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• This will wind up the public hearing. Thank you. This will wind up the public hearing.
• We're going to wind it down on this one. Thank you, everyone.

Bills: HB441, HB445, HB477, HB441, HB445

Keywords: speech-language pathology, licensure, clinical supervision, educational qualifications, healthcare assistant, hemp-derived cannabinoids, CBD, THC, delta-8, delta-9, delta-10, consumable hemp products, psychoactive cannabinoids, cannabinoid regulation, hemp licensing, ABC Board, Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, retail hemp sales, wholesale hemp distribution, hemp tax

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• And just for reference, that $8 million is less than 2% of total resources.
• So it less than 2% of total resources.
• The base resources show they reflect that transfer.
• They likely didn't have a lot of resources to pull from to fill in that $50 gap.
• <01:07:04.000> to will not have the financial resources to will not have the financial resources

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• One, there's not much of a consequence sometimes other than people wind up with no job and, you know,
• At the end of the day, it winds up costing more money for the employer.
• And a part of that is, again, the lawsuit actions that wind up occurring.
• Chair, Chris McKayley, on behalf of two clients of the Society for Human Resource Management, SHRM, and
• As these systems are expanded, especially with public dollars and public resources and programs at the

Summary: The committee heard several bills focused on AI, privacy, and surveillance. SB 903 would prohibit AI from independently providing psychotherapy or presenting itself as a licensed mental health provider, require disclosure and informed consent, and reinforce confidentiality and privacy protections for therapy records. Supporters, including a mother and therapist whose son died by suicide after extensive chats with ChatGPT, argued the bill is needed to prevent harmful, crisis-related interactions. Behavioral health groups and labor/privacy organizations supported the measure, while TechNet, the California Medical Association, and the California Hospital Association opposed unless amended, saying the bill could restrict useful clinical tools and create conflicts around triage, screening, and data use. The committee passed SB 903 4-0 to Appropriations, with members noting the need for further work on definitions and implementation. SB 1119 would create a broader framework for chatbot safety for children, including annual risk assessments, crisis response protocols, default child protections, parental controls, notice and time limits, restrictions on advertising and use of children’s data, incident reporting, audits, and a private right of action. The author and supporters again cited the death of Adam Raine as evidence that chatbots can reinforce suicidal ideation and isolate children. Common Sense Media and several labor and privacy groups supported the bill. CalChamber, TechNet, the California State Sheriffs’ Association, and other industry and local government groups opposed unless amended, raising concerns about vague standards, overlap with SB 243, prescriptive design mandates, and litigation risk. The committee approved SB 1119 4-0 to Judiciary, with amendments to be taken there. The committee also heard SB 1013, which would tighten rules for automated license plate reader data by requiring DOJ audits, employee training, and a 30-day retention limit for most data. Supporters said the bill responds to documented misuse and over-retention of data that mostly belongs to innocent drivers. Law enforcement groups opposed, arguing the retention limit would hinder investigations and reduce the usefulness of ALPRs in serious or delayed cases. The bill passed 4-1 to Appropriations. SB 1292, a local control bill for six cities, would allow camera or sensor-based enforcement of curb and loading zones, with a human reviewing each violation before issuance. Supporters said it would help cities manage congestion and unsafe blocking of bike lanes and loading zones; privacy advocates warned about expanding automated surveillance. It passed 4-1 to Appropriations. Finally, the committee heard SB 1101, which would require higher education institutions to notify students, faculty, and staff when personal information is shared with federal agencies and limit disclosure to what is legally required. Supporters framed it as a transparency and anti-doxing measure in response to recent federal investigations and subpoenas; there was no opposition testimony. The bill passed 5-0 to Appropriations. The committee then began hearing SB 951, the California Worker Technological Displacement Act, which would require advance notice and reporting when employers displace workers due to technology and give displaced workers priority for openings, but the transcript cuts off before the hearing concluded.

