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• They created the means and the opportunity for our elections to be stolen.
• My friend and colleague Chip Roy stolen.
• Many of them were forced to care for other people's children while theirs were stolen.
• </c><07:44:02.798><c> Forced</c><07:44:03.200><c> to</c> while theirs were stolen.
• Forced to while theirs were stolen.

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• allowed meriststoneone to be ordered allowed meriststoneone to be ordered online, shipped through the mail
• protecting life But the work of protecting life is far from over, especially as chemical abortion by mail
• in-person dispensing requirement from a mifepristone, opening the door for abortion drugs to be sent by mail
• No woman should be sent abortion drugs through the mail and left to face the pain and the aftermath by
• Prevention Act, would make it a federal offense for doctors to send chemical abortion drugs through the mail

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• The six items without an assigned number consisted of three desks, a mail sorter, a secure area network
• The six items without an assigned number consisted of three desks, a mail sorter, a secure area network
• Those are items that are easily stolen, right?
• Those are items that are easily stolen, right?
• 19.679><c> caused</c><01:16:19.960><c> a</c><01:16:20.120><c> big</c><01:16:20.360><c> change</c> Stolen

Bills: HF1060 , HF1062

Committee: House State Government Finance and Policy

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• It's a sham of a practice that has stolen hundreds of thousands of dollars, thousands of lives, and led
• </c> prescriptions or relying on mail-order prescriptions or relying on mail-order pharmacies<01:37:33.320
• I think if they had their way, everything be mail order.
• I think if they had their way, everything be mail order.
• </c> their way, everything be mail order. their way, everything be mail order.

Committee: Senate Health and Human Services

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• Their mission was monumental, to process a... ...massive backlog of mail, millions of letters and packages
• Rouen, France, again clearing the postal backlog in half the time allotted, upholding their motto, "No mail
• The 6888 did more. ...more than sorting mail.
• Senate Bill 1451 targets those who traffic stolen checks. ...often through the dark web and helps law
• They will turn to what is accessible and cheap, like counterfeit and stolen opioids.

Bills: SB263 , SB370 , SB663 , SB924 , SB987 , SB1939 , SB1937 , SB1598 , SB2798 , SB2801 , SB2580 , SB2569 , SB2514 , SB2064 , SB1940 , SB1621 , SB2601 , SB1379 , SB1376 , SB1372 , SB1353 , SB2216 , SB2166 , SB2148 , SB535 , SB777 , SB827 , SB1141 , SB1330 , SB1352 , SB1664 , SB1612 , SB1862 , SB1936 , SB1453 , SB1448 , SB1398 , SB2137 , SB2111 , SB53 , SB226 , SB1677 , SB1723 , SB1839 , SCR8 , SB31 , SB33 , SB3 , SB1405 , SB1948 , SB243 , SB20 , SB217 , SB264 , SB269 , SB650 , SB681 , SB528 , SB502 , SB740 , SB916 , SB995 , SB2581 , SB3031 , SB24 , SB2570 , SB1566 , SB552 , SJR1 , SB646 , SB379 , SB1171 , SB1121 , SB1120 , SB1061 , SB1036 , SB1019 , SB890 , SB11 , SB868 , SB1188 , SB1254 , SB2778 , SB2543 , SB2443 , SB1333 , SB1259 , SB1401 , SB1404 , SB2139 , SB2165 , SB2237 , SB2268 , SB1202 , SB1198 , SB1212 , SB1451 , SB1470 , SB1498 , SB965 , SB1547 , SB1667 , SB1818 , SB1902 , SB2129 , SB2078 , SB2069 , SB1737 , SB1589 , SB1318 , SB387 , SB1150 , SB1574 , SB2127 , SB3034 , SB860 , SB1278 , SB263 , SB370 , SB663 , SB924 , SB987 , SB1939 , SB1937 , SB1598 , SB2798 , SB2801 , SB2580 , SB2569 , SB2514 , SB2064 , SB1940 , SB1621 , SB2601 , SB1379 , SB1376 , SB1372 , SB1353 , SB2216 , SB2166 , SB2148 , SB535 , SB777 , SB827 , SB1141 , SB1330 , SB1352 , SB1664 , SB1612 , SB1862 , SB1936 , SB1453 , SB1448 , SB1398 , SB2137 , SB2111 , SB53 , SB226 , SB1677 , SB1723 , SB1839 , SCR5 , SCR32 , SCR8 , HB3228 , HB2802 , HB45 , HB1318 , HB5560 , HB2894 , HB4344 , HB4238 , HB2775 , HB34 , HB33 , HB 12 , HB148 , HB 130 , HB4273 , HB4850 , HB2733 , HB4783 , SB1833

