AUSTIN A bill to make it easier to remove racist restrictions from real estate deeds would be named the Royce West Act under a last-minute amendment approved by the House Monday. West, D-Dallas, is lead author of Senate Bill 30, which the House approved, 146-0. It would dispense with an arduous, time-consuming and expensive process that current laws require for removing deed language that .
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The House Chamber at the Texas Capitol is pictured during the 87th Texas legislature on Friday, May 7, 2021, in Austin. (Smiley N. Pool/The Dallas Morning News)(Smiley N. Pool / Staff Photographer)
Updated on Tuesday, May 25, 2021 at 3:05 p.m.
with final votes and more information on several bills.
AUSTIN Monday was a great day for Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick in the Texas House.
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