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• um you know just sort of less resourced um you know just sort of less resourced school<00:49:50.960
• probably likely that well-resourced probably likely that well-resourced school<00:49:59.040>
• Um, my name is Eric Wind. I'm a member of the Board of Tax and Land Appeals.
• Wind said this is a housekeeping measure to make explicit what is implicit in the statute already. >>

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• We're continuing to ensure that Texans have access to the resources they need to respond to hurricanes
• It increases resources to protect our food supply chain, support state nutrition programs, and promote
• We're assuring that this agency has the resources it needs to carry out its mission.
• We'll actually talk about windmills and wind farms up in the Gulf of Mexico, right?
• I call it wind farms, but I see them all over the place along the Gulf Coast.

Summary: The Senate opened with an invocation and then took up several conference committee matters and resolutions. It granted the House request for a conference committee on House Bill 46 and adopted a conference report on Senate Bill 37, which was described as higher education governance reform, including stronger board authority, changes to faculty senates, general education requirements, and a new ombudsman office. Senators also adopted a large package of resolutions and HCRs by voice vote. A major focus was Senate Bill 12, the “Parental Bill of Rights,” whose conference report was adopted after extended questioning. The bill was described as giving parents more access to school materials and grievance procedures, requiring parental consent for student clubs, and restricting school district employees from assisting with social transitioning or related gender-identity instruction. Senators raised concerns about effects on students already socially transitioned and on parental rights in medical or psychological decisions; the author said the House language was retained in key areas and that districts would need policies and parent notification. The report passed 20-11. The Senate then adopted a resolution allowing the conference committee on Senate Bill 1, the state budget for fiscal years 2026-2027, to go outside the bounds, and later adopted the budget conference report. Senators highlighted major funding for public education, property tax relief, public safety, health and human services, child care, water and transportation infrastructure, and the Texas Energy Fund. The budget discussion also covered higher education, mental health facilities, community attendant wages, rural hospitals, DFPS case management, child care assistance, and a study rider on TRS. The report passed unanimously, 30-0. Finally, the Senate suspended rules to take up Senate Bill 8 and adopted its conference report. The bill requires counties with jails or jail contracts to participate in the federal 287(g) immigration enforcement program, with sheriffs choosing among available models and counties receiving tiered grants to help cover costs. Supporters framed it as a public safety measure targeting criminal illegal aliens, while opponents questioned whether it would divert local resources and increase fear in immigrant communities. The report was adopted after debate.

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• we are, you know, working on trying to strike that right balance of verifying what the assets and resources
• none, thank you. ...working on trying to strike that right balance of verifying what the assets and resources
• So again, just a heads up of what's going on, and so if anyone in your organization gets wind of it and
• Organization, you know, gets wind of it and gets some other interpretation of what I'm trying to do,
• regional public health networks. >> Support is the DHS health officer liaison unit for training resource

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee met on December 19, 2025, approved the draft minutes from the November 21 regular meeting, and received a DHS commissioners update. Patricia Tilly reported on the state’s rural health transformation application, saying CMS had provided only one question and positive feedback, that the final federal award amount was still pending, and that DHS was preparing an accept-and-expend item for fiscal review using an up-to amount. She also said the new Hampstead YDC facility remains on track, with substantive construction expected by late summer 2026 and move-in likely in early January 2027. In response to questions, she confirmed the playground/outdoor activity area had been in the original design and was added when funding became available. Henry Litman, Medicaid director, discussed the Senate Bill 248 study committee report on palliative and hospice care. He explained the distinction between palliative care, which can be provided while a patient still seeks curative treatment, and hospice care, which involves electing not to pursue curative services. He said the committee’s work pointed to a need for better education for providers and the public, and described ongoing conversations with the Foundation for Healthy Communities and Home Health and Hospice about developing materials and possibly addressing how palliative services are bundled. He also said the study committee itself did not generate future legislation, though members could pursue it separately. Litman then answered questions about Medicaid eligibility and long-term services and supports, including delays in processing, the backlog from pandemic-era redeterminations, and efforts to speed reviews. He said the department is using temporary staffing funded in part by last session’s legislation, working with the New Hampshire Healthcare Association, counties, and UNH Law to streamline policy and training, and relying more on electronic asset verification while still guarding against improper asset transfers. He emphasized the goal of balancing faster access to benefits with compliance and fraud prevention. Robert Rodler followed with the annual tuition waiver update for children in foster care or guardianship. He reported 82 applicants and 65 waivers granted, including 35 for USNH schools and 30 for the community college system, and noted a correction would be issued for inaccurate continuing/new student figures in the report. Senator Gray said he intends to pursue a separate budget appropriation for these tuition waiver costs in the future so the funding would be clearly identified and easier to track. No additional votes were taken beyond approval of the minutes.

