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TX

Texas 89th Regular

Ways & Means May 19th, 2025

Ways & Means

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  • expire four years after they are approved by voters unless voters ...choose to reauthorize continued collection
  • infrastructure projects for. ...streets and sidewalks, in addition to water, wastewater, or stormwater systems
TX
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  • Retirement systems with greater than $100 million in assets report every three years, and systems between
  • It's like a credit card or a debit card, run through the same system, operated the same way.
  • And so, there would be some system if someone tried to overcharge what they had deposited.
  • Because they limited the fee that you could collect in the bill.
  • A collectible Texas coin would be very high, as I think Senator Nichols mentioned.
TX
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  • Yeah, and the current law municipalities collect separate fees for municipal security and technology.
  • Our goal is to elevate people out of the system, and we are preparing them for that uplift with training
  • service redundancies and improve data sharing to better support individuals. ...navigating multiple systems
  • training and support to succeed after their release. ...our goal is to elevate people out of the system
  • a significant significant surge in unemployment insurance fraud, revealing vulnerabilities in the system
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Public Health Apr 14th, 2025

Public Health

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  • Well, it could be any hospital system.
  • It examined 1.1 million ED visits in the VA system.
  • Our system includes inpatient swing bed services, five.
  • And the healthcare system helped me with this.
  • You all healthcare systems, some healthcare center systems pay for...
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Public Health Apr 14th, 2025

Public Health

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  • The funding of the system for your products that are being checked by the system.
  • Systems, but here's the challenge.
  • Systems.
  • I don't know, it's just... that's the way the system is. The system is working, so.
  • Medicare started charging a certain way just in the Medicare system, which is totally a separate system
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Education Policy Committee Apr 9th, 2025

Education Policy

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  • I can't speak for anybody else's school system. I can only speak for MPS.
  • SB 232 involves schools being notified through the juvenile court system.
  • There are already approximately more than 25 school systems across the state of school systems across
  • the state, with roughly 150 school systems, including charter schools, that already have such systems
  • School systems do not need more mandates.
TX
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  • Many of these kids who come out of the foster care system experience homelessness at a greater rate than
  • There is difficulty trying to navigate the system ourselves.
  • And let's not forget... ...that the foster care system is one of the biggest providers or suppliers of
  • This weaponization of our U.S. judicial system and even bureaucracy, in some cases, through frivolous
  • It's about transparency, making sure the system is working well.
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  • Medicare, and your money will not continue to come in and raise up, which is Evident with the pension systems
  • Yes, the bill very clearly states that if a collective bargaining event occurs, then those teachers would
  • Would we then create a system where a school may need to have multiple contracts and different terms
  • It is a common sense step to make our foster care system work better for kids and taxpayers.
  • This bill directs the department of Human Services to improve transparency and accountability by collecting
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/25/2026 - Senate Judiciary and Elections

Judiciary and Elections

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  • ; you no longer have in the civil system.
  • In fact, that will help limit collections, is our opinion.
  • They deter collections.
  • For some reason, I'm out of harm to send comforted by the idea of the civil system being swift.
  • That is not the purpose of the FDA adverse event system.
Summary: The committee first heard HB 2825, which would replace criminal enforcement tools for nonpayment of fines, fees, restitution, and related obligations with a civil collection process. Supporters, including the sponsor, argued it would streamline restitution collection and reduce costly incarceration, while opponents from victims’ rights groups, judges, and prosecutors said it would weaken victims’ constitutional rights and remove effective enforcement leverage. The chair adopted an amendment requiring a summons and clarifying that victims’ constitutional remedies are preserved, and the committee passed the bill 5-2. The committee then considered HB 4070, which would bar corporations from incorporating if an officer, director, or trustee had been convicted of sex or human trafficking, and would extend civil liability to those who facilitate trafficking. Supporters framed it as a “corporate death penalty” aimed at preventing trafficking through corporate governance, while the ACLU warned the facilitation language was vague and could sweep too broadly. After adopting the chair’s amendment defining “facilitate,” the committee passed the bill 5-2. The committee also unanimously recommended confirmation of Neil McDowell to the Arizona Board of Executive Clemency after hearing his background in corrections and his plans to review cases thoroughly and efficiently. Next, HB 2720 was heard, which would raise penalties for paying or agreeing to pay for sexual conduct, add a $200 assessment for the anti-human trafficking fund, and allow certain sex-trafficking victims convicted of prostitution to seal vacated records. Supporters, including law enforcement, prosecutors, and survivor advocates, said it would deter demand and help victims; opponents argued it could still sweep in trafficking victims and lacked sufficient safeguards. The committee passed the bill 4-3. The committee also heard HB 2028, a strike-everything amendment allowing community restitution in lieu of a $20 assessment for indigent homeless defendants, and HB 2047, which would increase trespass penalties for remaining in or returning to property after an eviction writ; both were discussed but no final vote is reflected in the transcript excerpt. Additional bills were introduced and heard later in the meeting, including HB 2136, which would create new offenses for “civil terrorism” and “subversion” and increase penalties for certain highway obstruction; the ACLU opposed it as viewpoint discrimination. HB 2406 would make images and recordings of abused children and deceased minors confidential and restrict dissemination and monetization; the sponsor said it was intended to prevent re-victimization and misuse of public records, while defense-side speakers asked for clearer access for defense teams. HB 2415 would tighten regulation of kratom products and specifically target concentrated 7-OH products; testimony sharply split between supporters who described public-health risks and opponents who said prohibition would harm consumers who use it for pain or recovery. The transcript ends before any final action on those later bills is shown.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

