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• The really dockets within say the criminal division, but they're designed to address the root causes
• criminal justice system and once they're identified as appropriate for problem solving court, the the docket

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• work to address the root cause of justice system involvement through the use of specialized court dockets
• My service as a drug court judge also helps me in a mass docket involving criminal court.

Summary: The Judiciary Committee met with a quorum present and heard several Office of the State Courts Administrator presentations. Judge Mark Mahan discussed the impact of 2023’s HB 837 litigation reforms on court operations, explaining that the law’s changes to comparative negligence, filing deadlines, collateral source evidence, premises liability, bad faith claims, attorney’s fees, and offer-of-judgment rules triggered a major March 2023 civil filing surge. He described how filings tripled statewide, with especially large increases in auto negligence and premises liability cases, and outlined how circuits responded through active case management, added resources, and workflow changes. Members asked whether the bill’s immediate effective date contributed to the surge and whether clearance rates would normalize over time; Judge Mahan said the court system viewed its response as a success and expected rates to settle as the backlog is worked through. The committee then received a presentation on problem-solving courts from Jennifer Grandal and Judge Nina Richardson. Grandal reviewed Florida’s drug courts, mental health courts, veterans courts, dependency and early childhood courts, noting statewide best-practice standards, annual reporting requirements, funding sources, and data collection systems. Judge Richardson gave a local perspective on treatment courts, emphasizing that they address underlying mental health and substance use issues, rely on judicial supervision and sanctions as well as incentives, and help participants achieve recovery and avoid reoffending. She said the programs are accountable, transparent, and effective, and thanked the Legislature for continued support. Finally, Judge Rachel Nordby and Eric McClure outlined the judicial branch’s legislative agenda. Nordby summarized the Supreme Court workgroup’s recommendations to expand Florida’s vexatious litigant law, including broader coverage, fewer qualifying adverse cases, a longer lookback period, and a public records exemption for stricken defamatory or sham material. McClure then highlighted additional agenda items: modernizing the duty-judge statute, expanding senior management retirement eligibility, authorizing additional judgeships based on workload studies, removing the statutory cap on court-ordered nonbinding arbitration compensation, protecting appellate clerks’ personal information, allowing alternative authentication for certain judicial notarizations, and creating a hearsay exception for guardian ad litem reports and testimony. No votes were taken, and the committee adjourned after member introductions and staff introductions.

Bills: HB 14, HJR 31, HB 43, HB 18, HB 106, HB 36, HB 26, HB 149, HB 121, HB 206, HB 136, HB 3114, HB 2733, HB 1732, HB 3700, HB 467, HB 1130, HB 1846, HB 1442, HB 1147, HB 2176, HB 2701, HB 805, HB 2890, HB 1154, HB 1644, HB 2118, HB 1718, HB 2488, HB 2596, HB 1971, HB 2468, HB 484, HB 2578, HB 3204, HB 1041, HB 307, HB 685, HB 1710, HB 538, HB 2525, HB 3125, HB 2027, HB 2894, HB 3077, HB 3684, HJR 99, HB 1399, HJR 5, HB 1330, HB 2110, HJR 2, HJR 6, HB 1587, HB 14, HJR 31, HB 43, HB 18, HB 106, HB 36, HB 26, HB 149, HB 121, HB 206, HB 136, HB 3114, HB 2733, HB 1732, HB 3700, HB 467, HB 1130, HB 1846, HB 1442, HB 1147, HB 2176, HB 2701, HB 805, HB 2890, HB 1154, HB 1644, HB 2118, HB 1718, HB 2488, HB 2596, HB 1971, HB 2468, HB 484, HB 2578, HB 3204, HB 1041, HB 307, HB 685, HB 1710, HB 538, HB 2525, HB 3125, HB 2027, HB 2894, HB 3077, HB 3684

Keywords: nuclear energy, advanced reactors, energy security, grant programs, Texas Advanced Nuclear Energy Office, farm products, tax exemption, ad valorem taxation, agriculture, Texas Constitution, livestock, producer, finance, young farmers, financial assistance, pest control, rural health, hospital funding, healthcare access, mental health services

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• This is the cleanup bill for House Bill 8 that we passed last session that transformed the way we fund

