Texas Senate did not complete vote before midnight. AP reports bill passed. Bill DID NOT pass.

[Coyotl]

Mercedes Contreras
Shameful. Unbelievable."@thedailytexan: The Associated Press has reported that #SB5, abortion legislation, was voted on and passed. #TXlege"
https://twitter.com/search/realtime?q=%23sb5&src=typd

I hear the crowd chanting in the background, probably out under the dome.

ON EDIT: Here is the AP story. No mention of the vote going on past midnight??

Texas Senate GOP passes restrictive abortion bill
By JIM VERTUNO and CHRIS TOMLINSON
— Jun. 26 1:26 AM EDT

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Republicans have passed new abortion restrictions expected to close almost every abortion clinic in the nation's second most populous state.

The Republican-controlled House voted for the bill while hundreds of protesters screamed from the gallery. Reporters and Democrats saw the voting begin after midnight, but Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst said it began just before.

Texas' special legislative session ended at midnight, and Democrats spent most of the day filibustering the bill. Republicans cited rules to eventually force a vote to end the filibuster.

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SECOND EDIT: Bill DID NOT pass
The Texas Tribune
http://www.texastribune.org/2013/06/24/dems-approach-abortion-victory-special-session-wan/#liveblog

12:02 a.m. — that's the time state Sen. John Whitmire, D-Houston, says the Senate timestamp shows a vote taken on Senate Bill 5. If that's true, the vote may not withstand legal scrutiny.

"It's pretty conclusive that it didn't pass," said Whitmire. The Senate still has not officially adjourned sine die, although the special session legally ends at midnight. When Senators resume floor proceedings, Whitmire said Democrats will call a point of order on the motion to vote on a bill after the midnight deadline.
12:39 a.m. by Brandi Grissom
Sen. Dan Patrick, R-Houston: "I'm informed [SB5] passed 19-10." He said the vote started before midnight.
"Things got out of control and they shouldn't have gotten out of control," Patrick said.
Sen. Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa, D-McAllen, interrupts Patrick surrounded by reporters and says the vote happened after midnight.
"The whole process was rigged and the vote didn't happen until after midnight."

[winter is coming]

1. So they had to cheat, repeatedly, to "pass" this turd of a bill.

And now the backlash begins.

[pnwmom]

2. Here's a link, FWIW,

http://www.tulsaworld.com/article.aspx/Update_Abortion_resolution_passes_in_Texas_senate/20130625_13_0_AUSTIN667985?subj=298

[pnwmom]

3. I thought I heard them announce before midnight that something had carried.

But it was so hard to hear with all the screaming.

[DURHAM D]

5. They did not start the vote on the bill until after midnight.

They cheated and ran away.

[X_Digger]

10. Yes, I did too.. dewfuck announced at 11:59

I believe the second vote was the sine whatever motion to close the session.

[winter is coming]

13. Not so much, according to the Texas Tribune blog.

"We didn't even know we were voting," said Hinojosa, adding that the Republican senators knew they were voting, but he and other Democrats were off the side holding up their cell phones at the time to show the press that it was past midnight.

http://www.texastribune.org/2013/06/24/dems-approach-abortion-victory-special-session-wan/#liveblog

[Coyotl]

21. At about 11:59, the vote to close debate passed. I heard the clerk call names after midnight

so I knew they were ramrodding the bill after the session ended by law.

[Tx4obama]

4. The AP is reporting the bill passed, link below

Here: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_ABORTION_RESTRICTIONS_TEXAS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2013-06-26-01-27-16

[kestrel91316]

6. Some day women will feel they have been pushed too far.

I will support them in whatever action they take to fight reproductive enslavement by RW tyranny.

This isn't going to end well for the RW. I'll help see to it.

[blogslut]

7. Texas Tribune Update

12:27 a.m. by Becca Aaronson

When the clock struck midnight, Republican senators were gathered around the dais attempting to vote on Senate Bill 5. It's still unclear whether they were successful.

The protesters seated in the gallery erupted roughly 10 minutes before midnight, and screamed so loudly that the floor proceedings couldn't be heard.

State Sen. Dan Patrick, R-Houston, told the press, "we started voting before midnight," and therefore, it counted. But state Sen. Royce West, D-Dallas, said, "the session is over with...it's over with at midnight," and so, the vote didn't count.

http://www.texastribune.org/2013/06/24/dems-approach-abortion-victory-special-session-wan/#liveblog

[Coyotl]

8. The clerk was calling names after midnight, it is on the video.

This reminds me of how George W. Bush became pResident, by a Junta.

[winter is coming]

9. "The people can't come and create so much of a ruckus that we can't do our job"

If the people are making that much of a ruckus, you're probably not doing the right job.

[NoPasaran]

11. In the old days they used to just stop the clock for extra time at the end of a session

[blogslut]

12. I don't think anything is resolved yet

All I know for sure is that they turned of the wireless mic.

[Ellipsis]

15. hhhhhaahah! I heard that too.

I think it's just beginning.. least I hope so.

[blogslut]

16. Even if pubs claim it passed...

THERE WILL BE INJUNCTION

[Ellipsis]

19. I watched the last hour ..it was nuts.

There was an appeal on a rulling the president made so he had to step aside and the guy that took over really screwed up in many ways... if people read the transcript, it will be apparent. It should not have come to a vote.

[Coyotl]

22. I watched the whole thing. It was nuts long before that!

I started blogging in the early afternoon:

Democrats Plan to Kill Texas Abortion Bill With 13-Hour Filibuster
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014518211

[LittleBlue]

14. If the filibuster had succeeded

would they not have passed it in the next session?

I was unclear what the implications of a filibuster were.

[blogslut]

17. It was a play for time

It was a battle, not a war.

[Rod Walker]

18. It was symbolism.

[Ellipsis]

20. It was awesome.

[Coyotl]

23. A bunch of guys who can't read a clock want doctors to know when conception happens. Only in TX!