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• specific piece of legislation would only affect the licensed investment advisors governed by this chapter
• licensed investment advisors governed<00:49:13.400> by<00:49:13.520> this<00:49:13.680> chapter
• governed by this chapter. governed by this chapter.
• have already passed similar legislation, including Utah, Indiana, North Dakota, Idaho, Nevada, and Texas

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Summary: The House convened with 98 members present, declared a quorum, approved the prior journal, and received Senate concurrence requests on Senate Bills 263, 281, and 324. The chamber then moved through second readings and committee reports on a range of measures, including education, agriculture, banking and insurance, judiciary, licensing, and task force resolutions. Among the reported bills were measures on KEES scholarships for non-certified schools, a residential safe room rebate program, dual credit scholarships, impeding a first responder, motor vehicles, tallow-based cosmetic products, animal health emergencies, mortgage loan income limits, deferred deposit fees, child protection, Attorney General operations, corrections operations, school leadership, school transportation, advanced mathematics coursework, and task forces on charitable gaming and early childhood education governance. The House passed House Bill 642, a Teachers' Retirement System housekeeping bill, after adopting House Committee Substitute 1. The sponsor said the bill updates survivor benefit documentation, raises the daily earnings limit for retired members returning to work from $170 to $200, removes an unused early-return provision, reinstates a pension waiver program, clarifies benefit tier calculations using an earlier participation date in another state system, and allows a parent member to manage payments for a disabled child without a court order. Members asked about substitute teaching limits, retirement penalties, budget impact, and a removed provision involving index funds; the sponsor said he would follow up on the day limits and stated he did not believe the bill would add to unfunded liability. The bill passed 96-0. The House also passed House Bill 780 on recording commissioner’s deeds, after adopting a floor amendment that removed fines and penalties. The bill allows a city to petition circuit court if a deed is not recorded within 30 business days, and the court may compel filing and award costs and attorney’s fees. Members discussed whether the bill effectively created a lawsuit-based enforcement mechanism rather than a fine, and supporters said it would help local governments identify responsible property owners and address code enforcement and public safety issues. The bill passed 96-0. House Bill 541, concerning peace officers, also passed after a committee substitute; the sponsor said it cleans up Kentucky Law Enforcement Council procedures, strengthens certification standards, clarifies revocation language, and reflects input from law enforcement groups. It passed 95-0. House Bill 195, the Kentucky Urban Youth Agriculture Initiative, passed after a committee substitute and floor amendment. The substitute added Kentucky State University Cooperative Extension alongside UK Cooperative Extension, and the floor amendment changed the pilot’s implementation date to January 1, 2027 and adjusted the program’s term timing. Supporters said the bill would expand urban agriculture education, connect youth to food systems and career pathways, and help students in urban counties learn practical agricultural skills; it passed 97-0. The House then took up House Bill 794 on financial exploitation, which expands protections to all adults age 65 and older, adds felony penalties for knowingly, wantonly, or recklessly exploiting those adults, allows the attorney general to seek extradition from another state, and requires investment advisers to complete three hours of continuing education on financial exploitation. Members cited real-world scam experiences and urged stronger penalties, but the bill passed 96-0.

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• bill also clarifies that foreclosure sales must be conducted according to the statutory process in Chapter
• Texas contemplated requiring photo IDs, but found that there were way too many barriers to this requirement
• the appointment process and authority of the Auditor General, and makes several changes relating to Chapter
• appointment process, and authority of the Auditor General, and makes several changes relating to Chapter
• 216. and authority of the Auditor General and make several changes relating to Chapter 216.

Bills: S0006, S0026, S0206, S0532, S0576, S1012, S1110, S1178, S1192, S1758, S1760, S7046, S7048

Keywords: child welfare, negligence, settlement, injury compensation, Department of Children and Families, motorcycle accident, compensation, Department of Transportation, legal claim, autism, autism spectrum disorder, ASD, special education, exceptional student education, ESE, teacher preparation, educator certification, micro-credential, loan forgiveness, student loan repayment

