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Senate approves tougher ethics bill including drug-testing themselves
Senators added punch back into a weakened ethics bill with provisions that call for drug testing of elected officials, convicted felons to leave office, tougher financial disclosures and more transparent dealings with lobbyists.
The bill passed 30-1. But when reporters asked who voted against the bill, Senate staff said the vote was now unanimous.
The bill now moves to the House for consideration.
Plano’s Sen. Van Taylor carried the ethics overhaul bill as Gov. Greg Abbott named it one of his emergency items of the session.
Read more: http://trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/2015/04/senate-approves-tougher-ethics-bill.html/
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