{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-301.019","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 301.019","heading":"JOINT GENERAL INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE HEARINGS.","body":"(a) On a majority vote of each general investigating committee, the committees may conduct joint hearings and investigations. The committees may adopt joint rules to govern the hearings.\n(b) If the general investigating committees conduct joint inquiries or investigations, the chairman of the senate committee shall be the chairman and the chairman of the house committee shall be the vice-chairman.\n(c) A majority of the members from each house's committee constitutes a quorum of a joint general investigating committee.\nActs 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 479, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.\nAmended by:\nActs 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1250 (H.B. 4181), Sec. 8, eff. June 14, 2019.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 3. LEGISLATIVE BRANCH","SUBTITLE A. LEGISLATURE","CHAPTER 301. LEGISLATIVE ORGANIZATION","SUBCHAPTER B. COMMITTEES AND COMMITTEE PROCEDURE"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.301.htm#301.019","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"c4ab57661a0ca66ccc491fb0956c18e5f5913256c2f329ae6701babe0a4543bb","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-301.018","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-301.020"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}