Transcript Highlights:

• for everyone who wants to be part of it for everyone who wants to be part of it. it. it.
• > Because it seems to me it is like an Because it seems to me it is like an eventuality.<02:09:07.400
• Um and it it it we already have now.
• c> when</c> get it, we have to demonstrate it, when get it, we have to demonstrate it, when we<02:22:
• It will have the its own board.

Keywords: 910, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• It ain't broke. We don't need to fix it.
• Why does it work? Why has it today. Why does it work?
• it</c><02:37:44.640><c> to</c><02:37:44.800><c> speak</c> which it allows it allows it to speak which
• it, but it would would have to veto it, but it would pass.<08:11:38.878><c> And</c><08:11:39.120><c>
• We didn't get it have gotten it done. We didn't get it done<08:12:21.680><c> then.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Wednesday, June 10, 2026, 1012, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• It was too late. It was too late.
• It made it a lot easier.
• It made it a lot easier.
• it.
• Let me ask it this way. Let me ask it this way. Is it in use in Texas today? Yes. Yeah, that's it.

Summary: The joint Senate and House disaster preparedness and flooding hearing opened with quorum calls, prayer, testimony time limits, and remarks from legislative leaders emphasizing decorum, respect, and the goal of learning from the July 4 flood to prevent future loss of life. Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick and Speaker Dustin Burrows said the special session and hearings were intended to hear directly from local officials and residents, and that the state would pursue immediate and longer-term legislation and continue working beyond the current session. The committee then heard invited testimony from Kerr County, Kerrville, Kendall County, Real County, and the Upper Guadalupe River Authority, followed by member questions. Kerr County Judge Rob Kelly, Sheriff Larry Leitha, and emergency management coordinator William B. Thomas described the flood as a sudden, unprecedented event that overwhelmed local systems before many officials or residents understood the danger. They said the county received multiple National Weather Service and IPAWS alerts, but the rain fell in remote upstream areas with limited gauges, and the flood rose too quickly for normal response. They detailed the emergency response, including dispatchers handling heavy call volumes, deputies and volunteer firefighters conducting rescues, and state and federal partners assisting. County officials said 108 people died, including 37 children, and two remained missing. They called for better real-time flood detection, stronger rural emergency management resources, improved broadband and cell coverage, and more funding for swift-water rescue and warning systems. Kerrville Mayor Joe Herring and City Manager Dalton Rice said the city had floodplain rules, emergency plans, and prior preparedness efforts, but the event exposed gaps in communications and regional warning capacity. They urged the Legislature to fund a flood warning system, whether sirens, automated alerts, or a hybrid, and asked for support for predictive weather modeling, broadband expansion, a hazard mitigation fund, and disaster recovery resources. The Upper Guadalupe River Authority said it had long funded gauges and pursued flood-warning and mitigation projects, including a new software-based flood prediction system and possible retention dams, and planned to dedicate reserve funds to feasibility studies and infrastructure improvements. Kendall County Judge Shane Stolarczyk said his county’s emergency action plan and early alerts helped prevent deaths there, and he recommended easier access to alerting tools, a river-wide warning system, simpler grant applications, and regional coordination. Real County Judge Bella Rubio said rural counties face major challenges because of limited cell service, broadband, staffing, and funding, especially for camps and visitors along the Frio and Nueces rivers, and argued that reliable alert systems should be treated as a necessity, not a luxury. Members asked about the timeline of the flood, low-water crossings, communications failures, sirens, bridges, and funding, and several witnesses said the key lessons were better communications, better warning systems, and more investment in rural flood mitigation and emergency response.

Transcript Highlights:

• </c> extend it. extend it.
• </c><00:35:02.800><c> changes</c> this, it doesn't seem like it changes this, it doesn't seem like it
• <01:17:24.080><c> it</c> are some it are some it it<01:17:26.400><c> you</c><01:17:26.719><c> can't</
• . it. it.
• to you, but I ask that you read read it to you, but I ask that you read it. it. it.

Committee: House Children and Family Law

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• </c> as we can um but it takes money and it as we can um but it takes money and it takes<00:27:01.200
• </c> get to hold it. get to hold it.
• it it helps me It's just something that it it helps me kind<00:47:11.920><c> of</c><00:47:12.079><c>
• </c><02:43:53.600><c> Fantastic</c> it was it was up in Dubo. Fantastic it was it was up in Dubo.
• </c> it comes. it comes.

