WATCH: Spectrum News Highlights Small Business Support for Texas Regulatory Consistency Act

August 1, 2023

NFIB Member Small Business Owner Eduardo Contreras speaks with Charlotte Scott

WATCH: Spectrum News Highlights Small Business Support for Texas Regulatory Consistency Act

AUSTIN (Aug. 1, 2023) – “It’s next to impossible for a small business owner who wears multiple hats throughout the day to have to keep track of the various cities that they have to comply with,” said NFIB Member Small Business Owner Eduardo Contreras in an interview with Spectrum News’ reporter Charlotte Scott on why the Texas Regulatory Consistency Act is supported by local job creators. CLICK HERE to watch the full conversation. Excerpts are below. Varying regulations from city to city are difficult to navigate and often include steep penalties for alleged violations. “If we do this in the City of Dallas, or the City of San Antonio, we’re going to have to try to understand how to comply with their regulations before even going out there to do the work. And of course, what happens if we don’t comply? Then we have those penalties.” The Texas Regulatory Consistency Act enforces the State Constitution and provides greater certainty in the regulatory landscape. “We all want to be in compliance,” Contreras said. “It just doesn’t need to be a tangled web between all these separate cities, which have no consistency or streamline to those regulations.” CLICK HERE to watch the full conversation. Background: The Texas Regulatory Consistency Act was signed into law by Governor Abbott in June. The House approved the bill on a bipartisan basis in April, before the bill advanced out of the Senate in May. Despite the misleading claims from some local officials, cities and counties retain their authority to address local concerns. WATCH: Cities & Counties Retain Local Control Under HB 2127 NFIB and local job creators testified before both the House and Senate in support of the bill, with one NFIB member saying: “We need the protection of the state, when it comes to cities telling us how to run our businesses.” READ: FACT CHECK: Patchwork of Regulations Threatens Texas Small Business Owners

Topics:

Regulations

State:

Texas

Get to know NFIB

NFIB is a member-driven organization advocating on behalf of small and independent businesses nationwide.

Learn More

Project meeting. Marketing team discussing new working plan. Laptop and paperwork in open space office

May 20, 2026

Reminder: 2026 Annual Filing Report Due June 30

Pennsylvania small business owners are required to file an Annual Report to the Pennsylvania Department of State. This is a new requirement that started in 202…

Man in a dark suit and blue polka-dot tie speaks during a live C-SPAN Washington Journal interview, with a cityscape backdrop visible behind him.

May 20, 2026

NFIB on C-SPAN: How Small Businesses are Managing Economic Pressures

A discussion on C-SPAN featuring an NFIB expert covers the current state of the small business economy and the top issues that are impacting Main Street.