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For Texas lawmakers, the end is nigh
« on: May 25, 2017, 01:15:33 am »
mystatesman   By Ken Herman - 5/24/2017

The end is near. We can tell because lobbyists with pending legislation and nagging clients have been clogging the entry to the state House and lawmakers have been tweeting their souls.

“It’s that time in session when you start thinking about jumping,” Rep. Drew Springer, R-Muenster, said in a closing-days tweet of an outdoor photo showing him perilously perched, legs hanging over the side, on the Capitol’s fourth floor.

Don’t do it, Mr. Springer. The session will be end soon enough and you’ll be back in beautiful downtown Muenster — which we can only hope is down the road from Cheddar — before you know it.---

---Also dead is House Bill 412 by Rep. Dan Huberty, R-Humble, who wanted to add more than 80 holidays — including Leif Erikson Day, Wright Brothers Day and National Tartan Day — to the list of holidays around which fireworks can be sold.---

---But killed were measures to name the cannon the Official State Gun of Texas and the Bowie knife the Official State Knife of Texas.--Also dead are efforts to do away with vehicle safety inspections. SB 1588 by Sen. Don Huffines, R-Dallas, was approved by the Senate but never made it to the House floor for inspection.---

---Here’s one I didn’t see coming. SB 404 is dead. It’s a little ol’ bill that would have made it illegal for health care professionals to offer alcoholic beverages in their waiting rooms. ---

More: http://www.mystatesman.com/news/opinion/herman-for-texas-lawmakers-the-end-nigh/NsWJkDJSQn8HFB8tdkjZ6I/