Border security was an emergency item on Gov. Greg Abbott’s list of priorities at the beginning of the regular legislative session.
One national figure who has not weighed in — and who endorsed Paxton in last year’s primary — is former president Donald Trump.
HB 7 contains measures that were lost in the House, including a border protection force and criminal penalties for illegal border crossings.
Tensions boiled over on Tuesday evening as 75 bills perished at the stroke of midnight.
With the death of Senate Bill 9, the upper chamber now waits to see if the House approves its amendments adding school choice to House Bill 100.
The bill would have made it a state crime to cross the border illegally, including a felony charge for illegal aliens who disobey an order to leave.
The Texas House debated late into the night before passing a bill, with amendments, to ban offices of diversity, equity, and inclusion at Texas colleges.
A Texas state representative’s bill aims to prevent banks from tracking private firearm sales.
Legislators have called more than 170 points of order this session to stall and kill each other's bills. The most ever was in 2007 with 218.
Speaker Dade Phelan scuttled his own priority border security bill after he sustained a point of order Rep. Rafael Anchia raised against the bill.
The legislation was a priority for Speaker Dade Phelan (R-Beaumont) as part of the state’s response to elevated levels of illegal immigration.
Here's a review of the week that kicked the Texas Legislature into overdrive.
