AUSTIN – Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick issued this statement today:
“Last week was another industrious week in the Texas Senate. As the 89th legislative session passed the halfway point, the Senate steamroller chugged ahead, passing three more of the Senate’s top 40 priority bills over to the Texas House. The Senate has now passed 24 of our 40 priority bills and 133 important bills overall. Senate Bill 650, which requires the use of an age verification reader to prevent selling alcohol to minors, is a key bill to cut down on fatal car crashes involving teens who drink.
The 24 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 9 – Reforming Bail – Keeping Violent Criminals Off Our Streets
Senate Bill 10 – Placing the Ten Commandments in School
Senate Bill 11 – Protecting the Freedom to Pray in School
Senate Bill 12 – Establishing a Parental Bill of Rights in Public Education
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 17 – Stopping Foreign Adversary Land Grabs
Senate Bill 18 – Stopping 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 28 – Banning Lottery Couriers
Senate Bill 35 – Competing for Quality Roads
Senate Bill 40 – Stopping Taxpayer-Funded Bail
Bills marked with an * were passed this past week.
“This week, the Texas Senate will continue passing more conservative legislation to keep Texas the best state in America. The senators and I await the House’s swift action to make sure these commonsense conservative policies head to Gov. Abbott’s desk to be signed into law.”
