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HOUSE
RESEARCH
ORGANIZATION
Texas House of Representatives
OCUS
REPORTFebruary 20, 2013
The bill in committee
Highlights of changes
to House Rules
The calendars systemOrder of business
End-of-session
deadlines
After passage by
both housesHow a Bill Becomes Law:
83rd Legislature
The 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 Smithee, adopted by the House
on January 14, 2013, contains the House Rules for the 83rd 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,
The governor's role sec. 33). A House bill that would impose or change a tax or fee must include a
short statement at the end of its caption indicating the effect of the bill on the
proposed tax or fee (Rule 8, sec. 1 (b)), such as "imposing a tax."
This report summarizes the Certain local and special bills are banned by the
key constitutional provisions and rules Constitution in Art. 3, sec. 56. Examples include bills
governing bills in the Legislature, with that would grant individual divorces, change venue in
civil or criminal cases, change the names of persons, or
emphasis on House rules. legalize invalid wills or deeds.Number 83-2
SFloor consideration
Senate procedures
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