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The Texas Tribune
The Texas Tribune
National
James Barragán and Karen Brooks Harper

Bills by the handful perish as Texas House hits crucial late-session deadline

House Speaker Dade Phelan, R-Beaumont, surveys the chamber during a break in the action on deadline day May 11, 2023.
House Speaker Dade Phelan, R-Beaumont, surveys the House floor during a break in the action on an important deadline day on May 11, 2023. (Credit: Bob Daemmrich for The Texas Tribune)

Some lawmakers cheered, others anguished as the Legislature zoomed past a crucial midnight deadline Thursday, leaving more than 140 House bills on the scrap pile.

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