Texas Senate advances bill to restrict how race, nation's history is taught in schools Updated 5:17 PM ET, Thu July 22, 2021 (CNN)While the Texas Legislature remains embroiled in a battle over election laws, Republican senators have advanced a bill that would reshape how social studies teachers can discuss race and current events in their classrooms. SB3, which passed the Republican-led chamber in a 18-4 vote last week, now remains stalled in the state House after that chamber's Democrats broke quorum and went to Washington, DC, to block action on a separate restrictive voting law. Republican Gov. Greg Abbott listed a proposal "concerning critical race theory" among his priorities for the legislature's special session that convened earlier this month.