The Senate has recessed until Friday, August 27th at 2:00 p.m.
The House has adjourned until Friday, August 27th at 11:00 a.m.
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The House has set a calendar for Friday, August 27th to consider the following bills. The calendar is subject to change and can be found here.
- SJR 3 (Huffman et al.) Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring a judge or magistrate to impose the least restrictive conditions of bail
- HB 9 (Bonnen) Relating to making supplemental appropriations relating to border security and giving direction regarding those appropriations
- HB 7 (Landgraf) Relating to the transportation, storage, or disposal of high-level radioactive waste
- HB 20 (Cain et al.) Relating to censorship of or certain other interference with digital expression, including expression on social media platforms or through electronic mail messages
- SB 6 (Huffman et al.) Relating to rules for setting the amount of bail
- SB 15 (Taylor et al.) Relating to virtual and off-campus electronic instruction at a public school
- SB 7 (Huffman et al.) Relating to a one-time supplemental payment of benefits under the Teacher Retirement System of Texas
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The Senate gaveled in shortly after 2:00 p.m. and recessed until 2:00 p.m. Friday, August 27th.
House
SJR 2 (Bettencourt et al) proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for the reduction of the amount of a limitation on the total amount of certain ad valorem taxes was adopted unanimously on 8/26.
SB 1 (Hughes et al.) relating to elections was passed to engrossment as amended (79-37) after roughly 12 hours of debate on 8/26. Amendments to the bill included directing the Secretary of State check voter rolls and modifications bringing the House committee language closer to the Senate version of the bill in requiring driver information for curbside voting, creating civil actions against candidates for violations of bill provisions, and video surveillance of counting and ballot board proceedings in certain counties, among other provisions.
SB 8 (Bettencourt et al.) relating to the authority of a person who acquires a residence homestead to receive an ad valorem tax exemption for the homestead was passed to third reading on 8/26
SB 12 (Bettencourt et al.) relating to the reduction of the amount of a limitation on the total amount of certain ad valorem taxes was passed to engrossment with one clarifying amendment on 8/26.
SB 13 (Huffman et al.) relating to dates of certain elections to be held in 2022 was passed to engrossment (91-25) with an amendment to accommodate precinct chair elections on 8/26.