Thousands of Texas House Bills 'Die' at Key Midnight Deadline

Thousands of Texas House bills 'die' at key midnight deadline

AUSTIN (Nexstar) — At 12 a.m. Friday, thousands of bills in the Texas House of Representatives will meet their end. As of 5 p.m. Thursday, the House passed 1,067 bills, with each passing three rounds of voting. House representatives filed 5,852 bills this session, which puts the House's "death toll" at around 81.7% of its bills. Some of the bills that could die at midnight include: HB 1375, which would have prohibited books with certain content…

With deadline passed, thousands of Texas House bills are effectively dead

One of the likely casualties is a bill that would have transferred tens of millions of dollars in surplus funds from the Harris County Toll Road Authority to the City of Houston.

RISD Legislative Corner - May 16 - Richardson ISD - RISD We Are One

17 days remain in the 89th Texas Legislative Session After the midnight deadline in the House last night (May 15) any House bill that had not already passed in the House is considered, in large-part, dead; however, the language of the bill can still hitch a ride on another bill as an amendment. At this point in the session, politics plays a major role in what will happen. Some of the priority Senate bills are languishing in the House, and as a r…