An advocate for cooling Texas prisons walks past a makeshift cell during a rally on the steps of the Texas Capitol on July 18, 2023, in Austin.Eric Gay / AP During this year's regular legislative session, which ended in May, the Texas House had proposed more than $343 million for the...
88thLegislative Session Report Part 1: TCJL Priority Bills Passed in the 88thSession Part 2: Civil Justice-Related Bills that Failed in 2023 Part 3: How Did TCJL’s Statement of Conservative Business Principles Fare? Part 4: Eminent Domain Update ...
During the 2024 legislative session and even in previous years, Texas lawmakers drafted and passed several new laws designed to take effect on Jan. 1, 2025. Here are some of the new laws every Texas resident should be aware of as 2025 begins: No mandatory car safety inspections in Texas St...
the Board approved and adopted legislative priorities for the Texas 89th Legislative Session, which begins on January 14, 2025 and will address a number of issues that will affect FBISD and districts across the state.
During the 2023 legislative session, I routinely fought against the city of El Paso’s lobby team to advance conservative proposals, like allowing ETJ residents a voice in their governance (SB 2038), allowing certain voters to hold disannexation elections (HB 3053), and preempting city regulation...
Texas 82nd Regular Legislative Session Preview,JonesDay
Insights 12.22.21 The Texas legislature had a jam-packed legislative session over the summer that will end up having a profound impact on workplace law in Texas. Among the most significant new laws that passed and took effect were measures related to sexual harassment, guns in the workplace,...
Patrick’s endorsement of Covey is due in large part to his frustration with Phelan’s consistent blocking of legislation supported by Patrick during the 2023 legislative session, ranging from school property tax reductions to school choice. Both Paxton and Patrick are strong Trump supporters, with ...
Given Republican control of the legislative process in Texas, all of these bills have a good chance at being enacted into law. Yay for democracy! #GregAbbott_TXThe#TexasSenate passed Senate Bill 1933. The#DeathToDemocracybill is also being called the#DeathStarBill. Texans need to stand up ...
Texas' 2023 legislative session is expected to be similar to 2021 because anti-vaccination bills that did not pass last time are likely to be refiled, according to thereport. "How vaccine policies are handled here could have spillover effects into other states," the authors wrote....