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May 14, 2009 |
Tonight at midnight all house bills must pass out of the house on their second reading or they are dead for this session. Then, those that do pass tonight must pass tomorrow night on third reading or they, too, are dead for this session. View our action alert page with the five house bills on today's calendar that the Texas Catholic Conference is supporting.
Even with pressing deadlines in the House, we must also push bills through the Senate as well. Check out our Senate Action Alert to help vital bills keep moving.
And some good news to report: The first Texas Catholic Conference supported bill has been signed by the Governor, HB 2058 requiring death penalty experience for attorneys assigned to indigent defense in capital cases. And, more bills are passing the house: HB 3653 on banning shackling pregnant inmates during labor passed yesterday and HB 4009 on human trafficking is expected to pass today.
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