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• <00:24:16.279> really thing couple things I find really thing couple things I find really
• I urge that you find the amendment out of order, and I am prepared to offer advice if you haven't had
• <00:39:51.560> urge<00:39:51.880> that<00:39:52.040> you<00:39:52.200> find
• <00:39:52.680> the<00:39:52.839> amendment uh I I urge that you find the amendment
• uh I I urge that you find the amendment uh<00:39:53.800> out<00:39:53.960> of<00:39:54.079

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• <00:27:10.080> on I'm, I would defer to your judgment on I'm, I would defer to your judgment
• So, I'm not sure if we can find face.
• /c> And if we can't find And if we can't find $150,000<00:50:23.119> in<00:50:23.359> a
• need to step up and and and and and find need to step up and and and and and find the<00:50:49.319
• There don't Let me find the page here.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee first took up House Bill 733, a third-party litigation financing reporting bill. Representative Cole explained that the bill shifts reporting from the Secretary of State to the courts, which he said removes the fiscal note and helps insurers obtain information for underwriting and premium-setting. The committee accepted the explanation and voted ought to pass; the roll call was 8-0 in favor, with one member taking a pause. The committee then heard House Bill 219, dealing with the renewable portfolio standard and the renewable energy fund. Representative Bose argued the bill would reduce electricity costs by lowering the REC purchase obligation from 220,000 to 170,000, which he said would reduce payments into the renewable energy fund by roughly $1 million to $2 million and save consumers only pennies a month. After questions about timing and whether to wait for a DOE report, the committee voted to retain the bill for further discussion rather than advance it; the motion to retain passed 5-4. House Bill 365 was then discussed as an election-related bill intended to help verify citizenship for voter registration and create a voucher process for people who cannot afford a birth certificate. The sponsor said the Secretary of State may be able to use federal and state databases to verify citizenship, and if not, indigent applicants could receive a voucher reimbursed by the state, with a $25,000 appropriation included. Members raised concerns about the Secretary of State’s access to databases and the bill’s timing and cost, and the committee decided to hold the bill until Secretary Scanlan could come testify. Finally, the committee heard House Bill 552, which updates retiree health coverage rules so dependent children can remain on the plan until age 26, consistent with the Affordable Care Act. DAS officials said retirees pay the full cost for dependents, about $1,000 per month, while the state covers only the retiree and spouse. The committee voted ought to pass unanimously, 9-0. The committee then began discussion of House Bill 572, a housing bill aimed at missing-middle housing, describing a voluntary program to identify developable public land, support construction, and streamline review, but the transcript cuts off before any action on that bill.

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• And I hope we can find a place where we can find alignment so that we can work together and get to that
• I'm just trying to find out, Mr.
• I don't know where to find them. I've looked and looked and looked.
• Chair, to find that out because it's, let's say, a mystery.
• Sort of judgment on your end. I think this is an LFC staff.

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• On that website, you can find information about submitting proposed maps for consideration.
• You can find out information about contacting your member at house.texas.gov.
• The preface is, we've been trying to find out why we're here.
• She would help find it for you. She went above and beyond the call of duty.
• With all due respect, I kind of find it very audacious, Mr.

Keywords: 997, house, all

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• To join that Dropbox, if you have any issues, let us know, and you should be able to find the materials
• On that website, you can find information about submitting proposed maps for consideration.
• So I'm having trouble finding a single person in the state of Texas that actually...
• We're going to find out because the proof is in the pudding.
• We are preparing our post-trial findings of fact, proposed findings of fact, and conclusions of law.

Keywords: 997, house, all

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• she'll find a spot to pull through. she'll find a spot to pull through.
• But I find anything wrong with that.
• So, I I couldn't really find all this.
• find these punitive damages for someone find these punitive damages for someone who<04:10:47.680>
• to find out what happened<04:13:47.199> there.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• A police officer uses his or her judgment on a warrantless search, whereas on a search warrant a judge

