Video & Transcript Research : 'parochial school'

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AZ
Transcript Highlights:
  • , recognized dental therapy school, or recognized dental hygiene school.
  • It states that if a board receives a complaint that names the recognized dental school or that arises
  • from dental care provided at that dental school, the board must forward that complaint to that school
  • complaints go to, and the board doesn't have authority over the school, so it was a separation.
  • complaints go to, and the board doesn't have authority over the school, so it was a separation.
Keywords: 1182, all
Summary: The caucus reviewed a long list of Senate and House bills, many of them on consent or with strike-everything amendments. Topics included advanced air mobility for border security (SB 1457), raising the off-highway vehicle weight limit to 3,500 pounds while striking a proposed law enforcement fund (SB 1519), school property leases and a trampoline court safety citation change (HB 2383), electronic monitoring in health care facilities (SB 1041), dental school complaint handling and board jurisdiction limits (SB 1168), pharmacist-authorized testing and HIV prevention guidance (SB 1713), school district insurance/self-insurance requirements (SB 1497), reporting-requirement cleanup for education statutes (HB 2203), historic neighborhood housing zoning (SB 1118), construction contract payment protections in revitalization districts (SB 1189), timeshare salesperson licensing (SB 1274), workers’ compensation notice and recordkeeping (SB 1428), property tax disability exemption clarifications (HB 2120), insurance modeling/data organization requirements (HB 2174), HOA rules on chickens and pet breed restrictions (SB 1582), first responder death benefits for law enforcement pilots (SB 1503), and changes to virtual veterinary prescribing periods (SB 1286). Members generally asked clarifying questions, and several sponsors were said to intend to concur or refuse amendments, with HB 2010 headed to conference because the sponsor would not accept the Senate’s five-year refund window. On the second calendar, the committee heard HB 2176 on health facility complaint investigations, allowing DHS to investigate older complaints involving alleged abuse; HB 2050 on radiologic technologists and radiologist assistants, restoring direct supervision requirements with limited general-supervision exceptions; HB 2010 on digital goods, where the Senate reduced a refund window from 10 years to five and the sponsor planned to refuse; HB 2875 on unmanned aircraft, expanding airport drone-delivery buffer rules from one mile to two and a half miles and requiring airport consultation; HB 2428 on county certification of emission reduction credits, clarifying participation is voluntary and limiting new credits if fleet participation becomes mandatory; and HB 2877, which was struck and replaced with a veterinary technician certification pathway requiring 4,000 supervised work hours and allowing nonprofit curriculum evidence. Several members noted support or opposition based on prior votes or policy concerns, but no roll-call votes were taken in the caucus itself.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Now we have 16 medical schools.
  • The medical school, we were in for four years.
  • Texas medical schools just graduated 1,977 physicians.
  • This depth of thinking... starts in medical school.
  • Medical School. I'm representing myself and TMA.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

01/22/2026 - House Floor Session

Arizona House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • HCR 2034, schools. HCR 2027, in-state student. HCR 2034, schools. Education.
  • HB 2377, school district's room. HB 2380, school facility. HB 2384, school district's requirements.
  • HB 2481, school district's records. HB 2491, business income, corporate tax.
  • HB 2637, school districts. HB 2638, school mental health. HB 2644, voteable housing.
  • HB 2883, small school adjustment. HB 2885, cultural impact.
Keywords: 1182, all
Summary: The House convened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, approved the prior journal, and took attendance. Members then recognized several guest groups and individuals, including the West Valley Regional Chamber, Habitat for Humanity, Special Olympics Arizona, Vitalant for National Blood Donor Month, and veterans and military family representatives in advance of a Veterans Caucus meeting. A proclamation was read recognizing January as National Blood Donor Month in Arizona and honoring Vitalant’s role in supplying blood to Arizona patients. The chamber also heard a declaration naming January 22, 2026, West Valley Regional Chamber Day, and members made personal remarks, including a memorial tribute to Jennifer Marie Walker Skaggs and announcements about committee meetings and caucus events. The House recorded attendance, entered committee reports, and processed a large number of bills through first and second reading, covering elections, education, veterans, health, housing, taxation, artificial intelligence, public safety, and other topics. Several bills were also withdrawn and reassigned to different committees, including referrals to Artificial Intelligence and Innovation, Government, and Public Safety and Law Enforcement. No substantive floor debate or final votes on legislation occurred in the transcript beyond procedural motions. The House later recessed and reconvened, continued first-reading referrals for additional bills and resolutions, and then adjourned on a motion approved by voice vote until 1:15 p.m. Monday, January 26, 2026.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

