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TX
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  • County, is actually the largest Texas city not currently qualifying for Chapter 3 of the Texas tax code
  • ...to the list of eligible cities for a qualified hotel project under Chapter 351 of the Texas tax code
  • The committee substitute simply removes the additional 1,000 feet in entitlement under tax code 351.157
  • Senate Bill 2532 amends the tax code to create a fiscal accountability mechanism for eligible coastal
  • Authorization of the expenditures of taxes is specifically described. in Sales Tax Code 351.105.
TX
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  • You know, for us, we've always taken the position as the permit states in the Texas Administrative Code
  • But overarching all of this are the general requirements under Chapter 26 of the Texas Water Code, and
  • Under Subchapter G of the Texas Water Code, under the Oil and Hazardous Substances Bill Prevention and
  • If it's serious, I can also take it to the Attorney General's Office for civil prosecution.
  • They've provided bills of lading with QR codes so that roadside DPS can scan that QR code to make sure
TX
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  • There are two key safeguards in SB 2201 that seek to protect civil liberties.
  • Senator Birdwell, you're recognized to explain the difference and protect an individual's civil rights
  • In fact, if I remember correctly, I believe family members are actually defined in the Code of Criminal
  • Procedures and also in the Penal Code as well.
  • I'm a policy attorney with the Texas Civil Rights Project, and I'm here in opposition to the bill.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Border Security (Part II) Apr 10th, 2025

Border Security

Transcript Highlights:
  • There are two key safeguards in SB 2201 that seek to protect civil liberties.
  • There are two key safeguards in SB 2201 that seek to protect civil liberties.
  • In fact, if I remember correctly, I believe family members actually are defined in the Code of Criminal
  • Procedure and also in the Penal Code as well.
  • My name is Daniel Woodward, and I’m a policy attorney with the Texas Civil Rights Project, and I’m here
Summary: The Senate Committee on Border Security heard several bills related to border security, law enforcement databases, DPS aviation maintenance, and transportation motor fuels. SB 2199, after brief invited testimony from the Texas Trucking Association and DPS, was left pending at first and later reported favorably to the full Senate on a 4-1 vote. SB 2332, relating to aircraft owned and operated by the Department of Public Safety, was laid out by Senator Parker, with DPS and TechSOT witnesses explaining that it would centralize DPS aircraft maintenance under DPS, align state law with FAA responsibility rules, and potentially reduce costs and downtime; it was later reported favorably on a 5-0 vote and placed on the local and uncontested calendar. SB 2949, relating to the regulation of transportation motor fuels, was also adopted as a committee substitute and reported favorably on a 4-1 vote, with a member noting continued interest in refining port-of-entry transloading issues. The committee spent the most time on SB 2201, which would revise Texas intelligence database criteria for criminal street gangs and foreign terrorist organizations. Senator Birdwell described the bill as adding safeguards such as requiring officer identification on submissions, setting retention and validation rules, and updating criteria to reflect technology and social media use. Invited witnesses from the district attorney’s office, DPS, and the Texas Anti-Gang Center generally supported the bill and said it would improve reliability and accountability. Public testimony included support from the Texas Public Policy Foundation and opposition from the Texas Civil Rights Project and the ACLU of Texas, which argued the bill’s language on implied or demonstrated self-admission and other criteria was vague, overly broad, and could lead to erroneous inclusion in the database and downstream consequences. After debate, SB 2201 was reported favorably to the full Senate on a 4-1 vote, with Senator Eckhardt voting no. During questioning on SB 2201, members discussed how gang-database entries are used in investigations and prosecutions, the meaning of “family member,” the scope of self-admission, and how “previously documented areas” would be identified in practice. Opponents raised concerns about due process, First and Fourth Amendment issues, racial profiling, and possible federal consequences if state database information is shared. Supporters emphasized that the database is a law-enforcement tool for identifying organized criminal activity and that the committee substitute adds training, audits, and accountability measures. The committee then completed its business and recessed subject to the call of the chair.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

