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KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

House Standing Committee on Banking and Insurance. (3-11-26)

Banking & Insurance

Transcript Highlights:
  • What this says is that if they do that, the firm must have procedures in place to log that—who requested
  • it, why, all of those types of things—and every person in the firm has to be trained on those procedures
  • c> place<00:07:50.160> to<00:07:50.800> to<00:07:51.280> log must have procedures
  • in place to to log must have procedures in place to to log that.<00:07:52.880> Um<00:07:53.599
  • those procedures. those procedures. >> Great<00:08:04.879> bill.
VT

Vermont 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Session - 2026-02-25 - 3:30PM

Vermont House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Similarly, replacing expungement with sealing and applying the same statutory standards and procedures
  • [clears throat] [clears throat] [clears throat] Procedures<00:21:25.039> for<00:21:25.280>
  • sealing<00:21:25.679> the<00:21:25.840> legal<00:21:26.240> effect Procedures
  • for sealing the legal effect Procedures for sealing the legal effect of<00:21:26.720> sealing
  • standards and procedures. standards and procedures.
Keywords: 926, house, all
Summary: The House opened with a devotional led by Rep. Bram Kleppner, who spoke about ethics, the virtues of kindness, wisdom, and courage, and offered an atheist’s prayer focused on those themes for legislative work. After the devotional, the chamber handled first readings of four bills: H.913 on prohibiting certain prediction markets securities, H.914 on compensating the city of Barre for an education property tax overpayment, H.915 on an extended producer responsibility program for beverage containers, and H.916 on education fund expenditures review. H.913 was referred to Government Operations and Military Affairs, H.914 to Ways and Means, H.915 to Ways and Means under House Rule 35A because it affects state revenue, and H.916 to Education. Members also made several announcements recognizing outside groups and events, including a Universal Health Care Caucus meeting, the organization Lond, visiting Vermont NEA educators for “Stand Up for Students Day,” a Federation of Sportsmen mixer, a Vermont State Employees Association reception and dinner, a Council of State Governments East reception, a mental health first aid class reminder, and State House apparel sales. The House then took up orders of the day, first postponing action on H.205, an act relating to agreements not to compete, for one legislative day. The chamber passed H.639 on genetic data privacy, H.694 on amendments to the Bennington town charter concerning the town manager, and H.907 on legislative review of reporting requirements. It then considered H.566 on sealing postcharge court diversion records upon successful completion. The Judiciary Committee explained the bill would replace expungement with sealing for juvenile and adult diversion records, add a limited Burlington Community Justice Center pilot for certain municipal ordinance violations, and align the law with prior record-clearance reforms; Judiciary reported it favorably 10-1. Ways and Means said removal of a proposed fee eliminated any fiscal impact and reported the bill ought to pass 11-0. The House agreed to the Judiciary amendment and ordered third reading. Finally, the House postponed H.635, which would eliminate Department of Correction supervisory fees, for one legislative day, heard additional announcements, and adjourned until Thursday, February 26, 2026 at 3:30 p.m.
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

House Executive Departments and Administration (01/29/2026)

Executive Departments and Administration

Transcript Highlights:
  • Um more barriers to nuclear procedures.
  • procedure is good. procedure is good.
  • We do have procedural and rules.
  • <03:50:40.800> Act under the Administrative Procedure Act under the Administrative Procedure
  • <04:44:44.878> It's administrative procedure act. It's administrative procedure act.
Keywords: 1189, house, all
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

Senate Health and Human Services (04/09/2025)

Health and Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • He'd had seven failed surgical procedures on his spine. And he arrived in my office.
  • <00:43:01.359> And<00:43:01.520> he surgical procedures on his spine.
  • And he surgical procedures on his spine.
  • I apologize for my procedural transgressions. I'll make up for that by being brief.
  • <04:43:11.280> be only medically valid procedures be only medically valid procedures be funded
Keywords: 1191, senate, all
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Health and Welfare May 13th, 2026

