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• Texas State Cemetery, pending approval by the State Cemetery Committee as required by Section 2160 of
• the Government Code.
• read from General Order Number Three stating.
• Dallas Collins here in the great state of Texas.
• Austin State University.

Bills: HB1397, HB1886, HB3088, HB4187, HB4229, HB4230, HB5032, HCR6, HCR34, HCR50, HCR55, HCR58, HCR70, HCR71, HCR72, HCR74, HCR75, HCR80, HCR86, HCR93, HCR100, HCR107, HCR116, HCR117, HCR6

Keywords: Texas Constitution, Declaration of Independence, victory or death letter, display, historic preservation, lifeguard requirements, public beaches, municipalities, county regulations, exemptions, Parks and Wildlife, procurement, goods and services, revenue generation, Texas legislature, historical preservation, Texas Historical Commission, fees, nonprofit organizations, fundraising

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• Leader, Senate Bill 1477 is a request from the state regent's tightening up our concurrent enrollment

Bills: SB44, SB546, SB1213, SB1256, SB1287, SB1443, SB1644, SB1653, SB1716, SB1209, SB1826, SB1919, SB1930, SB1976, SB2028, SB2067, SB2072, SB2117, SB710, SB1477, SB1405

Keywords: sales tax exemption, nonprofit organizations, contractors, charitable purposes, state law, SB1213, earned credits, inmate credits, good time, sentence reduction, Department of Corrections, DOC, prison reform, corrections policy, inmate classification, class levels, rehabilitation credits, achievement credits, vocational training, educational credits

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• In excitement about a new registration with the state.
• operations in the state. operations in the state. >> Thank<00:40:20.600> you.
• ,<00:48:44.160> um, amongst city and state, um, amongst city and state, um, offices<00:48:
• . state. state.
• to purchase lei and to establish benchmarks for the state.

Bills: SB2319, SB2407, SB2489, SB2153, SB2321, SB2805, SB3010, SB2892, SB2595, SB2781

Keywords: agriculture, biosecurity, grant funding, food security, climate resiliency, agricultural development, Hawaii Island, property manager, agribusiness, state employment, invasive species, lease provisions, environment, food safety, farmers, local food systems, rural development, livestock, forage grasses, pest management

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• property tax and replaced it with state property tax and replaced it with state general<00:44:01.040
• Yet, we same state funding pool.
• <00:57:17.359> legislature, When I served in the state legislature, When I served in the state
• Would you please state well on time.
• This largely uniform application.

Bills: HF3676, HF3593, HF3785, HF3774, HF4111, HF3513

Keywords: Safe at Home, address confidentiality, domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, harassment, victim privacy, survivor protection, confidential address, protected address, secret address, identity protection, residential confidentiality, program participant, nondiscrimination, court disclosure, protective order, service of process, driver's license, state ID

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• It provides for spousal preference for spousal hiring within state government and also authorizes the
• private industry and state municipalities to do that.
• government and also authorizes the state government and also authorizes the private<00:08:25.520>
• industry<00:08:26.160> and<00:08:26.319> state private industry and state private
• industry and state municipalities<00:08:27.120> to<00:08:27.199> do<00:08:27.360> that

Bills: HB465, HB307, SB338, HB465, HB307, SB338, SB359

Keywords: emergency management, public funds, educational materials, promotional materials, state agency, speedy trial, visiting judge, court administration, public interest, criminal justice, New Hope, Madison County, municipal boundary, corporate limits, deannexation, boundary adjustment, local act, city limits, municipal jurisdiction, annexation rollback

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• And so, they're state of Minnesota.
• of the renter's credit across the state. of the renter's credit across the state.
• every part of the state. every part of the state.
• relationship between our state relationship between our state investment<01:01:19.760> in
• And over three pages in state statute.

Bills: HF2715, HF2499, HF3420, HF3657, HF2303

Keywords: HF2715, homestead credit refund, property tax refund, property tax relief, homeowner tax relief, homestead credit, co-pay reduction, Minnesota property taxes, tax rebate, state refund, income thresholds, inflation adjustment, property tax circuit breaker, housing affordability, elderly homeowners, fixed income, taxation, Minnesota Statutes 290A.04, renters credit, income tax

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• This bill, New York State classrooms.
• Superintendent for Hawaii State Superintendent for Hawaii State Department<00:15:50.400> of
• what we have been doing for our state what we have been doing for our state for<00:21:53.240>
• penal code. Um, and I think we addressed penal code.
• the state or its political subdivisions. the state or its political subdivisions.

