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• A bill that will further help address the maternal mortality and morbidity crisis in Texas.
• HB 2140 would add two new Seats to the current composition of the Texas Maternal Mortality and Morbidity
• , for which I am a board member, and the Maternal Health Equity Collaborative here in Central Texas.
• Texas.
• Mam and Sam with the Texas Medical Association, and so for the bill. Did I finally get that right?

Bills: HB2140 , HB2610 , HB3121 , HB3339

Committee: House S/C on Disease Prevention & Women's & Children's Health

Keywords: maternal health, mortality review, health committee, obstetrics, public health, Medicaid, cancer treatment, healthcare reimbursement, physical therapy, dental services, protheses, compression garments, mortality, morbidity, doula services, disparities, Black women, maternal mortality, health disparities, socioeconomic status

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• I would like to know specifically if there are other states, what states they are.
• The State of Texas has a similar research security council that they created after finding broad infiltration
• So I would say we are pushing potential business out of the state and into Texas. Thank you, sir.
• Really for either three of y'all, are y'all familiar with the policy that the state of Texas implemented
• Really for either three of y'all, are y'all familiar with the policy that the state of Texas implemented

Committee: House Education

Summary: The committee first heard Senate Bill 399 by Senator Bass, which would create the Louisiana Higher Education Research Security Council to review and potentially block certain gifts, contracts, academic partnerships, and research partnerships involving foreign adversary sources. Bass said the bill is intended to protect university research, intellectual property, and students from foreign influence, and would also require public disclosure of certain foreign-linked arrangements and a plan to eliminate foreign-adversary-linked software. Supporters from State Armor argued Louisiana universities have been vulnerable to Chinese Communist Party influence and intellectual property theft. Representatives from Tulane University and Lenovo raised concerns that the bill could create duplicative review, delay research, raise costs, and sweep in legitimate private or multinational entities; a proposed amendment to exempt entities operating under a CFIUS national security agreement failed 4-8. After debate, the committee moved SB 399 favorably. The committee then considered Senate Bill 310 by Senator Cloud, presented by Representative Carlson, which would require public school and college health centers to display information about pregnancy resources available in Louisiana. Supporters from Louisiana Right to Life said the bill would help connect pregnant students with existing state and private assistance programs, while the ACLU submitted a red card in opposition without speaking. The bill was moved favorably without objection. The committee also advanced House Resolution 171 by Representative Turner, which calls for a study of the workforce-oriented TOPS Tech and M.J. Foster programs, with business and workforce groups supporting the study as a way to measure outcomes and return on investment; it was moved favorably. Next, the committee took up House Bill 1084 by Representative Turner, a tuition autonomy bill for public post-secondary institutions. An amendment was adopted to add a conceptual framework for tuition-setting considerations, but the bill would still remove the existing 10% over two years cap and allow institutions to set tuition more freely. Turner argued universities need more flexibility because state funding has declined and campuses face deferred maintenance and operating pressures. Several members, especially Representative Carlson, warned that higher tuition could reduce access and that the bill did not address broader structural problems in higher education. Despite those concerns, HB 1084 was moved favorably by an 8-3 vote. Finally, the committee heard Senate Bill 351 by Senator Jackson Andrews, which would let families apply for child care assistance through CCAP once pregnancy is known, rather than waiting until after birth, to help move them up the waiting list. An amendment was adopted to have BESE, rather than the department, handle rulemaking and to allow the House and Senate education committees to approve the implementation process. The bill was then discussed as a way to help parents return to work sooner, and the hearing continued with questions from members.

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• Studies show that the state of Colorado, which is one of the only states that has true disclosure laws
• Madam Chair, Representative, we talked a little bit about Texas and where Texas was in some of this.
• We talked a little bit about Texas and where Texas was on some of this.
• We hear about Texas and Texas and Texas is so advanced.
• , right on the New Mexico-Texas border.

