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Texas Senate places hundreds of bills on first reading and refers them to committees
Summary
At a Senate session, the presiding officer directed the secretary to read a long list of bills and resolutions on first reading and referred them to committee; measures covered education, health and human services, criminal justice, elections and other policy areas. The Senate adjourned to reconvene at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 4.
The Texas Senate on first reading placed a lengthy slate of bills and resolutions on the record and referred them to committees during a legislative session, the presiding officer said.
“The following bills and resolutions [are] on first reading and reference to committee. Will the secretary read the bills and resolutions?” the Presiding Officer, Texas Senate, asked before the secretary began reading the list aloud.
The measures read into the record and referred cover a wide range of state policy areas that appeared on the printed list, including education (prekindergarten funding, special education, school finance and classroom policies), health and…
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