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Report On The Texas Legislature, 87th Session: An Urban Perspective-Executive Summary, Sarah Guidry Esq., Zahra Buck Whitfield Esq., Sidikat Ishola Student, Jamal Garner Student

The Bridge: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Legal & Social Policy

In Texas, the legislature meets every two years. At the end of a regular legislative session, hundreds of passed bills will have been sent to the governor for approval. The large number of bills and the wide range of topics they cover can make it difficult to gain an understanding of all the new laws that were passed, and this session there were three special sessions as well. At the close of each legislative session the Earl Carl Institute publishes, for the benefit of its constituents, highlights from the session in a bi-annual legislative report. In this year’s publication entitled …