Special Sessions of the Texas Legislature

After the end of a regular session and before the start of the next regular session, the Governor may call a special session to cover specific topics. Special sessions can last no longer than 30 days and are limited to the topics designated by the Governor (Texas Constitution Article 3, Section 40). For more information, see the FAQ on special sessions.

List of special sessions and years

Leg	Session	Days	Governor	Begin date	End date	Session topics		Summary
88th	1st C.S.	30	Greg Abbott	May 29, 2023	Jun 27, 2023	2 topics	Proclamations
	2nd C.S.	17	Greg Abbott	Jun 27, 2023	Jul 13, 2023	4 topics	Proclamations Supp. Mat.
87th	1st C.S.	30	Greg Abbott	Jul 8, 2021	Aug 6, 2021	11 topics	Proclamations
	2nd C.S.	27	Greg Abbott	Aug 7, 2021	Sep 2, 2021	18 topics	Proclamations Supp. Mat.
	3rd C.S.	30	Greg Abbott	Sep 20, 2021	Oct 19, 2021	10 topics	Proclamations Supp. Mat.
85th	1st C.S.	29	Greg Abbott	Jul 18, 2017	Aug 15, 2017	21 topics	Proclamations Supp. Mat.
83rd	1st C.S.	30	Rick Perry	May 27, 2013	Jun 25, 2013	4 topics	Proclamations Supp. Mat.
	2nd C.S.	30	Rick Perry	Jul 1, 2013	Jul 30, 2013	3 topics	Proclamations
	3rd C.S.	7	Rick Perry	Jul 30, 2013	Aug 5, 2013	1 topic	Proclamations
82nd	1st C.S.	30	Rick Perry	May 31, 2011	Jun 29, 2011	6 topics	Proclamations
81st	1st C.S.	2	Rick Perry	Jul 1, 2009	Jul 2, 2009	3 topics	Proclamations
79th	1st C.S.	30	Rick Perry	Jun 21, 2005	Jul 20, 2005	22 topics	Proclamations
	2nd C.S.	30	Rick Perry	Jul 21, 2005	Aug 19, 2005	21 topics	Proclamations
	3rd C.S.	30	Rick Perry	Apr 17, 2006	May 16, 2006	12 topics	Proclamations Supp. Mat.
78th	1st C.S.	29	Rick Perry	Jun 30, 2003	Jul 28, 2003	30 topics	Proclamations
	2nd C.S.	30	Rick Perry	Jul 28, 2003	Aug 26, 2003	5 topics	Proclamations
	3rd C.S.	28	Rick Perry	Sep 15, 2003	Oct 12, 2003	14 topics	Proclamations
	4th C.S.	28	Rick Perry	Apr 20, 2004	May 17, 2004	14 topics	Proclamations
72nd	1st C.S.	30	Ann W. Richards	Jul 15, 1991	Aug 13, 1991	10 topics	Proclamations Supp. Mat.	1st & 2nd C.S.
	2nd C.S.	7	Ann W. Richards	Aug 19, 1991	Aug 25, 1991	13 topics	Proclamations	(see above)
	3rd C.S.	7	Ann W. Richards	Jan 2, 1992	Jan 8, 1992	3 topics	Proclamations
	4th C.S.	24	Ann W. Richards	Nov 10, 1992	Dec 3, 1992	1 topic	Proclamations Supp. Mat.
71st	1st C.S.	30	William P. Clements	Jun 20, 1989	Jul 19, 1989	59 topics	Proclamations
	2nd C.S.	29	William P. Clements	Nov 14, 1989	Dec 12, 1989	1 topic	Proclamations
	3rd C.S.	30	William P. Clements	Feb 27, 1990	Mar 28, 1990	2 topics	Proclamations	3rd - 6th C.S.
	4th C.S.	30	William P. Clements	Apr 2, 1990	May 1, 1990	3 topics	Proclamations	(see above)
	5th C.S.	29	William P. Clements	May 2, 1990	May 30, 1990	3 topics	Proclamations	(see above)
	6th C.S.	4	William P. Clements	Jun 4, 1990	Jun 7, 1990	37 topics	Proclamations	(see above)
70th	1st C.S.	2	William P. Clements	Jun 2, 1987	Jun 3, 1987	4 topics	Proclamations Supp. Mat.
	2nd C.S.	30	William P. Clements	Jun 22, 1987	Jul 21, 1987	72 topics	Proclamations
69th	1st C.S.	3	Mark W. White, Jr.	May 28, 1985	May 30, 1985	3 topics	Proclamations
	2nd C.S.	30	Mark W. White, Jr.	Aug 6, 1986	Sep 4, 1986	19 topics	Proclamations Supp. Mat.	2nd C.S.
