State Legislatures Convene Separate Special Sessions in Texas, Wisconsin and Nevada

Three U.S. states convened special legislative sessions on separate occasions to address distinct policy matters. In Texas, Governor Greg Abbott announced a special session beginning Monday, July 21, following the conclusion of the 89th Regular Legislative Session. In Wisconsin, the governor called two special sessions of the 107th Legislature, one starting April 14, 2026, focused on a constitutional amendment to ban partisan redistricting, and another starting May 13, 2026, addressing a plan to spend down the state's budget surplus; both ended May 14, 2026. In Nevada, lawmakers held a special session in which legislators, rather than the governor, took a leading role in shaping the agenda. According to the Texas Governor's Office, during the preceding regular session Abbott signed 1,155 bills into law and vetoed 28; the special session was intended to allow further legislative consideration of bills previously vetoed or left unsigned. In Wisconsin, both special sessions concluded on May 14, 2026, without resolution on either the redistricting amendment or the budget surplus spending plan, per the cited account. In Nevada, according to Nevada Current, lawmakers worked on AB4, described as the governor's crime bill, which received a major amendment before advancing to the Assembly; a companion measure, SB9, was introduced alongside it. The Nevada session also took up legislation targeting corporate ownership of single-family homes, an issue lawmakers had previously been addressing. Each of these three special sessions is documented by only a single source in the available reporting, meaning the specific details—such as the exact content of Texas's carryover bills, the reasons Wisconsin's sessions failed to reach resolution, and the final disposition of Nevada's AB4, SB9, and the corporate homeownership legislation—remain unverified by independent corroboration. No outcome is confirmed for the Wisconsin sessions beyond their inconclusive end date, and the ultimate fate of the Nevada bills after committee amendment is not established in the available material.