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August 5, 2021: Governor Abbott announced he will convene a second special legislative session on August 7. [4] August 6, 2021: Legislature adjourns 1st special session. August 7, 2021: 87th Legislature 2nd Called Session convened at 12:00 p.m. . The House continues to lack quorum, as several Democrats are still in Washington, D.C.. August 19 ...
On June 8, 2021, Governor Abbott signed two bills to address Texas's power grid, Senate Bills 2 and 3. SB 2 changed the number of directors on ERCOT's Board from 16 to 11 and gives the state's politicians greater influence over the board.
Texas House Bill 3979 (HB 3979) is an act that relates to civics instruction and instruction policies in public schools in the state of Texas.A follow-up bill to HB 3079—TX Senate Bill 3 [1] —authored by Senator Bryan Hughes (R-Mineola) and others, which was filed on July 9, 2021, passed on July 16, 2021, and becomes law in December, limits the manner and extent to which students may learn ...
The Texas Senate quickly advanced measures Friday to fund school safety initiatives, shorten the timeline for court challenges to election results and give final approval to a $1.54 billion ...
The Texas Senate is the upper house of the Texas Legislature, with the Texas House of Representatives being the lower house. Together, they compose the state legislature of the state of Texas . There are 31 members of the Senate, representing single-member districts across the U.S. state of Texas , with populations of approximately 940,000 per ...
The hotly debated SB 4 was passed by the Texas House earlier this week and Gov. Greg Abbott said he plans to sign SB 4 into law, which critics say could lead to racial profiling and feeds "anti ...
The Texas Legislature banned abortion care as early as five weeks into pregnancy in September 2021, nearly a year before the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade — the case that protected a ...
It passed both chambers of the Texas legislature and was signed by Governor Greg Abbott on May 24, 2019. [13] [14] In 2023, King introduced SB 1515 of the 88th Session of the Texas Senate, which would require that the Ten Commandments be displayed in every classroom of every public school in Texas. [15] [16] The bill failed to pass. [17] [18] [19]