Transcript Highlights:

• ,<04:21:00.000> and year and some of the waste, fraud, and year and some of the waste, fraud
• They don't even come answering our questions about fraud and abuse.
• So why questions about fraud and abuse.
• We have a $77 million ABA fraud audit that we know about.
• questions of fraud, waste, and abuse. questions of fraud, waste, and abuse.

Keywords: 981, all

Transcript Highlights:

• at the time that this money was paid, this particular billionaire had been arrested for securities fraud
• Whether fraud and abuse of federal grant funds, including but not limited to the Violence Against Women
• Fifteen years of the feds telling us there seems to be fraud and abuse with how these funds are being
• and abuse with the prevented fraud and abuse with the recipients<03:46:24.960> of<03:46:25.279
• that they identified their own fraud that they identified with<05:17:54.480> these<05:17:54.798

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Well, it’s open with fraud. No, I just mentioned that you’re talking a lot of subjective terms.
• Well, it’s open with fraud. No, I just mentioned that you’re talking a lot of subjective terms.
• Well, it’s open with fraud. No, I just mentioned that you’re talking a lot of subjective terms.
• Well, it’s open with fraud. No, I just mentioned that you’re talking a lot of subjective terms.
• Well, it’s open with fraud. No, I just mentioned that you’re talking a lot of subjective terms.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• This is just fraud, a continuation of more fraud! Okay.

Bills: SB1015, SB2933

Keywords: statutory probate courts, probate court fees, judicial fund, county reimbursement, comptroller, Texas Government Code, Local Government Code, court fees, fee allocation, excess contributions, judicial education and support fund, presiding judge salary, county finance, court administration, Texas judiciary, revenue distribution, SB 2933, elder abuse, neglect, judicial training

Summary: The Committee on Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence heard testimony on Senate Bill 1015, which would clarify that the comptroller is responsible for distributing excess judicial fund payments back to statutory probate courts. Judge Guy Herman testified in support, saying the bill would help ensure probate courts receive funding they are entitled to, while Ed Heimlich testified against the bill with broad criticism of probate courts and judicial practices. The committee then heard Senate Bill 2933, which would add elder abuse training to required judicial education for several categories of judges and judicial officers; Dr. Bruce Hargrave supported the bill, citing the prevalence and underreporting of elder abuse and the need for judges to recognize warning signs. No votes were taken on either of those bills, and SB 2933 was left pending. The committee then reconsidered Senate Bill 38, an eviction-related bill, and Vice Chair Hayes described two agreed floor amendments: one limiting the summary disposition procedure to forcible entry and detainer cases involving squatters, and another requiring a notice to pay rent or vacate for tenants who had been timely payers but missed a payment. After discussion, the committee voted 6-4 to report SB 38 without amendments. The committee also adopted or advanced a series of other bills and resolutions, including SB 293, SB 1141, SB 1448, SB 1536, SB 1558, SB 1838, SB 1940, SB 2127, SB 53, SB 251, SB 311, SB 387, SB 441 (with a substitute), SB 1164, SB 1335, SB 1574 (with a substitute), SB 1719, SB 1760, SB 1839, SB 1923 (with a substitute), SB 2807, and SJR 27 (with a substitute). Most measures were reported favorably on largely party-line or near-unanimous votes, with a few close votes on SB 942, SB 311, SB 2807, and SJR 27. SB 942, relating to retroactive child support beginning at conception, initially failed 5-5 but was reconsidered and then passed 6-5. The committee adjourned after completing its agenda.

Transcript Highlights:

• This is just fraud, a continuation of more fraud! Okay.

Bills: SB1015, SB2933

Keywords: statutory probate courts, probate court fees, judicial fund, county reimbursement, comptroller, Texas Government Code, Local Government Code, court fees, fee allocation, excess contributions, judicial education and support fund, presiding judge salary, county finance, court administration, Texas judiciary, revenue distribution, SB 2933, elder abuse, neglect, judicial training

Transcript Highlights:

• Page 10 includes continuous legal operation language to protect the investment and deter fraud that's
• the higher ed... ...includes continuous legal operation language to protect the investment and deter fraud
• the courts to dissolve an LLC in extremely limited circumstances, such as an abandoned operation or fraud
• the courts to dissolve an LLC in extremely limited circumstances, such as an abandoned operation or fraud
• And, you know, I'm the first to confront fraud and abuse with what we saw out in Jefferson County.

