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• This existing framework ensures accountability without the need for redundant and intrusive requirements
• This<00:15:14.320> existing<00:15:14.800> framework<00:15:15.199> ensures This existing
• framework ensures This existing framework ensures accountability<00:15:16.399> without<00:15:
• c><00:22:05.120> here<00:22:05.280> at Like a potential hurdle to those here at the Capitol

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• They're here today visiting the Capitol to learn about the work that we do. Thank you. Thank you.
• They're here today visiting the Capitol to learn about the work that we do. Thank you.
• They're here today visiting the Capitol to learn about the work that we do, and please give them a big
• welcome to the State Capitol.
• By designating March as Sleep Apnea Awareness Month... ...far too low.

Summary: The Assembly convened, initially without a quorum, and the clerk called the roll until a quorum was present. The body then proceeded with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, journal approval, and several unanimous-consent motions, including re-referrals of AB 1878, AB 2089, and AB 1660 to different committees. Members also introduced guests, including the 2025 Central East High School football team, Morgan Hill leadership students, Southlands Christian fourth graders, and journalist Juan Esparza Loera, whom members praised for decades of reporting in the Central Valley. On the floor file, ACR 139 was presented to designate March as Sleep Apnea Awareness Month. Supporters described the health and safety risks of undiagnosed sleep apnea and emphasized the value of screening and treatment; the resolution was adopted by voice vote after 61 coauthors were recorded. AB 1656, a human-trafficking victim protection bill, was also taken up and passed 58-0 after testimony that it would expand “good cause” for trial continuances to better protect survivors and preserve continuity of counsel. The chamber also adopted the consent calendar, including AB 1583 and SCR 11, by 63-0 votes. The session concluded with adjournments in memory for Salinda Gonzalez, a Yurok community advocate for mental health and suicide prevention, and Sandy Steers, a Big Bear conservationist and executive director of Friends of Big Bear Valley. Members highlighted Gonzalez’s work supporting Native communities and Steers’ decades of wildlife advocacy and public education. The Assembly then announced its next meeting for Monday, March 16 at 1 p.m., including the Women of the Year ceremony, and adjourned.

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• Members, you know, it's an honor to welcome the proud residents of Baytown to the Texas Capitol.
• Welcome to the show. for the Capitol guys.
• Welcome to your state capitol. 722 723 The chair recognizes Mr. Reynolds for a motion.
• Thank y'all, welcome to your Capitol. Thank you. 774 775 776 777 The chair recognizes Mr.
• Welcome to your Capitol. Thank you for being here today. Thank you guys. Please excuse Ms.

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• HR 214 by Gerdes recognizing February 11, 2025 as Bastrop County Day at the state Capitol.
• HR 78 designates February 11, 2025 as Jacksonville Leadership Day.
• HR 191 by Bell of Kaufman recognizing February 11, 2025 as Athens Day at the state Capitol.
• HR 220 by Lauderbach recognizing February 11, 2025 as Queto Chamber Day at the state Capitol.
• Members, please join me in welcoming this hardworking group to the Texas Capitol.

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• Within this framework that was part of the bill is the Plastic Pollution Mitigation Fund, which will
• This framework will outline To develop statewide guidelines for a response framework.
• As stated, this bill would reward projects that meet those standards with an ELDP designation.
• First, is it the ELDP designation? There are two key points I want to emphasize for the committee.
• As stated, this bill would reward projects that meet those standards with an ELDP designation.

