See the FOI for this comment by Suzette D - "I got confused because usually the engrossed version is the final. I learned something new."
and Todd K says - "But for Kercheval, the important vote is the final one. "Go look at HB 12," he said. "We were upfront about what was in there, and the members voted on it with pride." He described the adoption and dropping of amendments as a normal part of the legislative process. "Representative King was representing his constituents' concerns, but snakes are the biggest problem. By completely exempting them, what's the point of even moving forward?" he said."
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So this tells me that Todd K was putting a spin on the way that the non-engrossed version was attached in HB 12? Clearly the genuine surprise they had at TP&W at this tells us something contrary to what Todd K said in that story to the Austin Chronicle.
I think we should find out just how proud everybody is for the slight-of-hand bill that Hilderbran gave us.
Fact is that the engrossed version should be the final, that is part of the normal legislative process. Anything else simply put is not being honest with Texas.