Health & Welfare

Transcript Highlights:
  • Well, because they go through manipulation procedures, they're on site with the doctor.
  • So they already know the procedures on how to... They're on site with the doctor.
  • So they already know the procedures on how to adjust, just like our medical counterparts.
  • And suturing and setting fractures is a pretty significant procedure.
  • So the licensed chiropractor then says, okay, these are the procedures that need to...
Keywords: 974, senate, all
Summary: The Senate Committee on Health and Welfare met on May 13 with a quorum present and approved the prior meeting minutes. The committee first heard HB 971, which would equalize Medicaid reimbursement rates between independent clinics and hospital-owned rural health clinics; supporters said independent clinics are disadvantaged by a large payment disparity, and the bill was reported favorable without objection. The committee also recognized visiting Alpha Phi Alpha members and other guests during personal privilege remarks. Members then considered HB 414, which would bar hiring certain health care workers and direct support professionals with serious disqualifying convictions from other states and address background-check issues for therapeutic group homes. After adopting three amendment sets, the bill was reported as amended. HB 740, creating an independent review process for Medicaid behavioral health claim disputes in the coordinated system of care, was amended to clarify applicability and CSOC definitions and then reported as amended. HB 288, which would place the term “miscarriage” alongside “spontaneous abortion” in medical documentation, drew emotional testimony from affected parents and advocates; the committee reported it favorable. The committee also advanced several more bills: HB 405, updating the name of the national acupuncture certifying body, was reported favorable; HB 786, prohibiting extrapolation in certain managed-care claims recoupments, was reported favorable; HB 1095, allowing alternative backup power sources for nursing homes, was reported favorable; HB 403, raising the cottage food gross-sales cap, was amended from $50,000 to $150,000 and then reported favorable; HB 930, modernizing cosmetic-product regulation and creating a small-producer exemption, was reported favorable; HB 557, defining long-term pharmacies for policy purposes, was reported favorable; HB 779, on expedited partner therapy for sexually transmitted diseases, was reported favorable; HB 915, setting utilization-management timelines and standards, was reported favorable; HB 546, expanding criteria for peace officers to take someone into protective custody during a mental health crisis, was reported favorable; HB 796, creating a chiropractic preceptorship program, was reported favorable; and HB 933, authorizing commemorative birth certificates, was reported favorable. The final major item was HB 1041, a “no-mandate” bill barring discrimination based on medical intervention status. The sponsor and Surgeon General said it was aimed at healthy, asymptomatic individuals and not at public health quarantine powers, but Senator Boudreaux objected to exemptions for schools and hospitals and offered an amendment to restore broader coverage. That amendment failed on a roll-call vote, and the bill remained under discussion as the transcript ended, with no final committee disposition shown in the excerpt.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
  • The contractor identified various management practices and procedural gaps that contribute to untimely
  • and did not review staff work periodically to assess compliance with policies and procedures.
  • So between 3, 7, and 8, we did adjust our policy procedure to inform those pharmacies sooner if they're
  • The board followed the procedure and guidance of its attorney general in terms of the process that it
  • The board followed the procedure and guidance of its attorney general in terms of the process that it
Keywords: 1182, all
Summary: The committee conducted sunset reviews for the Arizona State Board of Pharmacy, the State Board of Nursing, the Arizona Board of Occupational Therapy Examiners, and the Arizona Regulatory Board of Physician Assistants. The Auditor General’s reports praised each board for timely licensing in some areas but identified recurring problems with complaint investigations, public safety oversight, fee analysis, records/documentation, and internal controls. For Pharmacy, the main concerns were weak enforcement of controlled substances prescription monitoring program (CSPMP) requirements and slow complaint resolution; the board said it had implemented some recommendations, was pursuing a new database vendor, and supported legislation to strengthen CSPMP enforcement. For Nursing, the audit found a large and growing backlog of complaints and repeated delays in resolving cases; the executive director said the board was under-resourced and requested 28 additional investigative positions, while nursing stakeholders supported process reforms and cited a bill to improve timelines and fairness. For Occupational Therapy, the audit focused on missing or poorly documented fingerprint clearance card checks, delayed action on a serious criminal-charge disclosure, and other compliance issues; the board said it had accepted and was implementing all recommendations, including new procedures and rulemaking. For Physician Assistants, the audit found weak oversight by the executive director, extensive delays in complaint handling, and an incentive-pay system that did not align with key performance goals; the board said it had already made structural changes, was improving tracking and IT systems, and planned to continue implementing recommendations. After discussion and testimony from board officials, public members, and nursing stakeholders, the committee voted to continue the Arizona State Board of Pharmacy for six years until July 1, 2032, the State Board of Nursing for four years until July 1, 2031, the Arizona Board of Occupational Therapy Examiners for four years until July 1, 2030, and the Arizona Regulatory Board of Physician Assistants for a continued term with statutory changes (the transcript includes the board review and related discussion, but the final motion text for the physician assistants board is not fully captured in the excerpt). The votes on the first three continuations were approved by roll call, with members generally supporting continuation while expressing concern about complaint backlogs and the need for reforms.
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

