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• hearing is informational only; the bills are not in the possession of the committee, but we anticipate votes
• I didn't vote for **SB 131** originally because I didn't care for the process, and I didn't care for
• I would say I did vote for. 131.
• Request an aye vote.
• In conclusion, thank you for standing with child care, and we urge your aye vote.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• It's the intent of the chair to lay the bills out one at a time, take public testimony, and then vote
• Chair Flores: Well, we have a quorum to vote this out and vote them as we go.
• So we have a quorum, we can vote this out. That's fine. Chair Flores: Is that OK? Yeah.
• Voted out.
• I say we call the vote. I do have one or two. I'm sorry, Senator Hinojosa.

Bills: HB 33, HB 45, HB 48, HB 1261, HB 1465, HB 1778, HB 2596, HB 5238, SB 2969

Keywords: HB 48, oilfield theft, organized theft, petroleum products, oil and gas equipment, DPS, Department of Public Safety, Texas, Railroad Commission, criminal justice, energy resources, theft prevention, organized crime, border region, El Paso, law enforcement task force, asset recovery, pipeline theft, drilling equipment, equipment theft

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• I hope y'all vote in favor of it as well. Um, and thank you everyone for your time today.
• We're going to do a few quick votes.
• Members will vote on pending business as a matter of pending business, the chair lays out House Bill
• , procedural s standpoint for quite a long time.
• , voting no.

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• Bailey, Senator Murray, Senator Harkham, Senator Sepúlveda, and we believe we have a quorum with the voting
• Correction Law in relation to requiring public agencies to establish preliminary license application procedures
• I just want to say, I just hope that there were some negative votes against it.
• Just for the record, Senator Murray votes on bills, not from a partisan lens, but from a perspective.

Keywords: 993, senate, all

Summary: The Senate Standing Committee on Crime Victims, Crime and Correction met with a quorum and considered 10 bills. The committee advanced measures on crime victims’ awards (S.156), Inspector General review of sexual assault complaints in correctional facilities (S.429), expanded substance use programming access for non-English-speaking incarcerated people (S.863), preliminary license application procedures to identify criminal-history disqualifications early (S.1048, the PLAN Act), visitation rules for local correctional facilities (S.1892B), lethality assessments in domestic violence incidents (S.2280B), breast pumps for certain incarcerated nursing parents (S.2666A), time allowances when program completion is prevented by circumstances beyond an individual’s control (S.3974), health and human rights protections for incarcerated pregnant people and their children (S.4583A, the CARE Act), and visiting policies for incarcerated individuals (S.5037). Most bills were reported to Finance; S.1892B was reported from committee, and several members noted prior Senate passage or recurring support for some of the measures.

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• Has everyone recorded their vote? Has everyone recorded their vote?
• Has everyone recorded their votes? Does anyone like to change their votes?
• To explain my vote. Yes. To explain my vote. Yes.
• vote? vote?
• Has everyone recorded their vote? Has everyone recorded their vote?

Keywords: House streaming session for Friday, April 3, 2026, 957, house, all

Summary: The House convened with 113 members present and took up House Bill 774, a local enabling bill on residential landlord-tenant good-cause termination and eviction standards. The sponsor and floor leader described the bill as intended to create stability for families and communities by limiting nonrenewal of leases without good cause, while emphasizing that it would only take effect if adopted by local counties. The bill’s stated good-cause grounds include repeated late rent payment, lease violations, and other specified reasons. Several amendments were offered and debated. One amendment sought to require tenants to keep paying rent, late fees, and other lease obligations during any legal challenge to a nonrenewal; the floor leader argued this was redundant because existing law already requires payment during holdover proceedings, and the House rejected the amendment by roll call, 79 in the negative. Another amendment added a good-cause ground where housing is tied to employment on the property and the employment ends; the floor leader accepted it as a friendly amendment, and it was adopted. A further amendment exempted short-term rentals such as VRBOs from the bill; it was also accepted as friendly and adopted. The House then rejected another amendment that would have changed the late-rent good-cause standard from four notices in a 12-month period to three. The sponsor argued the change would reduce the time and financial burden on small landlords, while the floor leader responded that the bill did not alter existing eviction timelines for nonpayment and that the current four-instance standard was appropriate. Finally, an amendment to extend access to the state’s eviction counsel fund to low-income landlords was offered, with the sponsor arguing for fairness to small property owners; the floor leader opposed it, saying the fund was created to represent low-income tenants and that most landlords are already represented. The transcript cuts off before the final vote on that amendment.

