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Texas 89th Regular

Local Government May 19th, 2025

Local Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • Why must Texas step in?
  • the landowner, the University of Texas at Austin.
  • Members, across Texas homeowners keep chickens on their property, and many more Texas families would
  • Code.
  • I'm the Lennar Division President for Texas. We built over 20,000 homes in Texas in 2024.
Summary: The committee heard and left pending several local government, property tax, development, and public safety measures before later voting some of them out. Senator Birdwell explained SB 2784 for the Somerville County Hospital District, which would move the board to staggered four-year terms after a transition and was requested to be held pending until the House companion could be acted on; no public testimony was offered. HB 5084 would allow local approval for fireworks sales tied to Lunar New Year celebrations, with testimony from Hutchinson County Judge Cindy Irwin emphasizing local fire risk and the need for county discretion. HB 5534 would let county commissioners post agendas electronically instead of on a physical bulletin board. HB 4370 would expand permissible projects for certain special districts to include geothermal water conveyance systems, and HB 312 would require residential child detention facilities to enter local MOUs, report health and safety information, and conduct background checks for state-funded facilities; both drew supportive testimony and were left pending. HB 5057 would give displaced solid waste providers time to wind down after a city grants an exclusive franchise, and HB 2421 would extend the life of the Save Historic Muni District to continue work on preserving Lions Municipal Golf Course; both were left pending after supportive testimony. HB 2011 would let former owners repurchase property taken by eminent domain if the acquiring entity fails to pay property taxes for two years, and the committee substitute to SB 3065 was also laid out and left pending after a technical correction to eminent-domain language. The committee then took up additional bills on development, appraisal, and local regulation, including HB 3575, HB 4809, HB 2273, HB 247/HJR 34, HB 2464, HB 3424, HB 2013, HB 5668, HB 3788, HB 1533, and HB 23, with testimony ranging from support to opposition on issues such as appraisal procedures, historic property valuation, Galveston emergency governance, border-security tax treatment, home-based businesses, chicken covenants in HOAs, municipal utility district authority, hospital authorities’ use of assets, and third-party building review. HB 23 drew the most extensive testimony, with builders, engineers, counties, and cities split over third-party plan review and inspection authority, liability, licensing, and local code enforcement; many witnesses said the House amendments created problems and the bill was left pending. In the end, the committee voted SB 2784, SB 3065, HB 5686, HB 247, HJR 34, and HB 2011 out of committee, with the first several receiving local and uncontested calendar recommendations where applicable.
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Transcript Highlights:
  • Our Texas Administrative Code references the National Electric Code and that code gives a lot of definition
  • This creates a huge global market opportunity for Texas manufacturers in yet another area where Texas
  • Here in Texas, yet we don't have an announced project here in Texas.
  • Hello, I'm Joe Trotter with Americans for Clean Water, where we work with Texans for Clean Water.
  • West Texas specifically.
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Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Human Services Apr 15th, 2025

Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • We're, we're both from Texas.
  • The standards are in the Texas Family Code and the Texas Administrative Code, period.
  • So in the Family Code chapter 264 410, it already lays out that if CAC of Texas enters into a contract
  • I show you as Caden Lopez with Texas Texas Family Project and yourself and you're for the bill.
  • If she has to wait 7 days, the family, a Texas family adopting a child in Oklahoma using Texas law, we
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Texas 89th Regular

Human Services Apr 15th, 2025

Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • There is a life safety code.
  • It's assisted living facilities under the health and safety code.
  • I'm sure there is, but I'm focused on Texas.
  • Get some bread, get some water, and figure out what I can put in.
  • to ensure that they actually sell fruits and vegetables across Texas?
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Texas 89th Regular

