He said funding should be cut for those who “leave early” in reference to those who broke quorum. Abbott who vetoed the part that pays legislative staff and agencies to make a statement. The state budget will even be taken up due to Gov. We can’t be exactly sure how everything will play out, but we know the situation can be expected to be hairy as legislators on both sides are strategizing to get their desired result.
Abbott makes it clear that he will use this special session to threaten the basic rights of all Texans and undermine our freedom to vote. The official agenda for the July 8 special session was released Wednesday morning. congress in hopes of passing the For The People act to enact national standards so these attacks will cease. Put us in the books, baby!Īfter breaking quorum, pro-voter lawmakers took to Washington to address the U.S. It was obvious party-line votes were going to result in this legislation, so House Democrats broke quorum – left the chamber – so no vote could be held and the bill would die with the session.įun fact: Breaking quorum to kill a bill has only happened three times in Texas history. Quick recap: During the last day of the regular session, SB 7 needed the full-house vote to officially turn the bill into legislation. The biggest reason this session is being held is because of the last ditch effort from House Democrats to not let Senate Bill 7 pass. Doesn’t seem like this should be our state’s priority legislation, but we digress. Abbott can pass legislation that makes it stricter, scarier, and less accessible to vote in what is already the hardest state to vote in.
TEXAS SPECIAL SESSION REGISTRATION
And, it’s definitely not to pass pro-voter legislation like online or automatic voter registration in 1 of the 10 states left without this system, nope. This special session is not to roll out vaccination plans and COVID relief in a state with less than 50 percent of adults vaccinated and with least insured people in the nation. Alas, we are having a special session – not to fix our electrical grid that left millions of Texans cold and several hundreds to die in February – no, not that. Trust, if we could answer the overarching question here we would. Abbott intends to call two special sessions, the one set for July 8 to pass the anti-voter legislation, and bail system legislation that also died when the Democrats broke quorum and then another session predicted for the Fall when census data is official to redraw our district lines (also, very important!!) What TF Happened? Why TF Are We Having this Special Session? Considering how the election legislation played out in the 11th-hour of the regular session, we know this could be a means for controversial back-and-forth on party lines. Not that this is likely, but we just want to put emphasis on the power the Governor holds to ensure his priority legislation passes. Sessions could even continue popping up until the next regular session two years from now. They can be back-to-back, and even the same day as one ends because there ain’t no rest for the wicked. Abbott could keep calling them until he gets what he wants. If the legislation doesn’t pass this special session, Gov. With a special session comes special rules such as: the Governor can call as many of these as he wants, on whatever he wants, with no time restraints and no warning between regular sessions. It acts similar to a regular session, but on a much faster timeline of 30 days.
The legislature can’t really take up any other legislation other than what the session has been specified for. It is intended to pass specific legislation that didn’t get through the legislature in the regular session that the Governor deems necessary. A special session is a session with a designated agenda.
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