Here is the link to the archived video of the hearing:

www.house.state.tx.us/committees/broadcasts.php?session=81&committeeCode=430

You'll need to click on the 3/10 2:11pm-4:50 pm link to download it. It can then be watched using RealPlayer.

Discussion of HB 1500 starts at about 21:00 and ends at about 1:56:00. For comic relief, watch for the scene during Rep Tracy King's opening comments where one of the reps apparently spooks one of his fellow reps with a snucking fake (later identified as a Crotalus rubberus).

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