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• And this is a big point of contention where we were in committee, aside from the single subject, but
• This amendment is the substance of the contents of SB 1842 that I just described.
• This amendment is the substance of the contents of SB 1842 that I just described.
• This strike-all amendment retains five pieces of HB 1427 and adds the contents of several other bills
• Next, the amendment includes the contents of HB 12.

Summary: The Senate began with opening prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several recognitions, including interns, Denim Day awareness, and a resolution honoring Vietnam veterans exposed to Agent Orange on the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon. The chamber also observed a moment of silence for former Senator Karen Johnson Gendron. After routine business, the Senate took up several special-order bills. The first major bill, transportation offenses involving death, increased penalties for repeat DUI/BUI manslaughter and vehicular homicide offenses. An amendment added penalties for refusal to submit to breath or urine testing and required law enforcement to notify suspects of those penalties. The bill passed 37-0. The Senate then passed SB 306 on Medicaid providers, requiring broader after-hours and holiday access to care and setting network standards for Medicaid managed care plans, also by a 37-0 vote. The chamber next considered a major condominium and cooperative associations bill responding to post-Surfside safety and financial concerns. Senators described the measure as balancing building safety with financial relief, extending reserve-study deadlines, allowing temporary reserve relief after inspections, tightening oversight of managers and inspectors, and adjusting voting, resale, and reserve rules. After extensive debate and praise from members for the bill’s sponsors and staff, the bill passed 37-0. The longest discussion centered on a constitutional amendments/petition process bill aimed at curbing fraud in citizen initiative petitions. Sponsors argued that the 2024 petition process was plagued by fraud and identity theft and proposed tighter rules for circulators, faster submission deadlines, voter notification, penalties, and limits on petition handling. Senators offered and adopted multiple amendments, including changes to petition-circulator definitions, invalid-signature thresholds, and voter notification procedures. After a substitute amendment was withdrawn, the Senate continued debating the underlying amended bill, with members split between concerns about election integrity and worries that the bill would burden volunteers and make it harder for citizen initiatives to qualify.

Bills: HB 29, HB 125, HB 145, HB 171, HB 255, HB 50, HB 796, HB 363, HB 116, HB 491, HB 589, HB 1495, HB 368, HB 1285, HB 1905, HB 1360, HB 2002, HB 917, HB 2723, HB 2067, HB 1238, HB 2337, HB 745, HB 1188, HB 1606, HB 2003, HB 2147, HB 2391, HB 2355, HB 2546, HB 2495, HB 2818, HB 2249, HB 1749, HB 3109, HB 3228, HB 3240, HB 1507, HB 658, HB 1748, HB 1851, HB 1922, HB 2001, HB 2798, HB 107, HCR 29, SB 5, SB 262, HB 11, HJR 72, HB 106, HB 18, HB 48, HB 27, HB 37, HB 1481, HB 581, HB 1696, HB 2216, HB 1035, HB 1633, HB 742, HB 754, HB 1689, HB 1690, HB 2669, HB 391, HB 517, HB 1024, HB 1607, HB 252, HB 1716, HB 1562, HB 4116, HB 1866, HB 1741, HB 2103, HB 2637, HB 2884, HB 503, HB 1089, HB 2986, HB 972, HB 502, HB 29, HB 125, HB 145, HB 171, HB 255, HB 50, HB 796, HB 363, HB 116, HB 491, HB 589, HB 1495, HB 368, HB 1285, HB 1905, HB 1360, HB 2002, HB 917, HB 2723, HB 2067, HB 1238, HB 2337, HB 745, HB 1188, HB 1606, HB 2003, HB 2147, HB 2391, HB 2355, HB 2546, HB 2495, HB 2818, HB 2249, HB 1749, HB 3109, HB 3228, HB 3240, HB 1507, HB 658, HB 1748, HB 1851, HB 1922, HB 2001, HB 2798, HB 107, HCR 29

Keywords: water audit, water loss, water loss mitigation plan, municipally owned utility, municipal utility, water conservation, Texas Water Development Board, TCEQ, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, water leakage, leak detection, billing data accuracy, utility validation, water audit validation, water scarcity, water management, infrastructure, public utility, conservation plan, administrative penalty

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• We're going to be watching, and although the nominee Gave us less than a completely explicit or clear

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• really helpful input from Representative Hudson, um, making language around mandated reporters more explicit
• really helpful input from Representative Hudson, um, making language around mandated reporters more explicit

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• The right to a safe climate is protected by an explicit mandate and by scientific reality that climate
• temperatures will rise higher and faster, and it's an intergenerational buck-passing that has now become explicit

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• Um, because there was no explicit FDA approval for that use, it ended up having a really big regulatory
• Um, because there was no explicit FDA approval for that use, it ended up having a really big regulatory
• And then we will have Director James Key Wallace speak more to the content of the bill.
• He can speak to the actual content of the bill for us. Uh, next I'll call Mr. Key Wallace up.
• He can speak to the actual content of the bill for us. Thank you, Madam Chair.

