Bills: HB2241, HB1163, HB1514, HB1696, HB2021, SB2135, SB2466, SB2727, SB3082, SB3097, SB2861, SCR100, SB3096, SB99, SB2138, HB2289, HB2319, HB1711, HB2270, SB3138, SB3076, HB1642, HB2338, HB2171, HB1785, SB2881, HB2505, SB2552, HB1518, HB1815, SB3125, SB3234, SCR162, SB2614, SB3118, SB2053, SB2494, SB2851, SB3073, HB1678, HB1721, HB2475, HB2246, HB1667, HB1516, SB2532, SB3131, SB3154, HB2297, HB1737, SB2143, SB2398, SB2623, HB1740, HB1920, HB1682, SB2153, SB3140, HB2158, HB1718, HB2207, HB1801, SB3229, SB2338, SB3069, SB2600, HB2300, HB1800, HB1960, SB2999, SB2060, SB2866, SB2239, HB1741, HB1713, HB2023, HB2417, SB2877, SB2598, SB2921, SB2645, HB2547, HB2275, HB2452, HB2329, HB2339, HB1838, HB1509, HB1661, HB2271, HB2272, HB2344, HB1888, HB1707, SB2340, HB2474, HB1576, HB1853, HB1804, HB1854, HB2095, HB2050, HB472, SB3215, SB2247, SB2400, HB1618, HB1802, HB1969, HB1541, HB2310, HB2498, HB2443, HB2218, HB649, HB2104, HB1710, SB2802, HB1973, HB1974, HB1894, HB1891, HB1890, SB177, SB2101, SB3320, SB2487, HB2429, HB1870, HB1839, HB2583, HB1391, HB2094, SB2671, SB2673, SB2892, SB2057, SB3245, HB306, HB2592, SB3157, SB3204, SB3324, SB2580, SB2074, SB411, SB3025, SB2934, SB2567, SB2125, SB3238, SB2367, SB2599, SB3007, SB2001, SB2756, SB3029

Keywords: renewable energy, income tax credit, solar energy, wind energy, low-income households, energy policy, commercial drivers license, non-domiciled, federal regulations, commercial learner's permit, citizenship, lawful residency, Department of Transportation, workers' compensation, vocational rehabilitation, injury recovery, employment services, return to work, commercial driving, driver's license

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• You get your water from the...
• All of the drinking water and irrigation—you get your water from the Mississippi River. We do not.
• The whole goal is governed under the Safe Drinking Water Act to protect the drinking water.
• The code does address high consequence areas, right, whether it's in the gas code or a liquid code.
• areas right whether it's in the gas code or a liquid code and so when you're when you're running a pipeline

Keywords: 965, house, all

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• Honor the Texas flag. I pledge allegiance to thee Texas, one state under God, one and indivisible.
• They were a team in serving for Representative Johnson: decades in the Texas House and the Texas Senate
• HB 29 by Gerdes relating to water losses reported by certain municipality owned utilities to the Texas
• It's a priority bill of the Speaker of the Texas House. It is.
• It holds a high speed rail project in Texas to Rep.

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• This will help Texas.
• This will help Texas to plan not only for the new water projects that the state needs, but also our state
• President, to my colleagues of the Texas Senate, to my colleagues of the Texas Senate, Mr.
• From across Texas who make up this great body, the Texas State Senate.
• Here in Texas, reconfirming our commitment to safe communities and a safe Texas.

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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• Texas Water Code.
• The chair calls, uh, Elizabeth McGee, Texas Land USA for the bill.
• My name is Elizabeth McGee, and I'm founder and CEO of Texas Land USA.
• Here now calls Trey Larry, uh, Texas Land USA LLC for the bill.
• Texas pedestrian traffic deaths increased by 20%.

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• Uh, is that Texas, honey? This is Texas honey. We have time.
• I think this time we have honey to make and it is currently illegal, uh, under Texas law to take Texas
• House Bill 4285 seeks to revise and update portions of the Texas Alcohol Beverage Code to solve logistical
• This bill has come out of conversations with the Texas Distiller Spirits Association, the Texas Wine
• Chapter 1952 of the occupation code states a person may be registered as a code enforcement officer,

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• And then Trina solar, which is now owned 584 ...by T1, here in Texas, headquartered here in Texas.
• Does Texas have these types of entities that you all can work with so that Texas doesn't have to go outside
• The TSA wants to see as much equipment as possible made in Texas by Texans for the Texas power grid.
• market with inverters made here in Texas.
• or want to expand in Texas.

