August 14, 2017      5:54 PM

House moves today signal logjam is ending over school finance for now

The Senate has yet to act on HB 21 and HB 30

Earlier in the day, Rep. Dennis Bonnen, R-Angleton, shook off Tea Party objections that the House wasn’t being tough enough in Senate Bill 1, the property tax bill, sticking to the 6 percent rollback rate and adding appraisal district reform, House Bill 32, to the bill.

That property tax bill was a must-get for both Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and Gov. Greg Abbott. It was followed by Sen. Larry Taylor’s ask: an interim school finance commission. The commission’s chief opponent, Rep. Dan Huberty, R-Kingwood, made sure an exchange that linked SB 1 and HB 21 was reduced to writing and added to the journal. 

By Kimberly Reeves

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