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I don't know for sure that they can't but in my limited experience I don't think they will. That's more a federal government trick, I think. I'd be more concerned about the bill being reintroduced to get a new number, but given how late it is in the session I wouldn't expect that to happen until the next regular session. I don't think this bill is one of the governor's pet projects and thus not likely to get addressed in a special session.@thenaimis Can they also attach the wording to any other bill? Like a spending bill?
According to Tesla’s lobbyist’s email for the Austin owners group that I posted in another thread, the Senate committee meets on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and this bill will likely be on the agenda for one of those days next week as it wasn’t put on the agenda for yesterday. For a bill to be considered it could be posted on the agenda as late as the evening before the meeting, which is why we need to be ready to appear on short notice. They’re not going to make it easy for us.There was a senate subcommittee on business and commerce meeting both on the 26th (which, according to the witness record, did not involve SB1415) and another again this morning, for which neither minutes nor witness records have been posted. The house bill was referred the the subcommittee on licensing and administrative procedures whose chair seems more on the ball than Sen. Hancock in that an actual schedule with a list of bills to be covered is included. HB2940 is missing from that list.
The senate subcommittee just has a hearing notice saying they'll meet to discuss "pending business", and that was today with no future meetings on schedule. The house committee's schedule hints that the bill is DOA, but the senate schedule hints that they're going to try to sneak it through as quietly as possible.
Regular session ends in May, IIRC. I encourage others to try to confirm or disprove my observations, or at the very least keep an eye out on what Hancock and Geren are doing.
Session doesn’t end until May 27, so still plenty of time for mischief.I just checked and 1415 is NOT on the schedule for April 2.
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No that’s not how it works. A House bill doesn’t change just because the Senate committee adopts a committee substitute. The House committee might consider the same substitute, or the original bill, or even a different committee substitute. Assuming something passes in both chambers then the two versions are reconciled in a conference committee. It all depends on if TADA admits defeat now that the Senate committee considered the substitute without anti-Tesla provision, or wants to keep fighting for it in the House and then in conference if both bills pass.I haven't seen the new wording but if Tesla's representatives have and they're ok with it then that's at least something. The new wording should be up on the TLO site within a day, I should think. I also think it's highly likely the accompanying House bill will be updated to reflect this change in language, particularly since TLO lists HB2940 as "identical" to SB1415.
It’s there— Committee on Business and Commerce 4/4/19– it’s towards the end of that 2 1/2 hr meeting.looking on line. The Texas State Senate – Senate Video Archives
I was hoping to find the archive of the session.
It's not bad news -- it leaves things no more broken than they are today.Looks like good news for us and Tesla
Tesla’s service in Texas is now safe after pressure from owners against weird new bill
Thank you. Checking it out now.It’s there— Committee on Business and Commerce 4/4/19– it’s towards the end of that 2 1/2 hr meeting.
It seems that the TxDMV has kind of "grandfathered in" Tesla even though one might argue they are in technical violation of existing law. One would think this would become more solidified with more owners (and hopefully more service centers) in the future.It's not bad news -- it leaves things no more broken than they are today.
That WAS worth listening to. Yeah, it was interesting that Rivian was there and seemed to have a pretty cordial relationship with Hancock. The testimony from Tesla was basically "You fixed the problem. Thanks". Good job to all the Tesla owners that were there.OMG, it's awesome to hear at 1:53 the Tesla community came together to hammer their email in box. Also I was not aware that Rivian was there fighting the change of the bill as well. You go community!