Updated 9:15 a.m. Friday with developments about the priorities list.

SAN ANTONIO — For those who thought the so-called bathroom bill was flushed long ago, think again.

Every year, delegates to Republican Party of Texas convention hand state lawmakers five priorities. On Thursday night, they put the bathroom bill on this list.

The legislative priorities committee report now reads: "Pass legislation prohibiting the violation of the rights and freedoms of individuals, organizations and businesses, to exercise their sincerely held religious beliefs by local ordinances or state laws; and pass legislation that protects the privacy and safety of women and children in multi-use facilities such as bathrooms, locker rooms and showers in all Texas schools and government buildings and oppose legislation that would undermine these privacy and safety protections."

In 2017, the Texas Legislature debated a bill that would have required people to use restrooms and other intimate facilities that match their biological sex. The so-called bathroom bill was called discriminatory by the LGBTQ community, who said it targeted transgender Texans, and opposed by big businesses that insisted it would be bad for the Texas economy.

The bill failed to become law, but it became the most contentious political issue of the year. On Thursday night, the legislative priorities committee of the Republican Party of Texas will decide whether to formally put the bathroom issue on its list of priorities.

In additional to the "privacy" issue, the other preliminary legislative priorities include:

Constitutional carry — "Pass constitutional carry" — a law to allow the carry of firearms without a permit or license — "while maintaining licensing for reciprocity purposes."

Taxpayer funded lobbying — "Pass legislation to abolish all forms of taxpayer funded lobbying and end the mandatory confiscation of union dues."

Abortion — "Pass legislation to abolish abortion; including, but not limited to, enacting legislation that would ignore and refuse to enforce any and all federal statutes, regulations, executive orders, and court rulings, which would deprive an unborn child of the right to life, as well as enacting life-saving legislation such as PreNDA or a 'heartbeat bill.'"

Property tax — "Abolish the Maintenance and Operation School property tax and replace it with a consumption tax or other mechanism other than income tax while broadening the tax base, eliminating the appraisal board and taxing the property at the purchased value or the free market value upon change of hands for local government funding and special district funding. School Maintenance and Operation funds shall be allocated from the state's general fund to Texas' Independent School Districts via an inflation-adjusted, per-student-allocation."

The full convention of more than 8,000 delegates will vote on the final list of legislative priorities Saturday. The party's executive commission can add up to three additional priorities, which it will vote on at its December meeting.