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• Retirement System on the ERS pension fund.
• and the Texas A&M University systems.
• On slide three, the Texas Transportation System, our system itself is the most extensive of a robust
• transportation system in the nation.
• , automated irrigation systems.

Committee: House Appropriations

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• SB 1350 will help California utilize hydrogen to decarbonize the power system.
• And I know Senator Blasphere already mentioned the Garden Grove incident.
• And while I can't speak specifically to the GKN facility incident, you know, I would also just say there
• If anything, it will result in more plastic via a system of exemptions that locks conventional plastics
• This is related to labeling and differentiation, ensuring that there are systems available and ready

Summary: The committee heard several bills, with SB 1350 by Senator McNerney presented first. The measure would expand California’s use of renewable hydrogen in the power sector by allowing renewable portfolio standard credit for power plants using green hydrogen, with supporters emphasizing grid reliability, clean-energy goals, in-state investment, and construction jobs. Support came from labor, clean-energy, municipal utility, and local government representatives; NRDC Action Fund withdrew opposition after amendments, while a few groups remained opposed or neutral. The committee later took a roll call and SB 1350 passed out on a due pass recommendation. The committee also heard SB 1180 by Senator Allen, which would set operational rules for the Plastic Pollution Mitigation Fund created under SB 54, including clearer eligible uses, transparency, technical assistance, and access for tribes and smaller community groups. Environmental justice, ocean, conservation, and local government groups strongly supported the bill, saying it would ensure the fund addresses plastic pollution’s public health and environmental harms. Industry and manufacturing groups opposed unless amended, arguing the bill should stay tightly tied to plastic waste reduction and not broaden into source-reduction policy. After quorum was established, the committee approved SB 1180 on a due pass recommendation to Appropriations. SB 1326 by Senator Wahab was then heard to strengthen tribal consultation and tribal cultural resource protections under CEQA by recognizing tribal registers and requiring feasible avoidance or mitigation measures when tribes identify resources. Tribal representatives and supporters said the bill would better protect sacred sites and tribal knowledge, while cities, counties, utilities, builders, and rural county groups opposed unless amended, citing implementation concerns, possible litigation, and uncertainty for infrastructure and housing projects. The committee voted the bill out on a due pass recommendation to Appropriations. Finally, SB 954 by Senator Blakespear was presented as a cleanup of last year’s SB 131 advanced-manufacturing CEQA exemption, narrowing eligible projects and adding guardrails such as setbacks, air-quality limits, tribal consultation, labor standards, and habitat protections. Environmental and labor groups supported the bill as a needed correction to an overly broad exemption, while business, manufacturing, housing, and local-government groups opposed, warning it could make the exemption unusable and slow investment. Members debated the balance between environmental protection and manufacturing competitiveness, and the committee voted SB 954 out on a due pass recommendation to the Labor and Employment Committee; the transcript then moved on to SB 1031 on compostable plastics, which was introduced but not acted on in the portion provided.

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• This bill simply applies that same fairness across our system.
• And, secondly, the court system is designed...
• And, secondly, the court system is designed to give some protection to these claims.
• Because the word 'system' is in the bill. Or is it just a kidney?
• I proposed bills in reaction to three incidents.

Bills: HB37 , HB51 , HB173 , HB180 , HB192 , HB306 , HB366 , HB393 , HB485 , HB516 , HB521 , HB526 , HB638 , HB752 , HB817 , HB976 , HB1006 , HB1044

Committee: House Civil Law and Procedure

Keywords: HB37, expropriation, eminent domain, property rights, foreign entity, foreign corporation, limited liability company, LLC, reciprocal expropriation agreement, Louisiana property law, land acquisition, utility infrastructure, public utilities, railroad, waterworks, sewerage, natural gas pipeline, electric utility, telecommunications, carbon dioxide pipeline

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• So it's separate from our state's ferry system. Thank you. Thanks for the question. Thank you.
• have, in some case... ...from whatever system they have, in some case functioning.
• And these ferry systems are uniquely challenging to our county.
• Pierce County is home to a very unique ferry system.
• For years, this system has been underfunded.

