Point of order withdrawn.
Point of order withdrawn.
Point of chaos
New amendment: changes the fines. Several R reps stand up in support. Several Ds object. There's a vote. Amendment passes.
A rep: "I hope my colleagues in support of this bill never experience the trauma that people in the LGBT community experience. Because I do not think you'd be able to handle it."
Another rep stands up to remind the House that HB 8 will drive away business and tourism: "This bill threatens our ability to attract the best to Texas."
"Discrimination has no place in our laws."
Rep Turner: Senate Bill 8 is big government at its worst. It tells Texans where they can go and where they cannot go. Even worse, it watches you. Even worse, it tells Texans to rat each other out.
Rep Turner: This is the most un-Texan bill that this body has ever taken up.
Rep listing the names of Black trans women killed this year.
Rep raising up the story of Passion Star, a Black trans woman who faced horrific violence in Texas prison. legacy.lambdalegal.org/blog/2016120...
Rep: This bill is not just cruel. It's unconstitutional.
Rep: This bill is not about Texas.
One of so many.