Equal Opportunity
Donna has always stood against discriminatory policies and worked to promote equity. Whether it’s standing up for the LGBTQ+ community, ensuring women are treated fairly, or pushing back against state representations of the anachronistic ‘Lost Cause’ narrative of the Confederacy, Donna has been fighting for a Texas where everyone is free to succeed.
What Donna’s Been Doing:
In 2017, she worked with the business community and leveraged her position as co-chair of the UT Caucus to stop Dan Patrick’s ‘Bathroom Bill.”
As Vice-Chair of House Administration, Donna was the primary author of the new House Rules on workplace misconduct/sexual harassment and worked with leadership to conduct an anonymous survey of House employees to better understand the problem and potential solutions.
Filed legislation to create the Transgender Healthcare Advisory Committee.
Since 2015, she has filed and supported bills to abolish the state holiday Confederate Heroes Day.
Passed legislation to provide incarcerated females with equitable education opportunities to their male counterparts.
Has regularly brought to the House floor a diverse set of religious leaders for the traditional invocation that starts every day of the legislative session.
Spoke out against legislation that would allow foster care providers to discriminate against those children who don’t conform to their ‘sincerely held religious beliefs’ without legal recourse.
