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• We're going to call the House Elections Finance and Government Operations Committee to order, and the
• Freiberg, for requesting a renewal of the motion to adopt the DE2 amendment to get the bill in the order
• Freiberg, for requesting a renewal of the motion to adopt the DE2 amendment to get the bill in the order
• And there is a still legislative... bill in the order of of that the author bill in the order of of that
• Temporary locations used for voting before Election Day must currently be designated at least 47 days

Keywords: 1183, house

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• An administrative procedure will come to order. The clerk call the roll.
• McQueeney's bill that we previously voted out relating to the temporary sale of alcoholic beverages at

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• 2 3 4 come to order, the clerk, call the roll. Chair Phelan. I'm here. Vice Chair Thompson. Rep.
• McQueeny's bill that we previously voted out relating to the temporary sale of of alcoholic beverages

Bills: HB2450, SB378, SB764, SB917, SB1254, SB1255

Keywords: elevator inspection, building safety, construction standards, health and safety code, regulatory requirements, SB 378, Texas Occupations Code, barbering, cosmetology, barber, cosmetologist, licensing, professional licensing, unauthorized practice, medical procedures, skin incision, dermis, injections, devices, consumer safety

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• We'll come to order. Clerk will call the roll. Chair Harris, here. Vice Chair Martinez, here.
• lacks the vision for future larger ship traffic and ignores construction impact, like the need for a temporary

Bills: HB16, HB1618, HB2692, HB2712, HB2970, HB3609, HB3628, HB16

Keywords: water infrastructure, Texas Water Development Board, financial assistance, water supply projects, rural municipalities, water access assessment, aquifer storage, Edwards Aquifer, water injection, environmental regulations, groundwater management, San Antonio River, pollution control, flood management, water quality, conservation district, bonds, utility rates, ratemaking, water services

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• The House will please come to order.
• So part of those fixes were made temporary.
• The ayes appear to have it, and it is so ordered. The ayes appear to have it, and it is so ordered.
• Hearing none, so ordered.
• Hearing none, so ordered.

Keywords: 1182, all

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• In order to, we'll be looking at caseload technology, caseloads, technology modernization efforts that
• So that would be one thousand fifty permanent employees and then ten temporary employees.
• Allegra Dundas, and today we'll be discussing a physician survey that LFC did in order to understand
• Costs, for example, staffing costs, are not always broken out by permanent hires versus temporary or
• These are not statutory funds but things that an agency created in order to help them account for public

Keywords: 996, all

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• A team of five permanent employees and many temporary employees managed the loans.
• She is also expanding her business to do more wholesale in order to keep the business functioning.
• So I have a question, just a clarification on the temporary... provision, the sunset on June 30th.
• them in order to get capital and make sure that That capital is well placed in those communities, in
• It's that triangle of support, I think, in order to really get the word out and solve the right problems

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• I call to order the meeting of the Health and Human Services Oversight Committee for Friday, June 26th
• This short-term hardship exception would be a temporary exception from the Medicaid work requirement
• <00:28:55.120> temporary exception would be a temporary temporary exception would be a temporary
• temporary exception<00:28:56.000> from<00:28:56.240> the<00:28:56.399> Medicaid
• But in order to comply with the federal rules, we need to think of the underlying condition plus data

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee first approved the draft minutes from its May 29 meeting and then received an informational update from the Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing about the state’s ASL interpreter pipeline. Representative Woods and Associate Commissioner Ann Landry explained that the American Sign Language program at UNH Manchester, the nation’s first fully accredited program, is facing viability concerns because high tuition has left only two of a potential 20 students committed so far. They warned that if enrollment does not recover, the program could face a teachout and eventually be lost, which they said would be detrimental because many state services and legal proceedings require qualified interpreters. Members discussed possible alternatives, including whether community colleges could help, and asked for follow-up research and contact information for UNH officials. The committee also heard that interpreter demand across DHHS continues to rise and that the department must ensure compliance with civil rights and service-access requirements. The committee then turned to Medicaid policy changes tied to Senate Bill 134 and a new federal interim final rule on Medicaid community engagement, or work, requirements. DHHS officials Olivia May and Ann Landry explained that the state law and federal rule align in many areas, but the committee still needed to decide how to implement several remaining policy choices. The department recommended adopting all four short-term hardship exceptions because the federal rule requires states to take them all or none: inpatient or institutional care, federally declared emergencies, high-unemployment areas, and extensive out-of-state travel for serious medical care. Members generally supported the exceptions but raised concerns about how they would be defined and applied, especially the emergency and medical-travel categories. Several legislators asked for more clarity on terms like “extensively” and “serious or complex medical care,” and DHHS said the federal rule does not rigidly define them, though the state could refine implementation through rulemaking if authorized. The department also said the emergency exception would apply only to federally declared emergencies, not state declarations, and would be tied to the emergency event itself. No final vote on the Medicaid policy was recorded in the portion provided, but the discussion indicated the committee was reviewing the remaining decisions needed to implement Senate Bill 134 under the new federal framework.

