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• ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS ACTUALLY GOT ON THE BALL THIS LAST WEEKEND LAST SATURDAY IN NORTH CAROLINA AND
• LOT OF THOSE HAULERS ARE NOW LEAVING FLORIDA AND GOING TO NORTH CAROLINA WITH THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS
• NOW THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS IS DOING IN NORTH CAROLINA.
• ONE IS A REGIONAL CENTER AND ONE IS AT THE SPORTS CONTEST SPORTS CENTER. >> MEMBERS, I HAVE A COUPLE

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• Division of Workers' Compensation, successfully held all of their benefit review conferences and contested
• Representative Keith Bell authorizes the Division of Workers' Compensation to hold their formal contested
• The bill provides the option for us to conduct contested case hearings in workers' compensation cases
• I started this journey to this meeting 50 years ago at the. ...the petroleum engineering building over

Bills: HB111

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

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• Bum Gardner's bill relating to the regulation of land surveyors by the Texas Board of Professional Engineers
• Current law requires the agency to send notices and contested cases via certified mail.
• allowing the agency to adopt rules for electronic delivery of any correspondence, including notices and contested
• accomplish this, it is necessary to ensure that qualified physicians are ringside for all combative contests

Bills: HB 1301, HB2278, HB2776, HB2820, HB3848, HB3920, HB4172, HB4215, HB4284, HB4285, HB4463, HB4517, HB4690, HB4765, HB4766, HB4767, HB4768, HB4769, HB4773, HB4830, HB5506

Keywords: alcohol, beverages, winery permit, restaurant, malt beverages, Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code, alcohol production, home brewing, family use, craft beverages, massage therapy, licensing, criminal offenses, sexually oriented businesses, public safety, bingo, charitable gaming, operating capital, regulation, funding

Summary: The Committee on Licensing and Administrative Procedures met with a quorum present, corrected the minutes from April 8, and then took up a long list of pending bills, most of which were reported favorably or left pending after hearing testimony. Early action included HB 1764 (accounting practice for certain out-of-state CPAs), HB 1788 (continuing education for barbers and cosmetologists on recognizing and assisting victims of sexual assault, domestic violence, and human trafficking), HB 2204 (land surveyor regulation), HB 2885 (local option elections on alcohol sales), HB 2996 (gambling offense definitions and prosecution), HB 3250 (real estate appraisals and appraisal management companies), HB 3352 (driver education on work zones), HB 3385 (farm winery permit), HB 3756 (powers of certain nonresident sellers’ permit holders who also hold a winery permit), HB 3816 (cruelty to livestock animals), HB 3913 (real estate licensing), and HB 3928 (electronic notice of towed vehicles), all of which were advanced with unanimous or near-unanimous votes. Several of these bills were reported with committee substitutes, and some were also sent to the Committee on Local and Consent Calendars. The committee then heard testimony on HB 2278, which would legalize limited home distilling of spirits for personal or family use and add honey as an approved ingredient; supporters framed it as a consistency and freedom issue, and the bill was left pending. HB 3920, a TDLR workforce/CTE bill, and HB 1301, which would allow beer or malt beverages to be sold at certain wineries with on-site restaurants, were also laid out and left pending after discussion. HB 2776, aimed at tightening massage therapy licensing restrictions for people convicted of sexual and trafficking-related offenses and strengthening TDLR enforcement, and HB 3848, which would allow electronic filing of elevator and escalator inspection reports, were both heard and left pending as well. A major portion of the meeting focused on alcohol-related bills. HB 4215 would place delivery network companies under a statewide TDLR regulatory framework; Favor Delivery supported it, and it was left pending after the committee substitute was withdrawn. HB 4172 and HB 2820 would raise bingo reserve limits and update charitable bingo rules; supporters from veterans and nonprofit groups argued the changes would help charities, but both bills were left pending after the substitutes were withdrawn. HB 4463, a broadly supported bill allowing contract brewing and alternating brewery proprietorships, was also left pending. HB 4284 would remove the “excessive discount” prohibition in alcohol sales, HB 4285 would allow airlines to store alcohol within five miles of an airport in the same county, HB 4517 would create a complaint process for Texas distillers not paid by wholesalers, and HB 4773 would let breweries and brewpubs transport their own beer between facilities; HB 4773 drew the most debate, with supporters citing efficiency and opponents warning about unintended consequences and possible effects on the three-tier system, but it too was left pending. The committee also heard and left pending a series of TDLR cleanup bills and other measures, including HB 4765 through HB 4769, HB 4830 on service contracts for lease vehicles, HB 5506 giving civil immunity to ringside physicians at combative sports events, and HB 4690 on gasoline vapor pressure compliance. The meeting ended after all business was completed and the committee adjourned.

