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• private school system, and you said that they would be subjected to comply with the Texas Education Code
• educator code of conduct and this is regulated by a body called ESPEC that we are their staff.
• and it said that to requirement to report employee misconduct this is saying it's in the family code
• There's 3.5 that is completely new outside of what is required by the education code.
• You may even see some commercials on television.

Committee: House Appropriations

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• Commercial fishermen use.
• I will tell you that every commercial bill I brought in here, you backed 1,000% to the health of commercial
• I will tell you that every commercial bill I brought in here, you backed 1,000% to the health of commercial
• Because in the past, I know commercial fishermen, I get the commercial license through Wildlife and Fisheries
• captaining as a commercial activity.

Committee: House Natural Resources & Environment

Keywords: 965, house, all

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• This gives us uniform standards across the state. It's a positive bill.
• It's something that we should all support to help our small businesses, to bring uniform standards forward
• This gives us uniform standards across the state. It's a positive bill.
• It's something that we should all support to help our small businesses, to bring uniform standards forward

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• One was in a suit and one was dressed in his Marines uniform.
• dressed<01:16:45.920><c> in</c><01:16:46.239><c> his</c><01:16:47.199><c> Marines</c><01:16:48.080><c> uniform
• </c><01:16:49.199><c> And</c><01:16:49.280><c> at</c> dressed in his Marines uniform.
• And at dressed in his Marines uniform.

Keywords: 958, all

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• Room and board, uniforms, transportation, and supplementary items which are required or provided by a
• Room and board, uniforms, transportation, and supplementary items which are required or provided by a
• Room and board, uniforms, transportation, and supplementary items which are required or provided by a
• Room and board, uniforms, transportation, and supplementary items which are required or provided by a

Committee: Senate Education

Keywords: Call to Order and Roll Call: 0:03 Bills for Consideration: 3:10 Adjournment: 56:19, 958, all

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• Uh so yes, sometimes, uh, for equipment, uniforms, uh, things like that, there will be some additional
• :09:07.279><c> equipment</c> yes sometimes uh for uh equipment yes sometimes uh for uh equipment uniforms
• 09.360><c> like</c><00:09:09.519><c> that</c><00:09:09.839><c> there</c><00:09:10.080><c> will</c> uniforms
• uh things like that there will uniforms uh things like that there will be<00:09:10.720><c> um</c><00

Bills: HB0023 , HB0024 , HB0025

Committee: Senate Education

Keywords: extracurricular activities, public school participation, enrollment, Wyoming, student access, charter schools, application process, authorizers, public hearing, community support, scholarship, education, eligibility, continuous enrollment, 916, all

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• The lack of uniformity creates disparity. they accumulate over beyond the 60 days they accumulate over
• If a district allows more, it will bear the associated financial responsibility, plus it directs uniformity
• responsibility plus it directs this responsibility plus it directs this directs<00:09:48.839><c> uniformity
• > policies</c><00:11:08.680><c> of</c><00:11:08.880><c> these</c> This legislation will introduce uniform

Keywords: Meeting Start: 00:44 Attendance Roll Call: 00:55 SB 193 (Sen. Girdler): 01:53 SB 9 (Sen. Higdon): 03:22 SB 257 (Sen. Tichenor): 34:14 Adjournment: 50:57, 958, all

Summary: The Senate Standing Committee on State and Local Government first took up Senate Bill 193, a simple measure described as restoring wallet cards for jailers to carry when they are outside the jail. The sponsor noted the fiscal impact was essentially zero, there were no questions, and the committee approved the bill 9-0 for passage to the Senate floor. The committee then heard Senate Bill 9, sponsored by Senator Higdon, which would change how the Teachers Retirement System (TRS) treats sick leave, personal leave, and annual leave in retirement calculations. The sponsor argued the bill is intended to address TRS’s financial challenges by standardizing leave rules statewide, limiting TRS retirement credit to 10 sick days and 2 personal days per year, preventing annual leave from being rolled into sick leave, requiring districts to pay the actuarial cost for any leave beyond the cap, and adding reporting and oversight requirements for participating agencies. He also said the bill would add 30 days of maternity leave, allow voluntary district contributions for tier four teachers, and direct the state auditor to audit TRS and report on agencies. Committee members asked about how overages would be audited and billed, the cost of a sick day, and how the bill would interact with local leave policies, including paid parental leave in some districts. The sponsor clarified that existing accumulated leave would not be affected, that the bill applies going forward, and that districts could still offer more leave but would bear the added cost. Members also discussed whether the maternity leave language set a cap or a minimum, and one senator noted the bill was intended to preserve personal days while stopping annual leave from being converted into pension credit. No vote on Senate Bill 9 was shown in the transcript excerpt.