Committee: Joint Appropriations

Keywords: 916, all

Transcript Highlights:

• out, put it in place, and that’s it.
• it out, put it in place and that's<01:06:08.960><c> it.
• </c> need it." need it."
• So yes, it it could be source.
• Slow it down. down. Slow it down.

Committee: Joint Select Water Committee

Keywords: 916, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Um, but I it we're going to sweep it.
• </c> it yet. it yet.
• ><00:43:08.000><c> it</c> I think it seems like in my mind it it I think it seems like in my mind it
• </c> then with it? then with it?
• So it it it hits all of us. a doctor. So it it it hits all of us.

Committee: Senate Education

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• it.
• it.
• Uh so um it it also will count program.
• Um, and it uh uh it clarifies a period.
• in the program, it it participation in the program, it it talks<00:25:38.080><c> about</c><00:25:38.320

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• </c> on it. on it.
• it the way it we're better off to leave it the way it is<00:53:36.000><c> and</c><00:53:36.240><c> let
• You don't do it then you publish it.
• it? it?
• . it. it.

Committee: Senate Executive Departments and Administration

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• It it it it certainly You're correct.
• It was a matter of why is it that we need to do it? How is it going to be done?
• Vote it yes. Then we have reconsider it. Vote it yes.
• We ran it. We ran it by bit different. We ran it.
• It it is 1193.

Committee: House Public Works and Highways

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• But it is it is hugely cost down. But it is it is hugely difficult. difficult. difficult.
• So, it it hasn't been a customer. So, it it hasn't been completely<00:38:55.440><c> rateayer.
• </c> you know it needs it needs more you know it needs it needs more investment<00:55:59.920><c> and<
• </c><01:34:08.080><c> new</c> problem, but it seems like it has new problem, but it seems like it has
• </c><03:59:54.239><c> it</c> of the upgrades versus the and it it of the upgrades versus the and it it

Committee: Joint Corporations, Elections & Political Subdivisions

Keywords: 916, all

Transcript Highlights:

• </c> home, it helps them afford to keep it. home, it helps them afford to keep it.
• It came it at 18. We looked at it at 24. It came to<00:57:14.240><c> $9,000.
• </c> it and we'll pass it. No problems." it and we'll pass it. No problems."
• It allows them to do it, but it doesn't tell them to do it.
• It allows them to do it, but it doesn't tell them to do it.

Committee: House Executive Departments and Administration

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• it.
• it.
• It may not be that, but maybe the key is to use the modern-day technology that we have today to... ..
• Don't sing it; you got to bring it.
• it does so it don't take away you're living up to it that's it that's all it does so it don't take away

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The commission opened an informal discussion focused on developing recommendations for its September report on correctional consolidation and cooperation. Chairs Dan Hunt and Senator Brownsberger emphasized that the group is still in an information-gathering phase, but should begin putting ideas on the table, including possible written recommendations, further hearings, and additional facility tours. Members discussed whether the commission should seek more input from frontline stakeholders such as sheriffs, probation, parole, reentry centers, unions, and the judiciary, and whether recommendations should be organized around specific issue areas like medical costs, programming, reentry, and facility operations. A major theme was the need for a more integrated and consistent correctional system. Participants raised concerns about fragmentation across DOC, county sheriffs, probation, and parole, and suggested exploring step-down pathways, minimum security, pre-release, day reporting, and regional reentry hubs to improve outcomes and reduce recidivism. Several speakers stressed the importance of uniform standards, evidence-based programming, better data on outcomes and spending, and clearer alignment between custody conditions and rehabilitation goals. There was also discussion of looking to other states and international models, as well as revisiting older reports and plans, including the 2009 commission report and the 2010 corrections master plan. Facility-specific issues were also raised, including the need to examine women’s facilities such as Framingham, Bridgewater, and restrictive housing practices in light of suicide concerns and mental health needs. Members discussed the relationship between correctional custody and behavioral health, the role of the judiciary in sentencing and reentry planning, and whether judges should be better informed about available programming and step-down options. There was broad agreement that collaboration, transparency, and accountability should be strengthened, with some members urging that recommendations be based on firsthand facts and data rather than opinion alone. The meeting also included presentation of a written set of eight high-level recommendations compiled by advocacy and legal organizations, which focused on clearer and more consistent programming, equitable application of rules, and reducing punitive conditions that function like solitary confinement. The chairs said the document would be shared with members and posted online. No formal votes were taken during the discussion, and the meeting ended with plans to continue the conversation at a future session, including possible follow-up on reentry centers, restrictive housing, and other systemwide reforms.

