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• Please let the House come to order.
• </c> 117 yay, zero naysay, the bill passes. 117 yay, zero naysay, the bill passes.
• </c><00:53:01.839><c> Next</c> of 117 yay, zero nays. Bill passes. Next of 117 yay, zero nays.
• </c> to have my constituents in the house. to have my constituents in the house.
• </c> Uh the House had a companion bill. Uh the House had a companion bill.

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• Now moving on to motions and resolutions.
• Pursuant to Assembly Rule 96, I request unanimous consent to withdraw SB 107 and SB 117.
• House Resolution 80 by Assembly Member Fong and others relative to the Lunar New Year.
• Resolution 80, celebrating the beginning of the Lunar New Year.
• And it is why I ask that you join the Latino Caucus in supporting House Resolution 80 as we welcome the

Summary: The Assembly convened after a quorum call and brief procedural business, including approval of a motion to withdraw SB 107 and SB 117 from the Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee and place them on third reading. Members also approved procedural requests for adjournment-in-memory remarks and guest seating, and later took up the daily file. The main floor item was H.R. 80, a resolution recognizing Lunar New Year. Assembly Member Fong presented the resolution, and several members from different caucuses spoke in support, emphasizing the holiday’s cultural significance, themes of renewal and family, and California’s large AAPI community. The resolution was opened for coauthors, received 62 coauthors, and was then adopted by voice vote. Fong also distributed prosperity cookie boxes to members after passage. The chamber also observed moments of silence for Reverend Jesse Jackson and later for Babatunde Akinlola and Harold Tripp during adjournments in memory. Members gave tributes highlighting Akinlola’s film and education career and Tripp’s leadership in the Karuk Tribe and work on tribal restoration and natural resources. The session ended with announcements of upcoming committee meetings and adjournment until Thursday, February 19 at 9 a.m.

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• Now moving on to motions and resolutions.
• Pursuant to Assembly Rule 96, I request unanimous consent to withdraw SB 107 and SB 117.
• House Resolution 80 by Assembly Member Fong and others relative to the Lunar New Year.
• Resolution 80, celebrating the beginning of the Lunar New Year.
• And it is why I ask that you join the Latino Caucus in supporting House Resolution 80 as we welcome the

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• This is House Bill 574 from Representative Spell.
• This is House Bill 62. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. This is House Bill 62 by Representative Dickerson.
• This is House Bill 796 by Representative Stagney.
• So let me be clear about what House Bill 919 does.
• House Bill or Act 474 became law last year.

Bills: HB62 , HB124 , HB182 , HB193 , HB198 , HB203 , HB223 , HB237 , HB469 , HB486 , HB574 , HB779 , HB796 , HB919 , SCR2 , SB4 , SB36 , SB38 , SB109 , SB152 , SB168 , SB195 , SB216 , SB221 , SB236 , SB404

Committee: House Health and Welfare

Keywords: Louisiana Women's Policy, gender equality, policy research, commission membership, women's representation, Domestic Violence, judicial experience, legislation, criminal law, family law, HB182, sexual assault, rape kit, forensic examination, forensic medical exam, sexual assault survivor, sexual assault nurse examiner, SANE, emergency department, hospital staffing

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• House Bill 4142 addresses a safe.
• All right, thank you very much, and the chair leaves House Bill 117, Item 37, pending at this time.
• The chair leaves pending House Bill 5218. House Bill 5218. Thank you very much.
• Representative Paul moves that House Bill 4368 be reported back to the House.
• Senator Craddock moves that House Bill 5597 be reported to the full House.

Bills: HB137 , HB283 , HCR114 , HB137 , HB283 , HB1398 , HB1960 , HB2153 , HB2431 , HB2638 , HB2699 , HB2999 , HB3208 , HB3389 , HB3413 , HB3510 , HB3642 , HB3859 , HB3974 , HB3986 , HB4142 , HB4173 , HB4174 , HB4542 , HB4605 , HB4663 , HB4731 , HB5064 , HB5216 , HB5218 , HB5332 , HB5453 , HB5577

Committee: House Transportation

Keywords: state budget, fiscal biennium, budget repeal, financial management, state funding, Medicaid, healthcare access, Affordable Care Act, federal funding, low-income individuals, insurance coverage, memorial, pedestrian bridge, Houston, Sergio Ivan Rodriguez, city council, oversize vehicles, transportation permits, Hidalgo County, port authority

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• Chair leaves House Bill 3510 pending. Chair lays out House Bill 3986.
• The Chair lays out House Bill 2153. The Chair lays out House Bill 3413.
• The Chair lays out House Bill 3413. House Bill 4731. The Chair lays out House Bill 1960.
• The Chair lays out House Bill 4542. House Bill 3510. The Chair lays out House Bill 4173.
• The Chair lays out House Bill 4174. House Bill 5064. House Bill 5064. HCR 144.

