The Texas Senate Steamroller Chugs Ahead: 29 of My Top 40 Priority Bills Passed
At the halfway point of the 89th regular legislative session, the Texas Senate is hard at work passing important legislation. At the beginning of the session in January, I laid out the most conservative and bold agenda in Texas Senate history.
The Texas Senate has already passed 29 of the top 40 priority bills, including my priorities, the senators’ priorities, and the most important bills the voters asked me to pass—the will of the conservative majority of Texans. In the coming weeks, Senators will pass the remaining priority bills. All credit goes to the senators. They are working at lightspeed to deliver for the people of Texas.
The 29 priority bills passed so far:
Senate Bill 1 – Senate’s Budget for Texas
Senate Bill 2 – Providing School Choice
Senate Bill 3 – Banning THC in Texas
Senate Bill 4 – Increasing the Homestead Exemption to $140,000 ($150,000 for Seniors)
Senate Bill 5 – Combatting Dementia and Alzheimer’s – Establishing DPRIT (Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of Texas)
Senate Bill 6 – Increasing Texas’ Electric Grid Reliability
Senate Bill 7 – Increasing Investments in Texas’ Water Supply *
Senate Bill 8 – Requiring Local Law Enforcement to Assist the Federal Government’s Deportation Efforts *
Senate Bill 9 – Reforming Bail – Keeping Violent Criminals Off Our Streets
Senate Bill 1o – Placing the Ten Commandments in Schools
Senate Bill 11 – Protecting the Freedom to Pray in Schools
Senate Bill 12 – Establishing a Parental Bill of Rights
Senate Bill 13 – Guarding Against Inappropriate Books in Public Schools
Senate Bill 14 – Texas DOGE – Improving Government Efficiency
Senate Bill 15 – Removing Barriers to Housing Affordability
Senate Bill 16 – Stopping Non-Citizens from Voting *
Senate Bill 17 – Stopping Foreign Adversaries’ Land Grabs
Senate Bill 18 – Banning Drag Time Story Hour
Senate Bill 19 – Stopping Taxpayer Dollars for Lobbyists
Senate Bill 20 – Stopping AI-Generated Child Pornography
Senate Bill 21 – Establishing the Texas Bitcoin Reserve
Senate Bill 24 – Educating Texas Students on the Horrors of Communism
Senate Bill 25 – Making Texas Healthy Again
Senate Bill 26 – Increasing Teacher Pay
Senate Bill 27 – Establishing a Teacher Bill of Rights *
Senate Bill 28 – Banning Lottery Couriers
Senate Bill 29 – Texas: Open for Business *
Senate Bill 35 – Competing for Quality Roads
Senate Bill 40 – Bail Reform
Bills marked with an asterisk were passed this week.
We are moving rapidly to ensure all these bills have ample time to pass the Texas House and arrive at Gov. Abbott’s desk to be signed into law. This session 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.
To read the rest of my top 40 priority bills, click here.
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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
Lieutenant Governor of Texas
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