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• This bill is about protecting our children, grandchildren and loved ones, and it substantially increases
• you've got the sheriff's department, you've got your local law enforcement, or you've got your state equivalent

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• E-bikes offer substantial benefits.
• metropolitan transit authorities and communities with fewer than 320,000 residents are kind of equivalent

Bills: HB535, HB2120, HB2822, HB3243, HB3457, HB3544, HB4089, HB4192, HB4669, HB4868, HB4955, HB5253, HB5669, SB1371, SB1919, SB2001

Keywords: motor vehicle, pedestrian, bicycle, traffic safety, municipality, criminal offense, pedestrian safety, traffic regulations, municipal law, bicycle regulations, motor vehicle passing, traffic law, municipalities, bicycle operation, traffic laws, municipal regulations, port commission, Corpus Christi, Nueces County, San Patricio County

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• will add ballot cards to counties large and small, significantly increasing election costs without equivalent
• threshold better reflects the realities of modern campaign finance, enabling us to concentrate on substantial

Summary: The Assembly Elections Committee met on April 30, 2025, beginning as a subcommittee until a quorum was established. The committee first approved six bills on consent, including AB 950, AB 953, AB 1214, and three committee bills. It then heard several measures dealing with election administration, ballot transparency, and campaign finance, with most authors accepting committee amendments and several bills being held on call for absent members. AB 930 by Assembly Member Ward would extend the deadline for counting timely postmarked vote-by-mail ballots from three to seven days after Election Day and update recount procedures, including online posting of recount results and clearer rules for recount requests. The bill was supported by county election officials and passed out of committee with a due-pass recommendation, though it was initially held on call. AB 459 by Assembly Member DeMaio proposed allowing electronic signatures for initiatives, referenda, and recalls; the Secretary of State and labor groups opposed it over security, implementation, and cost concerns, and the committee ultimately rejected the bill after reconsideration. AB 699 by Assembly Member Stephanie would change how local tiered tax and bond measures are described on ballots by allowing more detail to be placed in the voter guide; housing, school, and local government groups supported it, while taxpayer and realtor groups opposed it as reducing ballot transparency. AB 1188, presented on behalf of Assembly Member Ortega, would list the top three funders supporting and opposing statewide initiatives and referenda directly on the ballot; transparency advocates and labor supported it, while county election officials and business groups raised concerns about ballot length and processing costs. Both AB 699 and AB 1188 passed out of committee with amendments and were held on call. The committee also heard AB 827 by Assembly Member Berman, which would standardize and extend the deadline for curing vote-by-mail signature problems, add a link to cure forms in ballot-tracking notifications, and make other changes to improve ballot curing. It drew no opposition in the hearing and passed with a due-pass recommendation. AB 351 by Assembly Member McKenna would raise the Levine Act contribution threshold for local officials to $1,500 and add CPI adjustments; supporters said it would reduce administrative burdens and reflect modern campaign finance realities, while good-government groups and the League of Women Voters opposed it as weakening anti-corruption protections. The committee initially failed AB 351, then granted reconsideration, but the transcript ends before a final disposition is clearly completed. Finally, AB 1079 by Assembly Member Farías would eliminate the automatic appellate stay in California Voting Rights Act and Fair Maps Act cases; it was supported as a way to prevent delayed remedies in voting rights cases, opposed by the City of Santa Monica over impacts on ongoing litigation, and passed with amendments. After taking up the held items, the committee recorded final votes on the bills, including passage of AB 930, AB 699, AB 1188, AB 827, and AB 1079, and rejection of AB 459.

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• It is substantially likely that Collier has acted with deliberate indifference.
• The requirements are that you must be at least 18 years of age, hold a high school diploma or equivalent

Bills: HB1826, HB2854, HB3006, HB4614, HB5261, HB5639

Keywords: mental health, women's health, county jail, depression screening, criminal justice, HB 2854, Pokuaa-Flowers Act, parole, mandatory supervision, electronic monitoring, releasee, parole officer, hospital visit approval, general hospital, law enforcement notification, DSHS, Department of State Health Services, corrections, public safety, liability immunity

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• This was a historic tax cut with no modern equivalent, and yet here we are this session.
• and revisit my own personal tax bill to figure out how much exactly it is, but I know it went up substantially

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• This was a historic tax cut with no modern equivalent.
• can revisit my own personal tax bill to figure out how much exactly it is, but I know it went up substantially

Bills: HB386, HB1449, HB1701, HB2142, HB2675, HB2857, HB3063, HB3171, HB3641, HB3732, HB4045, HB4370, HB4491, HB4505, HB4626, HB5267, HB5356

