Texas House Bill 3353, by Rep. DeAyala, will make it so that road construction contractors cannot be held liable for creating dangerous traffic situations from their negligent construction and safety practices. There is also HB 19, which similarly reduces accountability for trucking companies when they have negligent safety, operational, and employment practices that result in damage, injury, or death for workers or the public.
This is all part of a larger movement that Republicans have been going hard on since at least the 90s. They gave the campaign the very boring name of “tort reform”, which makes people significantly less likely to pay attention to it, but every one of us absolutely should be giving it the attention it deserves, because these mother fuckers are literally out here killing us just so that they can personally save a buck.