SB11 & HB910 This week....

[JollyHappyDad]

On to the Senate

[martytcp]

conference committee report adopted by the full House!

And there you have it.

[v7a]

Stickland

[Chityworker]

That it for today ?

[RHenriksen]

On to the Senate

Okay, so... any notion of a) when the Senate will bring this to the floor for a vote, and b) how much resistance it'll get to get over the goal line?

[RHenriksen]

Hey, 910 is on the Senate floor now!

[RHenriksen]

And here comes Ellis...

[sugar land dave]

....I believe the amendment should have been stripped, once it was obvious the number of Rs that were going to be voting against it.

My point was that I think those R's should now be looked at closely.

I don't have a problem with that. I would very much like to know why a LARGE part of the representatives who voted for HB 910 with the Dutton Amendment ended up voting against it with the Huffines Amendment.

Were they were getting the same LE pressure the first time as they were the second time? If not, why not? Is it simply that LE had not been paying attention the first time? Is it that the seemingly minor wording differences between the Dutton and Huffines amendments actually represented a substantial difference in boots-on-the-ground applications?

I think that "should now be looked at closely" includes a reasonable expectation that they would willingly explain their change in vote. That's where my closer look would start. And then, if they are either not willing to answer that question, or cannot answer it forthrightly, then I would begin to take most everything else they say with a grain of salt. But that said, I'm willing to hear an answer I don't like......IF it is plausible and principled. I may not agree with it, but I can then at least respect the answer as having been truthful according to that representative's best ability to be truthful. I don't have a reasonable expectation that an otherwise very good politician is going to agree with me in all particulars.... any more than I would reasonably expect my own wife to agree with me in all particulars. But I can smell a barnyard as well as the next guy, and if his answer smells like a barnyard, then I won't respect the person giving it.

I agree with one small caveat - I don't think the will of the the few thousand law enforcement officers and officials should have been held in higher regard than that of 800,000+ CHL holders.

I actually made that point to my representatives:

You changed your previous yes vote to a no tonight. That puts HB910 in jeopardy, effectively allowing the feelings of 79,000 law enforcement officers to deny reduced 30.06 penaties and licensed open carry for 825,000 law abiding citizens of Texas. While I am sure that you have many eloquent words that you can tell me, let me assure you that like a guy named Paul from an old Good Book, I am observant of actions, not words.

If there is any way that you can rescue HB910 from a slow death in committee, I and 824,999 other lawful licensed Texans would appreciate it.

Stay well and keep up the good fight!"

[louisf1]

On to the Senate

Okay, so... any notion of a) when the Senate will bring this to the floor for a vote, and b) how much resistance it'll get to get over the goal line?

Senators are going over the house resolution now.

[RHenriksen]

Wow, is Ellis actually going to keep it short? Can't believe what I'm seeing

[viking1000]

Ellis said he thinks it will pass !

[Charles L. Cotton]

Wow, is Ellis actually going to keep it short? Can't believe what I'm seeing

It's 54 hours away from the end of the session and no one is going to filibuster that long.

Chas.

[CoffeeNut]

Senate adopts the Conference Committee report.

[casp625]

Passed! There we go!

[RHenriksen]

And... (I think) 910 has passed both the House & Senate! Pinch me - it's finally on the way for governor's signature??