UPDATED: Senate Passes House Bill 2

Rejected amendments, dramatic speeches, and finally a vote

"...Texas Senate tonight voted 19-11 in favor of passing House Bill 2, the sweeping and controversial abortion regulations bill...."

July 12, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

Bills of the Week: House Bill 1 and Senate Bill 1

Texas Lege looks to finalize budget deal

"...House Bill 1 and Senate Bill 1Authors: Rep. John Otto,..."

May 29, 2015 News Column by Richard Whittaker

Rep. Elliott Naishtat's Closing Remarks on House Bill 2292

Rep. Elliott Naishtat speaks against passage of HB 2292.

"...Members, this bill goes too far too fast and moves Texas in..."

May 2, 2003 News Feature

Lege Lines: School Finance Bill Passes House With Flying Colors

Stickland only holdout on ambitious “Texas Plan” finance bill

"...House Bill 3, the session's marquee school finance legislation, survived..."

April 12, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

House Gives Perry the Finger

House Bills 2 and 3 die; it's back to square one

"...The House, in a spectacular chain of maneuvers, effectively gave Perry..."

July 29, 2005 News Column by Amy Smith

UPDATE: Abortion Bill Passes

Testimony will end at midnight

"...UPDATE:House BIll 2 passed out of the State Affairs Committee..."

July 3, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

Texas House Passes Anti-Trans Sports Bill

HB 25 bans trans students from teams matching their gender identity

"...Last night the Texas House of Representatives approved anti-trans student-athlete legislation, House Bill 25,..."

Oct. 15, 2021 News Post by Beth Sullivan

Texas House Advances Ambitious School Finance Bill

Teachers’ union celebrates shedding of merit pay provision

"...The House Public Education Committee passed a committee substitute for the..."

March 22, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

House Rolls Out School Finance Bill

Republican leaders propose $9 billion in funding for public schools over the next two years

"...Republican leaders in the Texas House of Representatives rolled out that chamber's long-awaited school finance..."

March 8, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Austin Freshmen Survive in Unflipped House as the County Sees a Dem Landslide

The blueberry abides (barely)

"...In spite of record voter turnout, the Texas House did not manage to flip. Not only that –..."

Nov. 6, 2020 News Feature by Lina Fisher

School Bill Put to the Test

Omnibus school bill doesn't make the grade, critics say

"...Another legislative session means another public school omnibus bill. Legislators were presented with the mammoth 128-page bill (filed..."

March 13, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Abortion Bill Will Be Considered Tuesday in House Committee

Testimony will be limited

"...Rep. Byron Cook, R-Corsicana, chair of the House State Affairs Committee, said this afternoon that he will..."

July 1, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

Innocence Commission Gets Nod From House Committee

On the heels of Texas' first posthumous exoneration, House committee finally passes Commission bill

"...D-Alpine, rounded up all of the members of the House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee to join him on the dais..."

April 8, 2009 News Post by Jordan Smith

Watson's 3/17 Speech Against Voter ID

Transcript of Austin senator's remarks

"...March 17, in an ultimately futile argument against SB 362 (and it's even better if you hear it –..."

March 18, 2009 News Post by Lee Nichols

Sine Die Part 2: The House

The House ends the 80th session like it has been for weeks: divided, fighting over the rule book, and pointing fingers at Speaker Craddick.

"...a degree of decorum, it was up to the House to continue in its role as the best theatre..."

May 29, 2007 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Republican Bill Would Nullify Austin Anti-Discrimination Ordinances

Cities could be sued over progressive employment laws

"...residents, lawmakers in the Lege have to pass a bill designed to undo that specific local ordinance...."

March 17, 2023 News Post by Austin Sanders

GOP Bill Will Double Austin ISD Police

Parents say they don't want more officers

"...resource officers or SROs, are necessary to comply with House Bill 3, a new state law that will go..."

Aug. 18, 2023 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Bill Debates Begin Tomorrow

First real debates for school finance and more

"...were on for the school finance reforms in Senate Bill 1811, there was one shared opinion: That no-one really..."

June 1, 2011 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Bill of the Week: Christmas Edition

Bohac wants some, er, Winter cheer in schools

"...six days before Christmas, And all through the Texas House, Not a lawmaker was stirring, Except for Dwayne Bohac..."

Dec. 23, 2012 News Post by Richard Whittaker

HB 3 Headed for Conference

School accountability bill gets back to House radically different to how it left

"...coping mechanisms when the session is dragging on. For House Public Education Chair Rob Eissler, R-The Woodlands, it's puns...."

May 13, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Pickett v. Riddle: House Floor Smackdown!

Lawmakers tussle over bill that would help state employees that volunteer with foster kids

"...unpaid. That's the point. And she's had it with House Bill 1462, El Paso Dem Rep. Joe Pickett's measure..."

April 23, 2009 News Post by Jordan Smith

Texas House Funnels HIV Funds to Abstinence Education

House passes measure diverting HIV funds to abstinence education

"...off objections from Democrats, a measure that would divert $3 million from HIV/STD prevention programs to abstinence-only education sailed..."

April 1, 2015 News Post by Mary Tuma

Public Ed Bill Escapes the House – Barely

Dems – and a few Republicans – try to hold back the privatization wave

"...of the most frightening features of the school finance bill that limped out of the House last week is..."

March 18, 2005 News Column by Amy Smith

School Finance Bill Heads for the Floor

Republicans pass HB 2 out of committee over educator objections

"...The House Public Education Committee, dominated by Republicans, pushed the school..."

March 4, 2005 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

Redistricting Maps Head to House

New maps likely to draw court challenges

"...That's how long the June 18 meeting of the House Redistricting Committee took to vote out House, Senate, and..."

June 21, 2013 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Lege Lines: Dem Lawmakers Boycott Anti-Abortion Bill Hearing

Brass ovaries vs. HB 16, and other battle lines drawn at the Capitol

"...took a stand this Monday, March 25, against a bill that would further stigmatize abortion, boycotting a committee hearing..."

March 29, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

Reefer Roundup: 3/3/11

Your drug war news for the week

"...SXSW Brings the Square Grouper to Town..."

March 3, 2011 SXSW Post by Jordan Smith

The Battle of Small Beer vs. Big Distributors Rages on With Texas Beer-To-Go Bill

Another chippy round of political beer pong

"...For context, this back-and-forth between two of the three..."

Feb. 1, 2019 Food Feature by Eric Puga

House: Livin' on a Pair

Tracking the Travis delegation through the 82nd Lege

"...six local reps managed to get a pair of bills each out of the House and into the Senate..."

April 29, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Voter ID In Da House

Contentious issue could come up in committee "as early as Thursday"

"...voter ID battle could flare back up in the House soon. Yesterday, the Democrats’ point man on the issue,..."

April 28, 2009 News Post by Lee Nichols

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