Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) “directed lawmakers back to Austin for an anticipated third special legislative session of the year, scheduled to start Sept. 20,” the Austin American-Statesman reports.
“In addition to redrawing the state’s political boundaries — a decennial responsibility of the Legislature — Abbott tasked lawmakers with allocating $16 billion in federal coronavirus relief funds and revisiting two priority measures that were unsuccessful this summer: limiting participation of transgender student athletes in school sports and prohibiting vaccine mandates.”
Texas Tribune: “The bills about transgender student athletes and COVID-19 mandates will likely turn up the heat on an already contentious 30-day session.”
