The Texas House Select Committee on Community Safety has voted to advance the raise-the-age bill after recent mass shootings in Allen, Houston and Uvalde.
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The bill was passed out of committee 8-5. Two Republicans, Reps. Sam Harless of Spring and Justin Holland of Rockwall, voted with Democrats on the measure.
On the heels of our state’s latest mass shooting and a weekend of gun violence here in San Antonio, there’s a last-minute push for gun violence prevention legislation.