AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas House of Representatives passed its first bills of this session on Tuesday, including bills aimed at improving the state’s wildfire response and prohibiting taxes on financial trades.
Throughout the legislative session, the lower chamber has been gaveling in to take up things like resolutions, but Tuesday was the first time in 2025 members moved and debated bills on the House floor.
One bill lawmakers passed was House Bill 13, establishing the Texas Interoperability Council. It is part of lawmakers’ response to the Panhandle wildfires last year…