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• The Chair now recognizes the gentleman from Texas, Mr. Fallon, for five minutes.
• For what purpose does the gentlewoman from Texas seek recognition? >> Mr.
• Jackson of Texas. >> Gentleman from Texas is recognized. >> Thank you, Mr.
• <04:32:16.800> 13th which are assembled in Texas 13th which are assembled in Texas 13th Congressional
• Fallon<04:59:50.400> of<04:59:50.638> Texas. Mr.

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• Poisonous, illegal pills are being sent illegally into Texas. Thank you, Senator King.
• this side of the rail is with Katriona Corker, who served in the Senate and has served the people of Texas

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• .: That the Senate agreed to, relative to the death of George Foreman of Houston, Texas, Senate Resolution
• THAT THE SENATE AGREED TO, RELATIVE TO THE DEATH OF GEORGE FOREMAN OF HOUSTON, TEXAS, SENATE RESOLUTION

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• And those revisions have taken place with so many different conversations, including a legislator in Texas
• who works on who Texas has a statute that's very similar to this, including Texas property managers
• There's a provision in this document, for instance, that, you know, we learned in Texas that vouchers

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• EVEN THIS LAST YEAR WE SOUGHT THE SUPREME COURT PULLED TEXAS RIGHT TO OBJECT MATERIALS THAT HAD TO DO
• >> Chair Trabulsy: YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >> I JUST CITED IN JULY WE SAW THEM ROLL DOWN AGAIN THAT TEXAS
• WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE FREE SPEECH COALITION VERSUS PAXTON IN TEXAS, THAT WAS RECENTLY UPHELD IN 2025 AND
• IN ARKANSAS, TEXAS AND IOWA, FEDERAL JUDGES BLOCKED MAJOR PARTS OF LAWS GOING INTO EFFECT BECAUSE THEY

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• [Applause] Madam President, the certificate of the electoral vote of the State of Texas seems to be regular
• vote of the certificate of the electoral vote of the State<01:33:10.760> of<01:33:10.960> Texas
• c> seems<01:33:12.080> to<01:33:12.199> be<01:33:12.360> regular State of Texas
• seems to be regular State of Texas seems to be regular inform<01:33:12.960> form<01:33:13.320

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• special session dealing with abortion pills, those poisonous illegal pills being sent illegally into Texas
• this side of the rail, and Katrina Corkels, Chairman: who served in the Senate, served the people of Texas

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• checked, 35 different plans that we're trying to approve so that as a sign of growth in this state of Texas
• launched in 2020. has been an interception, a recovery or prevention of $273 million in loss to the Texas

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• also clarifies that the foreclosure sales must be conducted according to the statutory process in Chapter
• Texas contemplated requiring photo IDs, but found that there were way too many barriers to this requirement
• the appointment process and authority of the Auditor General, and makes several changes relating to Chapter

Summary: The Appropriations Committee considered a large agenda of bills and reported several measures favorably. Early action included SB 6, a settled claim bill involving the Department of Children and Families and a trust for Leila Estrada and Sapphire Williams, and CS/CS/SB 1266, which creates a cybersecurity experiential learning and clearance-readiness program through the Department of Commerce and Cyber Florida. The committee also approved SB 532 on clerks of court funding, allowing clerks to retain all excess Article V revenue rather than returning half to the state and clarifying foreclosure sale procedures. In addition, the committee passed CS/CS/SB 1602 and CS/CS/SB 1604 to create and fund a pilot housing program for veterans through the Florida Housing Finance Corporation, and CS/SB 1110 to expand Medicaid and private insurance coverage for medically necessary orthotics and prosthetics, including testimony from affected families and advocates. The committee also adopted an amendment and then favorably reported CS/CS/SB 1012 on inmate services, removing the bill’s medical-services compensation provisions while retaining changes to the inmate welfare trust fund and related facility uses. It also adopted a delete-all amendment and then favorably reported CS/CS/CS/SB 1614, which was narrowed to remove a provision allowing local governments to use excess fees to construct new buildings. The committee spent substantial time on CS/SB 17, a Medicaid oversight and transparency bill. The sponsor said the measure would create a joint legislative Medicaid oversight committee, authorize the Legislature to retain its own actuary, modernize Medicaid statutes, strengthen managed-care performance standards, and increase accountability for pharmacy benefit managers and related entities. After amendment, the committee adopted changes removing several PBM-related provisions while retaining the broader oversight framework. Testimony from supporters emphasized transparency, fraud prevention, and cost control, while a PBM trade association asked to continue working on affiliate-manufacturer, network, and payment issues. The bill was reported favorably. The most extensive discussion centered on CS/SB 1758, which proposes major changes to Medicaid and SNAP. The sponsor described five reforms: stronger fraud and overpayment recovery authority, a Medicaid work requirement for certain able-bodied adults, expanded behavioral-health services through Medicaid waivers, pharmacy-program changes to obtain rebates and reduce institutional costs, and SNAP/EBT reforms including photo IDs and work requirements. The committee adopted two amendments: one adding a transitional “glide path” for people who gain employment but risk losing Medicaid, and another exempting hospice patients with six months or less to live. Supporters argued the bill would reduce fraud, improve accountability, and encourage work, while opponents warned it would increase administrative burdens, push eligible people off coverage, and conflict with federal law or guidance. The bill remained under debate with extensive public testimony from advocates, providers, and affected families, and the transcript ends before final disposition on the measure.

