Lt. Governor Dan Patrick has announced the second round of Priority Bills for the legislative session.
Lt. Gov. Patrick’s Second Round of Priority Bills:
Senate Bill 26 – Increasing Teacher Pay*
Senate Bill 27 – Establishing a Teacher Bill of Rights
Senate Bill 28 – Banning Lottery Couriers*
Senate Bill 29 – Incorporate Texas!
Senate Bill 30 – Curbing Nuclear Verdicts
Senate Bill 31 – Life of the Mother Act
Senate Bill 32 – Business Tax Relief
Senate Bill 33 – Stopping Taxpayer-Funded Abortion Travel
Senate Bill 34 – Wildfire Response
Senate Bill 35 – Competing for Quality Roads
Senate Bill 36 – Establishing a Homeland Security Division within DPS
Senate Bill 37 – Reforming Faculty Senates
Senate Bill 38 – Stopping Squatters
Senate Bill 39 – Protecting Texas Trucking
Senate Bill 40 – Bail Reform*
First 25 Priority Bills:
Senate Bill 1 – Senate’s Budget for Texas
Senate Bill 2 – Providing School Choice*
Senate Bill 3 – Banning THC in Texas
Senate Bill 4 – Increasing the Homestead Exemption to $140,000 ($150,000 for Seniors)*
Senate Bill 5 – Combatting Dementia and Alzheimer’s – Establishing DPRIT (Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of Texas)*
Senate Bill 6 – Increasing Texas’ Electric Grid Reliability
Senate Bill 7 – Increasing Investments in Texas’ Water Supply
Senate Bill 8 – Requiring Local Law Enforcement to Assist the Federal Government’s Deportation Efforts
Senate Bill 9 – Reforming Bail – Keeping Violent Criminals Off Our Streets*
Senate Bill 10 – Placing the Ten Commandments in School
Senate Bill 11 – Protecting the Freedom to Pray in School
Senate Bill 12 – Establishing a Parental Bill of Rights in Public Education
Senate Bill 13 – Guarding Against Inappropriate Books in Public Schools
Senate Bill 14 – Texas DOGE – Improving Government Efficiency
Senate Bill 15 – Removing Barriers to Affordable Housing
Senate Bill 16 – Stopping Non-Citizens from Voting
Senate Bill 17 – Stopping Foreign Adversaries’ Land Grabs
Senate Bill 18 – Stopping Drag Time Story Hour
Senate Bill 19 – Stopping Taxpayer Dollars for Lobbyists
Senate Bill 20 – Stopping AI-Generated Child Pornography*
Senate Bill 21 – Establishing the Texas Bitcoin Reserve*
Senate Bill 22 – Establishing Texas as America’s Film Capital
Senate Bill 23 – Removing the Cap on the Rainy Day Fund to Secure Texas’ Long-Term Financial Future
Senate Bill 24 – Educating Texas Students on the Horrors of Communism
Senate Bill 25 – Making Texas Healthy Again*
*Bills bolded and with (*) have already passed the Senate
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