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• We'd wind up spending $143,000 to try to find...
• Here as a resource witness. Thank you. Thank you, ma'am. Members, any other questions?
• So, do we want a resource witness? Yeah, I'd like to ask that one question.
• We'll call them up towards the end as a resource witness. Any other questions, members?
• And so, when it came to the drive-through voting, you had wind blowing through, rain blowing through,

Bills: HB569, HB766, HB1638, HB2316, HB2773, HB2785, HB3113, HB3709, HB3775, HB4275

Keywords: early voting, ballot correction, voting rights, election integrity, mail-in voting, voter notification, HB 766, precinct chair, precinct chair candidate, ballot application, Texas Election Code, Section 172.021, election administration, candidate filing, party precinct chair, county party, political party office, email address, telephone number, confidential candidate information

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• take action to prevent, detect, investigate, and punish greedy fraudsters who drain our community resources
• take action to prevent, detect, investigate, and punish greedy fraudsters who drain our community resources
• Resources that we are putting into those programs.
• the long winding journey it would<01:42:57.119> take<01:42:57.360> all<01:42:57.520>
• And it's a step toward fully resourcing the work of fighting fraud.

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: The House took up Senate File 856, which would create an Office of the Inspector General to combat fraud in state public programs. Representative Norris described the bill as the product of a long bipartisan, bicameral working group and emphasized the office’s independence, five-year term, Senate confirmation, removal-for-cause protections, authority to investigate entities receiving public funds, prevention-focused duties, and required public and annual reporting. Representative Anderson PE also thanked the bipartisan authors and staff, saying the bill was the result of extensive negotiations and should move forward without reopening the agreement. Members then considered several amendments. Norris offered a technical cleanup amendment, A44, to clarify language about embedding employees at the Department of Education, distinguish civil and criminal investigative authority, and update law-enforcement terminology; it was adopted. Anderson PE then offered and secured adoption of a technical amendment, A45, to correct a drafting error. Representative Cleorne offered A37 to add prepayment review procedures for all agencies, but it failed on a roll call, 65-67. Cleorne also offered A38 to appropriate $15 million for OIG modernization and data-sharing improvements, but withdrew it after noting it would be out of order. A39, which would have renamed the proposed law enforcement unit from an anti-fraud and waste bureau to an anti-fraud and enforcement unit, failed on a roll call, 66-67, after debate over whether “waste” should be included in the title and scope. During debate on the naming amendment, supporters argued the title should better reflect law-enforcement work and avoid implying the office was a “waste” agency, while opponents said the existing language reflected the bipartisan working-group agreement and that changing it could jeopardize the bill’s progress. Representative West cited inspector general standards that include waste among their duties, and Representative Pinto questioned the substantive basis for opposing the change. Later, Representative Mhler offered A41 to eliminate the future law-enforcement agency entirely, arguing it would be duplicative and unfunded; the transcript cuts off before the vote on that amendment.

