Governor Calls July 8th Special Secsion

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Late Tuesday, Governor Greg Abbott called a special session of the State Legislature for July 8th.

The call was brief, and did not elaborate on what pieces of legislation or subject matter would be taken up in the section. While that will be announced later, it is widely expected that election law reform and banning the teaching of the racially divisive Critical Race Theory in schools will be at the top of the agenda.

Other subjects are likely to include Banning transexuals who were born male from competing in women's sports, and property tax reform which may include reducing property tax rates or preventing local governments from increasing property taxes as a way of funding local projects, without taxpayer consent.

While legislators billed this recent session as one of the most conservative and active in State history, conservative activists were upset with the failure of the state House of Representatives in particular to move forward on these pieces of legislation, especially election law reform/election integrity.

As busy as this session is likely to be, legislators say another session is on the way for September or October of this year to deal with redistricting. 

As this blog reported in January, the Census, which takes place every 10 years after a US Census takes place, was late reporting its data this year, due to Covid-19. Results are usually sent out to states in January or February of the year following a census.

(Full story here.)
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