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Daily House Calendar

Saturday, October 16, 2021

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********** MAJOR STATE CALENDAR ********** SENATE BILLS SECOND READING SB 6                Huffman SP: Hunter Relating to the composition of the districts for the election of members of the United States House of Representatives from the State of Texas.

********** GENERAL STATE CALENDAR ********** SENATE BILLS SECOND READING SB 5                Lucio / et al. SP: Patterson Relating to the unlawful restraint of a dog; creating a criminal offense.

********** RESOLUTIONS CALENDAR ********** HOUSE RESOLUTIONS HCR 8               Hull Designating the third Monday in October as Domestic Violence Survivors' Day for a 10-year period beginning in 2021.

********** RESOLUTIONS CALENDAR ********** SENATE RESOLUTIONS SCR 3               Nichols / et al. SP: Canales / Ashby / Thompson, Ed / Rogers / Harris Urging Congress to pass legislation that would grant licensing authority for public school bus drivers to the states.

 

RULE FOR FLOOR CONSIDERATION

S.B. 6

 

Section 1.  This rule for floor consideration of S.B. 6 is proposed by the Committee on Calendars, pursuant to House Rule 3, Section 4(2).  The rule will be effective if it is approved by the house, in accordance with House Rule 6, Section 16(f).

Section 2.  For each original amendment that will be offered during second reading consideration of the bill, the amendment elements required by Section 3(a) must be submitted to the chief clerk by 11 a.m. on Saturday, October 16.

Section 3.  (a)  No proposed amendment, amendment to the amendment, or substitute amendment changing any district is eligible for consideration on any reading unless the amendment includes:

 (1)  a reference to the plan number assigned by the redistricting computer system operated by the Texas Legislative Council; and

(2)  the following required amendment elements that have been prepared by TLC and submitted or made available electronically to the chief clerk:

 (A)  a general written description of the proposed changes, including district numbers and the names of counties affected, if the amendment does not propose a statewide substitute plan;

(B)  maps prepared by TLC indicating changes made by the amendment; and

(C)  standard reports prepared by TLC that indicate population, voter data, and incumbent locations for the districts affected by the amendment.

 (b)  No proposed amendment, amendment to the amendment, or substitute amendment changing any district is eligible for consideration on any reading if adoption of the amendment would result in:

 (1)  any district composed of non-contiguous territory; or

(2)  any unassigned territory or districts with overlapping territory in the overall redistricting plan under consideration.