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• My degree is in computer science, so I'm pretty much a workflow analyst.
• get to the distribution, and all you have to do, because electricity is balanced, is get into that computer

Bills: SB75, SB715, SB776, SB1299, SB1405, SB1968, SB2021, SB2077, SB2148, SB2321, SB2330, SB2411

Keywords: electric generation, reliability, ERCOT, Public Utility Commission, penalties, performance requirements, energy policy, construction contracts, compensatory damages, government delays, contractor, legislation, nonprofit donor privacy, membership lists, supporter confidentiality, volunteer privacy, association rights, public records exemption, Texas Public Information Act, government transparency

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• Think of the industries we have that are premier in the world, right: computer software, film making,
• 55.599><c> right</c> the world right the world right um<01:02:57.520><c> uh</c><01:02:58.039><c> computer
• </c> um uh computer um uh computer software<01:03:00.160><c> uh</c><01:03:00.359><c> film</c> software
• Then we run these computer models on very powerful machines in order to have very many different parallel
• The witness continued: Then we run these computer models on very powerful machines in order to have very

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• Senate Bill 1232 increases the crime of copper theft with $100,000 in damages to a Class C2 felony.
• other felonies that we currently have where it's an attempt and not someone actually committing a crime
• in a location and someone was trespassing, would that meet the threshold of attempting to commit a crime
• I'm just curious what would happen to a person that committed a crime somewhere between January 1st of
• I'm just curious what would happen to a person that committed a crime somewhere between January 1st of

Bills: SB1521, SB372, SB1232, SB1307, SB1338, SB1390, SB1451, SB1463, SB1558, SB1567, SB1595, SB1621, SB1734, SB1749, SB1827, SB1833, SB1991, SB1992, SB63, SB2063, SB2180, SB1198, SB80

Keywords: artificial intelligence, AI, generative AI, chatbot, conversational AI, companion AI, AI companion, virtual companion, chatbot regulation, minor safety, child online safety, parental controls, content moderation, self-harm, suicidal ideation, crisis intervention, mental health claims, romantic AI, emotional dependence, app store

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, prayer, pledges, and a series of guest and gallery introductions, including medical professionals, interns, students, and advocates visiting for Disability Day. The chamber then moved quickly through a long floor agenda, with leaders repeatedly noting the need to stay at desks and proceed efficiently. Several bills were taken up with floor substitutes or minor amendments, most often restore-title amendments, before advancing to final passage. The Senate passed a number of measures addressing technology, public safety, education, health care, elections, and state agency operations. Among the most notable were SB 1521, which creates safeguards around AI social companions for minors after discussion of teen suicides linked to such products; SB 1734, which sets guardrails for AI use in schools and requires district policies by 2027; and SB 1307, which removes statutory language conflicting with religious-freedom case law and passed after debate over whether it could open the door to funding religious entities. Other bills approved included SB 372 on carrying firearms in certain state-owned lodges and cabins, SB 1232 on escalating penalties for major copper theft damage, SB 1338 making the literacy-coach program permanent and tying Strong Readers Act dollars to district access, SB 1451 on voter-registration cleanup and reporting, SB 1463 extending the polygraph examiners board sunset, SB 1558 clarifying that some OJA youth in Level E group homes may remain served until age 19, and SB 1567 clarifying APRN prescriptive-authority rules and supervision compensation. The chamber also approved SB 1595, an anti-steering/anti-discrimination bill aimed at CDL training grants and workforce boards, and SB 1621, treating public law libraries as public entities represented by district attorneys. SB 1749, which lets the LP Gas Board create permitting and inspection rules for mobile food vendors and delegate inspections to more local permit holders, drew concern from some senators about added costs and burdens on food-truck operators but still passed. The Senate also advanced SB 1833, codifying the SNAP waiver executive order and limiting certain non-nutritive foods, with questions focused on how the restrictions would be communicated and applied. Most measures were passed by substantial margins, and several were declared emergency measures after final votes.

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• That's why we don't make it a crime how an elected official votes. But this bill does.
• would totally fail all measure of constitutional muster of due process, if you can be convicted of a crime
• Of a crime when there's literally nothing that you could have done not to be guilty of the crime.
• And I'm agreeing on the fact that I think we need to exclude the dangerous crimes in this bill.