Bills: HCR114 , HB137 , HB283 , HB1398 , HB1960 , HB2153 , HB2431 , HB2638 , HB2699 , HB2999 , HB3208 , HB3389 , HB3413 , HB3510 , HB3642 , HB3859 , HB3974 , HB3986 , HB4142 , HB4173 , HB4174 , HB4542 , HB4605 , HB4663 , HB4731 , HB5064 , HB5216 , HB5218 , HB5332 , HB5453 , HB5577 , HB137 , HB283

Committee: House Transportation

Keywords: memorial, pedestrian bridge, Houston, Sergio Ivan Rodriguez, city council, oversize vehicles, transportation permits, Hidalgo County, port authority, highway routes, healthcare, insurance, mental health, treatment access, state funding, transportation, axle weight, aggregates, regulations, Texas law

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• We build—most of my counties build maybe a couple houses a year.
• Resolution and coexistence is essential.
• It could be a bear crawling through a window and going through a house.
• We don't pay them to fortify their house or build a chicken coop better or what have you.
• what the Got hit in Willow Creek right outside a house.

Committees: House Water, Parks and Wildlife , House Water, Parks, and Wildlife

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• The House will come to order.
• Throughout the day, the House has now positioned to introduce bills and resolutions.
• Clerk, call the next bill on page six of the calendar: House Bill number 117 with substitute by Representative
• House Bill number 117 with substitute by Representative Simpson, relating to the Board of Examiners in
• It's just a house resolution. So wish it's just a house resolution. Any objections?

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• Senate Concurrent Resolutions 116, 117, and 118, having Senate Concurrent Resolutions 116, 117, and 118
• House Bill 521, House Bill 615, House Bill 684, House Bill 695, Senate Bill 1369, House Bill 566, House
• Bill 568, House Bill 678, House Bill 774, House Bill 762, Senate Bill 1358, House Bill 661, House Bill
• 715, House Bill 733, House Bill 749, House Bill 662, Senate Bill 1386, House Bill 847, House Bill 664
• , House Bill 716, House Bill 742, Senate Bill 1379, House Bill 658, and House Bill 734 will be referred

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• All right, those are all the House resolutions on the rules calendar.
• All right, I'm giving the members a chance to look at those House resolutions.
• </c> chance to look at those House chance to look at those House resolutions.<00:22:10.799><c> Does</
• Does any member wish to resolutions.
• Resolutions are 118. Yay. Zero nays. Resolutions are adopted.

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• House Bill 2955 updates and modernizes the Oklahoma captive insurance company act.
• House Bill 3802 is another consumer protection bill. Sorry. My apologies, we're on 3783.
• We are on House Bill 3783. There is a PCS. Would you like to adopt the PCS?
• Chairman Hill, you're recognized to explain House Bill 2471. I see there's PCS.
• Chairman Hill will lay over House Bill 2471, and I'll turn the chair back over to you.

Bills: HB3783 , HB2955 , HB3802 , HB4488 , HB2471 , HB3781 , HB3127

Committee: House Commerce & Economic Development Oversight

Keywords: HB3783, plumbing apprentice, endorsed apprentice, endorsed plumbing apprentice, journeyman plumber, plumbing license, Construction Industries Board, Committee of Plumbing Examiners, apprenticeship, trade license, vocational education, occupational licensing, professional licensing, Title 59, Plumbing License Law of 1955, licensure exam, journeyman examination, apprentice registration, plumbing industry regulations, administrative penalty

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• As an announcement, the chair would like to note that House Bill 345 has been removed from the agenda
• legislative recommendation to preserve consumer rights to... ...to invoke appraisal in dispute resolution
• I know many members, including Representative Perez in the House and Senator Schwartner in the Senate
• Chairman, for bringing this legislation forward into the House.
• Out of the Senate, it's over to the House, and we're very hopeful that it can make it across the finish

Bills: HB345 , HB721 , HB2580 , SB815 , HB3057 , HB4603 , HB3233 , SB495 , HB3863 , HB3914 , HB4570 , HB5099 , HB5173 , SB458

Committee: House Insurance

Keywords: insurance, appraisal process, disputed losses, residential property, policyholder rights, insurer obligations, natural disasters, appraisal expenses, umpire selection, policyholder, insurer, umpire, claims management, health care, cost disclosure, benefit plan, administrators, traumatic brain injury, health benefit plans, insurance coverage

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• Thank you for the opportunity to present House Bill 5099.
• Association in support of House Bill 3863.
• The Chair lays out House Bill 4603 and explains the bill.
• Members, thank you for the opportunity to lay out House Bill 4603.
• Thank you, members, for this opportunity to lay out House Bill 721.

