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• And then two, I never voted for the code of ethics 1010.5 rules.
• This rule was not passed without the knowledge of all members. The um.
• No, I'm saying when the rule was, the rule was put forth to all the members almost 3 months before it
• Um, we elect our local board of directors.
• we, yes, we, we have a board of directors meetings twice a year.

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• H211, and by Rule 31 move that to... and by Rule 31 move that to appropriations pending entry on the
• up per Rule 31 and send it to the... up per Rule 31 and send it to the Committee on Appropriations.
• At this time I move that the Senate suspend its rules move that the Senate suspend its rules and take
• Uh, this board on this board. >> Well, Mr.
• . >> Suspend the rules in order to bring >> Suspend the rules in order to bring it up from the notice

Keywords: 927, senate, all

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• Pursuant to Senate Rule 7.12A, the printing rule, I move that Senate Bill 3 not be printed.
• The rules are suspended.
• TDEM knows those rules well.
• adopted by the board.
• Rules suspended.

Bills: SB8, SB4, SB43, SB1, SB2, SB13, SB6, SB10, SB16, SB14, SB3, SB8, SB4, SB43, SB1, SB2, SB13, SB6, SB10, SB16, SB14, SB3

Keywords: education, accountability, public school assessment, state law, transparency, intervention, performance ratings, Texas congressional redistricting, U.S. House districts, congressional map, redistricting, gerrymandering, 2020 Census, census tracts, block groups, voting districts, election law, Texas House of Representatives districts, federal congressional districts, 2026 elections

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• and the Board of Governors.
• Senator, those are our rules.
• It's an internal rule.
• Senator, those are our rules.
• It's an internal rule.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• are some areas that maybe the boards are some areas that maybe the boards might<00:46:51.480>
• However, there needs to be rules.
• However, there needs to be rules.
• <01:04:04.000> there however there needs to be rules there however there needs to be rules
• agricultural tourism without the rules agricultural tourism without the rules in<01:36:36.800>

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• And maybe the board... ...who's in charge, and maybe the board needs to be a little bit more involved
• board.
• parole board again?
• Is it the board? Who is it?
• Does this parole board, should we have some guardrails for the parole board? Yeah.

Summary: The committee opened with a moment of silence for a deceased member, then approved the April minutes and heard a presentation from HHS on the Diversion Task Force and related youth services grants. Chelsea Florey described the $750,000 one-time appropriation from HB 1012, the five awarded grants, and how programs in Bismarck, Fargo, Grand Forks, and Minot are using the funds for youth diversion, including school-based groups, physical activity, and services for problematic sexual behavior. Members raised concerns about staffing shortages, family engagement, service silos, and whether diversion eligibility rules are too rigid; Florey said the task force is focused on better coordination, broader education about available services, and possible changes to diversion criteria, with the Children’s Cabinet likely to drive broader recommendations. The committee then received a North Dakota Lottery biennium report from Director Thomas Lawler, who reviewed the lottery’s history, games, retailer commissions, player programs, and revenue distribution. He reported about $67 million in ticket sales for the 2023-2025 biennium, about $16.2 million transferred overall, including roughly $13.6 million to the general fund, plus transfers to drug task force and compulsive gambling funds. Members asked about the compulsive gambling allocation and whether it is set by statute. Next, the Department of Corrections presented on criminal justice data sharing and reentry. Adam Anderson explained that jails, courts, DOCR, HHS, and other entities use separate systems with limited interoperability, making real-time communication largely manual. He outlined possible hub or point-to-point IT solutions, but noted cost, vendor, identifier, and data-definition challenges. Robin Schmolenberger followed with an update on a Medicaid data exchange project between DOCR and HHS to suspend and reactivate inmate Medicaid coverage automatically and improve care coordination, with full bi-directional exchange expected in fall 2026. The committee also heard from county representatives on 24-7 sobriety program fees and an AG opinion allowing local sheriffs to use cheaper testing options when courts waive fees. Finally, the North Dakota Racing Commission reviewed a troubling audit. Bruce Johnson acknowledged serious findings involving overspending from the promotion fund, missing grant documentation, a reversed decision on breeders fund eligibility, and repeated procurement violations. He said the commission has begun corrective actions, including monthly tracking of the promotion fund cap, stricter grant documentation, written procurement procedures, and clearer eligibility rules in condition books. Members pressed him on how the overspending occurred, whether the commission board would impose consequences, and whether statutory clarification is needed on the promotion fund limit and related spending rules.

