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• Blackwood, helped draft this piece of legislation.
• Chairman, committee. This >> Thank you, Mr. Chairman, committee.
• I think more with legislative session.
• <00:37:03.119> and confirmations in that committee and confirmations in that committee and
• 9:30 because there's another committee 9:30 because there's another committee meeting<00:39:14.079

Bills: SB169, SB180, SB203, SB87, SB195, SB192, SB169, SB180, SB203, SB87, SB195, SB192, HB132, HB37, HB13, HB54, HB126, HB7, SB30, HB188, HB189, HB26, HB264, HB288, HB248, HB249, HB227, HB228

Keywords: Lieutenant Governor, vacancy, governor appointment, Alabama Constitution, state government, media monitoring, government contracts, state agencies, local agencies, media regulations, transparency, dental insurance, medical loss ratio, premium regulation, insurance commissioner, rebate, consumer protection, midwifery, licensed midwives, State Board of Midwifery

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• The legislation here is spent...
• All the harms this committee and in the House has heard on this issue, with mothers coming in, they're
• I think the committee knows that even though this was a new committee.
• Thank you, committee members.
• that committee.

Bills: SB6, SB7, SB8, SB11, SB12, SB13, SB15, SB 6, SB 7, SB 8, SB 11, SB 12, SB 13, SB 15, SB 17

Keywords: SB 6, Woman and Child Protection Act, abortion, abortion-inducing drugs, medication abortion, mifepristone, misoprostol, pro-life, pro-choice, Texas abortion law, civil liability, qui tam, private enforcement, bounty hunter law, attorney general, parens patriae, abortion litigation, anti-SLAPP, Texas Citizens Participation Act, fee shifting

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• reports, and joint committee reports, motions to place a new business for the house, members offering
• So, please welcome them to the people's house. Welcome to the people's house, Miss Leader.
• To the house. Thank you, Lee Lawson, and welcome all to the people's house.
• I move the house stand at ease. The house will stand at ease. Also back in session, Miss Leader.
• House Resolution 1047 by Sneed of the House, a resolution relating to CompSource Mutual Insurance Company

Bills: SB330, SB2069, SB2095, SB1721, SB1433, SB1316, SB1280, SB1455, SB1456, SB1457, SB1459, SB1461, SB1463, SB1465, SB1466, HJR1088, SB1684, SB378, SB1447, SB1920, SB1443, HR1047, SB1877, SB1884, SB1365, SB2174, SB1525, SB1810, SB1771, SB1805, SB1916, SB1530, SB1847, SB1990, SB2060, SB1992, SB1579, SB1778, SB2132, SB1623, SB2067, SB1589, SB1441, SB1224, SB372, SB1232, SB1264, SB1450, SB2011, SB2030, SB1980, SB1936, SB1477, SB1593, SB1725, SB1670, SB1480, SB1726, SB1633, SB1735, SB1632, SB1277, SB1217, SB1826, SB1824, SB1813, SB1326, SB1937, SB1641

Keywords: elk population, wildlife management, Oklahoma State University, veterinary medicine, ecosystem health, habitat assessment, waterfowl hunting, crane hunting, hunting guide, hunting outfitter, wildlife conservation, commercial hunting, outfitter license, guide license, hunting services, licensed guide, licensed outfitter, game and fish, hunting for compensation, waterfowl guide

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• Chair, members of the committee.
• Welcome to the committee. Please >> Mr. Welcome to the committee.
• Members, we have House File 2216. I move House File 2216 be laid over for possible inclusion.
• Good morning, committee.
• So we're moving to House File laid over. So we're moving to House File 4354.

Bills: HF3935, HF2216, HF4354, HF4210, HF4212

Keywords: assisted living, healthcare, training, unlicensed personnel, resident rights, safety regulations, nursing home, long-term care, guardian, conservator, arbitration, mandatory arbitration, consumer protection, fee increase, rate increase, price hike, private pay, public funds, Medicaid, waiver services

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• We have one member in another committee and we have a presenter in another committee, so we'll start
• Thank you, committee members.
• Thank you, committee.
• I got my policy renewal for my house insurance. I've had no claims filed, nothing on my house.
• Chairman, thank you, committee.

Bills: SB1969, SB1953, SB1277, SB1287, SB1061, SB1916, SB1589, SB2178, SB1444, SB1438, SB1501, SB1873, SB1364

Keywords: massage therapy, licensing, multistate compact, regulation, healthcare, professionals, Employer Health Plan Transparency Act, health insurance, claims data, contract provisions, health care providers, auditable materials, HIPAA compliance, insurance regulation, unemployment benefits, employment security, work search, job search, reemployment, jobless benefits

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• We're going to hear from floor leader West first on House Bill 341.
• House Bill 4428, I'd love to. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
• Chairman, and committee members. Representative Kelly, you're recognized for House Bill 3721.
• House Bill 3721 is a retention bill.
• Thank you, committee members. House Bill 3313 has morphed into a fairly large retirement bill.