	3rd C.S.	23	Mark W. White, Jr.	Sep 8, 1986	Sep 30, 1986	21 topics	Proclamations Supp. Mat.	3rd C.S.
68th	1st C.S.	4	Mark W. White, Jr.	Jun 22, 1983	Jun 25, 1983	11 topics	Proclamations	1st C.S.
	2nd C.S.	30	Mark W. White, Jr.	Jun 4, 1984	Jul 3, 1984	31 topics	Proclamations Supp. Mat.	2nd C.S. Pre 2nd C.S. Post
67th	1st C.S.	30	William P. Clements	Jul 13, 1981	Aug 11, 1981	20 topics	Proclamations Supp. Mat.	1st C.S.
	2nd C.S.	5	William P. Clements	May 24, 1982	May 28, 1982	7 topics	Proclamations	2nd C.S.
	3rd C.S.	3	William P. Clements	Sep 7, 1982	Sep 9, 1982	2 topics	Proclamations
65th	1st C.S.	11	Dolph Briscoe	Jul 11, 1977	Jul 21, 1977	5 topics	Proclamations Supp. Mat.	1st C.S.
	2nd C.S.	30	Dolph Briscoe	Jul 10, 1978	Aug 8, 1978	18 topics	Proclamations Supp. Mat.	2nd C.S.
63rd	1st C.S.	3	Dolph Briscoe	Dec 18, 1973	Dec 20, 1973	1 topic	Proclamations Supp. Mat.
62nd	1st C.S.	4	Preston Smith	Jun 1, 1971	Jun 4, 1971	10 topics	Proclamations Supp. Mat.
	2nd C.S.	3	Preston Smith	Mar 28, 1972	Mar 30, 1972	2 topics	Proclamations Supp. Mat.
	3rd C.S.	24	Preston Smith	Jun 14, 1972	Jul 7, 1972	1 topic	Proclamations Supp. Mat.
	4th C.S.	30	Preston Smith	Sep 18, 1972	Oct 17, 1972	30 topics	Proclamations Supp. Mat.
61st	1st C.S.	30	Preston Smith	Jul 28, 1969	Aug 26, 1969	2 topics	Proclamations Supp. Mat.
	2nd C.S.	14	Preston Smith	Aug 27, 1969	Sep 9, 1969	12 topics	Proclamations Supp. Mat.
60th	1st C.S.	30	John B. Connally, Jr.	Jun 4, 1968	Jul 3, 1968	3 topics	Proclamations Supp. Mat.
59th	1st C.S.	10	John B. Connally, Jr.	Feb 14, 1966	Feb 23, 1966	1 topic	Proclamations Supp. Mat.
57th	1st C.S.	30	Price Daniel, Sr.	Jul 10, 1961	Aug 8, 1961	24 topics	Proclamations Supp. Mat.
	2nd C.S.	5	Price Daniel, Sr.	Aug 10, 1961	Aug 14, 1961	2 topics	Proclamations Supp. Mat.
	3rd C.S.	30	Price Daniel, Sr.	Jan 3, 1962	Feb 1, 1962	39 topics	Proclamations Supp. Mat.
56th	1st C.S.	30	Price Daniel, Sr.	May 18, 1959	Jun 16, 1959	11 topics	Proclamations Supp. Mat.
	2nd C.S.	30	Price Daniel, Sr.	Jun 17, 1959	Jul 16, 1959	13 topics	Proclamations Supp. Mat.
	3rd C.S.	21	Price Daniel, Sr.	Jul 17, 1959	Aug 6, 1959	3 topics	Proclamations Supp. Mat.
55th	1st C.S.	30	Price Daniel, Sr.	Oct 14, 1957	Nov 12, 1957	56 topics	Proclamations Supp. Mat.
	2nd C.S.	21	Price Daniel, Sr.	Nov 13, 1957	Dec 3, 1957	3 topics	Proclamations Supp. Mat.
53rd	1st C.S.	30	Robert Allan Shivers	Mar 15, 1954	Apr 13, 1954	23 topics	Proclamations Supp. Mat.
51st	1st C.S.	30	Robert Allan Shivers	Jan 31, 1950	Mar 1, 1950	39 topics	Proclamations Supp. Mat.
47th	1st C.S.	11	Coke R. Stevenson	Sep 9, 1941	Sep 19, 1941	1 topic	Proclamations Supp. Mat.
45th	1st C.S.	30	James V Allred	May 27, 1937	Jun 25, 1937	29 topics	Proclamations Supp. Mat.
	2nd C.S.	30	James V Allred	Sep 27, 1937	Oct 26, 1937	3 topics	Proclamations Supp. Mat.
44th	1st C.S.	30	James V Allred	Sep 16, 1935	Oct 15, 1935	34 topics	Proclamations Supp. Mat.
