Transcript Highlights:

• to the definition of an eligible school district for the Committee on Public Education. purposes of study
• HB 4329 by Lopez, relating to the study by the Texas Water Development Board of the factors that affect
• For the Committee on Public Education, HB 4331 by Lopez, relating to the study by the Texas Water Development
• of streamlining. ...and the implementation of streamlining procedures based on the results of the study
• HB 4391 by Capriglione, relating to studies on the use of buildings and facilities leased and otherwise

Bills: HJR4, HJR6, HB195, HB 13, HB143, HB135

Keywords: occupation tax, securities, financial regulation, tax exemption, legislative amendment, capital gains tax, realized gains, unrealized gains, investment income, asset sale, capital assets, wealth tax, estate tax, trust tax, tax limitation, constitutional amendment, Texas Constitution, Article VIII, property tax, sales tax

Transcript Highlights:

• My name is Sophia Templos, and I am a senior at the School of Environmental Studies in Apple Valley.
• I have a few close ones that have motivated me to look into and study this issue for years.
• It makes it clear that this study must occur and be updated for all proposed expansions of grades, sites
• make it clear that charter schools that change location must also update their market need and demand study
• They must also submit this demand study to their authorizer for approval.

Transcript Highlights:

• There's several studies on this. One study I can point out is from 2024.
• This number is very similar to what is found in studies across the country.
• But I was able to read study after study, including ones conducted by UNH scientists, that ... doing
• > ones read study after study including ones read study after study including ones conducted<03
• But I was able to read study after study, including ones conducted by UNH scientists, that indicated

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• We're a member of the National Council for the Social Studies.
• I have, I'm a lecturer over at MIT's Department of Urban Studies and Planning.
• I'm a lecturer over at MIT's Department of Urban Studies and Planning.
• Being a history buff myself, and I've been taught social studies, I know the story very well.
• We studied journals and correspondence as well as drafts of documents that were discarded.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The hearing covered a wide range of bills, with substantial testimony on commemorative days and several local development measures. Early testimony focused on competing proposals about Indigenous Peoples’ Day: Senator Comerford and others supported redesignating the second Monday in October as Indigenous Peoples’ Day, while several Italian American legislators and advocates opposed changing Columbus Day and instead urged a separate Indigenous Peoples’ Day on August 9 or another date. Committee members noted the long-running debate, discussed the state flag and motto review process, and emphasized that any changes would require legislation. No votes were taken during the hearing. The committee also heard strong support for a Fred Korematsu Day bill, with testimony from advocates, legal organizations, community leaders, and Korematsu’s daughter. Witnesses described Korematsu’s resistance to Japanese American incarceration during World War II, argued that his story remains relevant amid current immigration and civil liberties concerns, and said the designation would help educate students and the public. A separate bill to designate September as PCOS Awareness Month drew testimony from Senator Miranda and health advocates, who described the disorder’s prevalence, frequent misdiagnosis, fertility and pregnancy risks, and the value of public awareness and education. Other bills discussed included a Domestic Workers’ Rights Day proposal, supported by Representative Garcia and Representative Sousa, who spoke about the invisibility and vulnerability of domestic workers and the importance of recognizing their labor. The committee also heard support for a veteran suicide awareness and remembrance day, a Boston branch library and affordable housing project in Dorchester, and a Fall River waterfront redevelopment bill transferring land to the local redevelopment authority for a major mixed-use project. In addition, Senator Miranda testified in favor of a memorial portrait for former Representative Doris Bunty, highlighting her pioneering role in the legislature and Boston public housing. The hearing was hybrid and lengthy, with the chair repeatedly asking witnesses to be concise and noting that testimony would be public record.

Transcript Highlights:

• , get the answers that we needed—the funding for that study.
• The funding for that study was inexplicably vetoed.
• Why couldn't they study this issue?
• We could have been studying this all year.
• We could have been studying this all year.

