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  • When the code is being read to tell what kind of protein to make, it leads to a third of abnormal immune
  • side effects of all of this.
  • In front of you is an anthology of what we've known.
  • A family code has 20. protecting families from needless destructions at the hands of the state.
  • The termination of parental rights is the death penalty of civil cases, and the State of Texas should
Summary: The committee first reopened testimony on House Bill 2216, which would strengthen child welfare requirements by expanding “active efforts” to help families avoid removal and support reunification, while also raising standards related to removals and terminations. Supporters from child welfare and family defense groups said the bill would better protect families and align Texas more closely with ICWA-style principles, but several warned it would require significant new funding, staffing, and community services such as mental health care, housing, child care, and substance use treatment. The committee then left HB 2216 pending. The committee next heard Senate Bill 1782, aimed at boarding and group homes. Senator Miles said the bill closes enforcement gaps left by prior law by requiring retention of background-check records and creating misdemeanor penalties for failing to conduct or keep them, or for knowingly hiring people with serious convictions. Harris County sheriff’s investigators testified in support, describing illegal boarding homes, operators who evade permits and background checks, and exploitation of vulnerable residents; the bill was left pending. The committee also took up Senate Bill 481 on emergency preparedness for nursing facilities and assisted living facilities, adopted a new committee substitute that softened some requirements and removed the fiscal note, and left the bill pending. The committee then heard House Bill 388, which would require the Texas Department of Insurance to create a single standardized coordination-of-benefits form for dual health plans to reduce errors and surprise bills; it was left pending. Senate Bill 1590 would move paternity registry searches for adoptions to an electronic process with a 10-day target, and House Bill 2809 would track child suicide attempts in managing conservatorship and require related reporting and parental notice; both were left pending. The committee also heard Senate Bill 1887, which would prohibit administering mRNA-containing products for immunization for 10 years, with exceptions for cancer and genetic disorders. Supporters argued the bill was needed for safety, informed consent, and medical freedom, while opponents from the medical, research, and public health communities said mRNA vaccines are well-studied, save lives, and that the bill would harm access, research, and Texas’s biotech economy. The bill remained under discussion as testimony concluded.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Licensing & Administrative Procedures May 13th, 2025

Licensing & Administrative Procedures

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  • Is there objection to the adoption of the committee substitute?
  • The Texas Occupations Code currently has a rigid rule requiring code enforcement training to work under
  • You're all well aware of this. This bill aims to prohibit the sale of lottery tickets...
  • Senate Bill 2864 clarifies how the state regulates the installation of a relatively new type of rooftop
  • If you think of a tongue and groove kind of wood floor type situation where they snap together on the
Bills: SB1346 , SB1376 , SB2075 , SB2167 , SB2864
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Transportation May 12th, 2025

Transportation

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  • For the people of Texas.
  • Port of Brownsville. Currently, these pilots operate under the General Transportation Code.
  • General Statutes of the Texas Transportation Code to formalize our operations and support future growth
  • The unintended consequence of that legislation was dealers storing hundreds of thousands of metal license
  • A friend, an employee of mine, is a disabled veteran and he's very proud of his service.
Bills: SB35 , SB249 , SB546 , SB1353 , SB1493 , SB2246 , SB1902 , SB1029
TX
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  • the Penal Code.
  • victims of crime fund.
  • of Texas.
  • So back when I was director of voter registration, in the code, it required you...
  • In the code, it required you to put together a list of everybody that voted who was not registered.
Summary: The Senate State Affairs Committee heard testimony on Senate Bill 1065, which would require government property contracts to prohibit contractors from barring licensed handgun holders from carrying firearms on leased or owned public property, with civil penalties and attorney general enforcement for violations. Senator Hall and invited witnesses from the Texas State Rifle Association, NRA, and Texas Gun Rights argued the bill would close a loophole exposed by the State Fair of Texas gun ban and protect law-abiding Texans’ self-defense rights. Opponents, including Moms Demand Action/Everytown, said the bill would undermine event organizers’ ability to set site-specific safety rules and could increase liability and insurance costs. Public testimony was then closed and the bill was left pending. The committee next took up Senate Bill 2742, which would create civil penalties for independent school districts and officials who use public resources for electioneering, waive immunity defenses, and expand attorney general enforcement. Senator Hagan-Bood said current law bans the conduct but lacks meaningful penalties, making injunctions the only remedy. No public testimony was heard, and the bill was left pending. Finally, the committee heard Senate Bill 2743, also by Senator Hagan-Bood, which would allow a court to disqualify local prosecutors who refuse to prosecute election offenses and appoint the attorney general to handle the case, with a committee substitute adjusting the removal process through an adjacent-county judge. Opponents from the Texas Civil Rights Project argued the bill would undermine prosecutorial discretion and was vague and open to abuse, while a Harris County election official described past instances where alleged voter fraud cases were not pursued. After testimony, public comment was closed and SB 2743 was left pending.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Energy Resources Mar 24th, 2025

