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The amendment JUST NOW passed.

It was introduced by Rep Tracy King and adopted by the House.

The House then passed it to engrossment.

"Passed to engrossment" means it passed one vote in the House and will be voted on again in the House tomorrow for final House passage (practically a certainty).

Then it will be sent to a Senate committee.

Bill Status:
www.legis.state.tx.us/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=80R&Bill=HB2414

Amendment:
www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/80R/amendments/faspdf/HB02414H21.PDF

That is great news. Now will it be voted on by the House? Or does it still need to be scheduled for a vote? And if it passes the House do we still need to make sure it does not get amended again(in some unfavorable way) by the Senate? Of course if it were amended by the Senate the House would have to vote on it again in order for it to become law, correct?

Every House bill gets three votes in the House. The first vote is just a formality to send it to committee. The second vote is the most critical and approves the bill for the third and final vote. The third vote RARELY overturns the second.

HB 2414 passed the second vote (with the amendment attached) yesterday.

The bill will get a 3rd and final House vote today. It is a near certainty that it will pass this vote.

Matt in Carl Isett's office will be looking for a Senator to sponsor HB 2424 in the Senate.

The amended bill will then get referred to a Senate committee. I've been told that it will probably go to the "Natural Resources" committee.

We will need to lobby the Senate Committee for fast approval as a "Consent" items. Funny, we fought like hell to get it off the House Consent calendar. Now we want it on the Senate Consent Calendar. What a difference an amendment makes.

Timelines in the Senate will be tight, but we have reasonable odds of getting it through. I'll research the details on the Senate deadlines today or tomorrow.

We need it to stay as currently amended as it goes through the Senate. If it gets amended in the Senate, it will have to go to conference committee and will almost surely run out of time.

I don't see anyway we can lose now. It either dies and there is no change. Or, it is passed with the R&A&I exclusion.

This is a great example of working within the system to effect positive results. It also reminds me how much I've forgotten from my eighth-grade civics class.

Bill

We owe Senor King a steak dinner...
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Snakes of Hudspeth County, Texas

>>We owe Senor King a steak dinner...
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>> Snakes of Hudspeth County, Texas

I'm in. Let's get it together.

I agree with Joe. we owe thanks to several State reps!!! I am concerned about some of the misinformation out there. see my march 9 post above.
richard