Bills: HB3041, HB4428, HB4429, HB1064, HB3265, HB3721, HB3028, HB3313, HB3588, HB3020

Keywords: credit card transactions, payment methods, service charge, consumer rights, financial regulation, public finance, pension, pension fund, retirement system, board of trustees, proxy voting, proxy proposal, shareholder vote, shareholder activism, fiduciary duty, pecuniary factors, nonpecuniary factors, ESG, environmental social governance, social goals

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• It passed the House last week, came over last week, and was referred to the committee approximately an
• The bill passed out of House Land and Resource Committee unanimously, as well as the entire House.
• The committee substitute is the House bill language to Chapters 11 and 41, to allow property owners to
• I'm testifying on behalf of the Community Associations Institute Texas Legislative Action Committee.
• House Bill 23 is a companion bill to Senator Creighton's SB 2354, which we heard in committee earlier

Bills: SB2784, HB23, HB247, HB1533, HB2011, HB2013, HB2273, HB2421, HB2464, HB3120, HB3424, HB3575, HB3788, HB4370, HB4809, HB5057, HB5084, HB5534, HB5668, HJR34

Keywords: Somervell County, hospital district, board of directors, elections, local governance, staggered terms, third-party review, property development, local government, permits, construction inspection, regulatory authority, land development, liability, occupancy certificate, border security, tax exemption, ad valorem, real property, infrastructure

Summary: The committee heard and left pending several local government, property tax, development, and public safety measures before later voting some of them out. Senator Birdwell explained SB 2784 for the Somerville County Hospital District, which would move the board to staggered four-year terms after a transition and was requested to be held pending until the House companion could be acted on; no public testimony was offered. HB 5084 would allow local approval for fireworks sales tied to Lunar New Year celebrations, with testimony from Hutchinson County Judge Cindy Irwin emphasizing local fire risk and the need for county discretion. HB 5534 would let county commissioners post agendas electronically instead of on a physical bulletin board. HB 4370 would expand permissible projects for certain special districts to include geothermal water conveyance systems, and HB 312 would require residential child detention facilities to enter local MOUs, report health and safety information, and conduct background checks for state-funded facilities; both drew supportive testimony and were left pending. HB 5057 would give displaced solid waste providers time to wind down after a city grants an exclusive franchise, and HB 2421 would extend the life of the Save Historic Muni District to continue work on preserving Lions Municipal Golf Course; both were left pending after supportive testimony. HB 2011 would let former owners repurchase property taken by eminent domain if the acquiring entity fails to pay property taxes for two years, and the committee substitute to SB 3065 was also laid out and left pending after a technical correction to eminent-domain language. The committee then took up additional bills on development, appraisal, and local regulation, including HB 3575, HB 4809, HB 2273, HB 247/HJR 34, HB 2464, HB 3424, HB 2013, HB 5668, HB 3788, HB 1533, and HB 23, with testimony ranging from support to opposition on issues such as appraisal procedures, historic property valuation, Galveston emergency governance, border-security tax treatment, home-based businesses, chicken covenants in HOAs, municipal utility district authority, hospital authorities’ use of assets, and third-party building review. HB 23 drew the most extensive testimony, with builders, engineers, counties, and cities split over third-party plan review and inspection authority, liability, licensing, and local code enforcement; many witnesses said the House amendments created problems and the bill was left pending. In the end, the committee voted SB 2784, SB 3065, HB 5686, HB 247, HJR 34, and HB 2011 out of committee, with the first several receiving local and uncontested calendar recommendations where applicable.

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• This is a regular House bill, not a committee substitute.
• The Chair moves that House Bill 33 do not pass, but that the committee substitute for House Bill 33 adopted
• I've testified before this committee on numerous occasions this session on oilfield theft legislation
• House Bill 48 is comprehensive and complementary to other oilfield theft legislation that is working
• for filing the House companion, which has passed out of committee.

Bills: HB 33, HB 45, HB 48, HB 1261, HB 1465, HB 1778, HB 2596, HB 5238, SB 2969

Keywords: HB 48, oilfield theft, organized theft, petroleum products, oil and gas equipment, DPS, Department of Public Safety, Texas, Railroad Commission, criminal justice, energy resources, theft prevention, organized crime, border region, El Paso, law enforcement task force, asset recovery, pipeline theft, drilling equipment, equipment theft

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• All right, the chair withdraws the committee substitute for House Bill 3010.
• House committee, chair withdraws the committee substitute. But there was no.
• I respectfully request this committee favorably report Board House Bill 3138 to a calendar's committee
• Thank you, committee members again. I'm here to lay out House Bill 4176.
• Withdraws the committee, substitute for House Bill 2436.

