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• The legacy of New Freedom gratitude.
• [Music] Who's driving? On this vote, the yays are 213, the nays are 206.
• ,<04:29:06.960> causing exposure, drunk driving, causing exposure, drunk driving, causing
• reminded of a time where I was driving reminded of a time where I was driving home<05:26:27.840>
• She was the driving force behind naming the local community center in honor of Theodore D.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, June 10, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• We thank you for planting us in such a wonderful place to live where we have freedom and are free to
• If you get to drive around, go to Ozona, which was named after what you would think, the ozone.
• We're driving dollars directly to the classroom.
• The First Amendment protects an individual's religious freedom, including the religious freedom of medical
• Senator Sparks: Freedom of medical professionals.

Summary: The Senate began with a quorum call, prayer, approval of the previous journal, and messages from the House, then moved through several recognitions and resolutions honoring visiting groups. Members adopted resolutions recognizing the Texas chapters of Blue Star Mothers of America, Fine Arts Education Day, Donate Life Texas Day, Baha’i Capitol Day, County Government Day, Jack County Day, Crockett County Day, and a recognition of Navy Petty Officer Simon Urbanik for service during the Cuban Missile Crisis. The chamber also heard remarks from visiting doctors, students, county officials, and community groups, with multiple senators speaking in support of military families, arts education, organ donation, and local government service. The Senate then took up Committee Substitute Senate Bill 2779, relating to the allocation and use of certain hotel occupancy tax revenues. Senator Birdwell said the bill would stop local governments from conditioning HOT funds on race- or class-based priorities and would require Galveston to transfer the full state rebate for beach cleaning and maintenance to its park board. After questions, the Senate suspended the rules, passed the bill to engrossment, suspended the three-day rule, and finally passed it, though the final vote showed significant opposition. The chamber also passed Committee Substitute Senate Bill 2322, described as a cleanup bill removing the compelling-factor test for dispatchable generation from the Texas Jobs, Energy, Technology, and Innovation Act. A major debate centered on Committee Substitute Senate Bill 2253, which would phase out uncertified teachers in core classrooms and strengthen educator certification requirements. Senator Creighton argued the bill responds to a teacher pipeline crisis, adds parent notification, creates multiple preparation pathways, and provides financial incentives for certification; Senator West and Senator Sparks pressed for rural flexibility and implementation details. An amendment from Senator Gutierrez to add a teacher student-loan repayment program failed on a 11-17 vote, while other technical and fiscal amendments were adopted. The bill then passed to engrossment, the three-day rule was suspended, and it was finally passed. The Senate also passed Committee Substitute Senate Bill 2371, updating skimmer-reporting rules to cover electronic terminals beyond fuel pumps, and Committee Substitute Senate Bill 2351, relating to the construction of certain concrete plants under a standard permit. Senate Bill 619, a conscience-protection bill for health care workers, drew extended questioning from Senators Cook, Eckhardt, and Menendez about patient abandonment, scope, and whether it could allow refusals of legal services such as vaccines, antibiotics, contraception, or personal care; despite those concerns, the Senate suspended the rules and passed the bill to engrossment. Finally, the chamber began consideration of Committee Substitute Senate Bill 1169, which would allow public entities to form public utility agencies to cooperate on water and wastewater projects without eminent domain or cross-collateralization, with Senator Hinojosa explaining it as a tool for small and rural communities facing utility infrastructure problems.

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• We can drive these dollars in the spot to driving it. But I respect your concerns.
• Expect it to drive their kids however far they have to drive in rural areas. areas for their kids to
• Nothing more Texan than freedom. This moment is so much bigger. than all of us.
• A monumental step towards educational freedom.
• Buckley, and I cannot wait to give education freedom to every family in Texas.