Committee: House House Agriculture, Acequias And Water Resources

Summary: The committee met to hear House Bill 207, as amended, which would direct the Water Quality Control Commission to adopt rules for permits allowing certain beneficial uses of treated produced water, including industrial, commercial, energy-related, infrastructure, pilot project, and other approved uses. Representative Brown presented the bill as a science-driven response to New Mexico’s water scarcity, citing the state’s 50-year water plan and research from the New Mexico Produced Water Research Consortium. The committee adopted an amendment requiring the rules to be informed by credible scientific data and other evidence, including consortium research, before moving to public comment. Supporters argued the bill would create a regulated framework for reuse of treated produced water, preserve scarce freshwater, and support economic development, construction, and energy-related uses. Testimony in favor came from the bill sponsor, the consortium’s Dr. Zach Stoll, the chair of the Water Quality Control Commission, business and industry representatives, local economic development officials, and some residents. They emphasized recent peer-reviewed studies, pilot projects, and the need for the commission to act on updated science. State agencies, including the Environment Department, said the amended bill addressed some of their concerns and kept the focus on science-based rulemaking. Opponents said the bill would override the Water Quality Control Commission’s prior findings and force approval of uses that remain scientifically unproven and potentially harmful. Many speakers from environmental groups, acequia and agricultural organizations, faith groups, and local residents warned about unknown contaminants, risks to groundwater, crops, roads, and human health, and the possibility of spills or long-term environmental damage. Several argued the bill would politicize a technical process and create liability or cleanup burdens for the public. No vote on final passage was taken in the portion provided; the committee recessed briefly after public comment and then returned to sponsor remarks and questions.

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Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The House Judiciary Committee opened a hearing on House Bill 148, with the chair limiting testimony to two minutes and asking for no outbursts so the committee could get through eight bills that day. Representative Kofalt, the prime sponsor, said HB 148 was the same as last year’s HB 396, which passed both chambers but was vetoed by the governor. He explained the bill would allow, but not require, separation by biological sex in bathrooms, locker rooms, houses of correction, and certain athletic competitions, leaving local school boards and administrators discretion to set policies. He argued the bill was meant to address safety and privacy concerns and cited a Milford incident and concerns in several school districts as examples of why local flexibility was needed. Committee members questioned the lack of a definition of “biological sex” and how the bill would be applied. Kofalt said he did not think a definition was necessary because males and females are generally understood, and he said the bill would give local policymakers latitude to make practical rules. He also said the bill was intended to address situations where people might misuse transgender claims to access spaces inappropriately. In response to questions, he said he was aware of issues in Kearsarge, Milford, and Mascoma school districts and had heard of discomfort in the State House, though he did not know all the details. Several opponents testified that the bill would discriminate against transgender and non-binary people and create enforcement problems. Executive Councilor Karen Hill said the bill would roll back New Hampshire’s anti-discrimination protections and conflict with the state’s Live Free or Die values. Alice Wade, a trans woman, said she had used women’s restrooms without incident and argued the bill would invite invasive enforcement and harassment. Representative La Selig said the bill was discriminatory and that bathroom concerns were being confused with unrelated harassment by cisgender males. Betsy Harrington supported the bill, citing a girls’ soccer game at Kearsarge that she said was disrupted by a boy playing on a girls’ team. Rosie Emer and her child testified against the bill, saying bathroom restrictions would increase anxiety and risk for trans and non-binary children. Stephen Scaer and Wendy Stallings supported the bill, arguing sex is biologically fixed and that excluding males from female spaces should not require genital inspections. No vote or final committee action was taken in the portion of the hearing provided.

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• Senator P said, this will really make it much easier for students and parents across the state to get
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Committee: Senate Transportation

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• chair lays out as a matter of pending business House Bill 150, relating to the establishment of the Texas
• The Texas Cyber Command is now created a standalone state agency, subject to the same laws, appropriation
• Several of you worried that we were prescribing Texas Cyber Command to a single campus.
• Some stakeholders feared the command might build its own Texas-only tools.
• All such purchases appear in a quarterly report to the Legislative Budget Board and the state auditor

