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Texas Senate reads dozens of bills on first reading, refers measures to committees
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The Texas Senate opened a brief session to read a long list of bills and resolutions on first reading and referred each measure to a standing committee; the transcript records bill titles, primary sponsors and committee referrals but no debate or votes.
The Texas Senate convened and read dozens of bills and resolutions on first reading, then referred each measure to a standing committee, the presiding officer said. The secretary read the bill and resolution titles aloud and announced committee references but the transcript records no debate, amendments or recorded votes.
Many measures announced cover a wide range of policy areas, including regulation of consumable hemp products (Senate Bill 3, Perry; referred to State Affairs), creation of a Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (Senate Bill 5, Huffman; referred to Finance), parental rights in education (Senate Bill 12, Creighton; referred to Education K–16), and several finance, transportation, criminal justice and health-and-human-services items. The list also included a set of 1,000-series bills (for example, Senate Bill 1001 by Blanco on constitutional transfers to Finance…
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