Associated Press reports: The Texas House has approved a bill that would criminalize intentional, inappropriate touching by an airport security screener. Supporters of the bill complain, however, that the new version is too watered down and unenforceable. Full story -- www.chron.com Senate Passes (Weakened) TSA "Anti-Groping" Bill Out of Committee Becca Aaronson Texas Tribune Monday, June 27, 2011 Sen. Dan Patrick, R-Houston, laid out a new version of the TSA anti-groping bill in a Senate committee hearing this morning. One of the major changes: Federal officials would only need "reasonable suspicion," rather than "probable cause," to legally search an individual before granting access to a public building. "If [federal officials] do not have effective consent from the person it would be against the Texas law to touch a person in those areas of their body unless they have reasonable suspicion to do so," said Patrick, the author of the Senate version of the bill. To have effective consent, TSA officials would have to describe how they are going to search the person and receive verbal permission before they could conduct a search. Rob Kepple with the Texas County and District Attorneys Association told lawmakers the new language could create "a huge vagueness problem." Federal officials would have to decide whether the Supreme Court would deem each search constitutional, he said, and recommended the language be removed. Many of those who registered in favor of the bill ...