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HOUSE
RESEARCH
ORGANIZATION
Texas House of RepresentativesREPORT
February 14, 2011
How a Bill Becomes Law:
82nd Legislature
The bill in committee
The calendars system
Order of business
Floor consideration
Senate procedures
After passage by
both houses
Box: End-of-session
deadlines
The governor's roleThe Texas Constitution and the rules of the House and the Senate govern
the movement of bills through the Legislature. This report summarizes the
key constitutional provisions and rules governing bills in the Legislature, with
emphasis on the House Rules. HR 4 by Solomons, adopted by the House
on January 24, 2011, contains the House Rules for the 82nd Legislature.
References to bills also apply to joint resolutions, unless otherwise noted.Form and content of bills
Each bill filed in the Legislature must have three parts:
* a descriptive caption, beginning, "A Bill to be Entitled an Act," along
with a brief statement giving the Legislature and the public reasonable
notice of the subject of the bill;
* an enacting or resolving clause, "Be it Enacted by the Legislature of
the State of Texas"; and
* the body of the bill (Rule 8, sec. 1).
Each bill must pertain to only one subject, except for the general
appropriations bill, recodification bills, and joint resolutions (Constitution, Art.
3, sec. 35; Rule 8, sec. 3; Rule 9, sec. 1(b)).
All revenue-raising bills must originate in the House (Constitution, Art. 3,
sec. 33).ain local and special bills are banned by the Constitution
n Art. 3, sec. 56. Examples include bills that would grant
individual divorces, change venue in criminal cases,
change the names of persons, or legalize invalid wills or
deeds.
The House Rules also prohibit consideration of
on "bracket" bills, which use population ranges to limitNumber 82-2
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This report summarizes the
key constitutional provisions and rules
governing bills in the Legislature, with
emphasis on House rules.
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