Energy Resources

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  • House Bill 2890 amends Chapter 760 of the Government Code to create an interstate compact aimed at increasing
  • House Bill 1971 amends Water Code Section 27.037 to specify that the owners of closed-loop geothermal
  • I think Litigation is a poor way to conduct business whenever you're the victim of a tragedy the size
  • Of thousands of barrels of oil?
  • We were involved in 1993 when Chapter 122 of the Natural Resources Code was first enacted.
Bills: HB48 , HB49 , HB 1169 , HB1971 , HB2584 , HB2663 , HB2890 , HB48 , HB49
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Elections Apr 30th, 2025

Elections

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  • A bunch of third-party supporters of this bill, and I'd love to hear their examples of that first. before
  • They're prescribed by the date of each one in the election code. Questions.
  • I memorize the election code or parts of it temporarily, and then when I've moved on to another project
  • I'm the Vice Chair of the Libertarian Party of Texas.
  • delegates and costs tens of thousands of dollars, even hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Committee: House Elections
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Elections Apr 30th, 2025

Elections

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  • Section 64.009 of the Election Code governs curbside voting in accordance with the...
  • Of our democracy.
  • The perpetrator was eventually found guilty of six counts of voter fraud.
  • SB 760 both protects the integrity of our elections and prevents the coercion of one of our most vulnerable
  • Also, the issue of...
Committee: House Elections
TX

Texas 89th Regular

State Affairs - Part 1 Mar 19th, 2025

State Affairs

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  • And they also have an obligation in making sure that. uh, if this kind of conduct or conduct that may
  • And the history of affirmative defense, as I went back, I mean, it's in the. Penal Code 4324, 1973.
  • Penal code 4324 for The sale, distribution, or display of harmful materials to miners was originally
  • passed in 1970. 1973 with Texas' adoption of the model penal code.
  • Let's remove language that dilutes the spirit and enforceability of the penal code. reinforce the protections
Committee: House State Affairs
TX
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  • This particular bill would open up the number of diagnoses or codes that could also then [context missing
  • of vandalism of personal property of employees and caseworkers. by youth wards of the state or those
  • A bit of background.
  • Section 263.000 of the Family Code requires that in every CPS case, every six months, the court must
  • of need.
Bills: HB50
TX

Texas 89th Regular

89th Legislative Session May 2nd, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