Bills: HB14, HJR31, HB43, HB18, HB 106, HB36, HB26, HB149, HB 121, HB206, HB136, HB3114, HB2733, HB1732, HB3700, HB467, HB 1130, HB1846, HB1442, HB 1147, HB2176, HB2701, HB805, HB2890, HB 1154, HB1644, HB2118, HB1718, HB2488, HB2596, HB1971, HB2468, HB484, HB2578, HB3204, HB 1041, HB307, HB685, HB1710, HB538, HB2525, HB3125, HB2027, HB2894, HB3077, HB3684, HJR99, HB1399, HJR5, HB1330, HB2110, HJR2, HJR6, HB1587, HB14, HJR31, HB43, HB18, HB 106, HB36, HB26, HB149, HB 121, HB206, HB136, HB3114, HB2733, HB1732, HB3700, HB467, HB 1130, HB1846, HB1442, HB 1147, HB2176, HB2701, HB805, HB2890, HB 1154, HB1644, HB2118, HB1718, HB2488, HB2596, HB1971, HB2468, HB484, HB2578, HB3204, HB 1041, HB307, HB685, HB1710, HB538, HB2525, HB3125, HB2027, HB2894, HB3077, HB3684

Keywords: nuclear energy, advanced reactors, energy security, grant programs, Texas Advanced Nuclear Energy Office, farm products, tax exemption, ad valorem taxation, agriculture, Texas Constitution, livestock, producer, finance, young farmers, financial assistance, pest control, rural health, hospital funding, healthcare access, mental health services

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• I will note that there was one other additional cleanup that's in the form of an A2 amendment.
• note that there's was one other will note that there's was one other additional<00:02:17.040> cleanup
• > in<00:02:17.760> the<00:02:17.840> form<00:02:18.000> of additional cleanup
• that's in the form of additional cleanup that's in the form of an<00:02:18.319> A2<00:02:18.879
• Next bill on the docket is House File 2760. especially here in Minnesota, um I especially here in Minnesota

Bills: HF362, HF2590, HF2760, HF3444

Keywords: massage therapy, Asian bodywork therapy, massage therapist, Asian bodywork therapist, licensure, professional licensing, health occupations, Department of Health, commissioner of health, advisory council, protected title, unlicensed practice, scope of practice, consumer protection, background check, professional liability insurance, continuing education, credentialing examination, state preemption, municipal regulation

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• If they're not, then Dallas County has what we call a 17.032 docket, which is a mental health PR bond
• It's clogging up our dockets. We already, you know... ...on our prosecutors.
• It's clogging up our dockets.
• We already, you know, our judicial dockets so that people can't be seen.
• We've got backed-up judicial dockets.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• But this is really inconsistent with other things that the commission has said in other dockets recently
• That's what they're saying, but in the other docket they're saying they need to look at the full societal
• that's what they're saying but in the that's what they're saying but in the other<00:51:57.680> docket
• > saying<00:51:58.559> they<00:51:58.720> need<00:51:58.800> to other docket
• they're saying they need to other docket they're saying they need to look<00:51:59.040> at<00

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• you, Chair Leing, I'm just going to comment that in my third term, and this issue has been on the docket
• you, Chair Leing, I'm just going to comment that in my third term, and this issue has been on the docket
• you, Chair Leing, I'm just going to comment that in my third term, and this issue has been on the docket
• you, Chair Leing, I'm just going to comment that in my third term, and this issue has been on the docket
• Chair Leing, I'm just going to comment that in my third term, and this issue has been on the docket all

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Those off-ramps are being developed through a PUC docket process that began over a year ago and continues
• Those off-ramps are being developed through a PUC docket process that began over a year ago and continues
• Those off-ramps are being developed through a PUC docket process that began over a year ago and continues
• For these reasons, the Department of Commerce filing on the same docket says, quote, analysis shows that
• Lindsay Potter continued: For these reasons, the Department of Commerce filing on the same docket says

Keywords: 1183, house

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• instead of funding the two additional judges that were put into the New Hampshire commercial court docket
• c><00:52:09.200> appeals<00:52:09.599> to<00:52:09.839> our<00:52:10.000> docket
• some permitting appeals to our docket some permitting appeals to our docket which<00:52:10.640><

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• She said that the last couple of utility-scale solar dockets at the PUC projects that have been approved
• c> so the last couple of utility scale so the last couple of utility scale solar<00:16:11.959> dockets
• the<00:16:12.680> Pu<00:16:13.199> projects<00:16:13.600> that solar dockets
• at the Pu projects that solar dockets at the Pu projects that have<00:16:13.959> been<00:16:14.600

