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TX

Texas 89th Regular

89th Legislative Session Apr 28th, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Committee on State Affairs.
  • Committee on State Affairs.
  • Committee on State Affairs.
  • Committee on State Affairs.
  • On State Affairs.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

S/C on Juvenile Justice Apr 23rd, 2025

S/C on Juvenile Justice

Transcript Highlights:
  • When you call to testify, please make sure to state your name, who you are representing, and your position
  • Now judges are saying, "Okay, you guys aren't state approved anymore."
  • Can you state your name?
  • As a state, do we believe in redemption or don't we? But for the grace of God, there go I.
  • Well, let me say this: Section two adds Government Code 508.1441 and 508.1442.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Land & Resource Management Apr 17th, 2025 at 09:04 am

Land & Resource Management

Transcript Highlights:
  • state property.
  • state property.
  • I do that for this state. I do this for this state to show you how to expand these cemeteries.
  • So if you read Code Section 711, which is the Health and Safety Code, I'm...
  • from a Texas property code.
Summary: The committee heard testimony and took action on several land use, housing, municipal utility district, and cemetery-related bills. House Bill 447, dealing with transportation impact analysis requirements tied to MUD bond issuance, drew opposition from a witness who argued it would duplicate work, strain agency resources, and delay development; after the sponsor’s closing remarks, the committee substitute was withdrawn and the bill was left pending. Senate Bill 1202, on third-party review of home backup power installations, was substituted and reported favorably to the full House by a unanimous roll call. House Bill 2494, on disannexation for failure to provide municipal services, and House Bill 1835, removing barriers to HUD-code manufactured homes, were also substituted and reported favorably; HB 1835 passed on a 5-1 vote. Senate Bill 15, limiting lot size and density requirements in certain large municipalities, was substituted and reported favorably unanimously. The committee also heard House Bill 897, which would authorize the sale or long-term lease of two state-owned Austin properties used by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission and HHSC. The sponsor said the properties are in poor condition and that proceeds would benefit the state; after questions, the committee substitute was withdrawn and the bill was left pending. Several template MUD bills were then laid out, including HB 5652, HB 5654, HB 5661, and HB 5656, each creating or authorizing municipal utility districts in Montgomery or Fort Bend counties for water, wastewater, drainage, road, and recreational improvements. These bills drew limited testimony in support and were left pending without objection. A major portion of the meeting focused on House Bill 2673, which would repeal last session’s change allowing new cemeteries within certain distances of municipalities and restore the prior rule limiting cemetery placement near growing urban areas. The sponsor and supporters argued the 2023 change created unintended consequences, removed valuable taxable land from future use, and complicated city planning; opponents, including a funeral service industry representative, argued the current law gives communities local control and helps address cemetery land shortages. After extensive testimony, the bill was left pending. The committee also heard HB 4753, a bill allowing a property owner to use a municipal record showing a certificate of occupancy was issued when the original document is lost; it was left pending. Finally, HB 3680, a Cameron County-specific bill modifying subdivision/model rule procedures to reduce replatting burdens while preserving colonia protections, and HB 4812, clarifying that condominiums follow Chapter 82 of the Property Code rather than full subdivision platting, both received supportive testimony and were left pending.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Land & Resource Management Apr 17th, 2025 at 09:04 am