Keywords: SB 263, Texas franchise tax, cost of goods sold, COGS, broadcasters, television broadcasting, radio broadcasting, media tax, broadcast license, FCC, 47 C.F.R. Part 73, 47 C.F.R. Part 74, film production, television production, tax deduction, margin tax, Texas Tax Code, depreciation, amortization, broadcast rights

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• So around two months ago, I received registered mail from a collections agency.
• But we've been— You should have sent that registered mail.
• If delivery attempts fail, homeowners never pick up that certified mail.
• The actual cost for certified mail with return receipt is roughly $9 per mailing per lot.
• The mail's been stolen.

Summary: The committee heard a long housing agenda with several bills presented before quorum was established. AB 1725, as amended, would require disclosure of nearby oil wells and methane monitoring issues in a specific district; the author and community witnesses described serious health and safety risks in Vista Hermosa Heights, while the California Apartment Association, California Building Industry Association, and California Chamber of Commerce opposed, arguing the bill targeted the wrong industry and that the state should instead fix abandoned wells directly. AB 2110, a local finance tool to create tax increment districts for workforce housing for education, health care, manufacturing, and public safety workers, drew no witnesses in support or opposition and was presented as a way to help workers live closer to jobs. AB 1732 would expand CEQA streamlining for public university and college housing projects; UC and several housing and labor groups supported it, while housing advocates raised concerns about amendments affecting existing 100% affordable housing exemptions. AB 1771, amended into a study bill, would direct HCD to report on the long-standing resident manager requirement for apartment buildings with 16 or more units; the rental housing industry supported studying the issue, while the chair emphasized the need to consider tenant protections and the impact on current resident managers before changing the law. The committee also heard AB 2185, which would direct state affordable housing programs to update guidelines to better support factory-built housing; it drew broad support from housing, labor, technology, and local government groups, with no opposition. AB 2748 would delay new EV-readiness requirements for 100% affordable housing developments, keeping the prior 40% standard through 2035; supporters said the higher standard would add significant costs and threaten project feasibility, while clean air and transportation advocates argued the code changes are modest, important for equity, and should not be rolled back. Members split along those lines, with some emphasizing housing production and others urging more public subsidy for EV infrastructure rather than delaying the code. SB 417, a proposed $10 billion affordable housing bond for the November ballot, received extensive support from housing organizations, local governments, labor, and business groups, but Habitat for Humanity and the Los Angeles mayor’s office asked for specific allocations for CalHome and interim housing; the bill was ultimately moved to Appropriations on an 8-0 vote, with members noting ongoing negotiations over funding priorities. Finally, AB 1740 would create an urban multimodal community designation for Santa Monica, allowing local approval of certain low-impact coastal-zone activities—such as some housing, bike and bus lanes, outdoor dining, and building changes—without Coastal Commission review. The author and Santa Monica officials said the bill would reduce delays and uncertainty for infill housing and local economic recovery while preserving protections for sensitive coastal resources; supporters included housing, business, and city groups. The Coastal Commission and environmental organizations opposed, saying the bill would carve out broad exemptions, weaken public access and appeal rights, and bypass the local coastal program process that Santa Monica has not completed. Committee members debated the Commission’s role, with some criticizing it for opposing legislation and others arguing the bill was a common-sense way to modernize coastal permitting. A motion and second were made on AB 1740, and the bill was left pending with the committee’s action to be taken when appropriate.

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• They're trying to jam through bills that would allow people to mail guns through the United States Postal
• c><00:19:39.440><c> allow</c><00:19:39.760><c> people</c><00:19:40.080><c> to</c><00:19:40.559><c> mail
• </c> bills that would allow people to mail bills that would allow people to mail guns<00:19:42.080><c
• </c><00:35:07.839><c> handguns</c> can make it easier to mail handguns can make it easier to mail handguns
• </c> Trene from Cuba, arrested for stolen Trene from Cuba, arrested for stolen property,<04:51:37.680

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• So rather than mail, we need them to be received. We need them to be received.
• So rather than mail, we need them to be received by email.
• state of Missouri has a six-week window for in-person voting, and they have a six-week window for mail-in
• Are those stolen from their country to be indoctrinated with the language?"