Bills: HB2451 , HB2298 , HB2566 , HB2267 , HB2530 , HB2388 , HB2588 , HB2094

Committee: House Local Government

Keywords: tax increment financing, local government, economic development, municipal finance, public infrastructure, property title protection, land record fraud, county auditors, voluntary program, real estate, procurement, contracting, transparency, financial oversight, urban forestry, environmental policy, tree management, community planning, public facilities district, regional aquatics

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• I know we're not getting an NDI for all new computer systems in 115 counties.
• So last I heard, every county that had electronic systems was participating.
• So last I heard, every county that had electronic systems was participating.
• But those counties, it's just not possible to have an electronic system.
• I believe there is well over 100 of our challenges that has the notification system.

Committee: House Financial Institutions

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• They see the strain on first responders and trauma systems.
• </c><00:06:54.479><c> Granting</c> responders and trauma systems.
• Granting responders and trauma systems.
• We would never accept a system where fundamental privileges evaporate at each county line.
• </c><00:25:35.039><c> where</c> never expect accept a system where never expect accept a system where

Bills: HF3351

Committee: House Elections Finance and Government Operations

Keywords: firearms, guns, gun control, gun safety, local control, home rule, preemption, municipal regulation, county regulation, city ordinances, zoning, firearm dealers, gun dealers, ammunition, carry permits, permit to carry, pistols, Saturday night special, metal-penetrating bullets, public safety

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• the health department is going to go to these providers and hospitals across the state where these incidents
• hospitals across the state where<00:03:29.440><c> where</c><00:03:29.760><c> these</c><00:03:30.080><c> incidents
• </c><00:03:30.480><c> have</c> where where these incidents have where where these incidents have occurred

Committee: Joint Public Health and Welfare

Keywords: Public Health and Welfare - Room 216, 24 February, 2026; 3:00 PM, 925, all

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• I know Representative Griffith talked about an incident there on I-44.
• just did something last year, I've called on behalf of one of my members in the state to use that system
• , and they were able to get their equipment and go through that system.
• I don't know that I've personally... ...able to get their equipment and go through that system.
• This is just in the event of an incident. Someone has to be able to meet all of these things. Okay.

Committee: House Transportation

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• the system expeditiously.
• So it became a no-fault system.
• the system expeditiously.
• So it became a no-fault system.
• the system expeditiously.

Committee: Senate Labor

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Judicial Council and Superior Court systems across the state.
• Yet staff dismissed the incident, saying he was playing with it.
• In 2023 alone, 41 rape incidents were reported at Otay Mesa.
• This bill is about fairness, consistency, and modernizing AC Transit's labor relations system.
• When both sides have a trusted system in place, issues can be addressed early and handled fairly.

Summary: The committee first took up SB 934 by Senator Wiener, which would extend the time for survivors of conversion therapy to bring malpractice claims and clarify how expert testimony and scientific evidence may be used in those cases. Senator Wiener and supporters, including a survivor and a licensed therapist, described conversion therapy as harmful and argued that survivors often cannot come forward within current limitation periods. Opponents, including attorneys and advocacy groups, argued the bill was an unconstitutional workaround to California’s existing ban and could chill legitimate therapy or expand liability. Committee members pressed both sides on the bill’s scope, with the author emphasizing it does not bar exploratory therapy or medical treatment, only attempts to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity. The bill was moved on a 7-2-1 vote to the Senate Appropriations Committee, with the item placed on call; the consent calendar was also adopted 6-0 and placed on call. The committee then heard SB 1092 by Senator Allen, as amended, concerning manufactured home parks. The bill would require park owners who intend to sell to give residents or their designated representatives notice and an opportunity to submit a competitive bid, with timelines intended to allow residents to organize financing and complete due diligence. Supporters said the measure would help preserve naturally occurring affordable housing and give residents a fair chance to buy the land under their homes, especially after fire-related losses and increasing investor ownership of parks. Opponents from park-owner and realtor groups argued the bill would burden private property rights, devalue parks, and create an unconstitutional taking by imposing long timelines and restrictions that could deter buyers. Several senators questioned the 240-day process and whether the bill should include clearer good-faith or reciprocity provisions; the author said he was open to further adjustments. The transcript ends during committee discussion of SB 1092, with no final vote shown.

