Houston officials have filed a lawsuit against the state of Texas to block a new law, House Bill 2127, which restricts local governments from enacting ordinances that surpass state law. The law is set to take effect on Sept. 1.
in June, marking Texas Republicans’ biggest attempt yet to kneecap local governments in a yearslong assault on Texas’ major metropolitan areas, often governed by Democrats.Texas Republicans ended a patchwork of local rules they say hurt business. They also eroded powers of city councils.The law prevents cities and counties from creating local ordinances that go further than what’s allowed under broad areas of state law, an attempt to overturn cities’ progressive policies.
“What this means is that cities like the city of Houston cannot pass ordinances in these areas unless the state of Texas explicitly gives us permission to do so,” Turner said. “That is a total reversal from the way things have been in this state for more than a century.”, Houston leaders argue that the new law violates the state constitution and significantly weakens cities’ authority to self-govern.
Abbott and business lobbying groups, particularly the National Federation of Independent Business, have long pushed for a wide-ranging law like HB 2127 that negates city rules like mandated water breaks and paid sick leave ordinances in Austin, Dallas and San Antonio — which courts had prevented from taking effect.
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