Venton Jones' bill to offer HIV testing to anyone already seeking STD testing passed the House this week and moves to the ...

Today was a special day for Texas state Rep. Venton Jones, D-Dallas. During the 89th legislative session, Jones was sworn in for his second term as House District 100. Jones said he is eager to ...

Out Texas state Rep. Venton Jones (D) announced on Monday that the state’s House Committee of Public Health unanimously voted to pass a bill the Democratic lawmaker authored to ensure HIV ...

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 ...

A Dallas lawmaker got engaged to his partner in the Texas State Capitol in Austin on Tuesday. State Rep. Venton Jones, a Democrat who became one of the first out Black gay men ever elected to the ...

Two Republican lawmakers — including a self-identified Christian conservative — are throwing their support behind an effort ...

Venton Jones, a Dallas Democrat ... READ MORE: Ted Cruz says Texas should repeal its now-defunct law banning gay sex “Law enforcement professionals acting in good faith, but sometimes unaware ...

Texas Rep. Venton Jones (D-Dallas) got down on one knee shortly after being sworn into the lower legislative chamber for his second term to propose to Gregory Scott Jr. Scott accepted Jones ...

A bill filed in the Texas House this legislative session would decriminalize homosexual conduct in Texas. House Bill 1738, filed by State Rep. Venton Jones (D-Dallas), would repeal a section of ...

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 ...

Venton Jones, a Dallas Democrat ... It’s still unclear whether the measure will go any further this session. Texas is one of just a handful of states that haven’t removed their bans.