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• And as we just heard about AI and the advent of AI, you can essentially reverse engineer this, and so
• I think that's less onerous, number one, but also isn't subject to reverse engineering.
• This is Senator Bettencourt's bill relating to requirements and procedures in the contest of an election

Bills: SB1960, SB1730, SB766, SB2342, SB2501, SB2903

Keywords: digital rights, replication, Voice likeness, visual likeness, private causes of action, fee structure, online service providers, postmortem rights, self-defense, stand your ground, castle doctrine, use of force, deadly force, civil immunity, civil liability, tort claims, attorney fees, court costs, lost income, Chapter 9 Penal Code

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• has dropped to 10%. across the agency and just 2.3% for licensed professionals like attorneys and engineers
• This includes funding for a case management system for contested cases, which is currently handled manually
• The findings show that hiring experts who are experienced in-house — economists, engineers, and financial

Bills: SB1, SB 1

Keywords: appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1185, senate, all

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• These companies are powerful economic engines creating local jobs, drawing tourism. dollars and earning
• the chairman and the members and I respectfully request passage of SCR 29 to the local and non-contesting

Bills: SB2053, SCR19, SCR23, SCR29

Keywords: Governor's Medal of Service, Texas award, state honor, public service recognition, Governor's office, Governor's award, Texas Government Code Chapter 3108, ceremonial award, honorary medal, state service award, local government retirees, private sector contributions, Texas Legislature recognition, gift acceptance, donations, grant funding, executive recognition, Texas Life Monument, human life, preservation

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• state grant advocacy is often in contest state grant advocacy is often in contest with<00:02:01.520
• I was employed by Eagle Lab actually before I graduated from engineering school.
• I was employed by Eagle Lab actually before I graduated from engineering school.
• I was employed by Eagle Lab actually before I graduated from engineering school.
• I was employed by Eagle Lab actually before I graduated from engineering school.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• but I would like to see us at the very least, if we can't get this information from them, reverse engineer
• I saw thousands of paper ballots with some contests left blank.
• I found that when a voter decides not to vote in a contest, they have no option but to leave the space
• House Bill 496 attempts to solve that problem by requiring all ballots to have a selection for each contest
• ballot harvester, corrupt election official, or other bad actors cannot take advantage of a, a blank contest

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• I would want at least my engineer, my operator, my bookkeeper, and my attorney just thinking off the
• Early in my career designing, I'm a professional engineer started out designing water and wastewater
• operation of facilities. realized that there was a real, distinction between the designs that the engineers
• As a result of that, I got out of the engineering business and started a company that operated water.
• we go from one production area to the other, to go to the other. the possibility of a full-blown contested

Bills: HB279, HB310, HB365, HB391, HB420, HB422, HB638, HB279, HB310

Keywords: HB 279, uranium mining, uranium permit, production area authorization, production zone, Texas Water Code, TCEQ, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, contested case hearing, administrative hearing, groundwater restoration, groundwater baseline, water quality, mining permit, restoration values, natural resources, environmental regulation, in-situ uranium mining, permit amendment, public hearing

Bills: SB137, SB372, SB1209, SB1226, SB1256, SB1303, SB1595, SB1636, SB1772, SB1827, SB1876, SB1944, SB2072, SB2104, SB2180

Keywords: electronic monitoring, Department of Corrections, criminal justice, rehabilitation, public safety, SB372, firearms, gun rights, lawful carry, concealed carry, open carry, handgun license, Oklahoma Self-Defense Act, weapons policy, gun law, school safety, private school, public school, college campus, university campus

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• The Supreme Court decided the Town case back in the '90s, which requires contested case hearings for
• :23.760> case which provides for contested case which provides for contested case hearings,<00
• <00:51:11.760> is contested case hearing process is contested case hearing process is similar<
• I need to have the ability to to contest I need to have the ability to to contest that.<00:54:06.880
• Attorneys are valuable because they understand the contested case hearing process.