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• At the end of June, 750 girls were dropped off at Camp Mystic in Texas.
• Those gaps are not only in Texas, but in Alabama and across the country.
• What happened at Camp Mystic in Texas What happened at Camp Mystic in Texas exposed<00:39:25.680
• what was taking place in Texas what was taking place in Texas and<01:13:16.159> nobody<01
• Then behind that one which is Texas.

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• As of last week, we had two students still in the detention center in Texas.
• As of last week, we had two students still in the detention center in Texas.
• As of last week, we had two students still in the detention center in Texas.
• As of last week, we had two students still in the detention center in Texas.
• Uh, she was quickly sent from Minnesota to the camps in Texas.

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• Any provider of medical services, including physicians, facilities licensed under this chapter, and nursing
• :20:22.320> licensed<00:20:22.720> under<00:20:22.960> this<00:20:23.120> chapter
• , facilities licensed under this chapter, facilities licensed under this chapter, and<00:20:23.600
• In 2025 alone, Arizona, Maryland, Nebraska, and Texas all enacted laws addressing AI-driven insurance
• all enacted laws Nebraska, and Texas all enacted laws addressing<03:59:11.040> AIdriven<03:59

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• Texas does this, but Texas actually goes further. Texas taxes custom software.
• These employees can live in Texas.
• These employees can live in Texas.
• They need to be here, not in Texas.

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• There are three big ones: Alaska, New Mexico, and Texas.
• Other states, like Texas, many of our adjoining states, Texas is almost 100 percent private property.
• What I was going to ask is, let's get some, in reference to a comparison, say, Alaska, Texas, how do
• Are they the Alaska fund or the Texas fund? First, Mr. Chair and Representative, are...
• Our two closest peers in terms of sovereign wealth funds are the Alaska and Texas sovereign wealth funds

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• I'm originally from the Cannon Falls FFA chapter, currently serving as the Minnesota FFA state president
• Originally from the Cannon Falls FFA chapter, currently serving as the Minnesota FFA state president.
• Minnesota FFA has 212 chapters that we're very proud of.
• So our bankruptcies in 2024, we saw four Minnesota farms file for Chapter 12 bankruptcy, an absolute
• We are still far from being able to produce sterile insects at the Moore base in Texas.

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• So in 2015, there was a Supreme Court ruling in a case, Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs
• Actually, in Texas Department of Housing, Actually, in Texas Department of Housing Community Affairs

Summary: The Senate Land Use Committee met in hybrid format but did not have a quorum, so it did not approve minutes or take formal votes. The committee first heard House Bill 457, which would raise the appraisal threshold for certain DELDOT real property dispositions from $10,000 to $25,000 to match federal highway standards and reduce the time and cost of selling small surplus properties. There was little discussion and no public comment on that bill, and the chair indicated it would be circulated. The committee then took up House Bill 451, which would codify a disparate impact framework under Delaware’s Fair Housing Act. The bill was described as clarifying that housing policies or practices can violate the law even without discriminatory intent if they have an unjustified discriminatory effect on a protected class, using a burden-shifting test similar to federal law. The sponsor and DHSA said the measure was intended to preserve fair housing protections amid uncertainty at the federal level, and an additional amendment was discussed that would delay implementation for 180 days and require DHSR, with DSA and stakeholders, to conduct outreach, education, and training. Public testimony was divided. Supporters, including Housing Alliance Delaware, YWCA Delaware, and the Delaware Human and Civil Rights Commission, said the bill would protect against discriminatory outcomes, align state law with longstanding fair housing principles, and preserve recourse if federal enforcement changes. Opponents and housing-provider groups, including the Delaware Association of Realtors, Greater Wilmington Housing Providers, and the Delaware Apartment Association, argued the bill could create liability for neutral policies, rely on statistical outcomes landlords cannot easily measure, and increase litigation and costs; several asked for more time, a right-to-cure process, or further amendments. The committee adjourned without taking a formal vote.

