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Texas 89th Regular

Disaster Preparedness & Flooding, Select Aug 5th, 2025

Disaster Preparedness & Flooding, Select

Transcript Highlights:
  • We have five bills before the committee today.
  • This committee is doing everything we can do.
  • It's a great honor to serve on this committee with you.
  • I'll also, for the committee.
  • Chairman and members of the committee.
Bills: HB2, HB1, HB18, HB19, HB20, HB1, HB 2, HB18, HB19, HB20
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  • The Committee on State Affairs will come to order. Will the clerk call the roll?
  • There's a committee substitute which has been laid out and it needs to be adopted.
  • The committee substitute is adopted.
  • Senate Bill 2459 has a committee substitute. The substitute has been laid out already.
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  • But the committee has heard this before.
  • Members of the committee, any questions for the author?
  • Having worked on the committee substitute, I haven't seen the committee substitute.
  • If you remember in the finance committee, they repeatedly said they could not do anything, and all of
  • when it is referred to this committee.
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  • The Senate Committee on State Affairs will come to order.
  • Committee.
  • The committee substitute draft.
  • I passed out of this committee last session and it was bipartisan. out of this committee and it was also
  • We had previously discussed a committee substitute before you now is a new committee substitute The first
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Transcript Highlights:
  • Good morning, Senate Committee on State Affairs. Affairs will come to order.
  • substitute Senator Zaffirini sends up a committee substitute.
  • I was chair of this committee then.
  • I guess when I first filed the bill it also did not allow committee chairs to to, and committees to,
  • And so the Senate Committee on State Affairs will stand in recess until 30 minutes after.
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  • The Senate Committee on Local Government will come to order. We'll call the roll in a second.
  • Well, wow, this committee keeps passing things that constituents believe.
Bills: SB23, SJR85, SB 23
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Taxes Committee Meeting - 2025-04-10

Taxes

Transcript Highlights:
  • I haven't arrived to call the House Tax Committee to order.
  • Welcome to the Tax Committee.
  • Chair, committee members.
  • Chair, members of the committee.
  • Good morning, Chair Davids and Chair Gomez and committee members.
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama House Ways and Means General Fund Committee Mar 31st, 2026

Ways and Means General Fund

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  • The Committee on State Affairs will come to order. Will the clerk call the roll?
  • Hello, Senator Hughes and committee members. I'm Dr.
  • I see that there is a committee substitute. Yes, and I'll be laying out the committee substitute.
  • Each of our committees deals with...
  • , or 12-member... woman committee, I should say.
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Transcript Highlights:
  • The committee on state affairs will come to order.
  • Great, thank you, Chair Hughes, committee members.
  • Good evening, Chair and members of this committee.
  • Members of this committee, what are you ashamed of?
  • This committee and Troxclair does not care about women.
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Texas 89th Regular

State Affairs (Part II) May 15th, 2025

State Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • Good evening, Chair and members of the committee.
  • Good evening, Chair Hughes and committee members.
  • Good evening, chair and members of this committee.
  • Members of this committee, what are you ashamed of?
  • Thank you, committee.
Summary: The committee took up House Bill 186, which would require social media platforms to verify users are 18 or older before allowing account creation. Invited witnesses in support, including Mary Elizabeth Castle and David Dunmoyer, argued the bill would protect children from harmful algorithms, addictive design, bullying, sexual exploitation, and mental health harms, and emphasized parental rights and the idea that minors should not enter binding contracts with platforms. Committee members questioned them about how algorithms work, whether parents could realistically monitor content, and whether the bill would still allow educational use; the witnesses said the bill was narrowly aimed at harmful social media use and not educational content. Public testimony on HB 186 was largely in opposition, though several student witnesses said they supported the bill’s goals but wanted the age lowered to 16 or the bill amended to allow parental consent or joint accounts. Opponents argued the bill would be ineffective because teens could bypass age checks, would cut off access to educational tools, school communications, recruiting and NIL opportunities, and would burden free speech and privacy. Some witnesses also said social media helps teens with mental health, community, and creative or professional opportunities, while others warned the bill could disproportionately harm disabled and marginalized users. After public testimony closed, HB 186 was left pending. The committee then heard House Bill 5138, which Chairman Hughes said would respond to a court ruling limiting the Attorney General’s authority to prosecute election crimes unless invited by local prosecutors by changing the statute to require AG prosecution. Public testimony on HB 5138 was brief and opposed by at least one witness who argued it would further erode local control and expand state preemption. The bill was left pending after testimony. Finally, the committee heard House Bill 3225, a library bill aimed at keeping sexually explicit books and materials out of children’s sections in municipal libraries and requiring age verification for checkout, including digital access, with parental consent and other revisions added in the House. Supporters said the bill would protect children from explicit material and keep such content in adult sections, while opponents argued it would amount to censorship, be costly and difficult to implement, and could be used to target LGBTQ+ or other marginalized content. Library workers, parents, students, and advocates testified that existing library sections already separate age-appropriate materials and that the bill could reduce access to books, burden libraries, and infringe on parental choice and free expression.
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Texas 89th Regular

Elections Apr 17th, 2025 at 10:04 am

Elections

Transcript Highlights:
  • Please feel free to reach out to committee staff.
  • She's doing a committee sub anyway.
  • Raymond, and members of the committee.
  • Chairman and committee members.
  • They're available to answer any questions for the committee.
Summary: The committee first voted out two previously heard Senate bills without amendment: SB 688, relating to the date of the meeting of presidential electors, and SB 914, relating to authorizing certain cities to change the date of their general election for officers. Both motions passed on 8-0 votes with one member absent. The committee then heard HB 3909, which would change the current prohibition on wireless device use from a 100-foot boundary around a voting station to only inside the room where voting is taking place, with a committee substitute also adding state-prescribed signage. The author and supporters said the change would reduce confusion and make enforcement easier for election workers, while opponents argued the existing 100-foot rule helps prevent electioneering, recording, and possible technical interference with election equipment. The bill was left pending. Members also heard HB 1968, which would repeal a provision that requires counties to provide election services to certain political subdivisions in odd-numbered years but not even-numbered years, making county-provided election services consistent across years. Supporters said it would improve consistency for smaller cities and school districts, while opponents warned it could strain county equipment and staffing during heavy election cycles. The bill was left pending. HB 2279 would require voter registrars to remove a person from the rolls if the person swears under oath during jury service that they are not a U.S. citizen; supporters said this would streamline removal of ineligible voters, while opponents raised concerns about mistaken identity and loss of due process. The bill was left pending. Finally, the committee heard HB 2803, which would require a presiding judge to give a poll watcher a signed statement explaining any removal from service. Supporters said this would improve documentation and accountability, and one witness asked for clarification that improper removal would remain a criminal offense; the author said he would consider a floor amendment and further discussion. The committee also heard HB 4253, which would create a more uniform voter-roll maintenance process based on inactivity, sending confirmation notices to voters who have not voted in the prior 25 months and eventually removing those who do not respond after multiple election cycles. Supporters said it would clean up outdated records and help keep voters registered where they actually live, while opponents argued it could wrongly remove eligible voters who simply do not vote regularly. HB 4253 was left pending as well.