Friday, April 30, 2021 In push for new Texas voting restrictions, House panel sets up GOP faceoff over which chamber's legislation will advance Posted By Alexa Ura, The Texas Tribune on Fri, Apr 30, 2021 at 1:18 PM click to enlarge Texas Tribune / Jordan Vonderhaar Voters cast their ballots at the Performing Arts Center at Texas State University in San Marcos. After an early misfire, House Republicans on Thursday succeeded in pushing their proposed restrictions on voting to the legislative forefront as the Texas Legislature’s 2021 session enters its final sprint. The House Elections Committee’s Republican majority voted to gut Senate Bill 7, the priority voting bill that has already passed the Senate, and replace the bill’s language with that of House Bill 6, a significantly different voting bill favored by House leadership. That maneuvering will put the Senate on the defensive to resurrect its legislation and likely tee up end-of-session tension between the two chambers over competing visions for which proposed restrictions ultimately make it to the governor’s desk.