EIG-TRS, EIG-JDC Public Hearings 04-07-2026

Energy and Intergovernmental Affairs

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  • Congress to pass legislation to amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to prohibit discrimination on the
  • Congress to pass legislation to amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to prohibit discrimination on the
  • Congress to pass legislation to amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to prohibit discrimination on the
Bills: SCR11, SR9
Summary: The joint committees on Energy and Intergovernmental Affairs, Transportation, and later Judiciary heard two sets of resolutions. The first, SCR 132 and SR 124, urged the City and County of Honolulu to take steps to finalize the Makakilo Drive Extension Project. Testimony from a Makakilo resident emphasized the lack of a second access route and raised safety concerns about being trapped in the area in an emergency. Both committees voted to pass the resolutions unamended. The second set, SCR 11 and SR 9, requested that the U.S. Congress amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to prohibit discrimination based on sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity in employment, housing, public accommodations, education, federally funded programs, credit, and jury service. Supporters from the Hawaii State Commission on the Status of Women, IMUA Alliance, and Pride at Work in Hawaii argued that stronger anti-discrimination protections are needed to reduce vulnerability to violence, housing insecurity, and exploitation, and to provide federal protections that mirror state law. One senator asked whether state protections already exist and was told the resolutions seek federal-level protections because federal law can supersede state law. Both committees adopted recommendations to pass SCR 11 and SR 9 unamended, with votes in favor and some members excused.
TX
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  • The code mandates that a merchant or technician must report the finding of a gas pump skimmer to the
  • Which is why it got withdrawn, why this code came in. The helicopter was purchased with.
  • He was writing code and that kind of stuff so.
  • We're doing it... in plaintiff cases, torts, civil work.
  • Article 17.291J, the Code of Criminal Procedures to extend MOEP. and increments of 30 days for each respective
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Criminal Justice Apr 15th, 2025

Criminal Justice

Transcript Highlights:
  • I represent the Texas Civil Rights Project, and I'm in opposition to SB 330.
  • He was writing code and that kind of stuff.
  • Section 2 cleans up Article 1517, the magistration statute, and relates to TIDC’s operations.
  • Some offenses like credit card and... ...code are applied inconsistently.
  • Senate Bill 2196 amends Article 17.291 of the Code of Criminal Procedure to extend MOEPs.
Summary: The committee heard several criminal justice bills, with testimony largely focused on public safety, court procedures, and local criminal justice administration. SB 2371 would expand mandatory skimmer-reporting requirements from gas pumps to ATMs, point-of-sale systems, and virtual currency kiosks, with the Texas Financial Crimes Intelligence Center saying centralized reporting would improve investigations, preserve evidence, and help identify organized criminal groups. SB 2581 would repeal a special law governing commissary funds in certain large counties; the sponsor and the Sheriff’s Association said it would restore parity with other counties while keeping spending subject to audit and inmate-benefit limits. Both bills were laid out and left pending after testimony, with no public witnesses opposing them at the hearing. The committee also heard SB 330, which would require voter approval before counties over a certain size reduce prosecutor funding, similar to an existing law for law enforcement budgets. Supporters argued prosecutors are essential to public safety and need stable funding, while an opponent from the Texas Civil Rights Project said the bill would restrict local budget flexibility and impose costly elections. SB 663 would remove district judges’ approval role for community supervision and corrections department budgets, replacing it with judge review after TDCJ-CJAD approval; probation officials said the change would reduce delays and confusion without reducing judicial oversight. SB 1020 would require more immediate sharing of ankle-monitor violation information and clarify that such records are not judicial work product; the Harris County DA’s office and Crime Stoppers supported it, citing inconsistent local practices and delays that can hinder prosecutions. The committee then took up SB 1164 on emergency detention and court-ordered mental health services. The bill, from the Texas Judicial Commission on Mental Health, would update emergency detention forms, clarify officer duties, allow filings in the county where a person is apprehended or located, and add a factor related to a person’s inability to recognize symptoms or appreciate treatment risks. Supporters included family members, law enforcement, and mental health and judicial witnesses who described cases where earlier intervention might have prevented tragedy; opponents warned the broader language could be misused and emphasized due process and the need for dangerousness to remain the standard. SB 2111 on indigent defense would expand access to counsel at first hearings, strengthen managed assigned counsel programs, create internships and fellowships, and adjust other defense-related procedures; the Texas Indigent Defense Commission and county defense program leaders supported it, while the committee substitute removed some provisions to reduce fiscal impact. Finally, SB 2383 would let recently retired DPS officers return to work in limited roles to help address staffing shortages, and SB 2797 would create reciprocal discovery requirements for criminal cases; prosecutors and some committee members said it would reduce trial surprise and improve truth-seeking, while others questioned whether the bill fully matched the state’s disclosure obligations and whether it could burden defense rights. Several bills were left pending after testimony, and the committee established a quorum later in the hearing.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Business and Commerce (Part II) May 1st, 2025

