While Texas HB 4 was enacted in 2023, the major provisions of the law, particularly those that impose new requirements on businesses and grant new consumer rights, take effect on Jan. 1, 2025. New courts to improve the Texas judicial system House Bill 3474seeks to improve the judicial syste...
The Texas House is set to vote on school vouchers and public school funding. Here’s what you need to know. The vote will be the proposal’s biggest test yet and will show whether Gov. Greg Abbott has built enough support since a similar bill died in the lower chamber in 2023. The ...
Dan Patrick endorses Texas House’s voucher plan, clearing path to final approval Updated: Apr. 19, 2025 at 4:09 AM GMT+8| By Jaden Edison and Kayla Guo The lieutenant governor proposes that the Texas Senate adopt the House bill, which would eliminate a negotiation over the two versions ...
2023: Passage of House Bill 3162, an incremental reform of the Texas Advance Directives Act: Protects competent patients from the countdown. Prohibits hospitals from withdrawing treatment based on discriminatory “quality of life” determinations. Requires hospitals to perform certain procedures necessary ...
This is the early stages of the bill, now that it has been introduced, it will move to the committee for consideration, then it will need to be voted on by the Senate chamber, if it passes the Senate chamber, it will then move to the House and it will have to move through the sam...
Nearly all House lawmakers voted for a separate bill that increases public school funding by some $8 billion. That includes teacher pay raises and “hold harmless” provisions that ensure school districts will keep most of their funding from one year to another. This may be politically necessary...
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The Texas Senate has passed a bill that would more than double the amount of money the state spends to lure film and television production to Texas Associated PressApril 17, 2025 In Historic First, Texas House Approves Private School Voucher Program The Texas House has given initial approval to...
Texas Bill 1515 requires classrooms to display not just the Ten Commandments, but a specific version created by the Fraternal Order of Eagles found on monoliths across the U.S. Is this a legitimate version of the Decalogue? Print August 3, 2023 Prof.Marc Zvi Brettler ,Prof.Jed Wyrick ...
By Brandon Waltens | November 17, 2023 2 min read After being brought to the floor for a vote for the first time in decades, school choice was killed by members of the Texas House, leaving the fate of the fourth special session uncertain. House Bill 1 by State Rep. Brad Buckley (R...