Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has laid out the topic of each of the first 30 bill numbers filed in the Senate. He expects to tackle hot-button social issues, such as forcing district attorneys to enforce the state's abortion law.
AUSTIN, Texas — Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has dropped the topics for his 30 priority bills this session, making good on his promises to back legislation that would stop local COVID-19 mandates, end tenure at universities and use surplus revenue to bump homestead exemptions from $40,000 to $70,000.
“This session I could have used 50 low bill numbers because there are so many issues that need to be addressed,” Patrick said in a statement he provided with the bill topics. “Just because a bill does not make the priority list does not mean it is not a priority for me or the Senate.” Patrick’s priority bills, which will be carried by various Republican members of the Senate, break out into a handful of broad categories: property tax relief; further work on the Texas electric grid; public education and school choice; hot-button social issues; reining in local government control; and the expansion of funding for specific areas of the budget, such as additional mental health beds.
Patrick also intends to address hot-button social issues: banning the exposure of children to drag shows ; removing so-called obscene books from libraries ; ending child gender modification, which was the subject of multiple special sessions in 2021 ; ending transgender participation in women’s college sports ; banning the teaching of critical race theory in higher education ; and banning diversity, equity and inclusion policies from higher education .
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