Bills: HB3115, HB5671, HB5693, SB790, SB1055, SB1302, SB1504, SB1625, SB1663, SB2692

Keywords: Cow Creek Groundwater Conservation District, groundwater, water wells, domestic well, livestock well, exempt well, metering device, well meter, groundwater conservation district, Special District Local Laws Code, Water Code, Section 36.117, groundwater regulation, water rights, aquifer management, municipal utility, retail public utility, groundwater export, water supply contract, election

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• , the Health and Safety Code, and the Code of Federal regulations not in one central location.
• We've got a section on that.
• That section, I will find for you. Yes, section seven. So from filing grievances.
• section 43.24.
• He explains all of this in detail in a section in one section. of the story very quickly in a way that

Bills: SB12, SB1565, SB13, SJR12, SB686, SB371, SB204, SB609, SB112, SB400, SB813, SB 12, SB 13

Keywords: parental rights, education, social transitioning, diversity, equity, inclusion, school policy, student clubs, school district, grievance procedure, public education, diversity and inclusion, funding penalties, school libraries, library advisory councils, library materials, educational content, challenging materials, constitutional amendment, school choice

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• November elections see higher voter turnout than May elections, even in odd-numbered years when state
• our elections completely nonpartisan.
• Would it have changed the election?
• Yes, this is a cleanup of the election code and a government efficiency bill.
• of the election process.

Bills: SB38, SB287, SB291, SB292, SB508, SB618, SB901, SB1436, SB1494, SB1626, SB1719, SB1999, SB1333, SB 38

Keywords: evictions, property law, tenant rights, landlord responsibilities, justice court, court rules, SB 287, Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code, sexually oriented business, adult entertainment, strip club, nude entertainment, live nude performance, alcohol prohibition, alcohol consumption, possession of alcohol, criminal offense, Class A misdemeanor, state jail felony, third degree felony

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• This is a violation of Texas Election Code 1.012 E through H.
• Texas Election Code 122.001 states that election systems must be accurate.
• Section 276.0 of the Election Code prohibits unlawful altering of election procedures. but lacks any
• These 27 laws are the most critical in our election code.
• of the Election Code, and those new sections strictly. prohibit waivers of law by the Secretary of State

Bills: SB38, SB287, SB291, SB292, SB508, SB618, SB901, SB1436, SB1494, SB1626, SB1719, SB1999, SB1333, SB 38

Keywords: evictions, property law, tenant rights, landlord responsibilities, justice court, court rules, SB 287, Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code, sexually oriented business, adult entertainment, strip club, nude entertainment, live nude performance, alcohol prohibition, alcohol consumption, possession of alcohol, criminal offense, Class A misdemeanor, state jail felony, third degree felony

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• The bill provides common-sense safeguards into the election code.
• The bill completely ignores Election Code 84.007, which requires a hard copy of the application to be
• The section of the code that y'all are amending to put the dates forward was set up for a bill.
• Members, Chapter 32 of the Election Code provides for the ...judge and alternate presiding judge for
• The Election Code already gives the Secretary the power to take action to protect citizens' voting rights

Bills: HB3097, HB3691, SB108, SB827, SB1541, SB1862, SB2166, SB2216

Keywords: Texas elections, Election Code, uniform election date, November election, local elections, political subdivisions, general election date, election administration, municipal utility district, county elections, local government, ballot scheduling, candidate filing, voter turnout, election calendar, HB 3097, early voting, electronic application, mail-in ballot, voting accessibility

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• Under the health and safety code.
• It's in the, it's in the code that's under HHSC. OK.
• don't know what the answer is to that also and then finally, Why are the Social media platforms in section
• don't want for people to know the struggles that they are going through and sometimes when we get elected

Bills: HB163, HB 296

Keywords: judicial liability, personal bond, felony offenses, judges, criminal justice reform, voter registration, election procedures, change of address, residence requirements, Texas Election Code, Texas election law, residence address, precinct voting, county move, same-county move, Election Code, registrar, statement of residence, polling place, local elections

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• According to the election code, a voting station is defined as the voting booth or election booth, or
• Under section 16.033 of the Texas Election Code, if a person responds to a jury summons to say that they're
• I felt like this section in the election code dealing with poll watchers, there's a whole chapter on
• Under Section 15.051 of the Election Code, a voter registrar must send a confirmation notice to a voter
• The election code defines a general election, I believe, as either a gubernatorial...

Bills: HB1968, HB2279, HB2739, HB2803, HB3909, HB3918, HB4253, HB4475, HB5115, HB5430

Keywords: election services, contracting, political subdivisions, county elections, election code, voter registration, citizenship status, election law, cancellation, disqualification, Texas Election Code, voter identification, registration, election integrity, identification documents, election, watcher, polling place, removal, Texas Elections Code

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• And so this particular bill Lao Jones: would open up the number of the diagnosis or the codes that could
• Senator Hinojosa: What House Bill 2655 amends is the Health and Safety Code to distinguish between nonprofit
• Currently, Section 263.002 of the Family Code requires in a CPS case, every six months, the court must

Bills: HB50

Keywords: constitutional amendment, ballot language, fiscal note, fiscal impact, cost estimate, savings estimate, Legislative Budget Board, LBB, secretary of state, Election Code, Government Code, voter information, ballot proposition, state budget, election administration, Texas

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• filed in compliance with Chapters D and RE of Chapter 42 of the Local Government Code to clarify what
• I just want to thank you for this opportunity to lay out SB- The Texas Water Code, Chapter 16, Section
• 16.34, along with Local Government Code Chapter 232, Section 232.
• Yeah, so when you make subdivisions of property of 10 acres and less, the Local Government Code Section
• , building code, and, you know, a couple of others.