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• House Bill 4319 Primarily does two things: one, it requires that agencies have specific and explicit

Bills: SJR49, HB3281, HB4319, HJR1086

Keywords: wildlife, conservation, Oklahoma, regulations, permanent rules, administrative procedures, guidance documents, transparency, public inspection, rulemaking, rulemaking authority, specific authority, legislative review, agency rules, judicial rules, public safety, state agencies, legislative approval, 914, all

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• So on November 30, 2026, this commission goes away by its explicit terms.
• in fact listen and disagreed for good in fact listen and disagreed for good and<01:47:11.840> explicit
• and explicit reasons. and explicit reasons.
• <02:13:08.320> reports<02:13:08.800> and<02:13:09.040> the<02:13:09.199> contents
• committee reports and the contents committee reports and the contents therein<02:13:10.800> vary

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• The bill doesn't make explicit reference to suspended accounts, but I believe that criteria would also

Keywords: 1182, all

Summary: The House and Senate conference committees met on April 16, 2026, to reconcile differences on HB 2874, which deals with campaign finance termination statements and penalties for committees that had no contributions or expenditures. Staff explained that the Senate version retroactively voided certain penalties for late campaign finance reports if a committee certifies no activity, and the conference amendment further refined the bill by requiring public posting of committees that owe late-filing penalties, clarifying termination-statement requirements, extending the no-penalty provisions to some committees that had received contributions, and capping penalties at $5,000 per late report beginning July 1. The amendment also moved the retroactivity date, added a session-law provision, and included an emergency clause. Members discussed whether suspended accounts with no activity would be covered, and staff indicated that while not expressly named, they would likely fall within the bill’s criteria. Supporters said the measure would help clear old compliance issues from the books, improve transparency, and provide relief to smaller candidates and local officeholders who may not have the resources to manage complex campaign finance requirements. One member noted the bill would create a practical safe harbor for inactive campaigns and reduce penalties that continue to accrue on closed or empty campaign accounts. A motion was made and adopted to approve the five-page conference amendment dated April 16, 2026, at 9:03 a.m., to the Senate engrossed version of HB 2874, with authorization for technical and conforming changes recommended by the rules attorney. The motion passed by voice vote, and both the House and Senate conference committees adjourned.

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• would also like to point out that in meeting with my county, Washington County, um, they were very explicit
• Washington County, um they<00:58:03.200> were<00:58:03.440> very<00:58:03.839> explicit
• /c><00:58:04.319> in<00:58:04.640> saying<00:58:04.880> that they were very explicit
• in saying that they were very explicit in saying that what<00:58:05.520> is<00:58:05.760>

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• The bill is not explicit regarding who ultimately bears those costs.
• Um the bill is not explicit<00:48:32.720> regarding<00:48:33.280> who<00:48:33.839>
• ultimately<00:48:34.319> bears explicit regarding who ultimately bears explicit regarding

Bills: SF0058, SF0061, SF0095, SF0107

Keywords: Indian child welfare, tribal relations, sunset repeal, Wyoming law, child custody, sales tax, motor vehicle, family transfer, tax exemption, Wyoming legislation, driver's license, motor vehicle services, third-party providers, Wyoming, regulatory compliance, registration, license plate, electronic system, State Department of Transportation, county treasurers

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• Before, it was pretty explicit on who got included in that.
• before<00:47:14.040> it<00:47:14.119> was<00:47:14.319> pretty<00:47:14.599> explicit
• ><00:47:15.040> on<00:47:15.200> who<00:47:15.400> got before it was pretty explicit
• on who got before it was pretty explicit on who got included<00:47:16.319> in<00:47:16.520>

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• fishing game authorities, so the Department of Transportation had said that they would appreciate an explicit
• c><00:49:32.280> an said that they would appreciate an said that they would appreciate an explicit
• exception<00:49:33.280> for<00:49:33.440> their<00:49:33.640> Department explicit
• exception for their Department explicit exception for their Department as<00:49:34.240> well<

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• Students are using AI to generate sexually explicit photos of other students, and child predators are
• school districts do not always extend these policies to incidents involving AI-generated sexually explicit
• by school districts that addresses the specific risk risks of producing or distributing sexually explicit

Bills: SB604, SB843, SB1636, SB2395, SB571, SB1224, SB1832, SB2392, SB747, SB2623, SB2624, SB2185

Keywords: bonds, education funding, Texas Permanent School Fund, financial transparency, speculative rating, school funding, deferred maintenance, tax revenue, education budget, school districts, education, finance, Texas Education Code, misconduct, child abuse, educators, investigation, criminal offense, education law, suspension

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• So in state law already, it is usually pretty explicit who can request lists and what those lists contain
• The requests have been made without, sort of—it's not always explicit—so there is some uncertainty about

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• Even though we don't have explicit laws saying currently, at least virtual education should comply with
• at the end, at the bottom there, you'll see that we still probably want to make sure that PED has explicit

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• Your mortality assumption does have an explicit assumption, assuming future mortality improvement.
• This valuation does have an explicit assumption for that, which is a standard that we all actually meet

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• or livestock that were potentially had been called, so this would ban that sale, distribution, an explicit
• had testimony in this committee where the Board of Animal Health testified that they did not have explicit

Keywords: 1183, house

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• There is not an explicit formula written into the bill.
• It is explicit in the legislation that the counties could apply, and I hopefully I'm understanding your

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• Um, that was not very explicit and wanted to be sure that that is allowed for, um, businesses to sell
• Um, that was not very explicit and wanted to be sure that that is allowed for, um, businesses to sell
• Um, that was not very explicit and wanted to be sure that that is allowed for, um, businesses to sell
• Um, that was not very explicit and wanted to be sure that that is allowed for, um, businesses to sell
• Um that was not very<00:09:06.080> explicit<00:09:06.480> and<00:09:06.720> wanted

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