Summary: The committee heard several bills, with SB 1350 by Senator McNerney presented first. The measure would expand California’s use of renewable hydrogen in the power sector by allowing renewable portfolio standard credit for power plants using green hydrogen, with supporters emphasizing grid reliability, clean-energy goals, in-state investment, and construction jobs. Support came from labor, clean-energy, municipal utility, and local government representatives; NRDC Action Fund withdrew opposition after amendments, while a few groups remained opposed or neutral. The committee later took a roll call and SB 1350 passed out on a due pass recommendation. The committee also heard SB 1180 by Senator Allen, which would set operational rules for the Plastic Pollution Mitigation Fund created under SB 54, including clearer eligible uses, transparency, technical assistance, and access for tribes and smaller community groups. Environmental justice, ocean, conservation, and local government groups strongly supported the bill, saying it would ensure the fund addresses plastic pollution’s public health and environmental harms. Industry and manufacturing groups opposed unless amended, arguing the bill should stay tightly tied to plastic waste reduction and not broaden into source-reduction policy. After quorum was established, the committee approved SB 1180 on a due pass recommendation to Appropriations. SB 1326 by Senator Wahab was then heard to strengthen tribal consultation and tribal cultural resource protections under CEQA by recognizing tribal registers and requiring feasible avoidance or mitigation measures when tribes identify resources. Tribal representatives and supporters said the bill would better protect sacred sites and tribal knowledge, while cities, counties, utilities, builders, and rural county groups opposed unless amended, citing implementation concerns, possible litigation, and uncertainty for infrastructure and housing projects. The committee voted the bill out on a due pass recommendation to Appropriations. Finally, SB 954 by Senator Blakespear was presented as a cleanup of last year’s SB 131 advanced-manufacturing CEQA exemption, narrowing eligible projects and adding guardrails such as setbacks, air-quality limits, tribal consultation, labor standards, and habitat protections. Environmental and labor groups supported the bill as a needed correction to an overly broad exemption, while business, manufacturing, housing, and local-government groups opposed, warning it could make the exemption unusable and slow investment. Members debated the balance between environmental protection and manufacturing competitiveness, and the committee voted SB 954 out on a due pass recommendation to the Labor and Employment Committee; the transcript then moved on to SB 1031 on compostable plastics, which was introduced but not acted on in the portion provided.

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• So we will start applications for trade port designations in the next month, requesting letters in.
• So those are some designated funds that we have that can be used specifically.
• Thank you to our analysts for getting such a good framework.
• New Mexico designed it differently. We are doing it better.
• You've always been open to anybody who comes to this Capitol, and it takes a certain kind of person to

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• child says they're a sex that they're not, and the parent doesn't agree with that, that can't be designated
• It just designate that this, these items are not considered abuse. That's all.
• Every parent can choose to raise their child and use the framework to use the worldview filter that they
• And eventually she knows what's going on in this Capitol, but I didn't want to have to tell her on the
• Child protection laws are designed to protect children. This does not protect children.

Bills: HB 2646, HB 3941, HB 5153, HB 5155, HB 5394, HB 1106, HB 426, HB 4529, HB 3984, HB 4273, HB 1097, HB 3940, HB 1941, HB 4377, HB 3153

Keywords: child care, task force, high-quality care, affordability, prekindergarten partnerships, foster care, transitional living, Medicaid reform, youth assistance, independent living, services for youth, employment training, educational support, mental health services, health care, public health, child health program, reimbursement, local health entities, maternal health

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• Administration, from the Committee on Rules of Legislative Administration, pursuant to Rules 1.2 and 3.3, designates
• replacement of the statue of Henry Maurer Rice, now on display in the National Statuary Hall in the Capitol
• Capitol. Every other state gets two statues.
• Capitol today, and the reason for that being.
• Do not pass this resolution to replace Minnesota's statue in the Capitol. Thank you, Madam Speaker.

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• Also he was literally filed as attendees for President Trump's inauguration were filing into the Capitol
• for beneficial use for both surface water discharge and if this passes, setting up the regulatory framework

Bills: SB766, SB290, SB494, SB1145

Keywords: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, water regulation, environmental protection, pesticide management, natural resources, LP-gas, property owner notice, gas installations, safety notification, petroleum theft, task force, oil and gas, law enforcement, economic impact, environmental regulation, water permits, water quality, land application, 1185, senate

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• The term institutional betrayal builds on the conceptual framework of betrayal trauma theory to describe
• for the care and spaces designed for the care and development<00:41:03.080> of<00:41:03.160><
• It protects patient information and gives patients the ability to designate who can be told that they
• It protects patient information and gives patients the ability to designate who can be told that they
• who can be told ability to designate who can be told that<01:28:15.440> they<01:28:15.560>

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• So SGR 9 really tightens that process and sets parameters for the judges and their framework.
• We facilitate a meeting of all law enforcement down here at the Capitol, and the other chairman wanted
• The endowment framework and you hear from month and violates the Equal Protection Clause of the United
• Prudence also supports this framework.

