88th 3rd Called Session
October 9, 2023 - November 7, 2023

Leadership

Governor: Greg Abbott
Lieutenant Governor: information not available.
Speaker(s) of the House: Dade Phelan 

Special Session Topics

• Consider and act upon legislation concerning public safety, security, environmental quality, and property ownership in areas like the Colony Ridge development in Liberty County, Texas. [Thu Oct 5, 2023]
• Consider and act upon legislation prohibiting COVID-19 vaccine mandates by private employers. [Thu Oct 5, 2023]
• Consider and act upon legislation providing education savings accounts for all Texas schoolchildren. [Thu Oct 5, 2023]
• Consider and act upon legislation to do more to reduce illegal immigration by creating a criminal offense for illegal entry into this state from a foreign nation and authorizing all licensed peace officers to remove illegal immigrants from Texas. [Thu Oct 5, 2023]
• Consider and act upon legislation to impede illegal entry into Texas by increasing the penalties for certain criminal conduct involving the smuggling of persons or the operation of a stash house. [Thu Oct 5, 2023]
• Consider and act upon legislation to impede illegal entry into Texas by providing more funding for the construction, operation, and maintenance of border barrier infrastructure. [Thu Oct 5, 2023]
• Amending second subject in proclamation of October 5, 2023, to: Legislation to do more to reduce illegal immigration by creating criminal offenses for illegal entry into this state from a foreign nation and illegal reentry or presence following denial of admission, exclusion, deportation, or removal; authorizing all licensed peace officers to remove illegal immigrants from Texas; and providing indemnification of public officials, employees, or contractors in connection with the foregoing. [Tue Oct 17, 2023]
• Legislation related to school safety measures and related state funding mechanisms. [Tue Oct 31, 2023]
• Legislation relating to primary and secondary education, including the establishment of an education savings account program, the certification, compensation, and health coverage of certain public school employees, the public school finance system, special education in public schools, measures to support the education of public school students that include certain educational grant programs, reading instruction, and early childhood education, the provision of virtual education, and public school accountability. [Tue Oct 31, 2023]
• Legislation to provide additional funding for border security operations, including paying for additional overtime expenses and costs due to an increased law enforcement presence to preserve public safety and security in the Colony Ridge development in Liberty County, Texas. [Wed Nov 1, 2023]

Bill statistics for the 88th Legislature, 3rd Called Session

Status	HB	HCR	HJR	HR	SB	SCR	SJR	SR	Total HB & SB	Total
Filed	203	28	7	192	76	3	1	88	279	598
Passed	0	18	0	187	2	0	0	85	2	292
Vetoed	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0