Bills: SB2567, SB2448, SB3046, SB2231, SB2526

Keywords: harassment, restraining order, temporary restraining order, injunction, protective order, public employer, public servant, public employee, government employee, state employee, legislator, judge, judicial branch, executive branch, local government, political subdivision, workplace violence, threats, stalking, employee safety

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• Representative Sandoval, do you think the state of Arizona is a fascist state? Mr.
• All three entities — the State Historic Preservation Office, the State Parks Board, and Arizona State
• All three entities, the State Historic Preservation Office, the State Parks Board, and Arizona State
• You have State Parks and Trails, then you have the State Park Board, and the State Historic Preservation
• I can use this across the state.

Bills: HB2167, HB2168, HB2169, HB2171, HB2790, HB2905, HCM2005

Keywords: attorney general, nuisance action, consumer fraud, damages, civil penalty, public nuisance, nuisance abatement, abatement action, injunction, superior court, county attorney, city attorney, board of supervisors, obscenity, obscene materials, adult materials, pornography, schools, parks, residential district

Bills: HB82, HB109, HB202, HB211, HB82, HB109, HB202, HB211

Keywords: registrars, election, qualifications, salary, state employees, diversity, podiatry, state board, healthcare regulation, Alabama regulations, political appointment, law enforcement, immunity, civil liability, use of force, recruitment, Calhoun County, local act, halfway house, sober living

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• qui tam actions, as well as amendments to the fee-shifting statute governing abortion litigation in state

Bills: SB8, SB4, SB3, SB6, SB8, SB4

Keywords: education, accountability, public school assessment, state law, transparency, intervention, performance ratings, Texas congressional redistricting, U.S. House districts, congressional map, redistricting, gerrymandering, 2020 Census, census tracts, block groups, voting districts, election law, Texas House of Representatives districts, federal congressional districts, 2026 elections

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• I'm the Texas State Director for Alliance for Safety and Justice.
• , Section 4904, 4905, 4906, and 4906.5 of the Penal Code, and Chapter 71 of the Penal Code.
• Presley stated.
• This bill would give too much power to a state agency.
• What is wrong with the penal code that you already have in place?

Bills: HB1826, HB1969, HB2708, HB2729, HB3618, HB4515, HB4764, SB1021, SB1610

Keywords: mental health, women's health, county jail, depression screening, criminal justice, inmate release, identification certificate, Texas Department of Corrections, personal identification, driver's license, state law, reentry services, nondisclosure, criminal history, criminal defendants, community supervision, misdemeanors, felonies, rehabilitation, hearsay

Summary: The Corrections Committee first took up pending business and reported several previously heard bills favorably to the full House, including HB 1515 and SB 2405, the TDCJ Sunset bill and its Senate companion, HB 5639 on the veteran housing program, HB 2854 on hospital visits as a parole or mandatory supervision condition and related hospital liability, and SB 1080 on occupational licenses for people with criminal convictions. The committee also heard and advanced SB 1080 without amendment, then moved into new business. A major portion of the meeting focused on HB 3618, which would limit invasive group strip searches of female inmates in TDCJ facilities. Formerly incarcerated women and advocates testified in support, describing humiliation, trauma, barriers to programming, and arguing that searches were often ineffective and that contraband more often comes from staff. TDCJ’s resource witness said the agency has looked at technology such as millimeter scanners and is in the process of placing them in facilities, while the bill sponsor said the measure would preserve searches in emergencies and require female officers when women are unclothed. HB 3618 was left pending. The committee also heard HB 4515 on expanding orders of nondisclosure, with the author saying the committee substitute would narrow the bill to marijuana possession only; supporters from Alliance for Safety and Justice and Right on Crime argued it would improve reentry and public safety, while members asked about eligibility and related offenses. HB 1826, requiring depression screenings for pregnant and postpartum incarcerated women, drew support from women’s health advocates and formerly incarcerated witnesses; the bill was left pending. HB 1969, to help people leaving prison renew or obtain driver’s licenses, and HB 2708, expanding nondisclosure eligibility for certain misdemeanor convictions, were also laid out and left pending. Later, the committee heard HB 2729, which would bar hearsay evidence in hearings on violations of release conditions, and SB 1021, which would make stalking convictions ineligible for community supervision and add related victim-protection provisions; both were left pending. SB 1610, addressing civil commitment facility safety, sex offender registration, and penalties for assaults on staff, drew strong opposition from civil commitment residents, family members, and civil rights advocates who argued it was punitive and raised due process concerns; the resource witness said assaults had increased and explained the civil commitment process and existing legal safeguards. Finally, HB 4764 would require TDCJ to report detailed annual data on restrictive housing; supporters said the bill would improve transparency around solitary confinement, and the committee left it pending before adjourning.

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• The federal penal codes just don't address those very much.
• and our state.
• It's coming back. they did a ceremony at the Veterans State Home.
• In Texas, we are blessed with beautiful public lands in every region of the state, including state parks
• , historical sites, and state natural areas.