Bills: HB1881, HB2218, HB1956, HB2151, HB1845, HB1844, HB2103, HB2424, HB1650, HB376, HB2599, HB1861

Keywords: land use, ropeway, transportation, state regulation, government exemption, DLNR, Department of Land and Natural Resources, Board of Land and Natural Resources, BLNR, public lands, public trust resources, community co-management, co-management agreement, community-based organization, Native Hawaiian, malama aina, ahupuaa, subsistence, cultural resources, religious practices

Summary: The committee on Water and Land met on February 10, 2026, with Chair Mark Hashem outlining strict testimony rules and noting a time constraint because of later hearings and floor session obligations. The committee then took up several bills, hearing mostly supportive testimony on HB 1881 relating to land use, HB 2218 relating to DLNR/community management, and HB 1956 relating to freshwater waves, while HB 1845 relating to the Land Use Commission drew legal concerns and opposition. HB 2151 relating to building materials had no substantive testimony presented in the excerpt, and the committee moved through it quickly. On HB 1881, testimony focused on protecting North Shore lands from overdevelopment. A supporter described the area as valuable precisely because it remains largely undeveloped, and a member asked whether the bill’s restrictions on “finculars” would affect existing or future private residential installations; the response suggested the bill was aimed at future commercial uses and that grandfathering or personal-use exceptions might be possible, but the exact wording would need legal refinement. HB 2218 received broad support from OHA, DLNR, Kua, Sierra Club, Hui Maka Aana, the Honlay Initiative, and others, who said the measure would expand community-based co-management across DLNR divisions, build on existing park partnerships, and produce real benefits such as better stewardship, safer access, local jobs, and stronger community trust. Members asked about the bill’s five-year review structure, how multiple community groups would be handled, and whether the model could apply to ocean or nearshore areas; DLNR said the board would retain authority, agreements would be non-exclusive and subject to review, and the department was still working through how the approach would function across different divisions and marine settings. For HB 1956, the Attorney General offered technical comments, urging clearer definitions of “residing” and “freshwater way,” clearer timing for citations and arrests, and more explicit procedural safeguards and agency roles. On HB 1845, the Attorney General and Land Use Commission raised concerns that the bill could conflict with constitutional protections for important agricultural lands and could not be reconciled with existing voting requirements; the LUC also said commissioners cannot vote by proxy under sunshine law and warned that the bill could allow too few commissioners to approve major boundary changes. Members questioned how the bill would work in counties without designated important agricultural lands, and the LUC explained that Kauai is the only county to have completed the IAL process, while the broader statutory process remains county-driven and has been the subject of litigation. No votes or final committee actions were taken in the excerpt.

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• nuclear is presented now, there is so much ignorance around the safety and how things have been engineered
• There is so much ignorance around the safety and how things have been engineered out and the cost.
• I heard some numbers earlier, and I have to contest that because since I've been here, we used to generate
• And I have to contest that, because since I've been here, we used to generate 7.7 gigawatts of power

Keywords: 1064, all

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• I asked an engineer recently because of the watch number, the outlier, was 7 inches.
• But she wasn't able to talk to hydrologists and engineers that have studied this.
• We got survey shots done, signed by a floodplain manager, a P.E. engineer.
• Not if they contest the determination of the agency, whether the agency says no renewal.
• They can accept it, or they can contest it. If they contest it, they get to maintain.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• HB 4 would allow our universities and colleges to return their focus away from social engineering to
• to providing Kentucky social engineering to providing Kentucky students<00:47:45.760> with<00
• because of evolving legislation contest because of evolving legislation this<01:27:10.159> contest
• > been<01:27:11.159> um<01:27:11.719> operating<01:27:12.199> since this contest
• has been um operating since this contest has been um operating since I<01:27:12.560> started<

