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• So the other two are ruled out of order. But there's one above it, though. Yep.
• So the other two are ruled out of order. But there's one above it, though.
• ...receive a due pass recommendation and be sent to the Rules Committee.
• I move the bill receive a due pass recommendation and be sent to the Rules Committee.
• I move the bill receive a due pass recommendation and be sent to the Rules Committee.

Bills: SB5816 , SB5838 , SB5930 , SB5960 , SB5971 , SB6075 , SB6097 , SB6104 , SB6216 , SB6233 , SB6318 , SJM8015

Committee: Senate Agriculture & Natural Resources

Keywords: juice grapes, agriculture, commerce, state regulation, market access, tribal representation, natural resources, board of natural resources, environmental policy, community involvement, irrigation districts, director contracts, beneficial interests, transparency, governance, ungulate populations, wildlife management, habitat restoration, conservation, sustainability

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• This is a motion to waive the five-day rule for public hearing.
• Sometimes we get bills that... ...to waive the five-day rule for public hearing.
• I move that the five-day rule notice be suspended for Senate Bill 6320. All in favor, say aye. Aye.
• That's the rule we have for charter schools.
• It puts the same rules in place as we currently have for charter schools.

Bills: SB6222 , SB6263 , SB6118 , SB6261 , SB6320

Committee: Senate Early Learning & K-12 Education

Keywords: public education, technology access, surplus hardware, digital divide, student resources, school district, public bidding, bid limits, procurement, public works, construction contracts, competitive bidding, lowest responsible bidder, small works roster, quotations, school purchasing, Washington-grown food, local food, inmate work programs, Department of Corrections

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• the sex offender management board that I believe was tasked with coming up with recommendations for reforms
• criminals who have been convicted of committing dangerous crimes against children is part of the reform
• Some of it is going to be done with rules and their policies and procedures on some things that they're
• Our Rule 11 system is a joke. People come through and they find them competent.
• “This is an effort to consolidate that into a space where everybody’s playing by the same set of rules

Bills: SB1095 , SB1127 , SB1170 , SB1208 , SB1211 , SB1237 , SB1239 , SB1240 , SB1243 , SB1244 , SB1259 , SB1283

Committee: Senate Judiciary and Elections

Keywords: gender transition, minors, irreversible surgery, health professionals, puberty-blocking drugs, medical procedures, prohibition, Arizona Revised Statutes, lifetime probation, early termination, criminal justice, supervised probation, sexual offenses, annual review hearing, community notification, aggravated harassment, lifetime injunction, victim protection, felony offenses, domestic violence

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• In 1996, the rules were changed, and I think it was in 1998 that Gary Johnson created NMW to manage the
• coordination and collaboration with the University of New Mexico, or if it's an appropriation, it wouldn't be rule
• We also have been supporting the Public Education Department's rule, passed in 2024, to put the Braille
• We also have been supporting the Public Education Department passed a rule for us in 2024 to put the

Bills: SB37 , SB29

Committee: House House Appropriations & Finance

Keywords: high-quality literacy instruction, science of reading, structured literacy, reading instruction, literacy assessment, dyslexia screening, phonics, phonemic awareness, fluency, vocabulary, comprehension, biliteracy, English language learner, ELL, bilingual education, dual language program, reading intervention, reading difficulty, reading improvement plan, literacy coach

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• 42 and the Health Care Authority are doing a great, wonderful, tremendous job of moving toward the rules

Bills: SB37 , SB29 , SB37 , SB29

Committees: Senate Senate Finance , Senate House Appropriations & Finance

Keywords: high-quality literacy instruction, science of reading, structured literacy, reading instruction, literacy assessment, dyslexia screening, phonics, phonemic awareness, fluency, vocabulary, comprehension, biliteracy, English language learner, ELL, bilingual education, dual language program, reading intervention, reading difficulty, reading improvement plan, literacy coach

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• My name is Mandy Torres, and I am Reform Director for Think New Mexico.
• to say about that... ...is that we were asked whether we would provide a template, but when we do rule
• There will be rules. You know, there will be rules if this bill passes.
• And everyone has an input into those rules. So it's kind of their job to do that. And Mr.

