Bill Text: TX SR735 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Adopting rules to govern its proceedings in the trial of Warren Kenneth Paxton Jr., Attorney General, upon articles of impeachment presented by the House of Representatives.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-05-29 - Reported enrolled [SR735 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SR735-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Adopting rules to govern its proceedings in the trial of Warren Kenneth Paxton Jr., Attorney General, upon articles of impeachment presented by the House of Representatives.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-05-29 - Reported enrolled [SR735 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SR735-Introduced.html
By: Whitmire | S.R. No. 735 | |
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WHEREAS, It will be necessary for the Senate of Texas to | ||
adopt rules of procedure to govern its proceedings in the trial | ||
of Warren Kenneth Paxton Jr., Attorney General, upon articles of | ||
impeachment presented by the House of Representatives; now, | ||
therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED by the Senate of the State of Texas, That a | ||
special committee of seven senators be appointed by the President | ||
to prepare and present to a caucus of the Senate to be held on | ||
Tuesday, June 20, 2023, such rules of procedure for consideration | ||
by the Senate; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That notwithstanding senate rules governing | ||
committee procedures, the committee shall meet subject to the | ||
call of the chair and is authorized to meet in closed session for | ||
purposes of deliberation; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That the President be authorized to issue a | ||
proclamation setting a date and time not later than Monday, | ||
August 28, 2023, for the Senate to convene as a Court of | ||
Impeachment; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That the President be authorized to notify all | ||
members of the Senate, the Governor, the Board of Managers | ||
selected by the House of Representatives, the Speaker of the | ||
House of Representatives, and Warren Kenneth Paxton of such date | ||
and time set for the Senate to convene as a Court of Impeachment. |