Senate Bill 14 was authored by more than a dozen Republican lawmakers including Houston-area state Sen. Paul Bettencourt and mandates the creation of the Texas Regulatory Efficiency Office. Abbott said in the release that the office will function as Texas' DOGE and is geared toward checking the growth of what he called "the administrative state.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed legislation creating the Texas Regulatory Efficiency Office, which will help state agencies cut unnecessary rules and fees, and improve public access to