AUSTIN (Talk1370.com) -- Texas Gov. Greg Abbott will lay out his priorities for the 2021 legislative session in his State of the State address Monday night.
The address, which will be televised live to a statewide audience, is scheduled for 7 p.m. Monday night.
Abbott is expected to designate a number of "emergency items" for the legislature to take up, following a provision of the Texas Constitution that prevents the Legislature from passing other bills within the first 60 days of the regular session.
"We are at a pivotal moment in our state’s history, and this televised address is an occasion for every Texan to celebrate our state’s exceptionalism and recognize our shared goal for an even better Texas," Abbott said in a statement.
The speech is normally given in the Capitol, but will instead be delivered from a small business in Central Texas due to the COVID-19 pandemic.