For the next four and a half months, Texas lawmakers will debate a new two-year budget and vote on a sweeping variety of legislation.
The 88th legislative session is underway in Texas' Capitol as lawmakers begin debating a new two-year budget and vote on various legislation.The 88th legislative session is underway in Texas Capitol. For the next four and a half months, lawmakers will debate a new two-year budget and vote on a sweeping variety of legislation.
Both chambers are decidedly Republican, but both sides suggest, in Austin, they look past the party and focus on the important issues to get that work done. But among the 7,000 bills that might be filed during the long session, most of which are substantive in nature, there are also the hot-button issues: those that fall more sharply along cultural or ideological lines. Abortion, critical race theory, and transgender rights might face votes under bright lights.
"I think it's human nature to get more enthused about the things that are controversial, where there can be significant emotion, where people can get really angry about it," State Rep. Tom Oliverson, R-Cypress, said.
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