The Texas Constitution limits the length of the legislative
session to minimize the scope of government. Most other states
provide annual regular legislative sessions. Texas is among only
five states with biennial legislative sessions. The state has grown
immensely in the intervening 200 years. The population has
exploded, the economy larger than all but twelve nations, and the
needs of the state have diversified. In a massive, complex, and
growing state like Texas, a biennial session for only four months...