01/20/2026 - House Floor Session

Arizona House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Commerce: HB 2316, middle school student ... School District Bond: HB 2320.
  • HB 2316, middle school student ... HB 2320, school district bond. HB 2321, DCS credit fees.
  • HB 2376, school education. HB 2379, school district ... HB 2380, school district education.
  • HB 2382, school district employment. HB 2405, DCS information.
  • HB 2600, school clubs, organizations. HB 2601, state 11.
Keywords: 1182, all
Summary: The House convened with prayer by Paul Sorensen, the Pledge of Allegiance, and approval of the journal from January 15, 2026. Members also recognized the Doctor of the Day, Dr. Tammy Penhollow, and several guests in the gallery, including education leaders and representatives from Republic Services. Attendance was recorded at 57 present, zero absent, and two excused. The main floor business was the reading of communications and a very large slate of bills. The clerk listed numerous House bills for first reading and referral to committees, covering topics such as veterans, natural resources and water, financial services, minimum wage, commerce, education, housing, child care, health and human services, public safety, artificial intelligence, taxation, transportation, agriculture, and appropriations. The House also moved through second reading of another extensive group of bills on subjects including health care, criminal justice, transportation, education, firearms, housing, and state budget matters. No substantive debate or votes on individual bills were recorded in the transcript beyond the procedural referral and reading of measures. The House then received announcements about upcoming committee meetings, birthday wishes for Representative Aaron Márquez, and notices that some committees would not meet. The chamber adjourned on a motion until 1:15 p.m. Wednesday, January 21, 2026.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Mar 4th, 2025

Alabama House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • live in Alabama and go to school here so live in Alabama and go to school here so live in Alabama and
  • and M the P BTW Magnet High School and M the P BTW Magnet High School and M mctire Academy students
  • school how can they become a school how can they become a school how can they become a semiquincentennial
  • school you may ask semiquincentennial school you may ask semiquincentennial school you may ask they
  • get a flag and make sure each School get a flag and make sure each School get a flag and we're going
Keywords: 1136, house, all
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • schools.
  • Members, the bill relates to public school accountability.
  • , indicators of achievement, and public school performance ratings under the Public School Accountability
  • Agency decisions related to public school accountability.
  • requirements for high school students.
Keywords: 1185, senate, all
FL

Florida 2026 5th Special Session

FL House Floor Session - 2025-04-28 (1:00PM Session)

Florida House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • And to know what the struggle she has gone through in schools, and she just changed schools again, and
  • , which includes charter schools.
  • charter schools.
  • or the school districts.
  • school districts, and each school and each district will be able to pull from there.
Summary: The Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several recognitions, including remarks from the new Democratic caucus leader, Senator Berman, who emphasized affordability, education, health care, public safety, and opposition to measures he said would roll back child labor protections, book access, and gun safety laws. The chamber also recognized military leaders from U.S. Army Special Operations Command and an intern from Senator Polsky’s office. No committee reports or executive messages were on the desk at the start. The Senate then took up and passed several bills, often after substituting House companions and adopting technical amendments. Among the measures approved were the dangerous dogs bill (the Pam Rock Act), local government land regulation, vessel-related voter freedom/boating provisions, blood clot screening and treatment, fleeing or attempting to elude law enforcement, concealed carry licensing for certain officers and service members, timeshare management firms, disability history and awareness instruction, manufacturing and manufacturing fees, public education on background screening requirements, utility service restrictions, educational opportunities for military children, Medicaid oversight, health facilities authorities, and veterans’ nursing home beds. Several bills were temporarily postponed, including measures on human trafficking, waste management, Bright Futures, Medicaid oversight earlier in the day, mammogram coverage, and others. Debate on the disability history bill was especially extensive, with senators discussing the use of the word “disability,” the role of bias, and whether the bill fit with broader DEI-related policy debates. The bill’s sponsor and supporters framed it as a first step toward helping students understand and respect people with disabilities, and the chamber opened co-sponsorship before substituting the House version. Other bills drew focused questions about local government costs, impact fees, staffing burdens, grant criteria for small manufacturers, and the scope of utility preemption. Most measures passed on strong votes, including several unanimous votes, with the concealed carry/firearms bill passing 33-3 and the local government land regulation bill passing 26-8.
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

