Video & Transcript Research : 'Government Code'

Page 20 of 500
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Senate Bill 2675 creates a narrow exemption for McAllen in the local government code, removing the voter
  • Senate Bill 2299 amends the local government code, section 9.0015, by adding the definition... ...of
  • First, this bill is a gross example of government overreach.
  • Trust in government is crumbling, specifically in Dallas.
  • Is that because you don't have a lot of respect for government?
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session Jun 1st, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • a board with promulgated rules and standards for chiropractic, or doctors or PTs, they have their code
  • Who governs that decision-making?
  • The conference committee report changes the election code by treating early voting and Election Day as
  • He was at the intersection of church and government at many levels, including the city, state, and national
  • He had organized Houston pastors to defeat and annihilate the government... ...initiative of then-Mayor
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Local Government May 19th, 2025

Local Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • Heightened the need for clear governance mechanisms.
  • I won't repeat all of Middleton's point, but I will say that local government and the state government
  • Let local government handle it. AKA egg-laying hens, okay? Right.
  • Yeah, it's up to local government, and whatever local government says, that's what you can do.
  • Local jurisdictions enforce more than general state codes.
Summary: The committee heard and left pending several local government, property tax, development, and public safety measures before later voting some of them out. Senator Birdwell explained SB 2784 for the Somerville County Hospital District, which would move the board to staggered four-year terms after a transition and was requested to be held pending until the House companion could be acted on; no public testimony was offered. HB 5084 would allow local approval for fireworks sales tied to Lunar New Year celebrations, with testimony from Hutchinson County Judge Cindy Irwin emphasizing local fire risk and the need for county discretion. HB 5534 would let county commissioners post agendas electronically instead of on a physical bulletin board. HB 4370 would expand permissible projects for certain special districts to include geothermal water conveyance systems, and HB 312 would require residential child detention facilities to enter local MOUs, report health and safety information, and conduct background checks for state-funded facilities; both drew supportive testimony and were left pending. HB 5057 would give displaced solid waste providers time to wind down after a city grants an exclusive franchise, and HB 2421 would extend the life of the Save Historic Muni District to continue work on preserving Lions Municipal Golf Course; both were left pending after supportive testimony. HB 2011 would let former owners repurchase property taken by eminent domain if the acquiring entity fails to pay property taxes for two years, and the committee substitute to SB 3065 was also laid out and left pending after a technical correction to eminent-domain language. The committee then took up additional bills on development, appraisal, and local regulation, including HB 3575, HB 4809, HB 2273, HB 247/HJR 34, HB 2464, HB 3424, HB 2013, HB 5668, HB 3788, HB 1533, and HB 23, with testimony ranging from support to opposition on issues such as appraisal procedures, historic property valuation, Galveston emergency governance, border-security tax treatment, home-based businesses, chicken covenants in HOAs, municipal utility district authority, hospital authorities’ use of assets, and third-party building review. HB 23 drew the most extensive testimony, with builders, engineers, counties, and cities split over third-party plan review and inspection authority, liability, licensing, and local code enforcement; many witnesses said the House amendments created problems and the bill was left pending. In the end, the committee voted SB 2784, SB 3065, HB 5686, HB 247, HJR 34, and HB 2011 out of committee, with the first several receiving local and uncontested calendar recommendations where applicable.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session (Part I) Aug 6th, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • In addition to that, we seem to be in a period of time where we have the federal government now cutting
  • Would this create an unfunded mandate for local governments, and how could enforcement strain on... .
  • Could these penalties create a chilling effect on local governments considering policies that protect
  • the state agency's principal office is situated in accordance with the civil practices and remedies code
Bills: SB15, SB9, SB7, SB1, SB2, SB67, SB15, SB9, SB7
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

S/C on Property Tax Appraisals Mar 20th, 2025

S/C on Property Tax Appraisals

Transcript Highlights:
  • It's based on income, and it's determined by zip code.
  • Is there one zip code and HUD figures that out.
  • The idea being that in a zip code, there is one zip code may be different from another in terms of what
  • Like you can really drill down into by zip code as well. OK. All right, that was our question.
  • government and the citizens of Texas.
Bills: HB148, HB203, HJR30
TX

