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My Second Round of Top 40 Priority Bills


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The Texas Senate has started the 89th regular legislative session at breakneck pace. We have already passed 10 of my top 40 priority bills over to the Texas House. The following priority bills have already passed the Senate:


Senate Bill 2 [[link removed]] – Providing School Choice

Senate Bill 4 [[link removed]] – Increasing the Homestead Exemption to $140,000 ($150,000 for Seniors)

Senate Bill 5 [[link removed]] – Combatting Dementia and Alzheimer’s – Establishing DPRIT (Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of Texas)

Senate Bill 9 [[link removed]] – Reforming Bail – Keeping Violent Criminals Off Our Streets

Senate Bill 20 [[link removed]] – Stopping AI-Generated Child Pornography

Senate Bill 21 [[link removed]] – Establishing the Texas Bitcoin Reserve

Senate Bill 25 [[link removed]] – Making Texas Healthy Again

Senate Bill 26 [[link removed]] – Increasing Teacher Pay

Senate Bill 28 [[link removed]] – Banning Lottery Couriers

Senate Bill 40 [[link removed]] – Bail Reform


We are moving rapidly to ensure all these bills, which reflect the will of the conservative majority of Texans, have ample time to pass the Texas House and arrive at Gov. Abbott’s desk to be signed into law. This session has started out with a hopeful working relationship with Speaker Burrows. Working together with the House, this could be the best session ever for all Texans and especially for conservatives.


On Thursday, I announced the second round of my top 40 priority bills [[link removed]] – Senate Bills 26-40. Senate Bills 26, 28, and 40 have already passed the Senate in recent weeks.


The Texas Senate is the finest, most deliberative legislative body in America. Texans, and especially conservatives, can count on us to lead the charge by passing our bold, conservative agenda to keep Texas strong. Our goal is to have all 40 of my, the senators’, and the people’s priority bills passed by mid-April.


 

My Second Round of Priority Bills:


Senate Bill 26 – Increasing Teacher Pay

Senate Bill 27 – Establishing a Teacher Bill of Rights

Senate Bill 28 – Banning Lottery Couriers

Senate Bill 29 – Incorporate Texas!

Senate Bill 30 – Curbing Nuclear Verdicts

Senate Bill 31 – Life of the Mother Act

Senate Bill 32 – Business Tax Relief

Senate Bill 33 – Stopping Taxpayer-Funded Abortion Travel

Senate Bill 34 – Wildfire Response

Senate Bill 35 – Competing for Quality Roads

Senate Bill 36 – Establishing a Homeland Security Division within DPS

Senate Bill 37 – Reforming Faculty Senates

Senate Bill 38 – Stopping Squatters

Senate Bill 39 – Protecting Texas Trucking

Senate Bill 40 – Bail Reform


In case you missed it, here’s my first round of priority bills [[link removed]].


President Trump’s Impact Is Undeniable


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Border crossings have reached a historic low, thanks to President Trump's decisive policies. I joined Rob Finnerty on Newsmax Tuesday night to discuss this and more. Click here to watch the interview [[link removed]].


The House Thought They Were Going to Bust Our Chops Over the Texas Strip


ICYMI: Texas has about 12.2 million head of cattle, the most in America. I met with the Texas Cattle Feeders and Cattle Raisers a few weeks ago.


Out of curiosity, I asked each of them their favorite cut of meat. A few said New York Strip. I asked why we didn’t call it a “Texas Strip,” since New York has mostly dairy cows. Just because a New York restaurant named Texas beef a New York Strip in the 19th century doesn’t mean we need to keep doing that.


The Texas Senate has filed a concurrent resolution to officially change the name of the New York Strip to the “Texas Strip” in the Lone Star State. We will ask restaurants to change the name of this cut of meat the next time they reprint their menus, and grocery stores to do the same. We want this to catch on across the country and around the globe.


In a world filled with serious issues that we address every day at the Texas Capitol, this simple resolution will help better market Texas beef. That’s good for the Texas cattle industry. The Cattle Associations sure liked the idea.


Liberal New York shouldn’t get the credit for our hard-working ranchers. We promote the Texas brand on everything made or grown in Texas because it benefits our economy and jobs.


After the session ends this summer, I might take a short cruise across the Gulf of America and enjoy a juicy, medium-rare Texas Strip.


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The first-ever official served Texas Strip with Gulf of America Shrimp


Bob's Steak and Chop House made Texas and world history this week by serving the first  Texas Strip in history, with shrimp from the Gulf of America!


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Click here to watch a brief video from my visit [[link removed]].


Thank you for all your support over the years and for everything you do to keep Texas red. May God bless you and your family, and may He continue to bless the greatest state of all—Texas.


Sincerely,


Dan Patrick [[link removed]]


Dan Patrick

Lieutenant Governor of Texas


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