By Senator Ken Paxton
Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN Texas On May 27th at the close of the 2013 Regular Session Gov. Rick Perry called a Special Legislative Session to consider
matters related to redistricting the redrawing of Texas State Legislative and Congressional District boundaries required following the U.S. Census taken every 10 years. At the beginning of this week Gov.
Perry added several new items to the agenda.
This past week the Senate redistricting committee wrapped up a series of public hearings and passed the related legislation out of the committee. Today the full Senate voted on and passed that legislation. It will now go to the House for consideration.
At the beginning of the week Governor Perry added several new items to the special session call:
- Legislation relating to transportation funding
- Legislation relating to the regulation of abortion procedures providers and facilities; and
- Legislation relating to establishing a mandatory sentence of life with parole for a capital felony committed by a 17-year-old offender.
The legislation relating to the juvenile criminal sentencing was already passed by the full Senate and is on its way to the House for consideration.
Several Senate Committees have begun hearings on the other items added to the call and the Senate is expected to meet again early next week to begin debating and voting on the pro-life and transportation legislation.
My office is currently accepting applications for the Texas Armed Services Scholarship! If you know a student from District 8 who plans on attending a ROTC college and serving in the military upon graduation encourage them to contact my office at
ken.paxton@senate.state.tx.us for more information on how to apply.
The deadline for applications is June 28th.
As always I look forward to hearing from you on these important matters and am proud to stand for the best interests of our community.
State Senator Ken Paxton was elected to the Texas Senate in 2012 after serving five terms in the Texas House of Representatives. His Senate District 8 includes the majority of Collin County including the cities of Allen Frisco McKinney Plano Richardson and part of Dallas County.
