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• Madam Chair, Representative Romero, the PED also has a manual on the use of time-out.
• If a law enforcement officer is the victim of a crime, in terms of this, in terms of being a witness,
• Thank you, Madam Chair, and thank you, Representative. And that makes a lot of sense.
• Thank you, Madam Chair and Representative. I just want to give a word of caution on that.
• Thank you, Madam Chair and Representative. I just want to give a word of caution on that.

Bills: HJR6 , HJR7 , HB120 , HB60 , HB151 , HR1 , HM13 , SB40 , SB104

Committee: House House Judiciary

Keywords: constitutional amendment, legislative sessions, veto override, New Mexico legislature, session length, legislative session, even-numbered years, New Mexico Constitution, student behavior, physical restraint, seclusion, public schools, training, de-escalation, student safety, behavior interventions, criminal offenses, peace officer, Victims of Crime Act, law enforcement

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• Are we looking at a goal of $50,000, a million dollars?
• drink out of a previous campaign mug, would that be a violation?
• I'll just add a couple of comments.
• I do have a couple of questions.
• you know, the cost of a, say, a P.O. box rental each month.

Bills: SCR8406 , SB5825 , SB5842 , SB5863 , SB5840

Committee: Senate State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections

Keywords: civic health, community engagement, committee reestablishment, public participation, governance, Washington State Leadership Board, WSLB, gift acceptance, grants, endowments, private funding, public funding, fundraising, state board, youth leadership, civic engagement, leadership development, Washington World Fellows, sports mentoring, Boundless Washington

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• Representative Johnson did a fantastic job. ...explaining the merits of this bill.
• One of my board members identified one of his neighbors, a customer of his, a CFO of an HVAC company
• There is a growing body of evidence, Representative González, of the short and long-term effects of many
• The bill in question is about a subset of a subset of a subset of our... ...population in a state where
• Okay, questions of the witness? I want a question. Representative Gonzales. Hi.

Bills: HB778 , HB 1266 , HB1576 , HB2213 , HB2517 , HB2518 , HB2841 , HB3306 , HB3320 , HB3388 , HB3508 , HB3520 , HB3689

Committee: House Insurance

Keywords: credentialing, healthcare, physician assistants, advanced practice nurses, managed care, hurricane, windstorm, loss mitigation, grants, insurance discounts, property retrofitting, insurance, Texas Windstorm Insurance Association, board composition, coastal counties, property insurance, taxation, Texas FAIR Plan Association, premium taxes, maintenance taxes

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• We have a lot of our representatives from all classes, from senior to new, that are working with us.
• My name is John Summers, and I'm a representative with the Texas Association of Builders.
• As many of you have said, Chairman Morgan, Representative Morgan was talking about, we spent a lot of
• for a number of years.
• Also, Representative Goodwin, to answer a couple of your questions, the standards are very carefully

Bills: HB778 , HB 1266 , HB1576 , HB2213 , HB2517 , HB2518 , HB2841 , HB3306 , HB3320 , HB3388 , HB3508 , HB3520 , HB3689

Committee: House Insurance

Keywords: credentialing, healthcare, physician assistants, advanced practice nurses, managed care, hurricane, windstorm, loss mitigation, grants, insurance discounts, property retrofitting, insurance, Texas Windstorm Insurance Association, board composition, coastal counties, property insurance, taxation, Texas FAIR Plan Association, premium taxes, maintenance taxes

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• You're fixing our snafu there, and so I will move a favorable report of Representative Crawford's bill
• a lot of controversy and a lot of angst over this. ...results that they had.
• So if you're a fan of...
• I can't remember if she represents a piece of Jefferson or not; I know she does mostly Shelby.
• But they are going to get a certified copy of the minutes. Thank you, representative.