Committee: Senate Business & Commerce

Summary: The Senate Business and Commerce Committee met with a quorum and considered several House bills. House Bill 111 was taken up as a committee substitute; members briefly discussed what entities the bill would apply to, and the committee substitute was adopted and reported favorably to the full Senate by a 6-5 vote. House Bill 150, relating to the Texas Cyber Command, received extensive explanation of a revised committee substitute that made the command a standalone state agency, allowed flexible state partnerships, preserved vendor neutrality, added emergency purchasing guardrails and reporting, protected existing confidentiality laws, limited monitoring to contracted entities, and clarified coordination with law enforcement rather than direct prosecution. The substitute was adopted and HB 150 was reported favorably 11-0. The committee also reported House Bill 2517 favorably without debate, 10 ayes and 1 present not voting. House Bill 2963 was considered with a committee substitute that added a definition of “power sports vehicle” and exempted those items from the right-to-repair bill; the substitute was adopted and the bill was reported favorably, with a recommendation for the local and uncontested calendar. House Bill 3520 was reported favorably by a 7-4 vote, and House Bill 5435 was reported favorably 11-0 and also recommended for the local and uncontested calendar. After completing the votes, the committee recessed subject to the call of the chair.

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• There are other states or other jurisdictions...
• require. ...which quite a few of our neighboring states require.
• A lot of these states actually, it's not necessarily state legislation; it's more of a city legislation
• It's not necessarily the entire state.
• that have been mentioned: Montana, Texas, and Colorado.

Committee: House Business

Keywords: 989, all

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• State University. Gregory Ball, State University.
• Jones, public library state library resource center funding, favorable.
• House Bill 660 increases the per capita funding amount that must be provided to the State Library Resource
• </c> most of the states are New England state most of the states are New England state is<02:19:12.200
• . state. state.

Keywords: Senate streaming session for Thursday, April 2, 2026, 960, senate, all

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• Texas school districts and charter schools offer diverse CTE programs designed to equip students with
• Additionally, we believe it is equally important that those becoming Texas teacher certified in areas
• We We show you registered as Robin Painovich on behalf of Career and Technical Association of Texas,
• , representing over 1200 CTE professionals across the state.
• How's this gonna affect the, the, the So I work for the Texas Education Agency.

Committee: House S/C on Academic & Career-Oriented Education

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• to exclude the state-owned teaching hospitals.
• This will begin Department of State Health Services.
• This would expand the Texas AI program and provide maternal safety initiatives.
• Page 98, Charity care clinics in Texas. This would um direct.
• so basically Southeast Texas all the way on up.

Committee: House Appropriations - S/C on Article II

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• of Texas.
• There's clearly an effort in the state of Texas to expand gambling, which I strongly oppose.
• The impact to our state would be devastating.
• If you look at the bill, even though sports betting is illegal in the state of Texas, there are technically
• in Texas for fiscal year 2024.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• Button's bill that we previously voted out relating to the certification regulation of certain out of state
• is Dean Thompson's bill that we previously voted out relating to combating human trafficking by the Texas
• we previously voted out relating to the exempting certain transactions from the regulation of the Texas
• The Texas Medical Board has disciplinary oversight over physicians.
• Under current law, the Texas Department licensing regulation must update the Texas Workforce Commission

Committee: House Licensing & Administrative Procedures

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• Studies show that the state of Colorado, which is one of the only states that has true disclosure laws
• Madam Chair, Representative, We talked a little bit about Texas and where Texas was on some of this,
• We hear about Texas and Texas and Texas is so advanced.
• to care for the use of water in their state, but it remains that Texas does not want our treated-produced
• , right on the New Mexico-Texas border.

Committee: House House Agriculture, Acequias And Water Resources

Keywords: 996, all

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• The people who are going to be empowered are the people who want to make this state work.
• He says, good, because the people of Texas need you.
• And today, actually, the Texas House has taken a stand with 116 members saying, no.
• of Texas.
• And let's get down to the business of the state of Texas. Any questions? Okay.

