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In 2013, in her last regular legislative session, Patrick served on these House committees: (1) Appropriations, (2) Higher Education (vice chair), and (3) Rules and Resolutions. She also sat on the Joint Committee of Oversight of Higher Ed Governance, Excellence & Transparency.<ref name=votesmart/>​

In 2013, in her last regular legislative session, Patrick served on these House committees: (1) Appropriations, (2) Higher Education (vice chair), and (3) Rules and Resolutions. She also sat on the Joint Committee of Oversight of Higher Ed Governance, Excellence & Transparency.<ref name=votesmart/>​

Patrick supported the ban on [[abortion]] after twenty weeks of gestation in 2013, the bill passed the House, 96-49, and was quickly blocked by liberal federal courts. She also backed companion legislation to increase medical and licensing requirements of abortion providers.<ref name=votingrecords/> These issues brought forth an unsuccessful [[filibuster]] in the Texas State Senate by Wendy Russell Davis of Fort Worth,<ref>{{cite news|title=Filibuster in Texas Senate Tries to Halt Abortion Bill|author=Fernandez, M.|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/26/us/politics/senate-democrats-in-texas-try-blocking-abortion-bill-with-filibuster.html|newspaper=''[[The New York Times]]''|date=June 25, 2013|accessdate=March 9, 2014}}</ref>who in 2014 was the unsuccessful Democratic nominee for [[governor]], having lost to the Republican [[Greg Abbott]]. The Texas [[Right to Life]] Committee rated Patrick 67 percent favorable in 2013, and 60 percent in 2011.<ref name=ratings/>​

Patrick supported the ban on [[abortion]] after twenty weeks of gestation in 2013, the bill passed the House, 96-49, and was quickly blocked by liberal federal courts. She also backed companion legislation to increase medical and licensing requirements of abortion providers.<ref name=votingrecords/> These issues brought forth an unsuccessful [[filibuster]] in the Texas State Senate by Wendy Russell Davis of Fort Worth,<ref>{{cite news|title=Filibuster in Texas Senate Tries to Halt Abortion Bill|author=Fernandez, M.|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/26/us/politics/senate-democrats-in-texas-try-blocking-abortion-bill-with-filibuster.html|publisher=''[[The New York Times]]''|date=June 25, 2013|accessdate=June 22, 2020}}</ref>who in 2014 was the unsuccessful Democratic nominee for [[governor]], having lost to the Republican [[Greg Abbott]]. The Texas [[Right to Life]] Committee rated Patrick 67 percent favorable in 2013, and 60 percent in 2011.<ref name=ratings/>​

Patrick voted to establish a taxpayer-funded breakfast program for public schools, which passed the House, 73-58. She supported legislation to provide marshals for school security as a separate law-enforcement entity. She backed the successful bill to extend the franchise tax exemption to certain businesses. Patrick co-sponsored the bill to prohibit texting while driving. She voted to require testing for [[narcotics]] of those receiving unemployment compensation. She voted for the "equal pay for women" measure, which passed the House, 78-61,<ref name=votingrecords/>​ though the issue had been addressed with the Pay Equity Act of 1963.

Patrick voted to establish a taxpayer-funded breakfast program for public schools, which passed the House, 73-58. She supported legislation to provide marshals for school security as a separate law-enforcement entity. She backed the successful bill to extend the franchise tax exemption to certain businesses. Patrick co-sponsored the bill to prohibit texting while driving. She voted to require testing for [[narcotics]] of those receiving unemployment compensation. She voted for the "equal pay for women" measure, which passed the House, 78-61,<ref name=votingrecords/>​ though the issue had been addressed with the Pay Equity Act of 1963.