Texas Legislature Fails to Pass Property Tax Cuts in Special Session.

The first 30-day special session in Texas ended with no new laws made and the House and Senate still deadlocked on property tax cuts. Governor Greg Abbott called a second special session focused solely on property taxes, asking lawmakers to provide relief through a method known as compression. The Legislature’s first overtime session jumped to a quick start on day one, when House members quickly approved their versions of property tax cuts and enhanced smuggling penalties and left town, telling senators to take it or leave it. Senators left it, passing several versions of a property tax plan in hopes of enticing the House back to the Capitol, or at least getting Abbott to relent on his opposition to the Senate’s tax-cut priorities.