Transcript Highlights:

• It had to. It was just going to be a matter of fact.
• Is it an agency-sponsored bill? Yes, it is.
• So it modernizes the capital outlay system, provides policies and guardrails so that it doesn't just
• It does.
• So if it was tribal, it goes and gets sent back; it goes into the TIF.

Bills: HB111 , HB61 , HB43 , HB156 , HB70 , SB3 , HB103 , HB109 , HB128 , HB247 , HJM2 , HJM3 , HM7 , HM17 , HM4 , HM22 , HM23 , HM24 , HM26 , HM2 , HM16 , HM32 , HM11 , HM14 , HM21 , HM34 , HM50

Keywords: water law, state engineer, civil penalty, compliance order, water rights, overdiversion, illegal diversion, groundwater storage and recovery, well license, permit violation, water enforcement, New Mexico water code, irrigation district, conservancy district, water diversion, unauthorized water sales, measuring device, district court appeal, water resources, water compliance

Summary: The House convened with a quorum, opened with prayer and pledges, and spent much of the session on memorials and recognitions. Members honored former Senator Clint Hardin with a certificate and extended condolences, with several representatives sharing personal remembrances of his work on autism coverage, second chances for formerly incarcerated people, rural issues, and bipartisan dealmaking. The chamber also recognized Council of Governments Day, 4-H Day, NMSU Day, scouting groups, and several student and community guests, including youth from 4-H, NMSU CAMP, folklórico, and the La Cueva boys soccer team. The House received messages from the governor and Senate, including authorization for House Bill 320, the Industrial Carbon Reduction Act, and Senate passage of several bills. Committee reports were adopted on a long list of measures, including House Bills 145, 158, 180, 49, 164, 256, 287, 60, 120, 166, 306, 124, 314, 185, 253, 195, 259, 295, 296, 338, and others, along with several joint resolutions and memorials. The chamber also ordered certain bills germane and referred them to committees, and enrolled and engrossed multiple memorials. On third reading, House Bill 43, a PERA cleanup bill, passed 65-0. The House Judiciary Committee substitute for House Bill 70, updating the Public Regulation Commission and hearing officer structure, passed 66-0 after brief debate. House Bill 247, which modernizes capital outlay procedures and limits reauthorizations, was then taken up; the sponsor explained it would send unspent general fund capital outlay money to a Capital Development and Reserve Fund and tribal project balances to the tribal infrastructure fund. An amendment was offered to redirect the reserve fund money to the state road fund, and debate began, with members discussing road conditions and the purpose of the reserve fund.

Transcript Highlights:

• as it is, it goes to finance and it goes to the House.
• </c><00:25:21.960><c> out</c> it Senator said nobody oppos it move out it Senator said nobody oppos it
• with it, and even though it won't be, we can attach it.
• We were about half of the Medicare rate. communities um it um it it designed it communities um it um
• of it because it expired reestablishment of it because it expired under<00:47:08.040><c> it</c><00:47

Committee: Senate Health and Human Services

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Is it on? It is on. I hear it. Yeah. All righty. I'm going to give the gavel.
• It is doing well. It is ahead of what we projected it would be, but it's still... It is doing well.
• It just says, is it biomass-based diesel or is it not?
• and you say, you know, this is not worth it for us, or it is worth it for us.
• I'd been told if I talk over it, it works, but it doesn't seem like.

Summary: The hearing was a select committee discussion on the transportation costs and impacts of California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS), with opening remarks from the co-chairs and members emphasizing affordability, climate goals, and the need to explain the program’s benefits to the public. The first panel from CARB and the California Energy Commission described how LCFS works as a market-based, declining carbon-intensity program that rewards lower-carbon fuels, supports zero-emission vehicle infrastructure, and is intended to reduce greenhouse gases and local air pollution. They argued the program has driven billions in private investment, increased alternative fuel use, and that LCFS credit prices are not the main driver of retail gasoline prices, which they said are dominated by crude oil, refining, and distribution costs. Members questioned the panel on the gap between the regulatory target and actual carbon-intensity performance, the role of credit banking, which fuels are generating the most credits, how the 2025 amendments affected the program, and whether LCFS credits are truly additional. CARB explained that banking helps cost-effectiveness and investment certainty, that ethanol, renewable diesel, and biodiesel currently provide the largest volumes while electricity is expected to grow, and that the updated targets were informed by the state’s 2045 carbon-neutrality goals and the 2030 scoping plan. The Energy Commission said its data show environmental programs add some cost to gasoline but do not drive price volatility, which is mainly tied to crude oil and refinery margins. The second panel, featuring academic and research experts, focused on program design, out-of-state credit generation, and broader economic effects. Speakers said LCFS is successful because it ties incentives to emissions benefit, uses life-cycle analysis, and allows flexible compliance that lowers costs compared with more direct regulation. They also said the program’s benefits generally outweigh costs, that it can reduce air pollution disparities and support equity, but that some issues—especially indirect land use change, additionality, and older program assumptions—need more research and may warrant future rulemaking. One researcher noted that while LCFS likely raises gasoline prices somewhat, the effect is uncertain by design and usually smaller than normal market fluctuations, and another warned that limiting credit generation too narrowly could create legal and efficiency problems.

