The Texas Senate has axed the committee that handled the most legislation impacting the civil justice system.

On Jan. 21, the Senate dissolved its Jurisprudence Committee along with three others. Bigger headlines came from another action during the same meeting: Senators changed the number of votes required to get a bill to the floor for passage. Now, just three-fifths of senators, rather than two-thirds, must vote to bring a bill up to debate.

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