The Quorum, by @Nick_Anderson_ https://t.co/AvuAAJ29D1 #TXLege #TexasDeservesBetter
— Forever in debt to your priceless advice. (@PDiddie) September 1, 2021
Iterum #sinedie sed revertentur
— Alana Rocha (@viaAlana) September 3, 2021
Translation: again without day, but they’ll be back
In lay terms: #txlege stands adjourned [for now]https://t.co/qmK3kenBk2
The carnage will continue -- redistricting lies ahead -- sometime after the long weekend, subject to Governor Helen Wheels' next summons.
.@DanPatrick calls on @GovAbbott to give the Legislature another shot at passing a bill that would restrict which teams transgender student athletes could join, one of the few conservative priorities that didn’t make it across the finish line this session. #txlege pic.twitter.com/0WfwJmCPnn
— Jasper Scherer (@jaspscherer) September 3, 2021
And TXElects, with a spot of good news (subject to the call in the third special session).
SB 97 by Sen. Paul Bettencourt (R-Houston) would have required various “audits” and “reviews” of, and “explanations” from, county election officials. It passed the Senate today on a 17-14 vote but did not make it over to the House for further action. At least one Republican voted against it.
It's apropos that statehouse Dems managed to screw up one last time before the end came.
On critical race theory, there appeared to be a sustainable point of order but Democrats were divided amongst themselves about whether to try to kill it and win the day or surrender and at least temporarily end the punishment of this cruel summer https://t.co/80ZOJObiZh #TxLege
— Scott Braddock (@scottbraddock) September 3, 2021
Recriminations both accurately and falsely ascribed with respect to the origins of SB8 are still circulating, so I'll post that separately. Let's survey the rest of the damage left behind by Hurricane IDontGiveaDamn, aka the Texas GOP.
ICYMI ...
These 16 Texas laws went into effect today https://t.co/AUr92DWvuu
— Houston Chronicle (@HoustonChron) September 2, 2021
House Bill 1925 makes camping in an unapproved public place a Class C misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of up to $500. https://t.co/r2tJh121Tg
— FOX 4 NEWS (@FOX4) September 2, 2021
One law going into effect bans government contracts with companies that “discriminate against the firearm or ammunition industries,” while another effectively makes gun stores essential businesses that can't be shut down in a disaster. | via @keranews https://t.co/JRoebqaurS
— KUT Austin (@KUT) September 1, 2021
#HB3979 goes into effect today, just as the #txlege Senate brings #SB3 to the floor tomorrow.
— IDRAEdPolicyFellows (@IDRAeduFellows) September 1, 2021
These bills attempt to hide our children from the truth of history and will harm the future of Texas. #StopSB3https://t.co/b9qVAgteN8
Why all the legislative gymnastics to pass another bill on critical race theory? It probably has something to do with the Chairman of a group that put at least $11 million into defending the GOP majority making it a personal mission to ban CRT https://t.co/1HpFacPTjb #txlege
— Scott Braddock (@scottbraddock) September 1, 2021
And the bail reform bill got a lot of concerned attention from the people whose opinions I respect on criminal justice issues.
This article uses the phrase "bail reform" in the wake of the Legislature passing new restrictions on pretrial release for poor people, but once again, the bill passed at the #txlege wouldn't affect this case. At all. The whole frame is misleading. https://t.co/HYKfym3A3S
— Grits for Breakfast (@Grits4Breakfast) August 31, 2021
Harris County isn’t giving defense attorneys body cam footage for 6 months, yet the #txlege wants to make it harder for people to make bail. Innocent people will be in jail for 1/2 year because attorneys don’t have access to evidence. That is not justice. https://t.co/UjcGGFgISy
— Elsa Alcala (@TexasElsa) August 28, 2021
Ross Ramsey of the TexTrib and Matt Davies of Newsday, in cartoon form, provide the summary of the week's events.
https://t.co/AbvotV7qZk pic.twitter.com/JkBZcWNt4g
— Matt Davies (@MatttDavies) September 1, 2021
Here in Texas, it’s now legal to carry a gun with no license or training and enforcement of anti-abortion laws has been crowdsourced to citizen bounty hunters who can get up to $10k for turning in anyone they catch helping women obtain abortions. #txlege https://t.co/iJ5pDplp5D
— Ross Ramsey (@rossramsey) September 2, 2021
I'll also address the coming redistricting fight already under way in a forthcoming post. Lots more ahead, so I'll close with some laugh-to-keep-from-crying.
New law requires Texans to have counseling, 24-hour waiting period before being allowed to vote https://t.co/L6uRnkD7wT #TXLege
— Forever in debt to your priceless advice. (@PDiddie) September 2, 2021
https://t.co/MMLMwbQU9i pic.twitter.com/5HdeZX0MX7
— Ken Klippenstein (@kenklippenstein) September 1, 2021
Abortions and BBQ https://t.co/UwXVbnHG3T
— Clay Jones (@claytoonz) September 3, 2021
