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• Members and guests, please rise as able. Members and guests, please rise as able.
• I rise in support of House Resolution 528.
• Programs and public schools across the state.
• I rise in support of House Bill 2460.
• I rise in support of House Bill 2499.

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Summary: The House convened, opened with prayer and the Pledge, and first handled routine business including postponing approval of the prior journal and confirming a quorum. Several committee reports were adopted, including measures from Veterans Affairs and Emergency Preparedness, Tourism and Recreation and Economic Development, Appropriations, Rules, Commerce, and Environmental and Natural Resource Protection. The chamber also adopted House Resolution 531, designating June 2026 as Scoliosis Awareness Month, after testimony from Rep. DeLosier and discussion of a constituent’s experience with severe scoliosis; the resolution passed 201-1. The House then adopted a series of additional resolutions and bills, including Diaper Need Awareness Week, a study on PANS/PANDAS, 717 Day, Little League World Series Week, and a resolution commemorating America 250 in Pennsylvania. It also passed bills on Sunshine Act agenda notice changes, veteran death notifications, Korean War Veterans Armistice Day, township audit deadlines, first responder memorials, road transfers, parole board succession, and restrictions on HOA limits for rooftop solar. The solar bill drew multiple failed amendments on HOA voting rules, native plants, energy-source discrimination, and net metering; one amendment on indemnification for elected officials at special events was adopted. In final passage votes, the House approved legislation to prohibit NDAs related to data centers, with debate centered on transparency and local control; it passed 171-31. The chamber also passed bills allowing Pittsburgh school administrators to collectively bargain, requiring hunting and trapping education options in schools, expanding SWIF’s equity investment authority, and scheduling metatomidine as a Schedule 3 controlled substance. The Counseling Compact bill and a parole-record privilege bill both passed unanimously or near-unanimously, and the House signed those measures for presentation to the Governor. The session ended with referrals of new bills to committees, a motion to adjourn, and adjournment until July 1, 2026.

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• Texas has received $177 million to fund and implement programs along the Texas coast that improve resiliency
• I was the one, when I was at TCQ, who developed the operating permit program for for Texas, for Texas
• but Texas products and Texas businesses throughout GoTaxing program.
• We cooperate with a federal program called the Texas Cooperative Inspection Program.
• I'm Evgenia Spears, I'm Water Program Coordinator with the Sierra Club Lone Star Chapter.

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• Members and guests, please rise as able. Members and guests, please rise as able.
• I rise in support of House Resolution 528.
• It is an optional program that schools can opt into.
• I rise in support of House Bill 2499.
• I would rise to support this legislation. Madam Speaker, I would rise to support this legislation.

Summary: The House convened, opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, and recognized several guests, including a student advocate and family members connected to a resolution on scoliosis awareness. The chamber first took up committee reports from Veterans Affairs and Emergency Preparedness, Tourism and Recreation and Economic Development, and later Appropriations, Rules, Commerce, and Environmental and Natural Resource Protection, agreeing to the reported bills and resolutions. House Resolution 531, designating June 2026 as Scoliosis Awareness Month, was adopted 201-1 after remarks describing the condition and the advocacy of a young constituent. The House also adopted resolutions designating Diaper Need Awareness Week, directing a study on PANS/PANDAS, recognizing 717 Day, Little League World Series Week, and commemorating America 250 in Pennsylvania, with broad bipartisan support. The House then considered several bills on final passage. House Bill 2146, updating the Sunshine Act’s 24-hour agenda notice rule after a court ruling, and Senate Bills 130, 511, 971, 972, 1181, and 1235 were agreed to. House Bill 1239, limiting HOA restrictions on rooftop solar, drew multiple amendments; some were withdrawn, and others failed on tied votes, after debate over HOA governance, native plants, and net metering. House Bill 2219, on license plates and transportation provisions, had an amendment agreed to removing indemnification language for elected officials at special events, and then passed as amended. House Bill 2558, banning non-compete agreements for broadcast workers, saw an amendment to preserve limited non-competes fail, and the bill passed. House Bill 2359, prohibiting government NDAs related to data centers, passed 171-31 after extensive debate over transparency and local control. The chamber also passed House Bill 2455, granting Pittsburgh school administrators collective bargaining rights, despite objections that existing appeal protections already exist; it passed 106-96. House Bill 2460, creating hunting and trapping education provisions, passed 180-22 after debate over whether it duplicated existing law and imposed a mandate. House Bill 2499, expanding the State Workers’ Insurance Fund’s equity investment authority, passed 173-29. House Bill 2529, scheduling metatomidine as a Schedule III controlled substance, passed 198-4 amid testimony about overdose risks and concerns about criminalization. Senate Bill 604, joining the Counseling Compact, passed 188-14, and Senate Bill 1259, clarifying parole record privilege and expanding notice to denied parole applicants, passed unanimously 202-0. The House then made referrals and committee assignments, signed the two Senate bills for presentation to the Governor, and adjourned until July 1, 2026.