CPC Public Hearing - Thu Feb 26, 2026 @ 2:00 PM HST

Consumer Protection & Commerce

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  • moved away from such pricing mechanisms, uh, but really, uh, I think if anyone wanted to abuse the system
  • <00:23:43.120> to<00:23:43.360> abuse<00:23:43.840> the<00:23:44.159> system
  • <00:23:44.480> and anyone wanted to abuse the system and anyone wanted to abuse the system
  • and sale of those the collection and sale of those donations<00:51:49.839> goes<00:51:50.160>
  • So it sounds like it is between kind of the university system and some DCCA-ish... >> Thank you.
Summary: The committee on Consumer Protection and Commerce met on February 26, 2026, and heard several bills, mostly in the areas of workers’ compensation and consumer protection. HB 1946 HD1 on timeshare registration renewal drew support from DCCA’s timeshare program and major industry groups including Hilton Grand Vacations, the American Resort Development Association, and Marriott Vacations Worldwide, with no opposition noted. HB 1515 HD1, which would allow an attending physician to request a functional capacity examination without employer permission, was supported by DLIR and the Department of Human Resources Development and had no other in-person testimony; the bill was then moved on without questions. The committee spent substantial time on HB 1514 HD1, which would streamline workers’ compensation vocational rehabilitation by clarifying provider selection and requiring vocational plans within 90 days. DLIR supported the intent but asked for amendments, saying the 90-day deadline was too rigid given case-by-case complexity, limited staffing, and the need for coordination among injured workers, employers, and counselors; members discussed possible extensions and whether a 120-day timeline or other flexibility would be better. Testimony on the bill included one individual in support and seven in opposition. HB 1648 HD1, concerning workers’ compensation and physician dispensing of non-prescription drugs, drew support from DHRD and comments from DLIR and industry witnesses. DLIR said the bill should be narrowed so it does not restrict medically necessary over-the-counter medications or oral guidance from providers, while Aloha Billing Company and Solera Integrated Medical Solutions urged tighter limits on physician dispensing and raised concerns about pricing abuse through average wholesale price. Members discussed clarifying the bill’s language so it targets written prescriptions rather than oral advice. HB 1644 HD1, requiring a standardized disclosure form for residential solar contracts, received support from the Hawaii Solar Energy Association and Kauaʻi Island Utility Cooperative, while DCCA’s Office of Consumer Protection supported the consumer-protection goal but proposed stronger remedies, including a three-day cancellation right, voidability for missing disclosures, and possible lender liability; members questioned how those remedies should apply to lenders, and no vote was taken on the measures in the portion provided.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

AGR Public Hearing - Wed Feb 11, 2026 @ 9:30 AM HST

Agriculture & Food Systems

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  • I'd like to call the Committee on Agriculture and Food Systems to order.
  • Finally, we have a new microphone system in the House conference rooms.
  • So, uh, we support entire food system.
  • So eventually everybody would be going back to the new system or the revised system.
  • or or the revised this the new system or or the revised system.<00:52:47.920> So<00:52:48.160
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Higher Education May 6th, 2025

