Issues

ISSUES

issues1Rep. Hopson makes a difference for East Texas:

EDUCATION

  • He fought for increased funding for our classrooms, a significant pay raise for teachers, accountability, and local control for our public schools.

PROPERTY TAXES

  • He authored legislation to triple the homestead exemption to $45,000 to significantly lower property taxes for homeowners.

HEALTH CARE

  • He worked to improve the health of our children by passing legislation to increase funding for newborn screening, childhood vaccines, and immunizations.

PUBLIC SAFETY

  • He joint-authored the “Move Over Act” which requires motor vehicle traffic to slow down in the vicinity of a stationary emergency vehicle, and he fought to give tax credits to volunteer fire-fighter departments that are struggling to pay for new equipment.