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• be eliminated and consolidated into what will be called the Texas Clean Fleet Program are the Alternative
• Fueling Facilities Program, the Texas Natural Gas Vehicle Program, the Texas Hydrogen Vehicle Infrastructure
• The existing Texas Clean Fleet Program will become the Texas Large Fleet Program.
• diesel fleets in Texas, and then every so often the legislature does add a more specific program to
• On the T-Hive program, which is the Texas Hydrogen Infrastructure Vehicle Equipment Program.

Summary: The committee first heard House Bill 1904, which would classify intentionally released helium balloons as litter and create criminal penalties for balloon releases. The author and supportive witnesses argued that balloon releases harm wildlife, livestock, waterways, and infrastructure, and that the bill would close a loophole in current litter law. Several members questioned whether criminal penalties were appropriate, and the author said he was willing to work toward civil penalties and fines instead. No vote was taken, and HB 1904 was left pending. The committee then took up several pending bills and reported them favorably to the full House, including HB 3249, HB 3866, HB 4112, HB 1768, HB 1499, HB 573, and HB 464. These measures dealt with topics such as TCEQ contested-case procedures, outdoor storage containers, high-level radioactive waste, concrete plant permitting and grants, unannounced concrete batch plant inspections, and a scrap tire grant program. Most were adopted with substitutes and passed on recorded votes, generally with unanimous or near-unanimous support. A major portion of the meeting focused on HB 3997, which would create expedited permitting timelines for LNG facilities and related wastewater permits. Industry witnesses said the bill would provide certainty for multibillion-dollar projects without eliminating public participation, while environmental groups opposed parts of the bill that they said could limit contested-case participation and be unrealistic for SOAH timelines. TCEQ staff described the current wastewater permitting process and said some of the bill’s timing provisions could be workable, especially with an expedited fee. The bill was left pending after the author said he would continue working on committee substitute language. The committee also heard HB 1237 on extending the renewal window for expired TCEQ occupational water licenses, and HB 4519, a TERP consolidation bill that would combine several clean transportation grant programs into fewer programs. HB 1237 was left pending without testimony, while HB 4519 drew broad support from environmental and industry witnesses who favored simplifying the program, though some asked for stronger emphasis on particulate matter and hydrogen funding. The committee withdrew the substitute on HB 4519 and left it pending. Finally, HB 5033, which would eliminate the motor vehicle emissions inspection and maintenance program if federal authority changes, drew opposition from environmental and inspection-industry witnesses who warned it would weaken air-quality protections and could remove an important enforcement tool. The author said the bill was intended as a trigger mechanism and would be refined, and HB 5033 was left pending. The committee also heard HB 1227 on municipal solid-waste franchise fees and private-provider access; the author said he would bring a substitute after hearing concerns from cities, and the bill was left pending.

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• The biggest hit has been to our training programs.
• The state of Texas, under the influence and efforts of The Governor of Texas, Senator Abbott, and former
• But, you know, if Texas—Texas If Texas can appropriate $55 million to deal with addictions, hopefully
• cessation programs.
• And on all the other programs, Anthony, the new PAC programs, I don't see much in terms of evaluation

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• She's from Little Elm, Texas.
• Bats are vital to Texas' environment and economy.
• I rise to speak against the bill. Thank you so much. I rise to speak against the bill.
• We don’t want good programs to go under.
• Rising Star program, to be withdrawn from the Committee on Economic Development and re-referred to the

