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• Certainly, there's still a claims bill process.
• a claims bill previously in this process knows that that could be a 12- to 20-year process for having
• “It also establishes a careful due process designation process for domestic terrorist organizations,
• Can you also walk us through both the administrative review process?
• That's our current process. We could go back to that, members.

Summary: The committee took up a series of bills and reported several of them favorably, often after brief sponsor presentations, supportive public testimony, and unanimous or near-unanimous votes. Early measures included PCS for CSHB 1069 on background screenings for athletic coaches and qualified entities, CS/HB 365 on law enforcement interactions with individuals with autism spectrum disorder, and CS/HB 269 plus its linked public-records bill CS/SB 298 on domestic violence and dating violence. The domestic violence package focused on using NG-911 technology for discreet help-seeking, expanding protections to dating violence victims, and preserving confidentiality for participants in related programs. The committee also approved HB 6507, a claims bill for injuries involving DCF negligence, after limited discussion. Members then considered PCS for CSHB 1159, which increases penalties and updates terminology for sexual offenses involving minors, child sexual abuse material, and related crimes. The bill was amended to replace “child pornography” with “child sexual abuse material” and to address childlike sex dolls, and it passed unanimously. The committee also heard CS/HB 529 on community-based care lead agency and subcontractor liability insurance. That bill would remove a statutory liability-insurance requirement for certain child welfare providers amid an insurance market crisis; it drew extensive debate, with supporters saying it would prevent agencies from shutting down and opponents warning it would reduce accountability and leave children vulnerable. It passed 15-4 as amended. The committee next approved PCS for CSHB 277 on domestic violence and protective injunctions. The bill creates a Pinellas County pilot for electronic monitoring with victim notification, raises the victim relocation allowance, strengthens penalties for repeat injunction violations, and adds protections involving military orders and pets. Testimony was strongly supportive, including from survivors, and the bill passed 18-0 as amended. CS/HB 1009 on government publication of advertisements and public notices also passed, after an amendment requiring notices to remain publicly accessible; newspapers and press groups opposed it, arguing it would fragment access to notices, while the sponsor said it modernizes outdated posting rules. Finally, the committee heard PCS for CSHB 1471 on systems of law and terrorist organizations, which would create a state process for designating domestic terrorist organizations and bar public support for them; the bill drew sharp constitutional objections from civil liberties, press, labor, and advocacy groups over due process, free speech, and viewpoint discrimination concerns.

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• Number one on page six, line 3, by deleting After the word 'process' and before the word 'and', the word
• But anytime there's a third party coming in, there needs to be new negotiations, new contracts with that
• The Corporation Commission is chipping away with that, but it's a very slow process, very slow process

Bills: HB3183 , HB4316 , HB4484 , HB3469 , HB3464 , HB3173 , HB3989

Committee: Senate Energy

Keywords: electric utilities, grid congestion, transmission technology, advanced power flow controllers, dynamic line rating, energy efficiency, rural water service, district organization, emergency legislation, Oklahoma, water management, state vehicles, state-owned vehicles, state-leased vehicles, motor vehicle use, commuting use, personal use, fleet management, Corporation Commission, field inspectors

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• remember from last year, it gives a contractor who is working, in this case the county, the ability to contract
• the city that I've served on, is that once we appoint the members of the library board, there's no process
• So we do have an elected process.
• House Bill 658 provides a process for a board of county commissioners to fill vacancies on a cemetery

Committee: House Local Government

Keywords: 989, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Johnson, State Procurement, Security Services Contract Modification Rules.
• President, just philosophically from the process, I believe that it's important, especially in Baltimore
• President, just philosophically from the process, I believe that it's important, especially in Baltimore
• It also updates provisions on disparity in state contracting, establishes reporting requirements, and
• related to contracting requirements related to disparities<01:17:50.480><c> disparity</c><01:17:50.920

Keywords: Senate streaming session for Monday, April 6, 2026, 960, senate, all

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• That poll in particular, can you explain to the committee what the inspection process process was and
• So, the excavation process around the base of the pole, and again... Which is how deep?
• That's part of the restoration process.
• Processes claims. I'm sorry to hear that from your constituents.
• I think that process has been fairly successful, so I'm sorry to here maybe otherwise.