Bills: SB9, SB1047, SB1048, SJR17, SJR49, SB40, SJR1, SJR5, SB 9, SB 40, SJR 1

Keywords: bail reform, defendants, pretrial detention, public safety, criminal justice, charitable bail organizations, criminal procedure, public safety report, victim notification, family violence, bail bonds, public funds, political subdivision, injunction, taxpayer rights, violent crimes, sexual offenses, community safety, constitutional amendment, trafficking

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• Their pieces will be proudly displayed in my Capitol office throughout the year, and I encourage you
• We should never forget victims or survivors, but we also have to remember that the systems we've designed
• Their visit to the Capitol is a culmination of months of learning and discussion about public policy,
• The resolution is to designate April 30th as the 51st anniversary of Black April.
• The resolution is to designate April 30th as the 51st anniversary of Black April.

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• Under current law, the future of the legal framework governing those living situations is unclear and
• governing those living legal framework governing those living situations<00:18:24.640> is<00:
• Section one. makes permanent the framework governing makes permanent the framework governing how<00:19
• Because S. 157 makes that framework Because S. 157 makes that framework permanent,<00:25:00.760>
• <00:36:33.640> agency a representative of a designated agency a representative of a designated

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Summary: The House opened with a devotional in honor of Earth Day, then referred three Senate bills to money committees under House Rule 35A: S. 173 to Appropriations, and S. 232 and S. 327 to Ways and Means. The chamber also adopted JRS 50, a joint resolution setting weekend adjournment so the House and Senate would reconvene no later than April 28, 2026. Several members then made announcements recognizing guests and interns in the gallery, including a homeschooling eighth grader, UVM interns, a constituent shadowing a member, family members, and a Civil Air Patrol delegation. The House next took up S. 89, expanding survivor benefits, and passed it in concurrence with proposal of amendment. It then considered S. 157 on recovery residence certification. The Human Services Committee described the bill as making permanent a temporary framework for certified recovery residences, placing oversight with the Department of Health, requiring standards, data collection, and annual reporting, and preserving resident protections such as written agreements, notice, grievance procedures, and alternative housing arrangements. The committee also said the bill would modernize definitions and repeal the sunset on the current framework. Human Services voted 9-0-2 to recommend the strike-all amendment, and Ways and Means reported the bill favorable 11-0-0, noting no fiscal impact unless a future fee is proposed and enacted. The House adopted the amendment, ordered third reading, and moved the bill forward. The final major item was S. 239, creating a child abuse and neglect reporting working group. The Human Services Committee said Vermont’s mandated reporting system has not been substantially reviewed in over a decade and that the bill would convene experts to review the law and recommend updates. Committee testimony emphasized that Vermont has a very high reporting rate but relatively low rates of substantiation and referral to supportive services, and members said the working group should examine reporting before, during, and after a report, including alternatives when in a child’s best interests. The committee’s strike-all amendment added findings, narrowed and prioritized the working group membership to people with direct child-serving or mandated-reporting experience, set deadlines for an interim report by April 1, 2027 and final recommendations by October 1, 2027, and required the first meeting by August 15. The committee also heard from a wide range of child welfare, education, law enforcement, and advocacy witnesses.

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• They're complex to design, and they are complex to build. So we need this option.
• The HSI designation was first... ...educating and serving Latino students.
• But there are two challenges with that framework that this bill seeks to address.
• But there are two challenges with that framework that this bill seeks to address.
• But there are two challenges with that framework that this bill seeks to address.

