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Texas House approves adjournment resolution after heated debate over inaction
Summary
The Texas House on Feb. 4 approved SCR 11, authorizing the chamber to adjourn more than three days during Feb. 5–11, 2025, by a 23-18 vote after Representative Harrison charged leadership with “running out the clock.” Governor Greg Abbott also transmitted seven emergency items for immediate consideration.
The Texas House of Representatives voted 23-18 on Feb. 4 to adopt SCR 11, a Senate resolution authorizing the legislature to adjourn for more than three days during the period beginning Feb. 5 and ending Feb. 11, 2025.
The resolution was carried to the floor by Representative Hunter and passed after a recorded vote required by the constitution. Representative Harrison spoke in strong opposition before the vote, saying the chamber was “wholly without excuse for continued inaction” and accusing House leadership of using extended adjournments to avoid taking up priority legislation.
Harrison said the chamber had “accomplished exactly nothing in the past three weeks” and warned that long adjournments make it easier for leadership to let the legislative clock run out on bills. “The burden of proof is not on those of us conservatives up here who oppose the motion to run out the clock,” Harrison said. “A vote yes is a vote to make a mockery of the…
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