Lt. Gov. Patrick’s priority bills signal swing at pushing Texas to the right
Wed, 02/15/2023 - 12:00am
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick announced a list Monday of 30 wide-ranging bills that he has designated his legislative priorities, including providing property tax relief and increasing natural gas plants to improve the reliability of the state’s power grid. He also detailed more specifically his plans to push a socially conservative agenda that would ban certain books in schools, restrict transgender student athlete participation in collegiate sports and end gender- transition treatment for young people.