If the bills pass, and I hope they do, this will be an interesting fight between the Feds / Texas / and the airlines. If passed and Texas prevails as predicted in the OP's linked article above, it will leave the airlines hanging, with regard to their compliance with the FAA / TSA and Title 49 requirements.The TSA will likely challenge such a law, but the Texas legislature stands on solid ground. Local governments control airports and no enumerated power in the Constitution gives the federal government the authority to regulate them. Under the Tenth Amendment, airport operation falls under state jurisdiction.
