Bill of the Week: House Bill 2474

Bill would require additional reporting of vaccine-preventable diseases

"...House Bill 2474..."

May 22, 2015 News Column by Richard Whittaker

For Briscoe Cain's Next Act, Watch This Bill Disappear (Along With Your Right to Vote)

House committee guts SB 7, replaces it with language from other draconian voting restriction bill

"...Capitol over "election integrity," once again courtesy of the House's least favorite chairman, Rep. Briscoe Cain, R-Deer Park, who..."

May 7, 2021 News Feature by Benton Graham

House Dems' 11th-Hour Walkout Stops SB7 In Its Tracks

"Election integrity" bill stymied (for now) as session ends

"...Texas House Democrats began to disappear from the floor on Sunday..."

May 31, 2021 News Post by Benton Graham

War-on-Drugs Style Bill Won't Help Fentanyl Crisis, Advocates Say

Meanwhile, a fentanyl test strip bill has stalled

"...than 1,000% increase in fentanyl-related accidental deaths since 2019, House Bill 6 passed the larger chamber and headed to..."

May 1, 2023 News Post by Lina Fisher

Voting Debate Turns House Into a History Class

Dems slow SB 7's roll with more than 100 amendments

"...After heated debate over Senate Bill 7 dominated much of the Texas House's week, the..."

May 14, 2021 News Feature by Benton Graham

Still No Vote on the Bathroom Bill "Compromise"

After five hours of public testimony, HB 2899 sits in limbo

"...Wednesday saw another late night at the Capitol. The House’s State Affairs Committee heard public testimony on House Bill..."

April 20, 2017 News Post by Sarah Marloff

Here's What a New Border Bill Would Do to Texas

"Most dangerous" immigration bill ever takes the stage

"...tackle their nebulous “border security” priority, filing a behemoth bill before the March 10 deadline...."

March 22, 2023 News Post by Benton Graham

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

School Funding Bill 'Could Have Been Worse'

Senate Bill 1 on deck for House debate

"...bad as initially feared. Under the provisions of Senate Bill 1 – scheduled for House debate today, June 9..."

June 10, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

11th Hour School Funding Bill Adds Abbott's Voucher Plan

Democrats in the House ain't gonna like it

"...maneuver. Late Sunday night, a Senate committee replaced the House of Representatives’ school funding bill, HB 100, with one..."

May 23, 2023 News Post by Brant Bingamon

Lege Lines: Peace in Straus' House

News from the saner chamber

"...• With the special session ending on Wednesday, Aug. 16, Speaker Joe Straus has sent his clearest message yet..."

Aug. 11, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Lege Lines: Bathroom Bill Steals Spotlight

"Texas Privacy Act" isn't about privacy – it's about transphobia

"...toilet. On Wed., Jan. 11, while laying out standard House administrative rules, an otherwise uncontroversial debate, Rep. Matt Schaefer,..."

Jan. 20, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

For Trans Texans, One Bill Forward, Two Bills Back

Texas has filed the most anti-LGBTQIA bills in the nation this year

"...on Wed­nes­day, April 28, the Texas Senate passed Senate Bill 1646 by Sen. Charles Perry, R-Lubbock, which seeks to..."

April 30, 2021 News Feature by Beth Sullivan

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

Prop. 6: Strange Bedfellows on Both Sides

Boondoggle or necessary step? Odd alliances form on both sides of state water proposal.

"...lack of coherent thinking about water planning. With Proposition 6 – a constitutional amendment and a plan to put..."

Oct. 25, 2013 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

AISD Board of Trustees Approves $1.6 Billion Budget for 2019-2020

Lege gives AISD a one-year budget breather

"...trustees approved unanimously on Monday night (June 17) a $1.6 billion budget for the 2019-20 school and fiscal year...."

June 21, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Back to the Grind House

On the occasion of QT 6, an ode to the demented poetry of triple bills in iniquitous theatres

"...was lined on both sides with movie theatres, grind houses showing double or triple bills. The audiences for these..."

Sept. 16, 2005 Screens Feature by Louis Black

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

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

Another chippy round of political beer pong

"...for craft brewery freedoms in state history with Senate Bills 639 and 515-518. Those pieces of legislation legalized everyday,..."

Feb. 1, 2019 Food Feature by Eric Puga

SXSW Doc Hunts Down the Truth Behind Those Bizarre Bill Murray Encounters

Tommy Avallone investigates the phenomenon in The Bill Murray Stories

"...Bill Murray is notoriously hard to find. Legend has it..."

March 9, 2018 Screens Feature by Dan Gentile

OMFG, HB 626 Is Even Worse Than Voter-ID Bill

Phil King's awful voter registration bill makes the Voter ID bill look almost progressive by comparison.

"...After spending the week focused on House Bill 218, the "voter ID" bill that requires presentation..."

April 30, 2007 News Post by Lee Nichols

Doggett on 1/6: "I Continue to Think Our Democracy Hangs by a Thread"

Reflecting on the Big Lie, the Trump Coup, and what comes next

"...U.S. Capitol, from his third-floor window in the Rayburn House Office Building across the street...."

Jan. 6, 2022 News Post by Mike Clark-Madison

The Texas Hammer: The Bathroom Bill

It's not about protecting women and children

"...North Carolina may have put bathroom bills on the map, but Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick..."

March 17, 2017 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Bill of the Week

Legal landscape shifts in passage of 'emergency' item

"...House Bill 274Filed: March 10, 2011 Author: Rep. Brandon Creighton,..."

May 13, 2011 News Column by Richard Whittaker

House Passes Journalist Shield Law

Will law protect bloggers and their sources, too?

"...version of a shield law for journalists by a 146-0 vote. Bill author Rep. Trey Martinez Fischer, D-San Antonio,..."

April 10, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Taking Back the House

Texas Democrats say this could be their November

"...the Texas Democratic Party to take back the Texas House of Representatives...."

Oct. 10, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Dying in Committee, Part 6

No permanent tent prisons this sessions - just the temporary ones that are already there.

"...excitement is all about the "down to the wire" bills. However, some stillborn legislation that was never even heard..."

May 8, 2007 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Bill of the Week

A quality control proposal for state government

"...House Bill 3149Filed: March 10, 2011. Author: Rep. Raul Torres,..."

April 22, 2011 News Column by Richard Whittaker

Bill of the Week: Closing the Gun Show Loophole

Ellis proposes universal background checks

"...Sen. Rodney Ellis on Friday filed a pair of bills to close the so-called "gun show loophole" and to..."

March 9, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

House Grinds to Halt

Will quorate rules scupper GOP agenda?

"...Eddie Lucio III, D-San Benito, just told the Texas House of Representatives. Their shout-out may be the closest to..."

May 7, 2011 News Post by Richard Whittaker

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