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• YOU TALKED ABOUT SUPREME COURT'S, BUT DOESN'T THIS BILL GO AGAINST THE PRESENT SUPREME COURT RULINGS?
• YOU TALKED ABOUT SUPREME COURT'S, BUT DOESN'T THIS BILL GO AGAINST THE PRESENT SUPREME COURT RULINGS?
• JUDICIAL RULINGS HAVE ALREADY DETERMINED STUDENTS HAVE RIGHTS TO ACCESS BOOKS.
• OFFENSIVE TO PREVAILING STANDARDS OF THE ADULT COMMUNITY AND ITS LANGUAGES BROUGHT AND COULD BE INTERPRETED
• THIS BILL DEBATE EXISTING RULES WHILE VASTLY EXPANDING THE GROUNDS FOR CENSORSHIP CREATING OPPORTUNITIES

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• What is the rule in terms of how we're going to be handling? the proposed amendments, Mr. Chair.
• Chair, Senator Campos, with committee substitutes, the rule is the same as an amendment.
• were wrong, and then we got this argument on the floor that they weren't wrong, and everybody's interpretation
• of the rules was different, and what was right and what was wrong, and I think we figured that out for
• Okay, Senator Woods, I know There's an exception to every rule, and we're going to hear a bill today.

Bills: SB2

Keywords: SB 2, State Highway Project Bonds, highway funding, transportation bonds, state road fund, motor vehicle fees, vehicle registration fees, electric vehicle fee, EV surcharge, plug-in hybrid fee, weight distance tax, road construction, infrastructure financing, Department of Transportation, State Transportation Commission, bonding authority, county road funds, municipal road funds, transportation improvement program, state highways

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• AB 1096, Connolly, lead and copper rule improvements: do pass out on an A roll call.
• AB 914, Garcia, indirect source rules and ARB fees: do pass as amended to strike sections four and six
• AB 914, Garcia, indirect source rules and ARB fees: do pass as amended to strike sections four and six
• AB 470, McKinnor, carrier last resort: do pass to the Committee on Rules; out with Republicans not voting
• AB 667, Celeste Rodriguez, Professional Licenses Exam Interpreters: do pass on an A roll call.

Summary: The Assembly Appropriations Committee held its May 23, 2025 suspense hearing and opened by emphasizing the difficult budget environment, rising costs for constituents, and the need to make tough choices. The chair said many bills would be held, amended to reduce costs, or made two-year bills because the state could not afford broad program expansions this year. The committee also noted the agenda was organized alphabetically by author and that results would be posted later that day. The committee then acted on a large suspense file, taking up hundreds of Assembly bills across topics including housing, health care, education, labor, public safety, climate, water, transportation, elections, and technology. Many bills were held in committee, while many others were approved with cost-saving, clarifying, or author’s amendments. Examples included measures on CalABLE, Covered California enrollment, wildfire and insurance issues, reproductive health, school and college programs, prison and juvenile justice matters, AI and data privacy, and local government and utility regulation. Several bills were converted to two-year bills to continue discussion. Throughout the hearing, the committee repeatedly voted on bills by A roll call or B roll call, often with Republicans not voting on amended measures. Some bills were advanced with notable amendments, such as narrowing scope, removing appropriations, delaying implementation, or striking costly provisions. The committee also approved a number of committee bills and omnibus measures, including emergency management, judiciary, insurance, and water-related bills. At the end of the hearing, the chair stated that the committee had moved 435 bills to the Assembly floor, either as do pass or do pass as amended, and adjourned the meeting.

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• However, the idea is that it's centered around something more, such as maintaining the rule of law and
• agree with how Project Connect was funded at the time is a separate conversation from creating new rules
• However, retroactively changing the rules for this project midstream is not only unfair, it's fiscally
• I want to make sure you understand this is not a system that we want to ever adopt because the AG ruling
• Right, and so because we had a few CAVS that were unfortunately trying to interpret that as requiring

Bills: HB9, HJR1, SB1331, SB1375, SB1443, SB1578, SB2251, SB2519, SB2553, SB2655, SB2764, SB2907, SB3030, SB3033, SB3035, SB3036, SB3037, SB3043, SB3047, SB3050, SB3051, SB3056, SB3057, SB3063, HB9, HB467, HB331, HB1244, HB1399, HB2559, HB2730, HB3307, HJR1, HJR99, SB3048, SB3052, SB3053, SJR78, HB1327, HB2723

