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		<title>2025 Texas Legislature Convenes</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jan 2025 02:30:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The 89th Texas Legislature convened on January 14.  For more than 20 years I have provided regular listings and analysis of bills I thought to be of interest to those involved with nonprofit organizations, foundations and state and national associations. The time has come to step back.  Therefore, no ongoing bill listings will appear here. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>2023 End-of-Session Legislative Summary for Texas Nonprofits</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[The 2023 Texas legislative regular session included a number of bills affecting Texas nonprofits, associations and foundations. My final summary can be read and printed here. Bills listed in the summary that did not pass are also important because they represent issues of concern to legislators and their constituents that may reappear. There were more [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>First Legislative Update for 2023 Session</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Mar 2023 15:03:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Bills and issues pending in the 2023 Texas Legislature of interest to nonprofits, state associations and foundations are now available. The &#8220;60th&#8221; day of the session has passed when all bills must be filed. Read and print my early session legislative summary here.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>2022 UT Law Nonprofit Organizations Institute Topics</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2022 18:16:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Policy, legislative and legal issues facing Texas nonprofits, foundations and associations were updated in my presentation at the 39th Annual Nonprofit Organizations seminar sponsored by The University of Texas School of Law on January 13-14, 2022. Read and print my presentation here. The seminar featured an impressive range of topics with speakers from throughout the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>2021 State Bar of Texas Nonprofit Governance Course Presentation</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2021 18:24:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[As the first speaker at the State Bar annual seminar, I presented a summary of relevant legislative activity in the 2021 Texas Legislature Regular Session. The summary can be read and printed here. Two called special sessions after the regular session, and a third set for September 20, may provide further developments, which will be [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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