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• In recognition of what they've done in the state of Texas. state of Texas, we ought to make certain that
• Texas, A&M, Texas Tech and some of those schools, what do we see?
• , or at a slave rebellion in Denton, Texas.
• Everyone understands how Texas was moved from what started.
• lottery. in Houston, Texas.

Bills: SB26, SB28, SJR36, SB616, SB565, SB384, SB28, SB28, SR131, SR168, SR174, SR175

Keywords: teacher compensation, education funding, public school educators, teacher retention, teacher designation, lottery, gambling, internet gaming, mobile application, criminal offenses, aquifer, water management, Edwards Aquifer, sustainability, regulatory framework, SB 565, Texas Water Code, TCEQ, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, compliance agreement

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• Wholesalers of Texas, and the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission.
• If applied fairly to all, it could remove a massive roadblock for Texas wine and Texas farmers.
• wine and Texas farmers.
• Can't do that in Texas. It's put a hard cap on how far Texas wine can go.
• sell back into Texas liquor.

Bills: SB8, SB650, SB667, SB779, SB1349, SB1355, SB1378, SB1585, SB1721, SB2312

Keywords: immigration enforcement, ICE agreements, sheriff grants, law enforcement, county jail, federal immigration law, China, Chinese-affiliated entities, Chinese military companies, People's Republic of China, Chinese Communist Party, divestment, state pension funds, public retirement systems, Teacher Retirement System, Employees Retirement System, Permanent School Fund, Texas Comptroller, foreign investment, national security

Summary: The Senate Committee on State Affairs resumed consideration of several pending bills, first taking up Senate Bills 667, 1349, 1585, and 2312. After inviting testimony had already been heard, no members of the public came forward to testify on any of those measures, and the committee closed public testimony and left all four bills pending. The committee then heard Senate Bill 1355, which Senator Parker explained as a committee substitute aimed at helping Texas distillers recover unpaid invoices from wholesalers. The substitute would require distillers to invoice at the time of purchase, send a demand letter if payment terms are violated, and allow complaints to be filed with the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission, which could determine an appropriate penalty based on the facts. Natasha Dehart of Bent Distilling Company testified in support, describing serious cash-flow problems and unpaid invoices from a Texas wholesaler that had forced layoffs, late vendor payments, and operational strain. No one testified against the bill, and it was left pending. The committee also heard Senate Bill 1378, a narrowly tailored local bill for a Carrollton facility recently acquired by Sazerac that employs more than 1,000 Texans. Senator Parker said the bill would create a limited exemption to avoid forcing the company to shut down or move because of current permit restrictions, while preserving the three-tier system and preventing the company from selling wine to itself. A Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission resource witness said the bill was drafted so it would not open the door to broader industry changes. Mason Moreland testified against the bill as filed, arguing it gave special treatment to one company and failed to address broader problems in the wine industry, including direct-to-consumer sales and permit issues. After questions from senators, public testimony closed and SB 1378 was left pending. The committee then recessed subject to the call of the chair.

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• Work within us to do Your will to serve the people of Texas well.
• Texas Historical Commission, Mr. John W. Crane, Dallas, General Mike Hagan, Fredericksburg, Ms.
• Respectfully submitted, Abbott, Governor of Texas, to the nominations.
• In the 38 plus years that I have served in the Texas legislature, I have never, never...
• That we are in complete compliance with the Texas Constitution. This makes sense.

Bills: SB 10, SB 8, SB 15, SB 12, SB 6, SB 13, SB 9, SB 7, SB 17, SB 4, SB10, SB8, SB15, SB12, SB6, SB13, SB9, SB7, SB17, SB4

Keywords: sex designation, restroom access, civil penalties, private civil right of action, women's privacy, law enforcement, department file, employee records, misconduct, confidentiality, Texas occupations code, election laws, attorney general, prosecution, criminal offenses, criminal prosecution, jurisdiction, hemp, consumable hemp, hemp-derived cannabinoids

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• Members, uh, Jonathan Covey, Texas Values, testifying in favor of SB 965.
• law, Texas law.
• So, for example, the impact on businesses in Texas, right?
• You're testifying on behalf of Texas Public Policy Foundation.
• This rule was announced by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals in 2024.

Bills: SB 231, SB 667, SB 689, SB 825, SB 965, SB 992, SB 1059, SB 1220, SB 2368, SB 2601

Keywords: temporary emergency electric energy facility, temporary generation, emergency power, backup generation, mobile generator, portable generator, grid resilience, power outage restoration, transmission and distribution utility, TDU, Public Utility Commission of Texas, PUCT, Utilities Code Section 39.918, competitive bidding, lease authorization, emergency procurement, bulk power system, locational marginal pricing, reliability model, black start

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• Members, Jonathan Covey, Texas Values, testifying in favor of SB 965.
• But I think we should make it clear that we want to see the impact on Texas.
• For example, the impact on businesses in Texas, right?
• Blake Roach, the record shows you're here on behalf of Texas Farm Bureau.
• This rule was announced... ...by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals in 2024.

