Andrew Schneider | Houston Public Media

Senate Bill 16, one of Republicans' priority measures, failed to make it to the House floor before the regular session of the 89th Texas Legislature ended Monday.

Four civil liberties groups, some of which already are suing Louisiana over its law requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed in public-school classrooms, plan to file a lawsuit against Texas as soon as Gov. Greg Abbott signs Senate Bill 10.

The poll also shows the Texas attorney general leading the state’s senior senator by 7 points if U.S. Rep. Wesley Hunt enters next year's Republican primary for Cornyn's Senate seat. But Paxton’s lead drops to within the margin of error against his most likely Democratic challengers in the general election.

House Bill 3053 would have an outsized effect on Houston and Harris County, which have collected thousands of firearms at such events in recent years.

Senate Bill 1238, written by state Sens. Lois Kolkhorst (R-Brenham) and Mayes Middleton (R-Galveston), will make it illegal for insurers to discriminate against people whose spouses have died by reclassifying them as “single” and raising their rates. Gov. Greg Abbott signed the measure into law last week.

Senate Bill 10 now goes back to the Senate for concurrence before advancing to Gov. Greg Abbott, who is expected to sign it into law.

The House granted its final approval to the amended version of Senate Bill 3 Thursday evening. It now goes back to the Senate, where Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has indicated it is sure to pass, then on to Gov. Greg Abbott’s desk.

State Rep. Tom Oliverson (R-Cypress) introduced the floor amendment that transformed Senate Bill 3 — which would have regulated and taxed THC-containing products while leaving many of them legal — back into the complete prohibition initially passed by the Senate.

Roughly 200,000 Afghans have come to the U.S. since the Taliban seized Kabul in August 2021. There are now about 10,000 in Greater Houston. Even those with a pathway to U.S. citizenship are worried about their future as President Donald Trump has steadily eliminated their legal protections.

Senate Bill 22 would increase funding for in-state film and TV production to $500 million every two years, up from $200 million now.