Keywords: HB 9, Texas Tax Code, property tax, ad valorem tax, voter-approval tax rate, no-new-revenue tax rate, truth in taxation, local government finance, municipality, county, special taxing unit, sales and use tax, sales tax revenue, tax rate calculation, tax levy, maintenance and operations, debt rate, unused increment rate, disaster relief rate, taxing unit

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• and Technical Education) courses with a relevant focus in health are exempt from additional teaching rules
• This aligns with our interpretation.
• credit sufficient to satisfy the state standards in health must be met upon adoption of statewide rules
• The teachers who may not come from a traditional teaching background can meet all the rules, and under
• Minnesota rule, we know that CTE teachers can have a variety of experience.

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• What is unique about the United States Supreme Court ruling is two important things.
• Court ruling is two important things.
• There's different interpretations of what that means.
• It kept all the meets and bounds, all the rules about how much water could move.
• Since the City of Phoenix sold this property, there is no one who qualifies under that rule.

Bills: HB2042, HB2052, HB2055, HB2056, HB2094, HB2098, HB2185, HB2328, HB2758, HB2798

Keywords: solar radiation management, environment, prohibition, Arizona Revised Statutes, public health, complaint process, Attorney General, groundwater management, water conservation, irrigation, water supply, brackish groundwater, water supply development, desalination, water infrastructure, financial assistance, environmental reviews, brackish water, groundwater, water resources

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• And what I'm trying to say is I believe and I think that there is good interpretation that both in Wisconsin
• And what I'm trying to say is I believe and I think that there is good interpretation that both in Wisconsin
• <00:32:05.639> that<00:32:05.880> both<00:32:06.000> in good interpretation
• that both in good interpretation that both in Wisconsin<00:32:06.600> and<00:32:06.840> here
• And what I'm trying to say is I believe and I think that there is good interpretation that both in Wisconsin

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: The committee took up House File 1378, an elections administration bill, and first adopted the DE5 amendment. The author described DE5 as a negotiated package combining provisions from several bills on election administration, including notice of temporary polling locations, residence standards for people under civil commitment orders, polling place closure/change notices, absentee voting provisions, special election filing periods, and timelines for filing statements of economic interest. The committee then adopted two additional amendments, A6 and A8, both presented as technical or corrective changes; A8 restored language on off-reservation temporary polling that had been inadvertently left out. Testimony from county election officials and the Secretary of State’s office was generally supportive of the bill’s election-administration changes. Blue Earth County’s Michael Stalberger said the bill would streamline election-day work, improve absentee ballot deadlines, clarify ballot correction procedures, formalize chain-of-custody plans, and speed out-of-court remedies for ballot errors. He also raised concerns about implementation details, including the timing for first chain-of-custody plans, applying candidate filing changes to townships and school districts as well as cities, the short turnaround for college student housing lists, and whether the statewide system could handle new absentee-ballot data fields. Nicole Freeman of the Secretary of State’s office echoed support for the technical cleanup and several policy changes, including removing the permanent absentee application box from voter registration forms, clarifying ballot-board procedures, chain-of-custody planning, and the out-of-court remedy, while also flagging concerns about the absentee application cutoff, city opt-outs from absentee voting, and staffing requirements for absentee locations. Later in the hearing, members discussed a separate proposed amendment, A4/A3, dealing with prohibitions on inducements to vote or register, including lotteries or other chances to win money or goods. The author explained it was intended to clarify existing law and respond to recent examples of large-money election-related giveaways, but after discussion the chair declined to offer the amendment in committee, saying it would likely not have enough support and could be taken up later on the floor. The hearing ended with the technical amendments adopted and the bill advanced with the committee continuing broader discussions on the remaining issues.

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• In some rules, we say that we have to hire a person for this, and going back and looking at that, did
• Can we ask for a waiver of some of these rules while we fix it and go back to the committee with those
• process but it through the existing rule process but it involves<00:44:02.079> um<00:44:02.440
• Under the new Senate rules, we can still put this on consent if you agree to it.
• I do like this new rule of consent. Okay, uh, Senate Bill 95, we need to hold.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• consistently rather than having adversarial rules for one group and not the other.
• The questioner says that in committee they always talk about applying the rules equally and not having
• adversarial rules for one group and dismissing them for another.
• But they should have different rules," is what I hear you say.
• It's already been ruled on when the Senate acted, so we don't question the germaneness of that.

