Gov. Rick Perry ignored pleas and requests to put a number of other issues on the special session agenda — entreaties that continued after the start of the session, and past Perry's statements that no additions are likely.

Family members and advocates for the late Timothy Cole — exonerated of rape charges after he died in a state prison — came to Austin seeking a gubernatorial pardon and asking Perry to put the issue in front of lawmakers if he thinks a new law is required to allow posthumous pardons.

Several lawmakers and trade groups wanted the governor to add eminent domain legislation to the call, saying the measure passed during the regular session helps but isn't enough because it doesn't compensate landowners for all of what they lose when the government forces them to sell land.

Several lawmakers and outside groups, led by Sen. Eliot Shapleigh of El Paso and Rep. Garnet Coleman of Houston, asked Perry to add an expansion of the Children's Health Insurance Program to the agenda.

Two hours after the House and Senate brought the special session to a close, the Harris County GOP was sending Houston Republicans messages urging them to ask Gov. Rick Perry to call another special session with Voter ID as the topic.

Lawmakers actually filed 36 bills, including the two that passed, the CDA bills that died, a CHIP expansion, and bills protecting concealed handgun owners from employer restrictions on storing their guns in their vehicles, extending mental health benefits to include eating disorders, indexing the minimum wage to the cost of living, extending eminent domain protections, changing benefits for employees of junior colleges, allowing revenue bonds for school construction, and tightening revolving door restrictions for Harris County employees.