Speaker Dade Phelan endorses Medicaid expansion for new mothers, repeal of “tampon tax” in first batch of 2023 priorities

Dade Phelan on the first day of his second term as speaker of the Texas House on Jan. 10, 2023. On Thursday, he released (Credit: Jordan Vonderhaar for The Texas Tribune)

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House Speaker Dade Phelan on Thursday unveiled four of his priority bills for the legislative session, which included Democratic goals like the extension of Medicaid eligibility for new mothers to one year and the exemption of feminine hygiene products and diapers from sales taxes, in a nod to the bipartisan tone he has set for the chamber.