Summary: The Appropriations Committee met and considered a large agenda of bills, reporting several measures favorably. Early action included SB 6, a settled claim bill involving the Department of Children and Families and the estate of Leila Estrada and Sapphire Williams, which was approved for $3.8 million. The committee also passed a cybersecurity internships bill creating a Department of Commerce program with Cyber Florida, and SB 532, which lets clerks of court retain the full amount of certain excess revenue and clarifies foreclosure-sale procedures. Veterans housing measures, CS for CS for SB 1602 and SB 1604, were approved to create a pilot program and a related trust fund for vacancy relief and risk mitigation for veteran housing. The committee also favorably reported SB 1110 on Medicaid and insurance coverage for orthotics and prosthetics, with emotional testimony from a student and family describing the high cost and importance of activity-specific prosthetics. Members also approved CS for CS for SB 1012 after adopting an amendment that removed inmate emergency and specialty medical service compensation provisions while retaining changes to the contractor-operated institutions inmate welfare trust fund. Another bill, CS for CS for SB 1614, was narrowed by a delete-all amendment to focus on limiting the use of excess fees for new building construction by local governments. All of these measures were reported favorably after brief debate, with some support testimony submitted in writing or waived. The most extensive discussion centered on CS for CS for SB 17, a major Medicaid and public assistance overhaul. The bill would create a Joint Legislative Committee on Medicaid Oversight, allow the Legislature to retain its own actuary, tighten Medicaid program oversight, update encounter-data reporting, set performance standards for managed care plans, revise pharmacy benefit manager rules, and require DCF to implement SNAP fraud-reduction and payment-accuracy reforms, including photo IDs on EBT cards and updated work requirements. It also would direct agencies to seek federal waivers for Medicaid work requirements for able-bodied adults and expanded behavioral health services. After lengthy questioning and testimony, the committee adopted amendments adding a transitional medical benefits glide path for people who gain employment and later lose Medicaid eligibility, and exempting hospice patients with six months or less to live. Supporters argued the bill would improve accountability, reduce fraud, and save money, while opponents warned it would create administrative burdens, increase paperwork, and cause eligible people to lose coverage or food assistance. The committee ultimately reported the bill favorably as amended.

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• the National Alliance to End Sexual Violence, the Louisiana Foundation Against Sexual Assault, the Texas
• Kenya Corrie, National Waste and Recycling Association, Florida Chapter, waiving in support.
• So revisions in this bill clarify that Chapter 721, Florida Statutes, which govern timeshares and have
• The department is proposing changes to several sections of Chapter 943 to remove obsolete statutes and
• We have Bobby Smith, representing the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, waving in support. of Chapter

Summary: The committee met and first reported favorably CS for SB 1782, which creates a new offense for dangerous excessive speeding, with support noted from the Orange County Sheriff’s Office and the Florida PBA. It also reported favorably CS for SB 306, which addresses Medicaid managed care provider network access by requiring after-hours and holiday appointment availability and a minimum level of primary care participation. CS for SB 716, imposing mandatory minimum sentences for certain sexual offenses committed by registered sex offenders or predators, and CS for SB 1084, expanding protections against non-consensual dissemination of intimate images and digitally forged intimate images, were also approved. The committee then approved CS for CS for SB 1604, a corrections package that would require prepayment of court costs for certain inmate lawsuits, shorten the limitations period for confinement-condition claims, allow consecutive sentencing in some cases, and revise mental health treatment procedures in correctional settings. Members discussed constitutional concerns and access-to-courts issues, but the bill was reported favorably. CS for CS for SB 1804, which creates a capital offense for trafficking a child 12 or younger or a mentally incapacitated person for sexual exploitation, drew extensive debate and opposition from the Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops, the Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and Floridaans for Alternatives to the Death Penalty; despite objections about constitutionality and ethics, it was reported favorably. The committee also approved CS for SB 1838, expanding protections for court officials against tampering, harassment, and retaliation, and CS for CS for SB 890, the Emily Adkins Family Protection Act, which creates a statewide VTE registry and requires blood clot screening and training in hospitals and care facilities. Members and public witnesses spoke in strong support of the blood clot bill, including family members and survivors. Finally, the committee reported favorably CS for SB 1252, directing FDLE to study a statewide pawn data database, CS for SB 468, increasing penalties for fleeing or eluding law enforcement and allowing vehicle impoundment, CS for SB 490, expanding off-duty concealed carry eligibility for correctional officers and correctional probation officers, and CS for SB 572, the Pam Rock Act on dangerous dogs, which was amended to refine enclosure, confiscation, euthanasia, and insurance requirements.

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• It creates the Texas Advanced Nuclear Energy Office within the governor's office.
• It creates the Texas Advanced Nuclear Development Fund as a dedicated account in general revenue.
• . infrastructure, both the development and deployment of nuclear energy in the state of Texas.
• It creates the Texas Advanced Nuclear Energy Office within the governor's office.
• It creates the Texas Advanced Nuclear Development Fund as a dedicated account in general revenue.

