Sweeping Religious Freedom Bill Heads to Senate

The Senate State Affairs Committee approves a license to discriminate

"...with a toilet flush, but with a whimper, the Senate State Affairs Committee sent a sweeping religious refusal bill..."

March 26, 2019 News Post by Sarah Marloff

Ultrasound Debate Underway in Senate Committee

Senate Committee hears testimony on Patrick's ultrasound bill

"...A hearing in the Senate's State Affairs Committee on Sen. Dan Patrick's ultrasound-before-abortion bill..."

Feb. 9, 2011 News Post by Jordan Smith

Drug Testing State Officials? Senator Says It's Only Fair

Sen. Eddie Lucio Jr. asks for accountability

"...Now Lucio is proposing that his fellow senators, state representatives, and other Texas elected officials should be able..."

April 19, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Senate Hearing on Abortion Regs Bill Underway

Hearing expected to last 16 hours

"...Texas Senate staffers had a procedure for registering witnesses up and..."

July 8, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

Senate Committees Announced

Lt. Gov releases committee appointments with few changes for Travis delegation

"...Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst quietly released the list of Senate Committees for the 81st Session. Comparing the list to..."

Jan. 30, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Early Start for Senate Abortion Debate

Capitol doors open at 7am for committee hearing sign up

"...be an early start for anyone giving testimony on Senate Bill 1 – the new restrictions on reproductive rights..."

July 7, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Senate Committee Will Take Up Version of Abortion Regs on Monday

Hearing on bill day before Senate reconvenes

"...The Senate Health and Human Services Committee will gather at 10..."

July 3, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

Drug Testing State Officials?

Senator says it's only fair

"...Now Lucio is proposing that his fellow senators, state representatives, and other Texas elected officials should be able..."

April 16, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

Senate Passes Severe Fetal Disability Abortion Ban

Women would be forced to give birth to non-viable fetuses

"...The Texas Senate is just fine with forcing women to carry a..."

May 13, 2019 News Post by Mary Tuma

Bill of the Week: Senate Bill 2065

Anti-LGBT "religious freedom" laws piling up at the Lege

"...Senate Bill 2065..."

May 8, 2015 News Column by Mary Tuma

Texas Senate Speeds This Year's Abortion Bills Through Lege

Senate speeds this year's abortion bills through Lege

"...and legislation to stifle such funding advanced in the Senate this week...."

April 2, 2021 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Lege Lines: Weak Oversight Rules, School Vouchers Pass Senate, and More...

Lege pushes weak oversight rules, school voucher bill sails through Senate, and more...

"...The Senate has its own version, Senate Bill 10, which has..."

April 24, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Bathroom Bill Flushed to Senate

Despite 21 hours of testimony, SB 6 goes to chamber floor

"...told a story Tuesday night about the problems with Senate Bill 6...."

March 8, 2017 News Post by Sarah Marloff

Senate: Same Committees, Fewer Meetings

Upper chamber clears already light schedule before voter ID bust-up

"...Over the weekend, Quorum Report reported that four Senate committees (Higher Education, Veterans Affairs and Military Installations, the..."

March 10, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

The Senate Committee Shuffle

Austin's four Senators get their appointments for 2013

"...got screwed by the lack of one centralized, unified Senate voice. Second, that now Travis has a multiplicity of..."

Jan. 21, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Advocates Scrutinize Sweeping Senate Water Supply Bill’s Strategy

Environmental impacts still need to be assessed

"...Boosting the state's water supply is as complicated as you might expect...."

March 23, 2023 News Post by Lina Fisher

Dying in Committee, Part 4

Amputees won't get much help from the Lege this session on low insurance payouts.

"...by the wayside every day … What is it? Senate Bill 54, sponsored by Sen. Judith Zaffirini, D-Laredo, and..."

May 7, 2007 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Senate Delivers First Blow to Paid Sick Leave

SB 15, the boy who cried "voter fraud!" advance, and other Lege news

"...On Feb. 28, the Senate Committee on State Affairs advanced Senate Bill 15, which..."

March 8, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

Williams Eyes Senate Run

Former secretary of state announces exploratory committee

"...Amy Smith over a year ago, former Secretary of State Roger Williams is sniffing around a U.S. Senate run...."

Dec. 12, 2008 News Post by Richard Whittaker

UPDATE: Senate Filibuster in Progress

Close to vote on SB5; clock ticking

"...For a look at what happened on the Senate floor after midnight, see “YEA OR NAY?” For a..."

June 25, 2013 News Post by Michael King

2006 State Races

A sampling of some of the livelier contests taking shape in the March 7 primary and the general election in November

"...toll road debate, ongoing efforts to blur church and state, and the prospect of a thoroughly entertaining governor's race...."

Jan. 20, 2006 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Media Watch: The Incredible Disappearing Telecom Committee

Two years after Lege passed sweeping reorganization of competitive landscape for delivering telecommunication services to homes, community groups wonder what happened to committee that was supposed to monitor law's impact

"...community groups are wondering what happened to a much-anticipated committee that was supposed to monitor the law's impact...."

May 18, 2007 News Column by Kevin Brass

State Cuts Hitting the Bone

The tolls of a take-no-prisoners budget year

"...House Bill 1 started as the draft state budget for the next two years. Now it's starting..."

April 1, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Everything's Broken and Thousands are Dead, But There's Always Time For Abortion Bans in Texas

Seven "priority" anti-choice bills sail to Senate floor

"...and navigate an unprecedented public health crisis – the Senate State Affairs Committee turned its full attention to not..."

March 17, 2021 News Post by Mary Tuma

Still No Vote on the Bathroom Bill "Compromise"

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

"...saw another late night at the Capitol. The House’s State Affairs Committee heard public testimony on House Bill 2899,..."

April 20, 2017 News Post by Sarah Marloff

On the Lege

Sen. Bill Ratliff's committee shows what good government looks like as it takes up controversial HB 4.

"...its way through the budget debate last week, the Senate State Affairs Committee was plodding methodically, article by article..."

April 25, 2003 News Column by Michael King

Lege Lines: Taking Aim at Planned Parenthood ... Again

Senate committee advances bill targeting Downtown clinic

"...On Monday, March 18, the Senate State Affairs Committee ushered through a bill in a..."

March 22, 2019 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Council: A Busy Week at the Lege

City Council and the mayor confront the controlling state

"...aimed at reining in municipal authority. He noted that committee hearings at least sometimes educate legislators on distinctions that..."

March 24, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

Wentworth Gets Council Thumbs' Down

Council unanimously rejects legislature's single-member district proposal

"...this morning, Austin City Council voted unanimously to oppose Senate Bill 1618 if and when it gets to committee...."

April 13, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Filming the Detectives

Bill would protect cop watchers

"...police officers who don't like being filmed or photographed," state Sen. Craig Estes, R-Wichita Falls, told members of the..."

May 1, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

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