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• This bill doesn't mandate who drives what; it simply is about adding amenities for people who use our
• This bill doesn't mandate who drives what; it simply is about adding amenities for people who use our
• This bill doesn't mandate who drives what; it simply is about adding amenities for people who use our
• We did a little cleaning up while we were in there. Mr. Speaker, Ms. Goodwin, for what purpose?
• I myself have been involved in discussions about it. ...driving an electric vehicle since 2019.

Bills: HB1520, HB1545, HJR110, HJR203, HB245, HB1465, HB1482, HB294, HB793, HB809, HB3928, HB334, HB2037, HB1973, HB285, HB4341, HB4264, HB 1043, HB837, HB 1234, HB 1193, HB 1194, HB1646, HB1729, HB2498, HB1314, HB2295, HB1353, HB1531, HB1988, HB5398, HB3960, HB3923, HB1407, HB1764, HB2221, HB2214, HB2517, HB2518, HB2213, HB5008, HB5092, HB3421, HB3663, HB3748, HB3800, HB3756, HB2613, HB3782, HB5246, HB4344, HB4044, HB4066, HB2702, HB2807, HB2869, HB2898, HB3181, HB3250, HB4153, HB2091, HB2115, HB2542, HB2768, HB3349, HB3352, HB4406, HB1593, HB1899, HB3133, HB4432, HB4960, HB3214, HB3915, HB3508, HB2145, SB304, SB608, SB2312, SB494, SB530, HB45, HB2520, HB35, HB47, HB318, HB349, HB554, HB1359, HB1373, HB2254, HB2259, HB2853, HB3073, HB3088, HB353, HB355, HB786, HB762, HB705, HB932, HB849, HB 1119, HB3041, HB713, HB3104, HB3970, HB4042, HB4490, HB1731, HB2607, HB3689, HB1788, HB1612, HB138, HB15, HB1971, HB1338, HB2989, HB267, HB 1201, HB2954, HB5265, HB1804, HB5061, HB1520, HB1545, HJR110, HJR203, HB1887, HB1914, HB2402, HB2306, HB1809, HB2350, HB3000, HB3237, HB3326, HB3211, HB 1056, HB2081, HB2187, HB3092, HB3308, HB3526, HB3750, HB3527, HB4219, HB4230, HB4290, HB5238, HB4804, HB4749, HB245, HB1465, HB1482, HB294, HB793, HB809, HB3928, HB334, HB2037, HB1973, HB285, HB4341, HB4264, HB 1043, HB837, HB 1234, HB 1193, HB 1194, HB1646, HB1729, HB2498, HB1314, HB2295, HB1353, HB1531, HB1988, HB5398, HB3960, HB3923, HB1407, HB1764, HB2221, HB2214, HB2517, HB2518, HB2213, HB5008, HB5092, HB3421, HB3663, HB3748, HB3800, HB3756, HB2613, HB3782, HB5246, HB4344, HB4044, HB4066, HB2702, HB2807, HB2869, HB2898, HB3181, HB3250, HB4153, HB2091, HB2115, HB2542, HB2768, HB3349, HB3352, HB4406, HB1593, HB1899, HB3133, HB4432, HB4960, HB3214, HB3915, HB3508, HB2145, HCR6, HCR12, HCR34, HCR50, HCR55, HCR58, HCR70, HCR71, HCR72, HCR74, HCR75, HCR78, HCR80, HCR93, HCR100, HCR107, HCR116, HCR117, HCR90

Keywords: Angelina and Neches River Authority, river authority, Sunset Advisory Commission, Texas Sunset Act, Special District Local Laws Code, local government, natural resources, board of directors, director training, board governance, public testimony, open meetings, public information, conflict of interest, ethics, complaint system, general manager, board president, staggered terms, removal of director

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• its citizens with transparency, vision, and commitment to preserving the rural character of the area while
• While I recognize y'all, I want to say that it is my great pleasure and honor to recognize and welcome
• However, these are highly intoxicating substances.
• That the driver had been disqualified from driving for violating trucking regulations.
• That the driver had been disqualified from driving for violating trucking regulations?

