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• Code, Senate Bill 8 when it's specifically about abortions, and then the Texas Religious Freedom Restoration
• , the Health and Safety Code, Senate Bill 8 when it's specifically about abortions, and then the Texas
• Texas women will be reliant on Texas doctors and Texas courts. Texas women will not have a say.
• Texas women will be reliant on Texas doctors and Texas courts. Texas women will not have a say.
• Bill of practice or remedies code in Texas? Right, so that's the statutory rule. Right.

Summary: The Senate began with a quorum call, prayer, approval of the previous journal, and messages from the House, then moved through several recognitions and resolutions honoring visiting groups. Members adopted resolutions recognizing the Texas chapters of Blue Star Mothers of America, Fine Arts Education Day, Donate Life Texas Day, Baha’i Capitol Day, County Government Day, Jack County Day, Crockett County Day, and a recognition of Navy Petty Officer Simon Urbanik for service during the Cuban Missile Crisis. The chamber also heard remarks from visiting doctors, students, county officials, and community groups, with multiple senators speaking in support of military families, arts education, organ donation, and local government service. The Senate then took up Committee Substitute Senate Bill 2779, relating to the allocation and use of certain hotel occupancy tax revenues. Senator Birdwell said the bill would stop local governments from conditioning HOT funds on race- or class-based priorities and would require Galveston to transfer the full state rebate for beach cleaning and maintenance to its park board. After questions, the Senate suspended the rules, passed the bill to engrossment, suspended the three-day rule, and finally passed it, though the final vote showed significant opposition. The chamber also passed Committee Substitute Senate Bill 2322, described as a cleanup bill removing the compelling-factor test for dispatchable generation from the Texas Jobs, Energy, Technology, and Innovation Act. A major debate centered on Committee Substitute Senate Bill 2253, which would phase out uncertified teachers in core classrooms and strengthen educator certification requirements. Senator Creighton argued the bill responds to a teacher pipeline crisis, adds parent notification, creates multiple preparation pathways, and provides financial incentives for certification; Senator West and Senator Sparks pressed for rural flexibility and implementation details. An amendment from Senator Gutierrez to add a teacher student-loan repayment program failed on a 11-17 vote, while other technical and fiscal amendments were adopted. The bill then passed to engrossment, the three-day rule was suspended, and it was finally passed. The Senate also passed Committee Substitute Senate Bill 2371, updating skimmer-reporting rules to cover electronic terminals beyond fuel pumps, and Committee Substitute Senate Bill 2351, relating to the construction of certain concrete plants under a standard permit. Senate Bill 619, a conscience-protection bill for health care workers, drew extended questioning from Senators Cook, Eckhardt, and Menendez about patient abandonment, scope, and whether it could allow refusals of legal services such as vaccines, antibiotics, contraception, or personal care; despite those concerns, the Senate suspended the rules and passed the bill to engrossment. Finally, the chamber began consideration of Committee Substitute Senate Bill 1169, which would allow public entities to form public utility agencies to cooperate on water and wastewater projects without eminent domain or cross-collateralization, with Senator Hinojosa explaining it as a tool for small and rural communities facing utility infrastructure problems.

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• He then served his constituents in the Texas Senate before serving the entire state of Texas as a Texas
• in Texas.
• Property insurance or for the Committee on Insurance.
• Insurance claims are for the Committee on Insurance.
• HB 4877 by Paul Roling the Texas Property and Casualty Insurance Gratuity Association for the Committee

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• it got some traction, not just with Texas, but we ended up with a group that was Texas and California
• In the gray is where Texas has, uh, gone above that.
• And sometimes those codes are added impermissibly.
• Our statute, chapter 32 of the Human Resources Code.
• So that is, um, two areas in central Texas and then South Texas as well.

