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• industry, so we are optimistic that with the tools and these additional resources that we can help level
• 08:09.720> help additional resources that we can help additional resources that we can help level
• the playing field for those level the playing field for those contractors<00:08:13.159> the<00
• On Class 4 circuits, also known as fault-managed power systems, they are an emerging technology in the
• 4 systems will power applications class 4 systems will still<00:39:10.160> very<00:39:10.440>

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• And I believe court by first class.
• What level felony uh does this councel. What level felony uh does this refer<01:10:32.320> to?
• and the fine was the same as the level and the fine was the same as the level of<02:01:07.599>
• on the level of the penalty. on the level of the penalty.
• <02:33:23.920> or if this is part of a civics class or if this is part of a civics class or

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• And that vision has three pillars: making life more affordable for working-class people, building high-quality
• So we're talking about a level of economic development impact that's really not comparable to what we
• So we're talking about a level of economic development impact that's really not comparable to what we
• But there is an understanding of the need to respectfully work together at a national level, sometimes
• But there is an understanding of the need of respectfully work together at a national level, sometimes

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• I hope you find some closure at some level. level as you leave here today, for those that are testifying
• Agreed, and it's just not at the state level, it's at the federal level as well because we went out for
• An action plan at a flood warning level.
• Thank goodness it wasn't on the higher level of things. It was on the lower level.
• We need grade levels. We need a numbering system.

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

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• vote on this amendment to Senate Bill 469 for the following reasons: first, you are a member of a class
• First, you are a member of a class of individuals who might benefit from this amendment.
• colleague has said, we can't do anything about that, but what we can do is provide some additional level

Summary: The Senate convened with prayer by Senator Anthony H. Williams and the Pledge of Allegiance, then received gubernatorial communications and a long list of newly referred Senate and House bills and resolutions. The chamber approved the April 22, 2026 journal by a 49-0 vote. Senators also introduced guests, including a high school senior advisory council visiting with Senator Malone and a young guest welcomed by Senator Costa. On the floor, several bills were taken up and either set aside or advanced. Senate Bill 1377 and Senate Bill 482 were re-referred to Appropriations, Senate Bill 906 was re-referred to Rules and Executive Nominations, and Senate Bills 1133, 1334, and 1368 were also sent to Appropriations. Senator Dush requested a conflict-of-interest ruling on an amendment to Senate Bill 469; the chair ruled no conflict existed and required him to vote, and the amendment was adopted. The Senate also took Senate Bill 127 from the table and placed it on the calendar. The Senate then considered Supplemental Calendar Number One. Senate Bill 362 received a technical amendment and was advanced; Senate Bill 1183 passed 50-0; Senate Bill 1352, which would allow qualifying substance use disorder treatment providers to receive two-year licenses, passed 45-5 after supportive remarks from Senators Brooks, Tartaglione, and Street; and House Bill 1877, codifying the Pennsylvania seal of biliteracy, passed 50-0 after Senator Lindsey Williams described its student-led origins. The session ended with committee announcements for the next day and Senator Tartaglione’s petition urging a floor vote on the House-passed minimum wage bill, House Bill 2189.

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• And I also want to introduce a young student, Felix Martinez, who is here with his class, and I don't
• And Felix Martinez, who is here with his class, and I don't know if he's here or not, but welcome to
• The work we are doing at the state and city level is for the people who cannot afford to buy a home,

Keywords: 1182, all

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• AB 650 add a special day class ratio that is out on a roll call. What is apron?
• AB-1102, Berner Sea Level and Groundwater Rise Report, holding committee.
• AB 88, Ta, Women Veterans, do pass, out on an A-roll call. military dependent middle-class scholarships

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• We did not take it to mid-levels, and I know there can certainly be a discussion about that.
• So, I've not had a biology class in 38 years, if I did my math correctly.
• My last biology class was probably longer ago than that.
• 26:18.320> longer<00:26:18.559> ago biology class was probably longer ago biology class
• I only had one lesion on my spinal cord, and I had elevated levels in my spinal fluid.

Bills: HB0003, HB0117, HB0041

Keywords: pregnancy centers, abortion, pro-life, healthcare, women's rights, state regulation, civil rights, freedom of speech, informed consent, civil liability, coercion, healthcare rights, law enforcement, death benefits, retirement, survivor support, public safety, 916, all

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• It's just a different when you get to 100 employees; it's a different class business.
• And I think at that 100-per level brings in a lot of federal mandates.
• This change would make these veterans eligible to receive state-level benefits that Oklahoma offers to
• disabled through VA medical malpractice are treated as if they are service connected on the federal level
• US code references in here, but currently, they are not considered service connected on the state level