Bills: SB231, SB667, SB689, SB825, SB965, SB992, SB1059, SB1220, SB2368, SB2601

Keywords: temporary emergency electric energy facility, temporary generation, emergency power, backup generation, mobile generator, portable generator, grid resilience, power outage restoration, transmission and distribution utility, TDU, Public Utility Commission of Texas, PUCT, Utilities Code Section 39.918, competitive bidding, lease authorization, emergency procurement, bulk power system, locational marginal pricing, reliability model, black start

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• It will have a dramatic negative impact on the Texas horse industry.
• These states have higher purses than we have in Texas.
• Yes, I'm a Texas horseman and third-rate trainer.
• If there's a business in the state of Texas and it's...
• As mentioned, my name is David Bristol, and I'm the mayor of Prosper, Texas, a growing North Texas community

Bills: HB 105, HB982, HB1483, HB1508, HB2575, HB3646, HB3993, HB4083, HB4580, HB4725, HB5169, HB5511, HJR73, HJR102, HJR174, HB3746, HB4240

Keywords: economic development, job creation, energy, tax incentives, technology investment, ad valorem taxes, elderly, disabled, low-income, tax limitation, homesteads, Texas Tax Code, property tax, ad valorem tax, tax exemption, residential real property, home improvement, energy efficiency, energy-efficient upgrades, HVAC

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• House Bill 557 amends the Texas Family Code to create reasonable safeguards.
• This bill proposes several changes to the estate code in Texas.
• The Texas property.
• House Bill 2301 is a straightforward amendment to the Texas Family Code and clarifies the timing of providing
• Since our inception in 2024, we have been providing advice or representation in Texas Family Code caregiver

Bills: HB557, HB732, HB1892, HB1954, HB2301, HB3180, HB3405, HB3650, HB3758, HB4035, HB4621, HB4795, HB4870, HB5069, HB5137, HB5149

Keywords: child support, arrears, court enforcement, contempt, legal protections, healthcare, insurance, cost reduction, accessibility, regulations, impotency, marriage annulment, Family Code, Texas law, family law, Texas legislation, dissolution of marriage, annulment, marriage, child custody

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• I'm the VP of public policy for the Texas Assisted Living Association, known as TALA.
• There are 3 other bills in the Texas House. There's a companion in the Senate.
• You can imagine what this means for Texas on a whole, as a whole.
• HB 2667 modernizes Texas law to reflect how referrals actually work today.
• The Texas Family Code requires DFPS to maintain a contingency plan.

Bills: HB 1531, HB 2667, HB 2809, HB 2865, HB 3589, HB 3151, HB 3748, HB 3750, HB 4419, HB 4643, HB 3597, HB 4129, HB 4130, HB 4131

Keywords: workplace violence prevention, health and safety code, Chapter 331, facility definition, home and community support services agency, home health agency, home health care, nursing staff, registered nurses, health care workplace safety, hospital, nursing facility, ambulatory surgical center, freestanding emergency medical care facility, mental hospital, Texas health care regulation, provider compliance, occupational safety, senior living, referral agencies

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• Error code: 520.
• You can imagine what this means for Texas as a whole.
• Second, current Texas law requires a flat rate.
• HB2667 modernizes Texas law to reflect how referrals actually work today.
• The Texas Family Code requires DFPS to maintain a contingency plan to provide continuity of service if

Bills: HB1531, HB2667, HB2809, HB2865, HB3589, HB3151, HB3748, HB3750, HB4419, HB4643, HB3597, HB4129, HB4130, HB4131

Keywords: workplace violence prevention, health and safety code, Chapter 331, facility definition, home and community support services agency, home health agency, home health care, nursing staff, registered nurses, health care workplace safety, hospital, nursing facility, ambulatory surgical center, freestanding emergency medical care facility, mental hospital, Texas health care regulation, provider compliance, occupational safety, senior living, referral agencies

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• These include the Texas Department of Public Safety, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Texas... ..
• .Alcohol and Beverage Commission, Texas Department on Criminal Justice, Texas Department of Insurance
• As part of these changes, HB 4123 amended Texas Government Code 411.1143, which governs background checks
• House Bill 4643 will update the Texas Government Code by adding clear definitions for the categories
• You are speaking on behalf of the Texas Medical Association, the Texas Academy of Family Physicians,