Summary: The Assembly Higher Education Committee heard several Senate measures focused on community college procurement, higher education access, and student support. SB 1154 by Senator Reyes would allow community college districts to use best-value procurement for public works projects over $1 million. Supporters, including San Bernardino Valley College, the San Bernardino Community College District, labor groups, and several districts, said it would improve delivery of complex facilities and align community colleges with other education systems. Opponents, including the Associated General Contractors, argued the bill’s skilled-and-trained workforce requirements and labor-compliance scoring would narrow the bidder pool and raise costs. The committee passed the bill to the Assembly Floor on a due-pass vote, with some members voting no or not recorded. SB 1255, also by Senator Reyes, would create a California Hispanic-serving institution designation. Supporters from HACU, the CSU Chancellor’s Office, UC, community colleges, and other education organizations said the designation would recognize campuses that serve large numbers of Latino and low-income students and strengthen accountability and student success. The committee approved the bill as amended and re-referred it to Appropriations, with one no vote. SB 1328, presented on behalf of Senator Cervantes, would require LGBTQ+ points of contact at satellite or branch campuses of CSU and community colleges, either through designated staff or regular office hours. Testimony emphasized gaps in access at remote centers and the need for confidential support; one member raised concerns about staffing, costs, and whether existing systems could meet the need remotely. The bill was passed as amended and sent to Appropriations. The committee also considered SB 960 by Senator Cabaldon, which would expand the circumstances under which community colleges could offer bachelor’s degrees in response to unmet workforce needs, especially where CSU programs are impacted or not realistically accessible locally. Supporters said the bill would help meet workforce demand and expand access for place-bound and adult learners. CSU and faculty representatives opposed unless amended, urging stronger partnership requirements, clearer workforce-need standards, and safeguards around duplication and Prop 98 funding. Members discussed impaction, regional access, and the role of partnerships; the bill was passed as amended and re-referred to Appropriations. Finally, SB 632 by Senator Otagan would extend the California College Promise fee waiver to part-time community college students enrolled in nine units. Supporters said many students cannot attend full time because of work, caregiving, and living costs, and the bill would better reflect student realities; the transcript ends during testimony on this measure, before any vote is shown.

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• And so we've set some standards or some frameworks. If that.
• I think it's a really important framework in addition to the other pieces, right?
• This bill is not designed to reimpose Encyclopedia Britannica on young people.
• This bill is not designed to reimpose Encyclopedia Britannica on young people.
• Personal finance was written into the 2016 history-social science framework.

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• TIA teachers generally have an 8% higher retention rate than non-TIA designated teachers.
• More districts that participate clearly than they're going to designate. that they can designate in their
• There are substantive differences in this policy framework.
• To close, I'd like to share a bit of... about our programs of study framework designed to facilitate
• Under this framework to improve the lives of Texans and I'm grateful to work with them.

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• Requires state regulatory framework.
• It's good design.
• <01:18:29.640> this passing the regulatory framework this passing the regulatory framework
• , the efforts to establish a framework, the efforts to establish a framework, certain<01:38:13.880
• <01:54:24.840> for fast on streets that are designed for fast on streets that are designed

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• Today was Military Kids Day here in the Senate and across the Capitol.
• here in the Senate uh and across uh Day here in the Senate uh and across uh the<01:25:06.480> Capitol
• :08.080> want<01:25:08.239> to<01:25:08.320> say<01:25:08.639> we the Capitol
• And I just want to say we the Capitol.
• suggestion to heart and created a day of recognition to honor children of military families at the Capitol

