Forever Chemicals, Imported Shrimp Among House Deadline Casualties

Juvenile detention, imported shrimp, forever chemicals among hundreds of bills cut off by House deadline

House lawmakers cheered, jumped to their feet and embraced as the clock struck midnight on a critical legislative deadline, delegating hundreds of House bills to the shredder early Friday after a marathon week of votes. The cutoff came after lawmakers spent nearly 14 hours working their way through an agenda of more than 400 bills […]Juvenile detention, imported shrimp, forever chemicals among hundreds of bills cut off by House deadline was firs…

Forever chemicals, imported shrimp among House deadline casualties

AUSTIN — House lawmakers cheered, jumped to their feet and embraced as the clock struck midnight on a critical legislative deadline, delegating hundreds of House bills to the shredder early Friday after a marathon week of votes.

Juvenile detention, imported shrimp, forever chemicals among hundreds…

Some measures that made it through before midnight dealt with jail bonds, an unconstitutional ban on gay sex, and the liability of vaccine manufacturers.