Laws to Watch:

 SB 001/HB 001 (Johnson/Lamberth) - Signed by the governor 
Public Health - As introduced, prohibits a healthcare provider from performing on a minor or administering to a minor a medical if the performance or administration of the procedure is for the purpose of enabling a minor to identify with, or live as, a purported identity inconsistent with the minor's sex. 

SB 003/HB 003 (Johnson/Todd) - Signed by the Governor Obscenity and Pornography - As introduced, creates an offense for a person who engages in an adult cabaret performance on public property or in a location where the adult cabaret performance could be viewed by a person who is not an adult. 

SB745/HB883 (Briggs/Helton - Hayes) - Was a caption bill that was dramatically re-written with an amendment. It alters the trigger law in a couple of ways:

1. It relies on a physician's good faith medical judgement, which brings up the concern that it will allow great latitude to an individual abortion - minded physician to do as he or she pleases, in the name of medical judgement. 
2. The second is that the amendment allows abortion in order to "prevent" a medical emergency that may or may not happen. This again allows a wide berth for "preventative" elective abortion without the presence of any maternal danger. 

Transportation Modernization Act - Governor's Infrastructure Bill - The proposal calls for choice lanes to be built through partnership with private companies, where drivers will pay to access them. Optional choice lanes allow drivers to access a more "reliable lane" with a "user fee" while still being able to use traditional highway lanes for free. 
This Proposal does NOT:

• Propose raising the gas tax or issuing road debt
• Spend a disproportionate amount of funds in urban areas, to the detriment of rural areas. 
• Reduce road and bridge maintenance budget
• Propose toll roads 

Currently, the state has about $26B in road and transportation projects, and the hope is that by partnering with private sector companies that would be responsible for building and maintaining these lanes, it frees up funds to address other transportation needs throughout the state.