State Rep. Jeff Leach Receives Outstanding Legislator Award From Statewide Trade Association

June 27, 2022

AUSTIN – The Texas Land Title Association (TLTA), one of the state’s oldest trade associations, presented state Rep. Jeff Leach (R-Plano) with an Outstanding Legislator Award during TLTA’s Annual Conference and Business Meeting in Fort Worth.

“Rep. Leach led the House’s work on Senate Bill 30, the racial covenants removal legislation passed by the Texas Legislature last session,” said Leslie Midgley, Executive Vice President and CEO of TLTA. “The existent of racial covenants is a subject that has caused great concern for the title industry for years. Rep. Leach worked with TLTA and other stakeholders on a solution that would address and help remedy these historical scars in our land records while maintaining the integrity of those records. Chairman Leach and TLTA have been working together on legislative issues for almost a decade starting in his first legislative session in 2013. He was immediately identified by the capitol community as a strong leader and time has only proved this observation to be true.”

Rep. Leach currently serves as Chairman for the House Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence Committee and is chair of the Criminal Justice Reform Interim Study Committee.

Now serving his fifth term, Rep. Leach represents the citizens of House District 67, consisting of portions of Plano, Allen, Richardson and Dallas in Collin County. He was named as a "Friend of the Judiciary" by the State Bar of Texas and was recognized as a "2019 Legislator of the Year" by the Texas Civil Justice League.

About TLTA
Founded in 1908, the Texas Land Title Association (TLTA) is a statewide trade association representing the Texas title insurance industry and currently serving more than 16,000 professionals involved in the safe and efficient transfer of real estate. In the course of their daily work, our membership serves over a million consumers each year. With active members in all of Texas’ 254 counties, TLTA membership comprises over 85 percent of the title insurance agents and underwriters licensed to do business in Texas. For more information about TLTA, visit www.tlta.com.