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Texas Senate reads scores of bills and constitutional amendments on first reading, then adjourns
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The Texas Senate convened to read dozens of bills and proposed constitutional amendments on first reading, including measures on bail, homestead tax exemptions and a proposed repeal of the state marriage provision; the body adjourned until 11 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 11.
The Texas Senate convened and the secretary read dozens of bills and proposed constitutional amendments on first reading, with each item announced and referred to a standing committee, the presiding officer said.
The secretary, identified in the transcript as Speaker 2, read measure after measure by bill number and sponsor. Among the constitutional measures announced were "S j r 1 by Huffman proposing a constitutional amendment"—a measure described in the reading as "requiring the denial of bail for an illegal alien charged with an offense punishable as a felony" referred "to criminal justice"—and "S j r 2 by Bettencourt et al, proposing a…
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