This session was, to date, the most prolific in history; exceeding previous records set in 1983 and 1985.
Senate bills responding to news-making events on various state university campuses were passed.
These included a bill in response to a fraternity hazing death at the University of Texas and various bills directly addressing booster involvement in campus athletics.
The latter bills were implemented to prevent events that had resulted in the so-called "death penalty" being assessed against Southern Methodist University by the NCAA.
This issue was a particularly sore spot for governor Bill Clements since he had been the head of the university's board of trustees during the scandal and had purportedly authorized payments to student athletes in direct violation of NCAA policy.
Key legislation regarding the sale of alcoholic beverages was passed in this session.
Other legislations related to intoxicants address "designer drugs" and placed legal liabilities on those establishments serving alcoholic beverages.
The Senate approved observing the third Monday in January as Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
It was specifically designed to address issue related to insurance and civil liability, otherwise known as tort reform.
The second special session addressed 72 various topics from passing the state budget to wastewater treatment, between June 22 and July 21, 1987.