Bills: HB3043, HB3044, HB3078, HB3940, HB4117, HB3428, HB4275, HB3257, HB3901, HB4298

Keywords: HB3043, Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs, ODVA, seasonal employees, project labor, pro rata jobs, unclassified service, state personnel law, state employee benefits, paid leave, paid holidays, retirement benefits, health insurance, dental insurance, life insurance, temporary workers, veterans affairs, Title 72, Oklahoma Personnel Act, budget reporting

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• The new pay rate that T3C pays at a basic level is $83.29 a day.
• Retirement Communities (CCRC) offer older Texans a promise of aging in place through progressive levels
• These campuses serve thousands of residents in all levels of care, including independent living, assisted
• offered. between the campuses to enjoy different dining venues, different activities, and a specific level
• unlicensed homes if a referral is made, and violations of these requirements will be classified as a Class

Bills: SB500, SB1522, SB1137, SB1266

Keywords: SB 500, Texas adoption law, Family Code, DFPS, Department of Family and Protective Services, child-placing agency, prospective adoptive parents, adoption records, confidential information, nondisclosure agreement, child history report, health history, social history, educational history, genetic history, termination of parental rights, permanency plan, single source continuum contractor, privacy, redaction

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• requires that insurance companies pay for any excess reinsurance above whatever is the 1 in 100 PML level
• TWIA is required to maintain minimum funding levels equivalent to the probable maximum loss of 1 in 100
• It's backed by the TWIA policyholder, which has a very high interest level.
• The levels of reinsurance that we've had to purchase. ...and those are being paid for with the ratepayer
• Its current methodology of the various classes and flipping, and then the reinsurance on top of that,

Bills: SB1468, SB1612, SB1789, SB2530, SB2571, SB2717, SB2967

Keywords: utility systems, Texas A&M, regents authority, construction, improvement, construction contracts, trust funds, property rights, mechanics lien, contractors, trustee liability, mechanic's lien, liability, attorney's fees, windstorm insurance, Texas Windstorm Insurance Association, insurance regulation, administrative penalties, coastal counties, catastrophe year

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• A lot of it has been about the decisions made at the federal level.
• And when we take those things away, it creates a level of desperation that causes a very serious ripple
• For the hiring of workers, particularly at the entry level, that's also documented.
• The budget continues to spend unsustainably at record-high levels.
• And so the... ...level in terms of their eligibility for federal coverage.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• want to think about what grade levels want to think about what grade levels ages<00:09:44.760>
• We will now collect class information on that student and will basically convert that class information
• <01:14:33.440> size can be used um for some class size can be used um for some class size
• collect student level SD level data um collect student level SD level data um we<01:43:41.320>
• <02:01:43.639> too able to talk about it high level too able to talk about it high level too

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The Department of Education’s Bureau of School Finance provided an adequacy-funding training for Division II, led by Mark Mello. He walked the committee through the adequacy formula using Albany, Allenstown, and Alton as examples, explaining average daily membership, base adequacy aid, and differential aid for free/reduced-price meals, special education, and English language learners. He also noted a recent change requiring home-education differential aid and emphasized that these aid streams are generally unrestricted district funding rather than money tied to specific students or programs. A major focus was the ongoing litigation over the adequacy base amount and the statewide education property tax, or SWEPT. Mello explained the historical basis of the current base amount, the 2008 legislative report that set the original methodology, and the later court ruling that the adequacy amount should be $7,356, which is now before the Supreme Court. He also described how SWEPT currently raises a fixed statewide amount of $363 million and how that revenue is used to offset the state’s adequacy obligation. For the example towns, Albany and Allenstown receive state adequacy grants because their SWEPT revenue is below their calculated adequacy cost, while Alton is an excess SWEPT community because its local SWEPT revenue exceeds the cost of adequate education. The discussion then turned to the pending “excess SWEPT” issue in the Supreme Court and what would happen if excess collections had to be remitted to the state. Mello said the Department is preparing a hypothetical walkthrough and explained that, if the court upholds the Superior Court ruling, DRA would likely be directed to collect excess SWEPT. Members raised concerns about whether SWEPT must be used for educational purposes and about the cash-flow burden on towns if money had to move from municipalities to the state and then back to districts. Mello and members discussed possible administrative workarounds, such as credits against other state aid distributions, and noted that the committee would continue reviewing the mechanics if the court decision comes down during budget work.

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• At 400% of the federal poverty level, that is $41,363. Mr.
• I don't know sort of that level of detail. Mr.
• From the federal level for the same sort of level of service, Mr. Speaker, kind gentlemen.
• Speaker and gentlelady, yes, depending on their income level.
• It starts at people under 400% of the poverty level.

