Texas will enact several new laws on Dec. 4, reshaping student testing, quorum rules, abortion drug liability and transgender bathroom access statewide.

Laws include restricting transgender people’s access to public bathrooms, allowing lawsuits against abortion pill providers, and replacement of the STAAR test.

Texas is gearing up for new laws in 2026, including stronger regulations on app stores and AI, while also addressing foreign land ownership and changes in public education.

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Starting September 1, a new Texas law will take effect, aimed at helping families who are collectively owed billions of dollars in back child support. This week on Inside the ...

When state lawmakers earlier this year failed to pass a bill to further restrict the flow of abortion pills into Texas, John Seago from Texas Right to Life considered it among the biggest missed ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Texas Legislature will subject Texans to more than 800 new laws at the start of September. In Texas, new laws take effect Sept. 1, unless both legislative chambers passed it with a ...

Senate Bill 17 bans people with ties to the governments of China, Iran, North Korea and Russia from purchasing homes, commercial property and other types of real estate in Texas. Supporters say the ...

A new state law taking effect this month will require many Texas hospitals offering maternity care to be equipped to handle stillbirths and infant loss. That will mean offering bereavement counseling ...

Apple yesterday announced a plan to comply with a Texas age verification law and warned that changes required by the law will reduce privacy for app users. “Beginning January 1, 2026, a new state law ...

AUSTIN—Falling interest rates could cause the collapse of Texas’ legal aid system if the Legislature doesn’t take action, the state’s legal aid foundation said Wednesday. Leaders of the Texas Access ...

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