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• Pursuant to Senate Rule 7.12(a), the printing rule, I move that Senate Bill 3 not be printed.
• I move to also suspend the printing rule. I move to also suspend the printing rule.
• maintain, or operate one or more outdoor warning sirens following the rules adopted by the board.
• The rules are suspended.
• The rules are suspended.

Summary: The Senate opened with a quorum call, invocation, and approval of the previous day’s journal, then observed a moment of silence after Senator Eckhardt referenced a mass shooting in Austin. The chamber also agreed to postpone reading and referral of bills until later in the day. Early procedural business included a motion not to print Senate Bill 3, which was adopted without objection. Later, Senator Mendez raised a parliamentary inquiry about moving flood relief bills to the top of the calendar, but the presiding officer said the order of business was up to the chair. The main floor action centered on Senate Bill 4, the congressional redistricting bill. Senator King laid out the bill, describing it as the companion to the House version, based on 2020 census data, and arguing it was legal, race-blind, more compact, and likely to elect more Republicans. Senators asked extensive questions about the process, public hearings, and the map’s effects on districts and communities. The Senate voted to suspend the regular order of business and the three-day rule, then passed SB 4 to engrossment and finally passed it, with the recorded votes showing 19 yeas and 2 nays. The Senate also took up Senate Bill 6, relating to abortion and civil liability for the manufacture and provision of abortion-inducing drugs. Senator Hughes argued the bill was needed to stop illegal abortion pills being mailed into Texas and harming women and unborn children. The Senate suspended the regular order of business and the three-day rule, passed the bill to engrossment, and then finally passed it, with the recorded votes showing 18 yeas, 10 nays, and one present not voting. A lengthy discussion followed on the committee substitute for Senate Bill 14, which would standardize law enforcement personnel and departmental files statewide. Senator King said the bill codifies a TCOLE model policy and limits public access to personnel files to substantiated misconduct, commendations, and evaluations, while keeping other records available through other legal processes. Senators Eckhardt, West, Hinojosa, and others questioned how the bill would affect transparency, meet-and-confer agreements, civilian review boards, and access to unsubstantiated complaints. An amendment by Senator Hinojosa of Dallas to narrow the bill to unfounded complaints failed, and SB 14 was then passed to engrossment on a vote of 18 yeas and 10 nays. The final major item was Senate Bill 1, the natural disaster omnibus bill responding to the July flooding. Senator Perry said the bill addresses camp and RV park safety, evacuation plans, emergency rooftop access, lines of succession for local emergency management, annual drills, volunteer management, drone restrictions over disaster areas, small-business recovery loans, and a statewide data hub for flood and weather monitoring. Senators Menendez, Eckhardt, and Kolkhorst asked about autopsies, volunteer background checks, liability, warning systems, floodplain mitigation, and coordination with FEMA and local governments. Perry said the bill focuses on preparation, response, and recovery, while broader prevention and mitigation issues may be addressed later. The transcript ends during this extended discussion, before final action on SB 1 is shown.

