Now that the bill has passed the Senate, it will be up to the House of Representatives to decide whether it accepts the changes or whether it will appoint a conference committee to debate the differences.
Timing is crucial, however. With fewer than 26 days left in the 140-day legislative session, in the event a conference committee is appointed, both chambers will have to accept the conference committee report in order to get the bill to the governor’s desk.
So what you’re saying is we ain’t quite out of the woods yet, opponents of this bill (mostly but not limited to Democrats) could still throw a wrench in the works?
The senate amendments could be an issue, according to GOA-Texas (sign up for their e-mail updates):
The bill author, Rep. Matt Schaefer, stated Thursday evening :
“We are now reviewing amendments that were added by the Senate to look for issues that would break House rules governing the purpose of HB 1927. Our first impression has us very concerned. Will share more as soon as we can. Our goal is to make Texas the 21st Constitutional Carry state.”
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