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• We have Assembly Member Mark Gonzalez to present his bill, Assembly Bill 2152. You may proceed.
• AB 2132, Mark Gonzalez. The motion is due passed to the Committee on Appropriations. Ransom, aye.
• Mark Smith on behalf of the California chapter of the National Emergency Number Association, as well
• Mark Smith, on behalf of CalNENA, the California chapter of the National Emergency Number Association
• AB 2152, Member Mark Gonzalez. Bains, aye. Aye. All bills are out. No, no, no.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• Marks. Paula. Marks. See you later. Bye-bye. Thank you Ms. Marks. We'll start with you.
• Uh, yeah, my name is Paula Marks.
• Paula Marks, come forward please. 1179 Thank you, welcome, and if you wouldn't mind stating your name
• My name is Paula Marks.
• Marks at this time? Let me just ask you one general question with your expertise.

Bills: SB251, SB608, SB487, SB535, SB761, SB955, SB957, SB958, SB988, SB990, SB1019, SB1021, SB1120

Keywords: criminal law, magistrates, Bell County, judicial authority, legal framework, evidence collection, sexual assault kits, reporting, law enforcement, transparency, confidentiality, victim protection, stalking, indecent assault, invasive visual recording, criminal justice, privacy rights, SB 535, Texas criminal procedure, rape shield

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• Before digging, as I think most of us know, contractors must call 811 so utilities can locate or mark
• Before digging, as I think most of us know, contractors must call 811 so utilities can locate or mark
• a lot of exceptions to the definition of excavator in the law, but frankly the best thing to do is mark
• when I do my excavation, and actually describe my address, the fact that I've gone in my yard and marked
• has actually come out and marked. has actually come out and marked.

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: The House first adopted a conference committee report on House File 3900, a constitutional amendment related to state government and school trust lands. Members from both parties praised the work on the bill and said the conference committee returned a clean version of the House-passed measure. The report was adopted without opposition, and the bill was repassed as amended by conference on a 134-0 roll call. The chamber then took up Senate File 4282, a forecast-adjustments bill covering K-12 education, human services, children and families, and transportation. Representative Youakim explained that the conference report restored all four forecast articles plus several no-cost education items, including school fund transfers, utility-payment authority, a paraprofessional licensing clarification, a grant extension, and school trust lands language. Representative Mueller moved to refuse adoption, arguing the report had become a catchall and omitted agreed-upon literacy language; that motion failed 62-72. The House then adopted the conference report, and the bill was repassed as amended by conference on a 94-37 vote. Next, the House concurred in Senate amendments to House File 4138, the social media bill aimed at restricting addictive social media harms for minors. The Senate had removed House “threat alert” language, and the author said that was the only substantive difference. Supporters said the bill would protect kids online and require parental permission for social media accounts for children 15 and under. The House concurred and repassed the bill as amended by the Senate on a 131-2 vote. The House then began consideration of Senate File 2373, a labor and industry bill exempting minor league baseball players from minimum wage and overtime requirements. Through a series of amendments, members added provisions on rural cancer research, disability services and employment access, unemployment insurance for certain laid-off Iron Range miners, and agricultural funding items such as depredation, local foods, down payment assistance, and meat processing grants. One proposed amendment to remove the double-fencing requirement for farmed cervidae was strongly opposed as a threat to deer health and was defeated 61-72. The transcript ends during debate on that amendment, before final disposition of the bill is shown.

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• We just passed the 30-second mark. I'd have to keep talking for another 30 seconds.
• We just hit the 60-second mark of when the machete would be swinging around in people's faces and was
• We just passed the 30-second mark. I'd have to keep talking for another 30 seconds.
• We just hit the 60-second mark of when the machete would be swinging around in people's faces and was
• We just passed the 30-second mark. I'd have to keep talking for another 30 seconds.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Is there anything final that you would like to say, Kie, or Mark?
• Is there anything final that you would like to say, Kie, or Mark?
• Is there anything final that you would like to say, Kie, or Mark?
• Is there anything final that you would like to say, Kie, or Mark?

