Video & Transcript Research : 'Senate Joint Resolution 2'

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TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Senator Johnson moves that House Bill 1973, as substituted, be reported favorably to the full Senate
  • Senator Hinojosa moves that House Bill 3180 be reported favorably to the full Senate.
  • The chair lays out House Bill 40 by Senator Landrieu, sponsored by Senator Hughes, and calls on Senator
  • Senator, Chair, House, and Senator Hughes for a motion. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
  • Senator Hughes calls upon Senator Hughes. Well, now we have...
TX
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  • The need of the Senate to explain the measure.
  • Thank you, Senator.
  • Senator Hughes, you should be familiar with your own bill, which moved it from, in 2021, Senate Bill
  • Decrease, Senator Johnson.
  • This is the companion to Senate Bill 1448 that was passed unanimously by the Senate.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Senator Birdwell? Present. Senator Flores? Present. Senator Hinojosa of Hidalgo? Present.
  • Senator Eckhardt? Senator Hinojosa of Nueces. Members, a quorum is established.
  • Senator Hinojosa moves that HCR98 be reported to the full Senate with a recommendation that it do pass
  • Senator Birdwell? Aye. Senator Flores? Aye. Senator Eckhardt? Aye. Senator Hinojosa of Hidalgo?
  • Senator Hinojosa of Nueces?
Bills: HCR98, HB180, HB180
TX
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  • Senator Cook? Here. Senator Hinojosa? Here. Senator Hall? Here. Senator Kolkhorst? Present.
  • Senator Menéndez, Senator Middleton. Five present.
  • Senate Concurrent Resolution 46 supports renaming the New York Strip steak. to the Texas Strip steak
  • Members, any questions of Senator Sparks?
  • Senator Hinojosa.
Bills: SCR4, SCR18, SCR31, SCR43, SCR46
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Senator King. Here. Senator Sparks. Senator Alvarado. Senator Johnson. Senator Schwertner.
  • The Chair lays out SCR 37 and recognizes the author, Senator Creighton, to explain the resolution.
  • Senator Creighton, very often these resolutions will carry a bunch of partisan absurdities buried into
  • And recognizes the author, Senator Creighton, to explain the resolution. Thank you, Mr.
  • And also, Senator Johnson, if this resolution was drafted as the Gulf of Mexico, that would have also
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Jurisprudence Mar 26th, 2025

Jurisprudence

Transcript Highlights:
  • Thank you, Senator. Members, any questions for Senator Burdwell?
  • This bill, I really view as a compliment to Chairman Hughes' joint resolution that you all passed swiftly
  • Senate Bill 387.
  • Thank you, Senator.
  • Senator Johnson moves that Senate Bill 1536 as substituted be reported favorably to the full Senate with
Summary: The Senate Committee on Jurisprudence heard several family-law and probate bills. Senate Bill 2052 would codify a rebuttable presumption that a parent acts in the best interest of a child and require clear and convincing evidence to overcome that presumption in disputes involving non-parents; the author and several witnesses supported the bill as a clarification of existing case law, while one witness suggested refining the modification language. Public testimony was closed and the bill was left pending. The committee also heard Senate Bill 1923, which would allow child support to follow a child placed temporarily with kin or fictive kin under a parental child safety placement or authorization agreement; the bill’s author and a grandparent caregiver testified in support, while one witness suggested the Attorney General could handle the change administratively. That bill was also left pending. Senate Bill 1838 would standardize fee schedules and compensation rules for attorneys ad litem and related court-appointed counsel in DFPS child-protection cases. The author said the bill would clarify unclear current law, and witnesses from the Texas Indigent Defense Commission and family-defense bar supported it, though one asked that expert-witness expenses be expressly included. Senate Bill 387 would raise the bond requirement for county judges handling guardianship proceedings to at least $500,000; the author described it as a refiling of a prior bill that passed unanimously but was vetoed, and a statutory probate judge testified in support. Senate Bill 1839 would require original or paper wills to be delivered to the transferee court when probate proceedings are transferred; the committee substitute broadened the delivery methods, and the district clerk witness supported the change. All three bills were left pending. The committee also took up Senate Bill 1536, which had previously been voted out with the wrong committee substitute; members reconsidered the vote, adopted the corrected substitute, and then voted 3-0 to report the bill favorably to the full Senate, with local and contested calendar certification. Finally, Senate Bill 1940 would create a transfer-on-death mechanism for manufactured homes classified as personal property, similar to existing tools for real property and vehicles; the author and an estate-planning attorney testified that it would streamline transfers and reduce probate costs. A non-substantive committee substitute was still being prepared, and the bill was left pending.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Judiciary Committee Apr 23rd, 2025

