Over 20 years after the Supreme Court found the Texas law unconstitutional, a proposed bill would repeal the ban on so-called ...

HB 1738, state Rep. Venton Jones’ bill to remove language criminalizing consensual sexual contact between adults of the same ...

House Bill 1738 would strike down a 1973 Texas law prohibiting “homosexual conduct.” That law has been unenforceable since ...

A yearslong effort to strike Texas’ ban on gay sex took a leap forward on Thursday after House lawmakers passed a repeal just ...

Today was a special day for Texas state Rep. Venton Jones, D-Dallas. During the 89th legislative session, Jones was sworn in for his second term as House District 100. Jones said he is eager to ...

The Texas House voted overwhelmingly to decriminalize sodomy today, Thursday, May 15. House Bill 1738, introduced by Rep.

The legislation authored by the Democratic from Dallas would require schools to notify parents if certain faculty, staff ...

Venton Jones, D-Dallas, one of the chamber’s first ... Originally from Garland, Texas, Isaac Yu is a politics reporter based in Austin. He previously wrote for the Texas Tribune, Wall Street ...