Keywords: Meeting Start: 00:00:00 Roll Call: 00:00:09 SB 64: 00:01:20 SB 73: 00:05:33 HB 662: 00:09:40 HB 320: 00:20:17, 958, all

Summary: The House Judiciary Committee met with a quorum and first approved Senate Bill 64, as amended, on a 14-0 vote. The bill was described as a copper theft prevention measure aimed at protecting key infrastructure assets, including telecommunications and electrical highway infrastructure. Testimony in support came from Senator Brandon Storm and representatives from Charter Communications and law enforcement, who said copper theft and related vandalism are damaging fiber and other infrastructure across the state. A committee substitute was adopted before the vote. The committee then considered Senate Bill 73, relating to sexual extortion. Senator Julie Rocky Adams and Kentucky Youth Advocates testified that sextortion is a fast-growing crime against children and that the bill would make sexual extortion a felony, create civil remedies for victims, and require school-based education and resources. The bill passed 15-0 and was reported favorably for floor consideration. House Bill 662, relating to personally identifiable information, was also approved after discussion and a committee substitute. Representative John Blanton said the bill would help protect judges and certain medical review personnel from public disclosure of personal information while preserving provider access needed for appeals and communications. The Kentucky Medical Association supported the concept but stressed the need to preserve provider-facing information so doctors can conduct peer-to-peer reviews and appeals. The bill passed 15-0 with one pass vote. House Bill 320, relating to controlled substances on hospital property, was taken up for discussion only and no vote was taken. Representative Mike Klein and a St. Elizabeth nurse testified that hospitals are seeing illicit drug use and trafficking on campus and argued for a drug-free zone to protect staff, patients, and visitors. Committee members raised concerns about how the bill would apply to unconscious overdose patients, lawfully prescribed medications, emergency situations, and whether possession should be treated differently from trafficking. The chair ruled a motion out of order because the item was for discussion only, and the bill remained under consideration.

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• Mark Newberger, California State Association of Counties, in support.
• And good morning, Mark Stivers, with the California Housing Partnership.
• Not to get into the weeds, but thank you, Mark, for explaining that.
• And Mark Stiver is just adding the California Housing Partnership to that law.
• Mark Stivers, the California Housing Winners. I couldn't have said it any better.

Summary: The Assembly Committee on Housing and Community Development heard a long agenda focused mainly on housing production, higher education facilities, homelessness, and permitting reform. Early items included AB 6, which would direct HCD to convene a working group on allowing three- to ten-unit “missing middle” housing to be built under the Residential Code rather than the Building Code; AB 48, a higher education bond proposal that would fund campus repairs, modernization, disaster recovery, and student/employee housing; and AB 76, which would clarify a Chula Vista university innovation district exemption so the project can include academic buildings and housing without conflicting with surplus land rules. Supporters emphasized affordability, cost savings, student housing needs, and access to education, while members raised questions about implementation, affordability requirements, and project scope. The committee later took votes on these items, with AB 6, AB 48, and AB 76 all moving forward on unanimous or near-unanimous votes to Appropriations. Members also heard AB 595, which would create a state homeownership tax credit pilot to support affordable for-sale housing. The author and supporters argued that California’s homeownership rate is at historic lows and that the bill would help close racial wealth gaps by financing homes working families can buy. The committee approved AB 595 and sent it to Appropriations. The consent calendar, including several other housing-related bills, was also approved unanimously. A major portion of the hearing was devoted to AB 1165, the California Housing Justice Act of 2025, which would require ongoing state investment and a financing plan to address homelessness and housing affordability. The author and witnesses described the scale of homelessness, the limits of one-time funding, and the need for sustained, accountable funding streams. After testimony from housing advocates and people with lived experience, the committee passed AB 1165 on a 10-0 vote to Appropriations. Finally, the committee heard AB 609, a CEQA reform bill that would create a simplified exemption for qualifying infill housing projects in already developed areas. Supporters framed it as a targeted way to reduce delays and costs for housing near jobs and transit, while opponents from environmental justice, labor, and tribal groups warned it could reduce public participation, weaken protections for disadvantaged communities, and create consultation concerns for tribal cultural resources. The author said the bill would not change zoning or affordability tools and would continue to work with opponents on amendments. The bill was moved forward after extensive discussion, with members noting ongoing negotiations on tribal consultation and labor concerns.