Bills: SB270 , SB275 , HB264 , HB281 , SB236 , SB247 , SB249 , SB253 , SB259

Committee: Senate County and Municipal Government

Keywords: county tax, education funding, capital projects, local government, sales tax, food trucks, mobile vendors, business license, health inspection, statewide regulation, zoning ordinances, vessel registration, boating fees, state funds, regulatory changes, water safety, municipal zoning, zoning board, appeals process, circuit court

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• I've got a representative of the power company here today, and he wants to talk about their part in that
• It kind of hurts a little bit, so I'm... kind of hurts a little bit, so I'm so appreciative of all of
• I know a lot of veterans.
• of the Department of Veterans Affairs on the floor representing and being a voice for all veterans in
• part of this: to not have more than a 17-member board and still ensure that everyone is represented.

Bills: HB154 , HB153 , HB180 , SB70

Committee: House Military and Veterans Affairs

Keywords: veterans affairs, Alabama Department of Veterans Affairs, State Board of Veterans Affairs, commissioner, governor appointment, board advisory, veteran service organizations, veterans homes, veterans cemeteries, veteran service officers, district managers, state veterans home trust fund, veterans benefits, military veterans, disabled veterans, elderly veterans, active-duty service members, state agency reorganization, executive authority, governance reform

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• House Bill 519 by Representative Mike Johnson provides relative to the appointment of a special master
• Representative Villio, Chairwoman, you've mentioned that this is a part of the governor's package.
• It's a workforce issue, it's a crime issue, and tragically, it leads to a lot of abuse of children.
• But it's a different thing that we're talking about: a copy of the record versus a transcript of a trial
• All right, we've got a couple of questions on a bill. Representative Ventrella, thank you, Mr.

Bills: HB29 , HB39 , HB77 , HB153 , HB183 , HB211 , HB263 , HB299 , HB324 , HB519 , HB520 , HB533 , HB538 , HB559 , HB562 , HB805 , HB823 , HB1004 , HB1011 , HB1018

Committee: House Judiciary

Keywords: insurance fund, retired employees, Ascension Parish, court clerks, premium costs, investment advisory board, HB 39, Act 283, peace officer, law enforcement officer, police certification, citizenship requirement, U.S. citizen, United States citizen, naturalization, lawful permanent resident, green card holder, immigration, public safety, law enforcement hiring

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• And so, with that, Representative Green, I'll allow a little bit of applause.
• have a lot of work, not a wide mandate, but a lot of work.
• a lot of work, not a wide mandate, but a lot of work.
• a lot of work, not a wide mandate, but a lot of work.
• have a lot of work, not a wide mandate, but a lot of work.

Bills: HF3650 , HF1791 , HF3489 , HF4231 , HF4232 , HF4269 , HF4270 , HF3490

Committee: House Education Finance

Keywords: student career pathways, education framework, experiential learning, employer engagement, career technical education, career and technical education, CTE, postsecondary scholarship, postsecondary grant, school district funding, cooperative unit, Minnesota high school, apprenticeship, certificate program, tuition assistance, workforce training, military transition, education finance, student aid, career pathways

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• of</c> know, it's a a certain number of know, it's a a certain number of students<00:10:05.000><c> every
• <00:14:27.720><c> agreement,</c> development of a of a grant agreement, development of a of a grant agreement
• A lot of states lost. A lot of schools lost. Businesses lost.
• A lot of schools A lot of states lost.
• </c><00:41:40.840><c> in</c> and that's sort of a lot of questions in and that's sort of a lot of questions

Bills: HF3650 , HF1791 , HF3489 , HF4231 , HF4232 , HF4269 , HF4270 , HF3490

Committee: Senate Education Finance

Keywords: student career pathways, education framework, experiential learning, employer engagement, career technical education, career and technical education, CTE, postsecondary scholarship, postsecondary grant, school district funding, cooperative unit, Minnesota high school, apprenticeship, certificate program, tuition assistance, workforce training, military transition, education finance, student aid, career pathways

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• In Washington, sports wagering is only permitted on the premises of a tribal gaming facility of a federally
• , a form of prop bet.
• It kind of provides the blueprint in a public way of the way we would go about developing a portal.
• I think one of the things that we would say as well is a portal can become sort of a central point of
• Earlier this session, you heard me testify in support of a very similar bill from Representative Stearns

Bills: SB6084 , SB6137 , SCR8406 , SB5892 , SB5863

Committee: House State Government & Tribal Relations

Keywords: elections, double voting, voting twice, multiple voting, same-day election, primary election, general election, special election, cross-state voting, ballot fraud, election fraud, voter misconduct, RCW 29A.84.660, State v. Padilla, civil infraction, class C felony, Secretary of State, Washington elections, election law, voter eligibility

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• A comparison of our incentives to those elsewhere in our state and out of state.
• quite a year that that's been Implemented like a lot of things.
• So, I think that there are a lot of parallels. Thank you, Representative Popeiller.
• But there are a lot of bills that are coming through the legislature to Address a lot of those other
• Representative, I have a question for you.