Bills: HB1531, HB2667, HB2809, HB2865, HB3589, HB3151, HB3748, HB3750, HB4419, HB4643, HB3597, HB4129, HB4130, HB4131

Keywords: workplace violence prevention, health and safety code, Chapter 331, facility definition, home and community support services agency, home health agency, home health care, nursing staff, registered nurses, health care workplace safety, hospital, nursing facility, ambulatory surgical center, freestanding emergency medical care facility, mental hospital, Texas health care regulation, provider compliance, occupational safety, senior living, referral agencies

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• Dean Thomas' bill that we previously voted out relating to combat. adding human trafficking by the Texas
• we previously voted out. relating to the exempting certain transactions from the regulation of the Texas
• Labor Code and Occupation Code further complicates enforcement.
• One code defines a license holder as a person who is licensed while the other defines it as a person
• SB 1254 addresses these issues by making the definition of a license holder consistent across codes,

Bills: HB2450, SB378, SB764, SB917, SB1254, SB1255

Keywords: elevator inspection, building safety, construction standards, health and safety code, regulatory requirements, SB 378, Texas Occupations Code, barbering, cosmetology, barber, cosmetologist, licensing, professional licensing, unauthorized practice, medical procedures, skin incision, dermis, injections, devices, consumer safety

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• In an imperfect world, in some rural parts of Texas, and in some urban parts of Texas, if it's not in
• In Texas, we're the customer.
• Texas is the eighth most obese state in the country.
• We need to ensure that Texas patients have real choices and that the future of healthcare in Texas is
• We have a chance to make Texas a national leader.

Bills: SB 25, SB25, SB314

Keywords: attorney ad litem, indigent parents, parent-child relationship, legal representation, Texas Family Code, court procedures, nutrition, health standards, food labeling, education, dietary guidelines, medical education, food safety, school meals, child nutrition, food additives, public health, 1185, senate, all

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• Our goal is to make Texas healthy again.
• I'm a physician in Austin and I'm here representing the Texas Medical Association and the Texas Pediatric
• To access detailed nutritional information via QR codes.
• Monge, we'll start with you and then Sharon, representing the Texas Pediatric Society and the Texas Medical
• Texas.

Bills: SB 25, SB25, SB314

Keywords: attorney ad litem, indigent parents, parent-child relationship, legal representation, Texas Family Code, court procedures, nutrition, health standards, food labeling, education, dietary guidelines, medical education, food safety, school meals, child nutrition, food additives, public health, 1185, senate, all

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• Vice President and General Manager of our Texas site, Mike Rivette.
• As Texas focuses on building our water.
• However, there are parts of the code that still require...
• Senate Bill 530 simply cleans up Texas code to be in line with federal rules and gives colleges and universities
• That's all the bill does, a simple fix to align Texas law.

Bills: SB530, SB757, SB769, SB1085, SB1241, SB1242, SB1409, SB1878, SB2138, SB2314, SB2231, SB2361, SB2431, SJR59

Keywords: accreditation, postsecondary education, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, baccalaureate degrees, junior colleges, program delivery, faculty recruitment, higher education, performance standards, student loan debt, degree programs, funding, students with disabilities, accessibility, enrollment, report, SB 1085, Sul Ross State University, Rio Grande College, Del Rio

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• Teaching the Texas Education Code provisions for governing to prevent loss in schools, including measuring
• To Texas public universities, presently Texas law predominantly favors the SAT and ACT.
• Texas education, which will, in turn, provide better students and citizens of the state of Texas.
• Fund and the Texas University Fund.
• The Texas Permanent University.

Bills: SB530, SB757, SB769, SB1085, SB1241, SB1242, SB1409, SB1878, SB2138, SB2314, SB2231, SB2361, SB2431, SJR59

Keywords: accreditation, postsecondary education, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, baccalaureate degrees, junior colleges, program delivery, faculty recruitment, higher education, performance standards, student loan debt, degree programs, funding, students with disabilities, accessibility, enrollment, report, SB 1085, Sul Ross State University, Rio Grande College, Del Rio

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• I represent the Texas Public Policy Foundation.
• Zip code 78253, which is about 40% in Medina County, was recently ranked as the third-hottest zip code
• in Texas for 2024.
• Yeah, you know, the Texas miracle is alive and well, especially in north central Texas.
• oil and gas, and it's crucial to the state of Texas.

