Senate Bill (SB) 4 is one of the strictest immigration laws in the country. SB 4 is a Texas state law that went into effect on September 1st, 2017. Also called the “Show me your papers” law, SB 4 gives local police officers the right to request proof of citizenship or otherwise question the...

House Bill (HB) 29 is one of the two most recent bills in Texas aimed at battling human sex trafficking. On Monday, April 17th, 2017, HB 29 cleared the Texas House with widespread bipartisan support. While the majority of the sex trafficking bill went into effect in September 2017, one provision amending Texas’s Business...