Bills: HB3620 , HB3942 , HB3279 , HB3378 , HB3383 , HB3413 , HB3414 , HB3415 , HB3420 , HB3130

Committee: House General Government

Keywords: 2030 census, complete count committee, census outreach, decennial census, enumeration, population count, hard-to-count populations, hard-to-enumerate areas, State Data Center, Oklahoma Census, multilingual campaign, public outreach, school-based outreach, community organizations, minority groups, ethnic minorities, language minorities, self-response rate, census awareness, federal census

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• capital case, life in prison without the possibility of parole or a death sentence.
• capital case, life in prison without the possibility of parole or a death sentence.
• </c><00:11:39.839><c> And</c><00:11:40.160><c> of</c> parole or a death sentence.
• And of parole or a death sentence.
• </c><00:11:52.320><c> a</c> you know if somebody's convicted of a you know if somebody's convicted of

Bills: HB41 , HB149 , SB230 , SB87 , SB169 , SB238 , SB233 , HB72 , HB41 , HB149 , SB230 , SB87 , SB169 , SB238 , SB233 , HB72

Committee: Senate Judiciary

Keywords: sexual offenses, penalties, rape, sodomy, criminal justice, Judicial Branch, Alabama State Bar, legal profession, commissioners, government agency, campaign finance, security measures, candidates, elected officials, legislative protection, civil procedure, statute of limitations, real estate appraisers, legal complaints, appraisal board

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• So you're a doctor, you're a man of science.
• a lot of insight and a lot of legal work, and I'm really proud of Burke files, and so with that I vote
• a lot of insight and a lot of legal work, and I'm really proud of Burke files, and so with that I vote
• I'm thinking of a case.
• Are you aware of any specialty that certifies a psychologist as a forensic, or is this just a term of

Bills: SB1015 , SB1049 , SB1066 , SB1081 , SB1092 , SB1133 , SB1134 , SB1139 , SB1147 , SB1148 , SB1168 , SB1189 , SCR1001 , SCR1002 , SCR1005 , SCR1010

Committee: Senate Judiciary and Elections

Keywords: gender transition, detransition, healthcare liability, medical malpractice, youth protection, legal action, Arizona law, child safety, dependency cases, attorney regulation, foster care, legal representation, probation, dangerous crimes, children, Arizona Revised Statutes, criminal justice, juvenile offenses, rehabilitation, candidate

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• And we do a lot of outreach. We do a lot of education.
• And we do a lot of outreach. We do a lot of education.
• have a difference of opinion, but as the professional organization representing physicians and physician
• of a bank or a chief credit officer from soliciting the existing customers of a bank and possibly destabilizing
• PERC may certify an exclusive bargaining representative by card check where there is a showing of interest

Bills: SB5437 , SB6152 , SB6058 , SB5944 , SB6039 , SB6117

Committee: Senate Labor & Commerce

Keywords: noncompete, noncompetition agreement, restrictive covenant, nonsolicitation, employment contract, worker mobility, labor law, wage suppression, trade secrets, confidentiality agreement, franchise, independent contractor, employee mobility, economic growth, entrepreneurship, job mobility, restraint of trade, customer solicitation, post-employment restrictions, FTC noncompete rule

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• The sort of foundation of the bill is to allow folks who have a vehicle and have a lien on the vehicle
• And so they need a mechanism to obtain a title, a free and clear title, free of any lienholder.
• And they're growing, and a number of those in districts of many of us on this committee, and they represent
• a lot of other stores in this situation.
• It's kind of a moot point.

