Will Donna Howard's bill to do a narrow sexual assault carve-out to Texas' abortion law actually draw any GOP backers once it hits the light of day? Color me skeptical, though Joan Huffmann and Robert Nichols are on record as supporting it and have GOP-friendly districts, so it's not just campaign talk from them.
They have to get Danny Goeb to let it see the light of day, then, assuming it passes the more friendly House, have to dodge a Strangeabbott veto, es
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State Rep. Joe Moody wants to eliminate the "dead suspect" loophole to the state's Public Information Act. It's high time, and current and presumably ongoing Speaker Dade Phelan is interested. But, is he OK iwth the other parts of Moody's bill, which would broaden the PIA on police misconduct in general, and on jail deaths? I doubt it, and I know that's part of why CLEAT has vociferously opposed past such bills. Will Moody narrow the bill? Dunno. I support the whole idea, but like Donna Howard, he might need to settle for half a loaf, or less. That said, given that he's introduced similar bills in the past, I don't hold my breath on compromise.
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