Update on the 2021 Texas State Legislative Session

 Date: June 9, 2021

Houstonian Hotel
 

10:45-11:30 Registration

11:30-12:00 Lunch

12:00-1:00 Speaker

Speaker: Corbin Van Arsdale

Description of Program:

Attendees will receive information about legislative action that occurred during the recently completed session, whether proposed, rejected or passed that is relevant to the construction industry, and will learn the potential impacts on firms and the industry as a whole.  There will also be a recap of the AGC – Texas Building Branch’s role as well as other construction industry associations in advocating on behalf of legislative outcomes that are favorable to the construction industry.

Corbin Van Arsdale is President & General Counsel of AGC-Texas Building Branch, a statewide trade association of commercial builders. Before that Corbin was General Counsel of Boyer, Inc., a civil, electrical, marine, and mechanical construction firm in Houston – and an attorney practicing constitutional and maritime law at the Houston law firm of Fitzhugh & Elliott. Corbin also served three terms in the Texas House of Representatives, representing northwest Harris County.

Corbin currently serves on the boards of the Texas Civil Justice League, Texas Business Roundtable, Texas Comptroller’s Business Advisory Group, and the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization.

Corbin is a fifth-generation Texan who attended UT-Austin, where he earned degrees in finance and law—and lettered in baseball.

Corbin and his wife Stephanie, who is the business manager for a commercial real estate investment firm, have raised three daughters and two sons—and live in the Austin suburb of Cedar Park, where Corbin is currently serving his second term as Mayor.