State Rep. Gina Hinojosa, D-Austin, has proposed an amendment to the state constitution to...
Many state legislators work other jobs when they aren’t in session since the Legislature meets 140 days every other year. The majority work as attorneys or business owners — including state Rep.“There are colleagues who believe [being a state legislator] should be part time, essentially a volunteer position. I think that was a noble sentiment, maybe a hundred years ago,” she said.
“There is this old-school notion that we should not be paid a salary; it just doesn’t work in 2023,” she added. “It didn’t feel right to keep going around talking to young people about how they too could grow up to do what I do when there is such a barrier.”would set legislators’ salaries equal to the median teacher salary and would only apply to future state lawmakers’ salaries — current lawmakers would continue to make $7,200 a year.
“Just because we’re not in session does not mean [that] we’re not working,” she said. “We take that interim time [between legislative sessions] to meet with constituents, meet with stakeholders, craft legislation and do research on legislation. This job is what you make it; for me it is a full-time job.”
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