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• . >> Was that a unanimous vote to... >> No, we have to vote.
• rules like your hearings procedure rules like your hearings procedure rules,<00:48:55.599> um
• <01:55:58.880> Thank I'm going to be voting for it. Thank I'm going to be voting for it.
• :01:08.960> on don't feel comfortable voting on don't feel comfortable voting on something<02:
• So I I will vote in it doesn't go there.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• I will now vote on HCR 118 and recognize its representative.
• House Bill 5308 clarifies and affirms that the procedure related to consumption destruction is among
• include cases where there were affirmative findings of family violence under the Code of Criminal Procedure
• Members, I want to vote on two measures. Here real quick, one I want to reconsider.
• Is there an objection to reconsideration of the vote? Hearing none, the motion prevails.

Bills: SB 36, HB 1065, HB2929, HB2956, HB3009, HB3420, HB3626, HB3649, HB4956, HB4993, HB5293, HB5308, HB5528, HCR118, SB36, HB4023

Keywords: transportation, regional authorities, mobility, infrastructure, sales tax, employee classification, private security, misclassification, workforce regulations, Texas Workforce Commission, autism, peace officers, training program, law enforcement, intervention, communication, developmental disability, family violence, central database, criminal offense

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• unanimous consent of the House, and the record be shown that the roll has been called and all members voted
• The vote is now open. The vote is now closed by a vote of 69 in the affirmative, 0 in the negative.
• to understand and appreciate the singular importance of neutral decision-making based on laws, procedures
• Representatives Andrea Romero, Angelica Rubio, and Kristina Ortez, pertaining to eviction, providing procedures

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• those votes.
• Make sure we make sure that everybody who wants to vote and is entitled to vote gets to vote.
• Make sure we make sure that everybody who wants to vote and is entitled to vote gets to vote.
• Make sure we make sure that everybody who wants to vote and is entitled to vote gets to vote.
• different for voting. different for voting.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• Senator Mohammed votes I. Senator Muhammad votes I. Senator Jung votes I. Senator Young votes I.
• Senator Rest votes I. Senator Rest votes I. Senator Rest votes I. Senator Port votes I.
• Senator Port votes I. Senator Rest votes I. Senator Jeang votes I. And Senator Muhammad votes I.
• Senator How votes<04:01:18.640> I. votes I. votes I.
• Senator UK votes<04:01:28.479> I. votes I. votes I.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Chair and Madam Vice Chair, I don't believe anybody has been voted.
• We hope that this committee will vote a do pass on House Bill 120. Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
• Please vote to pass House Bill 120. Thank you. Great, thank you. Let's go to Emily.
• Procedures, except in cases of immediate danger.
• All right, by a vote of seven to five, you have a do pass in House Bill 120.

Bills: SB106, SB171, SB179

Keywords: graduate scholarship, higher education funding, New Mexico, appropriation, financial aid, education, documentary, historical figure, Padre Antonio Jose Martinez, Northern New Mexico State School, SB179, Senate Bill 179, UNM, University of New Mexico, medical Spanish, Spanish-language curriculum, health sciences, health professions education, language access, bilingual healthcare

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• Doesn't mean the Democrats can't vote for it too. The Democrats can vote for it too. It's OK.
• support and received a hearing in the Senate Local Government Committee, but was not brought up for a vote
• Representative Lopez: Thank you, Chairman, members, we ask for your favorable vote on this.
• raises the expenditure limit for municipalities and counties before mandatory competitive bidding procedures
• bill will help survivors across the state, and we urge you respectfully to support House Bill 714 by voting

Bills: HB158

Keywords: public funds, lobbying activities, political subdivision, government spending, transparency

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• Representative Pollock explain my vote.
• Representative Stalker explain my vote.
• representative stalker explain my vote representative stalker explain my vote I'm<00:04:15.200><
• <00:57:30.319> it's think that procedurally it's think that procedurally it's much<00:57:32.119
• I need to record an aye vote on House Bill 479 and an aye vote on House Bill 574. Thank you.

