An economic development tax incentive program is on the verge of sunsetting after the Senate declined to pass legislation extending it for two years.
The governor is expected to sign a bill passed by the state legislature that would designate Texas as a “Second Amendment sanctuary.”
As the time crunch accelerates, members of the Texas legislature scramble to pass their prized pieces of legislation.
The chamber is considering a bill to require CPS investigators to notify individuals of their right to record, but prohibit the online publishing of that recording.
The proposed ban by Sen. Bob Hall would target doctors, not parents. Looming deadlines may kill it in a week.
A prospective ban on taxpayer-funded lobbying has faced multiple rounds of revisions throughout the 87th Legislative Session.
All other House bills with the same goal have died in the Public Health Committee, where their kindred Senate bills await movement.
Texas is on its way to designating itself as a “Second Amendment sanctuary,” but the state House or Senate must first consider legislation passed by the other chamber.
The permitless carry bill passed by the House was referred to a new special committee that has a majority of its members publicly in favor of the pro-Second Amendment proposal.
"Without my consent, my ex-wife just transitioned my son to a girl," Jeff Younger, father of James, said in his testimony.
Though not including constitutional carry, the hallmark proposal of gun rights advocates, a Senate committee has approved a slate of pro-gun bills.
The Texas Senate approved legislation to provide liability protections for businesses that operated in good faith during the COVID-19 pandemic.