Bills: SB29 , SB37 , SB29 , SB37

Committees: Senate Senate Education , Senate House Education

Keywords: SB29, math requirements for teaching license, teacher licensure, teacher endorsement, mathematics methods, elementary education, secondary education, special education, early childhood education, reciprocity, Public Education Department, Mathematics and Science Education Act, mathematics instructional leadership framework, professional learning plan, K-3 screening, mathematics screening assessment, mathematics difficulty, support plan, multilevel support, intervention

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• In 2019, the legislature passed Senate Bill 2, which reformed the property tax appraisal rate-setting
• refer back to the slide because this is really the master slide of what the next step in property tax reform
• Senator Bettencourt, thank you very much for laying out where we are as it relates to some of the reforms
• But this is a A big part of these reforms is taking this to the public.
• But following the Bettencourt rule that I try to hold very close to and dear, when I'm going to testify

Bills: SB9 , SB 9

Committee: Senate Local Government

Keywords: property tax, ad valorem tax, voter-approval tax rate, no-new-revenue tax rate, tax rate calculation, Tax Code, local government finance, municipality, county, special taxing unit, sales and use tax, property tax cap, tax rollback, tax levy, maintenance and operations, debt rate, disaster relief rate, Texas Legislature, local taxing unit, school assessment

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• FOFA also adopts litigation reforms used by past Republican and Democratic administrations in statute
• like about the Fix Our Forest Act, but we see it largely as focused on two challenges, permitting reform
• Let me start with permitting reform.
• Bim, I have long supported permitting reform, as long as it is done in the right way.
• I agree that there's opportunities for reform. I think that this bill has the seeds of that.

Bills: HB471

Committee: Senate Subcommittee on Conservation, Forestry, Natural Resources, and Biotechnology

Keywords: forest management, wildfire prevention, public lands, Tribal jurisdiction, Fix Our Forests Act, wildfire, forest health, hazardous fuels reduction, fuels treatment, prescribed burning, mechanical thinning, mastication, fuel breaks, fire breaks, wildland-urban interface, WUI, fireshed, fireshed management area, fireshed registry, Fireshed Center

Summary: The meeting primarily focused on H.R. 471, the Fix Our Forests Act, which aims to address the ongoing crisis of wildfires exacerbated by climate change and the need for updated forest management practices. Various committee members voiced concerns about past federal management failures and emphasized the necessity for collaborative approaches involving local communities and stakeholders in forest management. As discussions unfolded, there were varying perspectives on the implications of certain provisions in the bill, particularly around regulatory changes and their likely impacts on public participation and environmental reviews.

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• This bill will codify the three weekly work search actions instead of the current agency rule of only
• I mean, I think you could debate this Quite a bit because many states have done a variety of reforms
• They weren't doing the smaller reforms that could have led to the changes needed.
• We're going to have to get serious about tort reform, specifically targeted tort reform for insurance
• Any lawsuit reform needs to come with reforms that are centered on Oklahomans.

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

Committee: Senate Business and Insurance

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 provide benefits in the way we provide those benefits is by basically suspending the OA pension reform
• from 2011, and that reform says that no benefits can be given out without being paid for.
• At least I mean, we're the ones that issue the rules on these pensions.
• some legislators back in the day, back in the 2011 time frame, House and Senate came together and reformed
• assaults, riots, and other emergency situations, conduct counts of residents, and enforce institutional rules

Bills: SB134 , SB1356 , SB1407 , SB1611 , SB1639 , SB169 , SB1722 , SB182 , SB1870 , SB2039 , SB432 , SB609 , SB715 , SB716

Committee: Senate Retirement and Government Resources

Keywords: retirement, public employees, reemployment, benefit adjustment, Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System, state government, OMES, Office of Management and Enterprise Services, Department of Labor, Department of Veterans Affairs, Department of Rehabilitation Services, civil service, human capital management, state employee disputes, whistleblower, veterans employment, veterans placement, fleet management, state fleet, motor vehicles

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• In two minutes, we'll have a straight rule, and believe it or not, all the clocks are gone.
• The Texas Workforce Commission will be tasked with developing rules and submitting a report to the U.S
• You would think, Chairman, that we would absolutely have rules like this, either at the federal or the
• Since you all just came in, let me remind everyone we have the rule today.
• It also empowers courts, upon a preliminary ruling, to require the claimant to post a bond of up to $500,000

Bills: HB 1087 , HB2504 , HB4113 , HB5144 , HB5146 , HB5377 , HB5543 , SB140 , SB264 , SB1244 , SB1343 , SB2121 , HR868

Committee: House Trade, Workforce & Economic Development

Keywords: property owners, board vacancy, special election, association governance, community management, property owners' association, resale certificate, fees, real estate regulation, homeowners, HB 4113, Texas Rising Star Program, child care, child-care providers, Texas Workforce Commission, TWC, safety barriers, crash-rated bollards, bollards, playground safety

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• As everyone hears me say every time, we have a strict three-minute rule in this committee.
• That is the three-minute rule for authors testifying, as well as for members' and witnesses' questions
• She added that if there is a constitutional issue, there is only one correct ruling for the judge to
• It is a new rule. For 30, 40 years, we followed the rule of Apodaca v.
• We were told that was fine, and we continued to follow those rules.

