Today, at the Capitol ... - There are six days left before sine die, and tonight is another major deadline - any Senate bills or joint resolutions not passed on second reading by midnight tonight are off the table....
Today, at the Capitol ... - There are nine days left until sine die. - The House is starting to get pretty crowded, bill-wise, with a long backlog of major state bills that have been postponed until now. First...
Today, at the Capitol ... - It is 10 days until sine die, when it's all over for the 81st Legislative Session. - The House has three bills on the major state calendar, including an effort to limit and...
Today, at the Capitol ... - It is 11 days until sine die, when the sun sets on the 81st legislative session. - The House has five bills on its major state calendar, and two of them have ties...
Today, at the Capitol ... - There are 12 days left in the 81st Session. - The House has four bills on today's major state calendar, including a Republican rebuke of Gov. Rick Perry's rejection of $555 million in...
Today, at the Capitol ... - It is T-minus 13 days to sine die, otherwise known as the end of the line for the 2009 Legislative session. The clock will reach zero just after 11:59:59 p.m. on June 1st,...
Today, at the Capitol ... - The House has officially moved on to Senate bills. On the major state calendar today are efforts to improve living conditions for mentally disabled Texans living in state facilities, as well as a...
Today, at the Capitol ... The House reached a milestone last night - any House bill not passed on second reading by midnight last night is off the table for the rest of the session. They have until midnight...
Today, at the Capitol ... A line is being drawn in the sand this evening - any House bill not approved on second reading by midnight tonight goes into limbo. No legislation is ever really "dead" in the House,...
Today, at the Capitol ... - There's a list of major state calendar bills on the House docket today. Among them are a sunset bill on the Department of Public Safety, as well as efforts to exempt volunteer fire...
Today, at the Capitol ... There are only four bills on the House docket today - all major state calendar initiatives on second reading. But the House also has a long backlog of scheduled bills that have been postponed...
Today, at the Capitol ... - The House will consider a range of legislation leftover from last week when it convenes this morning. The most high-profile bills include legislation requiring principals to designate high school "deputy registrars" during elections,...
Today's Cap Wrap included an error about HB3316, by Rep. Ruth Jones McClendon, D-San Antonio. The bill relates to prosecuting offenses tied to Texas Youth Commission facilities in either Austin or they counties the offense occured, which are scattered throughout...
Today, at the Capitol ... Today's House floor meeting is so gargantuan, it took two notices to list the entire docket. The Senate has an equally full plate, which leaves time for few committee hearings. That means it's getting...
Today, at the Capitol ... The House docket today is downright deceptive. At first glance, I thought - "Hey, there's only two bills! It hasn't been that light in months. They'll be out of there in no time." Then...
Today, at the Capitol ... - The Texas Residential Construction Commission has its sunset review in the full House today. The controversial state agency is designed to serve as an intermediary between disgruntled homeowners and potentially errant homebuilders, and...
Today, at the Capitol ... - The House and Senate both have full calendars, and the Senate opens bright and early at 7 a.m. - In committee, the House Natural Resources Committee hears a Senate bill requiring public utility...
Today, at the Capitol ... Committee hearings are sparse again, and lawmakers will spend most of their time today on the House and Senate floor. But there are a few noteworthy items in committee. - Rep. Norma Chavez, D-El...
Today, at the Capitol ... It's a Saturday - and the House is in session. The end is officially near. The Senate, though, is out until Monday. - There are three sunset review bills on the Major State Calendar....
Today, at the Capitol ... Yogi Berra would say it's deja-vu all over again. Only a handful of committees are meeting today, and most are voting on bills they've already discussed - resembling their February itineraries more than this...
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