New Texas House rules to require press members to affirm they do not lobby

2014-12-04T18:06:21-06:00

By John Reynolds The Texas Tribune Originally published Dec. 4, 2014 Members of the press will continue to be allowed on the House floor in the upcoming legislative session, but they will now be required to affirm that they do not lobby, according to procedures adopted Thursday morning by the legislative panel that manages operations of the Texas House. The normally routine procedure of credentialing media organizations received more scrutiny than usual after the conservative group AgendaWise filed suit after being denied floor access last legislative session. That suit was recently thrown out by a state appeals court after judges decided [...]