GOV 310L Midterm: Unit 3
Document Summary
Impeachment, according to the texas constitution, the formal charge by the. House of representatives that leads to a trial in the senate and possibly to the removal of a state official. How a bill becomes a law in texas. Anyone can write a bill but only members of the legislature can introduce a bill. For a bill that starts in the house the steps are. Introduction: referral, consideration by standing committee, floor action, first four steps are then repeated in the senate, then action by a conference committee, approval by both houses, action by the governor. Introduction in the house: legislator introduces a bill in the house. In senate, the secretary of the senate receives the bill: bill must be read in 3 separate occasions. Referral: then the bill is assigned to a standing committee by the speaker, can be assigned to a friendly or unfriendly one, committee determines whether the bill survives or dies.