Keywords: House rules, Democrat chairs, legislative power, public education, maternal health, political debate

Summary: The meeting primarily centered around the discussion of newly approved House rules, which sparked significant debate among members. Notably, the Democratic representatives expressed concerns regarding the ban on Democrat chairs, which they argued undermines their power within the legislative body. Chair Ramon Romero and Representative Ann Johnson articulated the sentiment that, despite these challenges, the Democrats are committed to advocating for the needs of all Texans. They emphasized the need for honest discussions around critical issues such as public education, women's health care, and maternal mortality rates.

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• Well, we had an incident in our town last year, and they get into the state law, and one of the state
• where um current law states that signs where um current law states that signs may<00:23:43.919><c> be
• </c><00:27:33.520><c> law</c> the the rest of the state law the the rest of the state law says<00:27:
• The reasons have been stated.

Committee: House Municipal and County Government

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• Texas State Board of Examiners of professional counselors, Ms. Nadia M.
• Stewart from Round Rock, Texas Historical Commission, Mr. John W. Crane, Dallas, General.
• Dick Tips, San Antonio, the Texas Department of Information Resources, Chancellor Glenn A.
• One call board of Texas, Mr. Keith L.
• Texas State Board of Examiners of Psychologists Mr. Brian E.

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• Regarding witness testimony, when you're called to testify, please state your name, who you're representing
• My name is Kate Stoops, and I'm the public policy and advocacy assistant for the Ark of Texas.
• requirements for facilities within the Texas Juvenile Justice Department.
• Uh, it's very indicative of the stories that we see across the state in real time in 2025.
• Those figures came from the TEA, Texas Education Agency.

Committee: House S/C on Juvenile Justice

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• And thank you. to the state senate. Now, the state to the state senate.
• This past year, the state of Texas passed legislation that would prohibit the formation of Sharia law
• The state of Texas passed legislation that would prohibit the formation of Sharia law communities.
• </c> clause of the United States clause of the United States Constitution?
• </c> state of New Hampshire? state of New Hampshire?

Committee: House State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee first continued its hearing on HB 1287, which concerns the definition of “veteran.” Representative Manion explained that the amendment would adopt the federal-style definition by including a general discharge under honorable conditions, while restoring documentation requirements such as a DD214 and removing a problematic reference to World War II allied veterans. The chair said the committee would close the hearing and take the bill up later in executive session. The committee then moved to HCR 13, a resolution calling for an Article V convention limited to proposing a constitutional amendment imposing term limits on members of Congress. Representative Joe Alexander, the prime sponsor, said the measure is narrowly focused on congressional term limits, that 12 states have already passed similar resolutions, and that broad public support in New Hampshire justifies action. Members asked whether the effort would prompt Congress to act on its own, whether the resolution should also cover Supreme Court justices, and how many states are needed; Alexander said the goal is to pressure Congress, that the Constitution already treats Supreme Court justices differently, and that 34 states are required. Testimony in support came from former Representative Linda Masamela, who gave a history-based argument for Article V conventions as a constitutional check, and from Deborah Childs and Aaron Ducet of U.S. Term Limits. Childs said New Hampshire voters strongly support term limits and argued they would open seats to younger, more diverse candidates. Ducet said the application is single-topic and would allow only one amendment, described Article V applications as historically common, and argued that state pressure can force Congress to act. No vote was taken in the portion provided; the chair continued hearing testimony on HCR 13.

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• of Texas.
• There's clearly an effort in the state of Texas to expand gambling, which I strongly oppose.
• of Texas, there are technically ways around it.
• in Texas for physical year 2024.
• In Texas is 0 days.

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• specific to state convictions under state<00:23:44.559><c> law.
• recognize reciprocity with the state that restored states' rights.
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• Um, state that restored states rights.

Bills: HB0108 , HB0039 , HB0091 , HB0070

Committee: House Judiciary

Keywords: audit, transparency, government reporting, accountability, public access, firearm rights, restoration of rights, criminal justice, felony convictions, Wyoming law, artificial intelligence, social scoring, biometric data, privacy rights, government regulation, foreign censorship, digital innovation, constitutional rights, Wyoming GRANITE Act, extraterritorial laws