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• Texas is doing this in a neighboring state. So this is basically just ballot language.
• I'm here from Dallas, Texas, on behalf of my late brother, Trey Carlock, who's the namesake of Senate
• I only saw the NDA he signed for the first time in September 2025 after Texas passed Trey's Law, making
• I'm here from Dallas, Texas, on behalf of my late brother, Trey Carlock, who's the namesake of Senate
• I only saw the NDA he signed for the first time in September 2025 after Texas passed Trey's law, making

Summary: The Civil Law Committee met on May 5, 2026, and first considered House Bill 165 by Representative Abear, a constitutional amendment to dedicate $500,000 annually from lottery proceeds to a veterans service grant fund. The committee adopted a technical amendment removing “up to,” approved the 6.8A report, and reported the bill with amendments without objection. The committee then heard Senate Bill 185 by Senator Presley, which would make nondisclosure agreements in civil settlements involving child sexual abuse victims against public policy and unenforceable. Senator Presley and Elizabeth Phillips testified in support, describing the bill as part of the “Trey’s Law” movement to prevent survivors from being silenced. Additional supportive testimony came from Gillian Edwards Coburn, and committee members discussed how NDAs work in civil cases and the need to protect children’s ability to speak. The bill was reported favorably without objection. Next, the committee considered Senate Bill 77 by Senator Miller, a Law Institute measure on the effects of leases of movable property. Testimony explained that the bill is intended to protect good-faith lessees of items such as heavy equipment when a merchant leasing the property lacks authority to do so. The bill was reported favorably without objection. The committee also heard Senate Bill 140 by Senator Miller, which clarifies that multiple successions may be handled in the same proceeding when jurisdiction is proper. Members discussed the cost and efficiency benefits for families, and the bill was reported favorably without objection. Finally, the committee took up House Bill 603 by Representative Wright, a constitutional amendment authorizing state investment in digital assets and precious metals. Members questioned whether the language could include Bitcoin and how such investments would be monitored, with the sponsor saying implementation would be handled later by statute and public officials. The committee adopted the 6.8A report and then voted 5-3 to report the bill favorably. The meeting then adjourned.

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• Texas has done this, and some other states have as well, so...
• We would be joining a multistate coalition, including Texas, to try to develop this research.
• Our organization, Americans for Again, was founded by Governor Rick Perry from Texas.
• They would coordinate with the state of Texas and those others that are passing this legislation.
• There are several states currently pushing the same exact language: Texas, Florida, Georgia, Arkansas

Bills: HB3767, HB3934, HB4199, HB4336, HB2947, HB3834, HB4302, HB4095, HB3287, HB3649, HB4430, HB4431, HB2059, HB3647

Keywords: dentistry, licensing, dental hygiene, foreign-trained dentists, temporary license, public health, emergency response, child care, workforce, pilot program, affordable care, income eligibility, interventional pain management, pain management clinic, chronic pain, acute pain, spinal injections, epidural steroid injection, peripheral nerve block, nerve ablation

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• At the same time, we've got Arizona at 39, Colorado at 42, and Texas at 53.
• Superintendent, in Arizona, Colorado, or Texas, what are the differences?
• Arizona, Colorado, or Texas. What are the differences?
• They do have caps, but I think one of the main issues, if you look at Texas, Texas has corporate practice
• So what you see, that's a difference between Texas and Colorado or Texas and New Mexico, is that New

Bills: SB41, SB153, SB165, SB261, SB264

Keywords: sexual crimes, statute of limitations, criminal justice, victim rights, child abuse, procurement, contracting, small business, local government, disaster recovery, emergency procurement, certification, public spending, juvenile justice, delinquency, rehabilitation, community corrections, risk assessment, public safety, health regulations

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• After basic training at Camp Hood, Texas, Dr.
• After basic training at Camp Hood, Texas, Dr.
• After basic training at Camp Hood, Texas, Dr.
• After basic training at Camp Hood, Texas, Dr.
• After basic training at Camp Hood, Texas, Dr.