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• in funding sources, contingency funding sources, and the management of state or county financial resources
• in funding sources, contingency funding sources, and the management of state or county financial resources
• But again, my concern is we're taking the resources away from MnDOT to work on the things that we think
• concern is we're taking the resources concern is we're taking the resources away<00:58:23.839>
• <01:19:56.280> down<01:19:56.880> here up and winding down here up and winding down

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• But This is saying that, just as as note of for in court or just at the change of the direction of wind
• We can have the person who has the right standing, the person who has the right resources to go fight

Bills: HB4319, HB4317, HB1225, HB3076, HB3081, HB4226, SCR17, HB4432, HB3304, HB3411, HB3435, HB4339, HB4331, HB4341, HB4342, HB1770, HB1016, HB4113, HB2950, HB4141, HB3277, HB2988, HB3029, HB3338, HB1889, HB3834, HB3831, HB2939, HB3045, HB3657, HB1739, HB3759, HB3755, HB4484, HB4486, HB4108, HB1250, HB2961, HB1219, HB3025, HB1782, HB1907, HB3718, HB4459, HB2976, HB3548, HB3545, HB2952, HB2929, HB2956, HB2973, HB3055, HB3086, HB3040, HB3794, HB4336, HB3151, HB1590, HB3581, HB3313, HB3429, HB3448, HB1752, HB2650, HB3584, HB4202, HB3586, HB4321, HB4280, HB3650, HCR1020, HB2116, HB2206, HB4301, HB3625, HB3147, HB3403, HB3498, HB3970, HB3975, HB3976, HB3980, HB4265, HB4266, HB3638, HB3880, HB3930, HB3942, HB3944, HB4191, HB3242, HB3678

Keywords: administrative procedures, rulemaking authority, specific authority, legislative review, agency rules, accounting, CPA, licensure, educational requirements, reciprocity, professional conduct, vital records, birth certificate, birth registration, biological sex, sex designation, male, female, nonbinary, gender identity

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• So that when we have to make decisions of cutting or not cutting state resources, these are the reminders
• economic opportunity, frankly. but that it's an investment that's worthwhile. and worth putting resources
• I mean it's it all these resources have actually been through the local resources that we have here And
• been able to make these contacts, and how we've been able to talk with them so If we have these resources
• need some regulations and oversight, and in other ways we need to look at being more strategic about winding

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• the whole database structure initially and then allow it to be maintained over time with existing resources
• They are a very energy resource-rich state, much like Texas is.
• We have incredible natural resources across our state, and allowing companies to know that we're going
• Those natural resources are an important indicator for our future success. Absolutely.
• You mentioned natural resources. Texas is a leading oil and gas producer, right?

Bills: HB 103, HB 1256, HB1587, HB1632, HB2027, HB2525, HJR88, HJR138, HB103

Keywords: taxing unit, bond database, local government, transparency, civil penalty, education reform, funding allocation, school infrastructure, teacher recruitment, student achievement, tax exemption, water conservation, graywater systems, rainwater harvesting, ad valorem taxation, county commissioners, HB 1587, Texas sales tax holiday, back-to-school tax holiday, clothing tax exemption

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• If you put mental health and the Department of Human Resources (DHR) into that equation, you could push
• How much of that you wind up spending is entirely up to you.
• That's going to stress staff needs and resources.
• Additionally, there is funding for a variety of needs in the Department of Human Resources.
• Needs in the Department of Human Resources are tied to children, particularly in the educational aspects