Keywords: 1183, house

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• We docketed, on average, one charge a week, with a fiscal year total of 63 charges.
• As of today, we've docketed a total of 46 charges.
• We docketed, on average, one charge a week, with a fiscal year total of 63 charges.
• As of today, we've docketed a total of 46 charges.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Summary: The Senate Labor Committee received an overview from Chief Judge Patricia Millan of the Workers’ Compensation Court of Appeals (WCCA). She explained the court’s history, created in 1981, its role as the appellate body for workers’ compensation disputes after Department of Labor and Industry and Office of Administrative Hearings proceedings, and its original jurisdiction over petitions to vacate settlement agreements. She also noted the court is composed of five judges, is funded entirely by the workers’ compensation fund, and operates with five staff attorneys and two full-time employees. The committee then heard introductory remarks from the judges present for confirmation: Deb Sunquist, Katherine Carlson, Shan Quinn, and Thomas Christensen, with a procedural note that Quinn’s reappointment had not yet been formally referred to the committee, so his motion would be held until paperwork arrived. The judges emphasized their collaborative, panel-based work, their experience representing both injured workers and employers, and their commitment to the workers’ compensation system. Quinn also described efforts to teach workers’ compensation at the University of Minnesota and encourage younger lawyers to enter the field. Members asked about the court’s caseload and about delays in workers’ compensation claims. In response, the judges said the WCCA’s caseload has generally declined and fluctuates, and they offered to provide case-count data. In a more detailed exchange, a senator described a family member’s long-delayed claim; judges explained that repetitive-trauma or “Gillette” injuries often require substantial medical proof and can be difficult for insurers to accept, but that the system is intended to be no-fault and typically takes about a year to a year and a half from filing to resolution. No votes were taken during the portion of the meeting reflected here.

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• Louis County might suffer from not being able to clear its BOE docket on an annual basis.
• Jackson County came up with solutions this year to try to manage its large docket, including delegating
• Counties that are dealing with large volumes may not have the BOE able to meet to clear that whole docket

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• So what we, the legislature, did in 2020 is we put together what we called a a rocket docket.
• That rocket docket was for all these bills that Michelle Lujan Grisham pocket vetoed that passed unanimously
• We put them on one docket, and we passed them as one.

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• And so and at that point, you you become a slave to the trial docket because it's not it's you might
• If he sits there and works from 11:00AM 3 lines until the from the dockets done.

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• who have been restored to competency are returned to jail, but court backlogs create unprioritized dockets
• They're provided with support from the bench in the form of a specialty court docket and close community

Bills: HB47, HB171, HB285, HB305, HB449, HB908, HB1024, HB1306, HB1443, HB1445, HB1741, HB1866, HB1902, HB2001, HB2282, HB2355, HB2492, HB2637, HB2697, HB3464, HB4263, HB4996, HB5667, HB47, HB171, HB285, HB305

Keywords: sexual assault, victim rights, forensic examination, medical care, trauma-informed care, crime victims compensation, evidence retention, chemical dependency, court-ordered treatment, mental health, health care, treatment facility, juvenile justice, criminal justice reform, animal cruelty, nonlivestock, prosecution, veterinary defense, animal welfare, pretrial hearings

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• In our state, but in particular in the Dallas County area where I am from, we have a lot of dockets.
• We have to trust the trial court; you know many have... ...very busy dockets, like Representative Garcia-Hernandez

Bills: HB5691, SB427, SB2623, SB2858

Keywords: municipal management district, bonds, assessments, property taxes, economic development, eminent domain, special district, SB 427, local government, political subdivision, state loan, state grant, financial reporting, annual financial statement, annual report, county report, municipal finance, water district, municipality, county auditor

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• How, how much of the, of the DWI docket does this shift from county court at law to district court?
• Um, I, I would imagine just from the docket that I normally work, that's gonna change half of my caseload

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• Further, with many counties such as Harris County having overworked docket, These pro se defendants are
• next week, um, we will be at a point where we will be in every single JP court in every eviction docket

Bills: HB303

Keywords: jail standards, living conditions, Harris County jail, safety, inmate welfare

Transcript Highlights:

• It has the docket number. It has all the information necessary for you to fill out.
• I, I, all I know is in our current docket that we have with a Class A water utility application.

Bills: HB 29, HB 685, HB 1633, HB 1689, HB 1690, HB 1918, HB 2010, HB 2500, HB 2608, HB 2626

Keywords: water audit, water loss, water loss mitigation plan, municipally owned utility, municipal utility, water conservation, Texas Water Development Board, TCEQ, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, water leakage, leak detection, billing data accuracy, utility validation, water audit validation, water scarcity, water management, infrastructure, public utility, conservation plan, administrative penalty