Keywords: 959, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• I would just like to suggest that we close the housing stabilization program, which was rife with fraud
• stabilization program which was<00:37:35.200> rife<00:37:35.680> with<00:37:35.920> fraud
• <00:37:36.840> $100<00:37:37.880> million<00:37:38.480> a was rife with fraud
• . $100 million a was rife with fraud. $100 million a year. year. year.
• We tried to yell around about fraud because that's another tactic that we use to move away from the reality

Keywords: 1183, house

Summary: House File 4738 was laid over for possible inclusion in the 2026 tax bill. Representative Keeler presented the bill as a funding source for Minnesota’s Safe Harbor program, arguing that trafficking and sexual exploitation are statewide problems and that current shelter and housing resources are insufficient. She and several supporters emphasized that the program serves youth across greater Minnesota, not just the metro, and that state and federal funding pressures make additional support necessary. Testifiers from Place Called Home/Life House, The Link, the City of Minneapolis, and a survivor all described the impact of Safe Harbor and related shelter programs. They cited data on youth served, bed nights, mental health services, and high unmet need, including waitlists and youth turned away because programs are full. Testimony stressed that stable housing and trauma-informed services help survivors recover and move toward education, employment, and family stability. One committee member, Representative Davis, objected to the proposed funding source, saying he would not support taking money from women’s sports scholarships and urging a different source. The bill’s tax mechanism was described as ending the sales tax exemption for preferred seating, suite licenses, and related amenities at athletic and entertainment events. Alec Williams of We Make Minnesota supported the proposal as a fair way to raise revenue from high-end discretionary purchases for a public purpose. Committee discussion also focused on the size of the revenue estimate and the breakdown of the impact, with nonpartisan staff saying roughly 85% would come from suite licenses, 10% from collegiate seating, and 5% from amenities. Representative Smith and others framed the issue as both a tax and moral question, and the chair moved the bill to be laid over.

Transcript Highlights:

• There's a lot of good reforms that a lot of good fraud improvement to do there.
• Um, but uh those reference even some of the federal standards for fraud uh that I think that you'll enjoy
• 48:14.359> for even some of the federal standards for even some of the federal standards for fraud
• fraud uh that I think that you'll enjoy. fraud uh that I think that you'll enjoy.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Um so um one of the things that last time we were here I was reading about how fraud if someone's using
• Um so um one of the things that last time we were here I was reading about how fraud if someone's using
• <00:27:06.400> reading<00:27:06.640> about<00:27:06.960> how<00:27:07.279> fraud
• were here I was reading about how fraud were here I was reading about how fraud if<00:27:08.240>

Bills: HF3919, HF3791, HF1781, HF3908, HF4233, HF3966, HF3430

Keywords: veterans benefits, Secret War, Laos veterans, eligibility process, burial fees, veteran designation, security, protective services, state officials, Capitol complex, state patrol, public safety, legislative protection, threat assessment, transportation, electronic attestation, traffic signals, accident reporting, legislative routes, agricultural aircraft

Transcript Highlights:

• bill about consumer protection and making sure that folks in Kentucky are protected from scams and frauds
• It requires kiosk operators to implement practices or policy to reduce risk and fraud and illegal activity
• 37:41.360> and practices of policy to reduce risk and practices of policy to reduce risk and fraud
• <00:37:43.440> It<00:37:43.560> requires fraud and illegal activity.
• It requires fraud and illegal activity.