Bills: SB1708, SB2523, SB1450

Keywords: county platting, subdivision platting, Local Government Code Chapter 232, Section 232.022, Section 232.0014, model subdivision rules, Water Code Section 16.343, Texas county subdivision law, residential subdivision, land conveyance, gift deed, family transfer, consanguinity, affinity, third degree relative, five acres or less, county land use, platting exemption, rural land division, property subdivision

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• Above or order the question of dissolution to be placed on the ballot during the general election at
• House Bill 467 permits the county judges to place a dissolution election on the ballot and if approved
• I've been in that office for almost 25 years since May of 2000, and I've been elected since 2018.
• I've been the elected district attorney for Galveston County for 14 years.
• Uh, the last term of my predecessor and, uh, elected in January.

Bills: HB318, HB198

Keywords: ERCOT, interconnection, electric utilities, power grid, transmission, election administration, school board elections, trustee terms, general election, Education Code

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• This particular bill would open up the number of diagnoses or codes that could also then [context missing
• Hence, the Health and Safety Code distinguishes between non-profit organizations that offer district
• Section 263.000 of the Family Code requires that in every CPS case, every six months, the court must

Bills: HB50

Keywords: constitutional amendment, ballot language, fiscal note, fiscal impact, cost estimate, savings estimate, Legislative Budget Board, LBB, secretary of state, Election Code, Government Code, voter information, ballot proposition, state budget, election administration, Texas, 1185, senate, all

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• It also adds new sections delineating reporting requirements. ...authority for HHSC to refuse LPPF funds
• We would have the authority to go to a higher tax rate if that's what elected leaders wanted.
• The substitute adds language to Chapters 11 and 41 of the tax code, specifically for...
• witnesses that Texas is one of the only a few states that tax individuals... ...under the property tax code
• The legislature may exempt the property taxation on perishable inventory as the legislature elects to

Bills: SB1331, SB1375, SB1443, SB1578, SB2251, SB2519, SB2553, SB2655, SB2764, SB2907, SB3030, SB3033, SB3035, SB3036, SB3037, SB3043, SB3047, SB3050, SB3051, SB3056, SB3057, SB3063, HB9, HB467, HB331, HB1244, HB1399, HB2559, HB2730, HB3307, HJR1, HJR99, SB3048, SB3052, SB3053, SJR78, HB1327, HB2723, HB9, HJR1

Keywords: civil service, firefighters, police officers, municipalities, local government, repeal, voter petition, health care, provider participation, continuation programs, population-based regulation, health care provider participation, Medicaid, hospital funding, voluntary compliance, mandatory payments, public health, healthcare program, county participation, nonpublic hospitals

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• The committee substitute simply moves the language for this from Occupations Code Section 1201.164 to
• Rate Elections (TREs).
• Consider that under the Texas Tax Code, section 2602.16, the literal definition of maintenance and operations
• When a county elects to adopt an LPPF, it's necessary for the...
• Yeah, well, it's color-coded the wrong way.

Bills: HB9, HJR1, SB1331, SB1375, SB1443, SB1578, SB2251, SB2519, SB2553, SB2655, SB2764, SB2907, SB3030, SB3033, SB3035, SB3036, SB3037, SB3043, SB3047, SB3050, SB3051, SB3056, SB3057, SB3063, HB9, HB467, HB331, HB1244, HB1399, HB2559, HB2730, HB3307, HJR1, HJR99, SB3048, SB3052, SB3053, SJR78, HB1327, HB2723

Keywords: HB 9, Texas Tax Code, property tax, ad valorem tax, voter-approval tax rate, no-new-revenue tax rate, truth in taxation, local government finance, municipality, county, special taxing unit, sales and use tax, sales tax revenue, tax rate calculation, tax levy, maintenance and operations, debt rate, unused increment rate, disaster relief rate, taxing unit

Bills: HB117, HB228, HB250, HB260, HB393, HB400, HB446, HB534, HB551, HB576, HB842

Keywords: Department of State, statutory entities, re-creation, termination, Louisiana laws, Department of State Civil Service, Louisiana legislation, government re-creation, authority termination, financial disclosure, public servants, ethics, immediate family, transparency, legislators, transportation, foreign travel, cultural exchange, public service, HB393

Bills: HB293

Keywords: political contributions, legislature, quorum, transparency, election code

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• I'm the one who elects you; my family members elect you, and that's what y'all are here for, not the
• Section 305.001 of the Texas Government Code affirms our right to participate in the legislative process
• So by inclusion in that particular section of the Administrative Code, then they would be included and
• Because Texas Election Code Section 273.021, which is the statute that was enjoined, delegates to the
• The issue is that Section...