House Session (05/21/2026)

New Hampshire House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • school building aid. school building aid.
  • town and school leaders. town and school leaders.
  • to public charter schools.
  • into charter schools?
  • operate our schools. operate our schools.
Keywords: 1189, house, all
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Public Health Jun 21st, 2026 at 10:00 am

Joint Committee on Public Health

Transcript Highlights:
  • I've seen folks who are mostly the same as me going to school, missing school due to asthma, being either
  • We know that we have a lot of schools in Roxbury, so we did a study near the Haley School, and we see
  • that they are mostly doing school hours when the buses are entering school, during arrival and dismissal
  • in Roxbury so we did a study near the Haley school and we see that are mostly doing school hours of
  • I remember in high school I went to Norwell High School in the South Shore.
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The Joint Committee on Public Health held a lengthy hearing to take testimony on a wide range of bills related to environmental health, PFAS, medical device chemicals, food access, lead poisoning, air quality, oral health, and school food additives. Chair Driscoll and Chair Decker emphasized that the hearing was for testimony only, no decisions would be made that day, and that written testimony could still be submitted. They also noted the high volume of speakers and asked witnesses to keep remarks brief. A major portion of the hearing focused on PFAS-related legislation, including bills to restrict PFAS in products and food packaging and to create a PFAS remediation trust fund. Municipal officials and advocates described the high costs of PFAS cleanup, especially for drinking water systems, citing Easton’s multimillion-dollar treatment investments and rate increases. Testimony from legislators and advocates argued that Massachusetts should act despite federal uncertainty, and that the state should stop PFAS at the source rather than leaving municipalities and residents to pay for remediation. The committee also heard strong support for a bill banning DEHP in medical devices, with physicians, nurses, and a bill sponsor saying the chemical can leach from IV bags and tubing and that safer alternatives already exist. The committee also heard testimony on bills to establish statewide food truck permitting, with food truck owners and a senator describing the current system as costly, duplicative, and inconsistent across municipalities. Another set of witnesses supported the “Bean New Deal,” which would expand plant-based food options in public institutions, senior nutrition programs, and WIC, citing health, equity, and cost savings. On lead poisoning, housing advocates and a representative backed bills to expand lead-safe housing requirements to all rental units, arguing the current law contributes to discrimination against families with children and leaves too much pre-1978 housing uncertified. The committee also heard support for an outdoor air pollution bill that would create an advisory committee, identify pollution hotspots, expand monitoring, and set reduction targets, with testimony from environmental justice groups, pediatricians, and legislators describing disproportionate asthma and other health harms in overburdened communities. Later testimony addressed oral health bills to create dental therapists and allow dental hygienists to administer nitrous oxide, with supporters saying the measures would expand access, reduce costs, and help underserved patients. The committee also heard testimony on a bill to prohibit harmful food dyes in competitive school foods, with parents describing behavioral and health concerns tied to synthetic dyes. No votes or formal actions were taken during the hearing.
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Day 14 (1-27-26)

