Texas House of Representatives

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said Camp Mystic leaders would be invited to testify before the committees, as part of what Speaker Dustin Burrows said would be a "comprehensive and thorough review."

Saturday's decisions signal a deescalating intraparty tension that heightened at the start of the year.

The latest calls to stave off the politically charged execution come after a summer where GOP leaders asked the state courts to kick Democrats out of office and throw Beto O'Rourke in jail.

Gov. Greg Abbott called for a student to be expelled for celebrating Kirk's death. Legal experts say the student's speech is likely constitutionally protected.

Texas' governor issued an executive order Wednesday mandating age restrictions on consumable hemp products containing THC. This comes after Abbott's veto earlier this year of legislation that would have banned the products outright.

The committees were made to honor slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk and come as university faculty have come under online scrutiny.

Here's what we're watching this week at the Legislature.

HB 256 would prevent camps from correcting violations on the spot to avoid state penalties and reduce the number of camps serving on a state panel to a maximum of two.

New laws range from school vouchers and water infrastructure funding to a ban on city and county-funded abortion travel funds.

Senate Bill 8, which now heads to the House floor, would restrict which bathrooms in government buildings transgender people would be allowed to use.