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• This bill levels the training at all.
• class Americans. class Americans.
• c><02:54:42.560> to working-class Americans live paycheck to working-class Americans live paycheck
• . levels. levels.
• But today, levels the playing field.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, January 13, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• Well, you may not be aware that every division within the department has some level of federal funding
• Well, you may not be aware that every division within the department has some level of federal funding
• classes, and the Let’s Go Fishing programs, as well as the Becoming an Outdoors Woman program.
• highest levels of our commission.
• um it it brings it to a whole new level um it it brings it to a whole new level and<05:10:42.040

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• Doctors have to take law classes, I believe, with regard to the state's laws with regard to restraining
• Doctors have to take law classes, I believe, with regard to the state's laws with regard to restraining
• Doctors have to take law classes, I believe, with regard to the state's laws with regard to restraining
• Doctors have to take law classes, I believe, with regard to the state's laws with regard to restraining
• yourself in the car with the same level yourself in the car with the same level of<02:03:16.760>

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Summary: The meeting began as a Committee of Conference on House Bill 194, but the discussion quickly centered on whether to remove an attached bill, 504, because of concerns about a possible fee or tax and a House rule issue. Members debated the procedural posture of the bill, whether the House version had been non-concurred, and whether the conference committee could still resolve the issue by adopting the House amendment or reconsidering the non-concur. The exchange became tense, with one side warning that failing to pass the measure could jeopardize a linked rural health transformation grant worth about $20 million. The committee ultimately recessed without resolving the 194/504 dispute and planned to return the next day. The committee then opened conference on House Bill 609, which dealt with use-of-force/self-defense language and restraint/seclusion authority in health care settings. On the self-defense portion, House members argued strongly for restoring vehicle language, saying people should be able to defend themselves in a car the same way they can in a home, especially in carjacking or assault situations where no weapon is displayed. Senate members expressed concern about expanding deadly-force protections too broadly and suggested narrowing the language to focus on imminent harm to the person, not property, while also questioning where the provision should be placed in statute. The second major topic in HB 609 was who may order restraint or seclusion in clinical settings. House members argued that physicians are not always immediately available, especially in hospitals and emergency settings, and that APRNs and physician associates should be able to act in crises if properly trained and credentialed. Senate members raised concerns about scope of practice and asked whether the language implied patient consent was required; the Senate side explained that consent language was intended to address capacity and informed decision-making, not to require voluntary consent to restraint. The discussion ended with the sides still apart, though the Senate floated a compromise allowing physician associates to order restraint when no doctor is physically on the premises, while not yet extending that authority to APRNs. The committee took a short break to continue negotiations on the firearm/self-defense piece.

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• If you look at your blood tests. 20 years ago, and now you'll have higher levels of inflammation than
• levels of trauma from an early age onward.
• You could get into a discussion on mid-level providers, simple screening tests, and then blood tests,
• I know you have a class to go teach at UT. No, I can't stay here as long as you're here.
• I think on the university level, it would be hard to differentiate.

Bills: HB5, HJR3, HB155, HB513, HB5, HB155

Keywords: dementia, research, health care, Texas Institute, grants, medical breakthroughs, oversight, prevention, funding, healthcare, Texas, autopsy, confidentiality, public records, medical examiner, law enforcement, HB 513, surgical smoke, surgical plume, smoke evacuation

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• Any of these crimes would go to a third-degree felony from a Class B misdemeanor.
• pointed out, you passed a bill... in the second called special session in 2021 that moved the penalty class
• These include protective medical equipment, gloves, and masks, based on the level of risk.
• Committee on... foreign investment, to spot high-risk, non-notified transactions, to draw on state-level

