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• And for those nonprofits that do have the reserves, this is their only way that they can source capital
• They can't go out and raise capital any other way. This is it.
• Gortmaker 003 removes the Class C felony from the bill. I urge your support.
• Is there... ...Class C felony from the bill. I urge your support.
• It shouldn't be up to a Class C felony, so we'll vote yes on the amendment.

Summary: The committee first received staff briefings on amendments for a series of bills, including measures on child care workforce standards, homelessness programs, community preservation authorities, domestic violence survivor relief, public defense funding, student behavioral health supports, water system ownership changes, nonprofit health carrier surplus assessments, 340B drug pricing reporting, Secretary of State filing fees, step housing, campaign security reimbursements, digital equity programs, a Boys and Men’s Commission, a waste-to-energy facility’s Climate Commitment Act obligations, 6PPD tire substitutes, and an early education scholarship. Staff described the policy changes and, where available, the expected fiscal effects of each proposed substitute or line amendment. The committee then went into caucus before returning for executive session. In executive session, the committee voted out House Bill 1073, then adopted a Couture line amendment to House Bill 1128 exempting private K-12 schools with licensed child care programs from the child care employer definition before reporting the bill out as Second Substitute House Bill 1128. House Bill 1316, 1408, 1591, 1592, 1634, 1906, 1960, 2073, 2145, 2248, 2266, 2301, 2333, and 2365 were also reported from committee, with several amendments adopted along the way. Notable actions included adopting an emergency clause for House Bill 1408, rejecting proposed amendments to House Bill 1591 that would have narrowed relief for survivors and removed retroactivity, adopting a narrower amendment to House Bill 1592’s public defense funding formula, and adopting a substitute to House Bill 2145 that limited 340B reporting to hospitals. The committee also debated and rejected several amendments to the step housing bill, House Bill 2266, including proposals for larger school/daycare buffers, more local oversight, and broader local government authority; the bill still advanced on a 16-13 vote. House Bill 2073, which requires nonprofit health carriers to contribute surplus funds to Cascade Care Savings, advanced over concerns about using one-time money for an ongoing program. House Bill 2248 advanced after an amendment redirected annual license fee deposits to the state treasury rather than the Secretary of State’s revolving fund. House Bill 2333 was narrowed to allow use of campaign funds for personal security reimbursements, and House Bill 2365 advanced with some amendments adopted and others rejected as the committee began discussing additional digital equity oversight provisions.

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• assault, anything with demonstrable bodily harm or throwing bodily fluids, I think is a three-year felony
• assault, anything with demonstrable bodily harm or throwing bodily fluids, I think is a three-year felony
• Please help get these people off the streets and fentanyl out of our communities by making it a felony
• </c><00:52:55.880><c> for</c> communities by making it a felony for communities by making it a felony
• and would have had a $5,000 fine felony and would have had a $5,000 fine and<01:32:33.880><c> up</c>

Committee: Senate Judiciary and Public Safety

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• Again, as he said, they review approximately 20,000 felony sentencing worksheets for accuracy each year
• Again, as he said, they review approximately 20,000 felony sentencing worksheets for accuracy each year
• Again, as he said, they review approximately 20,000 felony sentencing worksheets for accuracy each year
• Again, as he said, they review approximately 20,000 felony sentencing worksheets for accuracy each year
• prepares felony sentencing worksheets has<00:32:50.880><c> access</c><00:32:51.159><c> to</c><00:32:

Bills: HF2432

Committee: House Public Safety Finance and Policy

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• </c><04:11:52.800><c> project</c> one's done next one Capital project one's done next one Capital project
• So you want to take just say the word "Capital Project" as opposed to "capital budget project."
• </c> whether they come through the capital whether they come through the capital budget<04:13:07.720>
• </c> to take just say the word Capital to take just say the word Capital project<04:13:23.399><c> as<
• > budget</c> project as opposed to capital budget project as opposed to capital budget project<04:13:

Summary: The committee met to continue work on House Bill 2, with the chair saying the goal was to finish the bill as given by the governor, though additional amendments were expected. Members first discussed the bail section and agreed to hold it for later because a separate House bail bill was expected on Thursday and could have significant county cost impacts. They also generally accepted the proposed reorganization of positions between Fish and Game, DNCR, and the Department of Environmental Services, but noted the need to review effective dates and funding details, including a possible double appropriation of $275,000 for a scientist position already funded in HB 1. A substantial portion of the meeting focused on environmental review and native plant-related sections moving functions from DNCR to DES. Members discussed changing the rulemaking timeline from 180 days to 90 days, and clarifying that “begin” means the public hearing stage. They also reviewed how fee revenue would shift between agencies in HB 1 so the budget impact would be net zero. The committee indicated it would prepare amendments reflecting these changes and revisit them at a later vote. The longest discussion concerned the boathouse provisions. Members debated whether the new definitions and construction standards were appropriate in a budget bill, with one member arguing they should be in a separate bill, while others said the provisions were urgent because of a lawsuit and the lack of clear guardrails. Concerns included the February 20, 2025 effective date, which some thought might be retroactive, the detailed limits on what may be stored in a boathouse, and a fee increase that some felt could discourage homeowners from seeking permits. The committee also questioned whether the fee structure should be tiered for smaller projects and whether permit-by-notification projects should be exempted. No final votes were taken on these sections during the discussion; instead, members agreed to seek legal and policy answers and to return with amendments and public hearing input before voting.

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• Senate Bill 1543 allows for multiple DUI charges obtained within one year to be aggregated as a single felony
• this bill just allows for multiple DUI charges obtained within one year to be aggregated as a single felony
• This is a change regarding the long-range capital planning commission, and I'll explain a little more
• Essentially, what happened is the Long-Range Capital Planning Commission—we had split out one of the
• So we wound up coming to an agreement with the Long-Range Capital Planning Commission that we would pull

Bills: SB1543 , HB1933 , HJR1088 , HJR1090 , HJR1091 , HJR1092 , HJR1093 , HJR1095 , SB1859 , HB2988 , HB3016 , SB237 , SB2065 , HB3418 , HCR1027 , SB1641 , SB1589 , SB44 , SB563 , SB1403 , HB1979 , HB3075 , SB2045 , SB1653 , SB1655 , SB2030 , HB2951 , SB2028 , SB2071 , SB206 , SB1849 , HB3755 , SB1509 , SB1314 , SB1561 , SB1217 , SB1618 , HJR1096 , HJR1099 , HJR1100

Summary: The House convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several recognitions, including Veteran of the Week Colonel Stanley L. Evans, Oklahoma City Young Professionals, state contest winners for America’s 250th anniversary, and a long series of page introductions. The chamber then moved into floor action on a large number of measures, many of them Senate bills and House joint resolutions dealing with administrative rules and agency oversight, public safety, education, health, agriculture, business, and tax policy. Among the major bills discussed were SB 1543 on aggregating multiple DUI charges within one year into a single felony case, HB 1933 on nitrous oxide violations, SB 1859 creating an OSBI Cybercrimes and Fraud Unit, SB 237 on ad valorem tax NAICS code changes, SB 2065 designating pollinator-related state symbols, SB 44 extending nonprofit sales tax exemptions to contractors, SB 2030 updating automated expungement procedures, SB 2045 expanding the Grow Your Own education program, and several water and agriculture measures including SB 1509, SB 1314, and SB 2071. Members also considered multiple joint resolutions approving permanent administrative rules for education, energy and agriculture, business and commerce, health agencies, and building code rules, with Kendricks explaining that some major rules were separated out for transparency and, in one case, a cost mitigation agreement had been reached. Testimony and debate were generally brief and focused on clarifying amendments. Several authors explained that amendments were added to address constitutionality, remove outdated or incorrect language, or reflect negotiated changes with agencies and stakeholders. Notable discussion included concerns about forum shopping in SB 1543, questions about the scope of the Grow Your Own program in SB 2045, and clarification that SB 1618’s pretrial report language had been changed to a public safety report agreed to by sheriffs and district attorneys. The House adopted numerous amendments without objection and passed the bills by wide margins, including some unanimous or near-unanimous votes, while a few measures drew more opposition, such as SB 1403, SB 1509, SB 2071, and SB 1618. The House also adopted HCR 1027 setting sine die adjournment for Thursday, May 14, and adjourned until the next day, May 5, 2026, at 9:30 a.m.