Senate Health and Human Services (05/07/2025)

Health and Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • should have been given<00:29:13.919> a<00:29:14.159> sterilizing<00:29:14.720> procedure
  • <00:29:15.960> Um,<00:29:16.960> and given a sterilizing procedure.
  • Um, and given a sterilizing procedure.
  • 13:56.159> 43 that were made that there had been 43 that were made that there had been 43 procedures
  • done in the state between procedures done in the state between 2017<01:13:59.440> and<01:13:59.679
Keywords: 1191, senate, all
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Local Government (Part I) May 26th, 2025

Local Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • or revocation procedures for a certificate of occupancy for any other type of business or use of land
  • The committee substitute further clarifies that the municipality's compliance with those procedures is
  • And then the municipality follows the procedure described by subsection D before suspending or revoking
  • And D says a municipality that seeks to suspend or revoke a hotel certificate shall follow procedures
  • which a local regulatory authority may rescind a development document by establishing an objection procedure
Summary: The committee heard and discussed several local-government-related bills, mostly with committee substitutes. House Bill 2731 would let certain border counties regulate roadside vendors selling live animals in unincorporated areas and along public rights-of-way; the substitute narrowed the bill to live animal sales only and excluded livestock and other roadside commerce. House Bill 3483 would streamline TCEQ review of special utility district revenue bonds by removing tax-bond requirements that do not apply to SUDs. House Bill 4308 would create a county industrial development district framework, limited in the substitute to certain counties including Fort Bend County, to help finance industrial sites and related infrastructure. House Bill 5663 would create a Wood County Hospital District memory-care-focused district with no taxing power, intended to help pursue grants and other funding for a new facility. House Bill 4582 addressed attainable housing in Dallas and Tarrant counties, allowing local reimbursement tools for developers under a uniform, optional framework. House Bill 5509 would let municipalities suspend or revoke a hotel’s certificate of occupancy if law enforcement and a criminal court both find probable cause of human trafficking, with the substitute adding due-process protections. House Bill 1532 created a Lake Houston dredging and maintenance district funded by revenue from dredged material sales and revenue bonds, with no taxing authority or eminent domain. House Bill 23, heard as pending business, would revise the process for local governments to rescind development documents and adjust third-party reviewer liability and eligibility rules. House Bill 4580, concerning property tax exemptions for charitable organizations such as the Houston Rodeo, was amended to remove language about exempting revenue from property use and instead focus on land used for agricultural, youth, and educational support. Public testimony was generally supportive on the bills heard, with witnesses including county officials, utility and water association representatives, hotel industry representatives, and housing developers. Several speakers emphasized the need for faster financing or permitting tools, flood mitigation, housing affordability, anti-trafficking enforcement, or local economic development. Some members raised concerns about scope, precedent, consultation with affected senators, and due process, particularly on House Bill 4582 and House Bill 5509, but the committee largely accepted the committee substitutes as improvements. No public testimony was offered on several bills, and most measures were left pending before later being voted out. The committee took recorded votes on multiple pending bills and reported them favorably, often with committee substitutes adopted in lieu of the filed versions. House Bills 1532, 2731, 3483, 5509, 5663, and 4580 were reported out, with 1532 and 5663 passing unanimously and 3483, 2731, and 5509 also receiving favorable votes despite one present-not-voting on 3483. House Bill 23 and House Bill 4582 were left pending subject to call of the chair. The committee then recessed until adjournment or later.
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

Senate Finance (05/12/2026)

Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • this bill establishes a procedure this bill establishes a procedure procedure<00:33:46.800> to
  • evaluation procedure. Same words. evaluation procedure. Same words.
  • What it does do is provide a pathway and a new procedure towards siting of landfills.
  • permitting proceeding procedures. permitting proceeding procedures.
  • provide a pathway and a new procedure provide a pathway and a new procedure towards<00:49:39.640
Keywords: 1191, senate, all
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Health Insurance Affordability Task Force, June 18, 2026

