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• , the positive results from that legislation passed, enacted, uh, obvious, uh, members, the, the governor
• Of um So it would start off as the governor appointed nine-person board, and basically they would, they
• or something, the, the electricians are the lighting crew, so they set up the lights, they run the power
• like a behind the scenes take on any show or movie, all of the lights that are being run and all the power
• I'm assuming that, um, it would remain anonymous, but, um, So going back to your example of Governor

Bills: HB232

Committee: House Higher Education

Keywords: disaster recovery, natural disaster, weather disaster, emergency relief, flood relief, hurricane relief, storm damage, wildfire, tornado, hail, windstorm, extreme heat, ice storm, snowstorm, property damage, personal injury, temporary housing, relocation assistance, lost wages, state emergency management

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• that we have found from the positive results from that legislation passed, enacted, members, the governor
• So they set up the lights, they run the power and the cable just for those lights from the generator.
• a behind-the-scenes take on any show or movie... all of the lights that are being run and all the power
• I'm currently I think as a product of something Governor Perry did. ask universities to start like a
• So going back to your example of Governor Perry.

Bills: HB1784 , HB2088 , HB3062 , HB3475 , HB3741 , HB4279 , HB4763 , HB5154 , HB5294 , HB5508 , SB1401 , HB232 , HB232

Committee: House Higher Education

Keywords: students, homeless, foster care, higher education, liaison officer, housing assistance, transition support, law school, Rio Grande Valley, legal education, public university, accreditation, fentanyl prevention, drug poisoning awareness, mental health resources, substance abuse education, El Paso, university system, funding, public education

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• But it was never passed through the Senate and it was not signed by the current governor, 1927, which
• was Governor John Martin.
• In fact, waste to energy plants are actually cleaner than most natural gas-fired power plants.
• One additional member will be appointed by the governor.
• So if you could clarify what power will they have and any establishment of a process whereby there could

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• Uh, in his State of the State address on February 2nd, Governor Abbott identified the expansion of career
• So thank you for being here and being a powerful, uh, voice for, uh, Chairman Bell's bill.
• We've taken an advising model and have expanded it through support from, um, Governor Abbott's office
• Over the past few months, we've also been in a deep dive over the power of CTE in particular, how it
• You know, the governor in his state of the state address highlighted a, a case of, of a young woman,

Bills: HB20 , HB120

Committee: House S/C on Academic & Career-Oriented Education

Keywords: fraudulent solicitation, disaster relief, nonprofit organizations, criminal penalties, consumer protection, fraud prevention, charitable donations, higher education, LGBTQ studies, DEI studies, program prohibition, educational policy, HB120, Texas, Texas Education Code, public universities, public colleges, queer studies, gay studies, lesbian studies

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• Not an out-of-control state agency and certainly not an out-of-touch governor who fails to meet with
• </c><01:04:50.240><c> who</c> certainly not an outofouch governor who certainly not an outofouch governor
• power, their money<01:14:19.760><c> in</c><01:14:20.000><c> our</c><01:14:20.360><c> elections.
• </c> to consolidate power in our democracy. to consolidate power in our democracy.
• Second, it updates the subpoena power that the attorney general's office has to match the subpoena power

Keywords: 1183, house

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• The Senate was called to order at 12 o'clock p.m. by the President of the Senate, Lieutenant Governor
• benefit from the products we import from the North; and whereas Washingtonians rely on the electrical power
• It's a sustained power play.

Keywords: 904, all

Summary: The Senate convened on February 24 with no roll call, approved the prior day’s Journal, and referred committee reports and listed measures as designated. One exception was Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2548, concerning health care market standards, which was sent to the Committee on Rules. The chamber then moved to the eighth order for resolutions. Senate Resolution 8696, recognizing Washington’s interconnected relationship with Canada, was read and adopted. Supportive remarks emphasized cross-border economic ties, family and community connections, shared environmental and scientific work, trade, border communities such as Point Roberts and Blaine, and cooperation with Canadian and Quebec officials. The Senate also formally recognized visiting Canadian and Washington guests in the gallery, including the Canadian Consul General, a Quebec delegate, the mayor of Blaine, and Western Washington University representatives. After a brief at-ease, the Senate returned to business and received supplemental standing committee reports, including Senate Bill 5998, the supplemental operating budget, and House Bill 2664, both referred to the Committee on Rules. The Senate then agreed to adjourn until 10 a.m. on Thursday, February 26, 2026.