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• Your testimony is marked in opposition, but would you like to testify?
• I don't know why our testimony was marked in opposition, and we actually support this bill.
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Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The Committee on Consumer Protection and Commerce met on March 12, 2025, and heard testimony on several bills, with most measures drawing support from state boards, agencies, and industry groups. SB 102 (restaurants) had one supportive testifier and no questions. SB 1367 SD1 (installment loans) drew support from DCCA and other boards, but the chair raised concerns about a proposed $5 debit-card convenience fee, saying it seemed high and suggesting it might be amended downward; DCCA said it would check with industry on the likely impact. SB 1373 SD2 (administrative licensure action against sex offenders) received broad support from DCCA and multiple professional licensing boards, including psychology, physical therapy, naturopathic medicine, chiropractic, dentistry, massage therapy, nursing, optometry, barbering and cosmetology, the Hawaii Medical Board, and HPD. The committee then heard SB 1142 SD1 (insurance proceeds), which was supported by DCCA, the Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement, AARP, Hawaiʻi Realtors, and the Hawaiʻi Insurers Council, while State Farm offered comments and the Hawaii Bankers Association opposed. Testimony focused on insurance access after the Lahaina wildfires and the need to address underinsured homeowners. The committee also discussed SB 144 SD2 (stabilization of property insurance), with support from the Hawaii Green Infrastructure Authority, AARP, Hawaiʻi Realtors, and the Hawaiʻi Insurers Council, and comments from the Attorney General and DCCA Insurance Division about revising the financing structure and correcting bill language. Opponents and reservationed supporters argued the bill may not help if applicants can still obtain coverage at very high prices, while supporters said it would expand market capacity and provide a safety net as climate-related losses continue. Finally, SB 253 SD2 (condominium reserves) received support from Hawaiʻi Realtors, CI, and several individual testifiers. Supporters said it would enforce existing disclosure requirements under Act 199 and improve reserve funding transparency, while one individual argued stronger enforcement and an ombudsman-style office would be more effective. The chair reminded testifiers to stay on the bill at hand. No votes or final committee actions were taken during the portion of the meeting reflected in the transcript.

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• And a voter will, or an individual, I will say, will properly mark on there, "I am not a U.S. citizen
• So right now, the verification is looking at that box to see what the voter marked.
• So if someone comes into DPS today and they're a non-citizen, we mark them as a non-citizen.
• Well, we need And then you count the little tally marks for when you counted the ballots.
• Again, 32% of Texas counties are under the 10,000 population mark.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• After that conversation, the marks suddenly stopped until July.
• After that conversation, the marks suddenly stopped until July.
• After that conversation, the marks suddenly stopped until July.
• After that conversation, the marks suddenly stopped until July.
• After that conversation, the marks suddenly stopped until July.

Bills: HF1027, HF2226, HF1916, HF1915, HF1567, HF1986

Keywords: mortgage foreclosure, redemption, foreclosure surplus, sheriff's sale, junior lienholder, mortgagor, homeowner protections, loss mitigation, dual tracking, foreclosure redemption period, certificate of redemption, certificate of sale, sheriff, county recorder, registrar of titles, homeownership center, lien priority, real property, foreclosure by advertisement, surplus funds

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• members, Senate Bill number 70 by Senator Jenkins designates a portion of Louisiana Highway 1 as Officer Mark
• This bill provides for designating a portion of Highway 1 in the town of Vivian as the Officer Mark Brock
• This bill provides for designating a portion of Highway 1 in the town of Vivian as the Officer Mark Brock
• Vivian police officer Mark Brock, age 25, was killed on November 14, 2025, when a suspect opened fire
• We remember and honor Officer Mark Brock, who made the ultimate sacrifice while protecting and serving