Bills: SCR46, SB31, SB39, SB227, SB330, SB401, SB407, SB467, SB482, SB500, SB506, SB512, SB527, SB584, SB619, SB636, SB646, SB647, SB648, SB659, SB663, SB715, SB732, SB758, SB801, SB816, SB847, SB870, SB884, SB1020, SB1055, SB1065, SB1137, SB1169, SB1181, SB1283, SB1383, SB1395, SB1410, SB1433, SB1490, SB1558, SB1574, SB1626, SB1666, SB1718, SB1727, SB1756, SB1757, SB1845, SB1924, SB1964, SB1972, SB2018, SB2031, SB2075, SB2076, SB2080, SB2111, SB2117, SB2154, SB2161, SB2173, SB2206, SB2225, SB2253, SB2268, SB2314, SB2322, SB2351, SB2371, SB2476, SB2533, SB2540, SB2570, SB2589, SB2623, SB2658, SB2660, SB2692, SB2693, SB2717, SB2722, SB2753, SB2779, SB2877, SB2880, SB2900, SB2920, SB3031, HJR4, SB5, SB260, SB1786, SJR3, SJR18, SB1, SJR36, SJR50, SJR63, SJR84, SJR59, SCR12, SCR39, SCR46, SCR48, SCR19, SB2023, SB62, SB666, SB847, SB284, SB854, SB1073, SB810, SB1505, SB583, SB1502, SB507, SB1026, SB1433, SB1434, SB1376, SB1585, SB1772, SB2016, SB1163, SB619, SB1122, SB732, SB731, SB397, SB508, SB1436, SB287, SB261, SB1882, SB393, SB1791, SB529, SB209, SB2429, SB1999, SB511, SB2309, SB510, SB1924, SB2253, SB2018, SB2206, SB584, SB1085, SB1490, SB2314, SB2046, SB1975, SB2717, SB1262, SB1524, SB1137, SB636, SB2056, SB1558, SB884, SB227, SB517, SB1200, SB1410, SB1626, SB1845, SB1863, SB2681, SB2200, SB2199, SB1757, SB2050, SB2458, SB2201, SB1055, SB2660, SB2662, SB1065, SB801, SB2533, SB3014, SB3013, SB758, SB648, SB647, SB512, SB1721, SB2268, SB2366, SB1013, SB2692, SB2570, SB2797, SB2111, SB2371, SB2383, SB646, SB1169, SB1754, SB1718, SB2779, SB2004, SB1756, SB2119, SB527, SB2322, SB2448, SB1777, SB1283, SB407, SB2392, SB2076, SB2786, SB3031, SB2877, SB2876, SB2284, SB2225, SB1540, SB2920, SB2929, SB1395, SB1972, SB2540, SB2742, SB2595, SB2217, SB2117, SB715, SB2330, SB1964, SB1383, SB500, SB1640, SB2001, SB2080, SB2722, SB506, SB2514, SB2623, SB2658, SB1574, SB2900, SB2753, SB2398, SB401, SB1241, SB2927, SB2173, SB2538, SB898, SB467, SB1449, SB2529, SB1531, SB2846, SB2476, SB2031, SB986, SB1181, SB2075, SB2154, SB2864, SB31, SB2880, SB1359, SB2386, SB771, SB2844, SB2550, SB1351, SB1423, SB1931, SB2245, SB2589, SB2707, SB2807, SB2351, SB410, SB659, SB816, SB2776, SB2693, SB2580, SB1980, SB1886, SB1234, SB739, SB482, SB456, SB127, SB1666, SB2843, SB2801, SB800, SB2055, SB784, SB2986, SB735, SB1012, SB324, SB2926, SB2938, SB2007, SB2138, SB1242, HJR4, HB135, HB1109, SCR30, SCR3, SB2615, SB1049, SB2310, SB1224, SB2972, SB1568, SB2841, SB2885, SB3016, SB2858, SB2610, SB2139, SB1856, SB2035, SB2308, SB2306, SB2041, SB1528, SB1681, SB1141, SB2401, SB2530, SB2375, SB547, SB1266, SB1373, SB1467, SB2069, SB2269, SB2480, SB2544, SB672, SB904, SB2695, SB2891, SB2422, SB2543, SB1854, SB317, SB2539, SB2532, SB2925, SB1250, SB2082, SB2203, SB457, SB2357, HCR35, HCR64

Keywords: Texas beef, cattle industry, agricultural heritage, Texas strip steak, economic growth, SB 31, Life of the Mother Act, Texas abortion law, medical emergency, reasonable medical judgment, pregnancy complications, maternal health, life-threatening condition, ectopic pregnancy, spontaneous abortion, miscarriage, unborn child, abortion exception, abortion ban, physician liability

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• To introduction of special class. Proceed, lady.
• It would allow us to sweep the fund at a lower level, the current statute level.
• You still get to vote if you abuse or neglect a child as a class A felony.
• The fees are based on the level of emissions that they put out.
• So when were those changes made on a federal level?

Summary: The House convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and approval of the previous day’s journal by a 129-0 vote. Members then spent considerable time on points of personal privilege and introductions, including remarks recognizing law enforcement wellness, personal health updates, legislative service and family sacrifices, interns, visiting students, and special guests such as a St. Louis entrepreneur honored with a House resolution and a visiting governor from Samarkand, Uzbekistan. The chamber then received Senate messages and committee reports before moving to conference requests on Senate Bills 835 and 1111 and Senate Bill 1020, both of which were approved for conference committees. The House also passed Senate Bills 977 and 1011, a measure barring international organizations or foreign law from exercising authority in Missouri or being used to deny “fundamental rights,” after debate over its scope and concerns about foreign-law venue rules and its practical effect; the final vote was 99-45. Senate Bill 1470, dealing with legislative research and statutory publication procedures, was amended and passed 148-1 after debate over reducing committee size, shifting publication to a primarily web-based format, and preserving printed archival copies. The House then adopted and finally passed Senate Bill 1940, the public notices/newspaper bill, by 142-1, with discussion focused on modernizing notice publication rules and election-related deadlines. It also took up Senate Bill 1871, which included county clerk and election administration provisions and a Senate amendment incorporating campaign finance language; debate emphasized ballot testing timelines and election transparency. The transcript ends during discussion of that bill, before a final vote is shown.