Summary: The House opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, attendance, and a series of guest introductions and recognitions, including Doctor of the Day Dr. Eric Osowski, State Farm visitors, Donate Life Day participants, and representatives from Ganado and Chinle Unified School Districts. The chamber also read proclamations honoring Ganado Unified for the ASBA Golden Bell Promise Program Award and Chinle Unified for multiple academic and cultural achievements, including national recognition for Chinle Elementary School and district leadership. The body then moved through committee and floor business, including consent for the Senate to adjourn, first and second readings of several bills, and a motion to reconsider HB 2429. In Committee of the Whole, HB 2093 was amended to restore mental health instruction while removing social emotional learning, HB 2229 advanced after debate over reproductive health and abortion-related provisions, HB 2429 and HB 2950 were amended and recommended do pass, and HB 4136 also advanced as amended. The House adopted the Committee of the Whole report and referred the measures to engrossing. The chamber then considered HB 4001, a bill regulating alternative nicotine products, with amendments and debate focused on licensing, enforcement, youth access, and whether to add a tax or education provisions; the bill was recommended do pass as amended. It also debated HB 4030 and the related HCR 2052, both aimed at limiting municipal tax and fee increases and allowing increases tied to inflation or new water-source costs. Amendments offered by Democrats to redirect the measures toward affordability, housing, and health insurance claims were ruled out of order or defeated on roll-call votes, while the Olson substitute amendments prevailed. The House ultimately adopted the Committee of the Whole report, sending HB 4001, HB 4030, and HCR 2052 forward as amended.

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• tiny home communities have been established, you see things like increased home prices, decreased crime
• impact on a community, whereas people staying in a tiny home mitigates that, if you will, similar to crime
• People sleeping in arroyos creates opportunities for people to either prey on them, or for them to do crimes
• understanding how the city can use, lodger's tax more broadly, understanding that homelessness and crime
• the program here in the future and thereby start saving lives and reducing drug-dependency fueled crime

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• The crime has gone in 2020 in her home.
• These are war crimes, and the war crimes alone command our full support for Ukraine's defense. has come
• That's a war crime.
• That's a war<08:54:59.200><c> crime.
• Now Iran in cahoots with war crime.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Thursday, June 4, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• mental health issues, complex medical issues, complex security issues based on the notoriety of their crime
• our custody, looking at their pathways into corrections or into the criminal justice system, into crime
• periods of time or the family is really not re-engaged with that particular person because of their crime
• reevaluating our population, the numbers of our population, who's coming into our care, and what crimes

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Summary: The commission approved the July 11 minutes and then received a detailed follow-up presentation from the Department of Correction on facility footprint, mission-driven housing, programming, and technology. Commissioner Jenkins and Deputy Commissioner Peterson explained recent and planned facility changes, including the closures of Walpole, MCI Cedar Junction, and MCI Concord, the transition of the Plymouth Section 35/Mass Act program to Health and Human Services, the return of Bay State to DOC control for possible future use, and the Shattuck Hospital move to East Newton Pavilion. Members asked about operational capacity, the exclusion of support beds from occupancy figures, and the status of mothballed or unused facilities. Framingham drew particular attention because of its historically low women’s population and planned renovations; members raised concerns about the cost and the need to consider the broader women’s correctional system. A major portion of the meeting focused on mission-driven units and evidence-based programming. DOC described specialized units for health services, nursing care, clinical stabilization, mental health, residential treatment, protective custody, reentry, emerging adults, education, and substance use recovery, and noted that security threat group support beds are not used. Staff explained the distinction between general population beds and support beds, and between programming and treatment. They said core recidivism-reduction programs are based on risk-need responsivity and COMPAS assessments, with Spectrum Health Systems as the current vendor, and presented recidivism data showing lower reoffending among participants who completed programs such as violence reduction, criminal thinking, and the Correctional Recovery Academy. For women, they highlighted the pathways model at MCI Framingham, which combines trauma-informed, gender-responsive services, and reported strong outcomes for those engaged for at least 26 weeks. Members asked about how needs are identified and counted, how declinations are handled, and how the department distinguishes completion from ongoing maintenance. DOC said participation is voluntary, individuals are re-recommended over time, and completion is recorded in the system when criteria are met. They also discussed educational supports for learning disabilities and trauma, including IEP/504 coordination, tutoring, and a new school psychologist for testing. Questions were raised about family reunification programming, and DOC pointed to family-focused services, mediation, Read to Me Mommy, and the Brave unit for young fathers. Sheriff Cabral and Sheriff Cochie praised the presentation and emphasized the importance of family reunification and the realities of trauma in incarcerated people’s lives. The final section highlighted the expanded use of tablets across all facilities. DOC said tablets now support free phone calls, emails, video visits, surveys, educational content, medical updates, sick-call requests, and an earned-good-time app, while also helping with communication during facility closures and with ongoing programming. Staff said the tablets are used both for learning and recreation, and that more than half of the incarcerated population uses them monthly for educational purposes. Members discussed whether user feedback or “reviews” of programs could help increase participation, and DOC said tablet-based surveys make that possible. The meeting ended with general agreement that the department has expanded programming and technology substantially and is using them to support reentry, communication, and facility operations.

