/tags/2019-texas-legislature 2019 Texas Legislature en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Fri, 06 Dec 2019 17:57:48 GMT /health/2019-12-06/after-controversy-texas-medical-board-is-no-longer-writing-rules-for-surprise-bill-law The Texas Medical Board will no longer be writing the rules for a new law outlawing surprise medical bills for some Texans. The law goes into effect Jan.� Fri, 06 Dec 2019 17:57:48 GMT /health/2019-12-06/after-controversy-texas-medical-board-is-no-longer-writing-rules-for-surprise-bill-law Ashley Lopez /energy-environment/2019-09-06/if-youre-selling-a-house-in-texas-you-now-need-to-disclose-if-it-has-ever-flooded If you’re looking to buy a house in Texas, the homeowner is now required to tell you if it has ever flooded. Likewise, if you own a home that’s flooded,� Fri, 06 Sep 2019 10:01:00 GMT /energy-environment/2019-09-06/if-youre-selling-a-house-in-texas-you-now-need-to-disclose-if-it-has-ever-flooded Mose Buchele /energy-environment/2019-09-04/new-texas-pipeline-protest-law-is-about-more-than-pipelines A law went into effect in Texas this week that increases penalties for demonstrators who interfere with oil and gas pipelines and other pieces of� Wed, 04 Sep 2019 09:01:00 GMT /energy-environment/2019-09-04/new-texas-pipeline-protest-law-is-about-more-than-pipelines Mose Buchele /crime-justice/2019-09-02/laws-to-get-rape-kits-tested-faster-toughen-penalties-for-groping-go-into-effect Texas lawmakers added more than $75 million to the budget in the last legislative session for sexual assault-related initiatives. Nearly $60 million was� Mon, 02 Sep 2019 18:55:51 GMT /crime-justice/2019-09-02/laws-to-get-rape-kits-tested-faster-toughen-penalties-for-groping-go-into-effect Nadia Hamdan /texas/2019-09-01/8-new-gun-laws-take-effect-in-texas-today At least seven people were killed and another 20 were injured in a mass shooting that stretched in and around Midland and Odessa, Texas, Saturday. The� Sun, 01 Sep 2019 16:59:24 GMT /texas/2019-09-01/8-new-gun-laws-take-effect-in-texas-today Lisa Dunn /texas/2019-08-29/820-new-texas-laws-go-into-effect-in-september-here-are-some-that-might-affect-you This Sunday, 820 new laws passed during the 2019 session of the Texas Legislature will go into effect. They range from the huge � a $250 billion two-year� Thu, 29 Aug 2019 18:11:55 GMT /texas/2019-08-29/820-new-texas-laws-go-into-effect-in-september-here-are-some-that-might-affect-you Matthew Watkins | Texas Tribune /crime-justice/2019-07-30/texas-was-warned-its-hemp-law-would-complicate-pot-prosecutions-lawmakers-didnt-listen Months before Texas district attorneys started dropping or delaying low-level marijuana cases, state lawmakers were told that a well-liked bill to� Tue, 30 Jul 2019 19:54:53 GMT /crime-justice/2019-07-30/texas-was-warned-its-hemp-law-would-complicate-pot-prosecutions-lawmakers-didnt-listen Jolie McCullough | Texas Tribune /texas/2019-05-21/despite-greg-abbotts-backing-a-bill-to-quash-local-sick-leave-ordinances-wont-become-law From Texas Standard:Momentum for one of Gov. Greg Abbott's priority issues this legislative session appears to have dwindled. Ordinances passed in Dallas,� Tue, 21 May 2019 17:40:01 GMT /texas/2019-05-21/despite-greg-abbotts-backing-a-bill-to-quash-local-sick-leave-ordinances-wont-become-law Kristen Cabrera /texas/2019-01-22/why-kel-seligers-downgrade-to-the-senate-agriculture-committee-signals-potential-conflict-over-sc From Texas Standard:The governor, lieutenant governor and House speaker all insist this will be the legislative "session of the teacher," and that the� Tue, 22 Jan 2019 20:13:47 GMT /texas/2019-01-22/why-kel-seligers-downgrade-to-the-senate-agriculture-committee-signals-potential-conflict-over-sc Michael Marks /texas/2019-01-10/glenn-hegar-gives-the-legislature-a-119-billion-allowance From Texas Standard:When Texas lawmakers arrived in Austin Tuesday, they were probably at their most optimistic � the process of debating and passing� Thu, 10 Jan 2019 21:16:39 GMT /texas/2019-01-10/glenn-hegar-gives-the-legislature-a-119-billion-allowance Joy Diaz