Keywords: 912, senate, all

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• Also, a grant program for school district local accountability plans and actions challenging the Texas
• There's just individual language where there's one research security officer for Texas Southern, one
• for council member four in Texas, and universal system.
• Members, the bill relates to student union building fees at the University of Texas at El Paso.
• Members, this bill relates to the creation of the Texas Commission on Teacher Job Satisfaction and Retention

Summary: The Senate Committee on Education K-16 met with a quorum and considered a long agenda of education-related bills, mostly from the House and several taken up in lieu of Senate measures. Early action included House Bill 27 on personal financial literacy for high school students, which was reported favorably and sent to the local and uncontested calendar. The committee also advanced House Bill 4 on public school accountability and assessment, House Bill 4687 on liability and immunity for certain charter school campuses or programs, House Bill 2598 on school psychologists, House Bill 3629 barring registered sex offenders from serving on ISD boards, House Bill 824 adding civics instruction to high school government curriculum, and House Bill 4236 creating a task force to review the comptroller’s school district property value study. Most of these bills were reported out unanimously or near-unanimously and several were certified for the local and uncontested calendar. The committee also heard and advanced higher education and school governance measures, including House Bill 127 on protecting public higher education from foreign adversaries and trade secret theft; members adopted a committee substitute after explanation that it revised the Research Security Council, clarified definitions, adjusted gift restrictions, and removed redundant procurement language. House Bill 4361 on timely emergency notifications at public institutions of higher education, House Bill 1868 on studying dual credit funding and workforce capacity, House Bill 718 on restricting certain private partnerships for student housing, House Bill 4848 on competency-based/work-based/degree programs at public institutions, House Bill 2853 on student union building fees at UTEP, House Bill 100 on instructional materials adoption, and House Bill 2243 creating the Texas Commission on Teacher Job Satisfaction and Retention were also reported favorably, with House Bill 2853 drawing one no vote. One bill was held pending further clarification: House Bill 1105, concerning tuition and lab fee exemptions for certain paramedics, after a member raised questions about whether the exemption already exists and whether the bill merely clarifies coverage for EMS first responders. The committee also discussed House Bill 100 as a companion to Senate Bill 451 and noted that House Bill 27 and House Bill 127 were being used in lieu of Senate bills. Overall, the committee reported most measures favorably, often by unanimous vote, and several were placed on the local and uncontested calendar.

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• 14 by Representative Cody Harris seeks to advance the development of a nuclear energy industry in Texas
• It creates the Texas Advanced Nuclear Energy Office within the governor's office.
• It also establishes the Texas Advanced Nuclear Development Fund.
• structured as low-interest loans, 3% loans for entities qualified through an application process for the Texas
• that is either developing or deploying nuclear supply chain or nuclear technology in the state of Texas

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

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• about this historic legacy level of funding, and all the great things that will come from this for Texas
• With 56% of teachers that were hired last year for Texas public schools being uncertified, we're creating
• and this bill significantly stands for them, not just for the biennium, but from here forward, as a Texas
• I just want to thank you, and I think you just articulated so well what everybody in Texas knows is your
• It's going to make a huge difference, and we just want to thank you from South Texas. Thank you.

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

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• Immediately, the state of Texas put into play, and I mean, of course, they've got The land mass that
• Texas was Very clear, our labor market has to have more options.
• And sometimes Texas can overlook the kindness aspect of things with big business.
• Texas has the most successful deferred prosecution program, which is the largest with the best outcome
• We've gotten one in Texas.

Keywords: 914, all

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• So here in California, unlike Texas and some of these Republican-led states, we respect the people.
• These maps will be used through the 2030 congressional term only, and only if Texas and other states
• And I think we heard yesterday a lot of why California would respond to what Texas is doing.
• Their excuse is Texas is doing it. That's not leadership. It's abandoning our principles.
• I'm from Texas. I know what happens there, and they're not listening to the people.

