It would appear the desire to let illegals, dead people, people who vote mutiple times, and others who are disqualified to vote was more important to the Texas demorats than the other couple hundred or so pending bills.
From NBC DF/W:
Dems Kill Voter ID Bill, and Nearly All Others Too
Texas Democrats declared victory in the partisan battle over tightening voter identification laws, but their five-day filibuster left hundreds of bills dead and threatened to spark a special session this summer..........
and
Hoping to avoid a special legislative session this summer, the Texas Senate passed legislation that would restore Texas' depleted windstorm insurance fund.......... They barreled past a midnight deadline with the help of a little legislative trickery: A Senate aide simply unplugged the lock at 11:59 p.m. Wednesday, allowing senators to keep debating as though midnight had never arrived.
So much for parking lot and college campus carry