Transcript Highlights:

• And then we came back and sold them. And then we leased them both back. No, you got your fault.
• When did they come back and reopen the facility? They came back in about almost two years.
• Chairman, did they bring them back?
• Small community to build it back up.
• She's back there looking at... In Vienna, craft that. She's back there looking at us.

Keywords: 996, all

Transcript Highlights:

• I just haven't got my receipt back.
• I go back between Christmas and New Year's. Went back to Carthage. I waited about an hour or so.
• home, go back to work, or if there maybe is a problem, ...go back home, go back to work, or if there
• One of the things that if we looked at a meta-analysis study that went back from 1975 to 2017, Went back
• it back, had to let it sit again, finally got it done.

Keywords: 959, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• They go back; they have a $5,000 bond. They arrest her.
• They go back; they have a $5,000 bond. They arrest her.
• <00:15:35.759> and so long that they had to go back and so long that they had to go back and
• I got my life back the way it was supposed to go.
• completely Circuit Court picked it back completely Circuit Court picked it back up<00:20:07.679>

Keywords: Meeting Start: 00:00:00 Roll Call: 00:00:24 SB 7: 00:00:51 SB 130: 00:06:00 SB 244: 00:11:17 SB 236: 00:13:31, 958, all

Summary: The Senate Judiciary Committee met with a quorum and considered four bills. Senate Bill 7, sponsored by Sen. Bledsoe, would create a Right of Publicity Act to prohibit unauthorized commercial use of a person’s unclothed likeness, including for living and deceased individuals, while carving out exemptions for artistic and news-related uses. Bledsoe said the bill is intended to address privacy, dignity, and AI-generated image misuse, and noted she may offer a floor amendment to address concerns from broadband and internet providers. Sen. Thomas supported the bill but questioned the 10-year duration, and Bledsoe said that timeframe was somewhat arbitrary. The committee voted 8-0 to pass SB 7 with favorable expression to the floor. Senate Bill 130, presented by Sen. Maiden, addressed gift card scams and theft of redemption information. A committee substitute was adopted, and Maiden described the bill as a response to organized retail crime, citing major gift card scams in Louisville and Lexington and explaining how tampered cards are returned to shelves and later drained after purchase. He said the substitute would create clear criminal penalties, make gift card tampering a felony, and add gift card fraud to the credit card fraud statute. Members shared personal experiences with compromised gift cards, and the committee approved SB 130 8-0 with favorable expression. Senate Bill 244, a reorganization cleanup bill presented by Sen. Howell and Attorney General’s office counsel Will Schroer, would complete name and structural changes following the transfer of Administrative Hearings and Child Support from the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to the Attorney General’s office and align the bill with prior data privacy legislation. The committee voted 9-0 to send SB 244 to the floor with favorable expression. Senate Bill 236, sponsored by Sen. Smith, drew extended discussion about a veteran’s case involving an old misdemeanor/DUI matter and a later warrant or failure-to-appear issue. The witness described being arrested years later despite having rebuilt her life, and senators debated whether the bill’s proposed time limit could create loopholes or affect court procedures; members emphasized that the underlying charge would remain and that the bill was aimed at unserved failure-to-appear warrants. The committee ultimately voted to advance SB 236 with favorable expression, with several members explaining their support while noting concerns about possible future language changes.

Transcript Highlights:

• And those rebates really should go back to the back to the back to the insurer, the company who provided
• Now we're back to the bill. Did you have Now we're back to the bill.
• Uh, move it back. So, three-year sunset. back. So, three-year sunset. back. So, three-year sunset.
• back.
• We don't need to familyies back home. We don't need to familyies back home.

Bills: SCR 13, SCR 24, SB 1, SB 12, SB 15, SB 17, SB 24, SB 57, SB 65, SB 213, SB 371, SB 372, SB 378, SB 379, SB 388, SB 400, SB 402, SB 427, SB 495, SB 499, SB 502, SB 509, SB 535, SB 583, SB 610, SB 621, SB 650, SB 706, SB 740, SB 840, SB 854, SB 856, SB 875, SB 893, SB 918, SB 925, SB 974, SB 995, SB 1006, SB 1018, SB 1025, SB 1061, SB 1073, SB 1106, SB 1121, SB 1194, SB 1252, SB 1253, SB 1268, SB 1300, SB 1343, SB 1362, SB 1447, SJR 36, SJR 12, SJR 57, SCR 25, SCR 22, SCR 12, SCR 24, SCR 8, SB 565, SB 372, SB 765, SB 62, SB 666, SB 707, SB 888, SB 687, SB 847, SB 1248, SB 740, SB 14, SB 1006, SB 504, SB 925, SB 1121, SB 995, SB 857, SB 305, SB 296, SB 284, SB 815, SB 1379, SB 1300, SB 1497, SB 1499, SB 1498, SB 1061, SB 65, SB 241, SB 304, SB 402, SB 499, SB 621, SB 974, SB 1023, SB 1024, SB 1025, SB 1106, SB 686, SB 112, SB 371, SB 204, SB 400, SB 609, SB 1447, SB 670, SB 502, SB 427, SB 850, SB 854, SB 413, SB 1555, SB 1362, SB 1346, SB 1033, SB 1220, SB 1073, SB 810, SB 987, SB 1539, SB 893, SB 447, SB 875, SB 406, SB 509, SB 985, SB 965, SB 1119, SB 1505, SB 24, SB 57, SB 1194, SB 1253, SB 1215, SB 1532, SB 1268, SB 1302, SB 856, SB 650, SB 583, SB 673, SB 840, SB 213, SB 681, SB 1172, SB 1252, SB 378, SB 610, SB 918, SB 1343, SB 608, SB 487, SB 955, SB 957, SB 988, SB 990, SB 1019, SB 1021, SB 1120, SB 251, SB 958, SB 535, SB 761, SB 1, SB 541, SB 315, SB 379, SB 1018, SB 1737, SB 266, SB 1415, SB 57, SB 499, SB 974, SB 1025, SB 1061, SB 1268, SR 302, SR 303, SR 304, SR 305, SB 30, SB 1333, SB 1666, SB 30, SB 1333, SB 1666

