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Re: 2013 Knife Rights Bills
Posted: Thu May 16, 2013 4:31 pm
by Bladed
HB 1862 received a committee hearing today
BUT NOT A COMMITTEE VOTE. If it doesn't receive a vote by Saturday, it dies, and there are rumors that Chairman Whitmire may let it die.
Please call Senator Whitmire, and POLITELY ask that he give House Bill 1862 a committee vote!
Senator John Whitmire (D) - 512-463-0115v / 512-475-3737f /
john.whitmire@senate.state.tx.us
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Re: 2013 Knife Rights Bills
Posted: Thu May 16, 2013 5:58 pm
by Bladed
Senator Whitmire's office says that the bill will receive a vote tomorrow.
Re: 2013 Knife Rights Bills
Posted: Wed May 22, 2013 9:20 pm
by ELB
So HB 1862, the switchblade bill, was placed on the Senate "local and uncontested calendar" yesterday. It has already been read once (in the Senate), sent to committee, passed favorably out of committee, and onto the aforementioned calendar.
So is this thing still alive, chance for passage, or it is being left to die?
Re: 2013 Knife Rights Bills
Posted: Wed May 22, 2013 9:43 pm
by Bladed
ELB wrote:So HB 1862, the switchblade bill, was placed on the Senate "local and uncontested calendar" yesterday. It has already been read once (in the Senate), sent to committee, passed favorably out of committee, and onto the aforementioned calendar.
So is this thing still alive, chance for passage, or it is being left to die?
Yesterday's Local and Uncontested calendar got held over until today. The bill is still alive for a few more hours.
Re: 2013 Knife Rights Bills
Posted: Wed May 22, 2013 10:08 pm
by ELB
Thanks.
Re: 2013 Knife Rights Bills
Posted: Wed May 22, 2013 11:43 pm
by Bladed
HB 1862 (decriminalization of switchblades) is off to Governor Perry!
Re: 2013 Knife Rights Bills
Posted: Thu May 23, 2013 6:18 am
by Jumping Frog
Too bad we didn't get knife preemption.
Re: 2013 Knife Rights Bills
Posted: Thu May 23, 2013 10:03 am
by Bladed
Jumping Frog wrote:Too bad we didn't get knife preemption.
Next time.
Re: 2013 Knife Rights Bills
Posted: Fri May 24, 2013 1:28 am
by 9mmfan
Sweet. Now I just have to find a razor sharp swing-guard Italian switchblade like I had 25 years or so ago, strictly as a curiosity mind you. Man it was nice. Now I could actually maybe leave the house with it. Unless every municipality in the state passes an ordinance against it.
Re: 2013 Knife Rights Bills
Posted: Sat May 25, 2013 10:20 am
by kf5nd
Bladed,
Is is worth considering to ask Gov. Perry to put knife pre-emption into the Special Legislative Session? Is that within the realm of feasibility such that we should ask people to ask the Governor, or do we have to wait until 2015?
Peter
Re: 2013 Knife Rights Bills
Posted: Sat May 25, 2013 11:06 am
by Bladed
kf5nd wrote:Bladed,
Is is worth considering to ask Gov. Perry to put knife pre-emption into the Special Legislative Session? Is that within the realm of feasibility such that we should ask people to ask the Governor, or do we have to wait until 2015?
Peter
I don't think there is much chance he'll add knife preemption on its own (special session calls are typically pretty narrow), but if he adds any firearm/concealed carry issues, there is a small possibility that knife preemption could be attached to one of those bills. We'll have to wait and see what is included in the call.