With the legislative session ending on Monday, June 2, lawmakers are scrambling to pass or kill bills, the Austin American-Statesman reported. Among the bills passed or likely to soon pass:

• All handgun licenses issued in other states will be honored in Texas if, as expected, Gov. Greg Abbott signs the measure. This would end the requirement that the governor must negotiate agreements with other states.

• The Texas Bitcoin Reserve, with a market capitalization of at least $500 billion, will be created and administered by the Texas comptroller. The two chambers must work out some minor differences in the two versions of the bill.

• A bill providing more protections for migrant workers being forced to live in substandard housing has been sent to the governor’s desk. The powers of the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs will be strengthened to investigate and penalize “violations of provisions governing migrant labor housing facilities and by providing for increased accountability and enforcement of those provisions.”

• A bill to outlaw AI-generated child pornography has passed both chambers with a single House amendment awaiting approval by the Senate. It criminalizes possession of material appearing to depict a child, “regardless of whether the depiction is an image of an actual child, a cartoon or animation, or an image created using an artificial intelligence application or other computer software.”

House passes increase in homestead exemption Homeowners will see further cuts in their property taxes under a House bill passed last week that increases the state’s homestead exemption from $100,000 to $140,000 and boosts additional exemptions for older Texans and those with disabilities from $10,000 to $60,000. The Dallas Morning News reported the bills have already passed in the Senate and await consideration of minor changes.

Voters in November will have to approve two constitutional amendments before the raised exemptions would take effect.

The measures contain provisions guaranteeing that school districts would not lose funding because of higher exemptions, with the state making up the difference.

‘Big Beautiful Bill’ contains border reimbursement

The Republican spending megabill passed narrowly in the U.S. House last week includes $12 billion for border security spending reimbursement for Texas and other states, The Texas Tribune reported. Abbott and Texas congressional Republicans have been pushing for the reimbursement since President Trump took office in January.