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9 Jul 2019, 1:24 pm
” It would seem that the Texas Legislature has inadvertently, although effectively, put this state in a similar position, at least until testing equipment can be acquired and certified. [read post]
24 Aug 2021, 4:14 am
HB 1927 (The Texas Firearm Carry Act) Texas will become a “constitutional carry” state on September 1. [read post]
27 Feb 2007, 12:12 pm
Jessica's law is one of several bills in state legislatures around the country that attempt to expand the death penalty to additional... [read post]
18 Nov 2006, 6:18 am
But a controversial bill filed for the 2007 session of the Texas Legislature, one... [read post]
24 Sep 2013, 4:01 pm
With House Bill 5, the Legislature instituted sweeping reforms to Texas public education. [read post]
4 Feb 2015, 1:42 pm
Texas Is Only One of Six States Without an Anti-Texting Law Texas lawmakers introduced a bill that would ban texting while driving throughout the state. [read post]
28 Jun 2014, 7:07 am
Excerpts from an article in the excellent Texas Tribune: The fight over the future of the state’s institutions for the disabled picked back up this week as lawmakers considered a proposal to shutter six of Texas’ 13 state-supported living centers. [read post]
12 Dec 2011, 5:54 pm
The motion for a stay would mean that Texas voters could face the possibility of casting ballots in two primaries — one for state and federal legislative seats, and one for the presidency and for state offices other than the state legislature. [read post]
20 Jan 2012, 7:03 am
Two hours after issuing its ruling on Texas’s redistricting dispute, the Supreme Court put on hold a lower court’s decision striking down the West Virginia legislature’s new plan for electing that state’s three members of the House of Representatives. [read post]
26 Aug 2021, 8:27 am
In the order, Abbott said, “vaccine requirements and exemptions have historically been determined by the legislature, and their involvement is particularly important to avoid a patchwork of vaccine mandates across Texas. [read post]
8 Aug 2008, 9:10 pm
Mary Alice Robbins writes, "Spot Checks of DNA Labs on the Table at TCJIU Meeting," for Texas Lawyer.With the state Legislature's next regular session beginning in less than five months, lawmakers on the recently formed Texas Criminal Justice Integrity Unit have urged other TCJIU members to reach consensus on reforms and start the ball rolling on bills. [read post]
30 May 2017, 8:58 am
“… the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas Legislature hereby congratulate Joe K. [read post]
21 Aug 2011, 4:33 pm
Magazine: TX Cuts Family Planning, Funding Allocated for CPCs: Starting on September 1, approximately 180,000 women in Texas will be without access to contraception and preventive services as a result of the state Legislature's cuts to family planning services... [read post]
20 Jun 2011, 6:46 am
If Senate Bill 9 passes both chambers of the Texas Legislature — which could happen as early as this week — communities that prohibit such immigration screenings would lose state grant money. [read post]
18 Apr 2016, 8:54 am
In other words, state high courts weren't exercising their power responsibly on this question so SCOTUS ruled they could be bypassed, reducing state power at the expense of the federal courts.Alcala takes what to my mind is effectively a strong 10th Amendment stance: Texas courts should handle Texas' business. [read post]
11 Feb 2013, 1:05 pm
Refusing to “make law” in the absence of determinative legislative intent on this issue, the Chatha court urged the Texas Legislature to amend the Texas Labor Code to adopt provisions from the Ledbetter Act. [read post]
13 Jun 2007, 2:36 am
Like me, the Waco Herald Tribune editorial board thinks the Texas Legislature sent a mixed message by approving three new prisons in addition to new diverstion programs ("Texas lawmakers send mixed messages on penal reform," June 13):Bill authors Rep. [read post]
4 May 2009, 6:21 am
Amazingly, for once Texas appears to be ahead of the curve regarding reforms to capital sentencing, with the state Legislature poised to potentially eliminate life without parole entirely for juveniles, even as the US Supreme Court has decided to consider whether to ban the practice for juveniles in non-murder cases.SCOTUS today agreed to hear two cases out of Florida that will determine the constitutionality of sentencing juveniles in non-murder cases to life without… [read post]
27 Apr 2015, 6:51 am
As a result, the Texas Legislature created a commission to adjudicate land grants and recommend to the legislature which grants should be recognized as valid. [read post]
1 Jun 2022, 7:50 am
New York Governor Kathy Hochul, State Senator Andrea Stewart-Cousins and House Speaker Carl Heastie Tuesday confirmed that ten bills have been introduced in the State Assembly and Senate to strengthen New York’s gun regulations following the horrific mass shootings in Buffalo, New York and Uvalde, Texas. [read post]