Bills: SB2, HB2, HB2000, HB2196, HB213, HB222, HB645, HB1458, HB 1022, HB141, HB502, HB643, HB3093, HB1700, HB 117, SB503, SB2, HB 120, HB20, HB150, HB6, HB 100, HB210, HB215, HB1393, HB 1151, HB 1268, HB142, HB451, HB 124, HB2, HB2000, HB2196, HB213, HB222, HB645, HB1458, HB 1022, HB141, HB502, HB643, HB3093, HB1700, HB 117

Keywords: public education, teacher compensation, certification, funding, school finance, educator rights, education funding, charter schools, staff compensation, state aid, retention allotment, child grooming, sex offender registration, criminal justice, reportable conviction, law enforcement, virtual education, hybrid learning, school funding, average daily attendance

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• what I was doing and realizing all that you do, I am honored that I get to do voter registration drives
• present in my community with back-to-schools, as was mentioned, food giveaways, voter registration drives
• present in my community with back-to-schools, as was mentioned, food giveaways, voter registration drives
• present in my community with back-to-schools, as was mentioned, food giveaways, voter registration drives
• And then the Danville, New Jersey police called my mother one day and said, your mother was driving here

Keywords: 993, senate, all

Summary: The Senate convened, approved the prior journal, and handled several motions to discharge and substitute identical Assembly or Senate bills, along with a number of amendments. The chamber also welcomed student visitors from the League of Women Voters’ Students of Albany program and a group of Staten Island titleholders, and later adopted previously approved resolutions honoring Dorothy E. Reid for her role in Brown v. Board of Education and recognizing Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. on Delta Day, with multiple senators speaking in support of both recognitions. The bulk of the floor session was devoted to third-reading votes on a large number of bills, most of which passed with broad support. Measures addressed public health, workers’ compensation, education, environmental conservation, insurance, labor, criminal procedure, domestic relations, tax, municipal authority, and correction law. Several bills were explained by sponsors as advancing stormwater management authority, labor-law transparency, public health protections, and stronger penalties for trafficking-related offenses; one bill on immunization in summer camps drew a defense from Senator Skoufis as a child-protection measure, while another on correction law passed with some Republican opposition. The chamber also took up a controversial public health/electronic health records bill by Senator Fernandez. Senator Martin questioned the bill at length about redacting certain categories of information, emergency access, provider obligations, and the impact on doctors’ ability to see complete medical histories. Fernandez said the bill was intended to protect patients from discrimination and to limit access to a small list of sensitive services, while also noting emergency exceptions and support from more than 200 health care providers. The debate remained focused on balancing privacy protections with concerns about continuity of care and record integrity.

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• And among those freedoms were freedom of speech and freedom of worship and freedom from want.
• from fear, freedom from fear. Our kids from fear, freedom from fear.
• the movie theater, drive. the movie theater, drive. Thank<02:40:08.319> you. Thank you.
• fundamental freedoms. fundamental freedoms.
• When<03:36:17.680> I<03:36:17.920> drive When I drive When I drive to<03:36:20.479

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• And finally, it ties every flash drive or memory card to the polling place where it will be used, establishing
• Citizens Defending Freedom, and yourself.
• The Chair calls Debbie Lindstrom, representing Citizens Defending Freedom.
• Lindstrom on behalf of Citizens Defending Freedom and yourself, and you are neutral on the bill, is that
• I'm Debbie Lindstrom, Texas Elections Director for Citizens Defending Freedom, and while I appreciate

Bills: HB3097, HB3691, SB108, SB827, SB1541, SB1862, SB2166, SB2216

Keywords: Texas elections, Election Code, uniform election date, November election, local elections, political subdivisions, general election date, election administration, municipal utility district, county elections, local government, ballot scheduling, candidate filing, voter turnout, election calendar, HB 3097, early voting, electronic application, mail-in ballot, voting accessibility

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• They fear that the country that gave them freedom of religion could be overtaken by a sinister agenda
• The question is, will we drive the train off its tracks before it reaches Auschwitz?
• They deserve the freedom that is promised to them and every American, and AJC looks forward to working
• Good people in this country are being taught that Palestinians are the freedom fighters.
• Young people want to have a cause, and they have now chosen to stand against freedom because of lies

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• So I'd like to try to help us drive some of that spectrum towards our businesses to free us to drive
• Let's drive that. Thank you.
• So I'm going to let the experts drive that study.
• I want you to commit to me to promote American freedom fish, Alaska freedom fish, and not allow communist
• Drive it here. We are too reliant on Taiwan.