Bills: SB5, SB11, SB12, SB 5, SB 11, SB 12

Keywords: hemp regulation, consumable products, cannabinoids, occupational licenses, criminal offenses, SB 11, Texas attorney general, election crimes, election law enforcement, criminal prosecution, Election Code, Government Code Chapter 402, local prosecutors, county attorney, district attorney, grand jury, probable cause reports, state election offenses, voter fraud, election integrity

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• House Bill 86, Removal of County Officers Election Code Violations.
• 251, removal of county officers election 251, removal of county officers election code<00:00:54.719
• of the Wyoming election code of 1973. of the Wyoming election code of 1973.
• election code.
• /c><00:45:07.359> issue election code, that they can issue election code, that they can issue

Bills: HB0086

Keywords: county officials, election code, misconduct, removal, government accountability, 916, all

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• First, we believe more time is needed to ensure that exceptions addressed in section D of the bill are
• At some point after that, the operating agreement is signed or the newly elected board issues shares.
• It's a section two on page five. is in the definitions that um were is in the definitions that um were
• Representative Lucas, there is rule making.<00:54:45.520> It's<00:54:45.680> a<00:54:45.839> section

Bills: HB0086

Keywords: county officials, election code, misconduct, removal, government accountability, 916, all

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• Title V, Chapter 103 of the Civil Practice and Remedies Code, titled Compensation to Persons Wrongfully
• indecency section, and then also there's an organized crime—I think that's Chapter 43.
• There's already a provision in the business code that requires people that post arrest information to
• I do want to point out one area where this bill could be improved, and that is in Section 5(c).
• This bill would allow this finding to be entered under any Penal Code offense.

Bills: HB115

Keywords: public funds, lobbying, political subdivision, government spending, transparency, HB 115, taxpayer-funded lobbying, local government lobbying, county association dues, municipal lobbying, lobbyist registration, Chapter 305, Government Code Section 556.0056, Local Government Code Section 89.002, county government, city government, injunctive relief, attorney's fees, state association of counties, sheriffs association

Summary: The Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence reconvened with a quorum present and announced it would likely not vote that night because of confusion over the bill list; members were told a definitive list would be circulated the next morning and a formal meeting would be scheduled later. The chair then heard a series of bills, generally taking testimony and leaving each pending without action. House Bill 1847 would set maximum caseload standards for private attorneys handling indigent criminal appointments through the Texas Indigent Defense Commission; House Bill 2417 would expand compensation eligibility for some wrongfully imprisoned people; House Bill 2813 would require earlier and more specific victim notice of scheduled court proceedings; and House Bill 2309 would expand state and local authority in certain civil asset forfeiture cases involving human trafficking, health care fraud, and organized crime. Each bill was laid out by its author or a member, with no opposition witnesses registered, and each was left pending. The committee also heard House Bill 4733, which would require sealing records for people acquitted of charges when they were not convicted on the related allegation; House Bill 2328, which would modernize expunction service by encouraging electronic notice, setting a standardized fee when electronic service is unavailable, extending clerk retention of expunction orders, and preserving certain mental health commitment orders; and House Bill 115, which would revise Texas’s “junk science” post-conviction writ law by providing counsel, changing the relief standard, requiring written decisions, and easing procedural barriers. Testimony on HB 2328 was mixed: county clerks supported the bill as a cost-saving modernization, while legal advocates warned that permanent retention of expunction orders could undermine true expunction and create privacy risks. HB 115 drew support from innocence and defense organizations, with some concern about a provision affecting subsequent writs. All were left pending after testimony. Later, the committee heard House Bill 2046, which would allow affirmative family-violence findings for any Penal Code offense rather than only Title V offenses; testimony from a Dallas County prosecutor and a committee member emphasized that family violence can involve arson, burglary, fraud, and other non-Title V conduct, and the bill was left pending. House Bill 1765 would tighten restrictions on no-knock warrants by requiring higher-level approval, judicial review, and identifiable officers; members discussed the dangers highlighted by the Harding Street raid and similar incidents, and the bill was also left pending. The meeting ended with the chair noting that some bills had been removed from the agenda at the author’s request and that members should be prepared to finalize the vote list the next day.

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• But because it deletes some sections and replaces some sections, you're saying it puts back or reconfirms
• All right, and we know and we move this to the disaster code to follow the other. disaster code changes
• However, some appraisal districts have misinterpreted tax code section.
• of the tax code.
• be met for favorable testing. ...tax code treatment under the tax code.

Bills: SB467, SB325, SB867, SB994, SB1052, SB1237, SB1449, SB1531, SB2063, SB2172, SB2173, SB2520, SB2529, SB2538, SB2541, SJR46, SJR84

Keywords: SB 467, Texas property tax, ad valorem tax, homestead exemption, residence homestead, fire damage, house fire, destroyed home, temporary tax relief, appraisal district, chief appraiser, local taxing unit, tax rollback, tax refund, Tax Code Chapter 11, prorated exemption, homestead improvement, disaster relief, property tax exemption, residential property