“Texans are the real winners this legislative session.”
Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas – “This session was a team effort. I want to thank all 31 Senators and staff for their hard work and perseverance. None of these major victories would be possible without their dedication over the interim, and during the session. I also want to thank Gov. Abbott and Speaker Burrows for their partnership in delivering major victories for Texans all session," said Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick upon adjourning the Texas Senate Sine Die.
“Today, I adjourned the Texas Senate Sine Die for the 89th Regular Legislative Session. This session, the Texas Senate achieved victory after victory for Texans, passing many key bills that died in the Texas House during the 88th legislature.“The Texas Senate passed all 40 of its priority bills to the House by April 29th, setting a bold, conservative agenda to keep our state strong. Some key Senate victories include:
- Eliminating school property taxes for the average senior homeowner with a $200,000 senior homestead exemption ($140,000 homestead exemption for homeowners under age 65) and dedicating nearly 1 out of every 4 state dollars in our budget toward property tax relief (Senate Bill 1, SB 4, SB 23, Senate Joint Resolution 2, SJR 85)
- Launching the largest school choice program in American history (SB 2)
- Reforming bail to keep dangerous criminals behind bars (SB 9, SB 40, SJR 5)
- Investing billions of dollars to ensure Texas meets its future water needs (SB 7)
- Providing the largest teacher pay raise in Texas history
- Investing $5 billion in strengthening Texas’ electric grid (SB 1)
- Placing the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms (SB 10)
- Protecting the freedom to pray in public schools (SB 11)
- Requiring county law enforcement to comply with the federal government’s deportation efforts, and establishing a homeland security division within the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) (SB 8, SB 36)
- Stopping taxpayer-funded abortion travel (SB 33)
- Providing significant business personal property tax relief
- Banning poisonous unregulated drugs sold near our schools (SB 3)
- Stopping foreign enemies from buying land in Texas (SB 17)
- Stopping AI-generated child pornography (SB 20)
- Guarding our children against inappropriate books in public schools (SB 13)
- Reforming liberal faculty control over universities (SB 37)
- Creating the Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (DPRIT) (SB 5, SJR 3)
- Establishing Texas as the #1 faith-based and family film producer in America (SB 22)
- Record-setting investments in children with disabilities (SB 568)
- Protecting Texas’ true treasure, the Alamo (SB 3059)
- Ending the corrupt Texas Lottery Commission and moving the lottery to the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR) (SB 3070)
- Renaming the Gulf of Mexico the ‘Gulf of America’
- Renaming the New York Strip the ‘Texas Strip’ – don’t mess with Texas beef (New York only has dairy cattle)
"The Senate and I look forward to delivering for Texans during the 90th Legislative Session in 2027,” said P:atrick.
