“will be remembered as the one that got Texas closer to looking like California and less like the leading pro-market and limited government Lone Star State.”
Limited Government? Texas? That is quite a disconnect. Look at any topic and you will find massive tome of Texas law addressing it. Guns, vehicle registration, Taxes, environmental, etc... you name it. They finally ended their ridiculous and costly annual vehicle inspection regimen, but it will stagger on for two more years.
Wanna fly your drone? Better be part of an approved University or Government project. If your camera captures ANY aerial view of private property, you are facing charges and fines.
That came about because some guy with a drone noticed an odd red streak in a river near Dallas and it turned out to be a slaughterhouse dumping blood and gore directly into the river. So Texas passed a DRONE law.
They were very late to the party on gun CCW rights.
They crow about freedom, but Texas is essentially Germanic in it’s legal code and mentality. Everything must be controlled, permitted, and organized.
And covid was a Texas disaster. Democrats are a bad problem. But Bush republicans flooding in California and New York firms did tremendous damage.