Lawmakers OK hashtags, but draw the line at 'Texas Time'
With 24 days left until the end of the session, a fast approaching deadline for committees to vote on legislation and a piles of bills left to debate, Texas lawmakers on Friday turned to ... hashtags, cowboy hats and daylight savings time.
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Rep. Kenneth Sheets, R-Dallas, had a far easier time with his three resolutions to establish the hashtags, which are used to categorize tweets. The measures designate #txlege as the official hashtag of the Texas Legislature, #Texas as the official hashtag of Texas, and #TexasToDo as the official hashtag of Texas tourism.
HCR 35 from Rep. Marsha Farney would make the cowboy hat the official state hat, a long overdue measure in Farney's opinion.