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• We are calling the meeting back to order. Thank you, members. And we are at 7:00 p.m.
• House File 2464 be placed on the general register and that we move the D1-1 before the committee in order
• D1-1 before the committee in order to D1-1 before the committee in order to take<00:20:07.520> amendments
• We graduate 4,000 nurses in the state of Minnesota a year, and the provision to have a temporary nurse
• an And of all the data that was presented, Minnesota has the lowest amount of time for a temporary

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Music] I’d like to call the meeting of the Minnesota Senate Health and Human Services Committee to order
• But in order to receive it, it does require changes to DHS's systems in order to program those claims
• changes to um DHS's systems um in order changes to um DHS's systems um in order to<00:20:28.480>
• Um, next I'd like to move to Temporary Commissioner Shireen Gandhi.
• and I'm serving as temporary and I'm serving as temporary commissioner<00:58:10.160> for<

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• President." with an executive order and a tweet. with an executive order and a tweet.
• uh point of order. Thank you, sir. uh point of order. Thank you, sir.
• challenge not in order. challenge not in order.
• find the point of order not well taken. find the point of order not well taken.
• order of business. order of business.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Chair: Senate Finance Committee will please come to order.
• Chair: ...are under the orders of Governor Abbott, who has ordered them to the border.
• know he ordered NORTHCOM to come down, right?
• , but I know he ordered NORTHCOM to come down, right?
• Chair: ...Now that President Trump is the president, when he orders troops, but I know he ordered NORTHCOM

Bills: SB 1

Keywords: campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1185, senate, all

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• The House will come to order today.
• as relevant evidence when determining whether to issue a temporary civil protection order. ...protection
• order as relevant evidence when determining whether to issue a temporary civil protection order. >>
• protective orders and order services. protective orders and order services.
• The house will come back to order order order >> of<02:08:37.920> the<02:08:38.079> night

Keywords: 981, all

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• The House will come to order. Messages from the Senate.
• guardianship if you were in a hospital um<00:10:01.839> and<00:10:02.160> a<00:10:02.480> temporary
• <00:10:02.959> guardianship<00:10:03.680> is<00:10:04.560> um um and a temporary
• guardianship is um um and a temporary guardianship is um awarded<00:10:05.600> because<00:10:

Keywords: 1183, house

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• The Committee on Workforce will come to order. We'll call the roll. Chairman Longoria. Present.
• On January 20th, 2025, President Trump signed an executive order withdrawing the United States from the
• We'll work with him on getting everything in order. ...together and on the same page so that we can continue
• This can occur either clinically or after a hundred and four weeks or two years of receiving temporary
• One of the situations we encounter is that because they have to work in order to participate, program

Bills: HB1654, HB1691, HB2545, HB2652, HB3799, HB4144, HB5008

Keywords: peace officers, firefighters, employment protection, worker's compensation, job security, maximum medical improvement, government employment, firefighter cancer benefits, emergency medical technicians, compensation claims, cancer exposures, firefighting hazards, workforce training, rural development, grant program, job-specific training, Texas Workforce Commission, child care, single-parent, subsidized

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• these medically fragile patients and prevented them from struggling with logistical challenges in order
• On January 27th of 2025, President Trump issued Executive Order 1-4-183, creating a policy even worse
• expedited state professional licensing to include veterans discharged solely because of Executive Order
• So this would be a brand-new group of individuals who, solely in response to that executive order, are
• In recent years, there has been a significant increase in temporary gold-buying events.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• We have made policy improvements and changes in order to be fair, equitable, and at the same time be
• Jobs that are very welcome for the construction industry, but are also temporary by nature.
• We're talking on the order of $5 million a year in terms of the impact to the revenue of the state.
• That the senators were seeking in order to get the bill moving through.
• This is actually one that pertains to this committee, and I apologize for doing this in this order.

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• Okay, the Senate Committee on Education, K-16, will come to order. The clerk will call the roll.
• A teacher should never have to choose between maintaining order and protecting themselves.
• No longer do our teachers have to leave the classroom. in order to make more money.
• Our teachers need the ability to maintain order and support in the classroom. so they can focus on what
• But I just want to make sure that if it’s for the reason of being temporary or only for some, that we

Bills: SB26, SB 26

Keywords: teacher compensation, education funding, public school educators, teacher retention, teacher designation, SB 26, Texas Property Code, colonia, colonias, Spanish translation, bilingual contract, real estate contract, executory contract, residential property, border county, international border, economically distressed area, consumer protection, language access, translator certified in Spanish

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• We are going to do this a little bit out of order on issue number one.
• And I believe, in order to fulfill that promise of the master plan, we should take immediate and concrete
• Many families whose children live in the family home utilize respite for temporary care and supervision
• Out of order. Out of order. In that case, I was a toddler.
• Our foremost concern is the executive order eliminating the United States Department of Education and