Summary: The Senate Committee on Business and Commerce held its first interim hearing on securing critical infrastructure and supply chain integrity, with a focus on Texas’s electric grid and the Lone Star Infrastructure Protection Act. The chair also highlighted Texas’s relatively low electricity prices and welcomed new committee members. ERCOT, the Public Utility Commission (PUC), and the Attorney General’s office were invited to explain how the state screens market participants and grid equipment for ties to China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea, and how the agencies respond to noncompliance. ERCOT testified that it has implemented the requirements of three related Senate bills by requiring attestations on corporate affiliations and on critical grid equipment and services. ERCOT said it has processed thousands of attestations, used additional requests for information and third-party verification tools such as Dun & Bradstreet, and terminated nonresponsive market participants. ERCOT also said it has not seen a case requiring direct Attorney General involvement, but it does refer matters to the PUC when needed. The PUC said it can investigate suspected violations and impose penalties of up to $1 million per violation per day, and that most investigations into late or missing attestations have been resolved through compliance, market exit, or removal by ERCOT. The Attorney General’s office said its role is currently limited to audits and court involvement, and that it lacks broad independent investigatory authority under the act. Members pressed the panel on whether the current system is too reliant on self-reporting and whether it adequately addresses indirect foreign influence, especially through supply chains for batteries, inverters, transformers, and other equipment with routable connectivity. ERCOT acknowledged that the current attestation process has gaps and said it plans to refine definitions of critical grid equipment and grid services, improve information requests, and continue stakeholder rulemaking. The panel also discussed possible legislative changes, including tying prohibitions to the Department of Defense Section 1260H list and the Texas Prohibited Technologies list, clarifying warranty and service access, and expanding the statute to cover grid services more directly. Several senators raised concerns about cost, reliability, and the extent to which foreign-sourced components remain embedded in Texas infrastructure, while others suggested incentives for domestic manufacturing and stronger verification tools, including possible work with national labs such as Sandia.

Bills: HR208, HR50, HCR54, HR102, HCR110, HR103, HCR111, HR114, HCR122, HR152, HCR162, HR20, HCR19, HR98, HCR106, HR49, HCR53, HR53, HCR57, HR93, HCR101, SB3225

Keywords: Boys & Girls Club of Hawaiʻi, Youth of the Year, Military Youth of the Year, House Resolution, HR 208, keiki, youth recognition, student achievement, leadership award, community service, youth development, after-school programs, teen center, military families, Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi Legislature, commendation, congratulation, positive youth development, Boys & Girls Clubs of America

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• But then Carlo worked in Texas, you know, brought up the fact of the Texas part of this.
• I'm trying water now.
• I'm trying water now. Yeah.
• Is that water topics that day? That's right. Yeah. Water topics is on the 10th or the 11th.
• Is that water topics that day? That's right. Yeah. Water topics is on the 10th of the 11th.

Keywords: 908, all

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• curious if um you know how the water curious if um you know how the water quality<00:38:58.079><
• on the air we breathe and the water that on the air we breathe and the water that we<00:48:42.000>
• causing both water depletion and water pollution.
• causing both water depletion and water pollution.
• causing both water depletion and water pollution.

Bills: HF1277, HF1006

Keywords: data centers, tax exemption, Minnesota statutes, economic development, employment growth, property tax, abatement, land bank, redevelopment, political subdivision, 1183, house

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• We appreciate our Texas Congressional Delegation's efforts to push for stronger enforcement of a water
• and hold it before it hits the tributaries running through here. for us to capture water here in Texas
• Texas agriculture faces a critical water supply challenge.
• Their heavy industry is a major water user. In West Texas, you have oil operations.
• So, every year, dedicating a portion of existing revenue in the state of Texas to water.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

Bills: HR65, HR66, HR67, HR68, HR69, HCR33, HCR34, HB1006, HB1007, HB1008, HB1010, HB1011, HR58, HR59, HR60, HR61, HR62, HR63, HR64, HCR32, SCR2, SCR5, SCR6, SCR11, SCR16, SCR17, HB43, HB447, HB573, HB1000, HB1001, HB1002, HB1003, HB1004, HB1005, SB8, SB10, SB12, SB16, SB20, SB21, SB22, SB29, SB32, SB41, SB42, SB44, SB49, SB58, SB68, SB75, SB77, SB81, SB97, SB103, SB159, SB163, SB172, SB180, SB182, SB244, SB248, SB253, SB254, SB279, SB306, SB318, SB334, SB380, SB385, SB397, HB53, HB57, HB64, HB100, HB102, HB106, HB111, HB137, HB152, HB155, HB177, HB238, HB256, HB258, HB272, HB337, HB350, HB359, HB363, HB386, HB434, HB445, HB546, HB557, HB584, HB661, HB697, HB726, HB727, HB747, HB752, HB756, HB758, HB759, HB765, HB767, HB825, HB858, HB930, HB941, HB957, HB964, HB203, HB228, HB234, HB260, HB268, HB271, HB285, HB289, HB351, HB400, HB413, HB469, HB534, HB551, HB552, HB574, HB576, HB634, HB649, HB677, HB735, HB739, HB779, HB784, HB796, HB842, HB850, HB919, HB8, HB9, HB10, HB15, HB16, HB17, HB18, HB19, HB22, HB33, HB34, HB35, HB44, HB46, HB47, HB48, HB61, HB101, HB126, HB135, HB142, HB164, HB185, HB215, HB226, HB232, HB233, HB242, HB284, HB292, HB297, HB301, HB334, HB436, HB468, HB548, HB571, HB582, HB593, HB594, HB609, HB613, HB712, HB722, HB732, HB746, HB827, HB845, HB848, HB921, HB923, HB951, HB953, HB999, HB733, HB875, HB952, HB868, HB119, HB140, HB52, HB901, HB193, HB570

