"The judge, an appointee of Republican former President Donald Trump, called the scope of his ruling "limited," and said it did not block all of the spending law.

Texas had only sought to block two provisions ultimately.

Hendrix blocked one provision, the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, from being enforced against the state after finding the bill was wrongly passed.

That law requires employers to provide pregnant workers with reasonable accommodations.

He issued an injunction barring the U.S. Department of Justice and Equal Employment Opportunity Commission from enforcing that provision in cases involving state government employees. His order did not apply to other workers in Texas."