SB354 offered as amendement to SB 1581

[Owens]

This is good news! Hopefully our Brady scores will be dropping a few points in the near future!

[Smily]

Wooo Hoooo!!!!

Can someone who knows about the process tell us what is next?

-Smily

[Owens]

I think the House companion bill has to pass OR they adopt the senate version in its entirety,
then a house vote,then to Govs office.

[tacticool]

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Ironically, Wentworth was able to add his amendment to Senate Bill 1581 because of an amendment that Zaffirini added to the legislation just a few minutes earlier.

[mgood]

[txsccc]

Our opponents didn't anticipate us having any more cards up our sleeves

On to the House and to Perry and then it's final. I wonder if John Woods will be moving to another state after this?

[hirundo82]

So will this be an important enough bill that it will be able to get out of the House Calendars committee?

It may not need to. SB1581 has a companion bill in the House that has already been voted out of Calendars; it should be on the supplemental calendar for tomorrow.

ETA: sponsors of the companion HB3639 (Pitts and Aycock) are both TSRA A-rated Republicans, although neither is a HB750 cosponsor.

[Jasonw560]

So will this be an important enough bill that it will be able to get out of the House Calendars committee?

I don't think these go to Calendars. I think Calendars sets the House Calendars, and whatever comes from the Senate gets pushed to the front. I'm probably wrong.

BTW, Johhny Woodhead is despondent in his tweeting.

[tacticool]

So will this be an important enough bill that it will be able to get out of the House Calendars committee?

It may not need to. SB1581 has a companion bill in the House that has already been voted out of Calendars; it should be on the supplemental calendar for tomorrow.

Neither Pitts nor Aycock, the authors of HB3639, are authors/coauthors of HB750.

[Jasonw560]

So will this be an important enough bill that it will be able to get out of the House Calendars committee?

It may not need to. SB1581 has a companion bill in the House that has already been voted out of Calendars; it should be on the supplemental calendar for tomorrow.

ETA: sponsors of the companion HB3639 (Pitts and Aycock) are both TSRA A-rated, although neither is a HB750 cosponsor.

Kind of like they did for HB 681... I think they substituted SB 321 for it when it came up.

[Jasonw560]

Is it too early to start taunting John Woods? JUST KIDDING, WOODHEADS TROLLING THIS FORUM

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I absolutely love Texas politics!!!!

[RPB]

I absolutely love Texas politics!!!!

I just got back; read the pages of happnins since I had left ... thanks guys for posting the play by play


See, just gotta have a little faith.

But continue calling/faxing Calendars tomorrow ... on both 750 and 2178

I'm wanting to call and express thanks to zaffrini ... but I'm a better sport than that

[Hoi Polloi]

Does this mean there was no private school opt-out?

I'm just catching up for today. IIRC, to make it germane to Zaff's bill, he couldn't have the private school opt-out. I'm wondering if that carried over.

[RPB]

Does this mean there was no private school opt-out?

I'm just catching up for today. IIRC, to make it germane to Zaff's bill, he couldn't have the private school opt-out. I'm wondering if that carried over.

I think that's correct, Zaffrini FORCED Wentworth to remove private school opt out so it would be broad enough to be germane.
Then she opened the door for him.

Such a nice lady.

It's like JUDO politics. using an opponent's moves/momentum against them ... redirecting; it's easier than opposing the oncoming force