by Cobb & Counsel | Jun 3, 2021 | Attorney General Opinions and Legislative Support
The 2021 regular session of the Texas Legislature has come to an end, after 140 days of deal-making, drama, and dysfunction. According to data from the Texas Legislature Online, the number of bills introduced and passed during the 2021 regular session was down from...
by Cobb & Counsel | Jan 12, 2021 | Attorney General Opinions and Legislative Support
Whether legislators can vote and debate remotely still a question. Due to COVID-19 and civil unrest, the Capitol and Capitol grounds were closed to the public for most of 2020. With the 87th Regular Session commencing on January 12, 2021, Democrats and Republicans...
by Cobb & Counsel | Nov 18, 2020 | Attorney General Opinions and Legislative Support
Every ten years, after the census, states redraw the boundaries of their congressional and state legislative districts. The purpose of this redistricting process is to guarantee equal voter protection. In Texas, the Legislature gets the first shot at redrawing the...
by Cobb & Counsel | Nov 9, 2020 | Attorney General Opinions and Legislative Support
Like many governors, Texas Governor Greg Abbott has responded to the COVID-19 pandemic with a series of executive orders implementing a variety of emergency measures, including requiring face coverings in public places, closing bars and schools, and limiting...
by Cobb & Counsel | Aug 4, 2020 | Attorney General Opinions and Legislative Support
The Texas Legislature only meets every two years, but Texas agencies are always open for business, and they promulgate hundreds of rules each year. An agency’s power to make law comes from a delegation of law-making power by the Texas Legislature to the agency....
by Cobb & Counsel | Jul 27, 2020 | Attorney General Opinions and Legislative Support
Like many governors, Texas Governor Greg Abbott has responded to the COVID-19 pandemic with a series of executive orders implementing a variety of emergency measures, including requiring face coverings in public places, closing bars, and limiting the...
