Texas Legislature

Unless Senate Bill 3 is vetoed, hundreds of Austinites stand to lose their jobs.

The Texas House passed Senate Bill 10 on Sunday. It now goes back to the Senate for concurrence before advancing to Gov. Greg Abbott, who is expected to sign it into law.

Senate Bill 12's supporters say DEI programs use class time and public funds to promote political agendas.

The Texas Senate on Friday advanced a $8.5 billion public school funding bill, moving it one step closer to Gov. Greg Abbott's desk.

Lawmakers might tie disparate issues – like school funding and THC bans – as leverage to see their priority bills through.

The Texas House on Thursday passed Senate Bill 33, which aims to prevent local governments from using tax money to support people that leave the state to find abortion care. The bill will need final approval from the state Senate before heading to Gov. 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.

The Texas Senate passed the bill in March. It now heads to Gov. Greg Abbott's desk for approval.

The House on Wednesday approved the ban, after previously considering proposals to preserve the industry by tightening regulations.

The deal, confirmed by three lawmakers familiar with the discussions, appears to strike a face-saving compromise for both chambers over how to increase funds for the state's public schools.