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• So thank you guys all for being here, and welcome to the state capital.
• state that has lots of money, we're going to need to end us on this trajectory of how do we really capitalize
• can be utilized for other things, and New Mexico needs to lead in that direction of how we really capitalize
• penalty for the crime of unlawful carrying of a deadly weapon on school premises from a fourth-degree felony
• to a third-degree felony, clarifying the definition of school premises.

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• narcotics case or a felony person's crime.
• narcotics case or a felony person's crime.
• or felonious activities and then<00:15:24.880><c> continue</c><00:15:25.199><c> that</c><00:15:25.440
• A lot of these energy companies that aren't wind or solar have had a hard time getting access to capital
• Energy projects happen; it takes a lot of capital upfront, and it takes regulatory certainty.

Bills: HB0130 , HB0095 , HB0096 , HB0097 , SF0101 , SF0106 , SF0067 , SF0123

Committee: Senate Appropriations

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• On line 25, we have a felony for theft from a vulnerable adult, and the bed impact of $13,000 in fiscal
• </c> Capital<00:10:36.640><c> security</c><00:10:37.120><c> screening</c><00:10:37.640><c> is</c><00:
• Capital security screening is $7,319,000 in the current biennium and $6,389,000 in tails.
• Capital security enhancements are $4.7 million in this biennium and $3.121 million in tails.

Summary: The Conference Committee on Senate File 3432 met on May 15, 2026, and first approved a motion to continue meeting past midnight. Members then reviewed the public safety and judiciary budget agreement, including funding for non-fatal shooting clearance grants, a domestic violence task force, services for released adults and juveniles, trafficking prevention for youth, corrections bed impacts from assault and theft-related provisions, increased Philando Castile training reimbursements, and transfers into the Victims of Crime Account. The committee also noted that some items were removed because they had already passed as stand-alone bills, including impersonation of a peace officer and the grooming penalty, and that the first responder uniform ID task force would not be funded in this bill. Policy provisions discussed for the public safety side included a domestic violence response task force, trafficking and sexual exploitation prevention grants, juvenile re-entry services, the Minnesota clearance grant program, the Philando Castile Memorial Training Fund, confidentiality for victim statements to the Clemency Review Commission, the fourth-degree assault amendment for hospital or clinic security guards, the enhanced penalty for theft from a vulnerable adult, child sexual abuse material venue and evidence provisions, and revised language on prediction markets and the Attorney General’s administrative subpoena authority. The chair also said the committee had to make late fixes to some stakeholder-requested changes and expressed frustration about the timing. The committee then reviewed the safety and security budget agreement, which included funding for judicial security, a judicial security unit, security threat response, safe and secure courthouse grants, appeals court and district court security, state patrol deficiency funding, capital security screening and enhancements, legislative protective services, BCA threat assessment and investigation, a security services task force, legislative security reimbursements, and security for constitutional officers. The agreement also included technical court reallocation adjustments and DNR carry-forward authority for certain non-budgeted public safety costs incurred in 2026. After no public testimony was offered, the committee adopted both the public safety budget agreement and the safety and security budget agreement, directed non-partisan staff to prepare the conference committee report with technical and conforming changes, and then adjourned.

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• </c><01:37:19.280><c> supervision</c><01:37:20.240><c> fully</c><01:37:20.720><c> paid</c> on felony
• supervision fully paid on felony supervision fully paid restitution restitution restitution by<01:37:
• Think about a situation where someone had a felony assault conviction that was later expunged.
• It's the Ducks Unlimited 34th annual Capital Chapter event. It is at Mancini's Char House.
• </c> evening for a happy hour at Capital evening for a happy hour at Capital Ridge<03:38:46.160><c> from

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• These are felonies. As I understand it, again, I'm...
• One-time capital payments for buildings and the one-time capital sale is not on this revenue picture.
• The buying cooperatives your capital outlay to is a big chunk of capital out like could go through a
• It needed a little bit of capital attention.
• In terms of what are usable capital projects.