Keywords: 958, all

Transcript Highlights:

• HB 1308, foreign adversary fraud, Science and Technology, and Appropriations.
• education to put on the ballot the ESA reforms that we're seeing, a program that, by the way, has a 20% fraud
• exercise their power, and that includes making it harder to rein in the ESA program, which has a 20% fraud
• And if we're looking at this bill as a way to look at waste, fraud, and abuse, I would say that we need
• The subsidy that we see in our school system is the billion-dollar voucher system full of fraud and abuse

Keywords: 1182, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Well, that's fraud.
• Well, that's fraud.
• great I'll buy it oh it's not well great I'll buy it oh it's not well that's<00:42:07.520> fraud
• > that's<00:42:08.760> why<00:42:08.960> we<00:42:09.079> would that's fraud
• that's why we would that's fraud that's why we would agencies<00:42:10.240> that<00:42:10.359

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The committee first heard House Bill 412 HD1, which would expand the definition of lobbying to include certain communications with high-level officials about procurement decisions and create presumptions regarding lobbying on behalf of private clients. The State Ethics Commission and State Procurement Office supported the measure, saying it would improve transparency and align Hawaii with other states, while the Hawaii Primary Care Association opposed it over concerns that employers and others could be swept in too broadly. No public testimony or questions led to any action on the bill during the hearing. The committee then took up House Bill 131, which would allow agencies to disclose government records to researchers for certain research purposes and clarify the Office of Information Practices’ rulemaking authority. OIP and the Public First Law Center supported the bill, arguing it would create uniform standards and that concerns could be handled through rules. The University of Hawaiʻi system, DBEDT, DHS, DLNR, and others raised concerns about the breadth of the terms “research” and “researcher,” privacy, confidential information, and possible misuse; Hawaiian Electric also warned about access to sensitive infrastructure information. Members questioned whether the bill was premature and whether definitions should be narrowed in statute, and OIP said it would consider working with agencies and the University on clearer definitions. House Bill 792 HD1, relating to the Office of the Legislative Analyst, drew no testimony beyond a late written support from the Hawaii Children’s Action Network, and the committee moved on without discussion. The committee then heard House Bill 1424, which would restrict transfers between appropriated funds for positions and operating expenses. Budget and Finance explained that current practice allows transfers from payroll to other current expenses when there are savings, but legislative appropriations for specific purposes must still be spent for that purpose. Several agencies expressed opposition or concerns, saying the bill could reduce flexibility, especially in response to federal funding changes or vacant positions, though members emphasized transparency and accountability. Budget and Finance suggested a reporting approach instead, and the committee discussed quarterly reporting as a possible alternative. Finally, the committee began House Bill 1153 HD1, which concerns funding adjustments for state programs and capital improvement projects and establishes a protocol fund. Budget and Finance, DAGS, and the State Procurement Office supported the measure, while the General Contractors Association and several construction-related groups opposed section two, arguing it would undo recent procurement protest-bond safeguards adopted in Act 162. The hearing then moved on toward House Bill 1297, but the transcript cuts off before that bill was fully discussed.

Transcript Highlights:

• Our first trailer bill is the Medi-Cal fraud special deposit fund.
• This proposal is to establish a new permanent fund for the Medi-Cal anti-fraud special deposit.
• Establish a new permanent fund for the Medi-Cal anti-fraud special deposit to manage Medi-Cal provider
• payments withheld while a credible allegation of fraud is being investigated.
• Investigations of credible allegations of fraud are ongoing and can take several years to resolve.

Keywords: 988, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• We also are dealing with redemption fraud.
• With respect to the creditor redemptions and creditor fraud, there's been a process in place for junior
• redemptions<00:14:32.079> and<00:14:32.320> and<00:14:32.519> creditor<00:14:33.440> fraud
• <00:14:34.440> uh redemptions and and creditor fraud uh redemptions and and creditor fraud

Bills: HF1027, HF101, HF1021

Keywords: mortgage foreclosure, redemption, foreclosure surplus, sheriff's sale, junior lienholder, mortgagor, homeowner protections, loss mitigation, dual tracking, foreclosure redemption period, certificate of redemption, certificate of sale, sheriff, county recorder, registrar of titles, homeownership center, lien priority, real property, foreclosure by advertisement, surplus funds

Transcript Highlights:

• So the system, I think, allows for fraud. I think it is what I'm saying.
• system allow I I think the system<00:36:06.720> allows<00:36:07.119> for<00:36:07.359> fraud
• think<00:36:08.680> it<00:36:08.960> it<00:36:09.160> is system allows for fraud
• I think it it is system allows for fraud I think it it is what<00:36:09.520> I'm<00:36:09.640
• So I don't know that there's a fraud component to it, but it does, you know, that would be something

