Texas lawmakers target property taxes, abortion and gender transition care in first bills for the 2025 session
Lawmakers in the Texas House and Senate filed more than a thousand pieces of legislation Tuesday, offering an early look at the issues they hope to prioritize when they gavel in f
Texas lawmakers jumpstart 2025 session by filing bills on abortion, education and property taxes
The Legislature meets biennially, meaning lawmakers have had a full year to brainstorm ideas for new legislation. Only a few hundred bills are passed each year by both the GOP-led House and Senate, meaning the vast majority of bills filed Tuesday will ultimately fall by the wayside.
Texas lawmakers target property taxes, abortion and gender transition care in first bills for 2025
Tuesday marked the first day Texas lawmakers could file bills for next year's legislative session. Here's what's on the top of their list.
Texas lawmakers file first LGBTQ-related bills of 2025 session
Bill filing for the Texas Legislature began Tuesday, and lawmakers have already filed proposals directed at gender and sexual orientation. The majority came from Senators Bob Hall and Jose Menéndez, who each filed more than 60 bills on Tuesday.
Texas Lawmaker Files Cannabis Legalization Bill
Texas lawmakers have filed several cannabis policy reform bills for the 2025 legislative session, including a bill that would legalize and regulate marijuana for adults.
Texas lawmakers file record number of bills ahead of 2025 session
Some of the first bills filed this year targeted border security as Republicans look to bolster immigration enforcement under a new Trump administration.
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Texas advocate calls for probe into federally funded abortions for unaccompanied minors
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How Texas's abortion laws are driving doctors out of the state
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Texas OB-GYNs urge lawmakers to change abortion laws after reports on pregnant women's deaths
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What We Learn From the Texas Town That Voted for Abortion and for Trump
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Doctors say strict abortion laws in Texas put pregnant women and their physicians at serious risk
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Amarillo voters reject abortion “travel ban,” a rare rebuke of anti-abortion movement in Texas
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Texas lawmakers target property taxes, abortion and gender transition care in first bills of session
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Texas follows Louisiana’s lead to reclassify reproductive care drugs as controlled substances
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