Texas Legislative Wrap-Up: A Summary of Electricity-Related Bills Passed by the 84th LegislatureMeghan E. Griffiths
State Rep. Carl Sherman was one of several Democratic lawmakers who unsuccessfully tried getting bills passed in the GOP-controlled Texas Legislature this year that would have required prisons to be fully air conditioned. "This is not a political issue. This is a humanity issue. ... This is ...
Despite Texas state lawmakers' attempt to deny Republicans the quorum they needed to pass the voting bill, the Republican-controlled legislature passed the bill last week, sending the legislation, which makes the Lone Star State one of the most restrictive states in which to cas...
Pro-Life Budget Amendments – 89th Legislature On Thursday, April 10, the Texas House will consider, debate, and vote on CSSB 1,… Abortion March 26, 20250 Urgent: Pro-Life Bills Thursday Can you come to Austin this Thursday? Lawmakers just announced a hearing on three BIG… ...
It also requires health-care providers to perform such procedures in states where the practice has been banned, including in Montana and Texas. Their state legislatures passed bills their governors signed into law prohibiting “gender transition” procedures from being performed on minors in their sta...
The two active TX sports betting bills — HB 1942 and HB 2843— that just passed the House’s state affairs committee contain details for taxing operators and bettors. Mobile sportsbook operators would be charged a $500,000 application fee, renewable every three years at a $100,000 price tag...
In 2013, 19 U.S. states proposed the legislation to allow concealed carry of handguns on campus. Also that year, five states introduced laws to ban concealed weapons on campuses, but none of those bills passed. The following year, 14 states introduced the campus-carry law. ...
AUSTIN (CBSNewsTexas.com)– In the year since the deadly mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, State Senator Roland Gutierrez, D-San Antonio, has become the most outspoken voice for gun reform in the Texas Legislature. He's also one of the most vocal critics of the law enfor...
Providing bigger tax breaks to homeowners is a key component of a deal brokered by Republicans in the Texas Legislature to lower tax bills for Texans. Texas homeowners are one step closer to a bigger tax break after the Texas House gave unanimous final approval to a set of legislative proposal...
On Monday, at the end of the Texas legislative session, things took a very nasty turn. Protesters unhappy with a bill passed through the legislature that would ban so-called “sanctuary cities” entered the House gallery, forcing lawmakers to halt their work. Amid that standoff, there was a...