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• We are not going to change the rules of the game.'
• board and reorganize.
• OR MODIFIED CRITERIA FOR THE COUNTY BOARD TO BE ABLE TO EXERCISE THE RIGHT TO DISSOLVE A CORPORATE BOARD
• On line 59.29, it talks about this board, the corporate board of directors for the Hennepin Healthcare
• The corporate board of Hennepin Healthcare System is the existing board of directors, basically for the

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• And with that, I want to adopt the rules for.
• The proposed Senate rules, committee rules, were distributed to your offices via Dropbox. rules mirror
• any objection to adopting the rules?
• Rule 4, Section 13.
• So there's already rules in place to say we're talking about. a topic, and then we have rules in place

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

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• For proposed rules that are filed as a successor to an underlying emergency rule, the proposed rule must
• That amendment clarifies that, for the purpose of this section, a rule is defined as the rule number
• That amendment clarifies that, for the purpose of this section, a rule is defined as the rule number
• increase that list by rule.
• increase that list by rule.

Summary: The Senate Committee on Rules met with a quorum present and took up a series of bills, beginning with SB 108 on administrative procedures. That bill, as amended, would require agencies to review all rules on a five-year cycle, submit regulatory plans and annual reports, publish intended agency action within 90 days of new rulemaking authority, improve public access to incorporated materials, and streamline rule publication and correction procedures. After brief testimony from the Florida Bar’s Administrative Law Section and support from Americans for Prosperity and the James Madison Institute, the committee adopted two amendments and reported CS for SB 108 favorably. The committee then approved several other measures, including the Senate veterans package (CS for CS for SB 116), which made technical changes and was supported by veterans and advocacy groups; SB 118 on presidential libraries, which preempts local barriers while preserving state and federal law and building codes; CS for SB 126 allowing mail distribution of prescription hearing aids after a Florida-licensed professional examination; CS for SB 150, “Trooper’s Law,” making it a third-degree felony to abandon restrained animals during declared disasters; SB 294 limiting collaborative pharmacy practice expansion for complex cardiac conditions; SM 314 urging Congress to increase Florida National Guard force structure; CS for SB 322 creating a nonjudicial process to remove unauthorized persons from commercial property; CS for SB 348 on ethics, addressing false military rank claims and delinquent ethics fines; SB 356 designating January 27 as Holocaust Remembrance Day; CS for SB 160 expanding CPA licensure pathways and clarifying administrative outsourcing; and CS for SB 50 promoting nature-based coastal resilience measures. Most of these bills received supportive testimony and were reported favorably. The committee also considered and reported favorably the annual reviser bills SB 36, SB 38, SB 40, and SB 42, which adopt the 2025 Florida Statutes, conform statutory names, remove expired provisions, and clean up obsolete language and cross-references. Throughout the meeting, members asked questions on a few bills, but no roll-call votes were recorded as opposed; each measure was approved and reported favorably. At the end of the meeting, senators requested that a few missed affirmative votes be recorded, and the committee adjourned without objection.

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• Please support both home-rule petitions. Thank you. Please support both home-rule petitions.
• I am here to speak in support of Arlington's home rule petition, 45711, the first home rule petition
• I'm also a volunteer and a board member with MSPCA-Angell.
• But I am disheartened to report that our Board of Health, with tacit support from our Select Board, issued
• They have multiple scientific regulations on their board.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources held a hybrid hearing on a large slate of bills focused on pesticides, pollinators, rodenticides, mosquito control, invasive species, and local authority over pesticide regulation. Chair Becca Rausch set strict two-minute testimony limits due to the very large number of speakers. Early testimony from Senator Moore and Representative Hawkins strongly supported a bill to restrict second-generation anticoagulant rodenticides, citing harms to wildlife, pets, and public health, and noting that California has already adopted a similar model. Testimony also supported a Lowell home rule petition to allow the city to prohibit or restrict these rodenticides, with local officials describing documented raptor poisonings and municipal efforts to phase out use on city property. A major portion of the hearing focused on pollinator protection and neonicotinoid-treated seeds. Witnesses from environmental groups, conservation organizations, academics, and beekeepers argued that neonics harm bees and other beneficial insects, contaminate soil and water, and provide little or no economic benefit in most corn and soybean fields. Several speakers pointed to New York, Vermont, and Quebec as models for restricting treated seeds, and one panel cited research showing only a small percentage of fields benefit economically from the treatments. Support was also voiced for a bill establishing an ecologically based mosquito management program, with advocates criticizing aerial and truck spraying and urging non-chemical, locally tailored approaches. Other testimony supported bills to reform the pesticide board and pesticide regulation process, to give vulnerable municipalities more local control over pesticide use, to protect schoolchildren from pesticides on school grounds, and to respond to invasive species through a centralized state office, coordinator, strategic plan, and trust fund. Many speakers, including representatives from Mass Audubon, MSPCA, the Xerces Society, the Sierra Club, watershed groups, and local wildlife rehabilitators, described impacts on hawks, owls, pets, fish, and broader ecosystems. No votes were taken during the hearing, and committee members generally asked few questions, with the hearing remaining in testimony mode throughout.