Kentucky Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Clerk, please report. salaries of school administrators. salaries of school administrators.
  • Senate Bill 181 is within our schools.
  • <00:19:22.240> Adding schools already follow. Adding schools already follow.
  • volunteer<00:19:28.480> is Redefining what a school volunteer is Redefining what a school
  • Ribbon School. Senator McDaniel. Ribbon School. Senator McDaniel.
Keywords: 958, all
Summary: The Kentucky Senate convened with an invocation marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day, followed by the pledge, roll call, and a quorum declaration. The chamber approved the prior journal, received new bill and resolution introductions, and heard a House message that House Bill 312 had passed the House and was sent over for concurrence. The Senate also recessed briefly for committee meetings, then received committee reports referring several bills and resolutions to standing committees and placing Senate Joint Resolution 23 on the regular orders for January 28, 2026. The main floor action was on Senate Bill 17, relating to the Kentucky Court-appointed Special Advocate Network. The Senate adopted a committee substitute that updated CASA statutes, including reducing the minimum board size from 15 to 12, narrowing a volunteer/employment restriction to Department of Community Based Services employees, removing outdated references to the National CASA Association while retaining compliance with national standards through the Kentucky CASA Network, and updating the state association’s name. The bill passed 33-0, and a title amendment was adopted without objection. The Senate also considered Senate Bill 181, an emergency bill relating to schools and traceable communications. The chamber adopted a committee substitute and two floor amendments: one requiring parent notification after investigations involving alleged unauthorized electronic communication by a student, and another adding limited exemptions for communications involving school resource officers and directors of pupil personnel when certain school officials are included. Supporters said the changes were intended to refine implementation while preserving the bill’s original student-protection purpose. The bill then passed unanimously, 33-0. In addition, the Senate adopted Senate Resolution 36 recognizing January 25-31, 2026 as Physician Anesthesiologist Week, with remarks highlighting the specialty’s contributions to anesthesia, airway management, patient safety, ICU care, pain management, and major surgeries. The Senate also heard announcements thanking road crews, first responders, and utility workers for winter storm response, and members made several co-sponsorship requests and announcements, including notice of Kentucky Audiologist Association advocacy day and a committee cancellation.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Floor Session Sep 2nd, 2025

California House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • This bill would require K-12 schools to include, in their comprehensive school safety plans, a process
  • to notify parents and school staff when immigration enforcement activity is confirmed on a school site
  • child to their first day of school and never coming home.
  • Because some of the worst schools in California, the worst public schools in California, the worst public
  • schools in Because some of the worst schools in California, the worst public schools in California,
Summary: The Assembly convened after a quorum call, prayer, and pledge, then moved through a busy floor session with several procedural motions and bill actions. Members suspended rules to allow speeches and guests, withdrew AB 362 from Appropriations to the second reading file, and voted 41-13 to suspend the rules for that motion. The body also took up a number of items on the daily and third reading files, with several measures passed, retained, or moved to inactive file. The main policy focus was ACR 70, designating September as Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. Assembly Member Pellerin presented the resolution with a personal account of losing her husband to suicide and urged greater use of 988, secure firearm storage, and open conversations about mental health. Many members from both parties and caucuses spoke in support, sharing personal experiences with suicide and emphasizing stigma reduction, access to care, and the importance of checking in on others. The resolution was adopted by voice vote, Senate amendments were concurred in, and suicide awareness pins were distributed to members. The Assembly also concurred in Senate amendments to AB 977 on Native American human remains, with unanimous support and a 68-0 vote, and to AB 1510, the Assembly PERS Committee bill, which passed 66-1. Members then adopted H.R. 65, recognizing October as Filipino American History Month, after extensive remarks celebrating Filipino American history, labor organizing, public service, and community contributions; 63 co-authors were added without objection before the voice vote. Later, the chamber passed SB 81, protecting access to health care facilities from immigration enforcement, and SB 98, requiring schools and campuses to notify communities when immigration enforcement is present; both were framed as part of a broader package to protect immigrant communities and passed on urgency votes. The session concluded with debate on SJR 9, a resolution condemning mass immigration raids and defending civil liberties, which drew sharply divided remarks from supporters and opponents, with no final action shown in the transcript excerpt.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

05/04/2026 - Senate Floor Session

Arizona Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • At Madison Heights Elementary School...
  • At Madison Heights Elementary School and Madison Simi's Elementary School, the district's food service
  • that we are committed to this medical school and the way we are committed to the U of A school.
  • We know how many children get their main meals from school when they go to school.
  • Senator Sears: ...get their main meals from school when they go to school daily.
Keywords: 1182, all
FL

