LIV Report on HB 2127
HB 2127 Attack on Home Rule Gets the Boot by Judge Gamble; it ain’t over yet!
Houston, San Antonio, El Paso, Plano, Arlington, Waco, Denton, and other cities that were represented by the International Municipal Lawyers Association, the non-profit Local Progress, and the League of Independent Voters (LIV) challenged the Texas Regulatory Consistency Act — HB 2127 – the super-preemption bill, aka the “Death Star” bill.
We – the plaintiffs and friends — won a big first round in court. Judge Maya Guerra Gamble of the 459th Civil District Court ruled from the bench, immediately ruling HB 2127 unconstitutional. She stated in her order:
“the Court Declares House Bill 2127 in its entirety is unconstitutional facially, and as applied to Houston as a constitutional home rule city and to local laws that are not already preempted under article XI, section 5 of the Texas Constitution…”
See the order here: https://fc7356f8-cf4d-4dbe-93f4-df616a9eda61.usrfiles.com/ugd/fc7356_f030e79b5b374559bcf56c1309fcc605.pdf
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