TexasCHLforum.com

J.R.@A&M wrote:Going forward, are the next steps 1) concurrence (or likely, not) by the Senate, then 2) conference committee, then 3) both House and Senate approval of conference report ?

And if I have all that right, are House and Senate conference votes just up or down? I assume the are still at risk of chubbing or filibustering.

RoyGBiv wrote:

jerry_r60 wrote:It's in amendment one. The amendment removed language so you have to go back to the original bill and see the text that is removed by the amendment.

Do you have a link for the text of the Zerwas Amendment (#1)?
My recollection of the debate last night was that private colleges were left unchanged. There was discussion about "if it's good for public colleges then why not private?", but the House member pushing that argument was doing it as a Bill killer and, ultimately, there was nothing added or deleted last night that affects private colleges.... I'd like to see the text of the Amendment to confirm this...

And...

Just to reset..... Only one amendment was added to SB 11. All other proposed amendments failed.
You can confirm this by checking the Record Votes dated yesterday here: http://www.legis.state.tx.us/BillLookup ... &Bill=SB11" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Amendment 2 (amending Amendment 1) failed, Amendment 1 passed, Amendment 3 was withdrawn, Amendment 4 failed, SB11 passed on second reading.

nobius wrote:Can the amendments be removed at third reading using another amendment?

jerry_r60 wrote:

NotRPB wrote:Watch for Amendments to be laid out today on 3rd reading ...mmm

I know of 1, which made me groan

A bill may be amended again on third reading, (but amendments at this stage require a two-thirds majority for adoption.) http://www.house.state.tx.us/about-us/bill/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Hopefully all rejected except those acceptable to Authors/Sponsors.

We aren't quite done yet folks ... Stay tuned.... Listen to Charles.

I'm guessing the 2/3 vote requirement will hold off bad amendments however are we once again up against a clock that can be run out with endless amendments?

NotRPB wrote:Watch for Amendments to be laid out today on 3rd reading ...mmm

I know of 1, which made me groan

A bill may be amended again on third reading, (but amendments at this stage require a two-thirds majority for adoption.) http://www.house.state.tx.us/about-us/bill/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Hopefully all rejected except those acceptable to Authors/Sponsors.

We aren't quite done yet folks ... Stay tuned.... Listen to Charles.

v7a wrote:

TexasJohnBoy wrote:They used a rule where 25 members can vote/sign/something and end all debate and amendments and force a vote immediately.

Huh? Why wasn't this rule taken advantage of earlier in the day?

TexasJohnBoy wrote:

safety1 wrote:Can anyone explain what happened??? I froze up on the feed right at the big moment.
How did that happen? it was like the Dems just rolled over. What the what???

They used a rule where 25 members can vote/sign/something and end all debate and amendments and force a vote immediately.

gregsauls wrote:

Rick Harris wrote:They just voted and engrossed SB11 ? How'd that happen ?

Didn't I hear also that an amendment was adopted to bring in private institutions??

Didn't I hear also that an amendment was adopted to bring in private institutions??

jerry_r60 wrote:

safety1 wrote:we almost had a vote right there??????

on an amendment