Land & Resource Management

Transcript Highlights:
  • state property.
  • I do that for this state. I do this for this state to show you how to expand these cemeteries.
  • “If you read Code Section 711, which is the Health and Safety Code, I mean, why have any sort of language
  • I mean, this is a state statute. Okay.
  • This is particularly true in Texas, where we lack a state-level technical building code review mechanism
Summary: The committee heard testimony on a series of land use, housing, and local government bills. House Bill 447, relating to TIA requirements for certain MUD bond issuances, drew opposition from a witness who argued it would duplicate work already done, strain agency resources, and delay development; after the author’s closing, the committee substitute was withdrawn and the bill was left pending. The committee then voted out Senate Bill 1202 (third-party review of home backup power installations), House Bill 2494 (disannexation for failure to provide services), House Bill 1835 (removing barriers to HUD co-manufactured homes), and Senate Bill 15 (lot size and density limits in certain municipalities), with House Bill 1835 receiving one no vote and the others passing unanimously. House Bill 897, authorizing sale or lease of two state-owned Austin properties, was laid out and left pending after brief questions and no public testimony. The committee also heard and left pending several MUD creation bills for Montgomery and Fort Bend counties, including House Bills 5652, 5654, 5661, and 5656, each presented as template district bills with local support and no opposition recorded at the table. A major portion of the meeting focused on House Bill 2673, which would restore prior restrictions on new cemeteries near growing urban areas by repealing changes made last session. Representative Lujan and supporters argued the current law created unintended consequences, including loss of developable land, tax-exempt property in urban cores, and conflicts with infrastructure planning; they said cities already have authority to establish their own cemeteries if needed. Opponents, including a funeral services industry representative, argued the 2023 change was intended to let communities decide and that the bill would take local decision-making backward. After extensive testimony from both sides, the bill was left pending. The committee also heard House Bill 3680, which would create a Cameron County-specific process allowing local discretion under the model subdivision rules. Supporters said the bill would preserve colonia protections while reducing costly platting and replatting burdens on families trying to sell or pass down land; county officials and realtors testified in favor. The bill was left pending after closing. House Bill 4812, a clarification to the Texas Uniform Condominium Act to prevent counties from imposing subdivision platting requirements on condominiums, received support from builders and a condominium attorney who said current county practices create duplicative hurdles and higher costs; it too was left pending. Finally, House Bill 5148, which would allow certain single-stair apartment buildings up to six stories, generated the most detailed policy debate. Supporters, including housing advocates and architects, said the bill would lower costs, improve unit design, and expand affordable, family-friendly housing while maintaining safety through sprinklers and other safeguards. Fire officials from Corpus Christi opposed the bill, warning that a single stairwell could hinder firefighting and occupant evacuation, especially if sprinklers fail or smoke spreads. The author said the bill was aimed at new construction only and was part of a broader effort to reduce outdated housing regulations; the committee substitute was withdrawn and the bill was left pending at adjournment.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Land & Resource Management Apr 17th, 2025

Land & Resource Management

Transcript Highlights:
  • state property.
  • If you read Code Section 711, which is the Health and Safety Code, why have any sort of language in there
  • I mean, this is a state statute. Okay.
  • from a Texas property code.
  • This is particularly true in Texas, where we lack a state-level technical building code review mechanism
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Land & Resource Management Apr 17th, 2025

