[bigfootbob]

"...I expect there will be legislation introduced next session to provide the basis for an office to be declared vacant if these tactics are used again."

Does this require a 2/3rd's majority to pass? Would this not be a hard sell in a divided house?

[justlurking]

Does this require a 2/3rd's majority to pass? Would this not be a hard sell in a divided house?

In the Senate, yes.

I don't expect it to pass. But, a lot of legislation is introduced with no real hope of being enacted.

I haven't yet looked at the voting patterns in the state senate districts of those that ran way to NM. But, unless the shift in voting patterns of Texas is reversed, I expect there will be the votes to pass it in the future.