	2nd C.S.	30	James V Allred	Oct 16, 1935	Nov 14, 1935	31 topics	Proclamations Supp. Mat.
	3rd C.S.	30	James V Allred	Sep 28, 1936	Oct 27, 1936	3 topics	Proclamations Supp. Mat.
43rd	1st C.S.	30	Miriam Ferguson	Sep 14, 1933	Oct 13, 1933	153 topics	Proclamations Supp. Mat.
	2nd C.S.	30	Miriam Ferguson	Jan 29, 1934	Feb 27, 1934	116 topics	Proclamations Supp. Mat.
	3rd C.S.	30	Miriam Ferguson	Aug 27, 1934	Sep 25, 1934	59 topics	Proclamations Supp. Mat.
	4th C.S.	30	Miriam Ferguson	Oct 12, 1934	Nov 10, 1934	9 topics	Proclamations Supp. Mat.
42nd	1st C.S.	30	Ross S. Sterling	Jul 14, 1931	Aug 12, 1931	31 topics	Proclamations Supp. Mat.
	2nd C.S.	26	Ross S. Sterling	Sep 8, 1931	Oct 3, 1931	28 topics	Proclamations Supp. Mat.
	3rd C.S.	23	Ross S. Sterling	Aug 30, 1932	Sep 21, 1932	23 topics	Proclamations Supp. Mat.
	4th C.S.	10	Ross S. Sterling	Nov 3, 1932	Nov 12, 1932	2 topics	Proclamations Supp. Mat.
41st	1st C.S.	30	Daniel J. Moody, Jr.	Apr 22, 1929	May 21, 1929	58 topics	Proclamations Supp. Mat.
	2nd C.S.	30	Daniel J. Moody, Jr.	Jun 3, 1929	Jul 2, 1929	40 topics	Proclamations Supp. Mat.
	3rd C.S.	18	Daniel J. Moody, Jr.	Jul 3, 1929	Jul 20, 1929	14 topics	Proclamations Supp. Mat.
	4th C.S.	30	Daniel J. Moody, Jr.	Jan 20, 1930	Feb 18, 1930	13 topics	Proclamations Supp. Mat.
	5th C.S.	30	Daniel J. Moody, Jr.	Feb 19, 1930	Mar 20, 1930	51 topics	Proclamations Supp. Mat.
40th	1st C.S.	30	Daniel J. Moody, Jr.	May 9, 1927	Jun 7, 1927	78 topics	Proclamations Supp. Mat.
39th	1st C.S.	26	Miriam Ferguson	Sep 13, 1926	Oct 8, 1926	125 topics	Proclamations Supp. Mat.
38th	1st C.S.	1	Pat M. Neff	Mar 15, 1923	Mar 15, 1923	4 topics	Proclamations
	2nd C.S.	30	Pat M. Neff	Apr 16, 1923	May 15, 1923	58 topics	Proclamations Supp. Mat.
	3rd C.S.	30	Pat M. Neff	May 16, 1923	Jun 14, 1923	16 topics	Proclamations Supp. Mat.
37th	1st C.S.	30	Pat M. Neff	Jul 18, 1921	Aug 16, 1921	134 topics	Proclamations Supp. Mat.
	2nd C.S.	9	Pat M. Neff	Aug 17, 1921	Aug 25, 1921	3 topics	Proclamations Supp. Mat.
36th	1st C.S.	5	William P. Hobby	May 5, 1919	May 9, 1919	3 topics	Proclamations Supp. Mat.
	2nd C.S.	30	William P. Hobby	Jun 23, 1919	Jul 22, 1919	253 topics	Proclamations Supp. Mat.
	3rd C.S.	30	William P. Hobby	May 20, 1920	Jun 18, 1920	204 topics	Proclamations Supp. Mat.
	4th C.S.	12	William P. Hobby	Sep 21, 1920	Oct 2, 1920	30 topics	Proclamations Supp. Mat.
35th	1st C.S.	30	James E. Ferguson	Apr 18, 1917	May 17, 1917	96 topics	Proclamations Supp. Mat.
	2nd C.S.	59	James E. Ferguson	Aug 1, 1917	Aug 30, 1917	24 topics	Proclamations Supp. Mat.
	3rd C.S.	30	William P. Hobby	Aug 31, 1917	Sep 29, 1917	71 topics	Proclamations Supp. Mat.
	4th C.S.	30	William P. Hobby	Feb 26, 1918	Mar 27, 1918	172 topics	Proclamations Supp. Mat.
34th	1st C.S.	30	James E. Ferguson	Apr 29, 1915	May 28, 1915	77 topics	Proclamations Supp. Mat.
33rd	1st C.S.	30	Oscar Branch Colquitt	Jul 21, 1913	Aug 19, 1913	50 topics	Proclamations Supp. Mat.