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  • So are you concerned at all about the vague definition of obscenity and harmful conduct in our penal
  • There are definitions in the penal code. I chose not to read all of it.
  • And that's why it's against the law and the penal code for any other member of society to share these
  • Representative Patterson, does this section of code contain an affirmative defense for parents? No.
  • codes, and to the non-substantive codification or disposition of various laws omitted from enacted codes
Bills: HJR138 , HB42 , HB 104 , HB 129 , HB677 , HB426 , HB668 , HB1699 , HB2017 , HB2128 , HB2038 , HB3783 , HB3717 , HB2316 , HB3686 , HB2563 , HB3883 , HB4021 , HB2788 , HB2663 , HB3305 , HB3173 , HB3474 , HB 1105 , HB3531 , HB3490 , HB3597 , HB 1295 , HB3512 , HB3010 , HB3112 , HB4215 , HB3223 , HB3464 , HB3120 , HB4214 , HB4511 , HB3704 , HB4081 , HB4783 , HB4063 , HB2783 , HB4937 , HB5085 , HB2510 , HB3426 , HB4361 , HB 1169 , HB2516 , HB2347 , HB4034 , HB4700 , HB3560 , HB5150 , HB3860 , HB3146 , HB3924 , HCR98 , HCR92 , HB1520 , HB1545 , HB5265 , HB1887 , HB1914 , HB2402 , HB2306 , HB2350 , HB3000 , HB3237 , HB3326 , HB3211 , HB 1056 , HB2081 , HB2187 , HB3092 , HB3308 , HB3526 , HB3750 , HB4219 , HB4230 , HB4290 , HB5238 , HB4804 , HB4749 , HB245 , HB1465 , HB294 , HB793 , HB809 , HB3928 , HB334 , HB2037 , HB1973 , HB285 , HB4341 , HB 1043 , HB 1234 , HB 1193 , HB1729 , HB2498 , HB1314 , HB1353 , HB3960 , HB3923 , HB2221 , HB2517 , HB2518 , HB2213 , HB5092 , HB3748 , HB5246 , HB4344 , HB1482 , HB4044 , HB2702 , HB4264 , HB2807 , HB2898 , HB3181 , HB3250 , HB2091 , HB2115 , HB2542 , HB2768 , HB3349 , HB4406 , HB1593 , HB1899 , HB3133 , HB3133 , HB4960 , HB3214 , HB2145 , HB 1201 , HB5061 , SB29 , SB879 , SB65 , SB1745 , SB412 , SB412 , SB1746 , SB1238 , SB1341 , SB522 , SB1532 , SB1378 , SB1062 , SB2066 , SB1963 , SB2204 , SB1366 , SB2077 , SB1967 , SB1151 , HB1618 , HB2156 , HB2615 , HB2615 , HB2349 , HB1926 , HB569 , HB1762 , HB38 , HJR138 , HB42 , HB 104 , HB 104 , HB 129 , HB677 , HB426 , HB668 , HB1699 , HB2017 , HB2128 , HB2038 , HB3783 , HB3717 , HB2316 , HB3686 , HB2563 , HB3883 , HB4021 , HB2788 , HB2663 , HB2663 , HB3305 , HB3173 , HB3474 , HB 1105 , HB3531 , HB3531 , HB3490 , HB3490 , HB3597 , HB 1295 , HB3512 , HB3010 , HB3112 , HB4215 , HB3223 , HB3223 , HB3464 , HB3120 , HB4214 , HB4511 , HB3704 , HB4081 , HB4783 , HB4063 , HB2783 , HB4937 , HB5085 , HB2510 , HB3426 , HB4361 , HB 1169 , HB2516 , HB2347 , HB4034 , HB4700 , HB3560 , HB5150 , HB3860 , HB3146 , HB3924 , HCR98 , HCR92
Summary: The House convened with a quorum, offered an invocation, led the pledges, and approved a series of routine motions, including excusing absent members and granting permission for several committees to meet while the House was in session. Members also adopted several memorial and recognition resolutions, including H.R. 1023 honoring Christian Beerbill, H.R. 1033 recognizing International Bereaved Mother’s Day, and H.R. 877 recognizing Urban League Advocates Day. The House also recommitted SB 17 and HB 4211 to committee and postponed SCR 27 and HB 2145 for later consideration. The chamber then took up a long third-reading calendar of bills covering a wide range of topics, including Sunset review measures, health care workforce and pricing, child custody and family law, Medicaid, rural ambulance grants, energy reporting, public information requests, trail development, virtual meeting disruptions, occupational licensing, protective orders, county leave pools, animal cruelty, infrastructure, and higher education. Most bills were explained briefly by their authors and passed with broad support, though several drew notable opposition, including HB 5265, HB 2402, HB 3000, HB 3237, HB 3326, HB 1056, HB 281, HB 3308, HB 1043, HB 1234, HB 1193, HB 294, HB 809, HB 334, HB 2037, HB 285, HB 1353, HB 3960, HB 4044, HB 4264, HB 2807, HB 3349, HB 4406, HB 1593, HB 1899, HB 1201, and others. Several bills prompted extended debate or amendments. HB 3237, extending public energy-use reporting for state and higher-education buildings, passed after questions about its public-sector-only scope and energy savings. HB 3326, addressing public service loan forgiveness credit for adjunct professors, initially failed on a 69-70 vote but later passed after verification and machine corrections. HB 3211, concerning optometrists in managed care plans, adopted a Buckley amendment before passing. HB 2213 on Texas Windstorm Insurance Association board composition adopted a Metcalf amendment requiring certain board members to be Texas residents. HB 412, dealing with harmful materials and sexual performance of a child, generated extensive questioning about its scope, existing legal standards, and effects on educators and medical professionals; the excerpt ends during that debate.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Delivery of Government Efficiency Apr 16th, 2025

