“Most Texans have already proven their citizenship when they got their driver’s license, but the feds have not allowed us to do this for voter registration. Senate Bill 16 will address that,” Hughes said Tuesday during a Senate floor debate on the bill. Hughes said the process for voters would be “seamless.”

Read more The Texas Senate passed a bill on Tuesday that would require law enforcement in counties with more than 100,000 people to join the Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s 287(g) program that assists the federal government in enforcing immigration laws.

The Texas Senate passed a bill that would ban food stamp recipients from buying things like soda, chips and candy.