The 86th Texas Legislature will return to Austin to tackle Gov. Greg Abbottâs unfinished agenda issues in a special session that begins Thursday.
Abbottâs office did not specify what legislative priorities will be included on the special session agenda and said in an advisory that such items âwill be announced prior to the convening of the special session.â
One is passing Republicansâ priority voting bill that failed during the regular legislative session. Democratic lawmakers are mulling how to try to stop it in the special session. Outnumbered and virtually powerless to block conservative priorities, they say they are keeping their options open and that âeverything is on the table.â