The move, basically telling the Senate to take the House bill or leave it, could exacerbate already heightened tensions at the Capitol. Gov. Abbott ended up siding with the House shortly after the vote.
, his Senate counterpart, on Tuesday: Take our pitch or leave the special session with nothing.
For the smuggling bill, that might not be a huge hurdle. A similar version has been filed in the Senate. But Patrick was not ready to concede to Abbott and Phelan. In a statement released Tuesday night, Patrick said Abbott was misinformed about the roles of the governor and the Legislature, arguing that Abbott cannot dictate the language in a bill. Patrick repeated a statement he made earlier in the day on the Senate floor that the upper chamber's legislation was germane to the focus of the special session.
Boosting the exemption was Patrick’s biggest tax-cut priority this year. He and the Senate have insisted on concentrating more of the tax-cut savings on homeowners, who make up more than 60% of adult Texans. But Abbott left a homestead exemption proposal off of his agenda for a special session. Only Abbott can call a special session and only he can determine which legislation lawmakers take up.
The Senate proposal would direct $12.1 billion to pay for the homestead exemption hike and to help school districts lower their tax rates, according to a fiscal analysis of the proposal. It's unclear how an additional $200 million already allocated for new tax cuts would be used.
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