Transcript Highlights:

• Our judges deserve it. Our employees deserve it.
• It really much of it depends on the geographic. location.
• It is here. It is in efficiency.
• It clarified it for me as well.
• We love it. We're grateful for it, but it's one.

Committee: House House Appropriations & Finance

Transcript Highlights:

• it works.
• People cannot afford it. Families cannot afford it.
• it.
• It would just take more people to do it.
• I've also focused on modernizing the office's IT resources, improving I've also focused on modernizing

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on Ways and Means

Keywords: 1212, all

Transcript Highlights:

• The other thing it does is it gives us the bright spots.
• It can be done and it can be done well in all settings.
• Did it not?
• Maybe we missed it. Show us where it is.
• all day can they have it at lunch can they have it at breaks can they have it if they go outside.

Bills: SB451 , SB762 , SB1490 , SB1262 , SB1459 , SB1750 , SB1962 , SB2252 , SB2253 , SB2365

Committee: Senate Education

Keywords: instructional materials, public schools, Education Code, adoption, rejected materials, local funds, open educational resources, Texas Education Code, school districts, open enrollment charter schools, funding restrictions, environmental regulation, business compliance, local authority, economic development, state preemption, local control, open education resources, SB 762, Texas public schools

Transcript Highlights:

• People cannot afford it.” “People cannot afford it, and they took it off the bill, okay?
• it.
• It would just take more people to do it.
• I've also focused on modernizing the office's IT resources, improving OIG salaries competitive simply
• I've also focused on modernizing the office's IT resources, improving its cybersecurity, and focusing

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on Ways and Means

Summary: The hearing opened the FY27 budget process with remarks from the Senate and House Ways and Means chairs and testimony from Governor Healey and Administration and Finance Secretary Matthew Gorzkowicz. The chairs emphasized fiscal caution amid choppy revenue growth, rising health care and education costs, and federal uncertainty, while the governor framed House 2 as a $62.8 billion budget that grows spending by about 1% without new taxes or fees and aims to protect core services while advancing affordability. The administration said the budget uses efficiencies, program integrity, and Fair Share surtax revenue to support education, transportation, housing, child care, health care, and public safety, and it also filed a supplemental Fair Share bill using surplus FY25 funds. Much of the questioning focused on the federal “OB3” tax law and the administration’s separate proposal to delay or phase in certain corporate tax changes, especially research and experimental deductions, to avoid in-year budget shocks. Members also pressed the administration on Fair Share allocations, with the governor and secretary explaining that operating-budget surtax spending is weighted more toward education while supplemental spending is more transportation-focused, and that combined spending is roughly balanced overall. The administration highlighted Chapter 70 aid, special education circuit breaker funding, rural school aid, local aid, child care, the MBTA deficit, regional transit authorities, and a new HHS transportation line item as part of the broader transportation strategy. Several members raised concerns about Chapter 70 equity, rural districts, municipal overrides, out-migration, housing affordability, public housing repairs, and the MBTA Communities Act. The governor and secretary said they are open to further discussion on school funding formulas, PILOT, and municipal aid, and stressed housing production, energy affordability, and workforce development as key responses to out-migration. On energy, the governor defended an all-of-the-above approach, including renewables, gas, and exploration of nuclear, while saying she would continue pushing utilities and regulators to reduce ratepayer costs. The governor also said fire safety grants would not be withheld for noncompliance with the MBTA Communities Act, and members discussed public safety, housing, and local grant impacts in that context. Other topics included the Bright Act and higher education capital investments, with the administration saying it is preparing to support campus infrastructure across the public higher education system and that the bill is intended to strengthen Massachusetts’ competitiveness and retain graduates. Members also questioned cuts to the PCA program and EAEDC, and the governor responded that the state’s PCA program remains strong but is under pressure from large federal health care reductions. No votes were taken; the session was a hearing on the governor’s budget proposal and related policy bills, with the administration taking questions and offering explanations of its recommendations.