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• I see this bill as a power grab by the legislature.
• Every time the governor runs for office again, the governor candidates talk about affordability, but
• That's exactly what happens when you give government the power to tax income.
• I mean, that's exactly what the governor promised in tax relief.
• Yeah, so Article 1, Section 1, all political power is inherent in the people.

Bills: HB2720 , HB2073 , SB5816 , SB5919 , SB5831 , SB6244 , SB6044 , SB5109 , SB5877 , SB6258

Keywords: behavioral health, emergency services, health insurance, provider access, mental health funding, premium assistance, funding, healthcare, subsidies, juice grapes, agriculture, commerce, state regulation, market access, fire safety, insurance incentives, best practices, community protection, voluntary measures, mortgage modification

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• Just this year, Governor Newsom signed SB 642 by Senator Limon, which strengthens the California Equal
• So this is a coalition of, along with our partners, Community Power Collective, the East L.A.
• California holds the state power to protect via our state-specific funds.
• California holds the state power to protect coverage via our state-specific funds.
• Like you said earlier, this is how we roll in community and in power.

Summary: The Select Committee on Latina Inequities met at Los Angeles Mission College in Sylmar, hosted by Assemblymember Celeste Rodriguez and joined by Assemblymember Mia Bonta. Rodriguez opened by framing the committee’s work around the economic status of Latinas and the effects of federal policies on the economy and social safety net, while the college president welcomed the committee and described campus services for undocumented and housing-insecure students. Rodriguez also emphasized the local impact of immigration enforcement in the San Fernando Valley and said the hearing would focus on Latinas’ economic conditions, immigration enforcement impacts on the workforce and safety, and H.R. 1’s effects on the safety net. The first panel featured HOPE’s Maria Morales and Dr. Elsa Macias, who presented findings from HOPE’s National Economic Status of Latinas report. They said Latinas are a major and growing part of California’s population and workforce, but face persistent inequities, including a large wage gap, higher unemployment, high uninsured rates, student debt, and affordability pressures around child care, housing, and education. They also discussed entrepreneurship, noting both the growth of Latina-owned businesses and barriers such as limited access to capital, technical assistance, and retirement and health coverage. In response to committee questions, they said higher education can still offer a strong return on investment, but only if students can complete degrees without being overwhelmed by debt and care costs; they also pointed to policy solutions such as SB 642, mentorship, financial literacy, CalSavers access, and support for community development financial institutions. The second panel focused on immigration enforcement and Latina safety in the workforce. Luis Nolasco of the ACLU described arrests tied to apparent ethnicity and Spanish-speaking, the chilling effect on families, and the loss of wages, school attendance, and mobility. Dr. Amada Armenta said immigration enforcement harms California’s economy, public health, and mixed-status families, and noted that undocumented workers are concentrated in agriculture, construction, and child care. SEIU’s Jen Baca Beltran said raids and school-based enforcement traumatize children and families and highlighted the need for Know Your Rights trainings. Megan Ortiz of IDEPSCA described repeated Border Patrol raids on day labor centers, injuries to staff, and the need to protect worker centers, domestic workers, and street vendors. Inclusive Action’s Shannon Camacho said raids have forced many informal workers to stop working, prompted emergency cash assistance and rent relief efforts, and strengthened advocacy for vendor protections and CDFI support. CHIRLA’s Jeanette Zanipatine said the rapid response network has expanded, documented widespread arrests and detention conditions, and is providing direct support and legal referrals; committee members asked about detention, maternal health, and what the state can do, and panelists urged stronger oversight, more legal representation, and protections for pregnant and detained people.

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• Chair, Senator, the powers of eminent domain were taken away from the MRA a couple decades ago, so that
• One is it increases power production in the state with no capital cost to the utilities.
• Number two, this type of power is distributed around the utility and it provides stability for the grid
• utility-scale community and rooftop solar because these sectors Work together to deliver affordable power
• The Governor said that the amounts listed were too small, so the next year we bumped it up.

Bills: SB101 , SB58 , SB55

Committee: Senate Senate Finance

Keywords: SB 101, Health Care Delivery and Access Act, repeal of repeal, sunset repeal, delayed repeal, health care, healthcare, access to care, medical services, provider regulation, state health law, New Mexico, SB58, metropolitan redevelopment, redevelopment property, property tax exemption, payments in lieu of taxes, PILOT, municipal redevelopment, local government

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• have about $44 million that's sitting in a pot for this Line Fund right now as of 2025, and the Governor
• We can't give one individual person that type of power.
• We have to respond with something more positive and more powerful than what that criminal assassin did
• You do not have the brain processing power to otherwise be taken really seriously.
• Because you all have the power, you can do that.