Bills: HCR50 , HB123 , HB219 , HB251 , HB404 , HB769 , HB1065 , SB58 , SB81 , SB92 , SB97 , SB141 , SB156 , SB181 , SB207 , SB396 , SB410

Committee: House Administration of Criminal Justice

Keywords: electronic monitoring, GPS ankle monitor, ankle bracelet, pretrial release, post-conviction supervision, bail monitoring, house arrest, corrections, criminal justice, law enforcement, prosecuting authority, court reporting, provider registration, LCLE, Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Criminal Justice, data privacy, personal information, cybersecurity, confidentiality, monitoring violations

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• with several parties, district attorneys, counsel, OSBI, as well as a number of criminal justice reform
• There are states turning to these sorts of reforms to provide more certainty so that there might be more
• the past, and anticipating Whether or not a child is going to live in the same state under the same rules
• A federal case filed in Tulsa County, a federal judge ruled that a system where Detainees can be released
• Rules of evidence need not apply. This bill sets up a statewide system for pretrial hearings.

Bills: SB2030 , SB1926 , SB2170 , SB2151 , SB2166 , SB1213 , SB1381 , SB1824 , SB1876 , SB1728 , SB1582 , SB1286 , SB1386 , SB1708 , SB1618

Committee: Senate Judiciary

Keywords: expungement, record sealing, criminal records, clean slate, automatic expungement, expedited expungement, criminal history, OSBI, Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, deferred judgment, delayed sentence, pardon, pardon and parole board, law enforcement records, sealed records, arrest records, conviction records, reclassification of felony to misdemeanor, reentry, second chance

Bills: SB 9 , SB 7 , SB 17 , SB 4 , SB 1 , HB4 , HB4 , SB9 , SB7 , SB17 , SB4 , SB1 , SB2 , SB5

Keywords: school assessment, public education, accountability, transparency, education standards, STAAR, Texas Education Agency, TEA, public school accountability, school ratings, A-F ratings, assessment reform, student testing, benchmark tests, interim assessments, through-year assessment, diagnostic reports, college career military readiness, CCMR, local accountability plans

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• 6 of Rule 20.
• </c> the rules and pass the bill HR6332? the rules and pass the bill HR6332?
• The rules are suspended. affirmative. The rules are suspended.
• The rules are suspended. affirmative. The rules are suspended.
• </c> rules and pass HR 3106 and HR 8897. rules and pass HR 3106 and HR 8897.

Bills: HB8897 , HB3106 , HR1398 , HB8738 , HB3535 , HB7574 , HB8535 , HB8168 , HB9388 , HB9391 , HB8874 , HB9328 , HB8770 , HB7809 , HB6332

Keywords: FEC, Federal Election Commission, campaign finance, electioneering communications, political committees, electronic filing, e-filing, disclosure reports, campaign reporting, disbursements, checkless payments, payment methods, administrative reform, election law, FECA, 52 U.S.C. 30104, 52 U.S.C. 30102, campaign administration, political spending, Department of Homeland Security

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• It is a rule which has the force and effect of law.
• As far as listing the salary range, while that's not a rule, the system automatically populates a salary
• It is a rule which has the force and effect of law.
• As far as listing the salary range, while that's not a rule, the system automatically populates a salary
• We could do something if they're not following the rules, right?

Bills: HR9 , HR15 , HB202 , HB206 , HB338 , HB379 , HB547 , HB691 , HB843 , HB861 , HB908

Committee: House House and Governmental Affairs

Keywords: human rights, individual liberties, Magna Carta, constitutionalism, free speech, voter identification, election integrity, federal elections, public confidence, election security, SAVE America Act, Louisiana, election fraud, job advertisement, salary transparency, civil service, employment notification, applicant rights, legislative attendance, task force

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• could go out there and I can say on the steps of the Temple of Justice, 'I really don't like this ruling
• You know, just voicing concerns about a ruling or about the way the justice has conducted themselves
• could go out there and I can say on the steps of the Temple of Justice, 'I really don't like this ruling
• You know, just voicing concerns about a ruling or about the way the justice has conducted themselves
• I move that the bill receive a due-pass recommendation and be sent to the Rules Committee.