Land & Resource Management

Transcript Highlights:
  • Folks, Texas State Association of Firefighters, thank you, Chair and committee members.
  • We are the state association, as I said, for emergency services districts.
  • We can see it in Nueces; we can see it all over the state.
  • I'm here speaking, as stated, in opposition to House Bill 3671.
  • State law ties other bond issues to procedural or financial benchmarks.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session May 9th, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • House Bill 1708, relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway 302 in.
  • Consistency needs to be applied throughout the state of Texas. And members...
  • Exemption for the cemetery under Section 11.17 of the Texas Tax Code.
  • , a state, municipal, or county agency, or another non-profit, to help to...
  • House Bill 3223 to State Affairs. House Bill 3395 to Jurisprudence.
Bills: SB111, SB128, SB203, SB205, SB261, SB383, SB393, SB397, SB466, SB510, SB705, SB715, SB731, SB748, SB801, SB867, SB876, SB913, SB945, SB946, SB1013, SB1071, SB1086, SB1087, SB1181, SB1250, SB1285, SB1373, SB1400, SB1444, SB1483, SB1528, SB1553, SB1556, SB1581, SB1586, SB1608, SB1698, SB1730, SB1835, SB1858, SB1903, SB1946, SB1950, SB1986, SB2017, SB2043, SB2056, SB2058, SB2063, SB2082, SB2105, SB2133, SB2137, SB2177, SB2203, SB2260, SB2311, SB2334, SB2337, SB2340, SB2403, SB2417, SB2446, SB2452, SB2460, SB2519, SB2532, SB2565, SB2611, SB2619, SB2622, SB2633, SB2637, SB2655, SB2681, SB2688, SB2713, SB2717, SB2764, SB2781, SB2782, SB2790, SB2794, SB2797, SB2841, SB2847, SB2857, SB2878, SB2891, SB2943, SB2955, SB2959, SB2972, SB2995, SB3037, SB3047, SB3057, SB3059, HJR2, HJR99, HB26, HB29, HB136, HB166, HB206, HB353, HB451, HB517, HB1399, HB1672, HB2000, HB2198, HB2756, HB3204, HB3248, SJR3, SB5, SB72, SB509, SB616, SB963, SB985, SB1025, SB1080, SB1143, SB1172, SB1245, SB1267, SB1271, SB1273, SB1355, SB1422, SB1759, SB1786, SB2361, SB1, SB260, SB1506, SB1637, SCR48, SB375, SB410, SB672, SB777, SB1373, SB1454, SB1586, SB1704, SB1854, SB1856, SB2165, SB2203, SB2342, SB2367, SB2452, SB2501, SB2520, SB2521, SB2538, SB2539, SB2703, SB2835, SB2903, SB2926, SB2959, SB2965, SB3029, HB22, HB1392, HB3093, HB3096, HCR6, HCR12, HCR29, HCR50, HCR55, HCR56, HCR58, HCR70, HCR71, HCR74, HCR78, HCR80, HCR107, HCR116, HCR117, SJR36, SJR50, SJR63, SCR12, SCR39, SCR48, SB2023, SB62, SB666, SB847, SB284, SB854, SB1073, SB810, SB1505, SB583, SB507, SB1434, SB1772, SB2016, SB1163, SB1122, SB731, SB397, SB508, SB1436, SB287, SB261, SB1882, SB393, SB1791, SB209, SB2429, SB511, SB2309, SB510, SB1085, SB1975, SB2717, SB1262, SB636, SB2056, SB884, SB1200, SB1845, SB2458, SB801, SB3014, SB3013, SB758, SB2797, SB2076, SB2876, SB1640, SB2538, SB1449, SB1181, SB1359, SB410, SB1234, SB2926, SB2972, SB2841, SB1856, SB1528, SB1373, SB672, SB2891, SB1854, SB317, SB2539, SB2532, SB1250, SB2082, SB2203, SB1285, SB1454, SB2520, SB1237, SB1586, SB2819, SB629, SB2342, SB2903, SB3029, SB375, SB777, SB2367, SB2703, SB2608, SB2965, SB2521, SB2165, SB2501, SB2452, SB2835, SB1602, SB1704, SB1723, SB1858, SB1946, SB2009, SB2177, SB2460, SB2785, SB867, SB1608, SB640, SB1698, SB705, SB748, SB2680, SB2994, SB2747, SB1950, SB913, SB1071, SB1086, SB1087, SB1483, SB1444, SB1553, SB1556, SB1703, SB2133, SB2297, SB2298, SB2622, SB2955, SB3059, SB2637, SB2334, SB1861, SB2043, SB1367, SB2857, SB128, SB3058, SB2044, SB2363, SB2311, SB1986, SB2565, SB2943, SB1888, SB2417, SB3048, SB3052, SB3053, SB3036, SB3057, SB3056, SB3043, SB3037, SB3050, SB3063, SB3047, SB3035, SB2446, SB466, SB2611, SB2794, SB2105, SB2017, SB1790, SB1778, SB1730, SB2995, SB2847, SB205, SB2619, SB1903, SB203, SB3061, SB1581, SB2600, SB2799, SB2790, SB2688, SB2515, SB1230, SB876, SB2522, SB2639, SB2137, SB2519, SB2403, SB2459, SB3051, SB2655, SB2251, SB2764, SB2878, SB1884, SB111, SB582, SB2617, SB1835, SB2751, SB2959, SB2063, SB1400, SB2058, SB2260, SB2928, SB1310, HJR99, HJR2, HJR1, HB1109, HB1392, HB22, HB3093, HB517, HB1130, HB1689, HB2018, HB2884, HB1393, HB2730, HB1399, HB1244, HB467, HB331, HB2559, HB26, HB166, HB353, HB2000, HB2756, HB3248, HB3513, HB3204, HB3135, HB3012, HB2763, HB2523, HB2457, HB2415, HB2198, HB2143, HB1708, HB1672, HB767, HB1327, HB2723, HB451, HB140, HB109, HB3096, HB206, HB1238, HB1089, HB2890, HB9, HB2081, HB4215, HB2970, HCR6, HCR12, HCR29, HCR50, HCR55, HCR56, HCR58, HCR70, HCR71, HCR74, HCR78, HCR80, HCR107, HCR116, HCR117, SB2566, SB2344, SB1897, SB1749, SB1361, SB2549, SB2553, HB37, HB1899, HB3809, HB334, HB554, HB1593, HB2607, HB3526, HB3810, HB5092, HB388, HB2809, HB1151, HB913
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

House Chamber - Thu Feb 12, 2026, 12:00PM HST - Day 14

Hawaii House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • generated and 2 um.4 4 billion in state generated and 2 um.4 4 billion in state tax<00:35:04.800
  • <01:03:14.079> clean rateayers, advances the state clean rateayers, advances the state clean
  • LG to the state actually come to bear. LG to the state actually come to bear.
  • Representative Alos, no vote. state should protect people, not profit state should protect people, not
  • I hope our state leads to poverty.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Transportation (Part II) Apr 9th, 2025