Summary: The Assembly Appropriations Committee met on August 20, 2025, and considered a large number of bills, with most of the discussion centered on election redistricting and several health, labor, environmental, and government-operations measures. The first major item was ACA 8, a constitutional amendment tied to a proposed November special election and temporary mid-decade congressional redistricting in response to partisan redistricting efforts in other states. Supporters, including Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California, a 2020 redistricting commissioner, labor groups, and allies of the measure, argued it was necessary to defend democracy, protect representation, and respond to federal actions affecting California. Opponents, including Assemblymember Tom Lackey reading a statement for Assemblymember Gallagher and Assemblymember Dixon, argued the measure would undermine the independent redistricting commission, amount to a partisan power grab, and cost taxpayers roughly $230 million. Committee members also focused heavily on fiscal questions, including litigation costs and county election funding, and Department of Finance staff said counties would be made whole and funding would be advanced. The committee ultimately voted the measure out on a B roll call. The committee then heard SB 280, the implementing bill for the special election and related redistricting process. Supporters repeated the argument that California needed to respond to Texas and other states, while opponents again emphasized the cost, the strain on county budgets, and the state’s broader fiscal pressures. Department of Finance witnesses said the election funding would be provided in advance and that the state would work with counties and the Secretary of State. The bill was moved out on a roll call after extended debate. The committee also advanced several other bills, including SB 283 on battery storage safety standards, SB 470 extending remote participation and open-meeting flexibility for state boards and commissions, SB 697 modernizing stream adjudication procedures, SB 513 requiring more accessible employee training records, SB 30 restricting transfer of older diesel locomotives, SB 841 and SB 81 creating protections for vulnerable facilities and health care spaces from immigration enforcement, SB 358 revising traffic impact fee standards, and SB 630 streamlining state parks land acquisitions. Other measures discussed included SB 62 expanding health coverage benefits, SB 68 requiring restaurant allergen disclosures, and the committee heard both support and opposition on SB 68 from the California Restaurant Association and consumer advocates. Supporters of the health and immigrant-protection bills emphasized patient safety, reproductive health, immigrant rights, and access to care, while opponents on the restaurant bill warned of added mandates and litigation risk for small businesses. Across the hearing, committee members frequently returned to fiscal impacts, county implementation burdens, and whether the bills would save money, cost money, or shift costs to local governments. Several bills were reported out of committee, often on A or B roll calls, with some members not voting on particular measures.

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• Amtrak operates it, but we pay for it in a partnership with Texas as a state-supported route.
• Texas pays something just less than that.
• You know, Texas had that problem last year.
• Texas did not fund last year. You said someone else Stepped up.
• Is Texas gonna continue to fund their part of the deal?

Keywords: 914, all

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• And some of this money was used to send Florida law enforcement to the Texas.
• and paying for that to help patrol the border in Texas.
• for that to help patrol the border in Texas.
• Texas has gotten a billion. How much have we gotten?
• Here's the problem: Texas is in much more, most favored nation status in Florida.

Summary: The committee took up four bills before moving to a broader discussion of the Emergency Preparedness and Response Trust Fund. SB 434, which would prohibit counties from increasing a home’s assessed value because the owner installed wind mitigation measures, was presented as a homeowner protection measure and reported favorably. CS/SB 110, clarifying that certain 98-year-or-longer residential leaseholders remain eligible for the homestead exemption even if the lease ends at death, was also reported favorably without opposition. SB 856, requiring online real estate listing platforms to display estimated ad valorem taxes using prescribed calculation methods and not the current owner’s tax bill, drew supportive testimony from property appraisers, Zillow, and local government groups; members emphasized transparency for buyers, especially first-time homebuyers, and the bill was reported favorably. The committee then spent most of the meeting on SPB 7040, which would recreate and extend the Emergency Preparedness and Response Fund through December 31, 2027. Supporters, including the Division of Emergency Management, argued the fund is needed for hurricanes, flooding, other disasters, and rapid response operations, and said the extension preserves legislative oversight that would otherwise lapse. Opponents from advocacy and policy groups argued the fund has been used too broadly, especially for immigration-related detention and enforcement activities, and criticized the lack of tighter guardrails and transparency. They cited deaths in detention facilities, the use of emergency dollars for non-disaster purposes, and concerns about political favoritism and public accountability. Director Kevin Guthrie testified at length in support of the extension, explaining that the fund is used for natural, man-made, and technological emergencies, that reimbursements from federal and other sources are returned to the fund, and that the state has used it for hurricanes, flooding, civil unrest, international evacuations, and immigration-related operations under Operation Vigilant Sentry. He said the division has sought federal reimbursement for some expenses and that the fund helps the state respond quickly when emergencies arise. Members questioned the size of the fund, the amount spent on immigration-related activities, the status of federal reimbursements, and whether lawmakers should have more oversight or unannounced access to detention facilities. The bill discussion remained ongoing in the portion provided, with no final vote on SPB 7040 shown in the transcript excerpt.