Bills: HB2034, HB2436, HB3010, HB3033, HB3138, HB3177, HB3426, HB3686, HB3858, HB4176, HB4257, HB4264, HB4804, HCR98

Keywords: groundwater, foreign ownership, national security, water permits, environmental health, deadly conduct, firearm, recklessness, peace officer, prosecution, Penal Code, Texas laws, disaster recovery, infrastructure, rural communities, grants, state funding, emergency management, HB 3033, Texas Department of Public Safety

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• We would declare your bill out of Committee. Thank you, Chairman, and committee.
• We will declare your bill out of committee. Thank you.
• Hill, you are recognized to present House Bill 2445.
• But I see there is a policy committee recommendation.
• Thank you so much; this committee is now adjourned.

Bills: HB2445, HB2123, HB3048, HB3176, HB3239, HB3263, HB3794, HB3796, HB4265, HB4266, HB4317, HB4321, HB4322, HB3673

Keywords: HB2445, Route 66, Oklahoma Route 66 Centennial Forward Commission, centennial, historic highway, preservation, tourism, historical society, scenic byway, National Historic Trail, Route 66 Alliance, Route 66 Association, Oklahoma Historical Society, Oklahoma Department of Transportation, Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department, historic preservation, heritage tourism, public-private partnership, sunset extension, commission extension

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• The Senate Committee on Education, Case 16, will come to order.
• Is there a committee sub? There is.
• To this committee, to you, and other committee members that I've been working with, this bill is to transfer
• Good morning, committee members.
• Committee, it's not a committee, so I keep trying to say that it hasn't been adopted yet.

Bills: SB530, SB757, SB769, SB1085, SB1241, SB1242, SB1409, SB1878, SB2138, SB2314, SB2231, SB2361, SB2431, SJR59

Keywords: accreditation, postsecondary education, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, baccalaureate degrees, junior colleges, program delivery, faculty recruitment, higher education, performance standards, student loan debt, degree programs, funding, students with disabilities, accessibility, enrollment, report, SB 1085, Sul Ross State University, Rio Grande College, Del Rio

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• They went over to the House, where 146 House members voted for it, and no House. members voted against
• government committee.
• We build houses the same way today as we've built houses for the last 50 or 60 years.
• it out of committee.
• it out of committee.

Bills: SB530, SB757, SB769, SB1085, SB1241, SB1242, SB1409, SB1878, SB2138, SB2314, SB2231, SB2361, SB2431, SJR59

Keywords: accreditation, postsecondary education, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, baccalaureate degrees, junior colleges, program delivery, faculty recruitment, higher education, performance standards, student loan debt, degree programs, funding, students with disabilities, accessibility, enrollment, report, SB 1085, Sul Ross State University, Rio Grande College, Del Rio

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• The House Committee on Ways and Means will now come to order. The clerk will call the roll.
• I just want to make a comment because, uh, you know, my my own committee is for the trade workforce and
• As you've heard from us in this committee and other committees for the last several years, housing affordability
• We're grateful this committee and the legislators' ongoing commitment to policies that help small businesses
• Hearing none, House Committee on Ways and Means stands adjourned, subject to call of the chair.

Bills: HB8, HB9, HJR1, HB 22

Keywords: HB 8, Texas public school accountability, school accountability, public school transparency, STAAR, state assessments, instructionally supportive assessment program, Student Success Tool, Texas Education Agency, TEA, accountability ratings, A-F ratings, through-year assessment, benchmark testing, norm-referenced assessment, college career military readiness, CCMR, local accountability plan, school district performance, campus turnaround

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• I believe there is a committee substitute, so the chair lays out the committee substitute to House Bill
• I withdraw the committee substitute to House Bill 1317 and leave House Bill 1317 pending at this time
• I urge this committee to stand on the right side of history and pass House Bill 1363 out of committee
• Draw the committee substitute to House Bill 2613 and leave House Bill 2613 pending.
• The Texas Legislative Council, following the recommendations of the House Select Committee on Criminal

Bills: HB 1181, HB3704, HB1363, HB1610, HB1615, HB1620, HB3223, HB1317, HB2884, HB2176, HB4027, HB1664, HB933, HB2613, HB3353, HB2086, HB4101, HB3441, HB4145, HB3455

Keywords: judiciary, judges, justices, retired, legal assignments, judicial conduct, notary public, criminal offense, education requirements, official documents, record retention, implicit bias, bias training, judicial training, judge education, court personnel, continuing legal education, CLE, state bar, Texas Court of Criminal Appeals

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• Chair lays out the committee substitute to House Bill 2176. Thank you, Mr. Chairman and members.
• I am past president and am I currently the of the legislative committee.
• The chair withdraws the committee substitute to House Bill 2176 and leaves House Bill 2176 pending at
• The chair lays out the committee substitute to House Bill 2884. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
• Okay the chair will withdraw the committee subs to House Bill 28.