Keywords: construction contracts, change orders, local government, budget limits, Texas legislation, HB 1449, mobile food vendors, food trucks, mobile food service establishments, permits, county health permit, municipal permitting, Health and Safety Code Chapter 437A, Chapter 437, inspection agreements, permit reciprocity, fee cap, preemption, large counties, population over one million

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• be amended to it include green Globes alongside lead green Globes has been deemed a rigorous and equivalent
• benefit immediately from reduce operational costs while reducing the risk of property valuation substantially

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• But in places like PNG, where, to use the domestic equivalent, they're sort of swing states.
• I would be remiss in my duty if I didn't add that there is a substantial amount of counter-PRC malign

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• governmental entities in the area but also large private corporations who pay salaries that are substantially
• And then there's others, say for example, our request for this amount of full-time equivalency positions

Bills: SB 1, SB1

Keywords: campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, 1185, senate, all

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• It is risk of substantial impairment and major bodily function.
• Is life threatening, and then you have substantial impairment of major bodily function.
• OK, so we've established that the Texas Supreme Court says substantial.
• And the substantial impairment of major bodily function have to be life threatening.
• So those are equivalent.

Bills: HB44, HB2200, HB1612, HB2747, HB2038, HB3717, HB1431, HB3800, HB3801, HB3560, HB3246, HB44

Keywords: HB 44, Life of the Mother Act, abortion exceptions, medical emergency, reasonable medical judgment, pregnancy complications, maternal health, life-threatening condition, ectopic pregnancy, miscarriage, spontaneous abortion, fetal survival, Texas abortion law, abortion ban, physician liability, health care provider, disciplinary action, aiding and abetting, emergency abortion, obstetric care

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• This graph shows that levies have increased substantially faster than population and inflation over the
• There is a substantial cost with having elections in those counties.
• That's pretty substantial, depending on how that plays out.
• Our police budget has grown substantially in the last decade. All right, very good. Thank you.
• It is substantial. If we were to move from 3.5% to 2.5%, what would that reduction in revenue be?

Bills: HB17, HB23, SB 10

Keywords: property tax, school funding, enrollment changes, inflation adjustment, tax rate notice, property tax exemption, ad valorem tax, Texas Tax Code, nonprofit corporation, charitable organization, educational nonprofit, scientific nonprofit, agriculture support, youth programs, community education, county population threshold, large county, local government revenue, leasehold interest, possessory interest

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• While the funding may not be substantial, we need to figure out how to include these programs.
• He has made substantial medical progress to become a stable patient.
• As was highlighted today, local educational agencies have faced substantial administrative and operational
• We have seen a substantial increase in engagement among community-based providers. in contracting with
• mentioned, there's steady growth of PACE organizations and expansions, and that's really added substantial

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• Sometimes that includes not paying the fine if they have a substantial amount of land in preservation
• um you know if they put some substantial um you know if they put some substantial<00:55:51.319> land
• <00:55:51.680> in<00:55:51.839> preservation<00:55:52.359> or substantial land
• They don’t have to go to the equivalent of DES and get their engineer to check the licensed person’s
• of Dees and to go to your the equivalent of Dees and get<01:49:35.960> their<01:49:36.239>

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee heard a presentation from the Department of Environmental Services on proposed changes in House Bill 2 and related technical changes in House Bill 1 tied to the governor’s permitting realignment initiative. The proposal would move environmental review staff from Fish and Game and DNCR to DES to create a more centralized “one-stop shop” for applicants needing DES permits, especially for wildlife and natural heritage reviews. DES said the goal is to speed permitting, support a 60-day review clock, and improve coordination among agencies while keeping the substantive review work in place. Members asked about staffing impacts, the scope of the transferred duties, and whether the change would create redundancy or weaken the other agencies. DES said most of the affected staff work primarily on these reviews, though Fish and Game staff also handle other state and federal reviews, which is why the proposal was adjusted to keep one of the four Fish and Game positions there and move three to DES, along with two positions from DNCR. DES also described a new supervisory position in HB 2 to manage the transferred staff within its land resources bureau. Officials said the reviews would still be done by specialists, but under DES supervision, and that the agencies would continue to coordinate recommendations on species impacts and mitigation. The committee also discussed fee increases intended to offset costs, including a 50% increase in wetlands fees and a 100% increase in alteration-of-terrain fees, with the department saying the changes would cover the new positions. Members raised concerns about impacts on private homeowners, possible incentives to work without permits, and whether fines should be used more as a revenue source or for mitigation. DES said wetlands permits are roughly split between homeowner-related and commercial projects, that permit-by-notification already creates a two-tier structure for smaller projects, and that enforcement relies partly on public complaints and online permitting systems. The department also said most fines currently go to the general fund and vary widely year to year, with about $75,000 budgeted, and that the proposal would also create permit-by-notification authority for alteration-of-terrain projects between 100,000 and 150,000 square feet, mirroring language in Senate Bill 110. No vote or final committee action was taken in the portion provided.

