Local officials balked at the law’s passage earlier this year, blasting it as a massive, vague and possibly unconstitutional power grab by the state that could prevent them from meeting local needs and needlessly disrupt how the state has operated for nearly a century. The state has already appealed the ruling, a spokesperson for the Texas Attorney General's Office said. The law is still expected to go into effect, but Houston City Attorney Arturo Michel said Wednesday's ruling gives cities fodder to counter any lawsuit against local ordinances challenged under the umbrella of HB 2127. The Republican-backed law aims to stop local governments from enacting a wide range of progressive-leaning policies by barring cities and counties from passing local ordinances that go further than what’s allowed under broad areas of state law. State District Judge Maya Guerra Gamble made the ruling just days before the law - House Bill 2127, which opponents nicknamed the “Death Star” bill - is slated to take effect on Friday. Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news.Ī sweeping new Texas law aimed at undermining the ability of the state’s bluer urban areas to enact progressive policies is unconstitutional, a Travis County judge ruled Wednesday.
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