Texas State Rep. Venton Jones, D-Dallas, announced Monday, March 31, that House Bill 50 — legislation he introduced that proposes “a crucial step forward in combating the HIV epidemic in Texas ...

The Democratic bill, which passed with support from a handful of Republicans, still needs to pass the state Senate before it can head to Gov. Greg Abbott ...

State Rep. Venton Jones has announced that on Monday, April 7, the House Committee on Public Health unanimously passed House Bill 50, the bill the Texas Democrat authored that would ensure HIV ...

Rep. Venton Jones, D-Dallas, asked his partner, Gregory Scott Jr., to marry him shortly after lawmakers were sworn in Tuesday afternoon. Scott said yes. “In a time when our love and our very ...

ORIGINAL POST: The Texas House voted overwhelmingly to decriminalize sodomy today, Thursday, May 15. House Bill 1738, ...

The Texas House of Representatives on Tuesday, May 13, voted to pass House Bill 1368, authored by Dallas Democrat Rep. Venton Jones requiring schools to notify parents when their child’s campus ...

House Bill 1738 would strike down a 1973 Texas law prohibiting “homosexual conduct.” That law has been unenforceable since ...

She is a long-term South Dallas resident living in the Dixon ... Texas House Representative Venton Jones spoke with the Office of the Inspector General after several Texas HHS employees were ...