Texas Democratic lawmakers join multiple organizations outside the Texas State Capitol to criticize proposed changes to election laws on the 2021 Special Legislative Session agenda in Austin, TX on July 8, 2021. Texas lawmakers are back in Austin Thursday after wrapping up the 87th regular legislative session just over a month ago. Gov. Greg Abbott called a special session to work on what he considers unfinished business. The 11-item agenda he released on Wednesday includes a slew of Republican priorities. Among them are measures to expand cash bail, constrain how educators talk about racism in the classroom, and bar transgender students from playing on school sports teams that align with their gender identity.