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, offered an invocation, approved the previous day’s journal, and received a House message announcing passage of HB 4 on public school accountability and assessment. The chamber also recognized the Doctor of the Day, adopted SR 520 honoring Rosser Coke-Newton Sr. for his biography of former Governor Richard Coke, and adopted SR 518 recognizing Texas Moral Injury Awareness Day, with remarks focused on the impact of moral injury on veterans and first responders. The Senate later adopted SR 395 honoring the ninth class of Governor William P. Clements, Jr. Scholars, and several other resolutions were adopted by voice vote, including college savings awareness recognition and other member-sponsored recognitions. The body then took up several bills and resolutions on the floor. HB 3307, allowing online continuing education for arbitrators in property tax appeals, passed unanimously after suspension of the rules and the three-day rule. HB 913, renaming and reorganizing certain state hospitals, and HB 2970, governing the Gulf Coast Protection District and coastal barrier design, also passed unanimously. HJR 1 and HB 9 advanced a proposed constitutional amendment and statutory change to raise the business personal property tax exemption from $2,500 to $125,000; both measures passed, with HJR 1 receiving one no vote and HB 9 passing unanimously after a clarifying amendment. The Senate also passed HB 1151, which limits child removals and termination of parental rights based solely on parental medical treatment decisions, and HB 116, which revises grounds for involuntary termination of the parent-child relationship by removing the “O grounds” and requiring support from financially able parents whose rights were terminated. HB 1899 lowered the age for pyrotechnic operator licenses and fireworks display permits from 21 to 18. SB 1285, as amended, passed to protect bats by prohibiting entombment while preserving removal options from unoccupied spaces, and SB 2847 passed to promote innovations in core curriculum for faster bachelor’s degrees. On criminal justice, SJR 87, a proposed constitutional amendment requiring denial of bail for certain repeat violent felony offenders, passed after two floor amendments clarifying due process and representation language; Senator Eckhardt spoke against it on final passage, arguing it lacked judicial discretion and a clear-and-convincing standard. SB 3073, requiring magistrates to make written findings in certain criminal proceedings, also passed. Later, SB 128, requiring hospitals to report suspected child abuse-related information to HHSC, advanced on a divided vote, and SB 2619 and SB 2972 passed on public school accountability and expressive activities at public colleges, respectively, with Senator Eckhardt opposing SB 2972 as too restrictive on campus protest rights. The chamber also heard extended debate on HB 21, targeting “traveling” housing finance corporations and their use of tax exemptions for apartment projects, with supporters arguing it curbs abuse of the tax code and critics warning about unintended effects on affordable housing; the discussion continued with questions but no final action shown in the excerpt.

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• For example, what's the difference between Texas military department, Texas military forces in the Texas
• Texas State Guard is your Texas Patriots. It's 1,700, over 1,700.
• Texas has more veterans than any other state with 1.5 million veterans calling Lone Star our state their
• We work together with the Texas Workforce Commission and the 28 Workforce Boards. to implement this program
• state of Texas.

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• He's into programming. He knows four languages.
• The National Teacher of the Year program is the oldest and most prestigious national honors program in
• And you're just a true star in your profession.
• It's a real shining star.
• Senator Scott, for what purpose do you rise? Mr.

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• It's Texas v.
• And then the other one I'll just highlight is 13 again, Texas v. New Mexico.
• and maybe they could do some research on how to bring a thinning program in.
• Conservation programs, things like that.
• Um, if we have to absorb more federal programs into New Mexico in our budget.

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• The pet-friendly program in elderly state-aided housing was established in the 1980s.
• First, it expands the program to all state-aided housing.
• The program has been successful.
• Let's get the gold star today. Any questions before we let you go?
• Let's get the gold star today. Any questions before we let you go?

