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Senate discussing and just passed House Bill 1806; relating to altering the length of a fish during a fishing tournament.
Seriously? Glad nothing more important is pending.
This bill must affect millions of people.
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SENATE DISCUSSING CONCEALED CARRY SB 905
motion to suspend rules 26 ayes

rules suspended

Relating to the application of certain concealed handgun license laws to statewide elected officials, certain current and former members of the legislature, and certain federal and state employees.

Finally passed
viewtopic.php?f=110&t=44912&p=544971#p544971" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Jasonw560 wrote:I've sent a call to action to the South Texas Tea Party group on Facebook. Hopefully they can get it out statewide and get people calling.

This may help if someone has limited time/resources to contact Calendar Committee members:
Calendar committee in red or blue

HB 750 sponsors (Calendars committee members are in red)

Author: Driver | Miller, Sid | Hancock | Zerwas
Coauthor: Aliseda | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Anderson, Rodney | Beck | Berman | Bohac | Bonnen | Brown | Burkett | Button | Cain | Callegari | Carter | Chisum | Christian | Cook | Creighton | Davis, John | Eissler | Elkins | Fletcher | Flynn | Frullo | Geren | Gonzales, Larry | Gooden | Guillen | Hamilton | Hardcastle | Harper-Brown | Hilderbran | Hopson | Howard, Charlie | Huberty | Hughes | Hunter | Isaac | Jackson, Jim | Keffer | King, Phil | King, Susan | King, Tracy O. | Kleinschmidt | Kolkhorst | Kuempel | Landtroop | Larson | Laubenberg | Lavender | Legler | Lyne | Madden | Martinez, "Mando" | Miller, Doug | Murphy | Nash | Orr | Otto | Parker | Paxton | Pena | Perry | Phillips | Price | Quintanilla | Riddle | Schwertner | Scott | Sheets | Sheffield | Shelton | Simpson | Smith, Todd | Smith, Wayne | Smithee | Solomons | Taylor, Larry | Taylor, Van | Torres | Vicky Truitt | Weber | White | Workman | Zedler


11 Author/Sponsors are on Calendar Committee
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Not authors/ Sponsors:
Rep. Dan Branch – (512) 463-0367 - FAX: (512) 322-9935 (use MyFax.com/free) - dan.branch@house.state.tx.us
Rep. Eddie Rodriguez - (512) 463-0674 - eddie.rodriguez@house.state.tx.us
Rep. Garnet Coleman - (512) 463-0524 - district147.coleman@house.state.tx.us
Rep. Eddie Lucio III – (512) 463-0606 - eddie.lucio_iii@house.state.tx.us
Rep. Allan Ritter – (512) 463-0706 - allan.ritter@house.state.tx.us

Omly 5 Calendar Committee members did not sponsor/author HB 750

by the way

For anyone not calling due to long distance etc:


Free calls & text messages to the U.S. & Canada.
https://www.google.com/accounts/Service ... ltmpl=open" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I have no affiliation with Google, but there are ways to call long distance free.

Jasonw560 wrote:I just called and talked to John in Rep. Hunter's office. Sounded rushed, so he just said that Rep. hunter is a co-sponsor of 750, and he would pass my message along.

Perhaps because all the other Committee members are calling to teach Justin the Senate rules
Most I talked to are for the bills .... others laughed when I said "I was looking at the calendar with the bingo and cosmetology ... and when the guy in the parking lot pulled a knife on me I really wasn't thinking haircuts and bingo ... I think priorities need to be looked at when calendars are made" Even any not sponsoring it laughed or got solemn and said they'd pass it on.

Hopefully a calendars meeting will be announced on the floor today

Then again he might be rushed because :

CSGV CSGV
New SGFS #TX alert: Help students & law enforcement finish off insane #NRA guns on campus bill! http://fb.me/QQieQ39C" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
20 minutes ago

and

sgfstexas TX Gun-Free Schools
Jamming the guns on campus bills: almost there - http://eepurl.com/dJE5w" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
2 hours ago

Zerwas and Keffer are sponsors/authors ... I e-mailed them the conversation I had with Justin in Hunter's office informing them of Senate rules etc

Zerwas is a co-sponsor of 750 (and former classmate of mine) of course he wants it on the calendar.
I said "Hey, I'm ___ ___ former classmate of John's and I think when Hunter last week delayed HB 750 from Calendars, he was waiting for 2178, which has now been sent to Calendars, so you can add them both ... just calling to remind John"

Just got off the phone with Justin at Hunter's office and he said "750 is campus carry and we've been told the problem is that if we send it over, the Senate will kill it" "The Senate tried attaching it to Zaffrini's bill and she pulled it"

I explained that in the Senate, coming from the House it only will need 16 votes, and Wentworth consistently had 19/20 votes so I can almost guarantee it will pass if you guys get it there" The reason Zaffrini pulled her bill is that they COULD NOT kill the campus carry part ..." MORE THAN a majority of the Senate supports campus carry.