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The Senate Committee on Public Safety and Military Affairs met on January 29, 2025, and first took up deferred SB 259 on record keeping. The chair said Honu Police Department had submitted support, and the committee recommended passage with amendments, including a technical change to the effective date on page 4, line 6 to July 1, 2077. Vice Chair Elefante voted yes; Senators Fevella and Rhoads were excused; the recommendation was adopted. The committee then heard SB 603 and SB 608, both relating to veterans benefits consulting and compensation. The Attorney General’s office recommended amendments to address First Amendment, Contracts Clause, and savings-clause issues, and testimony was mixed, with several supporters from veterans-related organizations and several opponents, including some testifiers from the public and industry groups. The committee later adopted chair recommendations to pass both bills with amendments, including preambles about protecting veteran consumers from misleading or unfair practices, savings clauses, and effective-date changes to July 1, 2077. SB 601, relating to law enforcement search notices and securing entrances, drew support from the Office of the Public Defender and a private citizen who described the bill as a response to warrantless searches and a transparency measure; there was also opposition from Maui County police and one other testifier. The committee then moved to SB 871 on arson, where the Department of the Attorney General raised drafting and constitutional concerns and the Public Defender opposed the measure as vague, overbroad, and creating problematic sentencing provisions, while HPD supported it as a public-safety tool. The chair ultimately recommended SB 871 pass with amendments softening mandatory language, adding parole language, and changing the effective date to July 1, 2077; the recommendation was adopted. The final measures were SB 1130, exempting certain construction rebuilding materials from general excise tax in federally declared disaster areas, and SB 104, restricting solitary confinement in correctional facilities. The Department of Taxation requested third-party certification and a later effective date, and the committee adopted amendments reflecting those requests and moving the effective date to January 1, 2026. On SB 104, the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation opposed the bill, citing staff assaults and existing policy updates, while the Oversight Commission, Public Defender, and multiple advocates supported it as a safeguard with oversight and due process protections. The committee passed SB 104 with amendments, including adopting the commission’s definition language, changing terminology to “restrictive housing,” and setting the effective date to July 1, 2077.

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• What we did find, first of all, was that the outlier stations were all just the major brands.
• So that brings us to the core findings and recommendations in the report, SB 237.
• Yeah, you know, hard for me to make a judgment call on that.
• I wanted to just quickly thank you for the summary of the SP-237 findings and recommendations.
• And then you find out, and now you're basically on defense trying to come back.

Summary: The Assembly Committee on Utilities and Energy held a hearing on the impact of the Iran conflict and global oil supply disruption on California fuel markets. Committee members and administration witnesses from the California Energy Commission and the Division of Petroleum Market Oversight described California’s heavy reliance on imported crude and refined products, the state’s shrinking refining base, current inventory levels, and how global supply tightness is affecting gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel prices. CEC officials said near-term supply looked adequate for roughly the next six weeks, but warned that continued disruption would likely raise prices further and increase competition for imports. DPMO said the conflict is a real supply shock, but also emphasized a separate, longstanding problem of unusually high California retail gasoline prices, especially among major branded stations. Witnesses and members debated the causes of high prices and the state’s longer-term fuel strategy. Professor Severin Borenstein argued that much of the price gap beyond taxes and environmental costs comes from a “mystery gasoline surcharge” downstream of refineries, while also noting that California’s shrinking number of refineries creates market-power and supply-resilience concerns. Western States Petroleum Association CEO Jody Mueller argued that state policies have weakened California’s refining system and made it more vulnerable to global shocks, urging the state to protect remaining refining capacity and improve infrastructure for imports. United Steelworkers Local 675 Vice President Norman Rogers stressed the need for safe, reliable refinery operations and adequate staffing. Several members pressed witnesses on whether California should rely more on imports, how to manage inventories and port/storage capacity, and whether the state needs clearer authority and better data collection to coordinate fuel policy. Discussion also covered branded versus unbranded gasoline pricing, the role of California fuel specifications, and whether a floating gas tax or other policy tools could buffer consumers from global price spikes. No formal votes or committee actions were taken during the hearing.

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• Um, and I find that to be landlord.
• opportunity to find one? opportunity to find one?
• <01:42:26.000> attainable Hampshire in which finding attainable Hampshire in which finding
• <02:22:52.880> a market, it's very rare that I find a market, it's very rare that I find a
• 2022, are the following findings. 2022, are the following findings.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• residents are going to find valuable.
• your ADU law um in finding solutions. your ADU law um in finding solutions.
• He said he wanted to speak to the economic findings on minimum lot sizes specifically.
• few years ago you can still find online. few years ago you can still find online.
• I would say they need to find a way to invest in more housing.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• agency<00:30:05.400> interpretation can't find the agency interpretation can't find the
• They don't just find decay, but they also find pathology.
• I couldn’t find it. It was—I just couldn’t find it. I wonder if it’s in the right..."
• They find a place to get together.
• am 100% sure that you could find am 100% sure that you could find something<02:22:15.120> in<