Bills: SB215 , SB1104 , SB1351 , SB1931 , SB2245 , SB2589 , SB2707 , SB2807 , SB1423 , SB1568

Committee: Senate Transportation

Keywords: education, funding, school districts, local control, equity, digital identification, identity verification, Department of Public Safety, Texas legislature, wireless communication, Texas, technology, identification program, fee structure, wireless devices, public safety, hunting license, handgun license, fingerprinting, dealer license

Summary: The Senate Committee on Transportation heard several bills, mostly local memorial highway designations and transportation-related regulatory measures. Senator Hinojosa presented SB 1351 to designate part of US 281 in Hidalgo County as the Jose Rodriguez Lua Memorial Highway in honor of a Border Patrol processing coordinator killed by a drunk driver; a family member testified emotionally in support, and the bill was left pending. The committee also heard and left pending SB 2245 on bonded titles for vehicles when a lienholder has gone out of business, SB 1568 on animal-friendly specialty license plates with a second “spay, neuter, adopt” plate, SB 2589 on handling closed county roads in Webb County, SB 1104 on allowing large retailers to use one fingerprinted employee of record across multiple Texas locations, SB 1423 naming the Bill Stout Parkway in Longview, and SB 1931 naming part of US 83 the Rodolfo Valdez Memorial Highway. Most of these bills drew supportive testimony or were presented as local measures with no opposition. The committee also took up broader policy bills. SB 215 would create a digital identification program for Texas driver’s licenses and certain other licenses, but the sponsor said he was mainly laying the bill out for discussion and study; testimony was limited and the bill was left pending. SB 2707 would clarify that government entities such as TxDOT and the military remain exempt from fees on oversized/overweight permit authority, though a county commissioner raised questions about road-use impacts and fee revenue. SB 2807 drew the most discussion: it would prevent a motor carrier’s use of safety technology, training, and related practices from being used as evidence that an independent contractor is actually an employee. Supporters said the bill would encourage adoption of safety tools like cameras and braking systems without increasing misclassification risk, while opponents from the trial lawyers’ side warned the wording could conflict with existing labor-code definitions and create litigation. The sponsor and committee members discussed possible clarifying floor amendments. After public testimony, the committee voted on the pending bills. All measures were reported favorably on 6-0 votes, with committee substitutes adopted where applicable. SB 1351, SB 1423, SB 1568, SB 1931, SB 2245, SB 2589, SB 2707, SB 2807, and SB 2841 were all sent to the full Senate, and several were recommended for the local and uncontested calendar. The committee recessed subject to the call of the chair after completing the votes.

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• We've already put a lot of other duties on them.
• Even in municipal court, there are a lot of times a case that gets continued.
• A lot of times we did it, but it's the documentation of it.
• So again, there are a lot of different structures of family.
• There are a lot of different kinds of parenting. I can tell you if I had a... parenting.

Bills: SB324 , HB395 , HB222 , HB310 , HB285 , HB144 , HB251 , HB380

Committee: Senate Judiciary

Keywords: parole, pardons, paroles board, board of pardons and paroles, Alabama criminal justice, sentencing reform, prison reform, reentry, recidivism, risk assessment, validated risk and needs assessment, supervision, probation, parole denial, parole reconsideration, medical parole, violent offense, nonviolent offense, law enforcement member, board appointments

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• I had the honor and pleasure of representing a city that I was born and raised in, Houston, that I love
• These bills represent nothing less than a cash grab by the City of Houston to plug budget holes at the
• Wayne Delcefino, I'm president of Dolcefino Media, but I'm here representing myself as a result of a
• And I represent, I represent as a...
• I represent as a community activist the Clear Lake area, which is the very southern tip of Houston and

Bills: SB39 , SB2129 , SB2141 , SB2246 , SB2323 , SB2439 , SB2722 , SB 39

Committee: Senate Transportation

Keywords: commercial motor vehicle, truck liability, motor carrier, trucking, civil liability, respondeat superior, negligent entrustment, negligent maintenance, negligent loading, negligent repair, bifurcated trial, exemplary damages, punitive damages, personal injury, collision, employer liability, vicarious liability, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, Texas tort reform, commercial truck accident