Texas 89th Regular

S/C on Disease Prevention & Women's & Children's Health Apr 3rd, 2025

S/C on Disease Prevention & Women's & Children's Health

Transcript Highlights:
  • , the state government, and creates a huge crisis in the quality of their lives. ...not only that, but
  • My zip code of birth is 76104.
  • If you're not aware of that particular zip code, it is the one with the lowest life expectancy in the
  • One, I need to go read the family code reference.
  • So, that's Texas Code Title V, Section 261.001, and I'll get you a copy of that as well.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

State Affairs Mar 26th, 2025

State Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • There's some push for the federal government to say, but these are our laws, and the state government
  • The state government there, this is in Oregon?
  • Digital transactions, this framework has been supported by government legislation and governance.
  • The federal government has grown too powerful.
  • A new constitution is a new government.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

State Affairs Mar 26th, 2025

State Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • There's an entire chapter of Title 30 of the Texas Administrative Code that deals with coal combustion
  • This bill brings clarity, predictability, and fairness without limiting local government. ...ability
  • Yeah, right now the noise is enforced by code enforcement and law enforcement, and that does not change
  • My name is Taylor Calvin, I'm Senior Manager of State and Local Government Relations.
  • Sometimes we need a helping hand from the federal government.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Apr 22nd, 2025

Alabama House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • from the federal government.
  • And... local government would operate.
  • So, the original bill just was taking Eric out of the code.
  • It defines section 10A-1-1.03 of the Code of Alabama 1975.
  • A contract between a controller and a processor must govern the and a processor must govern the processor's
TX

Texas 89th Regular

89th Legislative Session Apr 22nd, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • That's primarily going to be with the federal government.
  • every problem, real or perceived, is not to create a new government program, a new government. government
  • bureau or a new government agency.
  • Governments, thank you. Mr. Speaker. Mr.
  • Speaker and members this bill amends the tax code, repealing the requirement to include UPC codes in
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Finance Aug 15th, 2025

Finance

Bills: SB2, SB3, SB5, SB9, SB10, SB14, SB16, SB34, SB18
Summary: The Senate Committee on Finance met in the second special session and considered a series of bills, mostly related to flood response, water infrastructure, taxation, school accountability, property fraud, and legislative procedure. Senator Zaffirini presented SB 18 on TCEQ permit exemptions for certain erosion, floodwater, and sediment control dams or reservoirs; Senator Perry presented SB 2 on flood relief preparedness, SB 14 on credit impact fees and water supply/conservation incentives, and SB 5 on Hill Country relief funding; Senator Bettencourt presented SB 3 on early warning flood sirens, SB 9 on replacing STAAR with three annual tests and strengthening A-F accountability, and SB 10 on lowering the rollback tax rate from 3.5% to 2.5%; Senator West presented SB 16 on property transaction ID requirements and new real property theft/fraud offenses; and Chair Huffman laid out SB 34, which changes legislative witness immunity rules from transactional immunity to testimonial immunity consistent with federal law. The committee also heard brief explanations that several bills were the same as versions previously passed by the Senate or committee, and there was limited public testimony, with no witnesses on most bills and only position cards on SB 16. Senator West raised a concern on SB 10 about a possible carve-out for police pay raises, but Senator Bettencourt said no change would be made at that time. For SB 34, Chair Huffman explained the bill would still allow compelled testimony before the legislature but would no longer provide blanket immunity, while preserving the right to counsel. The committee voted favorably on all bills considered. SB 18, SB 2, SB 14, SB 3, SB 16, SB 5, and SB 34 were reported out unanimously or near-unanimously, while SB 9 passed 10-1 and SB 10 passed 8-3. At the end of the meeting, Senator West requested to be shown voting nay on SB 9, and the chair granted unanimous consent. The committee then recessed subject to the call of the chair.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Trade, Workforce & Economic Development Apr 2nd, 2025

Trade, Workforce & Economic Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • Again, House Bill 1349 extends protections to condominium owners by making governance information more
  • I'm from a rural community, and I really don't like it when big city government comes in and sets the
  • Our money from the federal government has to pay back interest when doing it that way.
  • I want to just take one step back regarding Chapter 601 of the Business and Commerce Code.
  • My name is Olivia Spears, and I'm a government affairs attorney at Asurion.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Trade, Workforce & Economic Development May 14th, 2025