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• She cooperated with police and did everything the system asked of her.
• She cooperated with police and did everything the system asked of her.
• Because of a gap in how our system treats stalking when serious mental illness is involved.
• And it's a systemic barrier. It's being created by the system that's set up.
• It also helps document patterns of systemic failure.

Bills: HB2510

Committee: Senate Human Services

Keywords: community custody, probation, Department of Corrections, DOC supervision, Washington criminal law, sentencing, felony supervision, risk assessment, sex offense, serious violent offense, domestic violence, repetitive domestic violence, failure to register, sex offender registration, dangerous mentally ill offender, indeterminate sentence, parole, conditional commutation, gross misdemeanor, misdemeanor

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• These are not occasional incidents.
• The study will cover five county road systems: the ex-officio road commissioner system, the road commissioner
• system, the road superintendent system, the County Road Department system, and the Road Supervisory
• system.
• insights into which systems deliver the best value.

Bills: HB1589 , HB2208 , HB2297 , HB2560 , HB2725 , HB3080 , HB4417 , HB4473 , HB4520 , HB4662 , HB4888 , HB4905 , HB4906

Committee: House S/C on Transportation Funding

Keywords: HB 1589, toll road, toll project, toll project entity, voter approval, local control, county election, commissioners court, Transportation Code, Chapter 372, road construction, highway funding, infrastructure, public referendum, ballot measure, transportation policy, Texas toll roads, regional mobility, toll collection, vehicle registration

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• THIS LEGISLATION ADDRESSES A PERSISTENT PROBLEM IN THE STATE'S MANAGED CARE SYSTEM LIMITING ACCESS TO
• I HAVE NAVIGATED THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM MYSELF AT A YOUNG AGE AND I UNDERSTAND THE CRITICAL IMPORTANCE
• WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR KIDS WHO HAVE BEEN IN THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM CAN SUCCEED IN FLORIDA AND
• PARKINSON'S DISEASE IS A PROGRESSIVE NEUROLOGICAL DISORDER THAT IMPACT INDIVIDUALS AND NERVOUS SYSTEM
• IT GETS CLOUDY WHO OWNS IT THE PATIENT OR THE DOCTOR BUT MY COMPUTER SYSTEM THAT I CONTROL NOW I HAVE

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• In this incident, if the state purchases something, a private...
• that's a slippery slope that kind of puts us on autopilot and we're less managing and now it's the system
• ripple effect on how it affects the way that we Bring in revenue elsewhere because we have a tax system

Bills: HB3044 , HB3465 , HB3625 , HB3704 , HB3759 , HB3920 , HB3972 , HB4191 , HB4311 , HB4426

Committee: Senate Revenue and Taxation

Keywords: veterans, tax refund, Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs, capital improvement, donations, Oklahoma Emission Reduction, incentive, taxation, environment, revenue, investment, school funds, treasurer, education funding, financial policy, income tax, scholarship, tax credit, Oklahoma Tax Commission, school funding

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• Claire's actions during the incident reflect strong work ethic, reliability, and willingness to step
• One being redundancy within fiber loops or within the fiber systems, and the second is any cost it relates
• to the telephone companies to convert to SIP technology in order to connect with the NG 911 system.