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• the airport, and some of them happened to be children, no older than me, than two years, with army uniforms

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• We tried very hard to stay within the scope of Public Utility Code...
• We tried very hard to stay within the scope of Public Utility Code Section 719(c), which laid out the
• There should be a uniform response no matter the cause of a fire.

Summary: The Assembly Committee on Utilities and Energy held a hearing on the California Earthquake Authority’s SB 254 report and broader options for reforming California’s utility wildfire recovery system. The chair framed the discussion around the Palisades and Eaton fires, the scale of wildfire-related costs on utility bills, and the need to weigh trade-offs among survivors, ratepayers, utilities, insurers, and taxpayers. The first panel featured wildfire survivors William Abrams and Joy Chen, who described long delays in compensation, housing insecurity, and what they viewed as a system that protects utility shareholders more than victims. They urged greater transparency, clearer accountability for utility spending and safety performance, faster and fuller compensation for survivors, and reforms such as independent audits and better alignment of utility incentives with wildfire prevention and restitution. The second panel began with Tom Welsh of the California Earthquake Authority, who explained that the SB 254 report was intended as a broad inventory of policy pathways rather than recommendations. He described the report’s process, including stakeholder submissions, workstreams, and a convergence process, and outlined the current wildfire fund structure: utilities remain liable, the fund reimburses eligible claims after a covered wildfire, and the CPUC later determines prudency and possible reimbursement back to the fund. RAND’s Lloyd Dixon summarized compensation data, saying utilities paid about $38 billion between 2017 and 2024, with major shares going to injured parties, insurers, and public entities, while litigation costs and survivors’ own losses remain substantial. He noted that legal fees and delays reduce the amount survivors ultimately receive. Utility and public-interest witnesses offered differing views on the report’s pathways. PG&E’s Tyson Smith said the report shows inaction is the worst outcome and argued for community wildfire risk reduction, equitable allocation of catastrophe costs, and state-led resilience tools. LADWP’s Fernando Valero emphasized the vulnerability of municipal utilities and cities, and supported inverse condemnation reform, a state-sponsored liability insurance framework, damages and subrogation limits, and stronger insurance access. Consumer Attorneys of California’s John Fisk argued that IOU-caused fires are not natural disasters but the result of negligence and sometimes criminal conduct, and opposed reducing utility liability while supporting stronger oversight and audits. The Public Advocates Office’s Nathaniel Skinner focused on affordability, saying ratepayers already bear large and growing wildfire costs and warning against shifting more costs onto bills without measurable risk reduction and tighter accountability. Committee members then began questioning witnesses about what counts as measurable mitigation, how to define full and fair compensation, and how any fast-pay process should work.

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• aquarium collection, not to other types of commercial.
• aquarium collection, not to other types of commercial.
• commercial.
• commercial commercial aors<00:42:12.760><c> okay</c><00:42:13.040><c> but</c><00:42:13.280><c> it</c
• </c> like we didn't go after the commercial like we didn't go after the commercial marine<00:54:06.799

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The joint committees first heard SB 1146, which would appropriate funds to the University of Hawaiʻi to develop an action plan and pre-engineering concept plan for debris management and water quality control in the Ala Wai Watershed. Testimony was largely supportive from DLNR, a UH student, and a special improvement district representative, while one speaker suggested the work should be coordinated with existing efforts to avoid duplication. Committee discussion focused on the multi-jurisdictional nature of the watershed, existing debris-trap work that captures only about 20 to 30 percent of debris, the role of the university in capstone projects and recommendations, and the relationship to the existing Geni project and other community efforts. Members also asked about costs, tracking progress, and the difference between water-quality improvements and the larger debris problem. The committees then voted to pass SB 1146 with amendments, including blanking out the appropriation and deferring the effective date to July 31, 2050. The motion passed in both committees, with votes recorded in support and no opposition noted during the decision-making. The committees also heard SB 321, which would deem certain fee simple privately owned lands transferred to adjacent property owners or community associations if specified conditions are met. Testimony was in support from several individuals, but members raised concerns about the lack of input from counties and the state, and about how the bill might affect roads already used by the public or maintained by local governments. After discussion, the committees voted to advance SB 321 unamended to the next committees, with the measure adopted in both committees despite one recorded no vote in the Water and Land committee.

