Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick announced the bills he has selected as his top priorities for the 2019 Legislative Session, those bills he categorized as bills that address:
Life, Liberty and Conservative Texas Values
- SB 9 – Enhance Election Security
- SB 13 – Ethics Reform
- SB 15 – Protecting Local Free Markets
- SB 17 – Protecting Religious Liberties
- SB 18 – Protecting Campus Free Speech
- SB 19 – Protecting Second Amendment Rights
- SB 20 – Stop Human Trafficking
- SB 22 – Defund Abortion Providers
- SB 23 – Texas Born-Alive Infant Protection Act
- SB 24 – Alternatives to Abortion Information Act
Taxpayer Protections
- SB 1 – State Budget
- SB 2 – Property Tax Reform
- SB 5 – Increase the Homestead Exemption
- SB 27 – Stop Government Overreach
- SB 28 – Stop Frivolous Government Lawsuits
- SB 29 – Stop Taxpayer Funded Lobbying
- SB 30 – Taxpayers Right to Know – Bond Transparency
Protecting Texas’ Future
- SB 3 – Across-the-Board Pay Raise for Teachers
- SB 4 – School Finance Reform
- SB 6 – Disaster Response Act
- SB 7 – Flood Disaster Plan – Matching Fund
- SB 8 – Statewide Flood Plan
- SB 10 – Student Targeted Mental Health
- SB 11 – School Safety Act
- SB 12 – Retired Teacher Security Act
- SB 14 – Expand Rural Broadband
- SB 16 – Police College Loan Forgiveness
- SB 21 – Raise Smoking Age to 21
- SB 25 – Higher Education Credit Transfer
- SB 26 – Honoring State Parks Commitment