01
Session one, 2023
The first gift
Her HB 3137 bars cities and counties from requiring gun owners to carry liability insurance. Its stated purpose: head off a San Jose-style ordinance. Governor Abbott signed it in 2023.
The story in seven scenes2023 – 2026
02
February 2023
"Target rich environments"
Her school-safety idea: HB 2390, banning polling places on college campuses. "I believe that all schools are target rich environments," she told KBTX. She planned a second bill to keep voting out of K-12 schools too. Critics, including students, called it voter suppression. She said young Texans could vote off campus; her son had, twice.
The danger at school, apparently, was the ballot box.
03
May 2023
The families at the door
Uvalde families came to the Capitol nearly every week asking for HB 2744, raising the age to buy semi-automatic rifles from 18 to 21. The Robb Elementary gunman bought his rifle days after turning 18. A House committee advanced it 8 to 5. It never got a floor vote. An identical amendment was tabled 81 to 60.
What passed instead was HB 3: an armed person on every campus, who can be a school marshal or district employee. "This is a huge win for the safety of our children," she said.
04
Spring 2023
Closer, closer
She told KUT she was drafting legislation to expand the school marshal program, which lets certain school employees carry firearms inside K-12 schools. Fewer ballots on campus. More guns.
05
April – May 2025
The billion-dollar ring
SB 2 sets aside $1 billion for education savings accounts: about $10,330 per student in the first year for private school tuition and other expenses. The House passed it 85 to 63; only two Republicans voted no, and she wasn't one of them. The governor signed it May 3, 2025. It launches in the 2026–27 school year.
A new house for the kids who can get in. The old one still needs a roof.
06
May 2025
"Are you deaf?"
According to Reform Austin, citing a video that spread on Instagram: during public testimony at the Capitol, a Moms Demand Action volunteer recited the names of the Uvalde victims, and Isaac asked her if she was "deaf." The advocates' reply: they wouldn't have to keep repeating the names if lawmakers had raised the age.
07
2026
The bill comes due
Comal ISD adopts a budget with a $27.99 million shortfall, citing state funding that hasn't kept pace with inflation. Hays CISD cuts $12 million; elementary classes may grow from about 25 to 27 students. Its spokesman: the basic per-student allotment didn't rise from 2019 to 2025, and the 2025 infusion "just wasn't enough."