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Yeah it’s tradition for Texas state legislators to drop by and dump a bunch of crazy shit. I’m seeing 12,000 bills filed this past regular session. The next ses

• andrekandre 3y ago
  > I’m seeing 12,000 bills filed this past regular session. i'm not familiar with the situation there but is that an exaggeration?
  • 0xBDB 3y ago
    Slightly. 8,000 bills and 11,700 resolutions (things like naming January 23 as the Texas State Lawyer Appreciation Day or something). Of these 1,222 bills and 4,028 resolutions passed. That's for two years though - the Texas Legislature meets every other year. Also remember that Texas has an economy roughly the size of Canada's, so in some senses that's like the output of a national legislature. https://www.kxan.com/news/texas-politics/texas-lege-update-which-bills-made-it-to-the-governors-desk/ https://www.kxan.com/news/texas-politics/texas-lege-update-w...