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Yahoo
26-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
East Texas State Rep. Money discusses bills left to vote on in 89th legislative session
TYLER, Texas (KETK) — The 89th Texas Legislature will adjourn in June 2025 and recently KETK spoke with one East Texas State Representative about the bills waiting for a vote in this year's legislative session. Bill looks to allow small egg producers to sell ungraded eggs wholesale 'So we finished last Friday with all of the bills that originated in the House,' Rep. Brent Money of Hopkins, Hunt and Van Zandt counties told KETK. 'It's now too late for any bill that started in the House to become law. There are House bills in the Senate, and there are Senate bills in the House. I think that we're going to see a lot of priority items hit in this last session.' Money spoke with KETK's Tori Bean about the priorities they're trying to accomplish before the end of this session. These are priority bills like Senate Bill 1864, which is waiting for a vote in the House. 'I think to most people in Texas, a priority item is the things that you handle first to the exclusion of the non-priority items. The way it works in the Texas Legislature and particularly in the Texas House, is we save all the priority items for the very end,' Money said. SB 1864 would allow egg farmers to save money by selling ungraded chicken eggs. The Texas Senate on April 24 but is still waiting for a vote in the house. 'This is a bill that allows, for egg producers who are small, small chicken farms, to be able to sell ungraded eggs,' Money said. According to the Texas Legislature, the bill has been placed on the General State Calendar for this Tuesday. 'It has really nothing to do with the quality of the egg. A person who sells ungraded eggs under SB 1846 would be able to sell a certain number of them, wholesale or retail, as long as the package was clearly marked that they were ungraded, it says the producer's name, where they, where they're from, the date the carton was packed,' Money said. 'There's some basic information that they would have to provide, but they wouldn't have to go through the process of grading each egg, which is either very labor-intensive or capital-intensive, requiring machinery to weigh and size the eggs.' Money ended his conversation with Tori by talking about some of his other priorities and how he hopes they'll be able to prioritize bills better in the next session of the Texas Legislature. To see their full conversation watch the video above. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
13-05-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Texas House pushes bill that threatens vaccine safeguards amid measles outbreak
May 12—AUSTIN — The Texas House of Representatives is considering advancing House Bill 1586 (HB 1586), a dangerous proposal that would lead to more unvaccinated children in schools — just as the state faces a deadly measles outbreak. As of last week, the bill has been placed on the General State Calendar and is headed for a vote by the full House. The Immunization Partnership (TIP) strongly opposes HB 1586 because it poses a direct threat to the health of children, immunocompromised individuals, the elderly and communities across Texas. Both confirmed childhood deaths and the majority of hospitalizations in the current measles outbreak have occurred among unvaccinated children. HB 1586 goes against the views of most Texans, who support strong vaccine requirements to protect public health. "This bill is a clear danger to the safety of our communities," Terri Burke, executive director of The Immunization Partnership, said in a news release. "Rolling back protections in the middle of an outbreak is reckless. Once again, the Legislature is ignoring the will of its constituents. More people testified against this bill in committee than testified for it, and 72 percent of the written comments opposed it. It's fair to ask: Who are lawmakers really listening to?" School vaccine exemptions in Texas have more than doubled since 2018. HB 1586 would only accelerate this trend by removing guardrails to protect children, increasing the risk of future outbreaks. If the public wants to help stop HB 1586 and protect children's health, they can contact their Texas state representative through an electronic form at
