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[td][[File:Jim Dunnam TX House.jpg|thumb|right|150px|[[Jim Dunnam]] led the "Killer Ds" walkout, a prominent example of quorum-busting.]][/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]===Recent prominent examples===[/td]
[td]===Recent prominent examples ===[/td] [td]{{worldwide|section|US|date=February 2024}}[/td]
[td]{{worldwide|section|US|date=February 2024}}[/td] [td]====Texas (2003, 2021, 2025)====[/td]
[td]====Texas (2003, 2021, 2025)====[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]====Wisconsin (2011)====[/td]
[td]====Wisconsin (2011)====[/td] [td]During the [[2011 Wisconsin protests]], fourteen Democratic members of the [[Wisconsin Senate]] went to Illinois in order to bust the necessary 20-member quorum. Democrats in the [[Indiana House of Representatives]] did the same in order to block another union-related bill, causing the legislative clock on the bill to expire. Traveling out of their state placed these legislators beyond the jurisdiction of state troopers who could compel them to return to the chamber.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748703842004576162911431447084 |url-access=subscription |work=Wall Street Journal |title=Indiana GOP Drops Union Bill, but Democrats Stay Out of State |date=24 February 2011 |first=Thomas M. |last=Burton |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180514004758/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748703842004576162911431447084?mod=googlenews_wsj |archive-date=14 May 2018 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>[/td]
[td]During the [[2011 Wisconsin protests]], fourteen Democratic members of the [[Wisconsin Senate]] went to Illinois in order to break the necessary 20-member quorum. This was done in order to prevent a vote on [[Right-to-work law|right-to-work]] legislation. The legislature issued warrants to attempt to secure the members' arrests, but traveling out of the state placed these legislators beyond the jurisdiction of state troopers who could compel them to return to the chamber.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Journal |first=MARY SPICUZZA and DEE J. HALL {{!}} Wisconsin State |date=2011-03-04 |title=Senate orders arrest of missing Democrats |url=https://madison.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/article_8d9ad090-45bd-11e0-bf68-001cc4c03286.html |access-date=2025-08-30 |website=Wisconsin State Journal |language=en}}</ref> After a month, the Republican leadership of the Senate stripped certain portions from the bill that lowered the quorum threshold required to pass the bill.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://madison.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/article_8d9ad090-45bd-11e0-bf68-001cc4c03286.html[/td] [td]<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748703842004576162911431447084 |url-access=subscription |work=Wall Street Journal |title=Indiana GOP Drops Union Bill, but Democrats Stay Out of State |date=24 February 2011 |first=Thomas M. |last=Burton |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2018051...03842004576162911431447084?mod=googlenews_wsj |archive-date=14 May 2018 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> The absent members returned a few days after the amended bill passed.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Democratic senators return to Madison to tell crowd fight isn't over |url=https://archive.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/117862214.html/ |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250804...online.com/news/statepolitics/117862214.html/ |archive-date=2025-08-04 |access-date=2025-08-30 |website=archive.jsonline.com}}</ref>[/td] [td][/td] [td]==== Indiana (2011) ====[/td] [td]Inspired by the quorum bust in Wisconsin, 37 Democrats in the [[Indiana House of Representatives]] followed suit in order to block their own proposed union-related legislation.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-02-23 |title=Democratic lawmakers leave Indiana, block labor bill |url=https://www.ibj.com/articles/25475-democratic-lawmakers-leave-indiana-block-labor-bill |access-date=2025-08-30 |website=Indianapolis Business Journal |language=en-US}}</ref> These members also left the state to Illinois in order to prevent being returned against their will. After about six weeks of negotiations, the members returned after a deal was reached with [[List of speakers of the Indiana House of Representatives|Speaker of the House]] [[Brian Bosma]] removed some of the contentious bills from the [[legislative calendar]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Maher |first=Douglas Belkin And Kris |date=2011-03-28 |title=Indiana House Democrats End Walkout |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704559904576228892323773986 |access-date=2025-08-30 |work=Wall Street Journal |language=en-US |issn=0099-9660}}</ref>[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]====Oregon (2001, 2019β2023)====[/td]
[td]====Oregon (2001, 2019β2023)====[/td]