Committee: Senate Education Postsecondary

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• So, you are not this lone agency that has subpoena power. We don't have subpoena power.
• So the subpoena power that you have is not the subpoena power held by education.
• It is power within the administrative court. ...power within the administrative court.
• Um, but usually when subpoena power is given, it's when the... ...subpoena power is given, it's when
• The bill puts the power back process.

Bills: SB324 , HB395 , HB222 , HB310 , HB285 , HB144 , HB251 , HB380

Committee: House Judiciary

Keywords: Morgan County, judge of probate, legal qualifications, equity jurisdiction, constitutional amendment, campaign finance, electronic notifications, civil penalties, Fair Campaign Practices Act, Secretary of State, sex offenders, treatment programs, electronic media, post office box restrictions, Class C felony, parole, probation, human cloning, criminal penalties, embryo

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• This bill does not create new powers. It creates accountability for existing powers.
• Thank you, madam. does not create new powers. It creates does not create new powers.
• It does not impose unusual powers.
• </c> Commissioner Edlute requested governor Commissioner Edlute requested governor and<00:33:41.840><
• </c> by um the executive counsel as Governor by um the executive counsel as Governor Cenounu<01:21:02.640

Committee: Senate Education

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• Democrats hadn't been in power for 150 years. None of us knew what we were doing.
• Representative Power moves that the House concur and is recognized to speak to a motion.
• </c> powerful people to hang on to that power powerful people to hang on to that power even<00:39:42.200
• The bill as it comes to us governor.
• Representative Diane Power for the majority of the committee.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• The executive orders rely on the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, or IEPA, and concern drug
• I was Governor of New Hampshire for four years.
• The President is trying to use that power for leverage.
• The Republican governor supports it, and others.
• Lighthizer that multinational corporations have just had too much power? U.S. trade policy?

Committee: Senate Finance Committee

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• </c><00:36:06.359><c> and</c> members appointed by the governor and members appointed by the governor
• The economic contributions of Latinos in terms of buying power, tax payments, and entrepreneurship is
• </c> of whom are appointed by the governor of whom are appointed by the governor and<00:51:54.280><c>
• The governor is recommending a $24,000 increase to our budget per biennium.
• Governor appointed public voting members Governor appointed public voting members and<01:01:41.000><c

Committee: Senate State and Local Government

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• So, specifically, this bill transfers the powers, responsibilities, and control of the university from
• the clerk packets that have information for each of the committee members that was presented to Governor
• I noted that, Lieutenant Governor, welcome. Looks like you've got a couple.
• We need, I think the governor would tell you, we need more.

Bills: SB530 , SB757 , SB769 , SB1085 , SB1241 , SB1242 , SB1409 , SB1878 , SB2138 , SB2314 , SB2231 , SB2361 , SB2431 , SJR59

Committee: Senate Education

Keywords: accreditation, postsecondary education, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, baccalaureate degrees, junior colleges, program delivery, faculty recruitment, higher education, performance standards, student loan debt, degree programs, funding, students with disabilities, accessibility, enrollment, report, SB 1085, Sul Ross State University, Rio Grande College, Del Rio

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• </c> colloquially call a power trip. colloquially call a power trip.
• But here we're trying to find out do the justices have the power to make law.
• But here we're trying to find out do the justices have the power to make law.
• believe they have the power to make law. law. law.
• </c><05:03:07.760><c> to</c> also do they have the power to also do they have the power to administrate

Committee: House Judiciary

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• 00:18:42.960><c> credit</c><00:18:43.320><c> and</c><00:18:43.520><c> taxing</c><00:18:43.880><c> powers
• </c><00:18:44.080><c> of</c><00:18:44.200><c> the</c> faith credit and taxing powers of the faith credit
• voice in where the funding goes powerful voice in where the funding goes and<00:56:21.839><c> also</
• and legislature really to the governor and legislature really ensuring<01:02:11.760><c> that</c><01:
• You know, we have the governor proposing a tax cut, even though it's a very small one, and then this

Committee: Senate Housing and Homelessness Prevention

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• In last week's Torah portion, the portion of Mishpatim, we find a very sensitive and powerful commandment
• The report contains the names of 42 appointees who have been appointed by the governor to various state
• Are there messages from the governor or other executive communications? None on the desk, Mr.
• So does the surplus lands get voted on by ARC and the governor and the Cabinet? Senator Trumbull.
• So this is a crisis that we have the power and the responsibility to confront.