Bills: HB 13 , HB143 , HB144 , HB145 , HB366 , HB470 , HB805 , HB912 , HB13 , HB143 , HB144 , HB145

Committee: House State Affairs

Keywords: emergency communication, infrastructure, first responders, grant program, interoperability, Texas Interoperability Council, local governments, HB 143, Texas Railroad Commission, Public Utility Commission of Texas, Natural Resources Code, oil and gas, well site, surface facility, electrical power line, National Electrical Code, NEC, electrical safety, utility disconnect, service disconnection

Transcript Highlights:

• Is it a different process? >> It's a little bit of a different process.
• </c><03:01:57.840><c> similar</c> facilitated application process similar facilitated application process
• </c> is a legislatively established process is a legislatively established process that<03:02:12.080>
• The ECD committee permitting process.
• </c> products, technologies or processes. products, technologies or processes.

Bills: HB2118 , HB2473

Committee: House Economic Development & Technology

Keywords: business development, arts, cultural affairs, Hawaii, commissions, administrative transfer, funding appropriation, Hawaiian culture, sense of place, land management, environmental stewardship, cultural preservation, 910, house, all

Summary: The committee heard several bills related to permitting and economic development. On HB 2603, relating to permits, the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development said it supported the measure with comments. Committee discussion focused on the fact that the state’s facilitated permit process appears to have been rarely or never used, the need to identify specific projects that would use it, and whether DBEDT would need dedicated staffing to administer it. DBEDT said it had found no projects under the current process, had no capacity to run the program as structured, and estimated it would need about 7 to 9 FTEs, including permitting, coordination, data, systems, and possibly legal support. The chair suggested exploring a staff assignment and comparing the concept to federal FAST-41-style expedited permitting. On HB 2140, relating to essential permitting positions, the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development again supported the bill with comments. Testimony and questioning centered on a pilot program to help counties pay competitively for permitting staff. A DBEDT representative said the issue of competitive pay affected both county and state permitting offices and that the bill was intended as a temporary pilot, though a more permanent solution would be preferable. When asked how counties would fund the salary support, the witness said that was not yet discussed with the counties and agreed to follow up. The committee also noted the bill applies to participating counties. On HB 2598, relating to the Hawaii Technology Development Corporation, the State Procurement Office and HTDC offered comments, and the Department of the Attorney General raised constitutional concerns. The AG said the bill’s residency-based certification requirements, when tied to procurement, could implicate the dormant Commerce Clause, and that the required 1% contribution tied to state contracts raised unconstitutional-conditions concerns. In questioning, the AG characterized these as legal risks rather than automatic lawsuits. The committee did not take a vote. The committee then heard HB 2141, relating to state enterprise zones. Taxation, DBEDT, HCDA, the University of Hawaii Cancer Center, and HTDC testified in support, while the Tax Foundation noted the program was intended to help economically depressed areas create jobs. HTDC said the bill would help preserve the Maui Research and Technology Center’s enterprise-zone status after rezoning. Committee discussion focused on whether the enterprise zone program is being used effectively, how the bill might attract businesses to areas where the state is investing, and whether the program’s labor requirements are too burdensome for new businesses. DBEDT explained that the program requires a 10% workforce increase in the first year, which must be sustained, and said it promotes the program through county coordinators and in-person outreach. No votes or final actions were taken in the portion provided.