Keywords: water rights, treaty compliance, Rio Grande, agriculture, drought, international water, Texas water supply, Texas, Israel, trade, investment, partnership, economic ties, technological innovation, bilateral relations, appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare

Transcript Highlights:

• Welcome back. Representative Fiddler. Welcome back. Representative Fiddler. Welcome back.
• Um of when can get back to work, uh Um of when can get back to work, uh Um of when can get back to work
• We we will have this bill back uh first up when we come back and let's uh first up when we come back
• , a few years back. too many years back, a few years back. too many years back, a few years back.
• But then we came back later because there were we came back later because there were we came back later

Bills: SB199, HB142, SB86, HB152, HB297, SB1, SB1

Keywords: parental leave, state employees, local education agencies, adoption, work-life balance, family support, portable benefits, portable benefit account, independent contractor, gig worker, 1099 worker, freelancer, app-based worker, rideshare, delivery driver, worker benefits, health insurance, retirement benefits, life insurance, income replacement insurance

Transcript Highlights:

• I'm just going back to page 72.
• If you redo your mortgage and kick it back out, your payments are going to go back to being smaller.
• I would have to go back and look.
• I would have to go back and look.
• We'll come back on the GLP drugs.

Keywords: 959, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• I yield back. The gentleman yields back.
• <02:09:15.679> the get back on track he's rolled back the get back on track he's rolled back
• <02:09:46.040> back<02:09:46.400> up more president's opening back back up more president's
• <02:11:50.480> for I yield back gent and yields back for I yield back gent and yields back
• <03:01:18.840> seat Consumer back back in the driver's seat Consumer back back in the driver's

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, March 4, 2025, 1012, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• And I yield<03:25:18.080> back. yield back. yield back.
• yield back. yield back.
• Speaker, and I yield<07:29:06.558> back. yield back. yield back.
• I yield back. power. I yield back.
• at their back. And I yield back. at their back. And I yield back.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, July 14, 2025, 1012, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• I yield back. home. I yield back.
• Speaker, and I yield back. back. back.
• I yield back. back. back.
• And with that, I yield back. back. back.
• it back and forth, back and forth, back it back and forth, back and forth, back and<04:42:50.638

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Thursday, September 4, 2025, 1012, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• I yield back. >> Gentleman yields back.
• I yield back. >> Gentleman yields back.
• Speaker, and I yield back. back. back.
• And with that, I yield<01:58:39.199> back. yield back. yield back.
• I yield back. back. back.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Friday, January 9, 2026, 1012, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• It's hard to come back up it.
• We're going back to to uh Thank you, Mr. Speaker. We're going back to House Bill 1,100.
• We'll have Representative Johnson back.
• We're adding $43.7 million back to that.
• What about the person back home?

Summary: The House convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, quorum call, leave requests, and routine business, including reading gubernatorial approval letters for several recently enacted acts. Members also recognized guests in the chamber. The body then took up a motion to send House Bill 1034 back to the Joint Budget Committee, which passed, with Representative Jean explaining the bill would be revised to remove pay raises and address cybersecurity and bank fees later. On the red and budget calendars, the House passed House Bill 1103 to increase the homestead property tax credit by $75, with supporters noting it would be the fourth straight annual increase and total $300 per household over four years. The chamber also adopted amendments to House Bills 1007, 1022, 1036, and 1064, then passed Senate Bill 76, a $2 million appropriation for county extension office capital improvements. Several appropriation bills were then considered in batches and individually, with mixed results: House Bills 1005, 1051, 1089, 1090, 1093, and Senate Bills 8, 10, 16, 20, 23, 36, 43, 55, 58, 63, 67, and 30 passed; House Bills 1023, 1035, 1053, 1066, and Senate Bills 41 and 59 failed; Senate Bills 10 and 24 were initially passed over for later consideration. A major portion of the meeting focused on Amendment 1 to House Bill 1100, the RSA/one-time funding package. Representative Jean outlined increases for corrections, state police, LEARNS/freedom accounts, Medicaid, vehicle purchases, and other set-asides, plus a proposed $300 million economic development reserve for a confidential project with clawback provisions. The amendment drew extended debate: supporters argued it could bring major job creation and broader economic benefits, while opponents criticized the secrecy, size of the subsidy, and opportunity cost. The amendment ultimately passed 54-36-3. The House then adjourned until 1 p.m. the next day after announcements about upcoming budget and House Management meetings.