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• Military Academy, and every time our cadets go out and compete nationally, I have purposely, on their uniforms
• Military Academy, and every time our cadets go out and compete nationally, I have purposely, on their uniforms

Committee: House Special Committee on Tourism

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• Then surely they can be in uniform within our communities and follow through with community policing.
• Then surely they can be in uniform within our communities and follow through with community policing.

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• I am concerned that they create a permission structure for violence against our men and women in uniform
• elected official, you are the top cop of Arizona, and when you lose support of the men and women in uniform

Keywords: 1182, all

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• I'M A VETERAN OF THE AIR FORCE AND I SPENT 30 YEARS IN UNIFORM.
• ADDRESS KEY EDUCATIONAL TRANSITION ISSUES ENCOUNTERED BY CHILDREN AND MILITARY FAMILIES AND ALLOW FOR UNIFORM

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• Section 27 also from House File 98 adds client grievance rights in chapter 245I, the mental health Uniform
• ><c> health</c> rights in chapter 245i the mental health rights in chapter 245i the mental health Uniform

Keywords: 1183, house

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• and Kennedy High School in Bloomington, where we assist families with shoes, paying for some fees, uniforms
• 37.080><c> well</c><00:06:37.800><c> as</c> We assist families with shoes, paying for some fees, uniforms

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: State Representative Bjorn Olson opened by discussing House File 733, which he said would roll back restrictions placed on electronic pull tabs and charitable gambling two years earlier. He argued the 2023 changes hurt charities, veterans groups, and local communities by reducing revenue for donations to fire departments, youth activities, and veterans services. Olson said the bill had just been heard in the Veterans Committee and had been sent on to Commerce, and he expressed optimism about advancing it further. Several charity and gambling representatives testified in support of the bill. Amanda Jackson of the Spring Lake Park Lions Club said the new rules stripped entertaining features from electronic pull tabs and reduced revenue, citing a drop in January EAB sales from $947,000 in 2024 to $816,000 in 2025. She described how Lions Club gambling funds local equipment, eyeglasses, clothing, school programs, food shelves, and shelters. Rachel Keller of the Bloomington Kennedy Activities Foundation and Tim Angstrom of the Bloomington American Legion said reduced gambling revenue would hurt school support, student needs, and community programs; Angstrom said the Legion had funded a $3,000 English program and other local services. Rachel Jenner of Allied Charities said the group was also working on sports betting legislation, but that any sports betting revenue would not make up for the losses from the electronic pull tab changes. She said the 2023 law took effect January 1 and that no current game on the market fully matches the features now required, forcing manufacturers and charities to adapt. In response to questions, Olson said the bill’s path would depend on further House and Senate action, and he suggested a possible compromise could involve restoring some playability features while continuing to seek tax relief for charities.

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• Quality, equal, and uniform. We have taxpayer-friendly remedies providing access to the system.
• The equal and uniform remedy in Texas is unlike any in any other state.

Bills: SB4 , SJR2 , SB 4 , SJR 2

Committee: Senate Local Government

Keywords: property tax, homestead exemption, school funding, state aid, constitutional amendment, SJR 2, Senate Joint Resolution 2, property tax relief, school property tax, ad valorem tax, residence homestead, school district taxes, Texas Constitution Article VIII, public school finance, homeowner exemption, elderly exemption, senior tax relief, disabled exemption, tax year 2025, voter approval

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• This bill establishes a uniform, efficient process while maintaining proper oversight, and that's the
• safety amendments to be properly registered with the state fire marshal, amends the fire sprinkler uniform
• What it does is it says that social media companies have to come up, through coding or engineering, with

Summary: The Senate convened with opening prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several recognitions and introductions, including guests from Miami Northwestern Senior High School, Clay County, and a moment of silence for Pope Francis. The chamber then took up a motion to reconsider the prior day’s failed vote on CS for SB 1080 (local government land regulation), which was adopted without objection, and moved into the special order calendar. A series of bills were debated and mostly passed, often after substituting House companions. Measures approved included funding for expedited DNA testing grants, additional aggravating factors in capital cases, fertility preservation coverage for cancer patients, commuter rail indemnification, migrant vessel disposition, specialty license plates, an Alzheimer’s and dementia awareness campaign, relocation of the Council on the Social Status of Black Men and Boys to Florida Memorial University, charter school changes, sexual offender registration updates, utility worker assault/battery penalties, juvenile justice revisions, student mental health outcome reporting, foster home licensure transfers, water access facilities, Florida Virtual School changes, school readiness resources for children with disabilities, sexual images/child exploitation penalties, tampering with electronic monitoring devices, certified recovery residences, the FSU Election Law Center, the Office of Faith and Community, and bonuses for county tax collector/property appraiser employees. Several bills were temporarily postponed, including measures on social media use by minors, veterans’ nursing homes, Parkinson’s disease, mental health and substance use disorders, education, educator preparation, benefits for certain officers injured in the line of duty, school social workers, and brownfields. Debate centered on public safety, health care access, education, recovery housing, and government administration. Some of the most substantive discussion came on the Office of Faith and Community bill, where an amendment to bar political activity by office staff was offered and defeated after extended debate over election-related communications and the proper scope of existing ethics laws. The certified recovery residences bill also drew extensive support and testimony about addiction recovery and housing stability. Most bills passed on strong bipartisan votes, with a few receiving notable opposition, including the charter schools bill, the aggravating factors bill, and the Office of Faith and Community bill.