Human Services Apr 15th, 2025

Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • In Texas, I grew up in a foster family.
  • The standards are in the Texas... Family Code and the Texas Administrative Code, period.
  • goes to CAC of Texas.
  • and families in Texas.
  • If she has to wait seven days, a Texas family adopting a child in Oklahoma using Texas law ...
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Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session Mar 31st, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Welcome to the Texas Capitol.
  • An amendment passed by the people of Texas, and the people of Texas would still have to ratify any change
  • You heard me. reference the government code and election code, and what we're doing is we're just codifying
  • Environment Texas and the Texas Association of Business, it passed out of the Business and Commerce Committee
  • It's a bi-Texas amendment, pro-Texas amendment.
Bills: SJR37, SJR57, SB7, SB8, SB16, SB108, SB125, SB207, SB318, SB371, SB379, SB396, SB406, SB503, SB533, SB565, SB578, SB599, SB686, SB689, SB707, SB763, SB854, SB857, SB875, SB878, SB920, SB924, SB961, SB965, SB985, SB988, SB1021, SB1024, SB1026, SB1038, SB1059, SB1185, SB1202, SB1207, SB1252, SB1330, SB1396, SB1484, SB1527, SB1535, SB1596, SB1619, SB1697, SB1737, SB1741, SB1841, SJR36, SJR12, SJR57, SJR37, SCR22, SCR12, SB565, SB765, SB62, SB666, SB707, SB888, SB687, SB847, SB1248, SB504, SB857, SB305, SB296, SB284, SB1497, SB1498, SB241, SB304, SB621, SB1023, SB1024, SB686, SB371, SB204, SB609, SB670, SB850, SB854, SB413, SB1346, SB1033, SB1220, SB1073, SB810, SB1539, SB447, SB875, SB406, SB985, SB965, SB1119, SB1505, SB1215, SB1302, SB856, SB583, SB673, SB681, SB1172, SB1252, SB608, SB955, SB957, SB988, SB1021, SB1120, SB251, SB541, SB379, SB1737, SB266, SB1415, SB1527, SB125, SB599, SB1330, SB53, SB1352, SB785, SB472, SB1450, SB1502, SB1566, SB414, SB1062, SB961, SB1038, SB578, SB711, SB746, SB942, SB1404, SB1448, SB1738, SB108, SB8, SB318, SB507, SB533, SB689, SB1026, SB1349, SB1355, SB1433, SB1434, SB1596, SB1403, SB763, SB667, SB1059, SB617, SB1567, SB503, SB16, SB310, SB311, SB396, SB505, SB1209, SB1210, SB1470, SB264, SB924, SB1029, SB1185, SB1202, SB1358, SB1364, SB1569, SB1697, SB1376, SB1228, SB519, SB878, SB1350, SB462, SB1535, SB827, SB1585, SB207, SB1207, SB1619, SB1396, SB920, SB1484, SB1273, SB1741, SB7, SB927, SB1227, SB1229, SB1353, SB1366, SB1464, SB1709, SB1729, SB1733, SB1744, SB1772, SB1816, SB1841, SB2188, SB1147, SB879, SB1008, SJR81, SJR50, SCR39, SB1536, SB2016, SB1453, SB1173, SB1163, SB996, SB27, SB568, SB1370, SB1321, SB1101, SB906, SB860, SB1563, SB993, SB693, SB1610, SB1537, SB836, SB1332, SB1307, SB963, SB493, SB922, SB984, SB1084, SB619, SB1098, SB1122, SB455, SB522, SB1057, SB1239, SB1254, SB1255, SB1259, SB1341, SB1664, SB1877, SB464, SB1277, SB32, SB732, SB660, SB731, SB921, SB268, SB1822, SB1188, SB1939, SB1589, SB397, SB1388, SB2230, SB1058, SB1036, SB1267, SB2112, SB1930, SB532, SB1035, SB2155, SB508, SB29, SB292, SB291, SB901, SB1333, SB1436, SB1494, SB964, SB779, SB1378, SB2312, SB1719
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Texas 89th Regular

Elections Apr 17th, 2025 at 10:04 am

Elections

Transcript Highlights:
  • This language came to me by the Texas Association of Counties in collaboration with the Texas Association
  • Current Texas Election Code 61.014 has not been updated since 2007.
  • Under Section 16.033 of the Texas Election Code, if a person responds to a jury summons to say that they're
  • This legislation amends the Texas Election Code to prohibit candidates from filing applications for a
  • Texas was among them.
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.
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Texas 89th Regular

Transportation (Part II) Apr 9th, 2025

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • The North Texas Turnpike Authority does compensate DPS.
  • The North Texas Turnpike Authority does compensate DPS.
  • I was born in Deer Park, Texas. I live in Deer Park, Texas.
  • This is the state of Texas. This is the state of Texas. We're fact- and data-driven.
  • We have Ben Wright, Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen, Texas.
Summary: The Senate Transportation Committee reconvened on SB 2722, as substituted by Senator Bettencourt, which would redirect a portion of Harris County Toll Road Authority surplus revenues to the City of Houston and impose audit and tax-rate penalty provisions. Houston Police Chief Noe Diaz and Fire Chief Thomas Munoz testified in support, arguing that Houston bears a large share of toll-road public safety burdens, citing thousands of police and fire responses on toll-road property and the need for compensation for emergency services. Bill King, testifying neutrally, said the toll authority generates large excess revenues and urged stronger oversight and clearer controls on how the money is spent. Opponents, including Harris County officials, business and neighborhood representatives, and toll-road critics, argued the bill would divert transportation dollars, create a precedent for taking toll revenues for general municipal use, and could worsen project delivery and incentives; several also questioned the accuracy and interpretation of the revenue figures and the lack of comparable audit requirements for the city. The committee took extensive testimony but left SB 2722 pending without a vote. The committee then heard SB 2129, which would increase fines for motorists who disregard railroad crossing gates or flaggers, and SB 2323, which would redact railroad crew members’ personal information from public accident reports. Both bills were presented as safety measures, with railroad labor testimony in support, and both were left pending after brief public testimony. The committee also heard SB 2141, a Zaffirini bill concerning specialty license plates for judges, with the substitute aimed at reducing security risks by changing how judges are identified on plates; it too was left pending. Finally, the committee heard SB 2439, another Zaffirini bill, described as a TDLR cleanup measure related to ATV and off-highway vehicle safety certification. The bill would abolish the current training and certification program, which supporters said was burdensome and underused given the small number of approved instructors statewide. With no significant opposition on the record, the committee closed testimony and left SB 2439 pending as well.
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Texas 89th Regular

Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs May 7th, 2025

Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs

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  • , the Texas State Board of Pharmacy, and the Texas Medical Board can continue operating effectively while
  • Somebody in Texas recorded this?
  • No one in Texas, but this includes data from all over the United States. At all from Texas?
  • Texas Civil Rights Project.
  • of the state of Texas.
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Summary: The Senate Committee on Administration met with a quorum present to reconsider the local and uncontested calendar for May 28, 2025. Senator Menendez moved to reconsider the prior certification of the calendar, and the committee agreed without objection. Menendez then moved to add HB 4202 to the May 28, 2025 calendar. There was no objection, and the bill was added. He next moved to certify the recommended list for the May 28, 2025 calendar, including HB 4202. The clerk called the roll on certification, and the list was approved unanimously with seven votes and zero nays. With no further business, the committee recessed at the call of the chair.
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Texas 89th Regular

Administration (Part I) May 27th, 2025

Administration

Transcript Highlights:
  • This resolution designates Combs, Texas, as the official bee capital of Texas.
  • This resolution designates Combs, Texas, as the official bee capital of Texas.
  • This resolution designates the town of Milam as the official Gateway Capital of Texas.
  • It's the town of Milam as the official Gateway Capital of Texas.
  • It was truly the gateway for people from the United States entering Texas.
Summary: The Senate Committee on Administration met with a quorum and considered several local and uncontested measures, mostly resolutions designating official Texas titles for places and observances. HCR 111 would name Combs the official Bee Capital of Texas; HCR 81 would name Milam the Gateway Capital of Texas; HCR 84, as a committee substitute, would name Pineland the Sawmill Capital of Texas; and HCR 83 would name Rusk County the Syrup Capital of Texas. The committee also heard HCR 46, designating January 12 as Nathan Gage Ingram Day for a 10-year period ending in 2035, honoring the Roanoke Navy SEAL who died during a mission off Somalia. No public testimony was offered on any of these resolutions, and each was reported favorably to the full Senate by unanimous or near-unanimous roll call votes, then placed on the local and uncontested calendar for May 28, 2025. The committee also considered HB 5655, which would create a water control and improvement district in Fort Bend County to provide drainage improvements for about 912 acres owned by TPHTL Hatcher LLC. Senator Kolkhorst explained that the district powers were intended to address flooding and drainage in a low-lying area. The bill was reported favorably to the full Senate with no opposition after no public testimony was offered. In addition, HB 5689 and HB 5690 were heard as local bills validating and updating the powers and prior acts of the Coal Ranch Improvement District No. 1 and the Hunter Ranch Improvement District No. 1 in Denton County; both were reported favorably without testimony or questions. At the end of the meeting, the committee reviewed the proposed May 28, 2025 local and uncontested calendar, noted that some bills had been removed due to penalties, fiscal notes, or significant opposition, and specifically removed HB 4202. The remaining calendar, with that exception, was certified by unanimous vote. The committee then recessed.
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Transcript Highlights:
  • The code of federal regulations then refers to other codes of federal regulations.
  • I'm from Buda, Texas.
  • I live in Valley Mills, Texas.
  • litigation in the state of Texas.
  • Chairman, I'm from East Texas.
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Transcript Highlights:
  • Each day, our duty to respond includes more than just residents of the largest city in Texas.
  • The North Texas Turnpike Authority does compensate DPS.
  • I mean, I bragged on Harris County all over the state of Texas for a long time.
  • I was born in Deer Park, Texas. I live in Deer Park, Texas.
  • This is the state of Texas, guys. This is the state of Texas.
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Texas 89th Regular

S/C on Family & Fiduciary Relationships Apr 7th, 2025

S/C on Family & Fiduciary Relationships

Transcript Highlights:
  • Over 41,000 of those marriages were here in Texas.
  • Those are the stats for Texas. Yes. Oh, those are the stats for Texas.
  • We have not ended child marriage here in Texas.
  • , after Texas.
  • And you got that in Texas? 91.
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Transcript Highlights:
  • SB14 is very similar to requirements in Texas Local Government Code 143.089, which allows municipal police
  • It's just the Texas version of that. Help us understand that. Yes.
  • Our contract can only supersede Chapter 143. ...three of the local government code.
  • I am Nikki Llewellyn with the ACLU of Texas.
  • The Texas Civil Rights Project is opposed to the legislation.
Bills: SB7, SB14, SB 7, SB 14
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Transcript Highlights:
  • Currently, Texas law defines rental agreements inconsistently.
  • Commerce Code.
  • The Business Code to extend the length of a rental agreement from 30 to 180 days under the Business Code
  • It is a mystery to our team why the tax code and the Business and Commerce Code definitions do not line
  • I believe, in Texas, the Comptroller's...