Keywords: 998, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• I expect it will attract the best and brightest from across the country and Florida who wish to study
• Um, battery disposal study—I had a feeling.
• the time of the study?
• I believe this is in your silo, but I have a question about a battery disposal study.
• We're going to move on from the battery disposal study. Nothing to see here, folks.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Yeah, and this is what we study at great detail.
• And that's what we spent about a decade studying and proving.
• That's what we really study here at technology. And that's what we really study here at technology.
• Some companies have already thought about that and paid us to study that for them, moving that steam
• And hey, if you'd want any of these reports where we studied back in 2008, about 2012, taking nuclear

Keywords: 908, all

Transcript Highlights:

• It additionally creates a subcommittee to study and develop policy recommendations at the Joint Interim
• Standing Committee on Education to study certain matters.
• Board of County Commissioners, Reno City Council, and Sparks City Council to establish a board to study
• Board of County Commissioners, Reno City Council, and Sparks City Council to establish a board to study
• The amendment changes a reporting date for the board established to study the creation of a county fire

Keywords: 909, all

Transcript Highlights:

• this, the biomother studied the symptoms, and then she coached her two- and three-year-old to fit the
• The benefits of breastfeeding are well studied and considerably decrease the risk of both...
• The home study. And we're good. We've got to move. Ms. Wilcoxon. Appreciate it.
• Studies have shown that registered dietitians who utilize MNT see improved patient outcomes.
• Studies have shown that registered dietitians who utilize MNT see improved patient outcomes.

Bills: HB136, HB451, SB425, SB466, SB905, SB1986, SB2311, SB2450, SB2805, SB2826, SB2919, SB3001

Keywords: Medicaid, lactation, healthcare, consultation, reimbursement, maternal health, infant care, commercial sexual exploitation, child sex trafficking, human trafficking, child welfare, foster care, DFPS, Department of Family and Protective Services, juvenile probation, risk assessment, needs assessment, trauma screening, child abuse prevention, exploitation screening

Summary: The committee met with a quorum and announced it would vote on pending bills at 10:30, with public testimony limited to two minutes. It first took up Senate Bill 905, a TDLR cleanup bill on licensing regulation of speech-language pathologists and audiologists. Senator Zafferini said the committee substitute would streamline advisory board consultation, remove obsolete provisional licenses, and allow any licensed physician to authorize hearing instruments for minors; the substitute was adopted and the bill left pending. The committee then heard House Bill 451, which would require universal screening for commercial sexual exploitation risk for children in DFPS conservatorship and youth under TJJD jurisdiction. The author and witnesses from Children at Risk, the Fort Bend Anti-Trafficking Collective, and Texas CASA supported the bill as a prevention tool with existing infrastructure and training; the committee adopted the substitute and left the bill pending. The committee next considered Senate Bill 466, which would clarify that families may request a fetal death certificate at any gestational age, while keeping existing filing requirements for physicians. A constituent father testified about losing his 11-week-old daughter and being told he could not obtain a certificate, which he said prevented funeral arrangements; the substitute was adopted and the bill left pending. Senate Bill 2311 followed, requiring residential treatment centers to have a written agreement with the school that will educate resident children before becoming operational. The author cited a local dispute where an RTC and school district lacked communication, and witnesses from Texas CASA and Disability Rights Texas supported clearer educational planning while suggesting the Education Code may need conforming changes; the bill was left pending. The committee then heard Senate Bill 2826, known as Alyssa’s Law, which would create a statewide education program on medical child abuse for medical students, health care professionals, and CPS caseworkers. The author and Sheriff Bill Weyburn described Alyssa’s case as involving repeated unnecessary surgeries and argued the bill would improve awareness and early identification, while several witnesses and members raised concerns about false accusations, impacts on medically fragile children, and the need for scientific, peer-reviewed training and safeguards. After extensive discussion, the chair left the bill pending. The committee also heard House Bill 136, which would add certified lactation consultants as Medicaid providers to expand breastfeeding support; witnesses from lactation and nutrition fields said the bill would improve access, maternal and infant health, and long-term savings, and the bill was left pending. Finally, the committee took up Senate Bill 2805, a surprise-billing/arbitration measure that would clarify provider identifiers and shift arbitration costs to the losing party. The author said the substitute was a legislative counsel draft with no substantive difference, and witnesses from the Texas Medical Association, Texas Society of Anesthesiologists, and U.S. Anesthesia Partners supported the bill as a modest improvement that would reduce administrative confusion and make arbitration fairer without weakening patient protections. Members discussed how arbitration costs affect settlement behavior and how to define the “winner” in close cases. The bill was heard but not voted out during this segment.

Transcript Highlights:

• Water Resources Control Board to conduct and publicly release an economic and environmental impact study
• have the luxury of doing a very thorough and robust public participation process, nor the amount of study
• Due to the required studies and the necessary department staff time for review, the agreement for the
• In Durango, Colorado, study... Bear-feeding ordinances do prevent conflicts.
• So that bear could be counted as two separate bears in a population study.

