Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN Texas I am calling the Legislature back into session because too much important work remains undone for the people of Texas said Gov. Rick Perry announcing a second Special Session of the Texas Legislature will begin at 2 p.m. Monday July 1.
We will not allow the breakdown of decorum and decency to prevent us from doing
what the people of this state hired us to do.
Through their duly elected representatives the
citizens of our state have made crystal clear their priorities for our great state. Texans value life and want to protect women and the unborn. Texans want a transportation system that keeps them moving. Texans want a court system that is fair and just.
The special session will consider the following issues and Legislation relating to ...
The regulation of abortion procedures providers and facilities.
- Funding of transportation infrastructure projects.
- Establishing a mandatory sentence of life with parole for a capital felony committed by a 17-year-old offender.