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• although I feel we have honed the art of listening, it is frustrating when I share my thoughts only to find
• will be an out-of-control agency, and your vote will come back to haunt this institution for bad judgment
• The recent results have findings that are not favorable for ratepayers and highlight the deficiencies
• So with that, I defy anybody to find people in their districts that are going to say, you know, we'd
• So with that, I defy anybody to find people in their districts that are going to say, you know, we'd

Summary: The Assembly met on May 23, 2025, established a quorum after a roll call, and proceeded through a long House of Origin floor session with prayers, the Pledge of Allegiance, and routine parliamentary actions. Early in the day, a motion by Assembly Member Gallagher to suspend the rules and take up AB 12 immediately failed on a 18-39 vote. The chamber then moved through the daily file, with many measures passing by wide margins, often with bipartisan support and little or no opposition. Among the notable bills discussed were measures on law enforcement oversight and records access (AB 847), CalFresh data-sharing exemptions (AB 593), campus-area housing for students and staff (AB 893), insurance and wildfire hardening updates (AB 1), missing middle housing code changes (AB 6), tribal peace officer status in a pilot program (AB 31), utility bill analysis before new mandates (AB 61), fairgrounds funding (AB 258), Diwali as a state holiday (AB 268), labor and worker organizing rights (AB 288), algorithmic price-fixing and antitrust enforcement (AB 325), elections and jail voter information (AB 331), protections for judges and court personnel (AB 343 and AB 352), school construction procurement (AB 361), school-zone speed limits (AB 382), transit worker protections (AB 394), blue carbon coastal mitigation (AB 399), K-9 standards for law enforcement (AB 400), livestock carcass composting (AB 411), translation of housing materials (AB 413), immigrant educational rights notices (AB 419), gun violence restraining order implementation (AB 451), special education and child care measures (AB 560 and AB 563), cannabis tax relief (AB 564), and disability access protections for businesses (AB 649). Several bills addressed housing, energy, public health, and public safety, and many authors emphasized affordability, transparency, and administrative efficiency. The session also included several ceremonial or recognition items, including ACR 73 declaring Italian American Heritage Month, which was adopted by voice vote after 65 coauthors were added. Most measures were approved overwhelmingly, though a few drew some dissent, including AB 421? no—AB 399 passed 42-30, AB 450 passed 49-6, AB 461 passed 49-8, and AB 621 passed 58-0. The transcript ends partway through AB 772, which was introduced as an educational equity bill addressing cyberbullying after school hours, but the remainder of that item is not included in the provided text.

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• And in this bill, you will find more tax increases and you'll find other very large increases in spending
• > find<00:37:41.359> other<00:37:42.240> very increases and you'll find other very
• Um, but you know, my question, rhetorical as it is... can't find the point of order that can't find the
• with the legislative auditor's finding. with the legislative auditor's finding.
• Uh, so I find these two politics.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• It is frustrating when I share my thoughts only to find that Bob isn't wearing his hearing aids.
• will be an out of control agency and your vote will come back to haunt this institution for bad judgment
• The recent results have findings that are not favorable for rate payers and highlight the deficiencies
• Bike highways become even a better attraction for people to find an alternative. a vehicle.
• They call the providers listed by their plans only to find they're out of network, not accepting new

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• <01:22:29.600> out will be turning on their TV to find out will be turning on their TV to
• And if you listened, one of the things you'd find out, Mr.
• Speaker, is there are some find out, Mr.
• Finding doctors that are good and accept Medicaid are few and far between.
• It's been overwhelming at times, and finding the right support for her hasn't always been easy.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Thursday, July 3, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• And I go, well, I can't go drive to your district and find that money for you, but you do need to find
• So more information I find is not helpful if not used.
• up, people don't know how to find their up, people don't know how to find their school<01:04:25.200><
• But I find is not helpful if not used.
• Like they just have to go to find it.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• If it's material goods or issues, we find a way to make it happen.
• Does that require a judgment from a judge?
• You know you can always find things to complain about.
• You can find all these stats and more.
• If I can find them, I'll follow up with you. Thank you, I appreciate that.