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• Okay, with that, do we have a motion on the rules for 25-26? Second.
• Okay, committee rules. Papan? Aye. Papan, aye. Jeff Gonzalez? Aye. Jeff Gonzalez, aye. Aye.
• This is really, across the board, the most equitable way to provide access to state parks.
• disclose board membership or provide easy access to these economic interest statements.
• help the wider public to understand who is shaping rules for their local sub-basin.

Summary: The committee heard several water, parks, and wildlife bills. AB 764 would expand the list of exotic non-game birds that can be managed in California to better control mute swan populations; the author and California Waterfowl said swans are invasive, aggressive, and rapidly increasing, while no opposition testified. The bill passed to Appropriations. AB 616 would make the State Library Parks Pass program permanent by allowing state parks to transfer annual day-use passes to the State Library free of charge; supporters said it improves equitable access to parks, especially for low-income families, and the bill passed unanimously to Appropriations. AB 293 would require groundwater sustainability agencies to post board membership and a link to Form 700 filings online. Supporters, including the Community Alliance with Family Farmers, argued it would improve transparency and public trust, while opponents said the requirement was redundant and could discourage service on GSA boards. The bill passed, but with some no votes. AB 639 would narrow the definition of dams so certain weirs used for irrigation would not be subject to dam regulations; the author and technical witnesses said the structures pose no safety risk and are already closely managed, while members urged the bill be narrowed further to the Kings River area. It passed as amended to Appropriations. AB 679 would streamline land transfers for Big Basin Redwoods, Año Nuevo, and Butano State Parks by exempting those acquisitions from the Public Works Board process. Supporters said it would speed conservation and park rebuilding after the CZU fire, while one member opposed it over cost and broader state land-management concerns; it passed as amended. AB 454 would remove the sunset on the California Migratory Bird Protection Act, making state protections for migratory birds permanent after federal rollback concerns; it passed as amended to Appropriations. The committee also adopted its 2025-26 rules and approved the consent calendar, and the meeting adjourned after add-on votes were taken for absent members.

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• I think we need you on this board. Will you join this board?
• And she joined that board.
• Speaker, I realize you do not rule on that; what you're ruling is on germaneness.
• Boards about to close.
• I on all my mom boards and parent boards that I see all the time.

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• rule making something. rule making something. Okay. Okay. Okay.
• And another reason why we made that change was because the boards all had different rules. Yes.
• Certainly the boards are establishing criteria in rule.
• with the rules with the fees in the rule with the rules with the fees in the rule making.<00:52:
• costs associated with this board. costs associated with this board.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• Speaker, your committee on rules and legislative procedures recommends that House Rule 155.3 be amended
• It's the discretion of the board.
• We'll also ask for Representative Lehman to present the rule suspension, 93.2 rule suspension for House
• the Rules Committee.
• So we will go to Rules, complete caucus, and then come back and hopefully just work through Rules Committee

Keywords: 964, all

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• According to the rules of the Florida House of Representatives, specifically Rule 12.8, subparagraph
• The boards. The boards cost more than some of the experts do. That's the reality.
• These boards do have a cost to them. They're not free boards.
• I move that the rules be waived.
• This is part of the rule.