Florida 2026 5th Special Session

Senate in Session Mar 12th, 2026

Florida Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • School in Sarasota. He's been with us.
  • We have a portion of this amendment that prohibits the charter school under a school improvement plan
  • It is, in fact, an expansion of the school bus camera system for charter schools and private schools.
  • It is, in fact, an expansion of the school bus camera system for charter schools and private schools.
  • We didn't really talk a lot about the school the camera systems, red light, school zone.
Summary: The Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and a series of recognitions for interns, staff, and guests. Members also honored retiring Senate staffer Susan Miller and recognized a veteran injured in combat. After routine announcements, the chamber moved to returning messages from the House and began taking up bills and amendments. The Senate concurred in House amendments and passed SB 118 on RV park assessments and SB 572 on ethics for public officers and employees, both by 38-0 votes. It then took up the elections bill, CS/CS/HB 991, which drew extensive debate. Supporters said it would strengthen election integrity by tightening citizenship verification and ID rules; opponents argued it would burden eligible voters, especially students, seniors, disabled voters, and others without the newly required documents. The bill passed 27-12. The chamber also passed the education package SB 182 after adopting a Senate amendment to the House amendment, and approved SB 474 on military affairs, SB 425 on historic cemeteries, HB 929 on local regulation of chickees, and HB 35/SB 1370 on habitual traffic offender designation, all with unanimous or near-unanimous votes. The Senate then considered SB 902/ HB 733, the Department of Health package. Members adopted an amendment and amendment-to-amendment that preserved most Senate provisions while modifying or removing several House additions, including some early steps and medical marijuana-related changes, and the bill passed 37-0. The chamber also began work on HB 905, the foreign influence bill, with a strike-all amendment offered to expand restrictions on foreign influence, sister-city agreements, linkage institutes, and related activities, but the debate on that measure was still underway when the transcript ended. Several other returning messages and bills were temporarily postponed, and the Senate recessed briefly before resuming business.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Jobs and Economic Development - Part 2 - 04/02/25

Jobs and Economic Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • connecting residents to jobs schools connecting residents to jobs schools businesses<00:14:23.360
  • uh my life was always busy with school uh my life was always busy with school and<00:29:46.720><
  • We follow these youth throughout the school year, doing school pop-ups and making sure they understand
  • <01:17:58.679> admissions increasing law school admissions increasing law school admissions
  • back to Minnesota to attend law school back to Minnesota to attend law school he<01:21:06.040>
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Floor Session 5/14/25 - Part 2

Minnesota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • school workers as well. So, I I school workers as well.
  • workers, those workers in our schools workers, those workers in our schools who<00:10:22.560>
  • When people go to work for a school, they know what the school year looks like.
  • they know what the school year school, they know what the school year looks<00:24:39.360> like.
  • every other thing that schools need. every other thing that schools need.
Keywords: 1183, house
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session 4/27/26 - Part 1

Minnesota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:10:49.320> staff educators and school staff educators and school staff would<00:10:51.160
  • I have four children that attend our public schools, and every day we drop them off at our schools with
  • , public schools, public schools, and<00:29:50.640> every<00:29:50.920> day<00:29:51.520
  • , We place great trust in our schools, We place great trust in our schools, and<00:37:35.800>
  • and going into our schools and going into our schools to<00:41:36.440> create<00:41:36.800
Keywords: 919, house, all
Summary: The House opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, a roll call establishing a quorum, approval of the prior day’s journal, adoption of committee reports, and the first readings of several House and Senate files. The chamber also received Senate File 476, which was referred to Ways and Means, and Senate File 4807, which was sent for comparison with a House file. The Speaker announced members to escort the Governor to the joint convention on April 28. The main floor action was House File 3489, an education bill establishing field trip supervision rules and creating the criminal offense of grooming. Representative Bennett described the bill as a response to survivor testimony and explained that it would prohibit staff from being alone with students in certain circumstances, create felony penalties for grooming, make grooming grounds for educator license discipline, add grooming to mandatory reporting and training, and allow the Department of Education to look back further in investigations. Bennett and several members also noted the bill’s fiscal note, including added investigative staffing and prison costs. During debate, multiple members from both parties voiced support, emphasizing student safety, mandatory reporter training, clearer field trip rules, and better communication with licensing boards. Several members thanked survivor Hannah LaPresto and Detective Chad Clausen for their work and testimony, and some members stressed that grooming is a deliberate process and that the bill is intended to protect children without vilifying educators. Representative Jordan also highlighted prevention through education about consent and grooming. No amendments were offered, and the bill was given its third reading; members repeatedly urged a green vote, though the transcript provided does not include the final roll-call result.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:02:55.440> communities school communities school communities across<00:02:58.320> generations
  • Although my top about school safety.
  • He was cousins who went to the school.
  • > Republicans school safety is something Republicans school safety is something Republicans have
  • included our in our guns bill school included our in our guns bill school safety<00:25:12.720>
Keywords: 918, senate, all
Summary: Senate leaders and bill authors held a post-debate press availability after completing floor debate and passage of a comprehensive gun violence package developed in response to the Annunciation school shooting and other recent violence. They described the package as combining mental health funding, school safety aid, and gun restrictions, including an assault-weapons ban, and said it reflected months of work with families, advocates, law enforcement groups, and members from both parties. They emphasized that the approach was intended to address both access to firearms and the people involved in violence, along with prevention, intervention, and consequences. The speakers said the bill reached 34 Senate votes after extensive conversations with colleagues, including some who had personal connections to Annunciation or concerns about their districts. They framed the vote as historic and said it showed Minnesotans where lawmakers stand. They also urged the House to take up the measure, warning that avoiding a vote would signal that politics were being placed ahead of public safety. They said they would continue lobbying House members and expected negotiations with House and gubernatorial leaders in the coming weeks. Mike Moyski, a family member of an Annunciation victim, praised the Senate action as meaningful and lasting for children and communities, while also criticizing a floor speech he said repeated the shooter’s name and platformed the attacker. In response to questions, senators said they remained open to further talks with House Republicans and Democrats, but stressed that the families wanted a comprehensive package. They said if the House sends over separate school safety legislation, the chambers would conference the bills to resolve differences.
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

