AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas House wasn't in session Tuesday, but the Senate was. Lawmakers gave final approval to a handful of bills, including some controversial ones.

The upper chamber is moving quickly in the second special session . State senators took the final vote to pass six bills on Tuesday, including one that would make it easier for police to withhold certain records, another that would give the Attorney General's Office more power to prosecute election crimes, and another to ban taxpayer-funded lobbying.

Another bill that received final approval was Senate Bill 8, the so-called "bathroom bill," officially known as the "Texas Women's Privacy Act."

SB 8 would require people to use restrooms and locker rooms that match their sex assigned at birth in public schools and governmen

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