“New York doesn’t have a monopoly on those who want to censor the internet - remember, it’s a Texas Republican Lamar Smith, who was hell-bent on getting SOPA passed.”
That reinforces my point. It is not that Texas state legislators don’t want to pass foolish legislation. It is that the legislature is not in session long enough to give them the luxury of passing non-essential legislation.
Believe me. Texas politicians aren’t any better than politicians elsewhere in the country. We just keep them on a shorter leash.