Summary: The committee heard a long agenda of water, parks, transportation, species protection, and fisheries bills. AB 430 would require the State Water Resources Control Board to publish an economic and environmental impact study when emergency water regulations are extended over multiple years; the author and supporters from agricultural and water groups said it would add transparency without limiting emergency authority. AB 1139 would expand a CEQA exemption to let county park agencies open existing roads and trails for non-motorized recreation, with supporters emphasizing access to nature and opponents warning about impacts to sensitive habitat, tribal resources, and fire risk. AB 929 would temporarily exempt small community water systems and managed wetlands from certain SGMA pumping reductions and fines; supporters said it would protect vulnerable communities and wetlands, while farm and water coalition opponents argued it would undermine basin-wide groundwater management and shift burdens to other users. AB 1225, creating an Accessibility Advisory Committee for State Parks, drew broad support and passed unanimously. The committee also heard AB 514, which would encourage local water suppliers to develop emergency water supplies for drought and service interruptions; it passed with broad support, though one member cautioned against using scientific research as a loophole. AB 550 would let developers seek incidental take permits for species under consideration for listing, aimed at reducing delays for clean energy projects; environmental groups supported the goal but asked for clearer standards, limits on using research as mitigation, and a fee provision, and the bill passed as amended. AB 697 would authorize an incidental take permit for the State Route 37 interim project in Solano and Marin counties, balancing congestion relief and habitat restoration; supporters stressed long commutes and urgent restoration deadlines, while opponents raised climate, sea-level-rise, and tribal concerns. The bill passed, with some members noting they would continue to work on the measure. Other measures discussed included AB 975, which would give Sutter County a narrow, temporary exemption from streambed alteration agreements for certain damaged small bridges and culverts; county officials described repeated flood damage and long permitting delays, and the bill passed as amended. AB 1056 would phase out transferability of set gillnet permits after 2027, allowing only a final family transfer; supporters framed it as a gradual response to bycatch concerns, while fishing industry opponents said it would unfairly target an existing fishery and set a bad precedent. The committee also took up AB 1146, described by the author as a response to politically motivated water releases; supporters from conservation and water organizations backed the bill. Several bills were voted out to Appropriations, some were left open for later action or add-ons, and the committee repeatedly noted it was working through the agenda without a quorum early in the hearing.

Transcript Highlights:

• The effect of this bill, as I read it, and I've not studied the concerns of urban counties, and I love
• She suggested that an interim study on the issue may be needed.
• A 2022 study found that 4% of all registered persons in the U.S.
• The Justice Department for the last 20 years has published statistical analyses and studies, and what
• You can't use those studies, and in fact they're being used against people because they don't reliably

Bills: HB240

Keywords: tax exemption, farm products, ad valorem taxation, tax code, producer ownership

Summary: The subcommittee heard a series of county and regional government bills, with most measures left pending after testimony. HB 2097 would let counties that opt in give sheriff’s deputies an alternative appeal route for certain discipline cases through an independent hearing examiner instead of the Civil Service Commission. The author and a CLEET witness said it would be faster, cheaper, and fairer; questions focused on why the bill was needed and whether sheriffs could already use such a process. No opposition testified, and the bill was left pending. HB 4642 drew extensive testimony after the author said it was prompted by a death involving an out-of-state jail contract. The bill would require counties contracting with out-of-state jail facilities to include Texas-like jail standards and oversight provisions. The author, a former detainee held in Louisiana, his wife, and a Texas Jail Project advocate described poor conditions, lack of accountability, and multiple deaths of Texans housed out of state. The Texas Commission on Jail Standards director said five counties are currently housing 1,251 Texas inmates out of state, mostly because of staffing shortages, and said the bill would give the commission more authority and oversight. The bill was left pending. The committee also heard HB 4350, which would allow peace officers to request redaction of personal information from online real property records. Supporters said officers face retaliation risks and should have protections similar to judges and other officials; a title industry witness cautioned that redaction should not compromise the integrity of land records. The bill was left pending. HB 3687 would require county fire marshals in counties over 100,000 to meet specified training and certification standards, and HB 4105 and HB 4205 would give Harris County preferences in construction contracting and require pay parity for comparable law enforcement ranks within the county, respectively; all drew support from county officials and were left pending. HB 5403 would repeal a special rule requiring Dallas and Tarrant county sheriffs to get commissioners court approval for commissary disbursements, and it was also left pending. Later, HB 4462 would let elected county officials in large counties choose outside counsel in civil cases involving them, rather than relying solely on the county attorney. Supporters argued this would reduce conflicts of interest and protect officials’ reputations; questions centered on who qualifies and whether it could conflict with county interests. Finally, HB 240 would restore a five-member quorum requirement for Harris County tax levies, effectively requiring all commissioners to be present before a new tax rate can be adopted; supporters framed it as a taxpayer protection, while the Conference of Urban Counties opposed it as giving one member a de facto veto and potentially disrupting the budget process. Both bills were left pending.

