Two New Faith Based Bills Will Be Debated By The Texas House & Senate

With Governor Greg Abbott announcing his legislative priorities, there are two other notable faith-based bills that you may not have heard about.

State Representative David Spiller from Jacksboro, has introduced House Bill 1425, and House Bill 2116.

HB 1425 would allow students and teachers to have prayer and Bible reading time each school day.

"On the bill on providing a time for prayer, we can't say that the state's dictating anything" Spiller said, "This is all about local control. Local school boards can decide if they want to do this or they don't."

And then HB 2116, would be another attempt at posting the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms.

"We're not getting into curriculum or anything" Spiller told KTRH, "This bill is about reminding people about the principles that our country and our state were built on."

Last session, a Ten Commandments bill made it out of the Senate, but ultimately was shut down in the House. A similar bill passed in Louisiana, but has been tied up in court. So will this pass here in Texas?

"I think it will get out of the Senate, and I think it'll get out of the House, and I think it will be law and sitting on the Governor's desk for him to sign" noted Spiller, "The people that truly want to pray, and want to have a time at school to be able to do that, teachers and students, should have that opportunity in Texas."