Summary: The Assembly Budget Subcommittee on Human Services held a hearing on developmental services, rehabilitation, and related supports, with no votes taken. The first major topic was the Master Plan for Developmental Services. Administration officials described a year-long, community-driven process that included a steering committee, work groups, and statewide engagement sessions, and said the final draft would be released that Friday with about 170 recommendations. The Department of Developmental Services said the plan would inform future work, but did not offer a detailed implementation roadmap. The LAO said the plan contains significant policy and budget implications, may require statutory changes, and needs further analysis to turn recommendations into actionable proposals. Advocates and regional center representatives urged the Legislature and administration to avoid letting the plan sit on a shelf, called for prioritization and ongoing stakeholder oversight, and emphasized the need to address equity, workforce, service coordination, and cross-system collaboration. The chair said he wanted to work with the LAO on trailer bill language and future reporting to create a clearer path forward. The second topic was the Office of Employment First and competitive integrated employment. Administration witnesses said California has ended subminimum wage under SB 639, but that moving people into competitive integrated employment remains a major priority. They described existing efforts such as DDS’s coordinated career pathways pilot, paid internships, job development services, benefits counseling, and DOR’s career counseling and referral services, along with pilot projects in San Diego and Orange County. The State Council on Developmental Disabilities and advocates argued that employment outcomes have remained stuck at roughly 15% and that a dedicated Employment First Office is needed to coordinate across agencies, align goals, and improve outcomes. The LAO recommended regular legislative oversight on people transitioning out of subminimum wage and asked for technical assistance on coordinated career pathways. The chair criticized the administration’s decision to effectively eliminate funding for the office, requested a detailed implementation timeline and quarterly transition reports, and said the committee would continue pressing for the office to be implemented. The final issue was respite services, utilization trends, and access. DDS reported that in-home respite use and spending have risen sharply over several years, with about 150,000 people using respite in 2023-24 and expenditures reaching about $1 billion. Officials said access depends on families knowing the service exists, service coordinators identifying need, and having enough providers, especially in rural and linguistically diverse communities. The San Diego Regional Center said utilization generally mirrors statewide trends, but access is stronger in some areas, such as Imperial County, where families often prefer family-directed or agency-supported models that allow them to hire trusted workers. Committee members emphasized the importance of respite for family health and caregiver well-being, asked whether service coordinators are asking practical questions about sleep and stress, and discussed the need for better identification of complex behavioral and medical needs. DDS said a standardized family support tool and updated IPP process are intended to improve consistency, transparency, and person-centered assessment for respite and related services.

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• Establishes a temporary state commission to conduct a feasibility study to evaluate and make recommendations
• Chairman, I'm sorry, we have a point of order.
• myself, and I'm sure Senator Weber can confirm, having an outside auditor is required in many cases in order

Keywords: 993, senate, all

Summary: The Senate Finance Committee, chaired for the day by Senator John Liu, took up a long agenda of bills covering labor and benefits, corrections, health, taxation, government transparency, and public services. Early measures included increasing short-term disability benefits, adjusting a poverty-level-related earned income disregard, expanding correctional health staffing review, and authorizing the Inspector General to investigate sexual assault complaints in correctional facilities; each of these advanced to the floor. The committee also advanced bills on ovarian cancer screening access, retirement system membership changes, a trail stewardship program, live agency representative access, FOIL/open meetings fee awards, a Harriman campus development plan, court data reporting, educator conventions, park water testing, an energy storage tax abatement, a Native American Affairs office, adult changing tables in public facilities, Medicaid Inspector General audit standards, remote training certification for agency personnel, newborn Gaucher disease testing, electronic self-exclusion requests for gambling, and child daycare inspections and opioid antagonist requirements. Several bills drew discussion. The prescription drug transparency bill (Print 488A) prompted questions about possible overlap with federal Hatch-Waxman/FTC oversight and whether a New York notice requirement could slow generic-drug settlements; sponsors and staff said it was intended as a supplemental transparency measure for consumers. The court reporting bill (Print 1849A) raised concerns about mandates on local governments, but supporters said it mainly required OCA to compile data in one format. The Medicaid local-share phaseout bill (Print 5519) generated the most debate, with supporters arguing it would provide major property tax relief and should be addressed in the budget, while opponents emphasized the need to curb Medicaid fraud, waste, and abuse first. Two major fiscal oversight proposals were defeated. Print 8661, which would have required the Comptroller to hire an independent private auditing firm to review state-funded programs for fraud and abuse, was opposed despite support from some members who argued outside auditing was overdue; it failed by one vote. Print 5519 was also ultimately defeated after a recount confirmed it lacked the required majority of the full 22-member committee. Most other bills were approved and sent either to the floor or, in the case of the drug transparency bill, to the Rules Committee.