Democrats successfully delayed the advancement of a bill that would let law enforcement agencies across the state keep unsubstantiated complaints against officers private.
During Monday’s debate on the House floor, Democratic state Rep. Joe Moody of El Paso raised a point of order — a parliamentary procedure that aims to delay or kill legislation on a technicality — against Senate Bill 15 on the grounds that its subject matter is not included in Gov. Greg Abbott’s agenda for the second special legislative session. Close to an hour later, the point of order was sustained because the bill focuses on departmental files and not personnel files as called for in Abbott’s proclamation.