Committee: House Delivery of Government Efficiency

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• serious injuries and serious aggravated conduct circumstances from a third degree to a second degree felony
• If I shoot an officer, it's a third-degree felony.
• If I point a gun at you and threaten you, that's a fourth Degree felony.
• So that's a second-degree Felony if you shoot and miss at them, but a third-degree felony if you actually
• Let's just start with that's what we're talking about, is the capital punitive damages.

Committee: Senate Senate Judiciary

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• That is where we have no statute of limitations for certain felonies, and this addresses three specifically
• Idaho law already makes it a felony for correctional staff or supervising officers to have sexual contact
• Idaho law already makes it a felony for correctional staff or supervising officers to have sexual contact
• More capital. The Senate will be in order. The Senate will be in order.
• evaluation of the Idaho Mental Health Courts, released in 2019, just 31% of the participants at the felony

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• Originally, this bill started as a bill to penalize, to make felony domestic violence a violent felony
• offenders of felony domestic violence only within a seven-year period, so an individual who commits felony
• They're simply making the entire scenario up to capitalize on the fear.
• It does not make a first offense a felony. It does not use juvenile conduct as a felony predicate.
• exposed to with a felony record.

Committee: Senate Public Safety

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• Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport. Of course, airports weren't even around then.
• And that felony conviction can be for having a suspended license that becomes a felony eventually.
• And so we have a man who has a 34-time felony conviction with the People of the State of New York v.
• He has 34 felony convictions, and we're naming an airport after him, and we have no voter input.
• You can have 34 convicted felonies.

Summary: The House opened with prayer, a moment of silence for the Reverend Jesse Jackson and Joseph Di Alessandro, the Pledge of Allegiance, and announcements confirming a quorum. Members also adopted the special order report and recognized several guests in the gallery, including former Speaker Dan Webster and law enforcement and civic visitors. The chamber then moved through a long special-order calendar of bills, mostly on third reading, with several measures passing unanimously or by wide margins. Among the bills considered were measures on civil procedure and estates, including C.S. HB 1407 on commencement of civil actions, HB 895 on trustee settlement and discharge, C.S. HB 1337 on estates, HB 131 on curators of estates, and C.S. HB 351 on concurrent legislative jurisdiction over military installations. The House also passed C.S. HB 441 on conservation lands, which would lengthen notice and increase transparency for land swaps involving conservation property, and C.S. CS HB 919 on commercial service airports, which created a statutory definition for major airports and preempted local naming authority for several airports. HB 919 drew extensive debate over the proposed naming of Palm Beach International Airport after President Donald J. Trump, with amendments to delay or alter the naming failing before the bill passed. Other bills approved included HB 409 requiring K-12 schools to observe Veterans Day, CS HB 461 allowing certain students to volunteer at polling places for community service hours, CS HB 1115 creating grants for genetic counseling education, HB 569 revising forensic client services, CS HB 505 regulating virtual currency kiosks to address fraud, and HB 271 on foreign and alien bail bond insurers. The House also passed HB 191 on re-employment assistance eligibility verification after extended questioning about its effects on benefits, appeals, and suitable work standards. One bill, CS HB 243 on electric bicycles, was temporarily postponed, and CS HB 1073 on school districts was also postponed.

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• RECENTLY PASSED AND REQUIRES THE SUPERINTENDENTS NOTIFIED THE COLLEGE IF A DUAL ENROLLMENT IS ON A FELONY
• THAT IS ON THE ISSUES QUITE FRANKLY WITH SOME SCHOOL HARDENING FOR US BECAUSE FIXED CAPITAL OUTLAY.
• NEW TECHNOLOGY IS NOT FIXED CAPITAL OUTLAY.
• IT HAS TO BE FOR ANY FELONY CHARGE OR ANY CRIMINAL VIOLENCE.

