>Governor Abbott just said he’ll arrest us if we don’t come back to pass his voter suppression bill.
No you smug dweeb. He said come back so the Legislature can do their job and vote. He didn't say vote yes and pass his bill. Now you're a law breaking fugitive. Texas needs to vote you out.
If a quorum is not present when the House convenes Tuesday, any House member can move to make what’s known as a call of the House to “to secure and maintain a quorum” to consider a certain piece of legislation, resolution or motion, under chamber rules. That motion must be seconded by 15 members and ordered by a majority vote. If that happens, the missing Democrats will become legislative fugitives.
“All absentees for whom no sufficient excuse is made may, by order of a majority of those present, be sent for and arrested, wherever they may be found, by the sergeant-at-arms or an officer appointed by the sergeant-at-arms for that purpose, and their attendance shall be secured and retained,” the House rules state. “The house shall determine on what conditions they shall be discharged.”
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/07/12/texas-democrats-voting-bill-quorum/