Bills: HR257, HR258, HR259, HR260, HR261, HR262, HR263, HCR105, HCR106, HR252, HR253, HR254, HR255, HR256, HCR103, HCR104, SB83, SB143, SB155, SB228, SB283, SB295, SB338, SB388, SB408, SB431, HR84, HR188, HR205, HB302, HB597, HB819, HB1257, HB1258, SCR24, SB45, SB58, SB71, SB81, SB92, SB100, SB109, SB141, SB156, SB181, SB203, SB204, SB205, SB207, SB213, SB214, SB216, SB229, SB257, SB274, SB290, SB304, SB374, SB379, SB396, SB410, SB425, SB427, SB429, SB479, SB522, SB357, SB406, HR171, HCR49, HCR65, HCR72, HR37, HCR64, HR170, HR191, HR206, HR207, HR208, HR217, HCR11, HCR53, HCR60, HCR66, HCR68, HR9, HCR27, HCR28, HCR50, HCR62, HCR67, HCR71, HCR78, HCR81, SCR19, SCR3, SCR6, SCR18, SCR11, SCR22, SCR2, SCR20, HCR6, HB64, HB68, HB92, HB130, HB258, HB633, HB801, HB61, HB98, HB102, HB139, HB142, HB170, HB185, HB194, HB199, HB231, HB247, HB294, HB336, HB474, HB661, HB842, HB852, HB301, HB359, HB657, HB675, HB680, HB727, HB79, HB251, HB625, HB769, HB775, HB783, HB895, HB1011, HB1057, HB1155, HB1186, HB1224, HB1245, HB1247, HB1253, HB1254, HB1255, HB1256, SB41, SB44, SB64, SB84, SB87, SB93, SB98, SB107, SB118, SB142, SB192, SB195, SB199, SB219, SB222, SB234, SB241, SB255, SB275, SB277, SB292, SB294, SB306, SB314, SB482, SB8, SB10, SB11, SB12, SB13, SB14, SB16, SB17, SB18, SB20, SB21, SB22, SB40, SB48, SB55, SB69, SB75, SB77, SB78, SB85, SB102, SB115, SB133, SB140, SB148, SB151, SB165, SB169, SB170, SB185, SB197, SB200, SB217, SB235, SB278, SB280, SB291, SB300, SB303, SB315, SB324, SB330, SB411, SB416, SB420, SB436, SB438, SB449, SB455, SB456, SB477, SB489, SB521, HB646, HB824, HB341, HB682, HB766, HB926, HB998, HB1051, HB1080, HB1201, HB1223, HB603, HB940, HB1191, SB47, HB901, HR20, HR74, HB284, HB306, HB366, HB393, HB458, HB577, HB582, HB605, HB614, HB733, HB752, HB773, HB798, HB911, HB955, HB996, HB1035, HB1069, HB1113, HB1140, HB1180, HB1240, SB82, SB89, SB149, SB382

Keywords: condolences, memorial resolution, House Resolution, Shreveport, children, tragedy, sympathy, bereavement, tribute, mourning, schoolchildren, public charter school, elementary school, Head Start, family loss, Louisiana House of Representatives, condolence resolution, House resolution, victims, family support

Summary: The House convened with 93 members present, opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, and then spent much of the morning recognizing guests and former members, including student groups, arts educators, rodeo queens, and Congressman Troy Carter, who urged members not to let partisan divisions harm Louisiana. Representative Newell also delivered a lengthy floor statement tying current voting-rights debates to civil rights concerns and warning against weakening protections for Black communities. The chamber then received Senate messages and committee reports, and several resolutions and bills were advanced or referred in routine order. A large portion of the meeting was devoted to House resolutions, many of them memorials or study requests. The House adopted resolutions supporting a physical therapy degree designation for federal loan purposes, honoring veterans who served in Honduras, extending a behavioral health courts study, seeking bridge-removal funding for U.S. 90 in St. Tammany Parish, urging DOTD studies on local traffic projects, requesting a study of rural economic development, supporting Camp Beauregard and the National Guard Youth Challenge Program, creating a permit-study committee, and asking for studies on autism services, school nurse orientation, opioid treatment in correctional settings, floodplain map updates, and care gaps for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. One resolution on rent stabilization failed, and another on pregnancy-related emergency medication was returned to the calendar after questions about its implications. The chamber also concurred in or rejected several Senate amendments to House bills. Concurrences included bills on arrest warrant recall procedures, disturbing the peace near places of worship, rape and sex offense provisions, bridge naming, holiday rules, victim confidentiality, and the classic black license plate. The House rejected Senate amendments to HB 258 on dual office holding and dual employment. The most contentious item was HB 102, which would create second-degree cruelty to the elderly and persons with infirmities but was amended in the Senate to add broader first-degree murder provisions tied to firearms and public shootings; members raised concerns about self-defense, overcharging, capital punishment exposure, and fiscal impact on the public defender system. Despite those objections, supporters argued the changes would deter violent crime and protect the public, and the bill was ultimately supported in floor debate as amended.

