Service 01
Legislative Advocacy
Representation before the Texas Legislature runs from bill drafting to floor strategy, informed by staff experience inside the House Ways & Means and Appropriations Committees. The work includes bill tracking and analysis; drafting of bills, amendments, and substitutes; committee testimony preparation; coalition building; and appropriations advocacy.
Texas legislates on a biennial calendar, which means a session is largely determined in the interim before it. This practice runs year-round — tracking interim committee work, monitoring agency rulemaking, and maintaining member and staff relationships — so clients enter January positioned, not scrambling.
Who it serves
The service fits organizations with a bill to pass, a bill to stop, or an appropriations priority: corporations, trade associations, municipalities and counties, and nonprofits.
What an engagement looks like
First comes a confidential intake, then a written strategy memo. During session, Nora works members and committee staff directly, prepares testimony, and reports in writing from first gavel to sine die. When the session ends, clients get an interim plan.