Summary: The Oklahoma 911 Management Authority met with a quorum and approved the minutes from the February 5 regular meeting and the March 9 special meeting, along with the January 2026 financial report. The authority also recognized the Emergency Telecommunicator of the Quarter, Claire Gutierrez of the Pott County Sheriff’s Office, for her work during a fast-moving wildfire incident, and the Emergency Technologist of the Quarter, Jason White of the City of Shawnee, for his support of the 911 center’s technology needs. Members approved the City of Norman’s in-person 40-hour telecommunicator training program as a vetted training option. They also approved Washington County 911’s request to submit an amended hardship application for a radio console grant match waiver, rather than granting the waiver outright. In addition, the authority approved the annual land area and population percentages used to determine 911 telephone fee distributions for fiscal year 2027, and approved a new PSAP call-taking boundary change form for future boundary adjustments. The authority approved three grant requests: Creek County for APCO/Telecom training, the City of El Reno for ADA and facility improvements to its dispatch center, and the City of Moore for ADA furniture and a larger dispatch setup. Committee and staff reports covered audit completion, boundary verification and population model work, recruitment website updates, upcoming 911 Day at the Capitol, NG9-1-1 and GIS progress, cybersecurity training planning, 988 integration efforts, and ongoing concerns about TCPR policy and liability. The legislative report noted House Bill 2710 passed the House after amendments removing 911-related language and was sent to the Senate Appropriations Committee. The meeting ended with public comments, a brief new business item wishing member Brent Hawkinson well after surgery, and adjournment.

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• legislative management shall consider studying classified state employee total rewards compensation system
• legislative management shall consider studying classified state employee total rewards compensation system
• You should never have a bill based on one incident, but if we can find out if it's broader, maybe there

Committee: Senate State and Local Government

Keywords: 908, all

Summary: The State and Local Government Committee met to reconsider and amend House Bill 1165, which dealt with petition circulation requirements and ballot receipt rules. The committee walked through technical changes requested by the Secretary of State’s office, including moving petition-title language, adding a 15-business-day submission deadline for petition packets, and revising language related to mailed absentee ballots and the presidential executive order requiring ballots to be received by election day rather than merely postmarked. The State Election Director explained that the change was intended to provide clarity and consistency for voters and election officials, while Senator Braunberger objected that it was an unnecessary reaction to an executive order that could be challenged. The committee adopted the amendment 5-1 and then passed the bill as amended on a 5-1 vote, with Senator Braunberger voting no. The committee then took up House Bill 1307, which concerned election authority, home rule powers, and related city and county petition/signature provisions. After questions from members and clarification from the Deputy Secretary of State and a League of Cities representative, the committee agreed the amendment was intended to preserve city petition power and align the bill with changes made in another election bill, while also addressing park district language. The amendment was adopted 6-0, and the bill was passed as amended 6-0. Senator Castaneda was designated as the carrier. Finally, the committee discussed House Bill 1580, a study bill on state employee compensation. Members used language from an earlier draft tied to health plan changes and broadened it to study total rewards compensation, including pay grades, classifications, comparisons among state employees across departments and with similar private-sector jobs, equity funding and bonuses, prevailing wages on state projects, and the impact of changes to health plan benefits and premium structures. The committee agreed to make the language more generic and adopted the amendment 6-0, then passed the bill as amended 6-0. House Bill 1601 was not acted on and was held until after floor session so members could continue discussions and await additional input.

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• That is why we have these systems in place today.
• It doesn't add any new systems. It doesn't add any unnecessary burden.
• I had an incident this year where I had a mom call that was substitute teaching, and she had a child
• I had an incident this year where I had a mom call that was, she was substitute teaching, and she had
• I believe the system is working. I believe there's equal opportunity in our state.

