Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick submits list of bills to Gov. Abbott to call special session to reconsider

AUSTIN, Texas - Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick submitted a wish list of bills he would like Gov. Greg Abbott to call a special session to reconsider. 

Some of the bills included in the list were SB 3, the property tax bill, SB 1601, which would ban drag queen story hours in state-funded libraries, and SB 1515, a bill mandating the 10 Commandments be displayed in Texas classrooms.

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Lawmakers were warned not to pack their bags as a special session announcement from Gov. Abbott could be coming within the next 12 hours.

Below is a list of bills Lt. Gov. Patrick sent to Gov. Abbott to reconsider:

• SB 3 — Property Tax Relief Bill
• SB 8 — School Choice
• SB 5 — Increasing the Business Personal Property Tax Exemption & Inventory Tax Credit
• SB 9 — Teacher Pay Raise
• SB 16 — Banning Critical Race Theory in Higher Education
• SB 23 — Creating A Mandatory 10-Year Prison Sentence for Criminals Committing Gun Crime
• SB 147 — Prohibiting Hostile Foreign Governments’ Land Ownership in Texas
• SB 990 — End Countywide Polling Places
• SB 1039 — Election Audit Bill
• SB 1318 — Bail Reform
• SB 1396 — Prayer Time in Public Schools
• SB 1515 — Ten Commandments in Schools
• SB 1601 — Drag Queen Story Hour
• SB 1861 — Virtual Education
• SB 1907 — Timely Vote Count
• SB 1911 — Sufficient Ballots
• SB 2424 — Criminals Trespassing Across Our Southern Border
• SB 2527 — Stopping Telehealth from Selling Dangerous Drugs Online
• SJR 44 — No Bail for Violent Crimes
• SJR 81 — TSTC Endowment Fund
• HB 7 — Border Security
• SB 1446, SB 1060, SB 2530 — Anti-ESG Legislation
• Additional Election Security Bills