Less than a week after Election Day, prefiling of bills for the 88th Texas Legislature got under way, and now there are more than 1,000 in the queue.
The action never stops in the capital of the Great State – less than a week after Election Day, prefiling of bills for theIn the last regular session – not counting the three special sessions of the Endless 87th – a total of 6,927 bills were filed, of which 1,073 were passed, of which 21 were then vetoed by Gov.to call for constitutional amendments, of which only four passed, or regular resolutions, of which there were another 3,000 or so.
The first 20 bill numbers in the House and 30 in the Senate are reserved for what state leaders consider priorities, like banning abortions and punishing pro sports teams for not playing the national anthem . Abbott will lay out his priorities at hisand Lt. Gov.will likely pick up some of Abbott's threads and add some of their own, which in the House will probably be nerdy and in the Senate will be MAGAtastic.
Six weeks before the 88th gavels in, the Texas GOP, coming off improbably resounding wins earlier this month, has no use or need or time to even pretend to listen to Democratic priorities, which has not stopped the blue team from filing flurries of bills to make statements, such as redistricting commissions , expanding Medicaid, legalizing cannabis, banning assault weapons, and, as always, bringing casinos to Texas in the guise of economic development, usually carried by members of color from...
There are no-hope statement bills from the GOP side as well, but unlike the Dems’ perennial pushes for better policy, these are yet more race-to-the-bottom panders to ephemeral know-nothing MAGA bullshit. The Dems have also filed bills that may help the GOP dial back some of its Fox News-fueled excesses of the last session, which some more centrist Rs have expressed interest in, but which no Republican can risk filing on their own.
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