Business & Commerce

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  • given authority through this bill to investigate suspected violations, bring an action to collect civil
  • artificial intelligence for the last eight years, ever since I was in law school, writing law review articles
  • artificial intelligence for the last eight years, ever since I was in law school, writing law review articles
  • artificial intelligence for the last eight years, ever since I was in law school, writing law review articles
  • It would amend the Texas Finance Code by adding a section to prohibit motor vehicle sellers from conditioning
Summary: The Senate Committee on Business and Commerce heard testimony on HB 149, the Artificial Intelligence Governance Act. Senator Schwertner described the bill as an outcomes-based AI framework that would require disclosure when people interact with AI, prohibit manipulative or social-scoring systems, address biometric capture, discrimination, and deepfake child exploitation, and give the Attorney General enforcement authority. It would also create an AI Sandbox and AI Council. Witnesses from the Texas Public Policy Foundation, a Houston attorney, TechNet, and the Texas Association of Business strongly supported the bill, praising its stakeholder process and pro-innovation approach, while Texas Appleseed suggested regulators should have more examination authority over sandbox participants. The bill was left pending. The committee then heard SB 229, which would prohibit motor vehicle dealers from conditioning a sale on dealer-offered financing or charging more because a buyer uses outside financing or cash. Senator West said the bill is meant to stop forced financing and bait-and-switch pricing, and he noted the bill passed the committee and Senate in the prior session. The Texas Automobile Dealers Association opposed the bill, arguing it would force dealers to accept any third-party lender or cash transaction on terms they cannot control. The Texas Credit Union Association supported the bill, saying consumers should be able to choose outside financing without hidden fees or pressure. After questions about cash purchases and dealer practices, the bill was left pending. The committee also took up SB 2566, which would clarify legislators’ access to information from executive agencies, including confidential information, by setting response deadlines, limiting confidentiality agreements to statutory terms, requiring a standard AG form, and creating a complaint and penalty process for noncompliance. No witnesses testified, and the bill was left pending. Finally, SB 1749, as substituted, would let certain court-related employees and judicial conduct commission personnel keep personal information such as home addresses and phone numbers confidential, with work addresses used in place of home addresses for certain purposes. District clerk and judicial conduct commission witnesses described threats and harassment as the reason for the bill, and a court administration witness answered questions about how the address protections would work with voter registration and precinct records. That bill was also left pending, and the committee recessed without further business.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

S/C on Family & Fiduciary Relationships Apr 7th, 2025

S/C on Family & Fiduciary Relationships

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  • The Family Code, as written, delegates to judges to rule, rebut presumptions.
  • proceedings, Texas Family Code 261.306.
  • The bigger concern, though, was subsection C, which is the good code...
  • So at the adversarial hearing, the code requires that they be told that the court...
  • Code, maybe other than parental consent on the abortion side. But this would be the first.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

S/C on Family & Fiduciary Relationships Apr 7th, 2025

S/C on Family & Fiduciary Relationships

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  • This is the Time article about it. This is the NBC article about it. And let's see.
  • 16, claiming that child mothers should have their babies born in wedlock, which is what the Times article
  • Because Chapter 31 of the Family Code says that you should have been appointed an ad litem.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

State Affairs Feb 24th, 2025

State Affairs

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  • This is in the code, right, Pat?
  • I'm talking about the use of the QR codes and technology like that.
  • terminals do accept QR codes.
  • What the QR code, who created that and who knew about its use?
  • Whose QR code was that?
Summary: The meeting was a crucial session for discussing several important bills including SB992, which aims to establish a clear time frame for the Attorney General's approval on outside legal counsel for state agencies. Senator Nichols presented the bill, emphasizing its necessity for timely responses to ensure efficient legal processing. Another notable discussion centered around SB523, which seeks to allow parole and probation officers to use a business address on their driver's licenses for safety and security purposes. This bill passed favorably out of the committee, with public testimony supporting the need for such provisions due to the risks these officers face.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

89th Legislative Session May 19th, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

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  • I mean, at least twice in statute, once in Chapter 41 of the Civil Practices and Remedies Code and also
  • Civil Practice and Remedies Code. as it relates to exemplary damages.
  • Or did your amendment reference the Family Code or the Civil... practices and remedies code for the definition
  • It's Section 11 of Article 1.
  • and Safety Code. code, penal code, they're all over.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Energy Resources May 12th, 2025

