The Senate has adjourned until 12:00 p.m. on Tuesday, September 21.
The House has recessed until 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, September 24.
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Senate
The Senate gaveled in shortly after 10:00 a.m. to refer a number of bills, recessed shortly to discuss their upcoming schedule, and then adjourned until 12 p.m. on September 21. The following bills were referred to committee:
Redistricting
SB 4 (Huffman) Relating to the composition of districts for the election of members of the Texas Senate.
- Referred to Select Committee on Redistricting
- See the initially proposed map in DistrictViewer
SB 7 (Huffman) Relating to the composition of districts for the election of members of the State Board of Education.
- Referred to Select Committee on Redistricting
- See the initially proposed map in DistrictViewer
SR 2 (West) Amending the Temporary Rules of the Senate, 87th Legislature, to allow public testimony on redistricting using two-way videoconferencing.
- Referred to Administration
Other
SB 1 (Bettencourt) Relating to a temporary reduction in the maximum compressed tax rate of a school district and the form of the ballot proposition to be used in an election to approve a tax rate adopted by a school district that exceeds the district’s voter-approval tax rate; making an appropriation.
- Referred to Finance; hearing on 9/21 at 10:00 a.m.
SB 3 (Perry) Relating to requiring public school students to compete in interscholastic athletic competitions based on biological sex.
- Referred to Health & Human Services; hearing on 9/21 at 12:30 p.m.
SB 5 (Lucio) Relating to the unlawful restraint of a dog; creating a criminal offense.
- Voted out of Criminal Justice (4-1) on 9/20
House
The House gaveled in shortly after 10:00 a.m. and recessed until 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, September 24.
Upcoming House Committee Hearings
- Culture, Recreation & Tourism and Agriculture & Livestock – Wednesday, September 29 at 9:00 a.m.
- To discuss proposed rules by TPWD and the TAHC related to Chronic Wasting Disease