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• Finally, it requires the PUC to re-evaluate the 4CP and directs the PUC to adopt rule changes regarding
• Additional details would be revealed, I guess, as we do a rule making to make sure that we're implementing
• mean, it's just a lower regulatory hurdle for me. ...And I think the market would respond to those rules
• It's going to take a year for them to even get the rules ready?"
• We're all rule of the 12 hours before, so you've got it in your Dropbox. Thank you very much.

Bills: SB6, SB11, SB33

Keywords: electric power, interconnection, utilities, ERCOT, large load customers, water supply, sewer service, demand management, school prayer, Bible reading, religious text, public schools, Texas Education Code, student prayer, silent prayer, meditation, religious liberty, First Amendment, Establishment Clause, church and state

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• Or the MOU is no longer needed due to SOAH's own rules of a procedure that applied to all general docket
• So we have, so first of all, it's done according to the rules of evidence, Texas rules of evidence and
• This bill does is actually strengthens current rules. Currently, there are no guardrails in place.
• I have also utilized the Secretary of State's Elections Department hotline to receive interpretations
• I think this bill is great to make sure that everyone's playing by the same rules, and we support it.

Bills: HB3146, HB3719, HB3895, HB3923, HB4748, HB4751, HB4936, HB4952, HB4990, HB4991, HB5061, HB5196, HB5238, HB5246, HB5487

Keywords: State Office of Administrative Hearings, SOAH, administrative hearings, contested case, contested case hearing, administrative law judge, ALJ, final decision, proposed decision, agency hearing, hearing continuance, rescheduling, Texas administrative law, Government Code Chapter 2001, workers' compensation, Department of Human Resources, Texas Labor Code, Transportation Code, Agriculture Code, Insurance Code

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• Supreme Court, have ruled in favor of the case. and the Eighth Court at United States v. de Leal have
• ruled there's no expectation the privacy and magnetic stripe data.
• Section 2 lays out the evidence rules. These are the rules of engagement.
• So it is putting in place the same rules for regular theft, which is 30 days. 3103C3, but it also has
• In these evidentiary rules, it also exists with several other offenses in our penal code.

Bills: SB1281, SB1300, SB1379, SB1451, SB1497, SB1498, SB1499

Keywords: mail theft, postal theft, package theft, identity theft, negotiable instrument, check theft, mail receptacle key, mailbox lock, postal key, delivery service, courier, USPS, United States Postal Service, fraud, property crime, elderly victims, disabled victims, identity information, rebuttable presumption, felony enhancement

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• . >> Uh, so with that interpretation, does that mean that any amendment that failed on a tie vote or
• Thank you. interpretation, does that mean that any interpretation, does that mean that any amendment<

Keywords: 1183, house

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• I've been told that the rules for a service animal is very lax.
• The safety rule was just coming out way back in early 2016 and 2015.
• would help out with the logistics of scheduling the court interpreters.
• They've organized the... court interpreters, this person would court interpreters, this person would
• scheduling the court interpreters. scheduling the court interpreters.

Keywords: 912, senate, all

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• Line Line 1422 reflects cost for the one-time cost tracked for the spoken language interpreter work group
• Section 17 is from House File 2007 and establishes a spoken language health care interpreter workgroup
• <00:24:49.679> workg interpreter workg interpreter workg group<00:24:51.440> and<00:24:
• Courts have consistently ruled that compelled speech by private companies must meet strict scrutiny and
• We changed the rules, you know, that program.