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • Senator Carley. Senator Carley. Senator Carley. Senator Coleman Madison. Senator Coleman Madison.
  • Senator Figures Senator Elliot here. Senator Figures here. Senator Gavan here. Senator Ore, here.
  • Senator Ore, Senator Senator Senator Singleton, Senator Smitherman here, Singleton, Senator Smitherman
  • here, Singleton, Senator Smitherman here, Senator STS here, Senator Senator STS here, Senator Senator
  • Senator Albertton, Senator Bell, hi Senator Albertton, Senator Bell, hi Senator Albertton, Senator Bell
Bills: HB265, HB146, SB254, HB202, HB3, HB42, SB18
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/09/2026 - House Public Safety & Law Enforcement

Public Safety & Law Enforcement

Transcript Highlights:
  • It's not a resolution, but this bill is a series of declarations, similar to a lot of the bills we've
  • It sounds a lot like a resolution, but one of the things it declares is that the legislature further
  • It would be page 1, lines 41 through 42, also page 2, line 5. Mr.
  • It would be page 1, lines 41 through 42, I mean, these are the ones that jump out at me, page 2, line
  • And then page 2, lines 4 and 5 is a requirement on the part of the health care provider to report the
Bills: HB2665, HB2904, HB2917
Summary: The House Committee on Public Safety and Law Enforcement heard three bills. HB 2665, named Cade’s Law, would expand Arizona’s manslaughter statute to cover intentionally directed communications—verbal, written, or electronic—that encourage a minor to die by suicide, while excluding general public commentary and non-directed discussion of suicide or mental health. The sponsor and several parents and suicide-prevention advocates testified in support, emphasizing teen suicide risks and the need to address online communication. Some members raised concerns about ambiguity, peer-to-peer counseling, and whether minors could be swept into the statute. After a verbal amendment clarifying the communication language, the bill passed 10-4 with several members voting present due to drafting concerns. HB 2904 declared fentanyl trafficking across the Arizona-Mexico border a public health crisis and directed state health officials to act within their authority. The sponsor argued the bill was needed to combat cartels and protect Arizona from fentanyl-related deaths. The ACLU of Arizona opposed it, saying the bill used vague and unprecedented terms such as “unlawful invasion,” could sweep in asylum seekers or low-level drug offenders, and might affect bail and sentencing. After a contentious debate over border security, sovereignty, and the bill’s definitions, the committee gave HB 2904 a do pass recommendation by an 8-6 vote. HB 2917 would create a firefighter cancer registry at the Department of Health Services to collect and analyze data on cancer among Arizona firefighters. Firefighter representatives supported the measure as a way to better understand occupational exposure and improve prevention, but members questioned whether the bill’s reporting requirements were truly voluntary, since the draft appeared to require participation and provider reporting of medical information. The sponsor and supporters said the intent was not to mandate disclosure and were open to amendments to clarify consent and privacy. The committee approved the bill 12-1, with one present vote and one absence, while noting that cleanup amendments would be needed before floor consideration.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Finance Jan 21st, 2026

Senate Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • Senator Campos, so when it comes to all bills, I'm not talking House Bill 2, but all general other bills
  • On Senate Bill 2, I propose an amendment. The first one is on page 23 between lines 22 and 23.
  • Senator Gonzales, yes. Senator Gonzales votes yes. Senator Senator Lanier, yes.
  • Senator Trujillo. Senator Woods, yes. Senator Woods votes yes. Senator Shendo yes.
  • Senator Campos, thank you, Mr. Chairman. I move a due pass on Senate Bill 2 as once amended.
Bills: SB2