Bill Text: TX HR12 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Suspending the constitutional order of business.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-18 - Referred to House Administration [HR12 Detail]

Download: Texas-2025-HR12-Introduced.html

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89R2087 MAW-D
By: Vasut H.R. No. 12

R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Section 5(b), Article III, Texas Constitution,
reads:
"(b) When convened in regular Session, the first thirty days
thereof shall be devoted to the introduction of bills and
resolutions, acting upon emergency appropriations, passing upon
the confirmation of the recess appointees of the Governor and such
emergency matters as may be submitted by the Governor in special
messages to the Legislature. During the succeeding thirty days of
the regular session of the Legislature the various committees of
each House shall hold hearings to consider all bills and
resolutions and other matters then pending; and such emergency
matters as may be submitted by the Governor. During the remainder
of the session the Legislature shall act upon such bills and
resolutions as may be then pending and upon such emergency matters
as may be submitted by the Governor in special messages to the
Legislature."; and
WHEREAS, It is specifically provided in Section 5(c), Article
III, Texas Constitution, that either house may otherwise determine
its order of business by an affirmative vote of four-fifths of its
membership; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the State of
Texas, 89th Legislature, by an affirmative vote of four-fifths of
its membership, That the order of the house's business for the
regular session is hereby determined to be otherwise than set forth
in Section 5(b), Article III, Texas Constitution, and declared to
be specifically as set forth in the permanent rules of the House of
Representatives of the State of Texas, 89th Legislature.