Thousands of Texas House bills 'die' at key midnight deadline

AUSTIN (Nexstar) — At 12 a.m. Friday, thousands of bills in the Texas House of Representatives will meet their end.As of 5 p.m. Thursday, the House passed 1,067 bills, with each passing three rounds of voting. House representatives filed 5,852 bills this session, which puts the House's "death toll" at around 81.7% of its bills.Some of the bills that could die at midnight include:
HB 1375, which would have prohibited books with certain contentHB 1449, which would have eased food truck permi