Elizabeth Phillips

And then in Texas, through mutual friends, got connected to one of the powerhouse lobbying firms in Austin.

And they've been working with me pro bono for a couple sessions now.

The Texas legislature meets every other year.

Missouri meets every year.

So in Missouri, it's usually like a one, two, three step process, not getting things passed in like one session.

In Texas, because there's a gap between sessions, you kind of get a little more panicked if you don't pass something that session.

It's going to be two more years before you can even get something else done.

But yeah, we got Trey's Law passed in Texas and Missouri.

Yeah, so I mentioned our bill sponsors in Missouri who represent Kanakuk's district, which I'm sure just upset them.

But, uh, we got that done.

And then, uh, and that applies to child sexual abuse and trafficking victims, so minors.

And it's, uh, for cases that arose on or after August 28th of last year, 2025.

In Texas, we got a version of Trey's Law passed that covers all survivors of sexual assault regardless of their age and regardless of when it happened.

And that was a really interesting process.

I had Representative Jeff Leach as our House Champion.

He's also the House Judiciary Chair.

And he gave us the opportunity to provide an interim briefing to his committee.

So that's super helpful because before the next session even starts, you're briefing them on this issue so that they can decide how to prioritize it, who should carry the bill, those kinds of things.

Jeff carried for us on the House side because this was personal to him.

His wife's a disclosed survivor.