{"id":108128,"date":"2026-01-02T03:34:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T03:34:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/108128\/"},"modified":"2026-01-02T03:34:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T03:34:12","slug":"new-texas-laws-taking-effect-in-2026-will-impact-the-valley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/108128\/","title":{"rendered":"New Texas laws taking effect in 2026 will impact the Valley"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" itemprop=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ku70iNiyKjEQw4l0q8ZTCAlgNxrO1EEY9TbnDsszi8SSQNkrqapv0R1pHOYyuh2iFMU-q9dl0BQ_8UtLNmxDdPq5TOdKN9aiN2z4.jpeg\" alt=\"New Texas laws taking effect in 2026 will impact the Valley\" style=\"display: none;\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The new year is bringing new laws in Texas.<\/p>\n<p>As the calendar flips to January 1, new Texas laws are now going into effect, touching everything from immigration enforcement to business taxes and AI technology.<\/p>\n<p>One of the most significant changes involves immigration enforcement. A new law requires county jails to work more closely with federal immigration authorities.<\/p>\n<p>Senate Bill 8 requires county jails to help identify and process undocumented immigrants who may already be in custody.<\/p>\n<p>For small business owners, another new law could offer some relief.<\/p>\n<p>The state has increased the business personal property tax exemption from $2,500 to $125,000, meaning many locally owned shops and companies may owe less in property taxes this year.<\/p>\n<p>For the first time, Texas is also putting guardrails around artificial intelligence; the law also requires greater transparency.<\/p>\n<p>This means people must be notified when they are interacting with AI. The law also creates a state advisory group to monitor how the technology is used going forward.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the video above for the full story.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The new year is bringing new laws in Texas. As the calendar flips to January 1, new Texas&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":108129,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[48637,48633,48632,48636,48635,36336,27,48634,29,48631,28,48638],"class_list":["post-108128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-287g-agreement","tag-business-personal-property-tax-exemption","tag-house-bill-9","tag-immigration-enforcement-texas","tag-rio-grande-valley-news","tag-senate-bill-8","tag-texas","tag-texas-ai-law","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-new-laws-2026","tag-texas-news","tag-texas-responsible-ai-governance-act"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108128"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108128\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/108129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}