August 5, 2021 •
Texas Governor Announces Next Special Legislative Session
Gov. Greg Abbott - by World Travel & Tourism Council
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced on August 5 that a second special legislative session will begin at noon August 7 with an expanded agenda. The 17-item agenda still includes well-known Abbott priorities like the election bill that caused House Democrats […]
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced on August 5 that a second special legislative session will begin at noon August 7 with an expanded agenda.
The 17-item agenda still includes well-known Abbott priorities like the election bill that caused House Democrats to flee the state at the start of the first special session, which ends August 6.
The special session also features six additions, including the spending of federal COVID-19 relief funds and potentially changing the legislative rules regarding quorums.
There is also a new item on public education during the pandemic, an increasingly salient issue as parents prepare to send their kids back to school with the virus on the rise again in Texas.
No adjournment date has been set yet for the second special session.
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