Patrick appointed 12 Republicans and one Democrat to chair the Senate's committees, calling them the "best equipped group of senators in Texas history."
Tarrant County’s representatives in the Texas Legislature have held important chairmanships in past sessions and likely will again.
Sen. Paul Bettencourt (R-Houston) filed an amicus brief with 13 of his Republican colleagues supporting the motion for a rehearing.
Though piecemeal legislation was approved to address certain aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic in Texas, no significant checks on the executive branch were created.
An economic development tax incentive program is on the verge of sunsetting after the Senate declined to pass legislation extending it for two years.
Marshals at private schools, public schools, and even junior colleges would be authorized to carry their weapons instead of stowing them.
Though a measure to require legislative approval for major disaster declaration renewals died in the House, it was revived in the Senate as a substitute for House Bill 3.
The permitless carry bill passed by the House was referred to a new special committee that has a majority of its members publicly in favor of the pro-Second Amendment proposal.
Certain school district property tax incentives would be eliminated from state code if a bill filed in the Texas House were to pass.
A constitutional amendment to reform the Texas Disaster Act to require more legislative oversight was passed by the Senate in a 30 to 1 vote.
"Without my consent, my ex-wife just transitioned my son to a girl," Jeff Younger, father of James, said in his testimony.
Six states have passed laws to let athletes profit from endorsements, and twelve other states have taken up the issue this year.
