January 30, 2023      3:09 PM

Winter weather affects legislative schedule at the Texas Capitol

As wintry weather began to move into Austin and other parts of Texas Monday afternoon, GOP leadership began to let staff and others know that legislative business would be affected.

Texas Senate Finance Committee Chair Joan Huffman, R-Houston, was first to announce that staff in both the House and Senate would be sent home at 2pm this afternoon out of safety concerns. She said to watch the Finance postings closely because the committee's schedule would be updated as the weather situation unfolds. It’s possible that the committee will have to meet on Saturday as the panel makes its way through the base budget, she said.

Later in the day, Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan’s office announced that the members will meet “very briefly” Tuesday and adjourn until 10am on Friday. “Members and staff should not travel until weather and road conditions allow you to travel safely,” the Officer of the Speaker advised in a memo. Members who were planning to recognize community leaders and others in the gallery this week should reschedule that now, the memo said.

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