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• This and repair replacement processes.
• </c> very important component in the process very important component in the process of<00:47:42.400>
• The actual process is requirements.
• </c> to do this ser the serialization process to do this ser the serialization process on<01:56:09.520
• </c><01:56:22.960><c> so</c> supplement uh the the marking process so supplement uh the the marking process

Committee: Senate Judiciary and Public Safety

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• documentation to support those appeals and not being able to sort of close the door on allowing the appeals process
• we have providers in Oklahoma doing that but these folks were excluded from the most recent grant process
• It prohibits premiums from tying payments to certain contract Conditions, prevents them from being forced

Bills: SB667 , SB904 , SB1344 , SB1380 , SB1423 , SB1425 , SB1484 , SB1500 , SB1502 , SB1503 , SB1555 , SB1561 , SB1562 , SB1565 , SB1572 , SB1644 , SB1749 , SB1833 , SB2007 , SB2044 , SB2074

Committee: House Public Health

Keywords: chiropractic, licensure, animal chiropractic, Board of Chiropractic Examiners, licensing requirements, gender transition, gender-affirming care, transgender, puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, hormone therapy, sex reassignment, transition surgery, Medicaid, public funds, state facilities, state hospital, Oklahoma, intersex, DSD

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• largely attributed to local families whose hard work and dedication established oyster harvesting, processing
• Louisiana to come together in the State Capitol in Baton Rouge to learn more about the legislative process
• provide for abolition of the office of police department; the Village of Edgefield provides for contracts

Bills: HR19 , HR20 , HR21 , HR22 , HR23 , HR24 , HR25 , HR26 , HR27 , HR28 , HR29 , HR30 , HR31 , HR32 , HR33 , HR34 , HR35 , HR36 , HR37 , HR38 , HCR15 , HCR16 , HCR17 , HCR18 , HB115 , HB208 , HB465 , HB832 , HB964 , HB965 , HB966 , HB967 , HB968 , HB969 , HB970 , HB971 , HB972 , HB973 , HB974 , HB975 , HR14 , HR15 , HR16 , HR17 , HR18 , HCR14 , SCR4 , SCR7 , SCR8 , HB362 , HB963 , HB207 , HB300 , HB331 , HB428 , HB464 , HB587 , HB618 , HB629 , HB801 , HB853 , HB891 , HB78 , HB112 , HB148 , HB149 , HB190 , HB221 , HB346 , HB354 , HB355 , HB356 , HB358 , HB384 , HB427 , HB657 , HB675 , HB716 , HB901

Keywords: HR19, House Resolution 19, Louisiana Nursery and Landscape Association Day, LNLA, nursery industry, landscape industry, horticulture, green industry, environmental stewardship, beautification, sustainability, state capitol, special day resolution, commemoration, trade association, wholesale growers, landscape architects, grounds maintenance, interiorscapers, Louisiana agriculture

Summary: The House convened with 97 members present, heard an invocation by Pastor Morris St. Angelo, and recited the Pledge of Allegiance. The chamber then received Senate messages noting concurrence in HCR 8, HCR 9, and HCR 12, and the adoption of SCR 10, which expressed condolences on the death of Dr. Norman Christopher Francis. The House also received an enrollment report confirming several resolutions as properly enrolled. A series of personal privilege recognitions highlighted local and civic observances, including Amite Oyster Festival Day, Opportunity in Action Day at the Capitol, and a visit from international policy fellows. The House introduced numerous resolutions and bills, including measures to designate special days and highways, express condolences, commend individuals and organizations, create or modify local districts, address bail, parole, rural health clinic Medicaid reimbursement, and establish a Department of Public Service. Several committee reports were also received, including transportation and ways and means reports on multiple bills. The House adopted, without objection, several resolutions already lying over, including HR 14, HR 16, HR 18, SCR 4, SCR 7, and SCR 8, while other resolutions and bills were referred or left to lie over. Members also moved to discharge and withdraw certain bills from committee files without objection. The chamber was reminded of upcoming committee meetings, an interim emergency board ballot deadline, and adjourned until 1:00 p.m. the following day.

