On May 24, the Texas Legislature sent HB 2127, the “Texas Regulatory Consistency Act,” to the governor’s desk. The name of the bill makes it seem as if there is a problem with inconsistent regulations that needs to be handled. In reality, the bill is not about “consistency” at all. It is an unapologetic, full-blown assault on the hard-won labor, environmental, and other local protections by an unpopular state government seeking to roll back workers’ rights by decades.
The right-wing backers of the bill claim that various local regulations established in many cities across the state make it difficult for businesses to function because of the “inconsistencies involved in needing to navigate a web of varying arbitrary laws.” The bill would block cities and counties in Texas from passing any new regulations that are not already outlined within Texas state law.
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