Male Texas lawmakers nearly fistfight on House floor after GOP women defect from anti-abortion bill http://t.co/hcTfPgBVQQ

— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) May 26, 2015

in the end, Stickland’s temper tantrum worked.

The Calendars Committee reconvened after the House session and voted to move SB575 forward by a vote of 8-0. Two Republicans and all of the Democrats were marked as absent. Republican Rep. Debbie Riddle swung her vote in support of the bill, but it was not immediately clear why she had changed her mind.