At midnight on Thursday, Lt. Governor Dan Patrick convened the Texas Senate to pass the only must-pass bills on Governor Greg Abbott’s special session agenda — the sunset bills reauthorizing the Texas Medical Board and other state agencies.

As expected, Abbott gave Patrick the green light to move forward with the other items on his agenda — bills that target transgender people for discrimination, restrict women’s access to abortion, undermine quality public education, strip public workers of union rights, and override local control. Patrick didn’t skip a beat in suspending the rules to take up these dangerous, discriminatory, and hateful bills as fast as possible.

FRIDAY, July 21:

8 AM: abortion restrictions & maternal mortality

The Senate Health and Human Services Committee will hear bills dealing with maternal mortality and two abortion restrictions. Click here for more info on the hearing.

9 AM: anti-transgender “bathroom” bill

The Senate State Affairs Committee will hear anti-transgender, so-called “bathroom" bills. Click here for more info on the hearing.

10 AM: private school vouchers

The Senate Education Committee will hear private school voucher bill. Click here for more information.

SATURDAY, July 22:

9 AM: anti-abortion bill

The Senate Business and Commerce Committee will hear a bill which would ban insurance coverage for abortion. Click here for more info on the hearing.

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