren’t Guinea Pigs: Lege Must Ensure Responsible Use of Produced Water
• Restore Texas Waters To Be Free of Plastic Pollution
• Protect Texas from Oil and Gas Pollution
• A Clear Path for the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
• Protect Texas’s Coastal Ecosystems from Brine Pollution

Online Actions

• Stop SB 6: Say Yes to Lower Bills, No to Corporate Giveaways
• More Turtles, Not Nurdles! Reduce primary plastic pollution in our coastal ecosystems!
• Support legislation that fixes the Texas grid and lowers bills for Texas families!    

Texas Living Waters Project 

The Sierra Club is a partner in the Texas Living Waters Project with the National Wildlife Federation, The Nature Conservancy, Hill Country Alliance, and Galveston Bay Foundation. Check out their Water and Climate Stories to Watch in the 88th Texas Legislative Session slideshow and legislative briefing recording!

As the session gets into high gear, this section of our website will be updated with new information and resources, so be sure to bookmark it and check back!