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CJD wrote:

Bladed wrote:

RHenriksen wrote:Birdwell requested the vote for final passage postponed until tomorrow.

Any idea why?

He would have needed 25 votes to get final passage today.

Why's that?

The Texas Constitution says that each bill must be read on three separate days. In order to suspend the "constitutional three-day rule" and conduct the third reading on the same day as the second reading, four-fifths of the members present (25 of 31) must vote to suspend the rule.

RHenriksen wrote:Birdwell requested the vote for final passage postponed until tomorrow.

Any idea why?

He would have needed 25 votes to get final passage today.

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