Many of the allegations against Paxton are based on info laid out in a whistleblower lawsuit. Geren describes them as "senior staff with years of legal and civil service experience." #txlege
@DadePhelan@charliegeren Geren says members of the Texas House received telephone calls personally from AG Ken Paxton "threatening them" with political consequences if they voted for impeachment.
Up now in Texas Senate: #SB1029 which would prohibit public $ for "provision or administration" of gender-affirming care for all ages of patients.
Would also make insurers "strictly liable" to pay for detransitions, and make it easier to sue doctors for malpractice. #txlege
Sen @NathanForTexas asks: "If a patient comes in and requests a procedure, and the physician provides the procedure and does so competently, that physician is nevertheless liable to that patient for anything that follows that procedure?"
@NathanForTexas@SenBobHall Sen @sarah_eckhardt asks if an adult gets gender modification surgery then can tell the doctor who provided it: "Now you must pay for all of my subsequent treatment for the rest of my life?"
2/ The lawyers identified 4 areas of concern: The bill includes vague descriptions of new crimes, specifically targets people “exhibiting” as the opposite sex, is overly broad in its definitions of “sexually oriented” and lacks discussion of an alleged scofflaw's intent. #txlege
3/ How could this suss out in the real world?
The bill criminalizes "real or simulated" groping of the butt, which the lawyers said could land performers and venues in hot water if dancing crosses is "prurient" content and is in front of a minor. dallasnews.com/news/politics/…#txlege
The News obtained the indoor temperature logs at all Texas prisons, which the state only recently required them to begin keeping, through a public info request and analyzed them.
The data show indoor temperatures in 15 state-run lockups exceeded 100 degrees last summer. #txlege
3/ The temperature topped 99.4 degrees where inmates are housed inside the state-run jail in Dallas County, the data show.
The Stevenson Unit near Cuero was the hottest; temperatures there exceeded 95 degrees two out of three days last summer. dallasnews.com/news/politics/…#txlege
Senate Bill 12 gets FINAL PASSAGE in the Texas Senate by vote of 20-11. It would criminalize drag shows or any other performances deemed overtly sexual if they're in front of or may be in front of minors.