He said ok thank you and hung up.



I"m guessing all the Staff/Interns don't know all the rules we are learning
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Bonham agrees with us; campus carry is more important than bingo and cosmetology.
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Your 1-page fax to Rep. Todd Hunter at 5124632101 has been sent successfully!
At least I hope that's it

512 is area code for around Austin.

Oh, I left it off at viewtopic.php?f=110&t=43483&p=525227#p525227" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; ... sorry, I edited there to add it now.

Well, my fortune cookie says good things will come shortly.
The other two bills for guns on campus came out of committee favorably on the 27th, but haven't been sent to calendars, so all we can ask for is 750 and 2178.... so let's do.

GEM-Texas wrote:So it's a deliberate calendar kill again? Part of the plan as usual.

Yeah John Woods group is attacking the Calendars committee, flooding with calls/faxes/e-mails ...

CSGV CSGV
by sgfstexas
Keep the push on, #Texas residents. Finish off the insane #NRA guns on campus bill for good. http://fb.me/YyD33m4w" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Actually Several on the Calendars committee are authors/coauthors of HB 750 but they need us to call fax e-mail to convince the rest of the committee, since Woods' group is flooding their inboxes

So several/Authors ON the Calendars committee WANT it on the Calendar... but ...
If they do not hear from us, they move on to who can play bingo and shave the back of your neck with a Bic safety razor and other "more important" business.

Jasonw560 wrote:Also, tweeters, you can contact Chairman Hunter at:

@toddahunter

I saw the Minutes for the 6th ... Minutes for 7th aren't posted yet


John Woods says call Calendars and have them delay HB 750 etc because "there are more important things"

Tell Chairman Hunter not to put out any of the guns-on-campus bills for scheduling. Remind him that the House has more important issues to be dealing with.
http://us1.campaign-archive2.com/?u=211 ... d57fb711c8" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I looked at the Supplemental House Calendar for Monday May 9

HB 1793 Gutierrez
Relating to the practice of cosmetology.

(B) providing a necessary service that is
preparatory or ancillary to a service under Paragraph (A),
including bobbing, clipping, cutting, or trimming a person's hair
or shaving a person's neck with a safety razor;
(5) treating a person's mustache or beard by
arranging, beautifying, coloring, processing, styling, [or]
trimming, or shaving with a safety razor;

http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlodocs/ ... 01793H.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Seriously? That's more important than protecting life, preventing armed robberies between a car and a building, carjackings, car burglaries which can provide access to guns on campus to burglars, allowing a person to protect herself from an aggravated assault or rapist, and ............ ?

Tell Chairman Hunter to put on the calendar the guns-on-campus bills for scheduling. Remind him that the House has more important issues to be dealing with, and this is one of those.

Peoples' lives (and allowing people the right to protect them without committing a criminal offense) is more important than someone trimming hair with a safety razor and ...

HB 1043 Christian / Lucio III / Zedler / Rodriguez, Eddie
Relating to creating an offense for engaging in certain conduct relating to cockfighting.

HB 3282 Guillen
Relating to the operation and regulation of 24-number bingo games.

HB 2728 Thompson
Relating to the operation and regulation of charitable bingo.

Sure wish those were "televised"

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
NOTICE OF FORMAL MEETING
COMMITTEE: Calendars
TIME & DATE: 3:30 PM, Saturday, May 07, 2011
PLACE: E2.018
CHAIR: Rep. Todd Hunter
Committee will meet to consider a calendar.

COMMITTEE: Calendars
TIME & DATE: 12:00 AM, Friday, May 06, 2011
PLACE: E2.018
CHAIR: Rep. Todd Hunter
Committee will meet to consider a calendar.

OldSchool wrote:Done. Repeated my earlier rationale, and thank them for the passage of the parking lot bills. Also thanked them for their vote (sometimes I am optimistic).

me too

I need to get my TWO free faxes sent today, so I can send more tomorrow.


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If either or both pass in the House, then the Senate only needs 16 votes instead of 21 if they'll suspend the 2/3 rule on a Wednesday or Thursday

And I think I put most of their FAX numbers here if any aren't listed above
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Along with the clerk:
Clerk: Jennifer Welch
Phone: (512) 463-0758