Sweeping voter reforms that Democrats and voting advocacy groups called nothing more than a tool for voter suppression appear to have died in the Texas Legislature.
The Texas House on Sunday night refused to schedule the controversial bill for a floor debate this week, a move that bars it from being voted on in the House.
Now the only way Senate Bill 9, championed by Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, can pass is if portions of the legislation are amended onto other bills by May 27, the last day of the session. However, the author of the bill, Sen. Bryan Hughes, R-Mineola, on Sunday night did not sound confident that he still has the time to go that route