Rose's bill is now one vote away from moving across the rotunda to the Texas Senate where its passage will be more tenuous.
The READER Act was voted out of committee by a vote of 10 to 2, with three Democrats among those in support.
With the initial passage of its first set of bills, the Texas House is off and rolling as sine die approaches at the end of May.
The agreement comes as the number of officers departing the police department approaches 100 since the beginning of the year.
Austin suffers from the same attrition problem as other departments across the country, but on steroids because of a lingering political fight.
This week — an improper committee recess requires a procedural fix, protests and rallies descend upon the Capitol, and a House Democrat criticizes the chamber's property tax plan.
Onlookers now await the House's next move on its own plan along with the Senate's as the two chambers inch closer to sine die.
The technology is increasingly looked at as a method for emissions reduction without eliminating oil and gas production.
"Public nuisance" suits have been used by activists and local governments on the left to inhibit the operations of firearm and fossil fuel companies.
The GOP Legislature and the State Republican Executive Committee often jockey for territorial positions during policy fights.
The British bank is the eleventh company added to Texas' list of fossil fuel "boycotters."
Texas' booming population is both a blessing for its economy and a problem for its limited infrastructure.