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• H.952, an act relating to capital construction and state bonding budget adjustment.
• What we're adding here is a second tier, which is a felony.
• </c><00:32:18.640><c> Um,</c><00:32:19.039><c> and</c> second tier, which is a felony.
• Um, and second tier, which is a felony.
• ,</c><00:32:34.159><c> a</c> that in order to trigger the felony, a that in order to trigger the felony

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• C patients admitted to the hospital for felony C.
• lot of those with a felony C.
• >> Yeah. >> Yeah. >> Okay. >> Okay. >> Okay. why on the felony C's you see there, um, why on the felony
• And that's because they don't felony C.
• </c> one, can you fix the capital one, too? one, can you fix the capital one, too?

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• And they charged him, by the way, they charged him with felony assault. ...assault on a peace officer
• That's what he got charged with, felony assault on a peace officer.
• I know they can't have a felony or I think it's a pretty high standard.
• Since October of last year with our innovation department that's actually stationed within Capital Factory

Bills: SB 36 , HB 1065 , HB2929 , HB2956 , HB3009 , HB3420 , HB3626 , HB3649 , HB4956 , HB4993 , HB5293 , HB5308 , HB5528 , HCR118 , SB36 , HB4023

Committee: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs

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• SCR designates Bandera as the Capital Cowboy of Texas. Move passed.
• It's about how Bandera comes to lay claim to the cowboy capital of Texas.
• Is that also lays claim to being the cowboy capital of the world?
• Rockport, the redfish capital of Texas. Yes!
• We want to be the rodeo capital of Texas. ...We proclaim to be the Cowboy Capital of Texas.

Bills: SB15 , SB646 , SB800 , SB790 , SB748 , SB571 , SB1957 , SB1923 , SB1896 , SB1760 , SB1335 , SB2368 , SB2477 , SB2587 , SB2986 , SB2965 , SB1563 , SB1467 , SB1164 , SB1137 , SB614 , SB705 , SB918 , SB955 , SB869 , SB850 , SB863 , SB1055 , SB2206 , SB457 , SB2337 , SB1610 , SB1362 , SB926 , SB1494 , SB251 , SB456 , SB500 , SB1307 , SB2615 , SB2995 , SB2321 , SB2972 , SB973 , SB865 , SB506 , SB1522 , SB1558 , SB510 , SB667 , SB763 , SB2073 , SB1858 , SB1660 , SB2900 , SB1433 , SB1540 , SB1964 , SB1300 , SB1644 , SB2217 , SB2373 , SB2431 , SB1758 , SB974 , SB2480 , SB3039 , SB3047 , SB2781 , SB826 , SB766 , SB527 , SB1946 , SB2885 , SB1243 , SB2610 , SB857 , SB2501 , SB66 , SB268 , SB331 , SB1302 , SB519 , SB2807 , SB13 , SB7 , SB1718 , SB1567 , SB1233 , SB413 , SB2177 , SB30 , SB2024 , SJR1 , SCR27 , SB2018 , SB1580 , SB2121 , SB1049 , SB1266 , SB1400 , SB1596 , SB2753 , SB2221 , SB1719 , SCR9 , SB204 , SB437 , SB568 , SB612 , SB672 , SB710 , SB823 , SB876 , SB904 , SB905 , SB968 , SB1084 , SB1207 , SB1230 , SB1313 , SB1504 , SB1790 , SB2232 , SB2366 , SB2367 , SB2398 , SB2515 , SB2520 , SB2589 , SB2786 , SB2790 , SB3048 , SB3050 , SB3052 , SB3053 , SB3056 , SB3029 , SCR3 , SCR18 , SCR30 , HCR146 , HCR148 , HCR149 , HCR153 , HCR155 , HCR157 , HB5560 , HB762 , HB1584 , HB 107 , HB 114 , HB138 , HB4386 , HB2495 , HB581 , HB3348 , HB5323 , HB4341 , HB6 , HB2712 , HB171 , HB3153 , HB143 , HB2688 , HB3464 , HB449 , HB3486 , HB4263 , HB2 , HB1522 , HB24 , HB 1237 , HB2637 , HB3126 , HB3233 , HB4310 , HB3487 , HCR9 , HB5331 , HB1397 , HB163 , HB3250 , HB3071 , HB3463 , HB5033 , HB35 , HB3824 , HB216 , HB4226 , HB3512 , HB18 , HB5154 , HB 103 , HB851 , HB647 , HB4520 , HB3016 , HB2313 , HB2818 , HB2851 , HB4486 , HB4264 , HB1500 , HB5081 , HB2974 , HB2080 , HB4384 , HB5659 , HB493 , HB4903 , HB2516 , HB4488 , HB4530 , HB3689 , HB145 , HB43 , HB5247 , HB2221 , HB5671 , HB700 , HB3711 , HB 120 , SB17 , SB1637 , SB1833 , SB2155 , SB21 , SB2778 , SB379