Bills: HF2435

Keywords: healthcare, dementia services, public health funding, opioid prevention, women's health, community health boards, mental health, 1183, house

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• <00:31:08.000> making it's implemented to ensure rule making it's implemented to ensure rule
• your interpretation of that? your interpretation of that?
• But looking back at the rules, I do see that the rules also need to be updated.
• I I do see back looking at the rules I I do see that<01:54:13.679> the<01:54:13.840> rules
• that the rules also needs to be updated. that the rules also needs to be updated.

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The committee heard testimony on HB 1790 HD1, which would require law enforcement and oversight agencies to collect and report data on stops, use of force, and complaints to the Hawaii Crime Lab, which would publish incident-level information and annual reports. Supporters, including the Office of the Public Defender, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, the ACLU of Hawaii, Hawaii Justice Rising, and the Policing Project, said the bill would improve transparency, help identify disparities, and support better policy and accountability. OHA requested amendments to ensure Hawaiians are identified as a distinct category in the data, and the University of Hawaii’s Ashley Rubin said the Crime Lab would work with agencies to make implementation as seamless as possible. The Department of Law Enforcement supported the bill’s intent but asked for a longer timeline and culturally appropriate methodology, while HPD opposed the bill as written, saying it would require too many new data points, create a significant administrative burden, and rely on subjective perceptions of race and ethnicity; HPD also noted it is piloting an e-citation system that could help with data collection. Committee members questioned HPD about current manual processes and technology options. The chair reported 18 testimonies total: 15 in support, one in opposition, and two with comments, and no vote was taken in the excerpt. The committee then heard HB 1611 HD1, which would phase down the general excise tax on groceries and nonprescription drugs until a full exemption takes effect in 2034. The Department of Taxation offered technical recommendations, including clearer definitions for groceries and nonprescription drugs and a technical change regarding the county surcharge exemption. Supporters, including the Hawaii Public Health Institute and the Hawaii Food Industry Association, argued the GET on groceries is regressive and worsens food insecurity, especially for low-income households, and said the bill would provide needed relief. The Tax Foundation of Hawaii offered technical concerns, including a possible wholesale-tax enforcement issue once the exemption is fully phased in. The excerpt ends during testimony on HB 1611, with no final committee action shown.

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• <01:46:31.920> They Hampshire rules and regulations.
• They Hampshire rules and regulations.
• Um, and that the entire uh ruling is included in your materials.
• Um and while the maintenance rules.
• ,<02:14:26.800> the client community, the rules, the client community, the rules, the challenges

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• You should just be following what the municipality said are the rules.
• “You should just be following what the municipality said are the rules.
• Nobody had to define it; they just said we didn't have any rules, and I can see your point coming over
• Representative Dumont, one final question for you before that—it's my interpretation of this that it
• of this that it would interpretation of this that it would affect<00:33:39.080> parking<00:33

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• conducting a work session today, I do want to put on the record that Speaker has waived the 24-hour rule
• provided, we want to be clear that this is the understanding across all stakeholders so that the interpretation
• As we stated earlier, per Speaker Yeager, he did state that the 24-hour rule is waived, and so we are
• That can help fight it, would they still be, I mean, how would they be impacted by this rule, by this
• Pursuant to Rule 57.4, the sponsor has waived the 24-hour rule, and so we will work session Senate Bill

Bills: AB93, AB204, AB414, AB504, AB598

Keywords: public employees, police officers, benefits, appropriation, law enforcement, medical debt, collection agency, healthcare, consumer protection, financial assistance, occupational safety, air quality, greenhouse gases, employee monitoring, safety program, hemp, hemp products, cannabidiol, CBD, cannabis

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• I think I made the 12-hour rule, so I'm not going to pass it out.
• That is engaged in the maintenance of an electric transmission or distribution system, relevant rules
• Construct those poles in accordance with the PUC rules. Kind of walk us through that.
• , not PUC rules.
• It's just the legal construct of what it means and how it's going to be interpreted by regulators that

Bills: SB34, SB75, SB330, SB1535, SB18, SB 18, SB 34

Keywords: wildfire, wildfire mitigation, wildfire prevention, volunteer fire department, Texas A&M Forest Service, West Texas A&M University, prescribed burning, fuel loading, fuel reduction, firefighting equipment database, emergency communications, disaster preparedness, rural fire protection, asset hardening, natural resource management, emergency management, large wildfire risk, fire grant funding, fire suppression, Texas Legislature