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• Arkansas at Little Rock, had been altered and cashed, and that DHS would need to begin the affidavit process
• were able to confirm through the Office of Personnel Management that that is not the case, that due process
• We've changed policies department-wide for overtime, whether it's contract agency overtime or state employee

Committee: All LEGISLATIVE JOINT AUDITING-STATE AGENCIES

Summary: The committee opened with prayer and approved the January minutes, then heard a series of audit reports with findings. The Department of Human Services report described theft and fraud involving false benefit claims, including about $8,000 in Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits, about $5,800 in Medicaid benefits, and an altered state warrant for nearly $610,000 that was cashed by an auto body shop in California; it also noted asset-control problems and an error in sales tax paid on exempt vehicle purchases. Members asked whether the fraudulent business had been flagged or notified to other agencies, and DHS said the matter had been referred to law enforcement but no broader notification to California officials was known. The Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism report cited missing museum receipts of nearly $3,500 and issues with change funds at Daisy State Park and War Memorial Stadium, including a missing $100 drawer fund and an $80 overage; officials said they were considering cashless operations at War Memorial Stadium and provided an update that the museum theft investigation was still ongoing, with misdemeanor time limits expired but felony investigation still possible. The Department of Corrections report found unauthorized fuel-card purchases totaling about $4,500 and a delayed disaster-recovery test for offender management software; Corrections said staffing had been increased for fuel-card oversight and that a full production disaster-recovery test was now scheduled after DIS upgrades were completed. The Department of Veterans Affairs report found four Fayetteville Veterans Home employees were paid for hours not worked, with additional unapproved overtime totaling more than $6,600, a duplicate vendor payment of nearly $1,000 that was refunded, and many overtime instances lacking proper approval; the department said it had tightened overtime approval policies statewide. The committee also received a special report on law enforcement agencies’ compliance with Arkansas’s racial profiling policy requirement. Legislative Audit said it had received responses from 203 of 383 agencies and forwarded updated policies to the Attorney General, while identifying 180 agencies that had not responded and were deemed out of compliance. Members asked what happens if agencies still fail to respond and requested a list of nonresponding agencies; staff said their role is limited to collecting and forwarding policies, and the committee agreed to receive the list. All reports were filed or reviewed without objection, and the meeting adjourned after announcing the next meeting date and a possible room change due to building work.

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• Do school districts need to contract with outside entities to bring in the knowledge for this issue?
• also have concerns about this being an additional instructional requirement outside of this standard process
• also have concerns about this being an additional instructional requirement outside of this standard process

Bills: SB1009

Committee: Senate Education

Keywords: cardiopulmonary resuscitation, AED training, high school curriculum, public school, safety training, emergency response, 1182, all

Transcript Highlights:

• We have a process where we work with them. It's a fairly simple process, and I'd...
• there is a process to do what's being asked for today already.
• It's basically a seven-step process.
• The process costs $75. Generally, they've got to have appropriate facilities.
• It has not been consulted throughout the entire process.

Bills: HB448 , HB448

Committee: House Agriculture and Forestry

Keywords: wildlife rehabilitation, conservation, good samaritan, injured animals, orphaned animals, debilitated wildlife, wild birds, wild animals, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, DCNR, permit exemption, animal rescue, animal welfare, veterinary medicine, veterinary licensing, animal cruelty, wildlife care, rehabilitation act, non-federally protected species, endangered species

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• :09.120><c> apps,</c><00:33:09.440><c> related</c> sales contracts, title apps, related sales contracts
• ><00:33:19.120><c> backlogs</c><00:33:19.600><c> at</c> paper process can create backlogs at paper process
• ,</c><00:35:07.040><c> our</c> the car selling process, our the car selling process, our competition.
• Um, it does modernize our process.
• Um, it does modernize our process.

