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5 new Texas laws set to take effect next month

By CP Staff
A 42-year-old Ten Commandments sculpture is on display in front of city hall June 27, 2001, in Grand Junction, Colorado. The sculpture became a target of controversy between the ACLU and the Christian Coalition's American Center for Law and Justice when the ACLU began a legal offensive aimed at removing displays of the Ten Commandments from city halls and other civic buildings throughout the United States.
A 42-year-old Ten Commandments sculpture is on display in front of city hall June 27, 2001, in Grand Junction, Colorado. The sculpture became a target of controversy between the ACLU and the Christian Coalition's American Center for Law and Justice when the ACLU began a legal offensive aimed at removing displays of the Ten Commandments from city halls and other civic buildings throughout the United States. | Michael Smith/Getty Images

1. Ten Commandments displays

All public school classrooms in Texas are now required to display the Ten Commandments, making Texas the largest state to enact such a mandate. 

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed Senate Bill 10 into law in June mandating schools post a 16-by-20-inch poster or framed copy of a specific English version of the Ten Commandments in every classroom, effective Sept. 1.

"Texas is where the American dream lives," Abbott said upon signing SB 10. "Today, I signed critical legislation passed in the 89th Regular Legislative Session that protects the safety of Texans and safeguards the individual freedoms that our great state was founded on. Working with the Texas Legislature, we will keep Texas the best place to live, work, and raise a family." 

Proponents say the measures, backed by conservative groups, align with recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings such as Kennedy v. Bremerton School District, which upheld a football coach's right to pray on the field after games.

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