Bills: HB345 , HB721 , HB2580 , SB815 , HB3057 , HB4603 , HB3233 , SB495 , HB3863 , HB3914 , HB4570 , HB5099 , HB5173 , SB458

Committee: House Insurance

Keywords: insurance, appraisal process, disputed losses, residential property, policyholder rights, insurer obligations, natural disasters, appraisal expenses, umpire selection, policyholder, insurer, umpire, claims management, health care, cost disclosure, benefit plan, administrators, traumatic brain injury, health benefit plans, insurance coverage

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• Happy to support House Bill 1349.
• So we filed House Bill 621 in response to that.
• So we filed House Bill 621 in response to that.
• House Bill 199 introduces a sliding scale for the maximum amount of unemployment benefits House Bill
• Members, House Bill 3466...

Bills: HB 112 , HB199 , HB621 , HB1349 , HB2214 , HB3466 , HB3698 , HB3699 , HCR9 , HB112 , HB199 , HCR9

Committee: House Trade, Workforce & Economic Development

Keywords: science park district, economic development, technology innovation, higher education collaboration, infrastructure development, Texas Economic Development Office, workforce development, unemployment benefits, state average unemployment rate, benefit year, economic support, Texas Workforce Commission, property owners' association, free speech, assembly rights, government officials, political candidates, floodplain, landlord, tenant

Summary: The Committee on Trade, Workforce and Economic Development met with a quorum and moved quickly through a long agenda, hearing testimony and taking recorded votes on several bills. Early in the meeting, HB 2214 was laid out to exempt certain short-term residential leases and leaseback arrangements from flood-disclosure requirements; Texas Realtors supported the change, and the bill was left pending. The committee then voted out a series of pending measures, including HB 46, HB 186 (with a committee substitute), HB 431, HB 1147, HB 1154, HB 2468, HB 2488, HB 2788 (with a substitute), HB 2791 (with a substitute), HB 3260, and HCR 90, all reported favorably to the full House, with HB 1147 receiving two nays and the others passing unanimously or nearly so. A major portion of the hearing focused on HB 112, which would create a Texas Science Park district and commission to support advanced manufacturing and innovation sites. The bill’s author and supporters, including Samsung Austin Semiconductor, the Texas Association of Business, and the Governor’s economic development office, argued it would strengthen supply chains, attract investment, and support national security and workforce development. Testimony described interest from semiconductor and advanced manufacturing companies and referenced the model of foreign science parks such as Sinshu in Taiwan. HB 112 was left pending after testimony. The committee also heard HB 3698 and HB 3699, both related to unemployment insurance administration. HB 3698 would expand eligibility for the Reemployment Services and Eligibility Assessment program using federal funds, while HB 3699 would tighten the definition of “last work” to help the Texas Workforce Commission investigate UI fraud. Both bills were discussed with TWC resource witnesses and left pending after the committee withdrew the substitutes. HB 1349, which would extend HOA transparency and property-rights provisions to condominiums and refine HOA rules, and HB 621, which would require HOA meeting spaces to be available for residents to reserve for qualified political candidates or elected officials, were also heard and left pending. Finally, the committee heard HCR 9 to designate the first Saturday of each month as Small Business Saturday, HB 199 to index unemployment benefit duration to the state unemployment rate, and HB 3466 to exempt certain cancelable service contracts from Texas’s in-home sales cooling-off law; each drew supportive and opposing testimony and was left pending before adjournment.

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• Once we got to the House, there was a lot of debate.
• That's just to familiarize yourself with them as the house bills come up.
• I think we even passed the house bill then we had other things we were doing.
• As I said earlier, this will be a house bill coming up. It doesn't give away...
• It's all 35 of us plus our house colleagues.