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• I think we have to find another date. How many bills are there?
• My job is to help all people, including people with disabilities, find meaningful work, not only find
• I find this claim to be incredibly false.
• the evidence and here's what I find mate the evidence and here's what I find mate exists<05:15:42.558
• I find this bill to be unnecessary. My brother had pancreatic cancer for five years.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee first heard House Bill 199, which would extend the statute of limitations for civil actions seeking damages from PFAS contamination from six years to 20 years. The prime sponsor and other supporters argued that PFAS contamination in southern New Hampshire has long-term and often delayed health and property impacts, making the current six-year period too short for victims to discover harm, connect it to exposure, and seek relief. Supporters described contamination in places such as Merrimack and surrounding communities, cited health concerns including cancer, developmental issues, and other illnesses, and said a longer period would better preserve legal rights while still requiring proof of causation. The Department of Environmental Services said it was not taking a position but acknowledged the contamination and ongoing work to address it. The Business and Industry Association opposed the bill, arguing that evidence becomes stale over time, memories and documents fade, and a longer window would make it harder to determine causation when other exposures or intervening factors may be involved. Committee members questioned both sides about causation, the difficulty of proving PFAS-related illness, and whether a 20-year period was necessary if a plaintiff already knows of the injury and its source. Supporters responded that PFAS effects can emerge slowly, that scientific understanding continues to develop, and that current knowledge is still incomplete. Opponents said the existing discovery rule already starts the clock when harm and causal connection are known, and that extending the period would reduce clarity and fairness in litigation. After testimony and questions, the chair closed the hearing on HB 199. The committee then opened House Bill 268 FN, which was described as a technical measure to confirm that the Board of Tax and Land Appeals may hold hearings in its Concord hearing rooms. The sponsor indicated the bill reflects current practice and does not require additional facilities. With only one witness listed and no apparent opposition, the discussion was brief and focused on why the authorization should be placed in statute rather than left to practice.

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• And that's what we're finding has happened.
• So what we're finding is that denial process, and we're finding it a little bit on college campuses.
• I find those hateful, without a doubt. Okay, good.
• I'd be working very hard to find if there's a legal way to prevent that.
• I can find out for you, though.

Summary: The joint Senate and House Select Committee on Civil Discourse and Freedom of Speech in Higher Education convened for its first public hearing, adopted its proposed rules without objection, and framed the hearing as an organizational, invited-testimony-only session. Members repeatedly condemned political violence and the assassination of Charlie Kirk, saying the committee was created in response to concerns about civil discourse, intimidation, and hostility on college campuses. Several members emphasized that the goal was not to suppress speech but to protect open expression while maintaining order, due process, and institutional accountability. The first witness, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Commissioner Wyn Rosser, outlined implementation of Senate Bill 37. He described the General Education Advisory Committee, which is reviewing broad core-curriculum knowledge and skills and may recommend reducing the current 42-hour core, while leaving review of specific courses to individual institutions. He also explained the new Office of the Ombudsman, the board’s role in supporting it, and existing training and certification requirements for governing board members. Members asked about enforcement tools, transparency, and whether the ombudsman would investigate complaints involving censorship, retaliation, or political bias; Rosser said some enforcement exists in certain laws, but he deferred on the exact scope of the ombudsman’s investigatory authority and on issues outside the agency’s role. University of Texas at Austin President Jim Davis testified that UT Austin supports free speech, academic freedom, and civil discourse, and he described three areas of focus: speech on campus grounds, classroom discourse, and how people treat one another. He said the university enforces time, place, and manner rules, expects professors to present alternative views on controversial topics, and has created internal reporting and appeal processes for students and faculty. Members questioned him about heckler’s veto incidents, protests, off-campus participants, complaints about professors, hate speech, and whether the university would protect speakers and students from disruption or unfair targeting. Davis said the university would not tolerate disruptions, would use due process and factual review, and is working to align campus practices with the new law and regents’ expectations. Ricky Adam Jr. of Turning Point USA’s Club America described the group’s campus and high-school organizing, praised Charlie Kirk’s approach to open debate, and said the organization is expanding in Texas. He raised concerns about school administrators and a counselor at an Early College High School in Killeen allegedly interfering with a student club and withholding footage, and committee members said they would seek information and, if necessary, use legislative process to investigate. Members from both chambers reiterated support for free speech, criticized political violence and campus suppression of viewpoints, and stressed that future hearings would continue examining implementation and enforcement issues.

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• They used this information to find me and my family and stalk us for weeks.
• Then I still have to find a delegating position so that I can do business.
• We can't find physicians, but guess what? We now can find physicians.
• They have to find their own preceptorship.
• And I'm speaking hypothetically: if for some reason we couldn't find an expert APRN, we would go to find

Bills: SB1888, SB3003, SB2417, SB2459, SB3055, HB1393, HB2884, SB2943

Keywords: grand jury, jury qualifications, jury wheel, small counties, Texas legislation, age verification, obscene devices, online sales, juvenile protection, penalties, antitrust, attorney general, Texas Free Enterprise, business regulations, legal confidentiality, personal identifying information, data brokers, judicial safety, civil rights, data privacy