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The last day of Texas' 2025 legislative session is here. After 140 days at the Capitol in Austin, the Texas Legislature has passed more than 3,400 bills and resolutions. Here’s a look at some of the most significant items that — barring a veto from Gov.
The Texas Legislature will end its 89th regular session on Monday, June 2, ending a jam-packed session that saw Republicans celebrate the passage of a number of consequential bills, including passing the bombshell private school voucher plan,
The clock ran out on several bills favored by hard-right Texas lawmakers on Tuesday, with topics ranging from abortion to immigration to voting rights.
Texas lawmakers advanced a bill Wednesday to clarify medical exceptions under one of the most restrictive abortion bans in the U.S.,
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The Texas Tribune on MSNBill curbing the flow of abortion pills into Texas likely deadProponents of SB 2880 have singled out Rep. Ken King, House State Affairs committee chair, for letting the bill languish.
The 89th Texas Legislative Session concludes Monday with big moves on schools, THC, and abortion laws. Explore some of the legislation ABC13 has covered this session.
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Texas Came Way Too Close to Passing Bill Making It Harder to Challenge Anti-Abortion Laws in Court"You have to [be] writing a bill that you’re pretty darn sure is unconstitutional to not want the Texas courts to look at it,” one law professor said of SB 2880, which would have allowed residents to sue anyone who mails abortion pills into the state for $100,
BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) - Texas lawmakers have sent a bill clarifying the state’s restrictive abortion law to Governor Greg Abbott’s desk.
Medical emergency is the only exception to Texas’ abortion ban passed three years ago; there is none for rape, incest and fetal anomalies.
Texas police used nationwide license plate reader network to track woman who had self-managed abortion - Johnson County Sheriff’s Office says use of tool called Flock was to protect health of mother