Bills: HB 1181, HB3704, HB1363, HB1610, HB1615, HB1620, HB3223, HB1317, HB2884, HB2176, HB4027, HB1664, HB933, HB2613, HB3353, HB2086, HB4101, HB3441, HB4145, HB3455

Keywords: judiciary, judges, justices, retired, legal assignments, judicial conduct, notary public, criminal offense, education requirements, official documents, record retention, implicit bias, bias training, judicial training, judge education, court personnel, continuing legal education, CLE, state bar, Texas Court of Criminal Appeals

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• We've passed out for the committee.
• Chairman, members of the committee.
• Good morning, Chair, committee members.
• House Bill 542 is the enabling legislation for HJR58 that we just heard, allowing ...
• It's just enabling legislation.

Bills: HJR58, HJR63, HB263, HB542, HB905, HB 1288, HB1402, HB2003, HB2262, HB2323, HB2429, HB2876, HB3019, HB263

Keywords: healthcare, insurance, elderly, retirement, benefits, transit-oriented projects, constitutional amendment, state highway fund, funding allocation, voter approval, highway fund, funding, public transportation, transit projects, transportation, local transit, fund allocation, voting rights, election integrity, ballot access

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• The Texas School Coalition supports the anticipated committee substitute for House Bill 195.
• Committee substitute for House Bill 247 and HCR 34. address one of those bombs.
• Chair lays out house joint resolution. Resolution 34. Chair offers a committee substitute.
• The committee substitutes withdraw. No objection, House Joint Resolution 34 will be left pending.
• The committee substitute is withdrawn if there's no objection House Bill 255 will be left pending.

Bills: HB195, HB247, HB255, HJR2, HJR4, HJR6, HJR31, HJR34, HB195, HB247, HB255, HJR6, HJR31, HJR34

Keywords: school district, ad valorem tax, local revenue, tax collection, education funding, border security, tax exemption, ad valorem, real property, infrastructure, Texas-Mexico border, ad valorem taxation, farm products, livestock, timber, death tax, inheritance tax, estate tax, property transfer, constitutional amendment

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• With House Bill 3620, we are creating the 2030 Complete Census Count Committee.
• This really helps what we did in House Bill 3619 to establish.
• I move to amend House Bill 3041 on page 4, line 15.
• Thank you, committee.
• Are you talking about my legislation? Are you talking about my legislation? Are you...

Bills: HB1268, HB3041, HB3075, HB3378, HB3463, HB3619, HB3620, HB3624, HB3722, HB4335

Keywords: retirement, public employees, deferred option plan, service credit, contributions, distributions, credit card transactions, payment methods, service charge, consumer rights, financial regulation, rounding, cash payments, public finance, Oklahoma Common Cents Act, political subdivision, science and technology, research, board appointments, emergency legislation

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• I will move House File 357 before the committee.
• So House File 1434 is before the committee.
• of the committee house file 357? of the committee house file 357?
• house file 1434 before the committee house file 1434 and<00:15:31.040> we're<00:15:31.279>
• <01:05:01.599> and House File 2500 before the committee and House File 2500 before the committee

Bills: HF357, HF3389, HF1434, HF2500, HF1606

Keywords: HF357, hasenpfeffer, card games, social skill game, Minnesota gambling law, tournament, contest, prize limit, low-stakes gaming, card game exemption, gambling exemption, cribbage, bridge, euchre, pinochle, Texas hold'em, whist, skat, sheepshead, gin

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• I have probably the best committee in the Senate.
• But anyway, thank you committee members.
• And with that, we committee members.
• <00:12:17.760> So up on the house. So up on the house.
• And if a committee and covered peanuts.

Bills: SB125, SB123, SB124, HB38, SB125, SB123, SB124, HB38

Keywords: oyster shell, tax credit, recycling, restaurant, state revenue, environmental benefit, sales tax exemption, seafood, fishing industry, local government, municipal exemption, seagrass restoration, environmental policy, water quality, marine ecosystems, conservation efforts, marine conservation, environmental remediation, coastal ecosystems, state waters