Trade, Workforce & Economic Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • protection in the credit reporting industry by amending Section 20.05 of the Texas Business and Commerce Code
  • Senate Bill 584 does apply prospectively, meaning it will govern only after the consumer report is furnished
  • It sounds kind of funny that we would need to put that in code that we have ownership over our own DNA
  • The government has already kind of set up informed consent with regards to research, and then we also
  • you're going through this written informed consent and the whole process. process that the federal government
TX

Texas 89th Regular

89th Legislative Session Apr 28th, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • number 102 by Harris, urging Congress to preserve sections 45U, 45Y, and 48E of the Internal Revenue Code
  • code to the transportation code.
  • In property code, there are deadlines to file mechanics' liens.
  • Currently, the insurance code... Indemnity agreements with listed exceptions.
  • No government intervention, no taxpayer dollars.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • This bill would amend Section 417.006 of the Government Code to ensure... that peace officers commissioned
  • Salary amounts have shifted over time, but the group threshold in the government code, which allows an
  • So we can override the federal government with our constitutional...
  • separate section of the insurance code, creating its own code regarding this.
  • I'm not a big government conservative. You're looking for...
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session May 31st, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Bill 37 seeks to bolster governing board authority for higher education institutions.
  • They need to know what they've agreed to do with the federal government.
  • or the state government.
  • Code.
  • All it does is codify what is already in the administrative code.
Bills: SB27, SB1494, SB2121, SB2373, SB2431, SB1, SB8, SB12, SB13, SB15, SB30, SB37, SB260, SB268, SB331, SB379, SB441, SB447, SB457, SB568, SB650, SB763, SB1405, SB1506, SB1540, SB1566, SB1610, SB1637, SB1660, SB2018, SB2024, SB2217, SB2308, SB2337, SB2601, SB2753, SB2878, SB2900, SB2972, SB3059, HB4, HB40, HB46, HB119, HB145, HB300, HB493, HB705, HB1545, HB2011, HB2017, HB2067, HB2516, HB2885, HB2963, HB2974, HB3071, HB3372, HB3556, HB3595, HB3642, HB3909, HB5138, HB5246, SJR36, SJR50, SJR63, SCR12, SCR39, SB2023, SB62, SB666, SB847, SB284, SB854, SB810, SB1505, SB583, SB507, SB1434, SB1772, SB2016, SB1122, SB731, SB397, SB508, SB1436, SB287, SB1882, SB393, SB1791, SB209, SB2429, SB1085, SB1975, SB2717, SB1262, SB636, SB2056, SB884, SB1200, SB1845, SB2458, SB801, SB3014, SB3013, SB758, SB2797, SB2076, SB2876, SB1640, SB1449, SB1181, SB1234, SB2926, SB2841, SB1528, SB1854, SB317, SB1250, SB2082, SB1237, SB2819, SB629, SB2608, SB1602, SB2009, SB867, SB640, SB1698, SB2680, SB913, SB1071, SB1086, SB1087, SB1483, SB1444, SB1553, SB1556, SB1703, SB2133, SB2297, SB2298, SB2622, SB2955, SB2334, SB1367, SB2044, SB2363, SB2565, SB1888, SB3036, SB3057, SB3043, SB3063, SB3035, SB203, SB2688, SB2522, SB2459, SB2655, SB2251, SB1884, SB2928, SB2566, SB2549, SB2553, SB2919, SB1944, SB1232, SB1798, SB2603, SB2607, SB2683, SB1319, SB3045, SB3071, HB796, HB1523, HB5294, HB748, HB3395, HB180, HB3171, HB146, HB5596, HB5694, HB1135, HB3225, HB186, HB1449, HB3793, HB112, HB104, HB3336, HB3520, HB3320, HB5663, HB2399, HB111, HB3483, HB4580, HB3748, HB632, HB4730, HB5690, HB5689, HB3385, HB4359, HB5381, HB123, HB5606, HB1057, HB3664, HCR141, HCR40, HCR59, SR634, SR687, SR703, SR709, SR715, SB1494, SB2121, SB2373, SB2431, HB46, SB1, SB8, SB12, SB13, SB15, SB37, SB260, SB331, SB379, SB441, SB447, SB457, SB568, SB763, SB1405, SB1540, SB1566, SB2018, SB2308, SB2337, SB2878, SB3059, HB705, HB2017, HB2067, HB3071, HB3372, HB3556, HB3595, HB3909, HB5246