The District of Austin would be established on Jan. 1, 2026, if passed. Rep. Cain filed a similar bill in 2021, but it was not passed. The Texas Legislature will be back in session this January.

State Senator Brandon Creighton, R-Conroe, has filed a bill to allow Texas to use eminent domain ... but didn't hear back. In a statement released after the vote, Cook said, "We sparked an ...

Although Texas introduced no such law in December 2024, the state did pass House Bill 45 in 2017. That legislation regards "the application of foreign laws in certain family law cases" and has ...

Resolved . . . , That Congress doth consent that the territory properly included within, and rightfully belonging to the Republic of Texas, may be erected into a new State, to be called the State ...