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• While California has made some progress with hate crimes, overall hate crime offenses have still increased
• understand that you should be careful about what you say because it could actually lead to death and hate crimes
• California's longstanding issues providing public defense to individuals who are accused of crimes has

Summary: The committee heard a long agenda of local government bills, beginning without quorum and later taking up measures once quorum was established. AB 748 would expand the pre-approved housing plan model for small single-family projects and ADUs, with delayed implementation for smaller jurisdictions; it drew support from housing advocates and some local governments opposed it. AB 1786 would extend best-value contracting authority to general law cities and the San Gabriel Valley COG for larger projects, with broad local government support and no opposition. AB 1712 would let Santa Fe Springs pursue sale of its troubled water system to a larger provider through a protest process instead of a municipal election, citing major capital needs and rate pressures. AB 1679 would create a temporary commercial activation permit for pop-up businesses in vacant storefronts for up to 120 days, with support from business and downtown groups and questions about local control. AB 1738 would require jurisdictions to offer virtual inspections for certain simple residential inspections; supporters emphasized efficiency and existing use in some counties, while labor and local government opponents raised safety and implementation concerns. The committee voted 3-0 to send AB 1738 to Housing, with the bill remaining on call. The committee also heard AB 1578, which would require elected state and local officials to take anti-hate speech training as part of existing harassment training. Supporters argued it would help officials understand the impact of rhetoric on hate and violence, while opponents said it was vague and threatened free speech; the bill passed 3-1 to Governmental Organization and remained on call. AB 1693 would speed retail tenant-improvement permits by requiring review by a qualified professional certifier and shorter local review timelines; it had support from retailers and business groups and passed 4-0 to Business, Professions, and Economic Development. AB 1914 would require local governments to include child care in general planning, with supporters calling child care essential infrastructure and opponents warning about mandates; it passed 2-0 to Human Services and remained on call. AB 1997 would shorten the review period for 90% affordable housing projects after EIR certification, and AB 2605 would require counties to report data on public defense systems and caseloads; both passed their committees and were sent onward, with AB 2605 noted as conditional on appropriation. Later items included AB 2224, which would raise and restructure county recorder fees to fund electronic recording systems and modernize service delivery, with county recorder and county association support and no opposition; it passed to Appropriations and remained on call. The consent calendar included AB 2640. At the end of the meeting, Senator Seyarto presented AB 2110 on behalf of Assemblymember Johnson, proposing workforce housing enhanced infrastructure financing districts for education, health care, manufacturing, and public safety workers, using existing EIFD authority without affecting school funding or ERAF; the presentation was introduced as having bipartisan support, but the transcript cuts off before any vote on that measure.

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• amounts obtained through fraud and provides for data sharing between the commissioner and the financial crimes
• <00:09:44.480><c> uh</c><00:09:44.560><c> the</c><00:09:44.680><c> financial</c><00:09:45.120><c> crimes
• </c><00:09:45.440><c> and</c><00:09:45.560><c> fraud</c> &gt;&gt; and uh the financial crimes and fraud
• &gt;&gt; and uh the financial crimes and fraud section section section um<00:09:47.400><c> of</c><00

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• And we heard from two victims of that terrible, um, crime. today in Judiciary um today in Judiciary um
• of that And we heard from two victims of of that terrible<00:10:37.280><c> um</c><00:10:37.760><c> crime
• </c> terrible um crime. terrible um crime.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• declared that we, this body, would not honor anybody that had been alleged or convicted of any dangerous crimes
• to children or of rape or of any other sexual crime.
• declared that we, this body, would not honor anybody that had been alleged or convicted of any dangerous crimes
• to children or of rape or of any other sexual crime.

Keywords: 1182, all

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• Senate Bill 1232 increases the crime of copper theft with $100,000 in damages. to a Class C2 felony.
• that we currently have where it's an attempt and not someone actually committing a crime.
• in a location and someone was trespassing, would that meet the threshold of attempting to commit a crime
• I've just Curious what would happen to a person that committed a crime somewhere between January 1st

Bills: SB1521, SB372, SB1232, SB1307, SB1338, SB1390, SB1451, SB1463, SB1558, SB1567, SB1595, SB1621, SB1734, SB1749, SB1827, SB1833, SB1991, SB1992, SB63, SB2063, SB2180, SB1198, SB80

Keywords: artificial intelligence, AI, generative AI, chatbot, conversational AI, companion AI, AI companion, virtual companion, chatbot regulation, minor safety, child online safety, parental controls, content moderation, self-harm, suicidal ideation, crisis intervention, mental health claims, romantic AI, emotional dependence, app store

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• Public safety and law enforcement; SB 1232, military; transportation infrastructure; 1271, business; crime
• folks in this chamber know that I am often skeptical of efforts to increase penalties, create new crimes
• , because I question the efficacy of doing so in terms of deterring crime, at least in many circumstances
• Because it is actually cutting off the ability of persons engaged in those terrible crimes, cutting off