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• Texas State Board of Accountancy: Mr. Christopher G. Grant Coates, Fort Worth; Mr. James, Jamie D.
• Texas State Board of Acupuncture Examiners: Donna S. Guthrie, Belair.
• Texas State Board of Acupuncture Examiners: Donna S. Guthrie, Belair; Ms. Deborah J.
• Respectfully submitted, Greg Abbott, Governor of Texas.

Summary: The Senate received a message from Governor Greg Abbott asking for the Senate’s advice, consent, and confirmation on several appointments, including nominees to the Texas State Board of Accountancy and the Texas State Board of Acupuncture Examiners. The chamber also handled first reading and referral of Senate Bill 2 by Creighton and others, which would establish an education savings account program for K-16 education. The Senate adopted a motion by Senator Zaffirini to have all remarks made for the election of the President pro tempore reduced to writing and entered in the journal. No objection was heard to that motion. Finally, Senator Zaffirini moved that the Senate adjourn until 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, January 28. With no objection, the Senate adjourned as requested.

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• ask the advice, consent, and confirmation of the Senate with respect to the following appointments: Texas
• Texas State Board of Acupuncture Examiners: Donna S. Guthrie, Belair.
• Texas State Board of Acupuncture Examiners: Donna S. Guthrie, Belair; Ms. Deborah J.
• Respectfully submitted, Greg Abbott, Governor of Texas.

Summary: The Senate received a message from the Governor submitting appointments for advice, consent, and confirmation, including nominees to the Texas State Board of Accountancy and the Texas State Board of Acupuncture Examiners. The Senate also read Senate Bill 2 by Creighton and others, which would establish an education savings account program for K-16 education, and referred it to committee. During the meeting, Senator Zaffirini offered a motion to have all remarks made for the election of the President pro tempore reduced to writing and entered into the journal. There was no objection, and the motion was adopted. The Senate then considered a motion to adjourn until 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, January 28. With no objection, the motion carried and the Senate adjourned.

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• Yeah, they could practice down in Texas.
• And you're doing that mostly in Texas, but you're still a resident of Oklahoma.
• You could live in Texas or Oklahoma, but going down to Texas because you have a Texas bar license too

Keywords: 914, all

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• ask the advice, consent, and confirmation of the Senate with respect to the following appointments: Texas
• Texas State Board of Acupuncture Examiners: Donna S. Guthrie, Belair.”
• Texas State Board of Acupuncture Examiners: Donna S. Guthrie, Belair; Ms. Deborah J.
• Respectfully submitted, Greg Abbott, Governor of Texas. To nominations.

Bills: SB2

Summary: The Senate received a message from the Governor submitting appointments for advice, consent, and confirmation, including nominees to the Texas State Board of Accountancy and the Texas State Board of Acupuncture Examiners. The chamber also read Senate Bill 2 by Creighton and others, which would establish an education savings account program for K-16 education, and referred it to committee. A motion by Senator Zaffirini was adopted without objection to have all remarks made for the election of the President pro tempore reduced to writing and entered in the journal. The Senate then considered and adopted a motion to adjourn. No votes were recorded on the appointments or the bill in this transcript. The Senate adjourned until 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, January 28.