Health Insurance Affordability Task Force

Transcript Highlights:
  • Is there any procedure in place or a law that would present saying you really don't need to be here;
  • done in, but and it it's Procedures done in, but and it it's going to take time to bend that curve,
  • Um, we have hospitals that do orthopedic procedures. They do total knees and one Procedures.
  • That makes money, and usually it's the elective procedures, which offsets that.
  • There's a set, agreed price for the entire procedure from pre-op all the way through to post-op, and
Keywords: 916, all
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Senate in Session Apr 23rd, 2025

Florida Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • What's the current process or procedure for retaining funds that you may not need that year?
  • Are the school districts going to get to oversee the hearing procedures?
  • My concern is, are the people who are going to be setting up the procedures receiving the funds from
  • Thank you for coming to my civics lesson on Senate procedure.
  • Senator Jones, you are recognized for the first move of procedural jiu-jitsu this session.
Summary: The Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several introductions recognizing guests, students, advocates, and a resolution honoring the late USF men’s basketball coach Amir Abdur-Rahim. Senators also observed moments of silence for victims of recent campus violence and for former FSU President John Thrasher. The chamber then moved to special order bills, with several members explaining measures and, in some cases, substituting House companions before final passage. Among the bills passed were measures updating child care and early learning provider regulation; strengthening penalties and cost recovery for false reporting and swatting; extending protections against extraordinary medical debt collection; expanding hazardous walking condition criteria for schoolchildren; creating young adult housing support for foster and homeless students; and requiring private schools participating in the Family Empowerment Scholarship Program to disclose which accommodations they will provide. The Senate also passed a bill adjusting interest rules for trust accounts funding legal aid, after extended debate over the impact on legal aid funding and banking practices, and a transportation package that was heavily amended to address issues such as school bus camera hearings, beach vehicle use for equipment removal, flooded-street wake restrictions, expectant mother parking permits, micromobility regulation, and traffic signal modernization. The chamber also approved public-records exemptions for Agency for Health Care Administration investigators, Judicial Qualifications Commission employees, and appellate court clerks; a municipal water and sewer rate bill affecting Miami-Dade residents near a plant; motor vehicle offenses involving impersonating law enforcement and obscured license plates; trespass penalties at law-enforcement-controlled locations and large ticketed venues; refund requirements for patient overpayments; stem cell therapy authorization with source and consent limits; and insulin administration authority for direct support professionals and relatives in group homes. Several bills were temporarily postponed, including cardiac emergencies, chemicals and consumer products, and motor vehicle manufacturer/franchise dealer legislation. Most measures passed with strong bipartisan support, though the trust fund interest bill drew notable opposition and passed 28-10, and the Family Empowerment Scholarship bill passed 37-1.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Health Finance and Policy Committee 4/2/25 - Part 2

Health Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • These injection procedures are authorized by the national board of examiners since 2012.
  • That is normal practice and procedure.
  • procedures are These injection procedures are authorized<00:37:37.920> by<00:37:38.079> the
  • :02.480> is<00:38:03.359> nothing procedure.
  • Finally, there is nothing procedure.
Keywords: 1183, house
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Appropriations - S/C on Articles VI, VII, & VIII Feb 25th, 2025

Appropriations - S/C on Articles VI, VII, & VIII

Transcript Highlights:
  • But what action did you take to protect children from those procedures?
  • What proactive action did the medical board take to protect children from those procedures?
  • And that includes, um, um, Uh, determining that certain procedures should be prohibited practices in
  • Sex change procedures. Again, it is, you know, our, our processes, we are complaint driven.
  • We need a starting point of, I think the Attorney General telling you that certain medical procedures
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety - 02/26/25

Judiciary and Public Safety

Transcript Highlights:
  • It's also against the rules of ethics and the rules of criminal procedure.
  • It's also against the rules of ethics and the rules of criminal procedure.
  • It's also against the rules of ethics and the rules of criminal procedure.
  • It's also against the rules of ethics and the rules of criminal procedure.
  • It's also against the rules of ethics and the rules of criminal procedure.
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Health Committee Jun 23rd, 2026

Health

Transcript Highlights:
  • Before we begin, I want to make sure everyone understands our committee procedures to ensure we maintain
  • SB 16 requires county behavioral health directors to maintain procedures governing the designation and
  • At least three counties lack 5150 procedures.
  • SB 16 requires counties to develop procedures identifying the professional disciplines, qualifications
  • It allows local control for the county, but requires the counties to develop policies and procedures.
Keywords: 988, house, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Education Policy Committee 4/1/25

