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52 St. Mary's L.J. 53 (2020-2021)
Targeting the Texas Citizen Participation Act: The 2019 Texas Legislature's Amendments to a Most Consequential Law

handle is hein.journals/stmlj52 and id is 70 raw text is: ARTICLE TARGETING THE TEXAS CITIZEN PARTICIPATION ACT: THE 2019 TEXAS LEGISLATURE'S AMENDMENTS TO A MOST CONSEQUENTIAL LAW AMY BRESNEN* LISA KAUFMAN** STEVE BRESNEN*** No one else was in the room where it happened. No one realy knows how the game isplayed, the art of the trade how the sausage gets made. Lin-Manuel Miranda, Hamilton, (2015)**** Amy Bresnen has a J.D. from St. Mary's University School of Law and an M.P.A. from Texas State University. She currently serves on the State Bar Committee on Disciplinary Rules and Referenda. ** Lisa Kaufman has a J.D. from George Washington University School of Law. She formerly served as Director of Budget and Policy and Special Counsel to former Speaker of the Texas House Joe Straus and Counsel to several key committees in the Texas Senate, U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate. She represented the Texas Civil Justice League during negotiations on H.B. 2370 and was the bill's principle drafter. Ms. Kaufman is a founding partner of Davis Kaufman, PLLC, in Austin, Texas. *** Steve Bresnen has a J.D. from The University of Texas School of Law and formerly served as General Counsel and Policy Director to former Lt. Gov. Bob Bullock. The Bresnens are attorneys and lobbyists with BresnenAssociates, Inc. in Austin, Texas and represented the Texas Trial Lawyers Association, AT&T, and the Texas Family Law Foundation during negotiations on H.B. 2730. The authors wish to thank Lee Parsley, General Counsel, Texans for Lawsuit Reform, for his contributions to this Article. This Article is based on an article that was originally published in the September 2019 issue of the Texas Bar Joural. Portions of it have been edited and reprinted with permission. **** There was, in fact, a room where the negotiations happened, in the instance discussed. The authors of this Article worked with a variety of stakeholders and legislators to negotiate extensive changes to the Texas anti-SLAPP statute. Only a few clarifying amendments were made on the House 53

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