Energy Resources

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  • QR codes on their transport documents represent all the things that we're hearing from DPS that were
  • the ownership and sale have not occurred within Texas, that's still within the law of the Texas tax code
  • on the 162 for the motor fuel tax code.
  • That's totally fine within the tax code. But that's correct, sir. This is in line to provide...
Bills: SB290, SB2949
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Transportation May 8th, 2025

Transportation

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  • So this mainly just, uh, amends a section of the transportation, uh, code to include a subsection adding
  • Members, uh, House Bill 4868 just amends, uh, Chapter 551 of the Transportation code to update.
  • In the Parks and Wildlife Code, the language was adjusted to allow Class 1 e-bikes on natural surface
  • Second, it provides critical clarity by updating the transportation code to distinguish true electric
  • For example, the port's enabling statute does not align with the Texas election code or the water code
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Transportation May 8th, 2025

Transportation

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  • He just amends a section of the transportation code to include a subsection adding stormwater out and
  • Members, House Bill 4868 next amends Chapter 5501 of the transportation code to update Texas traffic
  • But in reality, the Port of Corpus Christi is much larger than that, as represented in the Zonal Code
  • In the transportation code, new definitions were added for e-moto.
  • For example, the port does not align with the Texas election code or the water code provisions applicable
TX

Texas 89th Regular

89th Legislative Session May 25th, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

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  • And I quote from a Food Tank article in which 100% of meat is either plant-based or clean, which is..
  • That was a quote from him from a Food Tank article.
  • voted unanimously in this body to prohibit the use of non-disclosure and confidentiality agreements in civil
  • me ask you: what's the harm for those who are conscious... ...of it to be able to see it, be it our code
  • Do we talk about the civil penalty that's involved at all? I'm not sure if that's...
Bills: SB835, SB3070, SB22, SJR59, SB926, SB1494, SB251, SB456, SB500, SB1307, SB2615, SB2995, SB2321, SB973, SB974, SB865, SB506, SB781, SB1522, SB1558, SB510, SB667, SB763, SB2073, SB1858, SB1660, SB505, SB2900, SB1433, SB1540, SB1964, SB1300, SB1644, SB2217, SB2373, SB2431, SB1758, SB2480, SB3039, SB3047, SB3073, SB2920, SB2781, SB826, SB766, SB2460, SB527, SB1946, SB2885, SB1243, SB2610, SB2595, SB857, SB37, SB8, SB10, SB227, SB261, SB12, SB15, SJR27, SB552, SB835, SB3070, SB22, SJR59, SB25, SB57, SB127, SB293, SB441, SB3059, SB512, SB241, SB1718, SB140, SB2055, SB2075, SB2018, SB1534, SB1567, SB785, SB1233, SB1580, SB1663, SB413, SB447, SB519, SB467, SB1579, SB1191, SB1021, SB1838, SB2807, SB2835, SB546, SB2121, SB2167, SB2035, SB2024, SB1032, SB1049, SB1266, SB1400, SB1302, SB401, SB1596, SB1281, SB1242, SB1343, SB310, SB1346, SB2753, SB2703, SB2221, SB1719, SB2177, SB800, SB790, SB748, SB571, SB1957, SB1923, SB1896, SB1760, SB1335, SB2368, SB2477, SB2587, SB2972, SB2986, SB2965, SB1563, SB1467, SB1164, SB1137, SB614, SB705, SB961, SB918, SB955, SB869, SB850, SB863, SB1610, SB1055, SB2206, SB457, SB2337, SB1362, SB926, SB1494, SB251, SB456, SB500, SB1307, SB2615, SB2995, SB2321, SB973, SB974, SB865, SB506, SB781, SB1522, SB1558, SB510, SB667, SB763, SB2073, SB1858, SB1660, SB505, SB2900, SB1433, SB1540, SB1964, SB1300, SB1644, SB2217, SB2373, SB2431, SB1758, SB2480, SB3039, SB3047, SB3073, SB2920, SB2781, SB826, SB766, SB2460, SB527, SB1946, SB2885, SB1243, SB2610, SB2595, SB857, SCR9, HB5560, HB762, HB 107, HB 114, HB300, HB138, HB4386, HB2495, HB581, HB3348, HB5323
TX
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  • actionable growth data throughout the year while preserving a strong criterion for success. to hone in on Article
  • parent engagement, we urge you to add a fourth domain for family... engagement to the Texas Education Code
Bills: SB8, SB 8