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Texas HB1927 in the Senate.. Y'all got work to do.

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Dan Patrick created a special committee to hear HB1927 and others, including the chairman's bullshit bill he introduced yesterday. HB1927 is the closest thing to a perfect bill we could have, and the folks on committee need to hear you say that.

The hearing is going to be next week sometime. It'd be great for y'all to be there to testify in favor of 1927 as well.

Not sure if GOA is doing lodging this time around, but if they are and you need a place to stay, let me know.

I'm currently trying to setup a meeting with my Democrat Senator to see if she'll be like the Democrats in the House that passed the bill.
 
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QuickNDirty said:
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Dan Patrick created a special committee to hear HB1927 and others, including the chairman's bullshit bill he introduced yesterday. HB1927 is the closest thing to a perfect bill we could have, and the folks on committee need to hear you say that.

The hearing is going to be next week sometime. It'd be great for y'all to be there to testify in favor of 1927 as well.

Not sure if GOA is doing lodging this time around, but if they are and you need a place to stay, let me know.

I'm currently trying to setup a meeting with my Democrat Senator to see if she'll be like the Democrats in the House that passed the bill.
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What is needed to get it out of special committee? If it does move out of committee, what happens next?
 
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Smitty192 said:
What is needed to get it out of special committee? If it does move out of committee, what happens next?
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They need simple majority to pass out of committee. Almost everyone on the committee has publicly stated they support CC, so that should be fine.

If they pass HB1927 out of committee, it goes to a floor vote.

If 1927 is passed without amendments on the floor and committee, it goes to the governor.

If they amend 1927, I think it goes back to the House.

If they pass the bullshit SB2224, it goes back to the house.

WE WANT 1927 AND ONLY 1927, as it is.

This all happened today, though, and no one is absolutely sure what Dan Patrick is pulling, but it stinks.. I'll update as I learn more, obviously.
 
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QuickNDirty said:
They need simple majority to pass out of committee. Almost everyone on the committee has publicly stated they support CC, so that should be fine.

If they pass HB1927 out of committee, it goes to a floor vote.

If 1927 is passed without amendments on the floor and committee, it goes to the governor.

If they amend 1927, I think it goes back to the House.

If they pass the bullshit SB2224, it goes back to the house.

WE WANT 1927 AND ONLY 1927, as it is.

This all happened today, though, and no one is absolutely sure what Dan Patrick is pulling, but it stinks.. I'll update as I learn more, obviously.
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We just moved back to Texas and I'm not up on the political landscape in Austin. Last I read, Patrick said he wasn't bringing it up for a vote.

What is it about this move that has everyone concerned?
 
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Smitty192 said:
We just moved back to Texas and I'm not up on the political landscape in Austin. Last I read, Patrick said he wasn't bringing it up for a vote.

What is it about this move that has everyone concerned?
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We've done a pretty good job educating people (and by "we" I mean the ladies at GOA Texas) and getting them pointed in the right directions for where to invest their time and energy. As a result of that, we got a bad amendment to HB1927 withdrawn within an hour of it being proposed on the House floor last week, and we've shaken Dan Patrick to the point (within the last 24 hours) he created a new special committee just for Constitutional Carry, which, for some reason, is like 6:1 in favor of CC passing.

The committee that was supposed to hear CC was the State Affairs committee... This one kinda came out of nowhere, the day after Schwertner introduced SB2224 which basically achieves the same thing, but enhances penalties (whereas 1927 reduces/eliminates them), tweaks private sales in a negative way, removes the fee for a LTC, and some other junk.

I'm not sure what's going on, but it smells like fuckery... In any case, one of Jane Nelson or Kel Seliger need to support the bill and it'll pass on the floor if it makes it there. Jane Nelson, as you'll recall, is the wonderous Senator that suggested "I'm the most pro-gun Senator in Texas.". It's a wonder that she hasn't made a public statement regarding HB1927, or CC at all...

Bottom line, though, is that we're running out of time to get things done this session, and sending CC back to the House for any reason is likely to result in the clock running out before it gets to a floor vote in the Senate. The chairman of the special committee is the same guy that introduced the BS bill SB2224, which is also concerning.