Committee: Senate Transportation

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• . >> No. 518 is the establishing definition for process of qualified transit asset replacement projects
• More animal welfare and sheltering expertise at the table during the drafting process would be really
• </c> at the table during the drafting process at the table during the drafting process would<00:52:38.880
• I appreciate it. >> Yes, sir. during rules and stuff and the process during rules and stuff and the process
• </c> our communities that we have contracts our communities that we have contracts with.<02:36:18.080

Committee: Senate Energy and Natural Resources

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• change that this is doing is saying that the county commission may appoint, versus shall appoint, the contract
• change that this is doing is saying that the county commission may appoint, versus shall appoint, the contract
• will want<00:01:45.840><c> to</c><00:01:47.040><c> be</c><00:01:47.200><c> a</c><00:01:47.360><c> contract
• c><00:01:47.840><c> employee</c><00:01:48.320><c> who</c><00:01:48.560><c> they</c> want to be a contract
• employee who they want to be a contract employee who they will<00:01:48.880><c> not.

Bills: HB606 , HB606

Committee: House Baldwin County Legislation

Keywords: HB606, Alabama, Department of Transportation, DOT, public highways, utility relocation, right-of-way, state right-of-way, road construction, bridge, tunnel, toll road, interstate highway, defense highway, utility facilities, broadband, telecommunications, cable, electricity, gas

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• It contracts with 300 private vendors. Some of them are great.
• EOHHS contracts with 300 private vendors. Some of them are great.
• Judicial bypass is a harmful process with no medical benefit.
• Well... ...makes clear this process causes delay, trauma, and acute fear.
• The judicial process delayed the abortion encounter by a week.

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on Public Health

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The committee opened by explaining hearing procedures and time limits, then heard testimony on House 2499, a bill to create a public awareness campaign on menopause and related midlife health issues. Supporters, including a nurse, the Massachusetts Commission on the Status of Women, and other advocates, said menopause is widely misunderstood by patients and providers, leading to delayed care, unnecessary suffering, workplace impacts, and inequities in women’s health. Several speakers shared personal experiences with symptoms being dismissed or misdiagnosed and urged the committee to advance the bill. The committee then took testimony on a package of endometriosis bills, including House 2527 and Senate 1564, calling for a task force and broader awareness efforts. Patients, a physician, and advocates described long diagnostic delays, severe pain, infertility, medical gaslighting, and limited access to specialists and effective treatment. They argued for more research, provider education, and a coordinated state strategy, and several asked for favorable reports. The chair also noted the hearing was running behind and extended time to allow more testimony. Later, the committee heard Senate 1579, which would eliminate parental consent and judicial bypass requirements for abortion access for minors under 16. Planned Parenthood representatives, physicians, legal advocates, and students argued the current law creates unnecessary delays and harms vulnerable youth, especially those in unsafe homes or foster care, while supporters said minors can already consent to other reproductive health care. A pro-life witness opposed the bill and emphasized parental involvement and support services. The committee also heard House 2403 and Senate 1560, which would create a Human Service Transportation Consumer Advisory Board; disability advocates and riders described past safety problems and current service gaps, and supported the board as a low-cost way to improve accountability, rider input, and reliability. No votes or final actions were taken in the excerpt.

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• Senate Bill 1014 by Sparks relates to certain health care services contract arrangements entered into
• Senate Bill 1040 by part relates to avoidable provisions contained in certain construction contracts
• Senate Bill 1050 by Hinojosa relates to contracts for local governments and business and commerce.
• Senate Bill 1063 by Campbell relates to prohibiting contracts or other agreements with foreign-owned
• Senate Bill 1107 by Parker relates to the right of a purchaser to terminate a contract of purchase and

