First week of Texas special session included flood response, redistricting and THC regulation

Lawmakers have filed bills to improve early warning systems and emergency communications and to provide relief funding. Public hearings are planned around Texas as the GOP has only a few weeks to vote through new redistricting maps. Just weeks after Gov. Abbott vetoed a bill banning products containing THC, state senators revived it in the special session, filing nearly identical legislation and passing it unanimously out of committee with a 10-0 vote on Tuesday.