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Syntyr wrote:

puma guy wrote:I don't intend to OC so the passage of that bill was not my number one priority bill. To me the change in an unintentional 30.06 violation is the outstanding part

However, now after all of the hoopla and gnashing of teeth I have decided I will be open carrying and I will be open carrying IN HOUSTON!!!

zajones08 wrote:Can the House take up SB 17 and pass it? Straight to the Governor?

ELB wrote:

PBR wrote:I'm probably wrong but my best feeling to get it passed is that the conference committee cannot come to an agreement thus giving the House a second vote on it and hopefully it passes then. Cause if Senate gets to vote on it again I'm sure Ellis, West and others will do whatever they can to bust it out.

Your plan kills the bill. See HarryCallahan's post above.

If the conference committee cannot come to agreement, it does not go anywhere, it is dead.

If the conference committee comes to agreement and sends the conference bill to the chambers, it is an up or down vote, no amendments so that stalling tactic is out. If both chambers vote for it, it goes to the Governor.

If one or the other chamber does not concur on the bill, they can send it back to the conference committee. If the conference committee cannot agree on how to change it (again), then the bill is dead. Also, the time element at this point will certainly kill it.

The only real hope is that the conference committee acts quickly, and the Speaker of the House and the President of the Senate squelch time-stallers in their respective chambers when the concurrence vote comes up, and the Governor signs the result.