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by ralewis
Wed May 12, 2021 10:04 am
Forum: General Legislative Discussions
Topic: HB 1927 on the Senate floor now
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Re: HB 1927 on the Senate floor now

Flightmare wrote: Wed May 12, 2021 9:40 am
Papa_Tiger wrote: Wed May 12, 2021 8:35 am
chamberc wrote: Wed May 12, 2021 8:09 am
polekitty wrote: Wed May 12, 2021 8:06 am I see that it is listed on the Items Eligible For Consideration list for today. does that mean the house will discuss at some point today?
Yes, they can. They don't have to.
If I had to hazard a guess - they will get to this today or tomorrow and the House will refuse to concur with the Senate amendments. This will go to conference committee where they will hash out differences (possibly with a request for out of bounds resolution). The final committee report will be filed somewhere around May 26th and voted on around May 28th. HB 1927 will be signed by the Governor and go into effect on September 1, 2021.

In other words, this will follow the usual process for a somewhat contentious high-visibility bill where the House and Senate both want input into how the law would be implemented.
I agree that is the most likely outcome, though not a guarantee.
I don't believe this will get to the finish line. I think we're witnessing Texas gun politics in action. If you were a senator whose vote was contingent on an amendment thats gets tossed in Conference why would you vote for the final bill? Some of the Amendments are not acceptable to the House (or i'd at least hope so). Interesting to watch it all play out though.

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