Summary: The House Transportation Committee met on Monday, April 27, and took up a series of Senate bills and resolutions, most of them memorial highway designations or prestige license plate measures. The committee first adopted amendments and reported Senate Bill 122, which directs the Department of Transportation and Development to plan, maintain, and report on bridge conditions statewide, with a focus on proactive bridge maintenance and public reporting. Members also reported favorably SCR 6 supporting an LNG facility at Port Fourchon, SCR 18 directing a study of commercial driver licensing privileges compared with neighboring states, and SB 50 naming the Bayou DeLarge Basque Bridge as the Elwood T. Brady Jr. Memorial Bridge. The committee then approved several memorial and honorary measures, including SB 70 for Officer Mark Brock Memorial Highway, SB 96 creating a Fallen Heroes prestige license plate, SB 460 naming a highway for Hayden Lane Mangum, SB 24 designating Interstate 49 as the Senator J. Bennett Johnston Jr. Memorial Highway, SB 101 naming highways for Daniel Edward Didillo and Bill Blue Evans, SB 160 naming the Speaker Joe R. Salter Memorial Highway, SB 418 naming the Dick and Jacques Schuford Memorial Highway, SB 114 creating a prestige plate for the Foundation for Moral Law, SB 103 and SB 159 naming Franklin Parish highways, SB 412 naming a portion of Highway 13 for Roy Chaffin, SB 182 naming a highway for Mayor Billy Cobb, SB 104 naming the Ernest J. Gaines Memorial Highway, and SB 2 naming the Falcons Band Highway. Most of these items were reported favorably without objection after brief testimony from authors, family members, or supporters. One measure drew more discussion: SB 19, which changes the name and design of the state employee retired prestige license plate and redirects proceeds to a private nonprofit associated with retired state employees. Representative Schlegelhorn objected, but after testimony that the organization is a tax-exempt nonprofit funding scholarships and that no money had previously gone to LASERS from the plate, the committee adopted a motion to report the bill favorably by a 13-1 vote. The committee also adopted amendments to HCR 69, which urges DOTD to improve Interstate 12 in Livingston Parish with attention to drainage, flood risk, and evacuation resilience, and then reported it favorably. HCR 63, creating a task force to study whether certain active-duty military personnel can operate federally owned vehicles on state highways without civilian licenses, was also reported favorably. The meeting ended after the agenda was cleared and a motion to adjourn was made.

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• Mark, second, an American Property Casual Insurance Association, were also opposed unless amended.
• Mark, second American Property Casualty Insurance Association, respectful opposition.
• Mark, second American property casualty insurance association, respectful opposition.
• Mark Seckney, with American Property... ...district. Our constituents are going to benefit from it.
• Mark Seckney with the American Property Casualty Insurance Association would like to associate himself

Summary: The Assembly Committee on Insurance met as a subcommittee and heard several bills related to workers’ compensation, insurance access, climate resilience, and farmworker protections. AB 815 would prevent social service workers who use personal vehicles to transport clients from being misclassified as commercial or for-hire drivers under personal auto policies; supporters said the current practice leads to unaffordable premiums and denied claims, while no opposition testified. AB 1329 would revise the Subsequent Injury Benefit Trust Fund to reduce litigation and medical-legal costs and lower employer assessments; insurers and business groups opposed unless amended, citing concerns about eligibility standards and the QME process, but the bill advanced after amendments were discussed. AB 1048 would allow disputed unauthorized payment reductions for medical providers to be reviewed through independent bill review; supporters framed it as a transparency measure, while opposition argued IBR is the wrong forum and existing contract dispute processes should control, though the bill also passed. AB 1236 would create a Department of Insurance grant program for climate and sustainability risk-reduction projects, with broad support from the department, environmental groups, and insurers, and it passed unanimously. The committee also heard AB 1336, the Farmworker Heat Illness Prevention Act, which would create a rebuttable presumption that a heat-related injury arose out of employment when an agricultural employer fails to comply with heat illness prevention standards. Supporters, including United Farm Workers, argued the bill would help protect farmworkers amid extreme heat and enforcement gaps; opponents from the workers’ compensation and agricultural sectors said the measure improperly uses the compensation system to enforce OSHA rules and could create unclear adjudication and delay issues. Members discussed Cal/OSHA enforcement limits, undocumented workers’ reluctance to report violations, and the relationship between the bill and existing workers’ compensation procedures. Despite opposition, AB 1336 passed on a divided vote. The committee also took up a consent calendar including AB 1125, AB 1293, and AB 1398, which were approved together. Roll calls were held open and later completed, and the bills that advanced were sent to the Committee on Appropriations. The meeting concluded with the committee adjourning after final votes were recorded.

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• Senator Awa, Mahalo, Pelana, please mark down my no votes for STR 136, SR 115, STR 205, SR 165, STR 92
• Senator Awa Mahalo<00:05:22.759> Pelana,<00:05:23.759> please<00:05:24.080> mark
• <00:05:24.320> down<00:05:24.560> my<00:05:24.720> no Mahalo Pelana, please mark
• down my no Mahalo Pelana, please mark down my no votes<00:05:25.360> for<00:05:25.680> STR
• President, please mark my no votes for Standing Committee Report 1553, STR 205, Standing Committee Report

Keywords: 912, senate, all

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• And uh I have a pink slip for Mark Lad.
• They would say, "Mark, stop being me."
• Mark Manuel: Okay. Thank you very much, Mark. Chair: See no further pink cards.
• a provision could be enforced from Mark a provision could be enforced from Mark Gello Gello Gello
• [laughter] [laughter] [laughter] Mark Mark Mark >> almost<04:07:33.279> got<04:07:33.520

