Overview

• A sweeping set of measures took effect Sept. 1, including restrictions on school DEI programs and gender-identity instruction, new parental consent rules, and expanded school health curricula.
• The Ten Commandments classroom mandate remains in legal limbo after a judge enjoined 11 districts, while the attorney general has told other districts to comply with the statute.
• Texas expanded its medical marijuana program to cover chronic pain, traumatic brain injury and Crohn’s disease and to grow the number of licensed dispensaries, with vape inhalation products permitted within the medical program.
• A separate law makes retail sales of cannabinoid vapes illegal statewide, carrying penalties of up to one year in jail and a $4,000 fine for violators.
• Local governments are now barred from using public funds to aid abortion-related travel or services, and nondisclosure agreements that silence reports of sexual abuse are void under Trey’s Law.