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• I think is Texas the facility you're having to use now for those? Yes, sir.
• finally got a good male DNA profile, entered it into the system, and it matched to an offender out of Texas
• Kind of jumping back to the forensic genealogy, did you say that was a private company in Texas you utilized

Summary: The committee met with representatives from the Arkansas State Crime Lab for what members said was likely the first appearance by the lab before this committee. Lab officials gave an overview of the new crime lab facility now under construction, saying it is on schedule, under budget, and expected to be completed by the end of July next year, with phased move-in beginning around August 1. They explained that the current building is over 40 years old and overcrowded, with caseloads having doubled over the past 20 years, and said the new facility will improve workflow, add morgue capacity, and allow new technologies and equipment to be brought online. Members asked about staffing and recruitment, and the lab said recent pay changes and legislative support have made Arkansas more competitive for forensic specialists and medical examiners. Officials said vacancies have been reduced, a new deputy chief medical examiner has been hired, two more medical examiners are starting in August, and a new fellowship program has already attracted applicants. They also said the lab is prepared for the staffing needs of the new facility and that training periods remain long for many analyst positions. The discussion also covered rapid DNA, CODIS, sexual assault kit processing, genetic genealogy, and overdose-related data sharing. The lab said rapid DNA is in final testing with pilot agencies in Faulkner and Saline counties and could go live by the end of July, which would make Arkansas among the first states to do so. Officials described CODIS as a key investigative tool, said DNA profiles are entered automatically when they qualify, and reported that the sexual assault kit backlog has been cleared with the lab now maintaining a 60-day turnaround. They also confirmed Arkansas uses a kit-tracking system, works with private labs such as Othram and Bode for genetic genealogy, and is developing an overdose dashboard to share toxicology and overdose data with public health and law enforcement partners. Members praised the lab’s progress and the committee adjourned after announcing an August site visit to Lake Conway and the dam project.

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• I think is Texas the facility you're having to use now for those? Yes, sir.
• finally got a good male DNA profile, entered it into the system, and it matched to an offender out of Texas
• Kind of jumping back to the forensic genealogy, did you say that was a private company in Texas you utilized

Summary: The committee met with representatives from the Arkansas State Crime Lab for an update on operations, staffing, technology, and major projects. Crime lab officials said the new facility is on schedule and under budget, with completion expected at the end of July next year and phased move-in beginning around August 1. They described the current building as overcrowded and outdated, and said the new lab will expand workspace, improve workflow, double morgue autopsy tables, and allow new technologies such as 3D firearms microscopy, improved drug testing for emerging synthetic drugs, and enhanced fingerprint visualization. Officials also said the lab has been able to hire positions tied to the 2023 overdose-autopsy law and that recruitment for medical examiners and fellows has improved, including two new medical examiners starting in August and a successful new fellowship program. Members asked about rapid DNA, CODIS, forensic genealogy, sexual assault kit backlogs, and staffing. The lab said rapid DNA is in final testing with Faulkner and Saline counties and could go live by the end of July, which would make Arkansas one of the first states to do so. Officials explained that CODIS is used routinely, with DNA profiles from qualifying cases uploaded automatically and audited regularly, and cited it as a key investigative tool. On forensic genealogy, they said Arkansas currently relies on private labs such as Othram, Bode, and DNA Labs International, and is exploring whether to bring that capability in-house in the future. They reported that the sexual assault kit backlog from around 2016 has been cleared and that the lab is now meeting the statutory 60-day turnaround time, with kits tracked through a barcode-based system for transparency. The committee also discussed overdose data and confidentiality. The lab said a new overdose dashboard is being developed with the Office of State Technology and should go live by the end of the year, using newly available reporting data to help public health and law enforcement target prevention efforts. Members praised a recent law allowing toxicology information to be shared with the state drug director and another law protecting coroner records and toxicology reports from public release during criminal investigations; lab officials said both changes have been very helpful. The meeting ended with no votes or formal actions on the crime lab items, and the chair announced an August site visit to the Lake Conway dam project.

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• I think is Texas the facility you're having to use now for those? Yes, sir.
• finally got a good male DNA profile, entered it into the system, and it matched to an offender out of Texas
• Kind of jumping back to the forensic genealogy, did you say that was a private company in Texas you utilized

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• with that being said, we have several states across the nation that have already went To this route, Texas
• Texas taxes on weight, like I said, they're part...
• I did speak to most of you, but just quickly, I have been a licensed attorney since 2008 in Texas.

Bills: HB2933, HB3041, HB3048, HB3081, HB3297, HB3338, HB3673, HB3790, HB3983, HB4105, HB4139, HB4203, HJR1023

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