	2nd C.S.	30	Oscar Branch Colquitt	Aug 24, 1914	Sep 22, 1914	8 topics	Proclamations Supp. Mat.
	3rd C.S.	30	Oscar Branch Colquitt	Sep 23, 1914	Oct 22, 1914	7 topics	Proclamations Supp. Mat.
32nd	1st C.S.	30	Oscar Branch Colquitt	Jul 31, 1911	Aug 29, 1911	86 topics	Proclamations Supp. Mat.
31st	1st C.S.	30	Thomas Mitchell Campbell	Mar 13, 1909	Apr 11, 1909	27 topics	Proclamations Supp. Mat.
	2nd C.S.	30	Thomas Mitchell Campbell	Apr 12, 1909	May 11, 1909	38 topics	Proclamations Supp. Mat.
	3rd C.S.	30	Thomas Mitchell Campbell	Jul 19, 1910	Aug 17, 1910	27 topics	Proclamations Supp. Mat.
	4th C.S.	24	Thomas Mitchell Campbell	Aug 18, 1910	Sep 10, 1910	7 topics	Proclamations Supp. Mat.
30th	1st C.S.	30	Thomas Mitchell Campbell	Apr 12, 1907	May 11, 1907	31 topics	Proclamations Supp. Mat.
29th	1st C.S.	30	S.W.T. Lanham	Apr 15, 1905	May 14, 1905	12 topics	Proclamations Supp. Mat.
	2nd C.S.	9	S.W.T. Lanham	Mar 26, 1906	Apr 3, 1906	1 topic	Proclamations
28th	1st C.S.	30	S.W.T. Lanham	Apr 2, 1903	May 1, 1903	15 topics	Proclamations Supp. Mat.
27th	1st C.S.	30	Joseph D. Sayers	Aug 6, 1901	Sep 4, 1901	27 topics	Proclamations Supp. Mat.
	2nd C.S.	27	Joseph D. Sayers	Sep 5, 1901	Oct 1, 1901	4 topics	Proclamations Supp. Mat.
26th	1st C.S.	30	Joseph D. Sayers	Jan 23, 1900	Feb 21, 1900	22 topics	Proclamations Supp. Mat.
25th	1st C.S.	30	Charles A. Culberson	May 22, 1897	Jun 20, 1897	14 topics	Proclamations Supp. Mat.
24th	1st C.S.	7	Charles A. Culberson	Oct 1, 1895	Oct 7, 1895	5 topics	Proclamations Supp. Mat.
22nd	1st C.S.	30	James Stephen Hogg	Mar 14, 1892	Apr 12, 1892	16 topics	Proclamations
20th	1st C.S.	30	Lawrence Sullivan Ross	Apr 16, 1888	May 15, 1888	7 topics	Proclamations Supp. Mat.
18th	1st C.S.	30	John Ireland	Jan 8, 1884	Feb 6, 1884	14 topics	Proclamations Supp. Mat.
17th	1st C.S.	30	Oran M. Roberts	Apr 6, 1882	May 5, 1882	31 topics	Proclamations Supp. Mat.
16th	1st C.S.	30	Oran M. Roberts	Jun 10, 1879	Jul 9, 1879	91 topics	Proclamations Supp. Mat.
14th	2nd R.S.	63	Richard Coke	Jan 12, 1875	Mar 15, 1875	56 topics	Supp. Mat.
12th	Provisional	17	Edmund J. Davis	Feb 8, 1870	Feb 24, 1870	3 topics	Supp. Mat.
	1st C.S.	112	Edmund J. Davis	Apr 26, 1870	Aug 15, 1870	36 topics	Proclamations Supp. Mat.
	Adjourned	82	Edmund J. Davis	Sep 12, 1871	Dec 2, 1871	5 topics	Supp. Mat.
10th	1st C.S.	20	Pendleton Murrah	May 9, 1864	May 28, 1864
	2nd C.S.	30	Pendleton Murrah	Oct 17, 1864	Nov 15, 1864	5 topics	Proclamations Supp. Mat.
9th	1st C.S.	34	Francis R. Lubbock	Feb 2, 1863	Mar 7, 1863	21 topics	Supp. Mat.
8th	1st C.S.	20	Sam Houston	Jan 21, 1861	Feb 9, 1861
	Adjourned	23	Edward Clark	Mar 18, 1861	Apr 9, 1861
6th	Adjourned	57	Elisha M. Pease	Jul 7, 1856	Sep 1, 1856
4th	1st C.S.	29	Peter Hansbrough Bell	Jan 10, 1853	Feb 7, 1853
3rd	1st C.S.	26	Peter Hansbrough Bell	Aug 12, 1850	Sep 6, 1850
	2nd C.S.	16	Peter Hansbrough Bell	Nov 18, 1850	Dec 3, 1850