Now That the House Has Obtained a Quorum, What’s Next?

Texas Scorecard

00:00 / 00:08:19

Texas House of Representatives

The Texas House of Representatives obtained a quorum, ending 37 days of paralysis.
The Legislature has a little less than two weeks to consider and pass out items on Gov. Greg Abbott’s special session agenda.
House Select Committee on Constitutional Issues & Remedies considered the following bills over the weekend:

SJR 3/SB 6 – State Sen. Joan Huffman (R–Houston) – Bail reform
SB 13 – State Sen. Joan Huffman (R–Houston) – Potential delay in the candidate filing period, primary elections, and primary election runoffs

House Select Committee on Constitutional Issues & Remedies meeting Monday at 8 a.m. on the following bills:

House Environmental Regulation Committee meeting Monday at 1 p.m. on the following bills:

SB 8 – State Sen. Paul Bettencourt (R–Houston) – Extending the homestead exemption for the first year of property acquisition
SJR 2/SB 12 – State Sen. Paul Bettencourt (R–Houston) – Reduction in property taxes for elderly or disabled individuals

House Appropriations Committee meeting Monday at 2 p.m. on the following bills:
HB 1 – State Rep. Greg Bonnen (R–Friendswood) – Restoration of funding for the Legislature for the next biennium
HB 5 – State Rep. Greg Bonnen (R–Friendswood) – Supplemental appropriations
SB 7 – State Sen. Joan Huffman (R–Houston) – “13th check” for beneficiaries of the Teachers Retirement System of Texas
House Public Education Committee meeting Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. or upon adjournment on the following bills:

HB 28 – State Rep. Steve Toth (R–The Woodlands) – Improvements to the “ban” on critical race theory
SB 3 – State Sen. Bryan Hughes (R–Mineola) – Improvements to the “ban” on critical race theory
SB 2 – State Sen. Charles Perry (R–Lubbock) – Youth sports
SB 9 – State Sen. Joan Huffman (R–Houston) – Family/dating violence
SB 15 – State Sen. Larry Taylor (R–Friendswood) – Virtual education improvements

It is uncertain whether compromise is what drove some of the previously absent Democrat lawmakers to return and whether anything will be done to compel/keep the attendance of the few who returned, making the situation in the House somewhat tenuous.

Conservative Leaders Gala

Social Media
Twitter:

Facebook: