Texas Legislature 2025

The state grid’s operator said the current regulation will allow it to meet future demands. Full Story 

House Bill 6 is a response to reports of more violent classroom disruptions after the pandemic. It lowers the bar for when schools can discipline for the state’s homeless and youngest students. Full Story 

The Texas House also approved more money for schools in a bipartisan vote. Full Story 

The vote instructs lawmakers who are negotiating a budget with the Senate to advocate for awarding Paxton the salary he missed while impeached over corruption allegations. Full Story 

More than 50 House Democrats have signed on to a plan to spike all constitutional amendments unless the House allows voters to decide whether school vouchers will be legalized. Full Story 

Already able to collect from private entities, athletes for the first time would be able to receive direct payments from universities under the proposal. Full Story 

The Senate voted Wednesday to give initial approval to a bill that would require buildings, including public schools and universities, among others to segregate private facilities, like bathrooms, by sex. Full Story 

For the first time since Texas outlawed nearly all abortions, lawmakers are clarifying the “life of mother” exception. But they don’t plan to address cases where the fetus won’t survive. Full Story 

The lower chamber’s plan largely aligns with the Senate’s proposal and puts billions toward teacher pay, border security and property tax cuts. Full Story 

State budget watchers — and some Republicans — worry Texas is spending too much on property tax cuts. Full Story 

Senate Bill 36, a priority bill for Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, would create an office within the Department of Public Safety focused on immigration enforcement, organized crime and threats to state infrastructure. Full Story 

Among the hundreds of amendments were ones that focused on school vouchers, the attorney general’s office and the Texas Lottery. Full Story 

An overhauled version of Senate Bill 37 would also allow anyone to file complaints that could lead schools to lose funds. Full Story 

The proposal would require counties who opt for hand counts to use ballots that can be scanned and tabulated by a voting machine. Full Story 

Much of the outbreak is concentrated in the districts of Texas House leaders, including Speaker Dustin Burrows. The crisis appears to have done little to change support for “vaccine choice.” Full Story 

The legislation would put new requirements on wind and solar companies that oil and gas companies in Texas do not face. Full Story 

While Democrats and abortion access advocates pushed to ensure pregnant women aren’t criminalized, some conservatives questioned whether this bill is needed. Full Story 

The Texas Legislature is considering bills that transit officials warn could hamper public transportation in the Austin and Dallas-Fort Worth regions. Full Story 

The lawmakers behind the bill promised there would not be an increase in the number of days the beach is closed. Full Story 

Lawmakers are pursuing legislative changes that would keep more people locked up in overcrowded county jails while awaiting resolution to their cases. Full Story