Bills: HCR92, HB 114, HB561, HB 1171, HB1894, HB2026, HB2143, HB2337, HB2564, HB114

Keywords: Tuskegee Airmen, commemoration, African American history, civil rights, military recognition, veterans, mental health, Texas Veterans Commission, peer support, suicide prevention, community mental health, grant program, defense, grants, local government, economic support, community development, health and wellness, outdoor recreation, state land use

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• So there are 11 states right now, basically nine states that are not in the compact, and those nine states
• Kinky State.
• Kinky State. Please state your name and keep it to about two and a half minutes. Thank you.
• Kinky State.
• states to your question about how States states to your question about how States uh<01:18:31.600>

Bills: HF837, HF1903, HF499, HF794

Keywords: health insurance, premium security plan, federal funding, state innovation waiver, Minnesota, newborn safety, anonymity, healthcare provider, safe place, child welfare, HF499, nursing, nurse licensure, temporary permit, temporary nursing permit, Board of Nursing, endorsement licensure, reregistration, refresher course, health occupations

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• They're 100% funded by the state.
• In funding from state sources.
• In terms of what the state puts in from state revenue sources.
• No, this is all state program.
• It amends the education code.

Bills: HB2, HB2

Keywords: public education, teacher compensation, certification, funding, school finance, educator rights, education funding, charter schools, staff compensation, state aid, retention allotment, disaster preparedness, emergency management, flooding, mass fatality, mass casualty, fatality tracking, body recovery, autopsy, justice of the peace

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• We're a rich state. Thank you. Thank you for your testimony. It's Pollack.
• The increase in the state compensatory allotment is a step in the right direction.
• Communities strengthen. expanded and a state that leads this great nation.
• Vasquez stated the surplus is a result of underfunding our public school system.
• To be a member of a regional day school program by the state.

Bills: HB2, HB2

Keywords: public education, teacher compensation, certification, funding, school finance, educator rights, education funding, charter schools, staff compensation, state aid, retention allotment, disaster preparedness, emergency management, flooding, mass fatality, mass casualty, fatality tracking, body recovery, autopsy, justice of the peace

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• We were producing less certified teachers in the state of Texas.
• That, to me, is the wrong policy of the state.
• Your willingness to invest in the children of our state strengthens the future of our great state, and
• All of our non-federal funding comes from the state, which means you, our state legislators, are the
• So, in the United States, one in ten children lives in Texas.

Bills: HB2, HB2

Keywords: public education, teacher compensation, certification, funding, school finance, educator rights, education funding, charter schools, staff compensation, state aid, retention allotment, disaster preparedness, emergency management, flooding, mass fatality, mass casualty, fatality tracking, body recovery, autopsy, justice of the peace

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• We filed in the history of the state of Texas.
• It's a shamefully low rating among the 50 states.
• So, that would touch all teachers across the state to...
• That cannot be said for everywhere across the state.
• Double-digit gains can compared to the state averages.

Bills: HB2, HB2

Keywords: public education, teacher compensation, certification, funding, school finance, educator rights, education funding, charter schools, staff compensation, state aid, retention allotment, disaster preparedness, emergency management, flooding, mass fatality, mass casualty, fatality tracking, body recovery, autopsy, justice of the peace

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• Birmingham but in the state of Alabama.
• Constitution or under the United States Constitution. ...the State Constitution or under the United
• This is already code that requires you to report to the state when you hire someone.
• Some law enforcement agencies across the state were... ...agencies across the state were attempting to
• , and that's a state of Alabama program.

Bills: HB43, SB81, SB178, SB138, SB89, SB183, HB27, HB188, HB199, HB190, SB117, HB43, HB27

Keywords: criminal procedure, split sentencing, probation, Class A felony, Class B felony, minimum confinement, speedy trial, visiting judge, court administration, violent crimes, Alabama Supreme Court, employment, criminal record, certificate of employability, occupational licensing, negligent hiring, rehabilitation, limited relief, tribal police, law enforcement

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• Help them to put aside personal interests to seek the welfare for all who call the state home.
• In 1994, he was elected to the Alabama State Senate. Whereas together... Alabama State Senate.
• Kelly replaces line 23 on page one with the following: "41 Code of Alabama 1975.
• States Air Force's inaugural Top Gun aerial gunnery competition.
• Ladies and gentlemen of the Alabama State Senate, I think we've had a great day.

Bills: SJR 2, SB 4, SJR 36, SJR 2, SB 4, SR 42, SR 74, SR 76, HCR 5, SB 710, SB 710

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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• This is all over the state, and you could argue all over the country, by a judicial system that seems
• records, so we know, because we know anecdotally this is happening in other big counties around the state
• I had to go to court with my family to ensure that they were going to get justice because in the state
• They travel the state, and so no, No one is safe in Texas.
• I urge everyone in the state to start looking at what we're doing in Harris County, which is the focus

Bills: SJR2, SB4, SJR36, SJR2, SB4, SR42, SR74, SR76, HCR5, SB710, SB710

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