Delivery of Government Efficiency

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  • . bill uh dealing with a code for the state office of administrative hearings as the committee is well
  • Businesses some of these investigations have been conducted under the guise of fraud statutes like the
  • the government code or highway construction under chapter 2223 of the Transportation code this is typically
  • This just amends the section of the Texas Government Code. to require hotline, to require, I'm sorry,
  • . of the election code from our state's top election officers.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Elections Apr 24th, 2025

Elections

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  • One of the election codes currently allows a registrar to cancel registration based on personal knowledge
  • A code card, certified copy of a birth certificate issued by the United States, a territory, or the District
  • Also, making sure that the birth certificate, if it's similar, as we find in other parts of the code,
  • And now we have a lot of the code dealing with the Whitley purge, and I don't see any of those protections
  • I mean, it's something that's across other parts of the election code.
Committee: House Elections
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs Mar 12th, 2025

Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs

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  • The rules in the Texas Administrative Code point to... this same list of investigators in the Code of
  • the Code of Criminal Procedures and that list all the the federal agencies that Mr.
  • The Code of Criminal Procedures.
  • But I would, the, again, the current administrative code, uh, Department of Public Safety.
  • The policy conduct or activity of the state. So you have a limited list of violent crimes.
Bills: HB214 , HB626 , HB647 , HB658 , HB668 , HB674 , HB908 , HB214
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Judiciary Committee Mar 5th, 2025

Judiciary

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  • All right, and in lieu of—you got a copy of that...
  • Basically, on page 46 and on page 143, it is to keep the status quo of the current code.
  • rape of a child under the age of 12 and sodomy of a child under the age of 12 to potential punishment
  • Two of them were extended by the judge. Ten search warrants were conducted, 2,500...
  • Ten search warrants were conducted, resulting in: - 2,500 grams of fentanyl seized, - 12,000 grams of
Bills: HB2 , HB43 , HB49 , HB94 , HB137 , HB156 , HB200 , HB250 , HB3 , HB42
Committee: Senate Judiciary
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

County and Municipal Government Feb 18th, 2026 at 03:00 pm

County and Municipal Government

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  • House Bill 3919 addresses one of the most contentious parts of county government: county fair boards.
  • Last year this time, after over a dozen years of loyal service to the citizens of Woodward County, the
  • I don't think that any of us can come up with all of the hypothetical scenarios that could come about
  • on a sickness or something of that nature.
  • 70% of the time.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

89th Legislative Session Apr 16th, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

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  • It yanks out a huge piece of complexity. that's in the education code. It increases teacher pay.
  • Yeah, so some of the breakdown found that 52% of Arizona voucher recipients are from zip codes in the
  • Were you aware that over 75% of vouchers go to families in zip codes with median income?
  • the Texas Education Code relating to certification of educators.
  • of. their zip code, that they deserve a shot.
OK
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  • Introduction of doctor and a nurse of the day, or correction of previous study's journal, house and senate
  • Out saying those few words Doesn't take a lot of time. I invite all of Oklahoma to pray.
  • When we have a deficit of money, we have a little bit of. Money to spread out.
  • And this is a very real fear of our residents here in the state of Oklahoma.
  • The core of this issue.
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama House State Government Committee Jan 14th, 2026

State Government

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  • large businesses, some of While a lot of large businesses, some of this<00:08:11.840><c> economic</c
  • Some of you already know me, and you know that I'm the mother of seven children.
  • Eighty-nine percent of Republicans and 75% of Democrats and independent voters.
  • Chairman, members of the committee. Mr. Chairman, members of the committee.
  • </c> Betszel, and members of the committee. Betszel, and members of the committee.
Bills: HB69 , HB114 , HB161 , HB69 , HB114 , HB161