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The Senate Education Committee met with a quorum and first considered two concurrent resolutions. SCR 76, sponsored by Sen. Amanda Bledsoe, would create a Kentucky School for the Deaf Governance Task Force to examine the school’s future governance and its relationship with the Kentucky Department of Education. Bledsoe described the school’s long history and said the task force would give the small deaf-school community more voice. The committee adopted the resolution unanimously with favorable expression. The committee then took up SCR 131, sponsored by Sen. Max Wise, to continue the Efficient and Effective Districts Task Force from 2024. Wise said the prior task force met about 10 times and focused on student achievement and district policy, and the new version would continue that work as a legislature-only task force. The resolution passed unanimously with favorable expression. Members next considered HB 240 on primary school promotion. Rep. Truitt explained that the bill would require students who are not ready in kindergarten to repeat kindergarten, while a committee substitute softened the approach by allowing a school to hold a child back in kindergarten but requiring action in first grade. He said the bill aligns with existing reading-screening efforts and is intended to strengthen early literacy foundations. The committee adopted the substitute and passed the bill unanimously with favorable expression; Sen. Williams briefly explained his support as favoring performance-based advancement. The committee also approved HB 298, which would change the identification of schools for comprehensive support and improvement from every three years to annually, require KDE recommendations during management audits, add professional development in reading and math, and require effective instructional resources. The committee substitute also allowed districts with multiple CSI schools to contract for a turnaround vendor. The bill additionally carried employee-misconduct provisions from prior sessions, including disclosure requirements for applicants; the only change discussed was removing the word “investigation” from one disclosure section. HB 298 passed unanimously with favorable expression, and the committee also adopted a title amendment. Finally, the committee heard HB 424 on employment at public postsecondary institutions. Rep. Tipton said the bill would require performance and productivity reviews for faculty at least every four years, clarify appointment and removal authority for presidents at certain institutions, and expand “cause” for dismissal to include failure to meet performance and productivity requirements. Dr. Ray Horton, speaking for faculty groups, proposed a small substitute that would tie any performance measures to existing employment contracts to preserve academic integrity and avoid unintended changes to tenure processes. Members discussed how tenure works at Kentucky universities, and the committee was still in the middle of considering the proposed substitute when the transcript ended.

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• Vocations such as structural engineering, welding, automotive technology, diesel equipment technology
• . architectural design and engineering graphics, architectural civics drafting, and a lot more. electrical
• As a digital engineer myself, I understand the importance of institutions like TSTC and the need to develop
• You might know about Ruby and And our contest that we have there on Main Street is one of the greatest

Bills: SJR36, SJR2, SB4, SR45, SR47, SR63, SR66, SR70, SR85, SCR14, SB10, SB11, SB10, SB11

Keywords: SJR 2, Senate Joint Resolution 2, constitutional amendment, homestead exemption, property tax relief, school property tax, ad valorem tax, residence homestead, school district taxes, Texas Constitution Article VIII, public school finance, homeowner exemption, elderly exemption, senior tax relief, disabled exemption, tax year 2025, voter approval, November 2025 ballot, local government, Ways & Means

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• Over the past decade, we have seen an increase in highly contested matters from multiple parties that
• Over the past decade, we have seen an increase in highly contested matters from multiple parties that
• Just a little bit of background for me: you know, I am an engineer.
• I'm a consultant, a consulting engineer. Commissioner Kessler is an engineer.
• I'm a consultant, a consulting engineer. Commissioner Kessler is an engineer.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• It would also fund this other bill and would also fund a work zone safety billboard contest for high
• <00:43:45.079> for<00:43:45.280> high<00:43:45.480> school billboard contest
• for high school billboard contest for high school graphic<00:43:46.119> design<00:43:46.559><
• design a roadway credit when Engineers design a roadway regardless<01:02:31.119> of<01:02:31.279
• He added that the twin engine also allows for a rescue hook for more rescue operations, and that the

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Electrical engineering. Definitely. All right.
• our equipment, do not reverse engineer our software.
• The engineers come in, and they help diagram this.
• The engineers come in, they help diagram this, they'll stamp it.
• We can have a dialogue with them because it is a contested case.

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

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• As engines were about to roar to life in the Freedom 7 rocket and shoot into space, Shepard spoke into
• As engines were about to roar to life in the Freedom 7 rocket and shoot into space, Shepard spoke into
• So he is going to support the ITL with the understanding that the Lakes group will conduct the contest
• , and he is looking forward to the contest.
• prevent a licensed architecture engineer prevent a licensed architecture engineer from<03:57:20.239

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• Wants to attend OU to study aerospace engineering. Let's give Jackson her hand, please. Next, Mr.
• SUCCo executive president and academic team captain, who wants to attend OSU to study mechanical engineering
• They played for one another, including a six-inning 1-0 semifinal victory, tying one of the longest contests

Bills: HB2975, HB3405, HB3406, HB3728, HB3902, HB3977, SB397, HB1161, HB2938, HB2939, HB3306, HB3722, HB4113, HB4123, HB2293, HB3176, HB3545, HB3546

Keywords: poultry waste, nutrient management, environmental regulations, agriculture, water quality, pollution prevention, best management practices, noxious weeds, poison hemlock, kudzu, landowner responsibilities, environmental control, public nuisance, eradication, burn bans, fire danger, drought conditions, emergency declaration, scrap metal, regulation