Summary: The Senate opened with an invocation, messages from the House, and several recognitions, including county day delegations from Fayette, LaSalle, Jim Hogg, Austin, and others, as well as a recognition of Rob Keppel for his career with the Texas District and County Attorneys Association. The chamber also adopted several resolutions, including SR 429 designating October 2025 as RET Syndrome Awareness Month and SR 432 honoring Rob Keppel. A doctor-of-the-day introduction and a public announcement about free skin checks were also made. The Senate then took up and passed several bills. SB 1152, creating the offense of continuous manufacture or delivery of a controlled substance, passed after suspension of the rules. SB 1868, regulating kratom and related substances, was amended to prohibit smokeable kratom products and kratom pills and to clarify THC variants such as Delta-8 and Delta-10, then passed. SB 1349, creating offenses for transnational repression and unauthorized enforcement of foreign law, drew debate over a failed amendment that would have added election misinformation and foreign meddling; the bill ultimately passed unanimously. SB 2037, expediting review of LNG environmental permits, passed after amendments clarifying fees and deadlines, with opposition focused on its energy-policy implications. SB 1164, addressing emergency detention and court-ordered inpatient mental health treatment, passed after a drafting-error correction and discussion of the bill’s basis in recommendations from the Texas Judicial Commission on Mental Health. The Senate also advanced SB 2743 on prosecution of certain election offenses, which would allow a court process to disqualify a local prosecutor who repeatedly refuses to prosecute election cases and appoint the Attorney General; it passed to engrossment amid questions about evidence and local discretion. SB 1299, protecting nonprofit members, supporters, volunteers, and donors from disclosure by public agencies, passed unanimously. SB 2349, exempting certain short-term leases and temporary tenancies from floodplain notice requirements, passed unanimously. SB 2788, adding PSAT and pre-ACT scores for Texas Success Initiative exemptions and clarifying dual-credit eligibility, passed unanimously after amendment. SB 843, creating a TEA database of school district bonds, taxes, and bond-related projects and adding charter schools, passed after amendments on funding and scope. Finally, SB 1832, allowing parents to transfer a student who was victimized by a public school employee to another campus, passed to engrossment after extended debate over whether the bill should also cover private schools and how it would interact with school choice and ESA policy. SB 39, revising the admission rule in commercial motor vehicle collision cases, was laid out and debated over its effect on negligent entrustment and related evidence, with the author emphasizing that the bill preserves the bifurcated trial structure and does not alter other admissibility rules.

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• So while I'm waiting on that, I'm going to go ahead and hear a bill here.
• And while our current efforts are commendable, their reliance on volunteer and involuntary participation
• I would assume it's quite a while. I'm probably not the best person to answer that.
• Any drive-by on a farm-to-market road is in the county because you can put your firework stand up.
• That we can help protect all the officers while they're out there protecting us.

Bills: HB1583, HB1775, HB1832, HB1836, HB1837, HB1866, HB1983, HB2029, HB2217, HB2318, HB2363, HB2486

Keywords: mental health, emergency detention, peace officer, mental illness, prevention of harm, border security, private landowners, study and report, General Land Office, participation, controlled substances, opioid antagonists, law enforcement training, substance abuse prevention, Texas-Mexico border, criminal justice, public safety, law enforcement, National Park Service, arrest powers

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• I move that the House grant permission for all committees and subcommittees to meet while the House is
• While serving, he assisted in disaster recovery relief. efforts in the aftermath of both Hurricane Beulah
• Energy Proving Ground, aims to advance the state's nuclear research education. and energy production, while
• It also drives progress, creativity, and long-term success.
• It is so important that we give people their flowers while they're still here.