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[/td][td][[File:Jim Dunnam TX House.jpg|thumb|right|150px|[[Jim Dunnam]] led the "Killer Ds" walkout, a prominent example of quorum-busting.]][/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]===Recent prominent examples===[/td]
[td]===Recent prominent examples ===[/td] [td]{{worldwide|section|US|date=February 2024}}[/td]
[td]{{worldwide|section|US|date=February 2024}}[/td] [td]====Texas (2003, 2021, 2025)====[/td]
[td]====Texas (2003, 2021, 2025)====[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]====Wisconsin (2011)====[/td]
[td]====Wisconsin (2011)====[/td] [td]During the [[2011 Wisconsin protests]], fourteen Democratic members of the [[Wisconsin Senate]] went to Illinois in order to bust the necessary 20-member quorum. Democrats in the [[Indiana House of Representatives]] did the same in order to block another union-related bill, causing the legislative clock on the bill to expire. Traveling out of their state placed these legislators beyond the jurisdiction of state troopers who could compel them to return to the chamber.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748703842004576162911431447084 |url-access=subscription |work=Wall Street Journal |title=Indiana GOP Drops Union Bill, but Democrats Stay Out of State |date=24 February 2011 |first=Thomas M. |last=Burton |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180514004758/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748703842004576162911431447084?mod=googlenews_wsj |archive-date=14 May 2018 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>[/td]
[td]During the [[2011 Wisconsin protests]], fourteen Democratic members of the [[Wisconsin Senate]] went to Illinois in order to break the necessary 20-member quorum. This was done in order to prevent a vote on [[Right-to-work law|right-to-work]] legislation. The legislature issued warrants to attempt to secure the members' arrests, but traveling out of the state placed these legislators beyond the jurisdiction of state troopers who could compel them to return to the chamber.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Journal |first=MARY SPICUZZA and DEE J. HALL {{!}} Wisconsin State |date=2011-03-04 |title=Senate orders arrest of missing Democrats |url=https://madison.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/article_8d9ad090-45bd-11e0-bf68-001cc4c03286.html |access-date=2025-08-30 |website=Wisconsin State Journal |language=en}}</ref> After a month, the Republican leadership of the Senate stripped certain portions from the bill that lowered the quorum threshold required to pass the bill.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://madison.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/article_8d9ad090-45bd-11e0-bf68-001cc4c03286.html[/td] [td]<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748703842004576162911431447084 |url-access=subscription |work=Wall Street Journal |title=Indiana GOP Drops Union Bill, but Democrats Stay Out of State |date=24 February 2011 |first=Thomas M. |last=Burton |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2018051...03842004576162911431447084?mod=googlenews_wsj |archive-date=14 May 2018 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> The absent members returned a few days after the amended bill passed.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Democratic senators return to Madison to tell crowd fight isn't over |url=https://archive.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/117862214.html/ |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250804...online.com/news/statepolitics/117862214.html/ |archive-date=2025-08-04 |access-date=2025-08-30 |website=archive.jsonline.com}}</ref>[/td] [td][/td] [td]==== Indiana (2011) ====[/td] [td]Inspired by the quorum bust in Wisconsin, 37 Democrats in the [[Indiana House of Representatives]] followed suit in order to block their own proposed union-related legislation.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-02-23 |title=Democratic lawmakers leave Indiana, block labor bill |url=https://www.ibj.com/articles/25475-democratic-lawmakers-leave-indiana-block-labor-bill |access-date=2025-08-30 |website=Indianapolis Business Journal |language=en-US}}</ref> These members also left the state to Illinois in order to prevent being returned against their will. After about six weeks of negotiations, the members returned after a deal was reached with [[List of speakers of the Indiana House of Representatives|Speaker of the House]] [[Brian Bosma]] removed some of the contentious bills from the [[legislative calendar]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Maher |first=Douglas Belkin And Kris |date=2011-03-28 |title=Indiana House Democrats End Walkout |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704559904576228892323773986 |access-date=2025-08-30 |work=Wall Street Journal |language=en-US |issn=0099-9660}}</ref>[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]====Oregon (2001, 2019β2023)====[/td]
[td]====Oregon (2001, 2019β2023)====[/td]
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