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • There's no state audit of this.
  • That's why the state has to be here. That's why there has to be state audits.
  • This is the state of Texas. This is the state of Texas. We're fact- and data-driven.
  • State your name. State your name for the record. You've got two minutes.
  • In the General Code of Operating Rules, which are the railroad's operating rules, it states that the
Summary: The Senate Transportation Committee reconvened on SB 2722, as substituted by Senator Bettencourt, which would redirect a portion of Harris County Toll Road Authority surplus revenues to the City of Houston and impose audit and tax-rate penalty provisions. Houston Police Chief Noe Diaz and Fire Chief Thomas Munoz testified in support, arguing that Houston bears a large share of toll-road public safety burdens, citing thousands of police and fire responses on toll-road property and the need for compensation for emergency services. Bill King, testifying neutrally, said the toll authority generates large excess revenues and urged stronger oversight and clearer controls on how the money is spent. Opponents, including Harris County officials, business and neighborhood representatives, and toll-road critics, argued the bill would divert transportation dollars, create a precedent for taking toll revenues for general municipal use, and could worsen project delivery and incentives; several also questioned the accuracy and interpretation of the revenue figures and the lack of comparable audit requirements for the city. The committee took extensive testimony but left SB 2722 pending without a vote. The committee then heard SB 2129, which would increase fines for motorists who disregard railroad crossing gates or flaggers, and SB 2323, which would redact railroad crew members’ personal information from public accident reports. Both bills were presented as safety measures, with railroad labor testimony in support, and both were left pending after brief public testimony. The committee also heard SB 2141, a Zaffirini bill concerning specialty license plates for judges, with the substitute aimed at reducing security risks by changing how judges are identified on plates; it too was left pending. Finally, the committee heard SB 2439, another Zaffirini bill, described as a TDLR cleanup measure related to ATV and off-highway vehicle safety certification. The bill would abolish the current training and certification program, which supporters said was burdensome and underused given the small number of approved instructors statewide. With no significant opposition on the record, the committee closed testimony and left SB 2439 pending as well.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Education K-16 (Part II) May 8th, 2025

Education K-16

Transcript Highlights:
  • Please state your name. Pull the mic close to you.
  • State your name whether you're on, for or against the bill.
  • The, the state proposal is more strict than the federal one.
  • Codifying this type of injunction into state law is unnecessary and.
  • Members, during his state of the state address, Governor Abbott identified the expansion of career training
Bills: HB6, HB120, HB210
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Ways & Means Mar 17th, 2025

Ways & Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • Of the remaining states, 35 states use destination sourcing and four states have no sales tax.
  • The tax code? The government code? The government code? Hey, it's a state law.
  • The city, the state... ...collects state taxes and local sales taxes together.
  • And the other states, you know, only 11 states.
  • Districts across the state. There are not many in the urban areas of the state.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Texas has important flyways that occur across the state.
  • If each of you would state your name and whom you represent.
  • It will help wildlife in the state of Texas.
  • Texas is a big state, and it's just common sense that some areas of the state should be avoided.
  • natural resources code.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session Aug 7th, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • affirmative defense to prosecution for certain victims of trafficking of persons or prostitution to state
  • and administration of, and practices and procedures related to proceedings in the judicial branch of state
  • And Mental Health Services, the powers of the Texas Supreme Court, and jurors to state affairs.
Bills: SB8, SB10, SB16, SB8
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Ways & Means Apr 7th, 2025

Ways & Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • There's billions in value to the state of Texas.
  • Are there other states that do this right now?
  • These revenues or rebates include the state sales tax, state hotel occupancy tax, and the state mixed
  • sales taxes and state hotel occupancy taxes.
  • sales taxes, state hotel occupancy taxes, and state mixed beverage taxes for 30 years.
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Natural Resources Mar 12th, 2025

Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • may hear testimony claiming this bill's requirements are more stringent than requirements in this code
  • The state is poised to do another $2.5 billion this session.
  • I know we're affecting a couple of different chapters of Water code.
  • investments to the tune of billions of dollars in water infrastructure, and many districts across the state
  • Um, I'm, I pulled up the, um, the government code just to see, you know, what other provisions are there
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Natural Resources Mar 12th, 2025

Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • The common county is one of the fastest-growing counties in the United States.
  • Is a statewide group that represents over 750 water districts throughout state of Texas.
  • , state laws.
  • We appreciate your service to the state. Next, the chair calls Diana Miller.
  • Does the state legislature want to mandate something and be responsible for it?
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Natural Resources Mar 12th, 2025

Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • You may hear testimony claiming this bill's required and so are more. than requirements in this code
  • The state is poised to do another 2.5 billion dollars. billion dollars this session.
  • We're affecting a couple of different chapters of water code.
  • investments to the tune of billions. of dollars in water infrastructure, and many districts across the state
  • I'm I pulled up the the government code just to see you know What other provisions are there that may