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safety1 wrote:

TexasJohnBoy wrote:Yes, if the house passes the Senate's campus carry bill, Greg gets to sign it. If the Senate passes the House's open carry bill, Greg gets to sign it. If either chamber amends the bills, then there would need to be a concurrence vote, and if the chambers cant concur then there would be a conference committee formed to hammer out the differences -- if I understand everything correctly.

If amended the "clock" becomes an issue to my understanding...a big issue.

This isn't necessarily true. If the author is willing to concur in the opposite chamber's amendments and if a majority of the originating chamber is willing to concur in the amendments, concurrence is pretty simple. In fact, the House and Senate have an entire day when they do nothing but concur in opposite-chamber amendments. Concurrence votes don't have to be scheduled, can't be debated, only have to be voted on once, and require only a simple majority to pass.

The clock only becomes a major issue if the author disagrees with the amendments and requests a conference committee or if the changes don't have majority support in the originating chamber.

safety1 wrote:What about SB17?

I may be misreading this, but I think this was a strategic decision on the part of our side.

NotRPB wrote:@chucklindell 3 minutes ago 5:21 PM - 14 May 2015
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House Homeland Security passes out SB11, sending campus carry to House floor w/o changes. #txlege

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Technically, they sent it to Calendars. Whether or not it will ever reach the House floor remains to be seen.

ELB wrote:

Charles L. Cotton wrote:

bulinm wrote:I guess the only way to kill licensed open carry is to attach something even
more controversial to the bill. Is that what's going on here ?

Move open carry now, please. Let's at least get that done. heck, I just ordered
a new gunbelt.

It's not a move to kill open-carry; it's a move to pass campus-carry that will save lives.

Chas.

If I understand correctly, HB910 coming back from the Senate with the Campus Carry amendment has to be brought to the entire House for a vote on the new amendment, it can't be parked in a committee to die? And no other (new) amendments can be considered? Just yea or nay on the Campus Carry amendment, and if nay, then maybe to Conference Committee?

Yes, your understanding is correct. A concurrence vote is a simple up or down vote (no amendments can be offered) and requires only a simple majority to pass. Also, the author can call for a concurrence vote at any time once the bill is eligible, so he doesn't have to wait for it to be scheduled or anything like that.

RHenriksen wrote:

RHenriksen wrote:My girlfriend recently took her CHL class, and is waiting for DPS to process her application. She has another six months of classes at UH Central - we have both been crossing our fingers to see campus carry passed.

And... ironically, her plastic showed up *today* in the mail! I hope she doesn't wind up like me, leaving the pistol at home each & every day because one of the most dangerous places she goes on a regular basis doesn't permit her to carry it.

Does she drive to campus? If so, she could keep the gun in her car. I would advise installing some sort of locking case under one of the seats or in the trunk.

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