The House and Senate have both adjourned sine die this morning. Due to a lack of quorum since August 4, Governor Abbott sent out an announcement that if the House could not obtain a quorum by Friday he was going to call the 2nd Called Special Session. Abbott indicated the same agenda will be in place for the 2nd Called Special Session with the potential to add more items. Below are the bills that moved in the House and Senate during the 1st Called Special Session.
Committee Progress
The following bills were heard in House committees:
- Congressional Redistricting – HB 4
- Disaster Preparedness & Flooding – HB 1, HB 2, HB 18, HB 19, HB 20
- Public Health – HB 5
Every bill, with the exception of HB 5, was voted out of committee. No bills were heard on the House floor.
The following bills were heard in Senate committees:
- Congressional Redistricting – SB 4
- Business & Commerce – SB 15
- Disaster Preparedness & Flooding – SB 1, SB 2, SB 13, SB 43
- Education K-16 – SB 8
- Finance – SB 3
- Local Gov – SB 9
- State Affairs – SB 5, SB 6, SB 7, SB 10, SB 11, SB 12, SB 14, SB 16
All Senate bills were heard on the floor.
Floor Progress
Senate Floor – August 1st
- SB 5 (Perry) – Passed 21-8 with 1 floor amendment
- CSSB 11 (Hughes) – Passed 17-12
- SB 12 (Middleton) – Passed 17-11
Senate Floor – August 6th
- CSSB 7 (Middleton) – Passed 19-2 with 1 floor amendment
- CSSB 9 (Bettencourt) – Passed 18-4
- CSSB 15 (West) – Passed 21-0
Senate Floor – August 12th
- CSSB 1 (Perry) – Passed 28-0 with 4 floor amendments
- CSSB 2 (Bettencourt) – Passed 28-0
- SB 3 (Huffman) – Passed 28-0
- SB 4 (King) – Passed the Senate 19-2 with 2 floor amendments
- SB 6 (Hughes) – Passed 18-2
- SB 8 (Bettencourt) – Passed 22-6 with 2 floor amendments
- SB 10 (Parker) – Passed 28-0
- CSSB 13 (Perry) – Passed 28-0
- CSSB 14 (King) – Passed 18-10
- SB 16 (Hughes) – Passed 28-0 with 1 floor amendment
- SB 43 (Zaffirini) – Passed 28-0
