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The Texas Senate quickly got to work Monday by passing several bills on the chamber’s desk as part of Gov. Greg Abbott ’s agenda for the second special session of the year for the Legislature, focusing first on flood-related legislation.

Abbott’s agenda for this special session nearly mirrors the first. However, work during that session was stalled when Texas House Democrats left the state to prevent Republicans from passing the new congressional maps.

Among the flood-related bills the Senate passed was one that seeks to improve safety measures at youth summer camps following the deadly July 4 weekend flash floods that killed at least 135 people in Central Tex

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