Transcript Highlights:

• These facts studied here.
• As was said by a study in Texas Tech. students lose at least four to six months of learning when they
• Through my student teaching experience in my undergraduate. with studies, I quickly realized I needed
• But in 2018, a national study was done.
• A 2020 study by the Trevor Project found that.

Bills: SB451, SB762, SB1490, SB1262, SB1459, SB1750, SB1962, SB2252, SB2253, SB2365

Keywords: instructional materials, public schools, Education Code, adoption, rejected materials, local funds, open educational resources, Texas Education Code, school districts, open enrollment charter schools, funding restrictions, environmental regulation, business compliance, local authority, economic development, state preemption, local control, open education resources, SB 762, Texas public schools

Transcript Highlights:

• This aligns with both the current HRI tuition estimate methodology and a study that allows the legislature
• So the coordinating board conducted a study with all of the HEAF eligible institutions and they came
• The study was published in the New England...
• And if they come. come from there and they study in West Texas are likely to stay in West Texas.
• And she does not have much of a job. has to study until after 8 p.m. each night and she focuses what

Keywords: 1184, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• And this is one of the impacts of that study, but of other studies that have since occurred.
• And this is one of the impacts of that study, but of other studies that have since occurred.
• And this is one of the impacts of that study, but of other studies that have since occurred.
• And this is one of the impacts of that study, but of other studies that have since occurred.
• And this is one of the impacts of that study, but of other studies that have since occurred.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Across four years, that average is $54,760 for a term of study ending this year.
• She was just trying to study over at A&M.
• We do anticipate our most recent cost-to-service study... Making.
• A study that City of Fate does should not be a profit center.
• A study that City of Fate does should not be a profit center.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

Summary: The committee met to monitor implementation of several housing-related bills from the 89th session, with the chair emphasizing Texas’s housing shortage and the need to review land-use laws. For House Bill 24, witnesses from the Texas Public Policy Foundation, Reason Foundation, a church-affordable housing project, Habitat for Humanity, developers, and housing advocates said the bill’s higher protest threshold and simpler council override had reduced procedural barriers to rezoning, helped projects move forward, and supported lower rents and more multifamily development. Public testimony largely praised HB 24 as working as intended, and the chair noted it had passed the committee 6-1, the House 83-56, and the Senate unanimously. The committee then heard testimony on Senate Bill 1567, which preempted certain municipal occupancy limits based on unrelated-adult restrictions. Supporters, including Texas Public Policy Foundation, Texas Realtors, Texans for Housing, and Texas A&M student leaders, said the law improved clarity, reduced arbitrary local limits, and helped students and property owners use existing housing more efficiently. Opponents from College Station and Bryan-College Station neighborhood groups argued the law has encouraged investor purchases, tear-downs, and “stealth dorms,” displaced working-class residents, and harmed family homeownership. The chair noted SB 1567 had passed the committee 5-1, the House 101-19, and the Senate 30-1. The committee also reviewed Senate Bill 15, which reduced minimum lot sizes in covered jurisdictions. Ed Pinto of AEI said the law had already led to thousands of new small lots and lower-cost starter homes, while recommending expansion to more counties and broader application to attached housing. Other witnesses from builders, Pew, and housing advocates said smaller lots can increase affordability, but some cities, such as College Station and Grand Prairie, were adding local standards that could blunt the bill’s effect. City representatives from El Paso described how they implemented the law by reducing lot sizes and widths, while urging broader applicability to more of the city. The chair said SB 15 had passed the committee 7-0, the House 86-43, and the Senate 24-7. Finally, the committee began hearing testimony on Senate Bill 840, a by-right multifamily redevelopment measure. City officials from Garland and Plano described how they had updated local standards to comply while preserving design and setback rules, and said the bill could help redevelop built-out commercial corridors and add housing without expanding city footprints. The transcript ended as the committee continued taking testimony on SB 840.