Bills: HB9, HB22, HB908, HB1392

Keywords: property tax, ad valorem tax, tangible personal property, income-producing property, business personal property, tax exemption, local government finance, appraisal district, chief appraiser, rendition statement, property tax relief, small business, commercial property, leased property, related business entity, unified business enterprise, tax situs, Texas Tax Code, local taxing unit, constitutional amendment

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• Uh, yesterday I was driving down the New Jersey Turnpike to the airport, to New York airport, to fly
• down the New yesterday I was driving down the New Jersey<00:15:43.680> Turnpike<00:15:44.680>
• Someone who serves a visibly intoxicated person, or a business entity who serves a visibly intoxicated
• They’ll even send incentives while the question’s pending.
• the question's pending incentives while the question's pending they'll<00:26:57.159> ask<00:26

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• In that regard, as while serving.
• Typically, they’re intoxicated.
• Typically, they’re intoxicated.
• I just care that they know how to drive. I care that they know the rules of driving.
• Uh, Connecticut." driving. That's all I care about. I driving. That's all I care about.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee held public hearings on three transportation bills. SB 154 would add the Snow Traveler Foundation to the list of charitable organizations authorized to offer multi-use decal plates through the existing Department of Safety program. Senator David Roford said the bill would create a non-tax funding source for snowmobile trail maintenance, especially after flood damage, and Dan Gold of the New Hampshire Snowmobile Association said the foundation would accept tax-deductible donations for projects such as upgraded trail signage. He explained that the association’s 96 volunteer clubs maintain about 7,000 miles of trails and that the sign program is costly. No opposition was presented, and the hearing was closed after questions from members about the foundation’s status and fundraising goals. SB 271 would expand eligibility for veteran license plates to include veterans with a general discharge under honorable conditions. The sponsor’s representative said the change would recognize service members who are already eligible for many veterans benefits but are excluded from plates under current law. Supporters included Phil Grizzo, who argued that general discharges often reflect service that was otherwise honorable, and Kevin Grady of the State Veterans Advisory Committee, which said it strongly supported the bill and was also considering broader statutory cleanup to standardize the definition of veteran across state law. Committee members asked whether the change should be limited to plates or applied more broadly, but the sponsor said broader changes would be a separate policy question. The public hearing was then closed. SB 273, titled “Cheryl’s Law,” would update New Hampshire’s move-over requirements for motorists approaching stopped or standing vehicles on the roadside, including stranded vehicles and those with warning signals. Senator Donovan Fenton said the bill was intended to save lives and honor Staff Sergeant Jesse Cheryl and Brigadier General John Pogo, both of whom died in roadside incidents. He said the measure would require drivers to slow down, change lanes if safe, and move over for roadside vehicles, with the intent of education rather than punishment. Committee members asked about enforcement, the lack of a fiscal note, whether the bill applied statewide, and whether the language could be read as weakening the move-over requirement; the sponsor said it applied to all roads, did not change fines, and was meant to clarify and broaden safety obligations. The hearing continued with additional questions, and the sponsor said state police and other safety stakeholders supported the approach.

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• especially the non- intoxicating especially the non- intoxicating varieties.<00:14:51.440> So
• So while that process is going on, it.
• And um while we slow, grueling fight.
• > the<01:35:56.960> full While this doesn't remove the full While this doesn't remove the
• We protected critical services while We protected critical services while responding<02:31:28.800

Keywords: 1183, house

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• It drives businesses, kills jobs. Thank you. Hello, Matt Roybal.
• Shirley Voidat, my mother-in-law, was murdered with an AR-15 while she was driving to the senior center
• after church on Monday, May 15. was murdered with an AR-15 while she was driving to the senior center
• My young son was asleep in his bed while his mommy called 911.
• So that was the intoxication laws because they imposed individual burdens on intoxicated persons, not

Bills: SB48, HB250, SB17

Keywords: State Fairgrounds District, fairgrounds bonds, public financing, bond authorization, gross receipts tax, gaming tax, tax-backed bonds, infrastructure funding, Albuquerque fairgrounds, State Fair Tid, economic development, municipal bonds, revenue pledge, capital projects, New Mexico finance, technology, innovation, advisory board, entrepreneurial support, stakeholder representation

