Inside Texas Politics: Previewing the legislative special session that kicks off July 8 Gov. Greg Abbott has set a number of priorities for the special session that's set to start this week. Credit: CrackerClips - stock.adobe.com Author: Berna Dean Steptoe Updated: 3:00 PM CDT July 3, 2021 AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Republicans’ so-called voter integrity bill is expected to be reintroduced in next week's special session. Democrats claim the bill suppresses the minority vote. In fact, this issue recently led Democrats to walk out of the state capitol, and by doing so, they killed the bill on the last day of the regular session.