Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has set a special legislative session in an attempt to pass a measure focused on the state’s election laws and regulations—coming weeks after Democrats blocked a Republican-backed election reform package from advancing by leaving the Capitol building.
The governor, a Republican, didn’t specify in the June 22 announcement the legislative priorities that will be included during the special session, scheduled to start on July 8. But Abbott has already said that he will ask state lawmakers to work on elections and bail bills that were halted by the walkout during the final hours of the previous legislative session on May 30.
