The Texas outbreak is nearing 600 cases since January.

The proposed legislation is named after Audrii Cunningham, the 11-year-old Livingston girl who was murdered last year. House Bill 2000 now moves to the Texas Senate, where it would need to be approved before being sent to the governor’s desk.

The lawsuits follow similar ongoing litigation against the State Fair of Texas after the fair adopted a policy banning nearly all guns from last year's event.

The White House said Tuesday it would expand a move to authorize military control of federally owned border land to include more than 90 miles of land in Texas. Administration officials have so far declined to say where that land is, but most federal border land within the state is located in Big Bend and a complex of South Texas wildlife refuges.

After hours of debate — and years of pushing from Gov. Greg Abbott — the Texas House gave initial approval to a bill to create an Education Savings Account plan. The school voucher program would allow parents to use public funds towards private school costs.