One of the likely casualties is a bill that would have transferred tens of millions of dollars in surplus funds from the Harris County Toll Road Authority to the City of Houston.

The bill originally allowed pregnant women to drive in HOV lanes, to be consistent with Texas abortion laws, but legislators extended it to all mothers.

It is unclear whether the House bill could come back as an amendment to another measure before the legislative session ends June 2.

Any House bills or joint resolutions that haven’t passed out of committee by Monday, made it to a calendar by Tuesday or gotten their second reading on the House floor by Thursday are effectively dead for the state's biennial legislative session.

The bill would bar those under 18 from checking out books with sexually explicit material without parental permission.

A raft of social conservative priorities backed by Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick hang in the balance, including efforts to infuse more religion into public schools.

A hefty expansion to the state’s narrow medical marijuana program won overwhelming approval in the Texas House on Monday, giving veterans broad access to THC treatments and raising the number

House lawmakers considered a bill that would expand a ban on diversity, equity and inclusion practices in Texas universities to K-12 schools.