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.
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.
Here's a review of the week that kicked the Texas Legislature into overdrive.
Former presidential candidate and HUD Secretary Ben Carson discusses ‘diversity, equity, and inclusion’ and school choice policies in Texas.
After both chambers' plans passed overwhelmingly, the standoff between the House and the Senate is set to crescendo.
The budget now moves to the Senate, where the upper chamber will make its changes before the legislation must be reconciled in conference committee.
A committee over a bill to ban child gender modification had over 3,000 people sign up to give testimony and had protests that gained national attention.
Rose's bill is now one vote away from moving across the rotunda to the Texas Senate where its passage will be more tenuous.
The Texas Constitution prohibits the Legislature from considering most bills on the floor until 60 days into session except for extenuating circumstances.
The state demographer’s office was providing testimony on census data and population growth in Texas over the last few years.
Pre-Roe laws, the Heartbeat Act, and “the trigger ban” are all in question after a judge's ruling on the attorney general's power to prosecute abortions.
The challenger gained only one vote from the two that voted against Phelan two years ago, but drummed up quite the public notice.