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• To discuss this while we're here and while we have the community present, one of the common questions
• When you have nursing students who are driving two and even three hours to class while working part-time
• , while mothering, and while caregiving, our students are putting in the work.
• While traveling and studying, many of our faculty drive long distances to teach as well—upwards of two
• I believe two faculty drive in from Farmington, and one, two, three drive in from Fort Defiance, Arizona

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• viable solution to building affordable housing in which land is held in trust for community benefit while
• We recognize housing workers as essential workers during the COVID pandemic and asked, you know, while
• We recognize housing workers as essential workers during the COVID pandemic and asked, you know, while
• We recognize housing workers as essential workers during the COVID pandemic and asked, you know, while
• in various intoxicated states to the<00:20:05.600> apartment<00:20:05.919> over<00:20:

Bills: HF3600, HF3809, HF3608

Keywords: housing, community land trusts, competitive development, development programs, Minnesota, HF3809, Minnesota eviction law, landlord-tenant, residential lease, minor child, children in eviction, eviction complaint, defendant prohibition, expedited eviction, expedited hearing, summary eviction, tenant protections, housing policy, civil penalty, nonwaivable lease terms

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• This bill renames the Florida Ban on Texting While Driving Law to the Florida Hands-Free Driving Law.
• But while I still do respect the fact that individuals should not be on their phone while driving, for
• It could be shaving while you're driving. A video while you're on the phone.
• It could be shaving while you're driving, doing your makeup while you're driving, eating while you're
• Because while we were talking about texting while driving, that was the issue then, the implicit bias

Summary: The Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, doctor and guest introductions, and then took up Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 168, the Tristan Murphy Act, on mental health. Senator Bradley described the bill as a major criminal justice and behavioral health reform measure that would expand pretrial mental health diversion, strengthen treatment-based probation conditions, broaden grant uses for mental health and substance abuse programs, add Hillsborough County to a forensic hospital diversion pilot, require certain DOC mental health evaluations, and create a Florida Behavioral Health Data Repository. Senators from both parties spoke in strong support, emphasizing treatment over incarceration, public safety, data collection, and the Murphy family’s role in advancing the bill. The Senate passed the bill 37-0 and then approved 37 co-sponsors. The chamber then received the Senate’s 2025-26 General Appropriations Bill, SB 2500, with Chair Hooper outlining a $117.4 billion budget that he said reduces spending, preserves reserves, and includes major investments in water quality, transportation, education infrastructure, and reporting requirements. Committee chairs summarized their portions: K-12 funding at $34.7 billion with increases for FEFP, scholarships, VPK, school hardening, and school safety; higher education at $11.5 billion with workforce, nursing, reading, autism, and student aid investments; health and human services with a $1.8 billion increase for Medicaid, mental health, opioid response, disability services, and veterans programs; criminal and civil justice at $7.6 billion for corrections, juvenile justice, law enforcement, courts, and judgeships; transportation/tourism/economic development at about $18 billion including roads, housing, Visit Florida, and cultural grants; and agriculture/environment/general government with major Everglades, water quality, citrus, food bank, and agency IT funding. Members then questioned several budget items, especially education funding formulas, the shift of scholarship dollars below the line, the impact on public school districts, AP/IB and other accelerated program funding, the APD wait list, opioid settlement spending, arts grants, and the My Safe Florida Home and condo pilot programs. Chairs generally said scholarship and accelerated-program dollars were being restructured for transparency and flexibility rather than cut, that school districts would still receive funding based on enrollment, and that APD and other human services issues would continue to be worked out in conference. The budget discussion concluded with remarks praising staff and noting a 4% across-the-board pay raise for state employees and targeted increases for law enforcement and firefighters, followed by a recognition for FAMU Day at the Capitol.

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• I move that the House grant permission for all committees and subcommittees to meet while the House is
• While serving, he assisted in disaster, disaster recovery relief efforts in the aftermath of both Hurricane
• In energy production while also strengthening the system's position as a leader in sustainable advanced
• STEM not only strengthens Texas's position at the forefront of technological advancements, it also drives
• It is so important that we give people their flowers while they're still here and it is amazing to have

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• I can tell you what I believe the driving force has been.
• But former Representative Juan Fernando is the driving factor in why we're taking this up and really
• Two Sundays ago while I was at church trying to worship, my Clerk comes up to me talking about the darn
• While Mr.
• Didn't appear to be intoxicated, wasn't trespassing. The arrest was illegal.