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• > amendment<00:12:40.639> for Freedom.
• We've got the amendment for Freedom.
• And it's things like this that really drives that conversation.
• things like this that that really drives things like this that that really drives that<01:05:02.400
• Correct. the education freedom account impact the education freedom account impact document<01:50:24.560

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• Something as simple as driving to a park or a trail has become a source of stress for them.
• This bill is critical to creating a firewall for freedom and ensuring that outside authorities cannot
• This bill is critical to creating a firewall for freedom and ensuring that outside authorities cannot
• And it just really eats at me that we've taken Tom Holman, who got a Medal of Freedom from President
• Whether they came from the other side or even the people that are driving through the state.

Bills: SB97, SB55, SB40, SB38, SB120, SB113, SB116, SB117, SB118

Keywords: tax credits, municipality, county property, industrial revenue bonds, economic development, qualified expenditures, solar energy, tax credit, renewable energy, photovoltaic, solar thermal, New Mexico, economic incentive, energy independence, SB40, Driver Privacy and Safety Act, automated license plate reader, ALPR, license plate reader, vehicle surveillance

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• Like, his dad's doing graduation right now for drives the bus for the school district.
• An effective education system facilitates a robust pipeline of talent that drives a vibrant economy.
• When I'm not pressured under pure scrutiny to cram for the sake of a letter grade, I have the freedom
• I think some of the freedom that's taken away from medical schools determining their own curriculum is
• I woke up at 4 a.m. to drive in and testify today, because this is that important to me and my peers,

Bills: HB4, HB20

Keywords: district composition, congressional election, Texas, legislature, voting districts, fraudulent solicitation, disaster relief, nonprofit organizations, criminal penalties, consumer protection, fraud prevention, charitable donations

Summary: The committee first took up House Bill 2853, which would allow the UT System Board of Regents to adjust the University of Texas at El Paso student union fee above the current statutory cap, subject to student approval, to help fund a new student union building. Senator Blanco explained the bill and the committee substitute, there were no questions or witnesses, public testimony was closed, and the committee adopted the substitute and left the bill pending subject to the call of the chair. The committee then heard House Bill 610, which would limit severance payments for terminated independent school district superintendents to six months’ salary and benefits. Senator Paxton described large severance payouts and said the bill had passed the House overwhelmingly. There were no witnesses, public testimony was closed, and the bill was left pending. A lengthy hearing followed on House Bill 4623, which would waive school district immunity in certain cases involving negligent hiring, supervision, or employment of professional school employees who commit abuse or related misconduct against students. Senator Paxton and several witnesses, including survivors and parents, argued the bill was needed to address cover-ups, delayed reporting, and repeated failures to remove dangerous employees; some members raised concerns about liability caps, litigation, and how the bill would interact with the Tort Claims Act. The committee also heard from TEA staff and employee-group witnesses who discussed possible injunctions and stronger no-hire protections. Public testimony was then closed and the bill was left pending. Finally, the committee heard House Bill 4, an accountability and assessment bill that would restore A-F ratings, change the state testing system, and replace STAAR with shorter, more instructionally useful assessments. Senator Bettencourt explained the committee substitute, including annual ratings, limits on taxpayer-funded lawsuits, and a phased-in testing redesign with beginning, middle, and end-of-year assessments. Testimony was generally supportive from education and business groups, though some witnesses favored norm-referenced testing while others emphasized criterion-referenced, TEKS-aligned assessments; one witness noted social studies assessments were restored in the bill. The hearing concluded with additional invited testimony and no final vote reported in the transcript.

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• It really is the biggest factor in driving successful outcomes for this group.
• That's not one of the places that this commission is driving.
• And so I just want to make it clear that, yeah, that is the driving part of it, right?
• What I'm saying is that there's driving, motivating factors behind what they do.
• If you take away the driving motivations that want... ...the driving part.

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.

