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Revenge of McLovin: Bills good and bad try to sneak in under deadline

Taps played in the Texas House last night as the clock struck midnight, signaling the death of several thousand bills filed in the lower chamber that didn't make it out by the deadline, at least for this session. (Now, of course, begins the biennial sport of tacking on dead bills to still-moving legislation.)Looking at the bills that did make it through on the final day, these criminal justice highlights stand out:Innocence InvestigatedHB 498 (McLendon) - Creating an Innocence Commission to investigate false convictions and identify reforms to prevent their recurrence. (See prior Grits coverage.) This bill in 2007 passed the Senate but died in the House, so its prospects look fairly bright headed into the eastern wing of the capitol, where most senators have already voted for it...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on May 15, 2009 (boomark / email).