Hot FM Senator Bryan Hughes (R-Tyler) joined Governor Greg Abbott this morning in the signing of SB 8, the Heartbeat Act.
The bill protects unborn children by prohibiting an abortion once a heartbeat is detected. Senator Hughes issued the following statement: The Heartbeat is the universal sign of life. Senate Bill 8 recognizes the beauty and significance of that heartbeat. I was honored to carry this bill in the Senate and I am so thankful to Representative Slawson for her skillful stewardship in the Texas House.
I thank Governor Abbott, Lt. Governor Patrick, Speaker Phelan, and Chairman Cain for their unrelenting commitment to the sanctity of life.
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7 May 2021
Texas Senate Bill 12, a proposed law aimed at limiting the power of Big Tech companies to censor users in the Lone Star State, has won praise from Prof. Adam Candeub, who was former President Donald Trump’s point man on tech censorship.
The bill, introduced by State Sen. Bryan Hughes (R-Tyler), declares big tech companies “akin to common carriers.” It also includes a straightforward ban on viewpoint-based censorship by online platforms.
Senate Bill 12, which has won the support of Gov. Greg Abbott (R), takes into account the modern practice of social media companies using both the online and offline speech of users as grounds for account termination. It bans censorship on the basis of viewpoints expressed both on-platform and off-platform, and censorship based on the expression of another person’s viewpoint.
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