Transcript Highlights:

• > for<00:11:32.680> what back gentleman yields back for what back gentleman yields back for
• I yield back.
• I yield back.
• I yield back. I yield back. Thank you, ma'am.
• it looked like back in 1970 back when it looked like back in 1970 back when you<02:32:18.840>

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Thursday, February 27, 2025, 1012, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Most people don't have records going back that far; records were not necessarily electronic back that
• Most people don't have records going back that far; records were not necessarily electronic back that
• Most people don't have records going back that far; records were not necessarily electronic back that
• Most people don't have records going back that far; records were not necessarily electronic back that
• Most people don't have records going back that far; records were not necessarily electronic back that

Keywords: 919, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Um, I had made an agreement with myself privately back in '19 when we were called back for that one-day
• Most of the members are back in time.
• Is button things up and then get back.
• back of the non-compete partial roll back of the non-compete ban?
• agreement with myself privately um back agreement with myself privately um back in<00:04:20.959>

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• I yield<02:29:08.880> back. yield back. yield back.
• Yield back. back. back.
• I yield back. back. back.
• . back. back.
• Speaker, and I yield<04:50:56.638> back. yield back. yield back.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, December 1, 2025, 1012, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• approval of this fund back in 2022.
• So if the federal government pays all that money or some of that money back, does that money go back
• from disasters goes back into the EPRF.
• it back to you?
• We're waiting to hear back on that.

Summary: The committee took up four bills before moving to a broader discussion of the Emergency Preparedness and Response Trust Fund. SB 434, which would prohibit counties from increasing a home’s assessed value because the owner installed wind mitigation measures, was presented as a homeowner protection measure and reported favorably. CS/SB 110, clarifying that certain 98-year-or-longer residential leaseholders remain eligible for the homestead exemption even if the lease ends at death, was also reported favorably without opposition. SB 856, requiring online real estate listing platforms to display estimated ad valorem taxes using prescribed calculation methods and not the current owner’s tax bill, drew supportive testimony from property appraisers, Zillow, and local government groups; members emphasized transparency for buyers, especially first-time homebuyers, and the bill was reported favorably. The committee then spent most of the meeting on SPB 7040, which would recreate and extend the Emergency Preparedness and Response Fund through December 31, 2027. Supporters, including the Division of Emergency Management, argued the fund is needed for hurricanes, flooding, other disasters, and rapid response operations, and said the extension preserves legislative oversight that would otherwise lapse. Opponents from advocacy and policy groups argued the fund has been used too broadly, especially for immigration-related detention and enforcement activities, and criticized the lack of tighter guardrails and transparency. They cited deaths in detention facilities, the use of emergency dollars for non-disaster purposes, and concerns about political favoritism and public accountability. Director Kevin Guthrie testified at length in support of the extension, explaining that the fund is used for natural, man-made, and technological emergencies, that reimbursements from federal and other sources are returned to the fund, and that the state has used it for hurricanes, flooding, civil unrest, international evacuations, and immigration-related operations under Operation Vigilant Sentry. He said the division has sought federal reimbursement for some expenses and that the fund helps the state respond quickly when emergencies arise. Members questioned the size of the fund, the amount spent on immigration-related activities, the status of federal reimbursements, and whether lawmakers should have more oversight or unannounced access to detention facilities. The bill discussion remained ongoing in the portion provided, with no final vote on SPB 7040 shown in the transcript excerpt.

Transcript Highlights:

• Chairman, unless we went to go back.
• Everybody wants to get ahead and then they want to go back and get ahead and go back.
• And then they want to go back and get ahead and go back. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
• Okay, let's bring that one back.
• We're going to go back through. 17, DFA. We're going to go back through. 17, DFA.

Keywords: 996, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Speaker, I yield back. Mr. Speaker, I yield back.
• I yield back.
• I yield back. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I yield back.
• I yield back.
• > for yield back gentlewoman yields back for yield back gentlewoman yields back for what<07:21

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, March 3, 2025, 1012, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• I yield back. today. I yield back.
• yield back. yield back.
• With that, I yield back. back. back.
• . back. back.
• I yield back. back. back. >> I<04:56:09.200> reserve.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Wednesday, April 15, 2026, 1012, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Speaker, and I yield back. The gentleman yields back.
• Speaker, I yield back. The gentleman yields back.
• I yield back. The gentlewoman yields back.
• pursuant<00:26:02.559> to back gentlewoman yields back pursuant to back gentlewoman yields
• I yield back.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, January 13, 2025, 1012, house, all