The Texas Legislature is considering Audrii's Law to strengthen sex offender registry laws after a child's murder.

East Texas State Rep. Trent Ashby (R-Lufkin) filled a bill on Wednesday that would require anyone convicted of child grooming to register as a sex offender. Visit this article to learn more: ...

Audrii Cunningham's killer, Don Steven McDougal, didn't have to register as a sex offender despite a violent history that included child molestation.

The new bill proposed by an East Texas Republican comes after Audrii Cunningham was brutally murdered last year.

Audrii’s Law, introduced in Texas, aims to expand sex offender registry requirements to include individuals convicted of child grooming, inspired by the murder of 11-year-old Audrii Cunningham by Don ...

AUSTIN — State Representative Trent Ashby today filed House Bill 2000 in memory of Audrii Cunningham.

With the start of the 89th Legislative Session, state representatives and senators convened in Austin Tuesday to take the ...

The next Texas House speaker will not be from Tarrant County. Rep. David Cook, a Mansfield Republican, lost with 55 votes to Rep. Dustin Burrow’s 85, after two rounds of voting, on Tuesday, Jan. 14.

The Texas Legislature convenes for its 89th regular session at noon today, kicking off 140 days of wrangling over the ...

The Texas House kicked off the 2025 session by electing an establishment Republican to lead the chamber, drawing criticism ...

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