Education Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Those procedural measures will be taken tomorrow when Chair Jordan has the gavel.
  • Are there any procedural questions before I ask nonpartisan staff to walk through the bill?
  • It outlines investigation and other procedures for resolving a complaint and requires the department
  • <00:07:33.440> for investigation and other procedures for investigation and other procedures
  • use the standard rulemaking uh procedure use the standard rulemaking uh procedure process<00:09:
Bills: HF1306
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Senate in Session Mar 19th, 2025

Florida Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 108, a bill to be entitled an act relating to administrative procedures
  • This procedure. So show Senate Memorial 314 adopted. Read the next bill.
  • This procedure. Immediately remove an unauthorized person from commercial real property.
  • This procedure is like procedures in existing law for the removal of an unauthorized person from a residential
  • And here's a bill on watching paint dry, for those of you that love the Administrative Procedures Act
Summary: The Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several introductions recognizing visiting groups, including FSU students and officials, Catholic lay leaders, Broward County school officials and students, and veterans-related guests. The chamber then took up a series of bills, with several routine reviser measures passing unanimously: SB 36 adopting the 2025 Florida Statutes, SB 38 changing a division name in the statutes, SB 40 deleting repealed provisions, and SB 42 cleaning up obsolete language and cross-references. SB 50 on nature-based coastal resilience was amended to strengthen the Florida Flood Hub’s role and passed 39-0 after debate about mangroves, oyster reefs, living shorelines, and hybrid green-gray infrastructure. SB 116, a major veterans bill, passed 39-0 after extensive discussion of veteran benefits awareness, mental health training, coordination with federal agencies, adult day health care, and the Florida Veterans Hall of Fame. SB 118 on presidential libraries passed 36-3 after questions and debate over state preemption of local zoning and related regulation, and SB 126 on mailing prescription hearing aids passed 39-0 to expand access for adults after licensed evaluation. The Senate also passed SB 150, as amended, to conform to the House by changing the bill’s wording from “animals” to “dogs” in the natural-disaster abandonment context. SB 294 passed 38-0 to limit collaborative pharmacy practice from being expanded to certain serious cardiac conditions. Senate Memorial 314 was adopted by voice vote, urging Congress to seek a larger Florida National Guard force structure. SB 322 passed 39-0 creating a nonjudicial process for commercial property owners to have unauthorized occupants removed by the sheriff. SB 348 passed 39-0, making it an ethics violation to falsely claim a military rank for material gain and allowing delinquent ethics fines to be withheld from public paychecks. SB 7012 on child welfare passed 39-0 and would recruit former public safety workers into CPI/case manager roles, create a treatment foster care pilot in two judicial circuits, and improve data collection and services for commercially sexually exploited children. Later, the Senate returned to SB 108 on administrative procedures, which passed 39-0 after debate over a five-year review cycle for agency rules, reporting requirements, and greater transparency in rulemaking. SB 160 on public accountancy passed 39-0 after an amendment clarifying contracted services and discussion of easing pathways into the CPA profession while maintaining standards. SB 110 on rural communities passed after an amendment package and extensive debate, with provisions described as creating an Office of Rural Prosperity, a Renaissance grant program, housing and road funding, school support, and health care investments for rural areas. At the end of the session, the Senate waived rules to immediately certify all passed bills to the House, observed a moment of silence for former Surfside Chief John Healy, and received additional announcements before adjournment.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
  • You should have in front of you the guidelines and procedures informational.
  • Shan, just to accept the procedures of the committee.
  • The organization, procedures, and guidelines basically address two issues.
  • <00:04:48.919> procedures<00:04:49.320> of<00:04:49.440> the<00:04:49.520>
  • > committee um procedure procedures of the committee um procedure procedures of the committee you
Keywords: 928, house, all
Summary: The Capital Project Overview Committee held an organizational meeting. Members elected Rep. Miltz as chair and later nominated Sen. Mark McConkey as vice chair, but that appointment was carried over because he was not present to accept it. Mike Edgar was nominated and accepted as clerk. The committee also adopted its procedures and guidelines, which set deadlines for agencies to submit capital project materials and establish reporting thresholds intended to keep small projects out of the quarterly report. The main discussion centered on the Department of Administrative Services’ quarterly capital budget project report for the quarter ending December 31, 2024. Staff explained that the report compiles statewide capital projects under the committee’s guidelines and includes new projects plus large DOT projects. Several members raised concerns