Tag Archives: Death Star Bill
Keeping Local Systems in Line: Has the Death Star Reached Its Ultimate Power?
On Friday, July 18, 2025, the litigation challenging what has been colloquially dubbed the “Death Star Bill” (AKA the Texas Regulatory Consistency Act; herein “TRCA”) met a fatal blow. The Third Court of Appeals of Texas dismissed without prejudice the City of Houston’s (“COH”) lawsuit seeking, under the Uniform Declaratory Judgments Act (“UDJA”), a… Read More »
Return of the Jedi?
In May, we wrote and warned about the passage of HB 2127 named the Death Star bill because it was to radically change local regulation. The name is ironic given the Death Star was fatally flawed and was destroyed by the very people it was meant to intimidate and subjugate. The City of Houston… Read More »