A late-night blunder by Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick on Wednesday allowed Senate Democrats to kill a host of conservative bills on Thursday, including one bill that had been a top priority for the state Republican Party, according to the Quorum Report.
Patrick, who presides over the Legislature’s conservative upper chamber, concluded floor debate on Wednesday evening by adjourning the body, rather than recessing it. When he gaveled the Senate back in this morning, the only way to pass Wednesday night’s bills in a third and final reading was by suspending constitutional three-day rule, which requires a four-fifths vote of the chamber.
Consequently, Democrats today were able to block several legislative priorities for Patrick, who has repeatedly turned down opportunities to work together with the minority party to ram conservative bills through.
The state Republican Party this session prioritized restrictions to prevent people under 18 from accessing municipal library material that contains sexual content. House Bill 3225, which would have accomplished just that, also died as a result of Patrick’s error, according to QR
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