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• :22.960> identity<00:41:23.680> protection<00:41:24.400> and<00:41:24.720> fraud
• rights, identity protection and fraud rights, identity protection and fraud avoidance.<00:41:26.240
• :42:26.160> legal office, and especially on this legal office, and especially on this legal fraud
• 42:28.319> we<00:42:28.720> want<00:42:29.040> to<00:42:29.280> protect fraud
• implication, we want to protect fraud implication, we want to protect our<00:42:30.560> citizenry

Keywords: Education - Room 216, 22 January, 2026; 10:30 AM, 925, all

Summary: The committee took up several education-related bills. Senate Bill 2071 would allow school boards to vote on providing health insurance to board members and their dependents using local, not state, funds; it was advanced after Senator Brian objected that it could create an incentive for people to seek school board seats for the insurance benefit. Senate Bill 2072 would move the deadline for teacher supply cards earlier, from August to July, using EF funds, and it was reported. Senate Bill 2103 would require school boards to adopt policies banning or restricting student cell phone use during school and class time, and it was also reported. Senate Bill 21103 would remove a requirement that school counselors follow the National Association of School Counselors’ code of ethics and instead align them with the Mississippi teacher code of ethics; it passed without opposition. Senate Bill 2236 would authorize the use of LifeVac choking devices in schools, with the sponsor saying the devices are inexpensive and could be provided free to districts; it passed as well. The committee then spent most of its time on Senate Bill 2242, the Mississippi Math Act, which would create a statewide math improvement initiative within the Department of Education. The bill would deploy math instructional coaches, require K-5 universal math screeners three times a year, create individual math plans for students below benchmark, support algebra readiness, protect data under FERPA, and establish a fund for grants and other deposits. Senator Boyd said the bill is modeled on efforts in other states, especially Alabama, and is intended to build on Mississippi’s literacy reforms by focusing on support, intervention, and professional development rather than retention or punishment. Members raised concerns about cost, the proposed anti-lapsing language for the fund, and whether the bill should require high-quality instructional materials statewide rather than leaving curriculum choices to local districts. Senator Hopson estimated the program could cost about $3.5 million and suggested the anti-lapsing language might be removed or handled through appropriations. Senators Blunt, Hill, and Wiggins argued that the success of literacy reforms came from requiring standardized, high-quality instructional materials and accountability, not home rule alone. Senator Wiggins offered an amendment to require high-quality instructional materials for math statewide, and Senator Boyd said he was supportive of that as a friendly amendment. The discussion ended with the amendment still being worked through and the bill not yet finally disposed of in the excerpt.

Transcript Highlights:

• As a member of the fraud committee as well, to see us take a position of saying that we're not going
• As a member of the fraud committee as well, to see us take a position of saying that we're not going
• , misclassification fraud.
• And for folks who have been around last session, we talked a lot about misclassification fraud.
• And that is a fraud, just like other public benefits fraud.

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• Um, we've all heard of words this year that are fraud, waste, and abuse.
• Fraud is billing for services that were not rendered.
• <00:40:18.000> waste wordss this year that are fraud waste wordss this year that are fraud
• waste and<00:40:18.599> abuse<00:40:19.599> fraud<00:40:20.119> is<00:40:20.319
• services and abuse fraud is billing for services that<00:40:22.280> were<00:40:22.560> not

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• Speaker, Senate Bill 1451 addresses the rise in check theft and financial fraud that has surged substantially
• statutes of limitation for criminal offenses, including the statute of limitations for... for certain fraud
• Senate Bill 2798 will extend the statute of limitations for certain fraud-related offenses from three
• Members, Senate Bill 1379 responds to a sharp rise in financial fraud, particularly... ...check forgery
• Senate Bill 1379 gives law enforcement stronger tools to prosecute fraud and makes clear that Texas will