Summary: The House convened, opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, welcomed Judges Day guests and other visitors, and read a proclamation recognizing March 2026 as Social Work Month. Members also made brief introductions of guests and the doctor of the day, Dr. Philip Williams. The chamber then moved through a long Committee of the Whole agenda, taking up numerous bills with committee and floor amendments, most of them receiving do-pass or due-pass recommendations after brief explanations and some debate. Notable discussion included HB 2444, where several members raised concerns about pharmacist-led care, patient safety, and rural health impacts, while the sponsor argued it would expand affordable access to care; HB 2726, which drew comments about a new sleep apnea device and whether it was a vendor-driven proposal; HB 2991, a bipartisan effort to address social media harms to children; and HB 4070, a bill framed as a “corporate death penalty” approach to combat sex trafficking. Other measures addressed kinship placement in child welfare, midwifery oversight, vulnerable adult protections, tuition waivers for children of disabled veterans, license plate omnibus language, and county and education-related issues. After the Committee of the Whole reported, the House adopted the report and assigned measures for engrossing. The chamber then proceeded to third reading votes on several bills. HB 2123, dealing with financial institutions and gold/silver legal tender, failed on a 24-28 vote after an excusal request was granted to one member with a financial conflict. HB 2270, concerning county authority and sheriff’s posse dissolution procedures, passed 50-3. HB 2324, creating a state fire marshal-related provision, passed 53-0, as did HB 2404 on mental health services. HB 2495 on sentencing failed 26-27. HB 2557 on patient records passed 37-16, HB 2574 on traffic violation appeals passed 52-0, HB 2594 on domestic relations and address confidentiality passed 44-9, HB 2611 on child welfare passed 51-0, HB 2681 on the county employee merit system passed 53-0, and HB 2697 also passed 51-0. The session continued into additional votes beyond the excerpt.

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• I'm thinking especially of folks that work in crime labs, you know, and I can think even more broadly
• folks</c><00:23:58.960><c> that</c><00:23:59.200><c> work</c><00:23:59.360><c> in</c><00:23:59.600><c> crime
• </c> especially of folks that work in crime especially of folks that work in crime labs<00:24:00.799>

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Public Safety and Law Enforcement; 1232, Military; Transportation Infrastructure; 1271, Business; Crime
• folks in this chamber know that I am often skeptical of efforts to increase penalties, create new crimes
• , because I question the efficacy of doing so in terms of deterring crime, at least in many circumstances
• Because it is actually cutting off the ability of persons engaged in those terrible crimes, cutting off

Keywords: 1182, all

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• And when those things occurred that it looked more like organized crime, the agency leadership, including
• occurred that it looked more<00:05:14.240><c> like</c><00:05:14.400><c> organized</c><00:05:14.880><c> crime
• ,</c><00:05:15.520><c> the</c><00:05:15.759><c> agency</c> more like organized crime, the agency more
• like organized crime, the agency leadership,<00:05:16.880><c> including</c><00:05:17.199><c> the</c>

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Peer-reviewed research examining jail-based 287(g) models has found no evidence that participation increases crime
• review research examining jail based 287g models have found no evidence that participation increases crime
• Do you check on citizenship status when detaining someone for a serious crime? Sheriff Donahue?
• neighbors, documented and undocumented alike, become afraid—afraid to call 911, afraid to report crimes

Keywords: 989, all

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• And usually you're going to find a crime that's greater when you find stop the speeding than you are
• And usually you're going to find<00:47:42.240><c> a</c><00:47:42.480><c> crime</c><00:47:42.720><c> that's
• </c><00:47:43.040><c> greater</c><00:47:44.000><c> when</c><00:47:44.240><c> you</c> find a crime that's
• greater when you find a crime that's greater when you find<00:47:44.720><c> stop</c><00:47:45.040><c

Keywords: 981, all

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• I'm not sure that we can charge a federal agency with a state crime.
• :10:49.519><c> state</c> charge a federal agency with a state charge a federal agency with a state crime
• 50.399><c> I</c><00:10:50.560><c> I'm</c><00:10:50.880><c> just</c><00:10:51.040><c> wondering</c> crime
• I I'm just wondering crime.

Keywords: Meeting Start 00:00 Attendance Roll Call 01:05 HB 313 Discussion 02:16 HB 313 Roll Call Vote 04:33 HB 60 Discussion 05:30 HB 60 Roll Call Vote 20:12 HB 397 Discussion 21:18 HB 397 Roll Call Vote 31:35, 958, all

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• criminal Investigations across a range of different issues, including human trafficking, internet crimes
• against children, Complex violent crimes, white collar crimes.
• training and experience, am a former state and federal prosecutor who's specifically focused on internet crimes

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