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• The majority of these notices. that are done through certified mail.
• Dean Thompson, question, this doesn't remove notifying the lien holder by a certified loan. mail does
• In our experience, we find that some vehicle owners have had their vehicles stolen. whether from their
• premise of the bill I just want to make sure that we don't exclude the red notified by registered mail

Bills: HB679 , HB1764 , HB1788 , HB2186 , HB2204 , HB2418 , HB2885 , HB2983 , HB2996 , HB3250 , HB3352 , HB3756 , HB3816 , HB3913 , HB3928 , HB4077

Committee: House Licensing & Administrative Procedures

Keywords: environment, regulation, land use, public health, community development, alcohol, Sunday sales, local option election, Texas, business hours, alcohol sales, liquor, off-premise consumption, alcoholic beverages, CPA, Certified Public Accountant, licensing, accountancy, state regulation, continuing education

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• Most of the notice periods have plenty of time because they are set up for standard mail, so email will
• process where voters who have their signatures verified are notified by their supervisor of elections by mail
• One of the issues in the letter the Department of State sent them was they mailed out this form with
• Yet we have evidence that tens of thousands of Floridians had their power stolen from them.

Bills: HB 9 , HB 22 , HB 908 , HB 1392

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• :18.320><c> participants</c><00:52:19.160><c> to</c><00:52:19.320><c> receive</c><00:52:19.720><c> mail
• ,</c> It allows participants to receive mail, It allows participants to receive mail, obtain<00:52:21.120
• should happen through holding the agency budgets accountable until the state recovers 25% of the stolen
• Not just missing, stolen.
• Not just missing, stolen. stolen. stolen.

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• foreign adversaries could create massive security risks by sending some of this research—whether it's stolen
• interests of up to 700,000 homeschooled students in Texas and have over 100,000 families on our Texas mailing

Bills: HB173 , HB184 , HB484 , HB678 , HB 1211 , HB1507 , HB1705 , HB1868 , HB2290 , HB2851 , HB2856 , HB3041 , HB3204 , HB173 , HB184

Committee: House Higher Education

Keywords: foreign donations, higher education, public institutions, national security, funding, prohibition, Texas law, healthcare, insurance, affordability, access, public health, foreign influence, education policy, student loan repayment, prosecuting attorneys, border prosecution unit, financial assistance, tobacco, cigarettes

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• THE FIRST SET OF THE FOLLOW UP NOTIFICATION LETTERS WERE MAILED IN AUGUST AND AS OF DECEMBER 43 PARENTS
• ARE THEY BEING STOLEN FROM? THERE HAVE BEEN SOME IN THE NEWS WHERE THEFTS OCCURRED.

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• And we demand the fact that they be accountable for what they've stolen and put into a cloud.
• And we demand the fact that they be accountable for what they've stolen and put into a cloud.
• </c><00:30:04.240><c> Thank</c><00:30:04.320><c> you,</c> stolen and put in to a cloud.
• Thank you, stolen and put in to a cloud. Thank you, Madam<00:30:04.880><c> Speaker.
• </c> VA through the mail. VA through the mail.

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• about insurance for deed fraud, but there's no amount of money that can replace a home that has been stolen
• about insurance for deed fraud, but there's no amount of money that can replace a home that has been stolen
• Dominguez and every deed fraud victim needs before their house is stolen, before their business property
• is stolen, before their farm is stolen, or any other kind of real property.
• number of ways, including online, but you could only cancel, this is in state statute, via registered mail

Bills: HB2128 , HB2255 , HB2397 , HB2429 , HB2591 , HB2680 , HB2834 , HB2868 , HB2911 , HB2951 , HB2979 , HB2991 , HB2996 , HB2999 , HB4001 , HB4011 , HB4017 , HB4020 , HB4026 , HB4086 , HB4088 , HB2244 , HB2342

Committees: House Commerce , House House Commerce Committee of Reference

Keywords: homeowners associations, condominiums, open meetings, governance, transparency, Arizona Teachers Academy, teacher preparation, education funding, public schools, scholarships, teacher certification, community colleges, HOA, homeowners association, planned community, condominium, CC&Rs, covenants, conditions and restrictions, resale disclosure, association disclosure

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• The short-term goals, you know, from the mail perspective, it's just a lot of patchwork identified.
• Stolen firearms are a huge issue.
• Stolen firearms are a huge issue.
• <c> a</c> firearms stolen.
• Stolen firearms are a firearms stolen. Stolen firearms are a huge<03:08:19.400><c> issue.

