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by XinTX
Thu May 28, 2015 8:10 am
Forum: 2015 Legislative Session
Topic: House 5/27 - HB910 or SB11
Replies: 271
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Re: House 5/27 - HB910 or SB11

shootnfish wrote:I found this information about conference committees in the
Guide to Texas Legislative Information at http://www.tlc.state.tx.us/gtli/legproc ... oncom.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; :

" A conference committee’s charge is limited to reconciling differences between the two chambers, and the committee, unless so directed, may not alter, amend, or omit text that is not in disagreement. Nor may the committee add text on any matter that is not in disagreement or that is not included in either version of the bill in question."

So what can the conference committee legitimately do, when there are not any substantive differences between the bills?
For one thing, the Democrats could chub it do death and run out the clock. So they can kill the bill over three words of difference.

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