Bills: SB1 , SB83 , SB159 , SB160 , SB1

Committee: Senate Finance and Taxation Education

Keywords: workers' compensation, public education, employee injury, insurance trust fund, on-the-job injury, administrative procedures, adult-size changing table, changing station, accessible restroom, public bathroom, public building, public entity, ADA, Americans with Disabilities Act, accessibility, restroom renovation, new construction, grant program, state grant, local government facilities

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• Senate Resolution 6 and 7.
• </c> Resolution 6 and 7. Resolution 6 and 7.
• </c> concur with House amendments. Mhm. concur with House amendments. Mhm.
• </c> with House amendments to Senate Bill 60. with House amendments to Senate Bill 60.
• House Bill 1109, House Senate Bill 130, House Bill 1109, House Bill<01:43:02.960><c> 1241,</c><01:43

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• Clerk, please report. >> House Concurrent Resolution 117, Representative Stevenson, a concurrent resolution
• Clerk, please report. >> House Concurrent Resolution 117, Representative Stevenson, a concurrent resolution
• Clerk, please report. >> House Concurrent Resolution 117, Representative Stevenson, a concurrent resolution
• Clerk, please report. >> House Concurrent Resolution 117, Representative Stevenson, a concurrent resolution
• Clerk, please report. >> House Concurrent Resolution 117, Representative Stevenson, a concurrent resolution

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• Question is, House Concurrent Resolution No. 31 pass the House.
• Question is, House Concurrent Resolution No. 31 pass the House.
• Question is, House Concurrent Resolution No. 31 pass the House.
• House Resolution No. 25, by the Ways and Means Committee, is a House resolution stating findings of the
• In the House of Representatives, House Resolution No. 25, by the Ways and Means Committee, is a House

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• Bills 880, 895, 896, 903, 913, and 933, House Concurrent Resolutions 107 and 117; to Local Government
• Bills 880, 895, 896, 903, 913, and 933, House Concurrent Resolutions 107 and 117; to Local Government
• Concurrent Resolutions 107 933, House Concurrent Resolutions 107 and<01:00:30.720><c> 117.
• To local government, House and 117.
• Resolution 74 and House Bills 887, 892, Resolution 74 and House Bills 887, 892, 901,<01:01:20.800><c>

Summary: The House convened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, established a quorum with 95 members present, excused absent members, and adopted a legislative citation honoring Dave Buzz Baker for his long career with WKYT and the UK Sports Network. The Senate clerk then reported several Senate bills passed by the Senate and requested concurrence. The House approved the journal and received committee reports advancing a wide range of bills on agriculture, banking and insurance, judiciary, licensing and regulations, education, and information technology, covering topics such as agricultural procurement, pesticide labeling, vehicle financial protection products, proxy advisory services, financial exploitation, status offenses, firearms liability protections, school administrator salaries, sick leave, school safety, and data privacy. The chamber then considered House Bill 468 on civil rights. The bill would update the Kentucky Civil Rights Act to align the definition of disability with the federal ADA, and it would remove the Kentucky Human Rights Commission’s adjudicative powers over employment and public accommodations disputes while preserving investigative functions. House Floor Amendment 1 was adopted; it removed language barring attorney’s fees, preserved local commissions’ investigative powers, authorized local commissions and private plaintiffs to file civil actions in circuit court, and extended the probable-cause determination period from 30 to 180 days. The bill, as amended, passed 72-22. House Bill 757, the session’s revenue bill, was then debated. Its sponsor described provisions including moratoriums on certain local school district taxes, Internal Revenue Code conformity, new taxes on data brokering, fantasy contests, and predictive markets, EV charging station inspection fees, elimination of some tax expenditures, Department of Revenue cleanup provisions, and process changes for inheritance tax, property tax delinquencies, and other measures. Members raised concerns that the bill would limit local school boards’ taxing options and could affect bonding and school construction; the sponsor said TIF-related provisions would sunset future participation, not existing projects, and that the bill had been developed with agency input. House Bill 757 passed 69-18. The House also passed House Bill 727, creating the Kentucky Education Placement Service System for teacher applicants and district job postings, by a vote of 94-0. The chamber then took up House Bill 776, a modernization of the Dental Practice Act, with changes to board authority, licensure renewal, hygienist and assistant rules, and telehealth standards; the sponsor noted an ownership-related issue and presented House Floor Amendment 1 for consideration, but the transcript cuts off before final action on that amendment and the bill.

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• Senate Resolution 117.
• Senate resolution<00:10:53.839><c> 117.
• </c><00:10:54.959><c> Resolution</c><00:10:55.680><c> designating</c> resolution 117.
• Resolution designating resolution 117.
• </c><00:11:08.000><c> Resolution</c> Senate resolution 118. Resolution Senate resolution 118.