Summary: The House opened with prayer, a moment of silence for fallen Oviedo Officer Jimmy Serrano-Torres, the Pledge of Allegiance, and recognition of Chief Joseph Tuminelli as law enforcement officer of the day. The Rules and Ethics Committee report setting the special order calendar was adopted, and the Speaker announced schedule changes for the following week, including canceling the floor session on Monday and starting Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. The main floor action centered on CS/HB 7033, the House tax package. Sponsor Rep. Duggan described broad tax changes, including reducing the state sales tax rate from 6% to 5.25%, exempting certain bullion sales, repealing the aviation fuel tax, delaying the natural gas fuel tax, changing corporate income tax treatment for charitable trusts, reducing the pari-mutuel tax on card rooms, and major changes to tourist development tax (TDT) use. The bill would redirect most TDT revenue toward property tax relief, dissolve tourist development councils, and include related property tax and local tax administration changes. Several amendments were debated: a Driscoll amendment to preserve local TDT flexibility failed; Duggan’s amendment giving local governments 25% discretion over TDT revenues was adopted; Eskamani’s combined-reporting amendment failed; and a Duggan amendment requiring audit certification of compliance with the TDT/property tax relief provisions was adopted. After debate, CS/HB 7033 passed 78-29. The House then took up CS/CS/HB 1221 on local option taxes, which was presented as a companion-style measure to give local governments more flexibility while redirecting TDT revenues toward property tax relief. Supporters argued the bill would provide immediate relief to property owners and restore accountability in local tax use, while opponents warned it would undermine tourism funding, infrastructure, and local services. An amendment allowing local governments to retain 25% of TDT revenues for general purposes was adopted, and the bill passed 62-45 after floor debate. The final item shown was the reading of CS/CS/HJR 1257, a proposed constitutional amendment related to property tax exemptions and assessment limits, but the transcript cuts off before debate or action on that measure.

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• Texas rule 709 states in part is the intent of this rule that all members of the Senate be timely informed
• Well, Senator, whatever rules are already in place, whatever statutes and rules and procedures are already
• This is not bypass... seeing any of the normal rules of ethics or attorney-client rules or anything like
• Well, based on a ruling, a new ruling by the Court of Criminal... appeals, the law was upended.
• President I move to suspend the 24-hour posting rule in accordance with Senate Rules 11, 10, and and

Bills: SB5, SB11, SB12, SB9, SB42, SB15, SB5, SB11, SB12, SCR1

Keywords: hemp regulation, consumable products, cannabinoids, occupational licenses, criminal offenses, SB 11, Texas attorney general, election crimes, election law enforcement, criminal prosecution, Election Code, Government Code Chapter 402, local prosecutors, county attorney, district attorney, grand jury, probable cause reports, state election offenses, voter fraud, election integrity

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• The job of credit union board members isn't dissimilar to that of bank board members.
• We need board compensation.
• You have board members approving other board members' pay. Is that how I interpret the bill?
• The board is in charge of paying the board. So I'm just curious how you get around that.
• charge of paying the board board is in charge of paying the board so<00:48:54.240> I'm<00:48:

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• There is geographic representation on our board. We are subject to open meeting rules.
• It then goes to the board, where the board approves it for full board approval.
• It then goes to the board, where the board approves it for full board approval.
• It then goes to the board, where the board approves it for full board approval.
• It then goes to the board, where the board approves it for full board approval.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• And pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(c), the following bill is referred to the Committee on Rules: File
• This year, she serves as chair of the Board of Supervisors.
• Joint Rule 62A is suspended. Noes 6, ayes 7. Joint Rule 62A is suspended. Senator Ashby.
• Joint Rule 62A is suspended. Senator Ashby. Thank you, Mr. President.
• Joint Rule 62A is suspended. Senator Ashby. Thank you, Mr. President.

Keywords: 987, senate, all