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• So if you don't have the capital, the equity in your company, as you grow, you've got to hold it back
• As mentioned, I think that there is some concern with the kind of felony criminal liability that's getting
• I think in practice our concern is that this really means that owners and contractors could face felony
• And so you not only can't use it to borrow from your working capital line of credit, And so you not only
• can't use it to borrow from your working capital line of credit, you pay taxes on it, and you may still

Bills: HB2963 , HB3005 , HB3287 , HB3288 , HB3289 , HB3290 , HB3344 , HB3712 , HB3862 , HB3874 , HB4196 , HB4308 , HB4901 , HB4984

Committee: House Trade, Workforce & Economic Development

Summary: The committee heard testimony on several bills related to technology, construction, economic development, and consumer protection. HB 3862 would restrict minors’ access to certain social media apps and limit smartphone use in classrooms; supporters, including Champions for Childhood, argued that smartphones and social media contribute to addiction, distraction, depression, self-harm, and trafficking risks, and the bill was left pending. HB 3712 would change Texas retainage rules so owners could not withhold payment on specially fabricated construction materials once they are delivered, approved, and warranted; subcontractors and suppliers said current retainage practices delay payment for years and create financial risk, and the bill was left pending. HB 2963, the right-to-repair bill, would require manufacturers to provide parts, tools, and information for independent repair of digital devices, with exemptions for medical devices, vehicles under existing agreements, and trade-secret protections; consumer, environmental, business, and repair advocates supported it, while Safelite asked that automotive manufacturers not be excluded from the bill, and it was left pending. HB 4308 would create county industrial development districts to attract major employers and finance infrastructure through local elections and bonds; Fort Bend County supported it as a tool to add jobs and broaden the tax base, and it was left pending. The committee also heard HB 3344, which would create a licensing system for re-roofing contractors, require insurance and bonding, and establish a public database and complaint process. Supporters said it would help curb storm chasers and protect homeowners after storms, while opponents argued it would add burdens on legitimate small roofers, duplicate existing fraud laws, and potentially restrict consumer choice and contractor pricing flexibility. After extensive testimony and questions, the bill was left pending. HB 4196 would create a task force on modernizing manufacturing through digital integration and automation; Schneider Electric and the Texas Workforce Commission supported it as a way to improve competitiveness and create skilled jobs, and it was left pending. HB 3874 would require contractors to receive copies of incorporated contract documents before signing if requested; subcontractors and construction attorneys said it would improve transparency and prevent parties from being bound by unseen terms, and it was left pending. In pending business, the committee voted out several bills. HB 74, creating the Port Verde Port Authority District, was reported favorably to the full House without amendment. HB 112, relating to a science park in certain counties, was reported favorably as substituted. HB 2214, on floodplain notice requirements for leased dwellings, HB 3016, on rental vehicle damage waivers, HB 3133, on explicit deepfake material on social media, HB 3173, on workforce development program planning and evaluation, HB 3807, on child care waiting list priority for children of certain child care workers, HB 463, on unilateral memoranda of contract for residential property, HB 4115, on shareholder proposals to certain domestic corporations, and HB 5008, on use of the Skills Development Fund by certain entities, were all reported favorably, most without amendment and some as substituted. HB 2652, creating a certified caregiver pilot program in the Borderplex workforce area, was also reported favorably and sent to the Committee on Local and Consent Calendars.