Inside the Texas Legislature -- bills, votes, and committee action from the Texas House and Senate.
Texas Senate Business and Commerce committee will hear invited and public testimony on rising property insurance prices, the future of blockchain and crypto kiosks, and the state's broadband-funding office.
Texas Senate State Affairs committee will hear public and invited testimony on election integrity, primary-ballot procedures, the flow of abortion pills into Texas, and a 2025 law on proxy advisers.
In mid-June 2026, the release of the state's annual standardized testing data placed the future of Texas public education at the center of intense regulatory, political, and institutional focus.
The Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) voted unanimously to pause its review of the first of five high-voltage transmission line segments planned for the Permian Basin.
Texas volunteers removed 48,952 pounds of trash—nearly 24 tons—from beaches stretching between Sea Rim State Park and Boca Chica on April 18, 2026, according to a Texas General Land Office report.
Texas Senate's General Investigating Committee on the July 2025 Flooding Events will meet concurrently with its House counterpart to consider a report on last summer's deadly Hill Country floods — no public testimony, and the panel may go behind closed doors.
A coalition of 43 Texas legislators has signed an amicus brief urging state utility regulators to delay project-specific decisions on proposed 765-kilovolt (kV) transmission lines until a comprehensive, statewide evaluation of the grid expansion is completed.
During an appearance on the Texas Talks podcast with host Brad Swail, State Representative Mitch Little (R-Lewisville) voiced support for a state-level check on local prosecutors and detailed market-based approaches to address rural attorney shortages.
Texas lawmakers will address public safety concerns in the 2027 legislative session, as well as new areas of focus, including fraud prevention to access to legal services in rural communities.
The Texas Medical Association (TMA) delivered testimony to the Senate Committee on Health and Human Services and the House Select Committee on Health Care Affordability offering a policy framework they say would curb rising health care costs for Texas patients and employers.