Rep. Senfronia Thompson, D-Houston, looks a a portrait of her after the House adjourned Sine Die on the last day of the 89th Texas Legislature at the Capitol in Austin, Monday, June 2, 2025.

Senate Bill 12 had more opponents than supporters during testimony before the House Public Education Committee on Tuesday, May 13, 2025. The bill would ban DEI programs in Texas' K-12 schools.

On Friday, the Texas House voted 59-56 to approve House Bill 1738, which would remove from state statute the unenforceable 1973 law that bans "deviate sexual intercourse with another individual of ...

House Bill 1738 would strike down a 1973 Texas law prohibiting “homosexual conduct.” That law has been unenforceable since the U.S. Supreme Court declared such laws unconstitutional in 2003.

Politics Texas House near-unanimously backs bill to replace STAAR tests Starting in 2025-26, the end-of-year exam would be replaced by shorter tests throughout the year.

The Texas House of Representatives Monday marked the final day for Texas House bills to pass out of committee in time to get a vote on the House floor. Those bills that didn't make it are now ...

Texas House votes to fast-track evictions in anti-‘squatter’ bill by: Adam Schwager Posted: May 24, 2025 / 12:14 PM CDT Updated: May 24, 2025 / 12:14 PM CDT ...

House Speaker Rep. Dustin Burrows presided over a busy week in the lower chamber as a key deadline came -- and went -- at the end of Thursday. Lorianne Willett/The Texas Tribune ...

Texas House of Representatives, May 12, 2025. The state’s House of Representatives has voted to expand the Texas Compassionate Use Program for medical cannabis.

Texas House passes THC ban, abortion ban exemption bill A bill banning THC passed in the Texas House late Wednesday night. In a 95-44 vote, Senate Bill 3 passed in the House, banning all THC products.

AUSTIN (KXAN) – In a 72-55 vote Thursday, the Texas House approved a proposal to remove a law criminalizing “homosexual conduct ” from the state’s penal code.