about projects listed as on hold or lacking updates, including the Big E agricultural building rebid, a prison woodworking facility, Pease pier projects, the General Sullivan Bridge removal, Sunapee State Beach parking lot work, and a closed-loop referral contract. Members asked for better status updates, especially on projects with no agency response, and the chair said agencies could be asked to appear before the committee if needed. Members also discussed the governor’s proposal in HB 2 to change the report from quarterly to annual. Several members opposed the change, saying quarterly reporting is more useful for oversight, and suggested the committee ask Finance to remove that section or consider raising the reporting threshold instead. There was also discussion of toll credits, with staff explaining that any other use of toll credits requires committee approval, and of the Department of Corrections’ prison planning funds, including $50 million currently available for site feasibility and design work. The committee agreed to schedule its next meeting for April 14, with June 23 to be revisited later, and then adjourned by voice vote.
WV
Transcript Highlights:
  • One of the key provisions of the bill is the change in the cyber risk assessment procedures.
  • This bill amends two sections of code relating to municipalities to allow an expedited procedure to achieve
  • In particular, the provisions of 8-5-5 subsections E and F set out a procedure for staggering or changing
  • No additional procedural requirements otherwise applicable to municipal ordinances or charter amendments
  • No additional procedural requirements otherwise applicable to municipal ordinances or charter amendments
Keywords: 994, senate, all
Summary: The Committee on Government Organization met with a quorum present, approved the minutes, and then considered a series of House bills, most of them related to licensing, local government administration, and agency operations. House Bill 5063 would let county commissions appoint a county commissioner as a voting member of a convention and visitors bureau board, including for multi-county CVBs; it was reported to the full Senate. House Bill 5087 would join the interstate cosmetology licensure compact, allowing licensed cosmetologists to obtain multi-state practice privileges in compact states, and it was also reported. The committee then took up a strike-and-insert amendment for House Bill 4793, which combined provisions affecting barbering/cosmetology apprenticeships and lowered certain age and education requirements; after adopting a Jefferson amendment clarifying the salon training language, the bill was reported as amended. Members next approved a strike-and-insert for House Bill 5638, which clarifies the State Chief Information Security Officer’s duties, changes cyber risk review procedures, and updates references to the Office of Technology head as the chief information officer; it was reported as amended. House Bill 4483, dealing with the Board of Funeral Examiners, was amended to change the effective date for licensee-in-charge requirements and make technical corrections, then reported as amended. House Bill 5653, requested by the Department of Revenue, would expand confidentiality protections to cover audit manuals, guidelines, procedures, algorithms, and related materials to prevent taxpayers from gaming audit selection, and it was reported. House Bill 4452 repeals acreage limits on church property ownership, and House Bill 4801 expands permissible uses of hotel occupancy tax funds to include demolition of unsafe structures and planning or improvement of public property; both were reported. The committee also advanced House Bill 5622, which creates an expedited process for municipalities to conform local election terms and procedures to the state requirement that municipal elections be held with statewide primaries or general elections, and recognizes the Secretary of State as keeper of municipal charter rolls. House Bill 4546 would allow business entities to file reports biennially instead of annually, with higher biennial fees and updated enforcement provisions; its strike-and-insert amendment was adopted and the bill was reported as amended. House Bill 5613 would define and regulate telematics for state fleet vehicles, require reporting on unsafe driving and corrective actions, and include cost-benefit information in annual reports; it was reported. House Bill 5323 would let the Division of Natural Resources adjust license and stamp fees for inflation by removing a prior CPI-based restriction, and House Bill 4819 would revise criminal-record standards for certain non-Chapter 30 occupational licenses, shifting to a direct-relationship standard while preserving existing exclusions for violent sexual offenses; both were reported. The committee then adjourned after closing remarks from the chair and vice chair.
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Natural Resources Apr 2nd, 2025

Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • Public misconception about disposable procedures for these batteries have caused waste and recycling
  • The disposal of lithium ion batteries requires specific procedures related to handling, transportation
  • Failure to follow these procedures can result in explosions and subsequent fires, especially at waste
  • While TCEQ recommends similar disposal practices for all types of batteries, there are no procedures
  • SB 2050 aligns with disposal procedures for lead acid batteries by prohibiting the improper disposal
Bills: HB16