Summary: The House convened with a quorum, opened with prayer and the Pledge, and approved the journal. A lengthy pages’ recognition program followed, with lighthearted awards and remarks about the students’ backgrounds and plans. The House then received messages from the governor and Senate, including notice of signed bills and enrolled measures, and reports from standing committees on enrolled, engrossed, and printed legislation. The chamber considered several measures under suspension of the rules. House Resolution 32, relating to administrative rules review, passed 68-1. Senate Bill 1270 as amended, requiring labeling and disclosure for cell-cultured animal protein, passed 70-0. Senate Bill 1335 as amended, addressing veterinary education and requiring recipients of state-funded out-of-state vet training to return to Idaho and practice large-animal veterinary medicine, passed 54-16 after debate about the state’s veterinarian shortage and the need to recoup the state’s investment. Senate Bill 1299 as amended, barring government from requiring digital identification for access to services and preserving physical ID options, passed 70-0 after questions about whether it affected police dogs. Senate Bill 1376, an elections cleanup bill shifting some candidate filing duties to county clerks and adding verification steps, passed 64-6. The House also passed Senate Bill 1416, the appropriation for the new Office of Species, Minerals, and Energy Coordination, by 55-14, and Senate Bill 1417, Parks and Recreation enhancements funded by fees and federal dollars, by 69-30. House Bill 494 as amended in the Senate, on background-check cleanup for Health and Welfare, passed 69-30; House Bill 728 as amended in the Senate, on education-related transparency and continuity, passed 68-7; House Bill 703 as amended in the Senate, on land surveyor board cleanup, passed 67-0; House Bill 825 as amended in the Senate, on the America 250 license plate and Heritage Trust Fund flexibility, passed 67-2; House Bill 788 as amended in the Senate, a medical preceptorship pilot with a sunset, passed 39-30; House Resolution 33, covering committee review of several natural resources and licensing agencies, passed 68-2; House Bill 949, a net-zero trailer bill consolidating STEM Action Center and Workforce Development Council appropriations, passed 69-1; House Bill 950, appropriating $200,000 for a Medicaid managed care consultant, passed 60-10; and House Bill 951, an Attorney General enhancement bill tied to the Consumer Protection Fund and ICAC support, failed 33-37 after debate over whether the funding was truly needed. Senate Bill 1294 as amended, requiring newborn hearing-screen referrals outside hospitals while preserving parental choice, passed 37-32 after discussion of early hearing loss detection and the bill’s referral-based structure. The House also agreed to send Senate Bill 1351 to the amending order and recessed, then reconvened to take up additional messages and first-reading bills, including child protection and related measures.

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• But I would just say very briefly, this is designed in large measure to replace the existing system whereby
• I fight to keep families housed, to protect stability, and to ensure fairness in systems that can be
• They utilized data from criminal incident reports on safety and privacy violations related to assault
• They found that incidents of safety and privacy violations in these spaces were rare.
• <03:37:00.800><c> reports</c> incident reports incident reports on<03:37:02.240><c> safety</c><03:37:

Committee: Senate Judiciary

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• testify for or against House Bill 3181, please come down and let us know so we can get you in the system
• It's a lot easier to utilize the criminal system to enforce that court order because if you have a right
• The main things that this bill did that we thought fixed the system in a big way were adding accessibility
• due to COVID or something like that, but there were multiple episodes of seizures and epileptic incidents—or

Bills: HB46 , HB272 , HB551 , HB1661 , HB2820 , HB3181 , HB4145 , HB4157 , HB46 , HB272

Committee: Senate State Affairs

Keywords: low-THC cannabis, dispensing organization, Texas Compassionate-Use Program, medical use, patient access, registration, healthcare, legislation, credit card fraud, debit card fraud, prosecution, illegal possession, state law, political contributions, address privacy, Texas Ethics Commission, election transparency, campaign finance, election supplies, ballots

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• But we can't protect them like the education system probably can.
• My grandson had nothing in his system but fentanyl. My grandson had nothing in his system.
• There was nothing else in his system. He had enough fentanyl to kill four people.
• But the school system, this is where I feel it should be in the school system, in the grade schools.
• I hope our losses bring better to the system, you know. Thank you. Thank you.

Committee: House Special Committee on Intergovernmental Affairs

Keywords: 959, house, all