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• The majority of the banks that we encounter on the commercial side tend not to offer yield to clients
• </c> current commercial deposits. current commercial deposits.
• > because it's not like I can just pull because it's not like I can just pull the<01:40:45.080><c> code
• </c><01:40:46.880><c> You</c><01:40:46.960><c> can</c> the code and stop using it.
• You can the code and stop using it.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Summary: The meeting opened with roll call, confirmation of a quorum, and approval of the April 6 and May 4 minutes, with minor corrections noted to the May minutes. The main presentation came from JD of Link Network, introduced by Dan Cohen, who described Link’s work with crypto.com and other market participants on tokenized money market funds and real-time settlement for institutional clients. JD gave a detailed history of his earlier work developing the Arca U.S. Treasury Fund and ArCoin, emphasizing that the project was built within existing SEC and 1940 Act frameworks and was intended to use blockchain technology for a traditional asset rather than create a crypto product. He said the effort involved years of discussions with the SEC, multiple custodians, and partners such as U.S. Bank, T-Zero Securities, and Tassat, and that the model eventually led to Link’s settlement system. He highlighted concerns that shaped the design, including regulatory compliance, privacy for institutional users, and the need to bridge traditional banking hours with 24/7 digital asset markets. The presentation also described Link’s features, including segregated and bankruptcy-remote fund structures, tokenized deposit and treasury fund settlement, and “yield in transit,” which allows interest to accrue and be distributed daily down to a two-second block. JD said the platform is being expanded for use cases such as exchange liquidity, cross-border capital movement, off-exchange collateral, stablecoin bridging, treasury management, and peer-to-peer settlement. He closed by posing policy questions for the commission about the use cases for stablecoins versus tokenized money market funds in New Hampshire and whether the state could issue or administer a security-based program with appropriate compliance controls.

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• They will allow commercial fishing in Papa Namoku.
• They will allow commercial fishing in Papa Namoku.
• ><c> fishing</c><00:17:58.320><c> in</c> They will allow commercial fishing in They will allow commercial
• high-speed boating, Kaneoh Bay, commercial ocean use activities, and more.
• deployed commercially nowhere in the<01:55:03.520><c> nation.

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The joint hearing covered three measures. SB 1602 would appropriate funds to DLNR for monitoring wells for the Koho aquifer system; DLNR and HHFDC supported it, and written testimony from several organizations and individuals was also in support. Members asked whether monitoring wells are a statewide function rather than a county function, and staff confirmed they are done statewide. The second bill was an administration measure clarifying that criminal water pollution enforcement remains with the Department of Health rather than DLNR. The Attorney General’s office said it was a cleanup clarification and that DOH has stronger enforcement powers and better testing capability; DOH and DLNR supported it, and there was no opposition noted. The final and most heavily debated measure was SB 1074 on environmental impact statements. The bill would let previously authorized or permitted commercial activities continue for up to one year while an agency determines whether environmental review applies after a challenge, and would allow permit renewals during that review. DLNR said it stood on written comments and suggested aligning the bill with similar House language. Supporters, including several ocean tourism and Maui business representatives, argued the bill would provide certainty and keep families and small operators working while environmental review is completed, especially in the wake of the Lahaina fires and ongoing business losses. Some supporters said the measure should be narrowed with a sunset or limited to recently renewed permits. Opponents, including the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development, Earthjustice, the Sierra Club, and other environmental advocates, argued the bill was overly broad and could weaken HEPA/NEPA-style environmental review, especially for fisheries and other commercial activities. They said the bill could be used as a “Trojan horse” to avoid review and that DLNR could resolve the underlying disputes more quickly through settlement or existing exemption processes. No votes were taken during the hearing.