The next session in 2017, the bill was voted out much earlier in session, but we weren't ultimately able to get the full house to vote on the bill. And then last session In 2019, we got it to the house floor and actually got a super majority of members to vote for it. And so for those of you don't follow the Texas legislature, there's 150 members in the house, and a super majority means we had over 100 votes for that bill, which means I had broad bipartisan support. (04:19–04:25)
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