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AUSTIN The Texas House in an overwhelming vote Tuesday said people who are present when a capital murder is committed but who did not realize that someone might be killed should no longer be subject to the death penalty.
The author of House Bill 1340, which requires a final House vote before advancing to the Senate, said the measure should be part of a broader and deeper conversation on the very existence of the death penalty.
Under what is commonly called the law of parties, all conspirators are equally guilty if they take part in the commission of a felony. But under state Rep. Jeff Leach s legislation, a jury must find that a conspirator who did not actually do the killing actually intended to kill the victim to be condemned to death.
AUSTIN Texas is on a winning streak that has lasted a full 100 years.
The streak became official April 26 when the U.S. Census Bureau announced the state s population gain of 3 million people in the past decade means it will get two more congressional seats next year. And that means it also gets two more votes in the Electoral College for the 2024 presidential election.
All this is likely good news for Republicans, who ve been on a winning streak of their own in Texas that dates back to 1980 or 1998, depending on how you define it. The GOP presidential candidate has captured Texas in every election since 1980 and Republican candidates have won every statewide election every time since 1998.
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AUSTIN Late-filed legislation to require sexual harassment training for lobbyists will be heard in House and Senate committees on Thursday, suggesting the measures are being fast-tracked in the final weeks of the session.
The measures, Senate Bill 2233, and House Bill 4461, come just days after the Texas Department of Public Safety launched a criminal investigation into whether a lobbyist gave a date-rape drug to a legislative staffer. It also comes on the heels of the speaker of the House denouncing the ongoing culture in the Capitol community that many say condones unwanted sexual aggression against women.
The legislation would require lobbyist to show they have completed a certified sexual harassment awareness course as part of their registration process,