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• And so then with the choices expanding this next year because of the Freedom Accounts, the Texas Freedom
• Well, sir, I think money drives everything.
• So that drives a funding gap as well.
• They drive a mission and achieve results.
• It's going to drive off a teacher like me.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• across the country, they recognize that we're not just fighting for ourselves here, but really for the freedom
• c><00:02:02.399> really<00:02:02.719> for<00:02:03.920> the<00:02:04.159> freedom
• <00:02:04.560> we here, but really for the freedom we here, but really for the freedom we
• after leaving her work and boxed in by two cars of masked men with no identification who tried to drive
• Leaving her work and boxed in by two cars of masked men with no identification who tried to drive her

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Summary: Senate Majority Leader Erin Murphy and several DFL senators held a press conference after a floor session to announce a package of bills responding to recent ICE operations in Minnesota. Murphy said the proposals are meant to restore and protect Minnesotans’ rights after the deaths of Renee Good and Alex Prey, arguing that authorities should render aid when they injure someone. She said one bill, to be heard the next day in Sen. Ron Latz’s Judiciary and Public Safety Committee, would create a civil remedy for victims of constitutional violations by federal agents and their leaders. Another bill would give the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension independent investigative authority in cases where federal agents kill Minnesota residents, after the BCA was reportedly shut out of recent investigations. Sen. Lindsey Port described a bill to bar federal law enforcement from hiding their identities while on duty, citing masked ICE agents, alleged use of fake license plates and impersonation tactics, and a recent incident in which a health care worker was allegedly boxed in by masked men. Sen. Elise Mann said the package would designate hospitals, schools, daycares, colleges, and courthouses as protected spaces and require a judicial warrant for ICE entry, arguing that federal agents have been entering hospitals and schools and detaining people at vulnerable moments. The senators framed the effort as a response to unconstitutional enforcement tactics rather than immigration policy, and said they hoped for bipartisan support, though they acknowledged the legal issues may be challenged under federal supremacy and could reach the courts. In response to questions, the senators said the civil-rights bill is intended to create a state-court cause of action against federal officials acting under color of law, because current remedies are limited. They said people in schools or hospitals should not put themselves in danger if confronted by armed agents, and that the law would provide later accountability. Latz said the Judiciary Committee would take up the bills and that Minnesota must have a seat at the table in seeking justice for affected residents. Asked about funding for related community burdens, Murphy said it was not a budget year but the state has a rainy day fund and balance available from last session.

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• We will continue to stand up for Minnesotans' rights and freedoms, and we will do all we can to protect
• for Mota's will continue to stand up for Mota's rights<00:03:18.159> and<00:03:18.319> freedoms
• we<00:03:19.560> will<00:03:19.720> do<00:03:20.040> all rights and freedoms
• and we will do all rights and freedoms and we will do all we<00:03:20.480> can<00:03:20.959><
• or at least obligates the uh drives or at least obligates the uh Republicans<00:14:29.800> to

Keywords: 1183, house

Summary: House DFL leaders announced that they had reached a power-sharing agreement with Republicans to organize the Minnesota House and begin the session. They said the deal seats Rep. Brad Tabke, sends election contests to the Ethics Committee, requires 68 votes to create a vacancy, and provides for Republican committee chairs while moving to co-chairs and equal membership once the chamber is tied. They also said the agreement includes limits on the speakership, shared control of rules and conference committees, and a GOP chair for the Oversight Committee; members were to be present in the chamber that day to establish a quorum, with committees starting work Monday. Leaders framed the agreement as protecting the will of voters in Shakopee and statewide, and said Democrats had denied quorum to stop what they described as an attempted Republican power grab. They said the deal was essentially the same as an earlier offer, including conceding the speakership, and thanked negotiators from both parties. In response to questions, they said the breakthrough came after the Minnesota Supreme Court’s quorum ruling and that Republicans had not been ready to seat Tabke or share power before then. During the question-and-answer portion, leaders described the agreement as constraining the speaker’s powers, requiring bipartisan support for bills leaving committee and for floor action, and limiting unilateral procedural control. They said the arrangement would force both sides to be present and negotiate, with no bill reaching the floor without bipartisan cooperation. They also said the House would proceed that afternoon with the election of Speaker Lisa Demuth, followed by implementation of the power-sharing agreement, and that they expected the session to move forward under the new framework.

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• The First Amendment guarantees freedom of religion.
• We have a freedom of worship clause in our U.S. Constitution, and it is...
• We have a freedom of worship clause in our U.S.
• We do want to protect our freedom of religion, but we do not want to trample freedom of speech when we're
• trying to protect freedom of religion.