Keywords: 924, joint, all

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• We’re valuable resources.
• We’re valuable resources.
• We’re valuable resources.
• up in jail. and you you've given us wind up in jail. and you you've given us an an an astonishing<04
• are going to wind up in jail. are going to wind up in jail.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee heard Senate Bill 254, which Senator David Roford described as a technical correction to controlled substance inventory law for pharmacies. He said the bill would remove outdated language requiring inventories to be done in an odd-numbered year, while keeping the existing requirement that pharmacies conduct a full controlled substance inventory every two years in line with federal law. Members asked several clarifying questions about whether the requirement is pharmacy-by-pharmacy, whether new pharmacies would be affected, and whether the change would alter scope or compliance; the sponsor and a representative of the New Hampshire Pharmacist Association said it would not, and that it mainly provides clarity for pharmacies and inspectors. The public hearing on SB 254 was then closed, and the committee also heard support from a representative of the pharmacist community, who said the association supports the bill. The committee then discussed a non-germane amendment to SB 254 dealing with FBI background checks for educational surrogate parents under the Department of Education. Representative Leyon explained that the amendment was requested by the Department of Education after the FBI rejected prior statutory language, and that the goal was to allow people serving as educational surrogate parents to complete FBI fingerprint-based background checks so they can perform their duties. Department of Education and Department of Safety staff testified that the amendment mirrors language that has worked in other education-related background check statutes, including provisions with specific disqualifying offenses tied to child safety, and that the FBI requires precise statutory language and direct transmission of records through the Department of Safety. Members questioned why the FBI’s approval was needed, whether individuals could simply provide their own records, and whether changing federal leadership could require future changes; witnesses said the state needs both state and national records, that records must come directly from the FBI through the Department of Safety, and that the language is intended to satisfy current federal requirements. During the discussion, some members expressed skepticism about the need for the amendment and about placing it on a bill about controlled substance inventories, but no vote was taken during the portion of the transcript provided. The committee also briefly discussed a separate bill on physician assistants/physician associates, with members noting that the proposed name change would not alter scope of practice and that some outside groups had raised concerns about transparency, but that discussion was interrupted and not concluded in the excerpt.

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• all of the the resources that we have. all of the the resources that we have.
• um believe it was cultural resources um believe it was cultural resources used<00:27:55.279>
• So to the best of cultural resources.
• Madam Chair, that's all I have today. in resources recreation and development in resources recreation
• Most individual historic resources.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• rescheduling of hearings, the resources rescheduling of hearings, the resources that<02:04:42.960
• <02:17:22.719> up<02:17:23.120> with limited resource up with limited resource up with
• <02:17:54.479> for need to save that limited resource for need to save that limited resource
• , They consume law enforcement resources, They consume law enforcement resources, and<02:21:54.800
• , Algorithms of anger, like hot winds, Algorithms of anger, like hot winds, suck<03:00:37.120>

Keywords: 981, all

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• Number three, adequately resource the agencies to implement the standards.
• I look forward to being a resource and answering your questions. Thank you.
• The state has done tremendous work in educating people about these resources, but it has also brought
• We are there to connect them to resources, connect them to people who can ultimately invest in these
• They just need us to support them and help them access the correct resources. Thank you, Senator.

Keywords: SBIR, STTR, Innovate Act, small business, innovation, legislative reforms, economic growth, funding, technology transfer

Summary: The meeting focused on the Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer Programs (SBIR-STTR), emphasizing the critical reforms necessary to enhance their effectiveness. Chair Ernst introduced the Innovate Act to streamline processes, ensuring funding is awarded based on merit and addressing existing abuses within the system. The discussion was robust, with numerous members expressing concerns about phase transitions and the need for targeted funding to support impactful technological innovations. The conversation also highlighted the program's importance in fostering economic growth, particularly for small businesses in rural areas, and the urgency for legislative changes as the program's authorization approaches expiration.

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• We try to use the resources we have as efficiently as possible.
• <00:35:34.119> for it would you be a good resource for it would you be a good resource for
• commonality so we try to share resources commonality so we try to share resources and<01:12:11.199
• She said they are an immediate resource for folks fleeing violence.
• She said they would be happy to speak more on it and be a resource.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• Members, I call the Environment Natural Resources Policy and Finance Committee to order.
• Natural Resources Budget.
• I am Commissioner Sarah Stroman from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.
• Natural resources define our state and make it an incredible place to live.
• We share resources. across the state of Minnesota.

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• We must invest in resources that allow for communities and families to recover and rebuild their lives
• We must invest in resources that allow for communities and families to recover and rebuild their lives
• We must invest in resources that allow for communities and families to recover and rebuild their lives
• Through Velvets, Stu became a vital resource for veterans living with physical injuries and PTSD.
• projects that were under wind projects that were under construction. construction. construction.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Wednesday, January 7, 2026, 1012, house, all