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Summary: The Senate convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, roll call, approval of the prior journal, and remarks welcoming visitors, including military children in the annex. The House clerk then communicated several House-passed measures to the Senate, and the clerk reported second readings of Senate Bills 70, 74, 80, 127, and 154, which were sent to the Rules Committee. Committee reports also advanced SB 129, SB 101 with Committee Substitute 1, SB 124, SB 50, SB 162 with Committee Substitute 1, SB 170 with Committee Substitute 1, and Senate Resolution 103. The chamber also introduced SB 211 on prescription drug coverage and SB 212 on mental health coverage and declared an emergency. The main floor action was on Senate Joint Resolution 74, which directs the Legislative Research Commission and state agencies to create a statewide fiscal map of substance use disorder programs and funding sources. Supporters said the map would consolidate fragmented funding information across agencies, identify gaps and duplication, improve budgeting, and provide a public-facing report; the resolution also requires posting the map online and submitting a report to the General Assembly by October 30, 2026. The Senate passed SJR 74 by a vote of 38-0. The chamber then took up Senate Bill 104, the “Halo Act,” which would create a 25-foot safety buffer around first responders while they are performing official duties. Supporters argued it would protect first responders and EMTs from interference and still allow bystanders to document events from a distance. Opponents said existing laws already cover obstruction and related conduct, and warned the bill is vague, duplicative, and could chill First Amendment activity such as filming police or protesting. The debate included multiple explanations of votes, with some senators citing public safety and others raising constitutional concerns; the excerpt ends before the final vote on SB 104 is completed.

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• Hudson Gallery will please rise for the invocation which will be offered by Pastor Scott Wall from Capitol
• This hard-working group of accounting students is visiting the Capitol along with their...
• Research Powerhouse, UTA holds the. prestigious R1 designation, putting it among the top tier research
• And I would encourage you to read that. the grounds of the Capitol.
• SB 2232 by Hinojosa-Adam relating to the designating October 21st as.

Bills: HB630, HB420, HB767, HB1708, HB2842, HB1404, HB2457, HB140, HB333, HB227, HB913, HB201, HB2198, HB 109, HB2763, HB519, HB 1261, HB 1135, HB1318, HB2358, HB2415, HB2765, HB2735, HB3307, HB1373, HB694, HB 1242, HB272, HB1437, HB1888, HCR78, HCR12, HCR128, HR7, HR11, HR37, HR69, HR83, HR89, HR100, HR123, HR129, HR137, HR254, HR258, HR289, HR293, HR318, HR324, HR350, HR368, HR370, HR372, HR379, HR406, HR407, HR432, HR445, HR471, HR504, HR506, HR507, HR528, HR567, HR572, HR591, HR592, HR593, HR603, HR614, HR621, HR673, HR684, HR685, HR687, HR700, HR701, HR711, HR712, HR754, HR757, HR758, HR760, HR764, HR765, HR766, HR767, HR768, HR769, HR770, HR771, HR772, HR774, HR776, HR777, HR778, HR779, HR780, HR783, HR784, HR784, HR6, HR6, HR17, HR17, HR18, HR18, HR49, HR49, HR170, HR170, HR236, HR236, HR247, HR275, HR355, HR356, HR364, HR672, HR690, HR690, HR755, HR755, HR756, HR756, HR759, HR759, HR762, HR762, HR763, HR763, HR781, HR781, HR785, HR785, SB2, SB260, SB569, HB2, HB2000, HB213, HB222, HB645, HB1458, HB 1022, HB141, HB643, HB3093, HB1700, HB 117

Keywords: outboard motors, certificate of title, vessel regulation, Texas Parks and Wildlife Code, marine documentation, HB 420, Texas Water Code, special district, water district, board meetings, meeting location, teleconference, videoconference, remote meeting, public hearing, tax rate hearing, special districts, Cedar Creek Reservoir, county boundary, local government

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• referred to their designated committees. referred to their designated committees.
• We will also have Native Hawaiian Charter students here visiting the Capitol.
• So, Art at the Capitol this year will be on April 17th. So, keep your offices open.
• Um and then here visiting the capitol.
• So, Art at the Capitol this year will be on April 17th. So, keep your offices open.

Bills: HB2198, HB2021, HB1881, HB1964, HB1990, HB2151, HB2599, HB2414

Keywords: gambling, prediction markets, Hawaii gambling laws, financial contracts, ethical concerns, electric bicycles, micro-mobility devices, safety regulations, traffic laws, insurance exemption, high-speed electric devices, land use, ropeway, transportation, state regulation, government exemption, building code, permitting process, training, state council