For a full list of the laws taking effect today click below:
- Texas Legislature: Bills Effective on September 1, 2015.
You might want to look through it to make sure that whatever you were going legally yesterday is illegal today.
For detail:
- Houston Chronicle: New Texas laws taking effect September 1: How some will affect Texas.
- Fort Worth Start Telegram: Heads up! Nearly 700 new laws take effect Tuesday.
- Houston Matters: New Texas Laws Go Into Effect Sept. 1 — How Will They Affect You?
We'll open up one of these and walk through a few.
These are now on their way to being written into the Texas Code.
Now attention will turn to the proposed amendments to the Texas Constitution. Some laws can only take effect if parts of the constitution are changed in order to allow for it. Voters in the state will determine if they will pass this November 3rd.
For more on the proposals:
- Texas Legislative Council: Analyses of Proposed Constitutional Amendments.
- House Research Organization: Amendments Proposed.
- BallotPedia: Texas 2015 Ballot Measures.