Higher Education

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  • to have at least one entity within their system offer the policy base, is that correct?
  • I am aware of one in the A&M system, but I just didn't know if there were more.
  • As the chair mentioned, I'm Ray Bonilla, General Counsel for the A&M System.
  • I mean, if you look at, I visited with my colleague at the A&M System, Dr.
  • This legislature is proposing to promote inefficiency within our higher education system.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Trade, Workforce & Economic Development Apr 30th, 2025

Trade, Workforce & Economic Development

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  • appreciate the hard work y'all have been doing, too, to create some integrity in our real property system
  • people should be able to put rainwater and other drought-resistant landscaping, rainwater harvesting systems
  • In their lawns, in xeriscaping, in rainwater collection, and water-efficient irrigation systems.
  • They may be completely exonerated in the criminal system, but they shouldn't ever fear losing their housing
TX

Texas 89th Regular

89th Legislative Session Apr 2nd, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

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  • Yesterday, it promotes transparency and accountability in our property tax system, taxparency.
  • of the exemption that you're raising for the tangible This is going to be less money that can be collected
  • But you're just saying that the appraised value, if they're not able to collect that difference of what
  • Office for Inspector General for the Committee on Human Services, AG4420 by Rosa relating to the collection
  • relating to the use of receipts for attending the credit purchased under the public school finance system
TX

Texas 89th Regular

89th Legislative Session May 8th, 2025 at 10:05 am

Texas House Floor Meeting

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  • data that is already being collected.
  • , cybersecurity, and data collection.
  • to get on our grid system.
  • We got to wait for just a second while the system pulls up the amendment.
  • We got to wait for just a second while the system pulls up the amendment.
Summary: The House convened with a quorum, received the invocation and pledges, and heard several announcements and recognitions before moving into floor action. Members honored the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley chess team for winning a share of the 2025 President’s Cup, recognized educator Jessica Lopez, and paid memorial tribute to Jennifer Maddenly, along with recognitions for Jeanette Valdez Duran’s food pantry work, TAMACC’s 50th anniversary, and Bernardine Steptoe’s retirement from WFAA. The House also granted permission for committees to meet while the House was in session, set a local consent calendar, and suspended posting rules for a Public Health Committee hearing on SB 2721. The chamber then considered a long series of Senate and House bills, with many passing on record votes. Measures addressed local law enforcement authority (SB 906), veterans highway designation (SB 1229), foster care medical billing (SB 855), massage therapy trafficking safeguards (SB 703), tax ballot language (SB 1025), occupational licensing for people with convictions (SB 1080), lien deadlines (SB 929), liquor sales complaints (SB 1355), higher education application fee waivers (SB 2231), utility data access (SB 1877), pediatric preceptorships (SB 1998), and several House bills on bond forfeiture notice, health workforce coordination, indigent civil commitment representation, consumer transaction cancellations, bird dispersal rules, theft venue for digital property, military grant applications, AI cancer-detection grants, cybersecurity contract language, in-state tuition for military-related programs, utility capital recovery, energy waste advisory oversight, gas utility rate recovery, psychedelic therapy study, teacher retirement funding transparency, pension changes, tax payment plans, and voter registration security. Some measures drew notable debate or amendments, including HB 5247, where a ratepayer-credit amendment failed, and HB 2298, HB 4014, HB 510, HB 561, HB 1128, HB 1904, HB 30, HB 200, HB 3045, and HB 5111, which all passed after recorded votes with varying margins. A major point of contention was SB 2420, the app store age-verification bill, which prompted extended debate over whether the bill should also require app developers to verify users’ ages. Representative Bryant offered an amendment to preserve developer verification obligations, arguing the bill would otherwise shift responsibility away from app makers; the author opposed it, saying the bill’s approach was more workable and raised concerns about First Amendment issues. Multiple points of order were raised and withdrawn during the debate, and the amendment discussion remained unresolved in the excerpt. The House also postponed further consideration of SB 17, SB 552, and SB 2420 at different points, and recessed for lunch after completing a large block of third-reading votes.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives Mar 24th, 2026

Louisiana House Floor Meeting

LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Senate May 31st, 2026

Louisiana Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • We have similar issues with lead pipes, the choice of a water system that's...
  • No, this is related to collecting taxes, not giving any taxing authority.
  • It's just a mechanism to collect fines they weren't able to collect, so they're liening the properties
  • It's just that those were collected through the tax sale auction process, which now has been collected
  • This deals with the suspension of the collection of the fee related to hybrids.