Texas Scorecard by Sydnie Henry October 13, 2023
Senators passed measures on three of the four special session agenda items, while the House has yet to hold a committee meeting. As the third legislative special session continues, the Texas Senate passed measures relating to school choice, border security, and ending COVID-19 employer vaccine mandates.
Meanwhile, the Texas House referred a handful of measures to committees on Thursday morning. Only some of those measures—border security proposals sent to the House State Affairs Committee—relate to the governor’s agenda.
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said in regards to SB 1, SB 4, SB 11, and SB 7, “The Texas Senate will pass this bill over and over again until the Texas House passes it and sends it to Gov. Abbott’s desk.”
Patrick praised the Senate’s “superb work ethic” while highlighting House’s continuing failure to act, as the Senate had previously passed all of these measures during the regular legislative session.
“The Texas House, under Speaker Phelan’s leadership, never came to an agreement on any of these bills during the regular session and they all died,” said Patrick. “Now, one week into the special session, the House has not even scheduled a single hearing, let alone passed a single bill.”
“The House needs to get to work because Texans are watching,” concluded Patrick.
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