Governor Abbott Signs Texting-While-Driving Ban Into Law
Texas will join at least 47 other states that have similar laws when the ban takes effect Sept. 1.
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Texas will join at least 47 other states that have similar laws when the ban takes effect Sept. 1.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced a special legislative session on Tuesday afternoon.
The Governor hasn't offered any clues whether he will have lawmakers consider legislation involving property tax reform and bathroom privacy.
Governor Greg Abbott said the new state law doesn't target illegal immigrants who are victims or who are trying to help police.
Gov. Greg Abbott won't rule out including a 'bathroom bill' targeting transgender people if he chooses to call lawmakers back to work for a special legislative session.
The bill would exempt restaurants selling food by the pound from having to certify their scales and keep those scales visible to customers.
Governor Abbott said his biggest disappointment was the fact that lawmakers didn't pass a sunset bill, that would allow the Texas Medical Board and four other state agencies to continue operating past September.
Governor Greg Abbott says he won't make a decision until later this week on whether to call state lawmakers back to work as their 140-day legislation session ends Monday.
The Texas Legislature has approved a weakened voter ID law and sent it to Gov. Greg Abbott after a judge twice ruled that the original version deliberately tried to suppress minority voters.
Texas' legislative session was winding down Sunday, with an all-but dead "bathroom bill" targeting transgender people.
The $217 billion spending bill sent to Republican Gov. Greg Abbott will likely be a quiet footnote to a rancorous legislative session that ends Monday.
Texas lawmakers have voted to allow handgun permit holders to have guns in their parked cars outside schools.
Ride-hailing giants Uber and Lyft, which left Texas's tech-savvy capital city a year ago over local fingerprint requirements for drivers, are set to return after state lawmakers intervened.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed a bill into law Saturday that increases security for judges by expanding security reporting requirements and creating a judicial security division.
When he was given his target sheet, Abbott joked he would carry it with him in case he sees any reporters.
A sweeping new anti-abortion bill in Texas that includes a provision already blocked by federal courts is heading to Republican Gov. Greg Abbott.
Gov. Greg Abbott visited a gun range on Friday to sign a law that reduces the fee for a license to carry a handgun in Texas to the lowest in the nation. Abbott then took target practice.
Governor Greg Abbott also discussed a wide range of issues impacting Texas this legislative session in a one-on-one interview.
The compromise announced Thursday by House and Senate budget leaders boosts funding for the state's troubled child welfare agency but includes no new money for public schools.
SB 7 won unanimous approval from the Texas Legislature with all 30 Senators co-authoring the bill by Sen. Paul Bettencourt (R-Houston).
The state already allows shooting feral hogs from helicopters. The latest hunting twist comes as the state looks for new ways to control a growing hog population that causes millions in damages to crops every year.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed into law Sunday a bill that prevents state and local governments from issuing subpoenas for religious sermons.
Abbott said prohibitions against racial profiling by police will be "strictly enforced" under the law.
Texas lawmakers have given final approval to a measure cracking down on inappropriate relationships between teachers and students, sending it to Gov. Greg Abbott.
Protests were held outside Dallas City Hall Sunday afternoon over a new law signed by Gov. Greg Abbott that bans "sanctuary cities" in Texas.
