Weekly Roundup - July 25, 2025

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• Texas’ First Special Session of 2025 Kicks Off Today
• Flooding, THC, Redistricting: Here's What's on the Texas Legislature's Special Session Agenda
• Interview: Abbott Discusses Special Session, THC Regulation, Congressional Redistricting
• Speaker Burrows Announces Texas House Select Committee on Congressional Redistricting
• Texas Lawmakers Called to Regulate Hemp-Derived THC During Special Session
• Texas Senate Committee Unanimously Approves New THC Regulation Bill
• Texas Bill Cracking Down on Chemical Abortion Pills Expected During Special Session
• Agriculture, Wildlife Experts Update Lawmakers on New World Screwworm in Committee Hearing
• ‘Bathroom Bill’ Separating Biological Female, Male Spaces Back in Legislative Ringer for Special Session