Committee: Senate Health and Human Services

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• Maybe there have been a series of break-ins in the community and the guns are stolen.
• We're after the first example: the failure to report lost or stolen or missing firearms.
• We're after the first example: the failure to report lost, stolen, or missing firearms, the selling to
• Three years later, the bridge remains unlit over concerns that the copper will be stolen again.
• Three years later, the bridge remains unlit over concerns that the copper will be stolen again.

Committee: Senate Public Safety

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• Second, occupy a stolen vehicle.
• They all know the car was stolen, or they reasonably should have known the car was stolen.
• Are you regarding the stolen property, the stolen cars, any type of property?
• are you regarding the stolen property are you regarding the stolen cars<00:50:52.599><c> stolen</c><
• /c><00:50:55.000><c> of</c> cars stolen stolen cars any type of cars stolen stolen cars any type of property

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• property, including stolen cars or any type of stolen property.
• are you regarding the stolen property are you regarding the stolen cars<00:52:35.680><c> stolen</c><
• /c><00:52:38.079><c> of</c> cars stolen stolen cars any type of cars stolen stolen cars any type of property
• It might be stolen, it might not be stolen.
• </c><01:02:23.839><c> they</c> be stolen it might not be stolen they be stolen it might not be stolen

Committee: House Public Safety Finance and Policy

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• guns or multiple stolen guns.
• , retain, or dispose of stolen property knowing that it has been stolen.
• and stolen.
• or stolen from a car.”
• and how it was stolen.

Summary: The committee first heard House Bill 306, which would prohibit facility fees on certain routine health care services, including preventive care, vaccinations, and telehealth, while preserving fees in inpatient, emergency, and some rural hospital settings. The sponsor and Health Care Authority said the bill is meant to reduce surprise billing, improve transparency, and lower costs for patients and premiums. The Hospital Association opposed the measure as a potential threat to hospital operations, while insurers, consumer advocates, and a private citizen supported it. Members asked about rural exemptions, which hospitals would be affected, uninsured patients, and whether premiums might fall. The committee approved HB 306 on a 5-0 vote. The committee then considered House Bill 166, which would create statewide standards for battery-charged electric fences with alarm systems for commercial properties. Supporters said the bill would reduce permitting delays, provide uniform rules, and help businesses deter property crime. There was little opposition, and members focused mainly on signage requirements and the bill’s limited application to commercial, not residential, fencing. HB 166 was passed on a 4-0 vote. Next, the committee took up a proposed tax credit for gun safes tied to safe storage of firearms. Supporters argued it would encourage compliance with safe-storage laws and help people afford secure storage, but members raised concerns about the size of the credit, possible administrative complications, and whether it should be handled in tax committee instead. The sponsor agreed to roll the bill and work with stakeholders rather than move it forward immediately. The committee also heard Senate Bill 100, a committee substitute clarifying the definition of “dwelling” for burglary and aggravated burglary after a Supreme Court case involving a portal/porch area. Supporters, including law enforcement, business, and property-rights groups, said the bill would provide clarity and better reflect privacy expectations around enclosed spaces. The Public Defender and Criminal Defense Lawyers Association opposed it, arguing the law already distinguishes between trespass, attempted burglary, and burglary, and that the case was correctly handled under existing law. The committee passed SB 100 on a 6-0 vote. Finally, the committee considered House Bill 196 and House Bill 197, both governor’s bills increasing penalties for firearm-related offenses. HB 196 would raise the penalty for receiving a stolen firearm from a fourth-degree to a third-degree felony, and HB 197 would do the same for larceny of a firearm. Opponents argued higher penalties would not deter crime and could increase incarceration, while supporters from state police and the Chamber of Commerce said the bills target stolen guns that fuel violent crime. HB 196 was tabled on a 3-2 vote after debate over deterrence and the narrow scope of the offense. HB 197 was then heard separately, with no opposition testimony, and members discussed how the higher penalty would work in practice; the transcript ends before a final vote on HB 197 is shown.