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• Almost nine years ago, the Tubbs fire marked a new era of wildfires in California.
• And Brad, in addition to being a leader with Sonoma Water, you're the co-founder of the Mark West Area
• That's why we created the Mark West Area Community Fund, our 501(c)(3) nonprofit in the Mark West area
• Our 501(c)(3) nonprofit in the Mark West area ensures that we continue that dialogue and that discussion
• There’s a great example out here in the Mark West Corridor last year where public infrastructure, also

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• And with us, we have Mark Mulliner, Northern California Regional Director...
• And next up, Mark Mullner, so if you would go ahead. Thank you.
• Mark Mullner, California State Building Trades.
• At $5, it was about $100,000 to $200,000, so a pretty marked decrease.
• Those market swings aren't because production is swinging; it's just marking it to market.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• Number 1476 by Howard in memory of Mark James Hanna of Austin. I'll ask Ms.
• Mark was born September 24, 1947, to Keith and Betty Hanna.
• Mark was a devoted family man and a respected attorney. successful lobbyist and a true statesman.
• Mark grew up moving and traveling around the country, but he always considered Texas his home.
• Outside of his professional work, Mark had a deep love and a passion for music.

Bills: SB1637, SB1, HB300, SB2601, SB37, HB2011, HB3595, HB3071, SB12, HB3372, SB457, HB2067, SB2337, SB447, SB1506, SB1566, SB763, HB3556, SB13, SB2018, SB331, SB379, HB145, SB441, SB2878, HB2885, HB2017, HB5246, SB8, SB2308, SB1540, HB 119, SB1405, SB3059, SB15, SB568

Keywords: SB 1637, deadly conduct, Texas Penal Code, Section 22.05, firearm, gun, pointing a gun, recklessness presumption, peace officer, law enforcement, police, officer-involved shooting, use of force, justification, self-defense, defense of others, Chapter 9, criminal prosecution, Penal Code amendment, appropriations

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• And Mark Trujillo from IBEW. Senator Stewart: No, the guy just can't name him.
• And so for any questions, I'm sure Kelly can answer or Mark can answer thoroughly. Chair: Work.
• And Mark Trujillo. So, you want to take a few more minutes? All right, do you want to say anything?
• Chairman, I will say that this is not Mark Trujillo: Retrospective.
• It would be for IRB projects starting Mark Trujillo: July 1.

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• They're all marked absentee ballot.
• They're all marked absentee ballot.
• The moderator ensures the voter's name is not already marked off the checklist.
• They are marking that box that was already mentioned, the AV.
• They are marking that box that was already mentioned, the AV.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• House 4161, an act establishing a sick leave bank for Mark Capeman, an employee of the Department of
• House 4161, an act establishing a sick leave bank for Mark Capeman, an employee of the Department of
• House 4161, an act establishing a sick leave bank for Mark Capeman, an employee of the Department of

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The House took up several procedural matters, including concurrence with a Senate petition to establish a sick leave bank for Gregory Baker of the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office, which was approved. The chamber also suspended Joint Rule 12 for additional petitions, including bills concerning the Dalton Fire District interim fire chief and a sick leave bank for Carlos Borges of the Department of Correction. The Committee on Steering then reported a slate of House bills for consideration, covering local matters such as Cheshire special elections, MWRA sewer service for a parcel in Sharon, animal cruelty fines and shelter funding, treasurer-collector duties in Berkeley, the Sandwich charter, amendments to the Massachusetts Business Corporation Act, and a Medford city charter. The House ordered several of those bills to a third reading. It then considered two engrossed bills establishing sick leave banks for Department of Transportation employees Daniel Wright Ender and Mark Capeman. The House adopted emergency preambles for both measures by recorded division and then passed each bill to be enacted. During the session, the Speaker also introduced Nepal’s ambassador to the United States, Luck Dashman Regimi. Finally, the House adopted an order to meet again Wednesday at 11 a.m., and then adjourned to that time, with the next session noted as a formal session with roll calls at one.

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• Mark Smith. Senator or Representative Rafi. All right, we have a quorum. I thank everybody.
• Mark Smith? Aye. Ray? Aye. Senator Singleton? Aye. Mark Smith? Aye. Senator or? Aye.

Keywords: 924, joint, all