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Senate grants House requests for conference committees on multiple bills, names conferees
Summary
The Senate agreed without recorded objection to multiple requests from the House to form conference committees on several House bills and announced the appointed conferees for each committee.
The Senate on Friday granted the House’s requests to form conference committees on several House bills and announced the conferees who will represent the Senate on each panel.
The action consisted of a series of "motions in writing" presented by senators including Senator Hall, Senator Hughes, Senator Zaffirini, Senator Parker and others. Each motion asked the Senate to "grant the request of the House for a conference committee" for a specific House bill; the chair announced the appointed conferees after each motion.
Why it matters: Conference committees resolve differences between House and Senate versions of bills. Appointing conferees moves those bills into a joint negotiation phase and can determine final statutory language.
Most motions were handled under the routine process with no recorded objections when the chair asked if any senator objected. For example, Senator Hall…
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