Bills: SB5925 , SB6086 , SB6074 , SB5962 , SB6296 , SGA9272 , SGA9255 , SGA9256 , SGA9271

Committee: Senate Law & Justice

Keywords: Attorney General, civil investigative demand, CID, subpoena-like demand, investigative authority, consumer protection, civil enforcement, pre-suit investigation, document production, interrogatories, deposition, oral testimony, confidentiality, trade secrets, judicial review, enforcement action, Washington RCW, law enforcement powers, government transparency, due process

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• We know the rules. We get everything. We've done this before. We have bills to get through.

Bills: SB29 , SB64

Committee: House House Education

Keywords: SB29, math requirements for teaching license, teacher licensure, teacher endorsement, mathematics methods, elementary education, secondary education, special education, early childhood education, reciprocity, Public Education Department, Mathematics and Science Education Act, mathematics instructional leadership framework, professional learning plan, K-3 screening, mathematics screening assessment, mathematics difficulty, support plan, multilevel support, intervention

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• When Judge Singleton was ruling on the Martinez-Jazi lawsuit, the main data that was used was low scores
• My name is Mandy Torres and I am Reform Director for Think New Mexico and a former elementary teacher
• My name is Mandy Torres and Reform Director for Think Thank you. Good morning, Mr.
• My name is Mandy Torres and Reform Director for Think New Mexico and a former elementary teacher.
• that, I think at that point it's the time to ask for an extension or to provide an extension through rule

Bills: SB29 , SB64 , SB29 , SB64

Committees: Senate Senate Education , Senate House Education

Keywords: SB29, math requirements for teaching license, teacher licensure, teacher endorsement, mathematics methods, elementary education, secondary education, special education, early childhood education, reciprocity, Public Education Department, Mathematics and Science Education Act, mathematics instructional leadership framework, professional learning plan, K-3 screening, mathematics screening assessment, mathematics difficulty, support plan, multilevel support, intervention

Bills: HCR75 , HCR93 , SB644 , SCR2 , SCR17 , HB2703 , HCR92 , HCR7 , HCR126 , HB1615 , HB1610 , HB1620 , HCR86 , HCR7

Committee: Senate Administration

Keywords: Hemphill, bass fishing, tourism, state recognition, conservation, recreational activities, Nacogdoches, Garden Capital, public gardens, sustainability, horticultural heritage, hospice, palliative care, awareness day, healthcare, patient care, state regulation, taxation, education, local authority

Summary: The Senate Committee on Administration met with six members present and took up several commemorative and code-revision measures, along with one hospice/palliative care resolution. Senator Hall presented HB 2703, designating July as American Patriotism Month, and HCR 7, designating September 29 as Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Day; both drew no public testimony and were reported favorably. Senator Kolkhorst presented HB 1615, a non-substantive Texas Legislative Council recodification bill relating to water and wastewater special districts, which was also reported favorably. Senator Parker presented HCR 86 recognizing Denton’s “31 Days of Denton Halloween,” and Senator Johnson presented HB 1620, another non-substantive code update; both were left pending at first and later reported favorably. Senator Johnson also presented SB 644, creating Hospice and Palliative Care Day on the second Saturday in October, which was left pending and later reported favorably. The committee also heard HCR 75, HCR 93, HCR 126, and HCR 92. HCR 75 concerned a local designation tied to marina/guide services and was left pending initially, then later reported favorably. HCR 93 would renew Nacogdoches as the Garden Capital of Texas, HCR 126 would designate Corrigan as the Timber Products Capital of Texas, and HCR 92 would designate the fourth Thursday in March as Tuskegee Airmen Commemoration Day; all were heard without public opposition and later reported favorably. Several members emphasized the historical, cultural, or economic significance of the local designations, while the code-update bills were described as non-substantive recodifications prepared by the Texas Legislative Council. After taking up pending business, the committee voted to report the measures favorably, with most also recommended for the May 14, 2025 local and uncontested calendar. The committee certified the local and uncontested calendar list for that date, with some items removed because they had already passed earlier in the day or had other issues. The meeting concluded with a motion to recess.