Senate Session (06/26/2025)

New Hampshire Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Runlet Middle School. Evie Cohen, Anna Runlet Middle School.
  • School District uh loss uh in revenue. School District uh loss uh in revenue.
  • public school transfers. public school transfers.
  • This strengthens public schools and keeps children in the public school system.
  • <06:07:51.280> Um, school. So, I want to wish Max well. Um, school.
Keywords: 1191, senate, all
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

04/08/2026 - Senate Floor Session

Arizona Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Austin Blair is a student at Flagstaff Christian School and is involved with sports and a lot of school
  • I did not require the school to do my job as a parent.
  • What would a school be required to do?
  • Students in middle school especially, it's a time of exploration.
  • should go to work for a school.
Keywords: 1182, all
Summary: The Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, attendance, approval of the journal, and several guest introductions, including the doctor of the day, Arizona State Troopers Day participants, the Arizona Speech-Language-Hearing Association, and a Delta Sigma Theta delegation. A Senate proclamation was read recognizing the Arizona Speech-Language-Hearing Association for its work serving people with communication disorders. The chamber then moved into Committee of the Whole and later third-reading votes on a large number of House bills, with several members offering floor explanations on controversial measures. Among the bills considered in Committee of the Whole were HB 2133 on sexual material and synthetic depictions, HB 2167 relating to the Attorney General, HB 2600 on school clubs and parental consent, HB 255 on brackish groundwater recovery, HB 2787 on Mexican wolf reintroduction cooperation, HB 2795 on small modular reactor zoning, HB 2985 on state land water allocations, and HB 2003 on driver instruction permits. HB 2133 was amended, including a floor amendment adding exemptions for parody, comedy, artistic expression, and criticism, and the committee recommended it do pass as amended. HB 2787 and HB 2985 advanced after divided votes, while HB 2795 failed in the later floor vote. HB 2003 was amended to add a delayed effective date of December 1, 2026 and advanced out of committee. On third reading, the Senate passed HB 2013, 2031, 2102, 2103, 2117, 2226, 2262, 2278, 2378, 2584, 2693, 2270, 2370, 2665, 2666, 2876, 487, 2003, 255, 2133, 2167, 2600, 2787, 2811, and 2985, with several votes split largely along party lines. HB 2795 was defeated. Debate focused heavily on water policy, public safety, school parental consent, speech and sexual-material regulation, local control over zoning, and the Attorney General’s authority. The Senate also agreed to a free conference committee for HB 2874 and appointed Senators Finchem, Bolick, and Ortiz, then adjourned until the next scheduled meeting.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Criminal Justice May 13th, 2025

Criminal Justice

Transcript Highlights:
  • Our first bill results from the terrible tragedy, a shooting attack at Uvalde Elementary School in 2022
  • We're doing the training at the school in the church, and I did mine at Liberty Hill High School where
  • When they come out of patrol school, you're always showing up in support.
  • showed up, it was the end of school.
  • How do you get the word out to the stupid high school kid? Witness: Great question.