Keywords: 00:00:00 Call to Order/Roll Call 00:01:20 Discussion of 25RS HB 479 00:03:22 Roll Call Vote on 25RS HB 479 00:04:51 Discussion of 25RS HB 574 00:21:49 Roll Call Vote on 25RS HB 475 00:23:41 Discussion of 25RS HB 291 01:04:38 Roll Call Vote on 25RS HB 291 01:05:42 Adjournment, 958, all

Summary: The House Standing Committee on Families and Children met and first took up House Bill 479, which would require one hour of dementia training for DCBS workers. Representative Derrick Lewis and the Alzheimer’s Association said the bill was a straightforward, bipartisan effort to address dementia awareness and improve worker training, with no fiscal impact. Members spoke in support, including remarks about personal family experiences with dementia and the importance of recognizing symptoms early. The committee voted 11-0 to pass the bill with favorable expression. The committee then heard House Bill 574, the “Baby Maya” child protection bill, sponsored by Representatives Dossett and Lewis. The bill would require reporting when a child is born to a parent who previously had children removed for neglect or abuse, create a rebuttable presumption allowing the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to make an initial safety determination, authorize emergency custody procedures, and name the measure the Baby Maya Law. Sponsors said it was intended to add guardrails after the Baby Maya case and stressed that it would not automatically remove children or add new mandatory-reporter penalties. Members asked about hospital involvement, HIPAA, and information-sharing; the Cabinet commissioner said the agency would be open to better data-sharing with hospitals, but currently has no such system. The bill passed 12-1 with favorable expression. Finally, the committee considered House Bill 291, the Family Preservation and Accountability Act, with a committee substitute. The bill would expand sentencing alternatives for primary caregivers convicted of nonviolent offenses, allowing judges to consider family status and use options such as counseling, parenting classes, and related services. Supporters argued it would keep families together, reduce harm from parental incarceration, and save money; one witness cited a report estimating $4 million in direct incarceration savings and broader economic benefits. Another witness, Amanda Hall, gave emotional testimony about the long-term harm of parental incarceration and said access to help would have been better for her family than prison. The committee adopted the committee substitute and passed the bill 12-1 with favorable expression.

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• Representative Townley, wish you to change your vote or vote? Declare the vote.
• Close the vote. Declare the vote. Any members wish to change their vote? Close the vote.
• Members wishing to vote or change your vote, do so at this time. Close the vote.
• Members wishing to vote or change their vote, do so at this time. Close the vote. Declare the vote.
• Members wishing to vote or change your vote, do so at this time. Close the vote. Declare the vote.

Bills: HB2398, HB4363, HB3557, HB3701, HB2210

Keywords: credential of value, education, workforce development, labor market, government reporting, higher education, Oklahoma State University, Board of Trustees, presidential selection, college governance, Oklahoma Agricultural Extension, local funding, financial institutions, county extension services, state funds, academic programs, low-producing programs, Oklahoma State Board of Regents, program review, curriculum quality

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• By your vote, CS for CS for SB 380 is reported favorably.
• By your vote, SB 1444 is reported favorably. Now we will move...
• Senators, by your vote, we'll report SB 1434 favorably. Thank you.
• By your vote, SB 1020 is reported favorably. Thank you.
• Does any senator wish to have a vote recorded?

Bills: S0218, S0380, S0936, S0948, S0962, S0984, S1020, S1180, S1434, S1444, S1612

Keywords: land use, disaster recovery, local government, federal assistance, Hurricane relief, legal notices, public accessibility, government transparency, digital publication, government agencies, temporary door locking device, emergency safety, building code, training programs, fire exit security, affordable housing, land development, starter homes, local government regulations, housing shortage