Keywords: condolences, Sam Goodwin, Northwestern State University, football coach, athletic legacy, obituary, ShaMonica Huggins, Louisiana, community support, public service, law enforcement, memorial resolution, Louisiana Legislature, tribute, centenarian, community recognition, Louisiana history, birthday celebration, Jeanerette, French bread

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• Landfills, utility systems, water supply projects, water treatment plants, wastewater treatment plants
• Um, the water systems, uh, Representative Bumgardner had had discussed with me some water issues, which
• is a big, uh, issue right now around the state of Texas, water treatment, piping, you name it.
• finance code.
• Um, in Texas, about 530,000.

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• Executive Director of Texas Ethics Commission and Mike Novak, Executive Director of Texas Facility Commission
• Texas Real Estate Commission, and the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, there's a number.
• Texas or from Texas who never go to the valley or go to the border and, you know, they think it is 1,200
• Even on the water flow.
• Council of Texas, ERCOT, who runs the majority of the Texas electric grid.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• But we have really bad water right now.
• The water is safe to drink.
• Donna Clinton: The majority of our water problems were deemed aesthetic by the Florida Rural Water Association
• They store and move fresh water, help recharge groundwater, and protect drinking water supplies.
• I don't want to be Texas. We ought to be better than Texas.

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• Midland delivers for Texas.
• This legislation will benefit Texas agriculture, Texas economy, and Texas environment, and I ask that
• We often just go by Texas Baptist.
• Lubbock is the home of Texas Tech University, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Texas Chris
• Then I applied for property tax relief under Texas tax code chapter 11, Section 11.131, subchapter B,

Bills: HB249

Keywords: real property, ad valorem tax, tax appraisal, property value limitation, real estate taxation, property ownership

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• tragedies like what happened in Texas. tragedies like what happened in Texas.
• Nuremberg code. Nuremberg code.
• We talked about Texas.
• We talked about Texas. We talked about Texas.
• soil and water. soil and water.

Bills: SB174, SB39, SB40, SB206, SB200, HB169, HB345, HB381, HB25

Keywords: business taxes, annual reports, Alabama Tax Tribunal, tax appeals, local government, board governance, occupational licensing, Sunset Law, public accountability, training requirements, SB40, Houston/Hunter Act, firearm hold agreement, gun storage, temporary firearm storage, firearms dealer, federal firearms licensee, FFL, civil immunity, gun owner

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• So the water supply we should be building in California is impeded because the water has to be shipped
• So the water supply we should be building in California is impeded because the water has to be shipped
• responsibility to ensure the tax code responsibility to ensure the tax code works<03:27:58.560><
• emergencies act 50 United States code emergencies act 50 United States code 1622<06:53:19.040>
• water water supply<07:02:00.520> but<07:02:01.240> that<07:02:01.558> should<07

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Wednesday, January 15, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• Cuellar of Texas, Mr. Kera of California, Mr. Vicente Gonzalez of Texas, Mr.
• from Texas seek recognition? Mr. from Texas seek recognition? Mr.
• The gentleman from Texas is recognized. The gentleman from Texas is recognized.
• >> The gentleman from Texas yields. The >> The gentleman from Texas yields.
• gentleman from Texas is recognized. gentleman from Texas is recognized.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, September 15, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• And the blessed state of Texas.
• Honor the Texas flag.
• It is a unique fact that both his father and son were Texas state reps, his father being a Texas state
• Next time you're in the great piney woods of Texas, stop by Palestine and come ride the Texas State Railroad
• HB number 422 by Gonzalez of El Paso relating to limitations on the issuance of bonds by the Texas Water