Summary: The Senate Committee on Business and Commerce met with a quorum and took up a long list of House bills as pending business, voting to report many of them favorably to the full Senate. Bills reported favorably included HB 705, 1094, 2037, 3005, 3112, 3320, 3388, 3516, 3923, 4134, 4214, 4233, 4350, 4559, 4748, 4765, 5093, 5129, and 5196, with several also recommended for the local and uncontested calendar. Some measures were reported with committee substitutes, including HB 3516, HB 3848, HB 4211, and HB 14. HB 2488 and HB 3320 had some dissenting votes, while most other bills were approved unanimously or near-unanimously. The committee spent the most time on HB 14, which Senator Schwertner explained would create the Texas Advanced Nuclear Energy Office in the governor’s office and the Texas Advanced Nuclear Development Fund. The substitute would appropriate $350 million this biennium for reimbursement-based grants to support nuclear generation, supply chain development, pre-construction work, and construction-stage costs, with approval from the lieutenant governor, speaker, and governor. Senators Menendez and Nichols asked clarifying questions about whether the program involved grants rather than loans, how reimbursable grants would work, and who would evaluate applications; Schwertner said the program was modeled on the Enterprise Fund and that the grants would not be loans. After the committee had recessed, Senator Zaffirini asked to change her no votes on HB 4211 and HB 4233 to ayes so those bills could be placed on the local and uncontested calendar, while still registering no votes there. Senator Kolkhorst similarly asked to change her vote on HB 2488 to an aye for calendar purposes, while preserving her no vote. The committee then recessed again after completing its actions on the bills before it.

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• HB 3487 by John Hunter relates to the owners of restaurants that purchased Texas farm-raised oysters,
• HB 3496 by Tom Oliverson relating to the authority of the Texas Department of Insurance to publish a
• HB 3522 by Angela Holt relating to the labeling and sale of Texas honey, referred to the Committee on
• HB 3526 by Lyle Larson relating to the North Texas Groundwater Conservation District for the Committee
• HCR 117 by Todd Hunter designates Port Aransas as the Official Fishing Capital of Texas for a 10-year

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• infused into Texas politics. Mr. infused into Texas politics. Mr.
• It reads, “If the state of Texas fails to rectify the racial gerrymandering of Texas 9, Texas 18, Texas
• “If the state of Texas fails to rectify the racial gerrymandering of Texas 9, Texas 18, Texas 29, and
• Born in 1925 in Green, Texas, 28th. Born in 1925 in Green, Texas, Texas,<00:50:42.960> Mr.
• Texas is recognized. Texas is recognized.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Wednesday, July 23, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• Speaker: In accordance with the proclamation of the Honorable Greg Abbott, Governor of Texas, I call
• families for their sacrifice, their willingness to serve their communities and all of the citizens of Texas
• And now to the great state of Texas. Honor the Texas flag.
• I pledge allegiance to thee, Texas, one state under God, one and indivisible.
• Clerk: To all to whom these presents shall come, I, Greg Abbott, Governor of the State of Texas, by the

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• A bill that will further help address the maternal mortality and morbidity crisis in Texas.
• HB 2140 would add two new Seats to the current composition of the Texas Maternal Mortality and Morbidity
• , for which I am a board member, and the Maternal Health Equity Collaborative here in Central Texas.
• Texas.
• Mam and Sam with the Texas Medical Association, and so for the bill. Did I finally get that right?

Bills: HB2140, HB2610, HB3121, HB3339

Keywords: maternal health, mortality review, health committee, obstetrics, public health, Medicaid, cancer treatment, healthcare reimbursement, physical therapy, dental services, protheses, compression garments, mortality, morbidity, doula services, disparities, Black women, maternal mortality, health disparities, socioeconomic status

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• jurisdiction reforms have significantly influenced the patterns of growth throughout the state of Texas
• Watson and on behalf of yourself and the Parker County Emergency Services District Number One and Texas
• The way Texas is growing from Harrison, Montgomery County over to Bayer County up I-35 and I-45 to the
• OK, go ahead, Trevor Stokes, Texas State Association of Firefighters.
• You've seen fire chiefs, leaders of the organization, Texas Fire Chiefs Association, along with safety

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• Today, it is still protecting South Texas.
• Jenna Ellinger, who was the mother of Jake Ellinger of Texas. Mrs.
• He played football at the University of Texas.
• Before this law there were no Texas state murder charges.
• Have you spoken with others in Texas?

Keywords: Coast Guard, maritime drug enforcement, illegal drugs, fentanyl crisis, legislative reforms, public testimony

Summary: The meeting of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation addressed critical issues surrounding maritime drug enforcement and the Coast Guard's role in stopping the influx of illegal drugs. The chairman highlighted the alarming consequences of current policies allowing drugs to cross borders, emphasizing the need for legislative reforms, such as the Coast Guard Reauthorization Act of 2025. There was an intense discussion regarding the operational challenges faced by the Coast Guard, which has recently made significant drug seizures, indicating progress but also revealing gaps that need addressing. Several witnesses, including victims of the drug crisis, shared their compelling testimonies, which underscored the urgency for stricter controls and comprehensive support for law enforcement agencies involved in drug interdiction efforts.

