Legislative Services

Texas Senate passes $16.5 billion package to lower property taxes (The Texas Tribune)

Changes could be coming to Texas courts as 2 bills prioritize murder trials, add more courts (KTRK-TV Houston)

Texas Senate passes measure to deny bail for violent or sexual offenses (KXAN-TV Austin)

Texas Jails Are Crowded, Understaffed, and Dangerous. The Legislature Is Poised to Send Them More Inmates. (Texas Monthly)

State lawmakers look to allocate money toward rural sheriff's departments for salaries, hiring staff (KIII-TV Corpus Christi)

Texas experts dive into the state of public defense 60 years after Gideon decision (The Texas Tribune)

‘This is a crisis.' Lawmaker seeks transfer deadline for state hospital waitlist (KXAN-TV Austin)

Texas could finally collect data on how often jail inmates are denied mental health care (Houston Landing)

Texas bill could ‘protect wrongdoers' like Big Pharma, oil companies from county lawsuits (The Dallas Morning News)

It's not just schools and elections. Flood control is another area of friction between state and local government (Houston Public Media)

Senate Panel Considers Bill to End Covid Restrictions (Texas Senate News)

Texas Senate takes first step toward establishing billions for state's water supply, infrastructure (The Texas Tribune)

$5 billion proposed bill could help bring better internet to rural Texas areas (KETK-TV Jacksonville)