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• It's a Texas issue.
• It's the Texas Administrative Code says that the school administrator shall. exclude and then it gives
• The Texas Administrative Code says that the school administrator shall exclude an exposed child who's
• The Texas line is red.
• , Texas Department of Criminal Justice, the Texas Lottery winnings, and the.

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• I'm told in Texas that they can't deny you the cash pay even if you have insurance.
• product like a PPO and HMO or an EPO regulated by the Texas Department of Insurance.
• I'm Rachel Bowden from the Texas Department of Insurance.
• The bill also requires that a contract specifically disclose that it is subject to Texas Insurance Code
• So the question is: will those contracts disclose the applicability of the Texas Insurance Code to those

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• In fact, Texas Penal Code Section 38.11 prohibits such things as alcohol, deadly weapons, cell phones
• Under Texas Penal Code Section 38.115, it is an offense to operate a drone below 400 feet on a correctional
• Under Texas Penal Code 38.115, it is an offense to operate a drone below 400 feet on a correctional facility
• And that individual has absolutely no authority to enforce the Transportation Code in Cedar Park, Texas
• We're out in West Texas, San Antonio, Central Texas.

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• According to the Children's Code 610, they are required to make mandatory reports, either to the Department
• And that's mandated in the children's coding connects those students who are victims of some really traumatic
• And that's mandated in the children's coding connects those students who are victims of some really traumatic

Bills: HR249, HR251, HB395, HB902, SB83, SB132, SB157, SB338, SB450, SB484, SB501, SB507

Keywords: artificial intelligence, AI, BESE, State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, content standards, K-12 education, public schools, curriculum, digital literacy, computer science, STEM, technology education, student privacy, ethical AI, workforce development, future-ready workforce, instructional resources, education policy, school standards, Louisiana education

Bills: HB91, HB123, HB167, HB255, HB264, HB321, HB884, HB955, HB967, HB968, HB969, HB978, HB985, HB994, HB1005, HB1104, HB1107, HB1109, SCR3

Keywords: criminal procedure, disclosure, criminal records, witness protection, trial rights, electronic monitoring, GPS ankle monitor, ankle bracelet, pretrial release, post-conviction supervision, bail monitoring, house arrest, corrections, criminal justice, law enforcement, prosecuting authority, court reporting, provider registration, LCLE, Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Criminal Justice

Bills: SB1192, SB1264, SB1284, SB1810, SB1921

Keywords: substance abuse, counseling, assessment fees, mental health, alcohol and drug programs, domestic violence, domestic abuse, assault and battery, assault, battery, strangulation, dangerous weapon, family or household member, intimate partner, pregnant woman, great bodily injury, batterers intervention program, batterers' intervention, anger management, victim safety

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• The City of Albuquerque recently updated our entire code for traffic so that we could include vulnerable
• right at the beginning of a young driver's journey, and especially with Albuquerque's changing traffic code
• Chairman, Senator, will this help with insurance rates? Mr.
• If our drivers are better educated, they should have lower insurance rates because they're having less

Bills: SB23, SB73, SB210, SB234, SB243, SB244, SM16

Keywords: student use, wireless devices, public schools, policy implementation, education technology funding, driver education, driver's ed, driving school, motorcycle safety, traffic safety, vulnerable road users, pedestrian safety, bicycle safety, cyclist, bike lane, micromobility, scooter, moped, motorcycle training, DWI prevention

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• department would be able to evaluate programs to certify that they are in compliance with the public school code
• school boards, superintendents, or principals if they are violating any element of the public school code
• And I can't remember all the states, but in Texas in particular, where I have lived, that has happened
• When we're talking about misconduct, we're talking about violations of procurement, code of ethics, oath
• Yet if somebody does something that's not in accordance with the statute, they violated the code.