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• sought to ban the manufacturing and production of cell culture protein to ensure consumer safety. while
• they. benefit that the benefit from during the public health emergency while still ensuring that our
• While he's coming up, I want to remind everyone we do have an overflow room, room E2036.
• Are the paramedics willing to drive the hours and hours away as well, taking?
• It would be that person who would drive them to the facility.

Bills: HB 3772, HB 1656, HB 4504, HB 1896, HB 4420, HB 4421, HB 4076, HB 3708, HB 2806, HB 3540, HB 1586, HB 5459, HB 4553, HB 4535, HB 3811, HB 3749, HB 4255, HB 4051, HB 5098, HB 3554, HB 4539, HB 5274

Keywords: e-cigarettes, health and safety, regulations, directory, penalties, regulation, certification, compliance, manufacturers, FDA, nicotine, mental health, emergency detention, paramedic authority, mental illness, healthcare facility, public health, covenants not to compete, health care practitioners, physicians

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• How do they immediately handle That before they drive again to Uber, Lyft, phone. Follow up.
• I own two or three vehicles, and I don't particularly drive the same one.
• I just pick whichever one I wanna drive. Do I have to put it on each vehicle?
• So, this gives them the opportunity To be able to drive during that period of time.
• The simple solution, representative, is don't drink and drive. That's the best.

Bills: SB137, SB1216, SB1226, SB1238, SB1255, SB1256, SB1258, SB1325, SB1460, SB1543, SB1730, SB1733, SB1921

Keywords: electronic monitoring, Department of Corrections, criminal justice, rehabilitation, public safety, SB 1216, drug court, drug courts, Oklahoma drug court, eligibility, substance abuse treatment, addiction, diversion program, criminal justice reform, probation violation, revocation, intermediate revocation facility, plea agreement, speedy trial waiver, preliminary hearing waiver

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• House Bill 106, introduced by Representative Reeb, an act relating to driving under the influence of
• medical professionals are authorized to withdraw blood in the performance of a chemical blood test for driving
• Boat under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs.
• Manipulative learning provides a strong foundation for students while allowing them to build and expand

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• who need access to the non-intoxicating who need access to the non-intoxicating cannabonoids<00:
• It's an intoxicating normalize it.
• So you That's what drives up the cost.
• I would accept that are I do get it drives me crazy. People are I do get it drives me crazy.
• , it's been used in Europe for a while, it's been used in Europe for a while, but<04:00:46.800>

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• While HB 2700 addressed images, videos, and other forms of visual material, it didn't include sexually
• How was the drive?
• They are often addicts, sex workers, mentally ill, and even intoxicated victims.
• We've talked about victims who are intoxicated.
• Evidence that occurred before the 18th birthday while she was a child, we're gonna protect, you know,

Bills: HB207, HB235

Keywords: HB 207, Texas Government Code, Section 411.201, license to carry, LTC, handgun license, concealed carry, federal judge, immigration judge, immigration court, U.S. immigration court, judicial security, firearm carry permit, Texas handgun license, federal judiciary, HB235, Texas, sales tax exemption, use tax exemption, disabled veteran

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• Amy worked with me for a while as an aide.
• And while they're moving, let's give a round of applause for that. All right.
• Is there anything you want to say to Senator Lawson while you're up there?
• Is there anything you want to say to Senator Lawson while you're up there? Look at him.
• Everybody please drive safe. Thank you, Senator. Senator Townsend. Thank you, Madam President.

Keywords: 1064, all

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• You have people speeding, you have people driving recklessly.
• When I think about B misdemeanors, I think about driving while intoxicated.
• while intoxicated, have them be found non-competent, and then simply dismiss the charges against them
• When I think about B misdemeanors, I think about driving while intoxicated.
• while intoxicated, have them be found non-competent, and then simply dismiss the charges against them

Keywords: 1191, senate, all