Lt. Gov. Patrick Announces 16 Priority Senate Bills for Special Session

Leader of the Senate, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick releases list of bills for special session

Texas Republican Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick announced the list of bills the Senate will work on in the first called special session of the 89th Legislature.

Lt. Gov. Patrick announces 16 priority Senate bills for special session

AUSTIN (Nexstar) — Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick announced Tuesday 16 bills in the Texas Senate to be filed for the first called special session. Senate Bills 1 through 16 are reserved for the highest priority legislation, and they correspond to the 18 agenda items put forth by Gov. Greg Abbott in his proclamation calling a special session of the legislature. The first three bills on the list are in response to the devastating Independence Day Floods in …

Bathroom bill added to Abbott’s special session agenda

Texas Sen. Mayes Middleton didn’t manage to get his transphobic bathroom bill — Senate Bill 240 — during the 89th Texas Legislature’s regular session (the bill didn’t even make it out of committee to the floor for a vote). But not to worry; Gov. Greg Abbott is giving Middleton another shot by including the bathroom ban in the agenda for the legislature’s special session, which convened today (Monday, July 21). The regular session version of SB 2…

Texas for All 'sounds the alarm' over special session agenda

Texas Democrats and Texas For All, in conjunction with 17 other organizations including Equality Texas and Transgender Education Network of Texas, held a press conference today (Monday, July 21) to “sound the alarm on [Gov. Greg Abbott’s] cruel special session” of the Texas Legislature that convened today. Among the items listed on Abbott’s agenda for the session are measures to promote redistricting, to ban transgender Texans’ access to public …

Texas Lt. Gov. announces legislation for first called special session of 89th lege

AUSTIN— On July Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick announced the following legislation for the first called special session of the 89th Legislature. Bills address a wide spectrum of topics, leading with Sen. Charles Perry’s proposal on Natural Disaster Preparation and Recovery. Perry also plans to introduce a bill, SB13, on Water Project Incentives.

Gov. Greg Abbott begins special session, addresses THC ban and Hill Country floods

The special session is limited to 30 days and will discuss a variety of items.