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• Currently, we do use this tool in other states right now, in Texas, for example.
• for example we states right now in Texas for example we are<00:04:53.400> using<00:04:53.720>
• when we found out that it wasn't just a Texas thing.
• Well, they hadn't hardened the grid in Texas, I guess.
• Well, they hadn't hardened the grid in Texas, I guess.

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• I'm Guy Herman, presiding statutory probate court judge here in the state of Texas.
• of elder abuse in Texas, up from 60,000 cases reported in 2022.
• Get the Texas Rangers to investigate the probate mafia.
• I'm about to get the Texas DPS to come remove you from the committee room. You're excused.
• Members, this is Senator Hughes's bill relating to the writ power of the Texas Supreme Court.

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• This is the highest honor a chapter can achieve, marking This honor is a chapter can achieve, marking
• In my home state of Minnesota, FFA has 15,000 members and 220 chapters, as well as 97 alumni chapters
• , as well as 97 members and 220 chapters, as well as 97 alumni<00:18:02.240> chapters.
• This is just a new chapter.
• This is just a new chapter.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, February 24, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• Of the governor to veto a bill passed by both houses of the Texas legislature to state affairs, SJR 39
• relating to the surcharge for the disposal and the remittance for the storage of certain waste at the Texas
• Senate Bill 737 by Menendez relating to the duties of the Texas Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Review
• Senate Bill 764 by Zafaini relating the procedure for a hearing by the Texas Department of Licensing
• to water, agriculture, and rural affairs, Senate Bill 769 by Menendez relating to a report by the Texas

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• We thank you, Father, for the wonderful state of Texas, our good governor, and for every one of our legislators
• Please join me in the pledge of allegiance to the United States and the State of Texas.
• Honor the Texas flag. I pledge allegiance to thee, Texas, one state under God, one and indivisible.
• You know, with that, just, uh, I'm incredibly grateful for y'all and for the people of Texas that have
• Um, just a true testament to how wonderful the people of Texas are.

Summary: The House convened with a quorum present, heard an invocation and pledges, and approved a series of member excuses for absences without objection. The main business of the meeting was a memorial recognition focused on the deadly Kerr County flooding and related damage in nearby counties, with members expressing sympathy for the victims and gratitude for first responders, volunteers, churches, nonprofits, and neighbors who have been assisting affected families. Representative Virdell reported that 108 people had been recovered dead in Kerr County, with 2 still missing, and said recovery and rebuilding would take years. He thanked colleagues for their support and said efforts were underway to find ways to help prevent a similar tragedy in the future. Representative Tross Claire echoed those remarks, describing widespread home destruction, the lack of flood insurance for many residents, and ongoing volunteer opportunities, including work in Burnet County through the Arc of Highland Lakes. No legislation was debated or voted on during the session. After the memorial remarks and a moment of silence, the House adjourned on motion of Mr. King until 10:00 a.m. Monday.

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• Texas school districts and charter schools offer diverse CTE programs designed to equip students with
• 1876 seeks to establish a career and technical education reporting grant program administered by the Texas
• Additionally, we believe it is equally important that those becoming Texas teacher certified in areas
• We We show you registered as Robin Painovich on behalf of Career and Technical Association of Texas,
• How's this gonna affect the, the, the So I work for the Texas Education Agency.

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• Prosecutor who has seen almost every type of crime here in Texas.
• I just want to thank you on behalf of the people of the state of Texas. Appreciate that.
• Every day Texas peace officers put their lives on the line to protect our communities.
• Texas stands with its law enforcement.
• Um, and it makes it clear that fake or real child exploitation is unacceptable in Texas.

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• The gentleman from Texas is recognized. >> Mr.
• THE GENTLEMAN FROM TEXAS IS RECOGNIZED. >> MR.
• The gentleman from Texas reserves the balance of his time.
• The Chair now recognizes the gentleman from Texas. >> Mr.
• The gentleman from Texas is recognized. >> Mr.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, February 23, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• We show you registered as Clifford Porter on behalf of the Texas Public Policy Foundation and yourself
• Uh, so I'm the senior fellow for healthcare at the Texas Public Policy Foundation, whom I represent.
• Called Texas Direct Medical Care. So this is an excellent bill.
• Representative Bryant, has the TMA weighed in on this, Texas Medical Association? They have.
• Texas ranks number one amongst all states for a population of living veterans.

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• Thank you, Lord, for the opportunity to be here in front of everyone from Texas and representing everyone
• in Texas.
• Carolyn Fairley of Potter County to lead us in the Pledges of Allegiance to the United States and Texas
• Please join me for the Texas flag. Honor the Texas flag. Honor the Texas flag.
• I pledge allegiance to the Texas flag.

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