Texas municipalities have received 2 warnings of costly litigation re: enforcement of the statewide camping ban on public property (#HB1925) which went into effect Sept. 1.
The second warning for Texas municipalities came from the @ACLUTx, @FairDefense, @TexasAppleseed & @NLCHPhomeless if local leaders enforced #HB1925 w/out regard to the Constitution & the American with Disabilities Act. #txlege
Side note: per witness lists from both the House State Affairs Cmte & Senate Local Gov't Cmte on #HB1925 and the Senate companion bill #SB987, the only service provider that testified in favor of the bills was @HavenForHope. #txlege
Abbott & Paxton's letter to municipalities about the enforcement of #HB1925 follows a complaint submitted to AG Paxton y'day by Bresnen Associates regarding the @austintexasgov's designated public camping places, which they claim violates #HB1925. dropbox.com/s/mn9bzvbfstwp…#txlege
After being voted out just yesterday, the committee substitute for the Senate's $16.3B ARPA relief spending bill (#SB8) is on the Senate floor right now. The text just became available a couple of hours ago. #txbudget#txlege#txedcapitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/Tex…
Here are the top-line items of the cmte substitute for #SB8:
#SB8 author @SenJaneNelson said Senate work groups navigated 300 requests that would spend $60B, well over the amount that #txlege can appropriate. #txbudget
Today, the Texas Senate is expected to consider the committee substitute for #SB6, the proposed map for Texas' 38 congressional districts, and several floor amendments.
Huffman says she will only vote in favor of floor amendments that don't expand the overall deviation from the ideal population of the map and that is agreeable to all Senators involved in the district line changes. #txlege
Senate now considering floor amndmnts on cmte substitute for #SB4, the proposed senate map. Huffman floor amndmnt 1 (PLANS2149) makes the cities of Magnolia, Kyle, Mansfield, Seguin & Jourdanton are made whole. She says all Senators involved are agreeable. #txlege#redistricting
The Senate #Redistricting Committee is meeting now to hear invited and public testimony on the new proposed Congressional maps, #SB6. We'll be live-tweeting on this 🧵. Follow along
.@joanhuffman says they'll start w/invited witnesses, who were recommended by Senate Redistricting Cmte members. She says next week, the cmte will vote on amendments and #SB6 overall. #txlege
Her #SB6 testimony will be somewhat general since they haven't had enough time to fully analyze the maps but plan on submitting more testimony/amendments later. #txlege
After repeated attempts by Texas Republicans this year to pass a bill increasing voting restrictions in TX, @GovAbbott is set to sign #SB1 in Tyler w/bill author @SenBryanHughes (R-Tyler) & sponsor Andrew Murr (R-Junction). Watch live here: #txlege