Answer:
True
Step-by-step explanation:
What is pigeonholing?
Pigeonholing is a step in the legislative process during which a bill is killed by the chair of the standing committee to which it was referred, this is due to the chair setting aside the bill to not be reviewed by the committee.
In order to understand this we must first understand how bills are made into laws in Texas
Bill to law process in Texas
Anyone is able to write a bill (the executive branch, lobbyists, constituents, local government entities, legislators etc) but for a bill to be passed it must follow a 5 step process to ensure that useless bills aren't passed into laws.
First, the bill is introduced by a member of the legislative branch. The bill is drafted and copied to be sent to the house of the senate. From there the bill is assigned to an appropriate standing committee by the Speaker (for House bills) or the lieutenant governor (for Senate bills). The bill is then reviewed by the standing committee and is either killed or amended and heard by the standing committee.
If released by the committee, the bill is passed on to the Senate, where the house of representatives vote on it to be reviewed by the governor. Keep in mind that these steps are repeated twice before consideration with the governor.
Because every bill that is on the agenda is to be reviewed by the committee, many bills are pigeonholed and never placed on the agenda killing many of the bills
In conclusion we can say that the statement "committee chairs will pigeonhole a bill by never putting it on the committee agenda to be considered" is true.