It's not a priority like flood relief, or the redistricting battle, but one of the items on the second special session agenda involves the contracts that constables have with neighborhoods and school districts.
The legislation has been filed state Representatives Mike Schofield (R-Katy) and Tom Oliverson (R-Cypress), and it's basically to ensure that Harris County Commissioners Court cannot block those contracts.
"These lawmakers are saying, wait a minute, these programs are very popular, they're very successful, they result in safer communities" said Holly Hansen, reporter with The Texan.
The bill stipulates that the Commissioners Court "may not prohibit or otherwise restrict" the constables from entering these contracts, or negotiating the terms of the deal. It's reforming contract policing.
"This is just another example of lawmakers taking a look at Harris County Commissioners Court, there are concerns at the state level that some of these things are being politicized" Hansen told KTRH.
Case in point, Judge Lina Hidalgo who vehemently opposed a "pay parity" measure for law enforcement, which is a form of defunding the police. Something that the left still champions.
"The county has been somewhat hostile to these contracts, they've added all kinds of administrative fees" noted Hansen, "It may be part of their attempt to get rid of constables all together."
House Bill 26 will be given priority in Austin.