Bills: SB263, SB370, SB663, SB924, SB987, SB1939, SB1937, SB1598, SB2798, SB2801, SB2580, SB2569, SB2514, SB2064, SB1940, SB1621, SB2601, SB1379, SB1376, SB1372, SB1353, SB2216, SB2166, SB2148, SB535, SB777, SB827, SB1141, SB1330, SB1352, SB1664, SB1612, SB1862, SB1936, SB1453, SB1448, SB1398, SB2137, SB2111, SB53, SB226, SB1677, SB1723, SB1839, SCR8, SB31, SB33, SB3, SB1405, SB1948, SB243, SB20, SB217, SB264, SB269, SB650, SB681, SB528, SB502, SB740, SB916, SB995, SB2581, SB3031, SB24, SB2570, SB1566, SB552, SJR1, SB646, SB379, SB1171, SB1121, SB1120, SB1061, SB1036, SB1019, SB890, SB11, SB868, SB1188, SB1254, SB2778, SB2543, SB2443, SB1333, SB1259, SB1401, SB1404, SB2139, SB2165, SB2237, SB2268, SB1202, SB1198, SB1212, SB1451, SB1470, SB1498, SB965, SB1547, SB1667, SB1818, SB1902, SB2129, SB2078, SB2069, SB1737, SB1589, SB1318, SB387, SB1150, SB1574, SB2127, SB3034, SB860, SB1278, SB263, SB370, SB663, SB924, SB987, SB1939, SB1937, SB1598, SB2798, SB2801, SB2580, SB2569, SB2514, SB2064, SB1940, SB1621, SB2601, SB1379, SB1376, SB1372, SB1353, SB2216, SB2166, SB2148, SB535, SB777, SB827, SB1141, SB1330, SB1352, SB1664, SB1612, SB1862, SB1936, SB1453, SB1448, SB1398, SB2137, SB2111, SB53, SB226, SB1677, SB1723, SB1839, SCR5, SCR32, SCR8, HB3228, HB2802, HB45, HB1318, HB5560, HB2894, HB4344, HB4238, HB2775, HB34, HB33, HB 12, HB148, HB 130, HB4273, HB4850, HB2733, HB4783, SB1833

Keywords: SB 263, Texas franchise tax, cost of goods sold, COGS, broadcasters, television broadcasting, radio broadcasting, media tax, broadcast license, FCC, 47 C.F.R. Part 73, 47 C.F.R. Part 74, film production, television production, tax deduction, margin tax, Texas Tax Code, depreciation, amortization, broadcast rights

Transcript Highlights:

• whether even in this session we changed those rules, but you have entered into a school system through fraud
• 09:52.480> through entered into a school system through entered into a school system through fraud
• not you know not something other fraud not you know not something other than<00:09:56.000> that
• you know, but if we do have a crime, I don't know if five years and what a $10,000 fine warrants a fraud
• , but, you know, if we do have a fraud and, you know, they may or may not know they've committed a fraud

Keywords: Judiciary, Division B - Room 409, 3 February, 2026; 5:15 P.M., 925, all

Summary: The committee took up Bill 2802, which would address falsifying residency or enrollment documents to place a child in a different school district. Senator Rhodes explained that the current penalty is a felony with a large fine and possible prison time, but that prosecutors rarely use it; the bill would add a misdemeanor-level penalty to create a more realistic enforcement option. He also proposed an amendment changing language that would have required expulsion of the child, replacing it with language making the child ineligible for enrollment in that district so the child would not have an expulsion on record. The committee adopted that amendment by voice vote. Members then debated the bill’s broader policy effects. Supporters argued the measure is needed because districts have reported problems with parents using false addresses or other fraudulent documents, and they said the bill simply creates a lesser penalty while preserving enforcement. Opponents said the bill punishes parents who are trying to secure a better education for their children, may not increase prosecutions, and could harm families and children who did nothing wrong. One senator compared the issue to other criminalized conduct involving rule violations, while another questioned whether the state should be creating a misdemeanor for conduct that is already a felony. The committee also discussed a proposed amendment to remove the felony component entirely and make the offense only a misdemeanor. That amendment was debated at length, with concerns raised that the broader statute covers more than school enrollment fraud and could affect other forms of false statements to government entities. The transcript ends during that discussion, with no final recorded disposition on the bill itself in the excerpt provided.