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Looks like HB910 was passed out of committee: http://www.statesman.com/news/news/hous ... ill/nkftc/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

The committee did not vote on a separate bill allowing concealed handguns in university dorms, classrooms and other buildings.

Phillips, chairman of the committee, said the panel will wait for the Senate’s campus-carry bill to be referred to the panel. Senate Bill 11, which would allow private colleges to opt out, was approved last week on a party-line Senate vote.

Any speculation on why they would wait for SB11 but not SB17?

v7a wrote:

The committee did not vote on a separate bill allowing concealed handguns in university dorms, classrooms and other buildings.

Phillips, chairman of the committee, said the panel will wait for the Senate’s campus-carry bill to be referred to the panel. Senate Bill 11, which would allow private colleges to opt out, was approved last week on a party-line Senate vote.

Any speculation on why they would wait for SB11 but not SB17?

Perhaps they substituted the same language.

CJD wrote:

v7a wrote:

The committee did not vote on a separate bill allowing concealed handguns in university dorms, classrooms and other buildings.

Phillips, chairman of the committee, said the panel will wait for the Senate’s campus-carry bill to be referred to the panel. Senate Bill 11, which would allow private colleges to opt out, was approved last week on a party-line Senate vote.

Any speculation on why they would wait for SB11 but not SB17?

Perhaps they substituted the same language.

They received SB 17 on 3/18 and SB 11 on 3/20. Guessing next meeting.

Goody.

TVGuy wrote:

CJD wrote:

v7a wrote:

The committee did not vote on a separate bill allowing concealed handguns in university dorms, classrooms and other buildings.

Phillips, chairman of the committee, said the panel will wait for the Senate’s campus-carry bill to be referred to the panel. Senate Bill 11, which would allow private colleges to opt out, was approved last week on a party-line Senate vote.

Any speculation on why they would wait for SB11 but not SB17?

Perhaps they substituted the same language.

They received SB 17 on 3/18 and SB 11 on 3/20. Guessing next meeting.

If they substituted SB17 language into HB910, I believe they wouldn't need to do anything with SB17 since they are companions.

Sounding better all the time. Thank you for posting this information.

CJD wrote:

TVGuy wrote:

CJD wrote:

v7a wrote:

The committee did not vote on a separate bill allowing concealed handguns in university dorms, classrooms and other buildings.

Phillips, chairman of the committee, said the panel will wait for the Senate’s campus-carry bill to be referred to the panel. Senate Bill 11, which would allow private colleges to opt out, was approved last week on a party-line Senate vote.

Any speculation on why they would wait for SB11 but not SB17?

Perhaps they substituted the same language.

They received SB 17 on 3/18 and SB 11 on 3/20. Guessing next meeting.

If they substituted SB17 language into HB910, I believe they wouldn't need to do anything with SB17 since they are companions.

The House must vote on SB 17, not HB 910, in order for open carry to pass. If SB 17 (but not HB 910) passes in the Senate and HB 910 (but not SB 17) passes in the House, open carry fails to pass.

The only advantage to the two bills being companion bills is that SB 17 can take HB 910's place on the House calendar if SB 17 is also passed out of the Homeland Security & Public Safety Committee and if HB 910 is already scheduled for a vote.

Bladed wrote:

CJD wrote:

TVGuy wrote:

CJD wrote:

v7a wrote:

The committee did not vote on a separate bill allowing concealed handguns in university dorms, classrooms and other buildings.

Phillips, chairman of the committee, said the panel will wait for the Senate’s campus-carry bill to be referred to the panel. Senate Bill 11, which would allow private colleges to opt out, was approved last week on a party-line Senate vote.

Any speculation on why they would wait for SB11 but not SB17?

Perhaps they substituted the same language.

They received SB 17 on 3/18 and SB 11 on 3/20. Guessing next meeting.

If they substituted SB17 language into HB910, I believe they wouldn't need to do anything with SB17 since they are companions.

The House must vote on SB 17, not HB 910, in order for open carry to pass. If SB 17 (but not HB 910) passes in the Senate and HB 910 (but not SB 17) passes in the House, open carry fails to pass.

The only advantage to the two bills being companion bills is that SB 17 can take HB 910's place on the House calendar if SB 17 is also passed out of the Homeland Security & Public Safety Committee and if HB 910 is already scheduled for a vote.

Appreciate the info. Maybe they're trying to get it through calendars while they wait for sb17 to go through homeland security.

Log says substitute bill was voted favorably. Wouldn't that be the SB 17 version?

TVGuy wrote:Log says substitute bill was voted favorably. Wouldn't that be the SB 17 version?

Probably

CJD wrote:

TVGuy wrote:Log says substitute bill was voted favorably. Wouldn't that be the SB 17 version?

Probably

No, the substituted bill would be CSHB 910. SB 17 has not yet been referred to committee in the House.

CJD wrote:Maybe they're trying to get it through calendars while they wait for sb17 to go through homeland security.

That would be my guess.

The Homeland Security & Public Safety Committee can vote on SB 17 as soon as they receive it (they don't have to hold another hearing), but Straus may wait a while before referring SB 17 to committee, and that is time during which the Calendars Committee could be debating HB 910.

Bladed wrote:

CJD wrote:

TVGuy wrote:Log says substitute bill was voted favorably. Wouldn't that be the SB 17 version?

Probably

No, the substituted bill would be CSHB 910. SB 17 has not yet been referred to committee in the House.

I took the post to mean wording, not literally sb17. Sorry if I was misleading.

I just called Rep Phillips' office, and the nice lady there said that once SB17 is assigned (presumably to the HS &PS Committee), it will heard in committee without taking testimony, and then when HB910 comes up on the calendar, SB17 will be substituted. I noted that SB17 hasn't actually been assigned yet; she said next week the budget will start to be considered, and she expects things to start happening faster then and SB17 will move along. (I would think the budget would jam things up, but I defer hopefully to her).