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FormerTSgt wrote:

mr1337 wrote:SB11 and SB17 referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety



It's not HB910 with those really good amendments, but it's something!

Forgive my ignorance, but what exactly does this mean in the process of getting SB17 to Abbott's desk to be signed into law? What exactly would be the next step after this?

It has to be voted favorably out of committee, then go to the House floor and be passed there. If it is not amended, then it goes to the governor. If it is amended on the House floor, then it is sent back to the Senate to vote on whether they concur. If they do not concur, then there is a conference committee held (if the House grants it), in which they come to a finalized version, which then must be approved by each chamber. See below:

http://www.tlc.state.tx.us/gtli/legproc ... senate.html

TexasJohnBoy wrote:Maybe they can get the same amendments onto 17, and hammer it out in conference. If I understand the process corrcectly, which correct me if I'm wrong, right now 17 is further along than 910, but not by much.

Correct, by 1 step. Unless, if the final version is going to look like 910 regardless, then 910 is further along because 17, if amended, will have to do a back and forth.

mr1337 wrote:SB11 and SB17 referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety



It's not HB910 with those really good amendments, but it's something!

They could amend 17 the same way, then hopefully the Senate would concur.

I prefer HB910, unamended, so it can be over with.