Bills: SJR36 , SB26 , SJR3 , SJR48 , SJR50 , SJR51 , SCR15 , SCR17 , SB3 , SB5 , SB12 , SB18 , SB1001 , SB1002 , SB1003 , SB1004 , SB1005 , SB1006 , SB1007 , SB1008 , SB1009 , SB1010 , SB1011 , SB1012 , SB1013 , SB1014 , SB1015 , SB1016 , SB1017 , SB1018 , SB1019 , SB1020 , SB1021 , SB1022 , SB1023 , SB1024 , SB1025 , SB1026 , SB1027 , SB1028 , SB1029 , SB1030 , SB1031 , SB1032 , SB1033 , SB1034 , SB1035 , SB1036 , SB1037 , SB1038 , SB1039 , SB1040 , SB1041 , SB1042 , SB1043 , SB1044 , SB1045 , SB1046 , SB1049 , SB1050 , SB1051 , SB1052 , SB1053 , SB1054 , SB1055 , SB1056 , SB1057 , SB1058 , SB1059 , SB1060 , SB1061 , SB1062 , SB1063 , SB1064 , SB1065 , SB1066 , SB1067 , SB1068 , SB1069 , SB1070 , SB1071 , SB1072 , SB1073 , SB1074 , SB1075 , SB1076 , SB1077 , SB1078 , SB1079 , SB1080 , SB1081 , SB1082 , SB1083 , SB1084 , SB1085 , SB1086 , SB1087 , SB1088 , SB1089 , SB1090 , SB1091 , SB1092 , SB1093 , SB1094 , SB1095 , SB1096 , SB1097 , SB1098 , SB1099 , SB1100 , SB1101 , SB1102 , SB1103 , SB1104 , SB1105 , SB1106 , SB1107 , SB1108 , SB1109 , SB1110 , SB1111 , SB1112 , SB1113 , SB1114 , SB1115 , SB1116 , SB1117 , SB1118 , SB1119 , SB1120 , SB1121 , SB1122 , SB1123 , SB1124 , SB1125 , SB1126 , SB1127 , SB1128 , SB1129 , SB1130 , SB1131 , SB1132 , SB1133 , SB1134 , SB1135 , SB1136 , SB1137 , SB1138 , SB1139 , SB1140 , SB1141 , SB1142 , SB1143 , SB1144 , SB1145 , SB1146 , SB1147 , SB1148 , SB1149 , SB1150 , SB1565

Keywords: teacher compensation, education funding, public school educators, teacher retention, teacher designation, dementia, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, research funding, state budget, prevention, healthcare, medical research, Dementia Prevention and Research Institute, severance tax, oil and gas, Texas STRONG fund, economic stabilization, public health, property tax relief

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• And um, we found out later UofL has, because of some contracting and gift contract issues, they've asked
• /c><00:04:03.960><c> and</c><00:04:04.160><c> and</c><00:04:04.360><c> gift</c> because of some contracting
• and and gift because of some contracting and and gift contract<00:04:05.960><c> um</c><00:04:06.920>
• 08.000><c> uh</c><00:04:08.280><c> they've</c><00:04:08.480><c> asked</c><00:04:08.760><c> us</c> contract
• um issues uh they've asked us contract um issues uh they've asked us to<00:04:08.960><c> hold</c><00

Committee: Senate Education

Keywords: 958, all

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• So does anyone have to approve the agreement or the contract that would be entered into?
• I just wondered if there were the guidelines, if any, were available to monitor the contract.
• </c><00:13:37.440><c> that</c><00:13:37.560><c> would</c> the agreement or the contract that would the
• agreement or the contract that would be<00:13:37.800><c> entered</c><00:13:38.040><c> into?
• </c> monitor the contract. monitor the contract. Thank<00:14:00.040><c> you.</c> Thank you.

Committee: Joint Local and Private

Keywords: Local and Private - Room 210, 24 March, 2026; 10:45 AM, 925, all

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• So at DHS I continue to champion process improvements and strengthening our internal controls, and I
• <00:01:48.840><c> Improvement</c><00:01:49.680><c> and</c> process Improvement and process Improvement
• Madam Chair, DHS has a contract with the BCA.
• Madam Chair, DHS has a contract with the BCA.
• There is an administrative process that the agency can follow.

Committee: House Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy

Keywords: 1183, house