Keywords: 1182, all

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• The First Amendment guarantees freedom of religion.
• We have a freedom of worship clause in our U.S. Constitution, and it is...
• We have a freedom of worship clause in our U.S.
• We do want to protect our freedom of religion.
• But we do not want to trample freedom of speech when we're trying to protect freedom of religion.

Summary: The Senate met in floor session, began with prayer and the Pledge, approved the journal, received communications, and handled a return of Senate Bill 1456 from the House for reconsideration. Members then moved through several Committee of the Whole calendars, considering and amending bills on court fees, information technology, environmental quality, agricultural property inspections, property tax notices, veterans services, zoning and electric generation siting, fuel and gas resilience, and disturbing religious services. Several amendments were adopted, including changes to HB 2265 on criminal court fees, HB 2311 on conversational AI disclosures and privacy limits, HB 2986 on environmental quality/fuel resilience, HB 2104 and HB 2105 on agricultural property inspection rules, HB 2406 on veterans services, HB 2494 on electric generation siting and environmental compatibility, HB 2696 on fuel and gas prices, and HB 4117 on interference with religious services. Most of these bills were reported out of committee with do pass recommendations, though members raised concerns on HB 2311 and HB 4117 about privacy, free speech, and prosecutorial discretion. The chamber then took up a long series of third readings and final votes. Bills passed included HB 2015 on single-audit compliance, HB 2041 on child neglect and poverty factors, HB 2048 on AHCCCS prescription drug coverage, HB 2417 on excessive speed, HB 2611 on child welfare, HB 2793 on annexation, HB 2950 on special districts, HB 2995 on family law, HB 4018 on county officers, HB 2404 on mental health services, HB 2279 on limitations of actions, HB 2502 on the state retirement system, HB 2733 and HB 2953 on pharmacy regulation, HB 2979 on credit unions, HB 4042 on parent-child relationship determinations, HB 4010 on health professional regulatory boards, HB 4043 on public schools, HB 4049 on the Attorney General, HB 2265 on court fees, HB 2311 on information technology, and HB 2986 on environmental quality. HB 2601 on state highways and routes failed. Several members explained votes on bills involving fiscal impacts, child welfare, road safety, annexation, and criminal justice concerns. The Senate also adopted a group concurrence motion on several conference committee reports, including HB 2003, HB 2010, HB 2133, and HB 2874, and then voted on those measures. HB 2003 on driver’s license instruction permits, HB 2010 on advertising, HB 2133 on disclosure of sexual material and synthetic depictions, and HB 2874 on campaign committees and termination statements were all advanced after conference committee action, with debate on HB 2133 focusing on First Amendment and content-moderation concerns. The session ended with introduction of a large package of transportation-related appropriations bills and a motion to suspend certain committee notice rules for Appropriations to hear legislation and strike-everything amendments on short notice.

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• They strengthen community, and they drive local economies. They are not luxuries.
• Add $91 million of appropriation for education freedom accounts.
• c><03:29:04.880> grants 2021, education freedom account grants 2021, education freedom account
• <03:40:21.120> accounts actually benefit from freedom accounts actually benefit from freedom
• <05:06:07.600> account retaining the education freedom account retaining the education freedom

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• It for me to get from Snowflake down to Apache Junction, if the 60 is closed, is five hours of drive,
• That's close to eight hours of driving. Eight hours.
• I actually have to drive, okay, and take a lunch and dinner.
• freedoms of their children.
• I mean, we drive three and a half hours one way coming in, three and a half hours going back.

Keywords: 1182, all

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• To drive home the importance of this legislation.
• So, you know, we're trying to always drive to the lowest number we can get to.
• Lottery that I'm trying to drive into.
• The downside to us would be when drivers are driving...
• chairman passed a bill, I think the original bill on no texting while driving.

Bills: HB341, HB791, HB1564, HB1695, HB1722, HB1729, HB1772, HB2003, HB2954, HB2989, HB3084, HB3134, HB3135, HB3309, HB3611, HB3679, HB3727, HB3832

Keywords: affordable housing, zoning, development, community support, local regulations, bicycle lanes, traffic collisions, Texas Department of Transportation, study, public safety, bicycles, electric bicycles, scooters, road safety, transportation study, HB 791, Central Catholic High School, San Antonio, specialty license plate, specialty plates