Summary: The Senate Transportation Committee reconvened on SB 2722, as substituted by Senator Bettencourt, which would redirect a portion of Harris County Toll Road Authority surplus revenues to the City of Houston and impose audit and tax-rate penalty provisions. Houston Police Chief Noe Diaz and Fire Chief Thomas Munoz testified in support, arguing that Houston bears a large share of toll-road public safety burdens, citing thousands of police and fire responses on toll-road property and the need for compensation for emergency services. Bill King, testifying neutrally, said the toll authority generates large excess revenues and urged stronger oversight and clearer controls on how the money is spent. Opponents, including Harris County officials, business and neighborhood representatives, and toll-road critics, argued the bill would divert transportation dollars, create a precedent for taking toll revenues for general municipal use, and could worsen project delivery and incentives; several also questioned the accuracy and interpretation of the revenue figures and the lack of comparable audit requirements for the city. The committee took extensive testimony but left SB 2722 pending without a vote. The committee then heard SB 2129, which would increase fines for motorists who disregard railroad crossing gates or flaggers, and SB 2323, which would redact railroad crew members’ personal information from public accident reports. Both bills were presented as safety measures, with railroad labor testimony in support, and both were left pending after brief public testimony. The committee also heard SB 2141, a Zaffirini bill concerning specialty license plates for judges, with the substitute aimed at reducing security risks by changing how judges are identified on plates; it too was left pending. Finally, the committee heard SB 2439, another Zaffirini bill, described as a TDLR cleanup measure related to ATV and off-highway vehicle safety certification. The bill would abolish the current training and certification program, which supporters said was burdensome and underused given the small number of approved instructors statewide. With no significant opposition on the record, the committee closed testimony and left SB 2439 pending as well.

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• It kind of reminds me of a time when I allowed a young...
• And we've seen there's a wide variety of types of thefts, with a majority of them...
• We went through a phase a number of years ago where a number of people associated with… Mr.
• Um, my district represents the far west side of San Antonio, and we have a lot of data centers popping
• Out of a water well. Out of a water well. On gas wells, right?

Bills: HB48 , HB49 , HB 1169 , HB1971 , HB2584 , HB2663 , HB2890 , HB48 , HB49

Committee: House Energy Resources

Keywords: HB 48, oilfield theft, organized theft, petroleum products, oil and gas equipment, DPS, Department of Public Safety, Texas, Railroad Commission, criminal justice, energy resources, theft prevention, organized crime, border region, El Paso, law enforcement task force, asset recovery, pipeline theft, drilling equipment, equipment theft

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• A fiscal note is available and shows a minimal cost of $3,100 to the Department of Revenue to update
• A fiscal note is available and shows a minimum cost of $3,100.
• A fiscal note is available and shows a minimal cost of $3,100 to Department of Revenue to update their
• So there's a lot of unintended consequences and a lot of things that may have...
• by the boundaries of a city or a county.

Bills: HB2664

Committee: Senate Housing

Keywords: HB 2664, unlawful detainer, eviction notice, landlord-tenant, tenant rights, service of process, certified mail, notice by mail, notice posting, possession action, vacate notice, Washington RCW 59.12, housing law, rental housing, forcible entry and detainer, proof of service, property possession, occupants, lodging house, hotel guest

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• It is the sixth leading cause of death in our nation and in the state of Florida.
• This bill is really important to a lot of people here in Florida.
• And as of this year, last year rather, we had a blood test approved by the FDA for the purposes of diagnosing
• And I'm thankful that I've had a lot of friends in this process to kind of point me in the right direction
• For a number of years, she didn't even admit it, but we do.

Bills: S0578

Committee: Senate Fiscal Policy

Keywords: Alzheimer's disease, Alzheimers, dementia, related dementias, brain health, early detection, diagnosis, caregiver support, elderly affairs, Department of Elderly Affairs, Department of Health, public health outreach, memory loss, cognitive decline, healthy aging, clinical trials, community resources, underserved communities, nonprofit, awareness campaign