Summary: The Senate convened with an opening prayer, pledge, and a series of member and guest introductions recognizing visitors, local delegations, and honorees. The chamber then took up a report from the Committee on Ethics and Elections on 42 executive appointments; the report was adopted and the appointments were confirmed by a 36-0 vote. The Senate also adopted a resolution honoring the Ripple Project for childhood cancer awareness and fundraising. The body then moved through a long special-order calendar of bills, largely focused on public records exemptions, public safety, education, agriculture, health care, and licensing. Measures passed included bills to extend or consolidate exemptions for aquaculture records, trade secrets, and cybersecurity information; a child-abuse reporting statute-of-limitations bill; regulation of commercial driving schools; human trafficking training for nursing graduates; a new injunction for protection against serious violence by a known person and its companion public-records bill; nature-based coastal resiliency and mangrove infrastructure; chiropractic patient trust funds; specialty license plates; waiver of late financial disclosure fines; public school personnel compensation; the Florida Farm Bill/Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services package; homestead exemption clarification for long-term leases; disability presumption clarifications for first responders; reinsurance intermediary manager conformity; patriotic displays in public schools; ADS-B aviation fee restrictions; autism-related law enforcement training and the Blue Envelope program; campus safety policy transparency at public colleges and universities; and veterinary prescription disclosure. Several bills drew debate or amendments. The Farm Bill received amendments protecting Everglades restoration lands from surplus sale and clarifying biosolids timing, and it passed 38-0 after extensive discussion. The HCSM/nonprofit religious organizations bill prompted debate over whether allowing licensed insurance agents to market faith-based health care sharing ministries would create consumer confusion or free-speech concerns; it passed 32-5. The patriotic displays bill also drew discussion and passed 36-2. The athletics bill allowing coaches to provide good-faith support to student-athletes, prompted by the Teddy Bridgewater situation, passed 38-0. The affordable housing bill clarifying Live Local Act definitions to exclude farms from certain commercial/mixed-use/industrial categories passed 38-0 after a technical amendment. Several other measures were temporarily postponed, and the session concluded with the Senate continuing through the remaining calendar.

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• In last week's Torah portion, Mishpatim, we find a very sensitive and powerful commandment in the Torah
• The report contains the names of 42 appointees who have been appointed by the Governor to various state
• Are there messages from the Governor or other executive communications? None on the desk, Mr.
• So does the surplus lands get voted on by ARC and the governor and the cabinet?
• So this is a crisis that we have the power and the responsibility to confront.

Summary: The Senate convened with an opening prayer, pledge, and a series of gallery introductions recognizing visitors, local officials, students, and public safety personnel. The chamber first took up a report from the Ethics and Elections Committee on 42 executive appointments; after Senator Gaetz explained that the committee had reviewed the appointees’ qualifications and suitability, the Senate adopted the report and confirmed the appointments by a 36-0 vote. The Senate then moved through a long special-order calendar focused largely on open-government sunset reviews and other policy bills. It passed measures to continue or consolidate public records and meeting exemptions for aquaculture records, agency-held trade secrets, and cybersecurity information, with one technical amendment adopted on the cybersecurity bill. The chamber also approved bills extending the statute of limitations for failure to report child abuse, strengthening regulation of commercial driving schools, requiring human trafficking education for nursing graduates, creating a new injunction for protection against serious violence by a known person, and making the related public-records exemption. Additional bills passed included a nature-based coastal resiliency measure with an amendment restricting dredge-and-fill in Terra Ceia Aquatic Preserve, a chiropractic trust-funds bill, specialty license plates, a one-time waiver of late financial disclosure fines, public school personnel compensation changes, the annual Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services “Farm Bill,” homestead exemption clarification for long-term leaseholders, disability-presumption clarifications for first responders, reinsurance intermediary manager changes, patriotic displays in public schools, ADS-B fee restrictions, autism-related law enforcement training and a Blue Envelope program, campus safety policy transparency at public colleges and universities, and veterinary prescription disclosure. Several bills were temporarily postponed, including local vessel restrictions, temporary certificates for practice, and domestic animals. The Senate also debated and passed a bill allowing licensed insurance agents to market health care sharing ministries, despite concerns raised by Senator Polsky about consumer confusion, commissions, and the sale of non-insurance products; supporters argued it restored free speech, religious liberty, and consumer choice. The chamber approved the bill 32-5 after debate. Most other measures passed with strong bipartisan support, often by unanimous or near-unanimous votes, and several companion House bills were substituted in place of Senate bills before final passage.