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Summary: The Joint Committee on Housing held a hearing on a wide range of housing bills focused on manufactured housing, condominiums, public housing, tiny homes, and protections for elderly and disabled residents. Chairs Haggerty and Cyr opened by emphasizing the importance of these housing types and the need to hear from many speakers. Testimony on manufactured housing was especially extensive and sharply divided. Supporters of bills such as H. 1475, S. 990, and H. 1513 argued that out-of-state corporate owners are buying communities, raising rents and fees, reducing services, and exploiting legal gray areas. Residents and lawmakers from affected communities like Taunton, Middleborough, Attleboro, and Oak Point described steep rent disparities, fear of displacement, and the need for stronger protections, while Representative Hawkins urged an omnibus approach and said the bill would create a local board to ensure compliance with existing law. Opponents, including the Massachusetts Manufactured Housing Association and Hometown America’s counsel, argued that current law already provides protections, that the bills would create uncertainty or unfairly restrict owners, and that H. 1475 was intended to clarify the post-Blake legal landscape. The committee also heard testimony on condominium reform through S. 980, with owners describing lack of transparency, surprise assessments, and limited accountability, and urging updates to Chapter 183A and more owner rights. Public housing bills also drew support from housing authority advocates. MassNAHRO backed S. 955, H. 1517, H. 1512, H. 1550, and H. 1551, saying housing authorities need more flexibility to preserve and expand affordable housing. Witnesses supported tax relief for replacement public housing units and streamlined procurement rules, arguing these changes would help projects move faster and make better use of capital funds. Committee members asked questions about PILOT agreements, tax treatment of new developments, and whether state and federal public housing would be treated similarly. The committee also heard from Senator Lovely and advocates for S. 1007/H. 1525, which would prevent and respond to bullying of elderly and disabled residents in housing. Supporters described the bills as a long-needed response to harassment in senior and public housing, calling for building-level plans, staff training, and AG oversight; Jerry Halberstadt said the measure should be strengthened with enforcement and tenant advocacy support. Pamela and other witnesses described severe personal impacts from bullying and management retaliation. Another major topic was S. 1474/H. 1474 on movable tiny houses as permanent dwellings and accessory dwelling units. Supporters, including Representative DeCoste, Vera Struck, Kaylee DeCrease, and Abundant Housing Massachusetts, said tiny homes are a safe, affordable, sustainable option for seniors, workers, and others facing the housing shortage, and urged the committee to legalize them and align state rules with emerging standards. They also discussed tax classification and the need for a clear building code and DMV category. Finally, H. 1476 on pet-friendly elderly housing drew support from animal welfare groups, who said the bill would restore and modernize a prior pet program, expand access across state-aided housing, limit pet deposits, and reduce pet surrender caused by housing barriers. No votes were taken during the hearing; the committee primarily received testimony and questions on the bills.

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• Speaker I rise today to celebrate a Speaker I rise today to celebrate a remarkable<00:19:20.600> woman
• I'm here this morning and rise to speak to address the nation's number one insurance program, Social
• <02:34:47.680> Mr minutes to my colleague from Texas Mr minutes to my colleague from Texas
• I rise in opposition to S. 5.

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• In Texas and South Texas...
• H-2A program.
• Programs.
• It's a program for women, infants, and children, also a food program.
• , our current labor programs.

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• Another program would be the Texas Water Development Fund which offers comparable market interest rates
• Water Implementation Fund for Texas program.
• I am the one Water Resources Program Coordinator in the Coastal Fisheries Division with Texas Parks and
• I lead our water program in Texas. and ensuring that groundwater across the West is proactively managed
• Many states outside of Texas actually have programs where they are paying landowners to not pump or to

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• Speaker, I rise today to >> Mr.
• Speaker, I rise today to honor Dr.
• vote by the ys and nays will rise. vote by the ys and nays will rise.
• of the rising cost. of the rising cost.
• will rise. will rise.

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• In Texas.
• Texas State Guard is your Texas Patriots.
• Texas has more veterans than any other state, with 1.5 million veterans calling Lone Star State their
• We work together with the Texas Workforce Commission and the 28 workforce boards to implement this program
• state of Texas.

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• I think the short answer is no. rise in the state of Texas, the first 2.5 percentage points of total
• So what what you see described on this is that every school system in Texas Texas generates an entitlement
• Spanish Immersion Program, which is an extremely popular program among the residents. but they've got
• So that's the way the Foundation School Program works.
• And do private schools follow the Texas Education Code?

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• In that time, so the Star Tribune released this article.
• <01:03:50.400> to net and human services program to net and human services program to elections
• <01:12:27.600> and communities are now in Texas and communities are now in Texas and Louisiana
• So to a federal facility in Texas also.
• Um, and I think the places like Texas.

Bills: HF4077, HF3798, HF3886

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• It's important to remember that the Texas Water Fund is not a financial assistance program.
• It's important to remember that the Texas Water Fund is not a financial assistance program.
• So on the first slide is the SWIFT program, the State Water Implementation Fund for Texas.
• That said, I mentioned earlier that additional programs were added to the Texas Water Fund as far as
• I look at the Apollo program, which Texas made possible, which showed the world what's possible when

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• I'd ask that everyone please rise for the invocation to be led today by Ms.
• It's also my pleasure to rise and recognize all our great people from Las Cruces.
• that is a master's program for all of New Mexico.
• I just, too, want to rise in support of Shacey.
• I just, too, want to rise in support of Shacey.

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• I rise today to speak in Mr. Speaker.
• Speaker, I rise to commemorate Mr.
• I rise today in support of S. 2011.
• , in other battles, earning a Silver Star, in other battles, earning a Silver Star, Silver<03:35:
• 54.720> Star.

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