Transcript Highlights:

• <00:28:44.240> This that there be an actuarial study.
• This that there be an actuarial study.
• Chair, Senator Pratt, I think the number that was in the Milliman study was based on SF 2, right?
• , versus the uh uh the actuarial study, versus the uh uh the actuarial study, which<01:01:25.440>
• <01:03:37.839> because information about that study because information about that study because

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• The second thing it did was it provided us an opportunity to study what kind of transactions they were
• c><01:11:25.199> to was it provided us a opportunity to was it provided us a opportunity to study
• what kind of trans transactions study what kind of trans transactions they<01:11:27.840> were
• Um what we learned from that<01:11:30.719> study<01:11:30.960> is<01:11:31.199> that
• is that um most of the that study is that um most of the virtual<01:11:32.960> currency<01:11

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The Hawaii State Senate Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection held an informational briefing on digital assets, blockchain, and related regulatory developments. Chair Jarrett Keohoko said the committee was focusing on national and state policy issues around digital assets, while leaving the separate issue of Bitcoin kiosks and fraud to the House Consumer Protection Committee, which had already noticed a similar briefing. No public testimony was taken; the session was for informational updates and member questions. Representatives from the Aptos Foundation, including JC Yun and Michael Cheng, gave a detailed presentation on blockchain basics and Aptos’s technology. They described blockchain as a tamper-resistant digital ledger, explained proof-of-work and proof-of-stake systems, and argued that proof-of-stake networks are faster, cheaper, and more environmentally friendly. They also emphasized smart contracts and potential uses beyond speculation, such as car titles, college transcripts, collectibles, digital IDs, real estate, and other tokenized assets. The presenters highlighted Aptos’s Hawaii connections and said the technology could help local residents and businesses participate in the digital economy. They cited adoption statistics, including billions of transactions on Aptos, tokenized money market funds from major financial firms, micro-lending applications, decentralized cloud infrastructure, and the rapid growth of stablecoins. They acknowledged concerns about scams and consumer protection, but argued that the answer is stronger regulation and education rather than avoiding the technology altogether.

Transcript Highlights:

• Studies shootin' families like a psycho, like Texans do. Should we blame the booze?
• It was used in clinical. studies published for children's chemo nausea care.
• I provided a list of studies that were handed out to you and after 20 years of study there is still today
• These are my testimonies and this is a study. I think there's something going on here.
• If there is a new study, we read it. When there's a new medication, product.

Bills: HB 28, SB 3

Keywords: hemp regulation, consumable products, cannabinoids, state health, youth protection, licensing fees, criminal offenses, HB28, public testimony, committee decorum, bill substitute, legislative process

Summary: The meeting featured significant discussions regarding HB28, where the chair outlined the plans to bring forward a substitute for the bill. The chair emphasized the importance of maintaining order and decorum during the proceedings. Members engaged in deliberations, and a number of public witnesses were invited to testify, thereby enriching the discussion around the bill. This interaction provided valuable insights into public sentiment regarding the issues at hand.

Transcript Highlights:

• A Brown University study reviewed this.
• Several studies how they make money.
• A groundbreaking 2014 study led by Dr.
• A groundbreaking 2014 study or drugs.
• <01:34:35.840> showing treatment at home with studies showing treatment at home with studies

Bills: HF2779, HF1645, HF1885, HF1289, HF1534, HF2707, HF1675, HF3046

Keywords: health care transparency, ownership disclosure, control reporting, health care consolidation, private equity, management services organization, MSO, provider organization, health insurer, pharmacy benefit manager, hospital system, affiliate reporting, financial disclosure, public reporting, market concentration, horizontal consolidation, vertical consolidation, health care ownership, corporate practice, health care regulation

Transcript Highlights:

• Those are the study committee reports, reports, reports, etc. Um, so good morning, Mr.
• 2018 those are the study 2018 those are the study committee committee committee reports reports
• For your information, in your binder there are two legislative study committee reports.
• For your information, in your binder there are two legislative study committee reports.
• committee testified to some study committee testified to some study committees<02:32:21.080>

Keywords: 1191, senate, all