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• Louis or Laredo, Texas, or anywhere else carries as much weight as my vote or your vote.
• And I understand that a lot of the messaging came out of what was being done in Texas from the other
• But quite frankly, there’s so much distrust on the other side for what Texas did and our side for what
• In Congress to counter what Texas did, because you get this political arms race or whatever you want
• Texas did exactly what we did in this Capitol in the opposite.

Bills: SR1, SM1, SM6

Keywords: alcohol consumption, Senate rules, legislative conduct, ethics, New Mexico Senate, redistricting, gerrymandering, election integrity, Congress, voter rights, political polarization, Nancy Lopez, Roswell bypass, US Highway 285, U.S. Highway 285, Highway 285 bypass, road naming, highway naming, memorial, transportation department

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• In Texas, currently, it costs you about $2,000 a day to hop in a bass boat with a guide to target a double-digit
• And getting back to Senator Wilson's question, Texas, it's a problem in Texas because they said if you
• And getting back to Senator Wilson's question, Texas, it's a problem in Texas because they said if you
• And getting back to Senator Wilson's question, Texas, it's a problem in Texas because they said if you
• And getting back to Senator Wilson's question, Texas, it's a problem in Texas because they said if you

Keywords: Meeting start: 00:00 Roll Call: 00:37 SB 39 discussion: 04:10 SB 39 vote: 26:35, 958, all

Summary: The Senate Standing Committee on Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor met with a quorum and first heard a brief presentation from Vice Chair Frommeyer on a resolution recognizing January as Kentucky Mentoring Month. She highlighted mentoring as important for personal, academic, and professional development and cited partnerships such as Northern Kentucky University’s Norse Network Hub and local community mentoring efforts. The committee then took up Senate Bill 39, sponsored by Senator Gary Boswell, which would treat fish in private lakes and ponds as the property of the landowner and allow landowners to extend fishing rights by written or electronic permission. Boswell and supporter Jason Kenner argued the bill would strengthen property rights, reduce burdensome regulation, support selective harvest and stocking decisions, and could boost tourism, local economies, and aquaculture. Kenner also described bass fishing’s economic impact, youth fishing growth, and examples of tournaments and habitat projects in Kentucky. Boswell said the bill does not change fishing license requirements and does not alter invasive species rules except to clarify that largemouth bass, including F1 Florida bass, are not invasive. Commissioner Rich Storm and other members raised concerns that the bill’s language could affect the Department of Fish and Wildlife’s fee-based funding, federal grant eligibility, enforcement authority, and creel-limit cases, especially if written permission on private waters were interpreted broadly. Senator Webb said she supported the idea of bass stocking but wanted more guardrails and a pilot approach. Senator Howell asked whether Boswell would consider further work on the language, but Boswell declined to accept a committee substitute or amendment at that time. The committee then voted 8-1 with one pass to report the bill favorably, and the chair announced the bill would be reported with favorable expression that it should pass.

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• So the final special item is actually sponsored, if you will. you will, by the Texas Trucking Association
• And so, this will stand up somewhere between six inches. training centers spread across Texas in a strategic
• CDLs include bus drivers for school districts, CDLs include the tank battery trucks in West Texas that
• We now educated Texas A&M 79,000 students.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• They are now competing directly with Texas institutions that are benefiting from significant new state
• investment and the expansion of the new Texas Promise, which is keeping more and more students in Texas
• And also, North Texas seems to be very upset about the loss of a football coach and a quarterback.
• fact, I'm proud to say we all know this last year for the First time ever, more people moved from Texas
• to Oklahoma than Oklahoma to Texas.

Keywords: 914, all

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• Under the Texas Education Code, CTE programs are designed to equip students with academic and technical
• offer robust military leadership programs, and affirms the value of service-oriented education within Texas
• big D of Defense Veterans Affairs, C to the defense industry, which is now number 2 in the state of Texas
• But also look to the health of our bases and in doing so in participation with the Texas Military Preparedness
• military needs as I use for an example, but also for the workforce need, uh, uh, across the state of Texas