HOW TEXAS BILLS BECOME LAWS SEND TO OPPOSITE CHAMBER LEGEND HOUSE POTENTIAL OBSTACLES SENATE GOVERNOR in the House & referral to Committee by Speaker RECONCILE DIFFERENCES Both the House & Senate must pass Conference Committee Report COMMITTEE WORK COMMITTEE WORK SEND TO CALENDARS COMMITTEE BILL ASSIGNED TO CALENDAR COMMITTEE REPORT COMMITTEE REPORT PLACED ON REGULAR ORDER OF BUSINESS VETOED BILL SIGNED BILL UNSIGNED BILL THE GOVERNOR BILL STATE LEGISLATOR AN ORGANIZATION INTERIM COMMITTEE CITIZENS OR ADVOCATES Bills can originate in either the House or the Senate R E A D I N G 1 st in the Senate & referral to Committee by Lt. Gov. R E A D I N G 1 st R E A D I N G 2 nd R E A D I N G 2 nd R E A D I N G 3 rd R E A D I N G 3 rd majority vote of committee required committee chair must choose to schedule a hearing on the bill committee chair must choose to schedule hearing of the bill veto can be overridden by 2/3 vote of House & Senate majority vote of committee required majority vote required 2/3 vote required to bring bill to senate ﬂoor DEBATE AMEND & DEBATE AMEND & DEBATE AMEND & majority vote required DEBATE AMEND & majority vote required DEBATE AMEND & DEBATE AMEND & DEBATE AMEND & DEBATE AMEND & C O N F E R E N C E C O M M I T T E E BILL TEXAS LEGISLATURE FACTS 140 Days in Session • 150 House Members • 31 Senate Members TEXAS LEGISLATURE FACTS 140 Days in Session • 150 House Members • 31 Senate Members Law TEXAS For more information on the legislative process in Texas visit https://tlc.texas.gov/docs/legref/legislativeprocess.pdf PUBLIC HEARINGS PUBLIC HEARINGS ENGROSSED BILL ENROLLMENT Signing by Speaker & Lt. Gov, send to the Governor 3 3 3 INTRODUCE LEGISLATION unrestricted in the ﬁrst 60 days of session majority vote required chair can prioritize bills & majority vote is required to set for House Floor ™ © 2019 TexProtects - The Texas Association for the Protection of Children

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HOW TEXAS BILLS BECOME LAWS

SEND TOOPPOSITE CHAMBER

LEGENDHOUSE

POTENTIALOBSTACLES

SENATE

GOVERNOR

in the House& referral toCommitteeby Speaker

RECONCILE DIFFERENCESBoth the House & Senate must pass

Conference Committee Report

COMMITTEEWORK

COMMITTEEWORK

SEND TOCALENDARSCOMMITTEE

BILL ASSIGNEDTO CALENDAR

COMMITTEEREPORT

COMMITTEEREPORT

PLACED ONREGULAR

ORDER OF BUSINESS

VETOEDBILL

SIGNEDBILL

UNSIGNEDBILL

THE

GOVERNOR

BILL

STATELEGISLATOR

ANORGANIZATION

INTERIMCOMMITTEE

CITIZENSOR

ADVOCATES

Bills can originate in either the House or the Senate

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by 2/3 vote ofHouse & Senate

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majorityvote

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TEXAS LEGISLATURE FACTS140 Days in Session • 150 House Members • 31 Senate Members

TEXAS LEGISLATURE FACTS140 Days in Session • 150 House Members • 31 Senate Members

LawTEXAS

For more information on the legislative process in Texasvisit https://tlc.texas.gov/docs/legref/legislativeprocess.pdf

PUBLICHEARINGS

PUBLICHEARINGS

ENGROSSEDBILL

ENROLLMENT Signingby Speaker &

Lt. Gov, send tothe Governor

3

33

INTRODUCELEGISLATION

unrestricted in thefirst 60 days of

session

majorityvote

required

chair can prioritizebills & majority

vote is required toset for House Floor

™© 2019 TexProtects - The Texas Association for the Protection of Children