Bills: SB9, SB 9

Keywords: property tax, ad valorem tax, voter-approval tax rate, no-new-revenue tax rate, tax rate calculation, Tax Code, local government finance, municipality, county, special taxing unit, sales and use tax, property tax cap, tax rollback, tax levy, maintenance and operations, debt rate, disaster relief rate, Texas Legislature, local taxing unit, school assessment

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• HCR40 is a formal declaration from the Texas Legislature.
• For many years, the state of Texas has invested Texas taxpayer funds to secure water and, quite frankly
• The Penal Code, of course, requires a mental state.
• I'm a captain with the Texas Department.
• Probably daily in the state of Texas.

Bills: HCR40, HB214, HB214

Keywords: HCR 40, House Concurrent Resolution, Operation Lone Star, border security, southern border, Texas border, reimbursement, federal reimbursement, Congress, immigration, migrant crossings, illegal immigration, Texas National Guard, Department of Public Safety, DPS, human smuggling, cartel, fentanyl, border enforcement, public safety

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• The legislature in Texas provides a vast amount of support. to its veterans in the state of Texas through
• Each program is in the Texas government code authorized by the legislature to serve our veterans.
• In Texas, we have it at the Texas Veterans Commission.
• And there's a lot of veterans in Texas that want to start their own businesses, and that's good for Texas
• So more and more veterans who want to either keep staying here in Texas or make Texas their home.

Bills: SB651, SB897, SB1814, SB1818

Keywords: SB 651, Texas Government Code, Section 434.032, veterans county service office, county veterans services, commissioners court, county executive official, county administration, local government, veterans affairs, veterans benefits, county oversight, reporting structure, public administration, large counties, population 200,000 or more, mental health, veterans, community support, grant program

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• Boards, Texas Association of Counties, and Texas Meet and Ask the League.
• Texas register.
• than 44,000 rules. the Texas Administrative Code, making it difficult for businesses to navigate compliance
• Administrative Code.
• I'm representing myself. and the Texas Association of Builders. I am from Katy, Texas.

Bills: HB10, HB 12, HB675, HB10, HB12

Keywords: regulatory reform, government efficiency, administrative law, rulemaking, agency deference, judicial review, de novo review, Texas Government Code, Administrative Procedure Act, state agencies, plain language, regulatory burden, regulatory reduction, cost-benefit analysis, fiscal note, public benefits and costs, contested case, rule challenge, Texas Regulatory Efficiency Office, advisory panel

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• Code Chapter 87, and go to page six.
• The Texas Election Code has gradually evolved, incorporating adjustments for convenience like varying
• Where is that in the code? Paper code?
• This bill is a Texas solution to a Texas problem.
• This bill is a Texas solution to a Texas problem.

Bills: HB311, SB447, SB505, SB2217, SB2753

Keywords: voter registration, electronic, Texas election law, Signature verification, DPS, internet application, Texas Election Code, signature verification, online application, data security, electronic application, Department of Public Safety, information security, electronic voter registration, voting technology, voter access, state election laws, digital signature, election irregularities, audit

Summary: The committee heard several election-related bills. SB 447 would let the City of Mission in Hidalgo County permanently move its municipal elections from May to the uniform November election date if it chooses. The bill was described as permissive and intended to increase turnout and reduce costs. Mission’s mayor testified in support, saying voters had already approved the change by a wide margin in a charter amendment election. The bill was left pending after no objection. SB 2217 focused on standardizing election data reporting and reconciliation across counties to improve transparency and comparability. Testimony was generally supportive of the goal, but Dr. Laura Presley and others flagged technical issues, including a discrepancy between a three-ballot mismatch threshold in existing law and a 1% threshold in part of the bill, plus a definition issue involving central accumulators. Supporters said consistent auditing and reconciliation would help election integrity, while the bill was also left pending. The committee then took up SB 2753, a major proposal to create a continuous in-person voting period that would combine early voting and Election Day into one uninterrupted process, with precinct consolidation and other changes. Supporters said it could simplify administration, reduce equipment changes, and improve security by using one set of machines. Opponents and neutral witnesses raised concerns about cost, staffing, ballot security, reporting changes, weekend voting, and whether the bill was ready for implementation; several urged a pilot or study instead. The committee substitute was withdrawn and the bill was left pending. SB 505 would create a process for election workers, candidates, party officials, and measure proponents or opponents to request explanations of election irregularities, with escalation to the Secretary of State for audit or enforcement if responses were unsatisfactory. Supporters said it would provide a way to resolve irregularities and restore confidence, while opponents argued it was too broad, lacked guardrails against abuse, and could be used by partisan actors to pressure counties. The bill was left pending. Finally, HB 311 would expand Texas’s online voter registration system to first-time registrants and others, with supporters citing efficiency, lower costs, and broader access, and opponents raising concerns about signature verification and implementation details. Testimony was cut short because of the session deadline, and the bill had not been disposed of in the excerpt.