Bills: SB23, SB73, SB210, SB234, SB243, SB244, SM16

Keywords: student use, wireless devices, public schools, policy implementation, education technology funding, driver education, driver's ed, driving school, motorcycle safety, traffic safety, vulnerable road users, pedestrian safety, bicycle safety, cyclist, bike lane, micromobility, scooter, moped, motorcycle training, DWI prevention

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• So simply on our end, the synopsis state sales and use tax, but the use tax code section was not referenced
• state sales and use tax, but the<00:08:20.160> use<00:08:20.400> tax<00:08:20.720> code
• <00:08:20.960> section<00:08:21.280> was<00:08:21.520> not the use tax code
• section was not the use tax code section was not referenced.<00:08:22.160> We<00:08:22.400>

Bills: SB125, SB123, SB124, HB38, SB125, SB123, SB124, HB38

Keywords: oyster shell, tax credit, recycling, restaurant, state revenue, environmental benefit, sales tax exemption, seafood, fishing industry, local government, municipal exemption, seagrass restoration, environmental policy, water quality, marine ecosystems, conservation efforts, marine conservation, environmental remediation, coastal ecosystems, state waters

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• House Bill 578 by Representative Michael Johnson is an act to amend the Civil Code, the Code of Criminal
• This just defines insurance premium taxes and municipal license tax imposed on insurers based on premiums
• Dallas, Texas, is... ...crazy. In Mississippi, you know, it's $20,000. Texas is $14,000.
• Well, I think in Texas they do the merit system. Let's look at Texas. Let's look at Mississippi.
• Have we looked at Texas as far as the cap? Let's look at Texas. Let's look at Mississippi.

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• for Texas.
• and 500,000 kids in home school in Texas.
• Texas public schools.
• Education Code.
• Texas has a similar trend.

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• We will also update Texas Administrative Code rules.
• Our association represents all of the health insurance companies in the state of Texas.
• That includes the health insurance companies that bid on and contract with the state of Texas for Medicaid-managed
• codes, the doctor codes, and the hospital codes.
• And you would be able to see that for all the codes at the APCDs, all the private health insurance codes

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• So, uh, House Bill 557 amends the Texas Family Code to create reasonable safeguards.
• This bill proposes several changes to the estate code in Texas to provide greater clarity, improvement
• Uh, your witness affirmation says Texas Family Foundation, but I believe that's the Texas Family Law
• The Texas Property code currently requires trustees to divide, uh, or provide detailed accountings that
• House Bill 2301 is a straightforward amendment to the Texas Family Code and clarifies the timing of providing

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• We apply criteria that are spelled out in Chapter 325 of the Government Code. the Texas Sunset Act, and
• That I believe is in the Texas Administrative Code.
• One is Chapter 531 of the Texas Government Code, and it's suited to... to go to chapter 544 in April
• And so, uh, tax code, the Texas tax code generally covers how districts set their INS rates.
• That's the Texas Education Code. He opened it up and says, what law was that? And I said, 11.15.

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• emergency medical centers, and ambulatory surgical centers required by Texas Health and Safety Code
• Under Section 1102 of the Texas Estates Code, anybody can file an application with a court with probate
• We use a tool that looks at various variables, including Texas Administrative Code, contract compliance
• In civil commitment, Texas state law has enshrined in its state code a bias toward the least restrictive
• Chapter 573 of the Texas Health and Safety Code mandates that a peace officer shall...

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• property insurance policies refer the Committee on Insurance.
• residential property insurance policies for the Committee on Insurance HB 2516 by again relating to
• HB 2517 by Barry relating to the applicability of premium maintenance, taxes to Texas Windstorm Insurance
• plans on the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association policies referred the Committee on Insurance.
• Refer to the Committee on Insurance.

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• We're housed within the Texas Department of Insurance and serve as the fire code authority in approximately
• The Texas Department of Insurance and serve as the fire code authority in approximately two-thirds of
• the Texas counties, primarily in areas without a local adopted fire code or a fire code official.
• Okay, so the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) and State Fire Marshal's Office are writing the rules
• of Insurance and the Public Utility Commission of Texas.

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