Bill Text: TX SR1 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 2nd Special Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Amending the Temporary Rules of the Senate, 87th Legislature.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-08-07 - Reported enrolled [SR1 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SR1-Enrolled.html
| By: Schwertner | S.R. No. 1 | |
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| BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the State of Texas, That | ||
| the Temporary Rules of the Senate, 87th Legislature, be amended | ||
| by amending Rule 11.14 to read as follows: | ||
| CONSIDERATION OF HOUSE BILLS | ||
| Rule 11.14. (a) The Senate sponsor of a House measure | ||
| shall be determined by the chair of the committee, in | ||
| consultation with the House author of the measure. | ||
| (b) It shall be the duty of each committee of the Senate | ||
| when there has been referred to it or is before it for | ||
| consideration a Senate bill and a House bill containing the same | ||
| subject to consider first and report upon the House bill. | ||
| (c) A committee is not required to hold a public hearing | ||
| on a House bill which contains the same subject as a Senate bill | ||
| that has previously been afforded a public hearing before the | ||
| committee or a subcommittee. | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| President of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that the | ||
| above Resolution was adopted by | ||
| the Senate on August 7, 2021, by | ||
| the following vote: Yeas 17, | ||
| Nays 12. | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
