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Texas Senate suspends three‑day rule and finally passes a long list of House and Senate bills
Summary
During a Sunday floor session the Texas Senate moved numerous measures to engrossment and final passage—most by lopsided margins—suspended the three‑day rule on many items and adopted several House concurrent resolutions before adjourning.
Presiding Officer (Madam President) opened a Sunday afternoon session of the Texas Senate and the chamber proceeded to move a long series of House and Senate measures to engrossment and final passage, frequently suspending the Senate’s three‑day rule to do so.
The session’s most immediate consequence was to clear scores of bills for enrollment or transmittal. The presiding officer and the Senate secretary repeatedly called the roll after motions to suspend the three‑day rule, and for many measures the secretary announced unanimous tallies such as "31 ayes, 0 nays." Several measures recorded divided votes (for example, 27 ayes/4 nays, 30 ayes/1 nay, 28 ayes/3 nays, and 26 ayes/5 nays), and one recorded 28 ayes, 2 nays and 1 present not voting on the suspension and final passage sequence.
Why it matters: suspending the three‑day rule allows the Senate to advance bills to third reading and final passage on the same…
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