Summary: The committee took up a series of land use, housing, local government, and public notice bills, along with a firefighter cancer bill and a bill on temporary door locking devices. SB 984 on firefighter cancer benefits and prevention was explained as clarifying access to death benefits and a one-time cancer payment for firefighters; it was reported favorably. SB 1612 required local governments to accept electronic payments online; it also passed favorably. SB 1180 created a recall framework for elected community development district board members and, through a strike-all amendment, also addressed synthetic turf enforcement and expanded compact urban mixed-use district definitions; the amendment was adopted and the bill was reported favorably. SB 936 allowed temporary door locking devices above the finished floor and directed the Building Commission to add standards to the Florida Building Code; it passed favorably. The committee also considered SB 380 on legal notices, which would let certain local government entities publish notices on their own websites or other designated sites instead of relying on newspapers in more cases. The Florida Press Association, Common Cause, and newspaper representatives opposed the bill, arguing it would fragment public notice access and make notices harder to find and verify, while supporters said it would modernize and reduce costs. The bill’s amendment clarified which agencies were covered, and the committee reported the bill favorably. SB 962 on affordable housing narrowed prior zoning preemption language so working farms and farm operations would not be unintentionally captured by Live Local-style rules; it passed favorably. SB 1444 on state preemption and religious expression, private clubs, and minor home construction drew support from religious freedom advocates and opposition from cities and counties, which warned of vague terms and overbroad preemption; it was reported favorably. The committee then approved SB 218, which would limit the reach of last session’s hurricane recovery land-use preemption to counties actually damaged by hurricanes and restore normal local land-use authority in unaffected counties. SB 1434 on infill redevelopment would streamline zoning and subdivision approvals for environmentally impacted parcels in certain urban counties to encourage housing on contaminated or underused land; counties and local-government groups opposed it as an overbroad preemption and raised concerns about the environmental threshold and density provisions, but the bill was reported favorably. SB 1020 on chickees prohibited local ordinances from blocking chickee construction if setback requirements are met and made unauthorized attempts to circumvent the building code a misdemeanor; it passed favorably. Finally, SB 948 on local government land development regulations and orders, as amended, proposed a statewide starter-home framework with lot-split and zoning changes to increase housing supply; local-government and planning groups warned it would function as a rigid statewide zoning code and could drive overdevelopment, while housing advocates supported it as necessary state action. The committee reported the bill favorably after extensive debate.

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• Chairman, John Esparza, representing the Texas Trucking Association, voting in favor, sir.
• if I remember correctly, I believe family members are actually defined in the Code of Criminal Procedures
• Finally, I do also want to raise a question of whether there are any procedures to audit the information

Bills: SB2199, SB2200, SB2201, SB2949, SB2332

Keywords: overweight vehicle, vehicle weight limits, hazardous materials, hazmat, cargo tank, fuel transport, trucking, commercial vehicle, Transportation Code, criminal penalty, second-degree felony, loading violation, truck weight, axle weight, gross weight, public safety, commercial carrier, Texas, commercial truck, truck route

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• My vote is to get students focus back on learning and away from their phones during school hours.
• Specifically, HB210 defines a substantial interest as owning more than 10% of the voting interest in
• So when it comes to things like restorative practices and restorative procedures in our class.
• Chairman, as we work on clarifying language over the next week or so before we vote on this.
• Just vote no. That's very simple. Well, that's the concrete I'm talking about. Thank you anyway.

Bills: HB6, HB27, HB 123, HB210, HB213, HB222, HB610, HB 1085, HB1481, HB6, HB27, HB123, HB210, HB213, HB222

Keywords: mental health, telehealth, public schools, discipline management, behavioral interventions, financial literacy, high school education, curriculum requirements, economics, personal finance, HB 123, kindergarten readiness, early literacy, early numeracy, reading screening, math screening, foundational literacy, foundational numeracy, dyslexia screening, reading intervention

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• As a subcommittee at the moment, we do have word that at least three more of our voting members are en
• We can't vote on minutes until we get a quorum, or can we? Oh, okay. So, we do have a quorum now.
• around tax policy, meaning whoever has the strongest lobbying firm or the lobbyists will tell us how to vote
• If the insurance If the insurance pays $65, then the doctor gets $15 for a $100 procedure.
• Medicaid only pays $25, leaving the doctor out $25 just to do that procedure.

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• The head of the Office of Energy is a non-voting member.
• I mean, before we make a final vote, we should be able to review what's going on.
• Did we vote on the other aspect? ...to review what's going on.
• Did we vote on the other aspects of 4 already? I don't believe so.
• Okay, with that then I'm ready to put this to a vote. I'm ready to put this to a vote.

Keywords: 1064, all

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• Uh, I certainly can respond to any uh, procedural or substantive questions.
• Uh, I certainly can respond to any uh, procedural or substantive questions.
• <00:04:14.080> or respond to any uh, procedural or respond to any uh, procedural or substantive
• There being seven ayes and six nays, but it takes eight votes to get a bill out of committee.
• and six nazs, but it takes eight votes and six nazs, but it takes eight votes to<00:30:16.159>

Bills: HF2233, HF1524, HF1893, HF1396, HF2456, HF2959, HF2300, HF2412, HF3022, HF2825, HF1862, HF1373, HF1039, HF3070

Keywords: Uniform Special Deposits Act, special deposit, banking law, financial institutions, escrow, escrow account, trust account, security deposit, beneficiary, depositor, creditor process, garnishment, attachment, levy, setoff, recoupment, financial market infrastructure, retirement benefits, compensation, earnest money