That's why it's IMPERATIVE that we all call the committee members and tell them HB1927 is the only bill worth considering.

And, to be quite frank, HB1927 is actually a very good bill, especially WITH the amendments, which is very very weird.
It's not as good as HB1238 which died in committee in favor of this bill, but it's pretty damn good.
 
rjacobs said:
I emailed off the FPC link which was in reference to 1927...
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The interesting thing about FPC in Texas is that they get all their info from GOA Texas. They sent out a mailer last Thursday... DURING THE VOTE... Telling me to contact my representatives, lol....

Better than nothing, but when it comes to gun bills in Texas, the ONLY ORGANIZATION that's doing anything is GOA. NRA had a spokesperson at the hearing on 1238, but that was it.

GOA had hundreds of us there, not only testifying, but also talking to representatives and helping with other things.

If you want to keep up with what's going on, text your zip code to 8339221212. That's the channel they use to send out updates on where we're at with various bills, and what you need to do to get them passed or killed.

Example:

[GOA Texas]

There is a lot of information going around about Constitutional Carry in the Senate. Here's what we need you to do: <http://bit.ly/SenateCC>

[STOP to end]
 
I checked the forecast, not going to be below 60 for a week at least in Houston. Carry on, but carry a blanket in your cars just in case.
 
QuickNDirty said:
The interesting thing about FPC in Texas is that they get all their info from GOA Texas. They sent out a mailer last Thursday... DURING THE VOTE... Telling me to contact my representatives, lol....

Better than nothing, but when it comes to gun bills in Texas, the ONLY ORGANIZATION that's doing anything is GOA. NRA had a spokesperson at the hearing on 1238, but that was it.

GOA had hundreds of us there, not only testifying, but also talking to representatives and helping with other things.

If you want to keep up with what's going on, text your zip code to 8339221212. That's the channel they use to send out updates on where we're at with various bills, and what you need to do to get them passed or killed.

Example:

[GOA Texas]

There is a lot of information going around about Constitutional Carry in the Senate. Here's what we need you to do: <http://bit.ly/SenateCC>

[STOP to end]
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I thought I was a member of GOA Texas, but I havent gotten any emails from them. I dont do chain text stuff so im not going there.
 
I'm surprised that of all states, Texas doesn't have constitutional carry. Godspeed, especially with the decade's worth of californians that have swarmed Austin and Huston.
 
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Hippy_Steve said:
I'm surprised that of all states, Texas doesn't have constitutional carry. Godspeed, especially with the decade's worth of californians that have swarmed Austin and Huston.
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One of the weird things about this legislative session is that there are tons of non-texans testifying on stuff in good ways. Lots of californians coming down here and advocating for gun rights and against property taxes and stuff. It's wild.
 
I hate to say it, but I'm super busy and don't have the time to research the differences between the SB and the HB. Can someone please put together a quick blurb on what HB1927 says and how it differs from the SB. I just like talking points that I can explain before I make the phone calls on Monday.
 
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Tamu98 said:
I hate to say it, but I'm super busy and don't have the time to research the differences between the SB and the HB. Can someone please put together a quick blurb on what HB1927 says and how it differs from the SB. I just like talking points that I can explain before I make the phone calls on Monday.
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Still waiting on GOA to put out the comparison, but basically, the Senate version:
Increases the penalties in several places
Removes the pardons and expungements amendments
Adds penalties for transferring firearms in private sales in certain situations
Removes the provision barring officers from making random stops to check the legality of a persons firearm
And more....its like Patrick handed it to Moms Demand Action, and said "Here, make some changes."

I don't think it's necessary to mention SB2224 when calling the committee members since they're not hearing that bill, they're hearing HB1927. Talking points on 1927 are laid out here: https://texas.gunowners.org/hb-1927-constitutional-carry/
 
All Senators called this morning. May try to get to Austin and see if my personal presence can help make the difference. Lets push to get to Senate for debate!
 
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