A lot of the bills in the Texas Legislature are about to die.

Most bills never get to become laws in Texas. As the legislative session winds down, strategy and the mere brutal passage of time have taken their toll.

Every two years, state lawmakers arrive at the Capitol to bring shiny new legislation to life – and a lot is proposed. More than 10,000 bills and resolutions were filed during this year’s legislative session alone, all ready to change the world through the wonders of the democratic process.

But the session lasts for 140 days, or 3,360 hours. That’s hardly enough time to get through every bill. And at this point in the session, only two weeks remain to get bills to the finish line.

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