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• <01:21:41.920> and for is about teaching equivalencies and for is about teaching equivalencies
• So that ties with the teaching equivalencies, which was also discussed four or five years ago.
• Teaching equivalencies is up to the Board of Regents and also negotiating, but there should be a minimum
• without equivalencies of the teaching component, and that's something I hope the regents will take,
• exceeded its revenues and substantial reserves were declining precipitously.

Keywords: 912, senate, all

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• Number eight, JAC denied the governor's recommendation for two full-time equivalent employees.
• two full-time equivalent employees. two full-time equivalent employees.
• JAC denied the court's recommendation to increase 13 full-time equivalent and change the funding source
• <00:21:01.520> and increase 13 full-time equivalent and increase 13 full-time equivalent and
• project, ensuring it has substantial project, ensuring it has substantial benefit<02:10:43.840><

Keywords: 916, all

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• This funding, along with the substantial federal investments that our team has been able to win at the
• funding along of climate change this funding along with<00:03:09.360> the<00:03:09.560> substantial
• <00:03:10.080> Federal<00:03:10.480> Investments with the substantial Federal Investments
• with the substantial Federal Investments that<00:03:11.239> our<00:03:11.400> team<00:
• and we wind up having a substantial and we wind up having a substantial deficit<01:08:00.000>

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Getting into the findings, the report found a substantial difference in typical review times between
• ><00:07:17.319> kinds<00:07:17.520> of<00:07:18.360> um The report found a substantial
• findings the report found a substantial difference<00:08:08.919> in<00:08:09.159> typical<
• It goes on to note several times that there was no data available to substantiate a concern of continuous
• a concern of continuous substantiate a concern of continuous extensions<01:31:18.560> under<01

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Well, the $4 fee is added to bulk road salt and its equivalents.
• It takes time and it takes a substantial amount of money.
• It takes time and it takes a substantial amount of money.
• <04:44:39.840> It takes a substantial amount of money.
• It takes a substantial amount of money.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• physician is a health care provider who has received the doctor degree of medical doctor or its equivalent
• Association's definition of physician as an individual who has received a Doctor of Medicine degree or an equivalent
• health disparities and advanced health equity allowing even one product type and exemption would substantially
• These bills are a troubling example of government overreach, the equivalent of telling adults, no, because

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Public Health heard testimony on a wide range of bills focused on children’s health, tobacco control, newborn screening, pediatric cancer, palliative care, and professional licensure. Early testimony highlighted Senate bills to expand newborn screening for pyruvate dehydrogenase complex deficiency, lysosomal storage disorders, and congenital CMV, with families and clinicians describing severe diagnostic delays, missed treatment windows, and the benefits of early detection. Speakers also supported a bill to improve pediatric cancer research through a dedicated trust fund, and a bill to extend pediatric palliative care services to age 22, with parents and providers emphasizing continuity of care for seriously ill young people. Several witnesses gave personal accounts in support of the newborn screening measures. Families described children who endured years of misdiagnosis before receiving diagnoses such as Gaucher disease, Fabry disease, Pompe disease, Niemann-Pick disease, and CMV, often after irreversible damage had already occurred. Medical and advocacy witnesses said Massachusetts already collects some of the relevant screening data and argued that results should be reported to families, while others urged the committee to add conditions to the state panel because effective treatments already exist. The committee also heard support for a bill to establish a fetal alcohol spectrum disorder program and training for providers. On tobacco and youth health, testimony supported bills to ban internet tobacco sales, strengthen youth protections, and reduce lung cancer deaths through point-of-sale information and quit-line access. A student testified about easily purchasing flavored nicotine products online without meaningful age verification, and public health advocates backed measures to keep tobacco out of children’s environments. The committee also heard testimony on a bill to ensure parents have access to their children’s medical records through age 16, with exceptions for sensitive services already protected by law. The committee additionally took testimony on an optometry licensure bill, where ophthalmologists opposed language they said could broaden scope of practice and allow optometrists to use the title “optometric physician,” while optometry educators and students supported the bill as a modernization measure with no scope expansion. No votes were taken during the hearing; the chair repeatedly reminded speakers of time limits and noted that written testimony could be submitted for additional comments.

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• She said factors driving up the price of food include permitting delays, sometimes very substantial permitting
• Peruso, if you're offering full-time equivalents, I would certainly accept those.
• Peruso, if you're offering full-time equivalents, I would certainly accept those.
• peruso if you're<00:35:31.800> offering<00:35:32.240> full-time<00:35:32.760> equivalents
• <00:35:33.440> I you're offering full-time equivalents I you're offering full-time equivalents

Keywords: 910, house, all