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http://www.tlc.state.tx.us/gtli/legproc ... eturn.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;After a bill has been read a third time, a vote is taken for final passage. If the bill receives a simple majority vote, it is considered passed, and the chief clerk of the house or the secretary of the senate, as appropriate, certifies the bill’s final passage, noting on it the date of its passage and the vote by which it passed. When the bill is passed in the originating chamber, the bill is engrossed (all corrections and amendments are incorporated into it), and an exact and accurate copy of the engrossed bill is prepared and sent to the opposite chamber for consideration.
Return of a bill to the originating chamber
After a bill has passed through committee deliberation and three readings in the opposite chamber, the bill is sent back to the originating chamber. A new copy of the bill is not prepared; rather, any amendments are simply attached to the bill. If no amendments were adopted by the second chamber, the bill is enrolled (prepared for signing). The enrolled bill then is signed by both presiding officers in the presence of their respective chambers and sent to the governor. Any bill making an appropriation must be sent to the comptroller of public accounts for certification before going to the governor.
When a bill that has been amended by the opposite chamber is returned to the originating chamber, the originating chamber must concur with all of the amendments made by the opposite chamber before the bill can be enrolled. If the originating chamber does not concur with some or all of the opposite chamber’s amendments, it may request the appointment of a conference committee to resolve the differences between the house and senate versions of the bill.
Here you go.RPB wrote:Would be nice if they posted a "flow chart" with the various branches/contingency paths ... if/then ... if not/then ...
Thank youhirundo82 wrote:Here you go.RPB wrote:Would be nice if they posted a "flow chart" with the various branches/contingency paths ... if/then ... if not/then ...
It may not seem so when you want something passed, but that's a GOOD thing!RPB wrote:Thank youhirundo82 wrote:Here you go.RPB wrote:Would be nice if they posted a "flow chart" with the various branches/contingency paths ... if/then ... if not/then ...
With all the steps/obstacles/potential amendments etc, I'm always amazed any new law gets passed .... ever.
true, but I'm always amazed ONE committee ever gets anything done, so two or three ...