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• wildfire litigation space, but needless to say, fire victims' interests are not served by these deceptions
• precluding lawyers from sharing fees with non-lawyer financial investors; SB 37, precluding misleading or deceptive
• SB 37, precluding misleading or deceptive advertising.
• SB 37, precluding misleading or deceptive advertising, AB2305, prohibiting private equity firms from
• It was a short sale. He spent the next five years remodeling it.

Committee: House Utilities and Energy

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• but trials take years, and during those years, how many more children will be caught in the web of deception
• employer cannot bail them out with taxpayer dollars, they'll think twice before facilitating a child's deception
• and so I suspect it will not create a flood of litigation because we won't have the problem of the deception
• What it penalizes is actively encouraging children to deceive their parents, facilitating that deception
• There was deception and a facilitation.

Committee: Senate Senate Education Committee of Reference

Summary: The Committee on Education approved the minutes from February 18 and March 4, 2026, then took up several bills. HCR 2003, the “Protect Girls in Sports in Arizona Act,” drew extensive testimony. Supporters, including Superintendent Tom Horne, argued it would protect fairness, safety, and privacy in girls’ sports and locker rooms by requiring teams to be designated male, female, or co-ed and by limiting access to sex-designated private spaces. Opponents, including ACLU and transgender advocates, said the measure was discriminatory, would function as a bathroom ban, and could force schools to police students’ bodies and identities. The committee voted 4-3 to give HCR 2003 a due pass recommendation. The committee then advanced HB 2020, which lowers certain student threats or disruptions at educational institutions from a Class 6 felony to a Class 1 misdemeanor, and HB 2032, which changes the statewide testing window so assessments begin later in the spring and scores are returned later, with supporters saying it would better reflect a full year of instruction. HB 2033, allowing school districts or charter schools to choose paper-and-pencil administration of statewide assessments by governing board vote, also received support from educators who said it would reduce technology barriers for younger students. HB 2318, as amended, would impose term limits on school district governing board members after eight consecutive years; school board groups opposed it as harmful to rural districts, but the committee adopted an amendment and gave the bill a due pass recommendation. The committee also approved HB 2378, which changes eligibility rules for School Facilities Oversight Board members who are architects or engineers so their businesses may not include school construction. HB 2313, which prohibits teacher strikes or organized work stoppages and ties funding penalties to districts or charters that violate the ban, advanced despite testimony that it duplicates existing law and could chill educators’ speech and worsen staffing shortages. Finally, HB 2249, a major expansion of the Parents’ Bill of Rights, passed after heated testimony. Supporters said it would prevent schools from socially transitioning minors without written parental consent and stop staff from encouraging children to hide information from parents; opponents warned it was vague, punitive, and would expose teachers and schools to massive liability and litigation. The committee adopted amendments on HB 2318 and HB 2249 and reported all of the listed bills out with due pass recommendations, with recorded split votes on several measures.

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• bond sales of about 87 million each, which will be spent over the next 15 months.
• We supplement that with another bond sale of 87 million until we've sold the 350 million.
• So part of the first bond sale, $10 million is going to HVAC. To take over three years to do this.
• So part of the first bond sale, $10 million is going to HVAC.
• And that's what their bond sale funding was going to be utilized towards this project.

Committee: House Public School Capital Outlay Oversight Task Force

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• and water management district to provide a 30-day notice before any meeting to review the proposed sale
• We have the Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act, which protects consumers and businesses
• from unfair, deceptive, or unconscionable acts in trade or commerce.
• We have the Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act, which protects consumers and businesses
• from unfair, deceptive, or unconscionable acts in trade or commerce.

Summary: The committee took up a long agenda of retained bills and several new measures, with most receiving favorable reports after amendments. Major debate centered on CS/SB 706, which preempts airport naming to the state and designates Palm Beach International Airport as the Donald J. Trump International Airport subject to FAA and trademark-related conditions. Senator Jones offered amendments to avoid private royalty benefits, but both failed. Senators Berman, Osgood, Jones, and Pizzo spoke against the bill, raising concerns about naming an airport after a sitting president, lack of local input, and ethical issues; Senator Mayfield defended the bill as cost-free to the airport and noted the naming agreement. The committee ultimately voted the bill favorably. The committee also approved CS/SB 546 on conservation land notice requirements and CS/SB 1014 on municipal utility service to properties outside city limits, both with amendments and some opposition from the Florida League of Cities on the utility bill. Several other bills were heard and reported favorably with little controversy. CS/SB 1500 would streamline uncontested probate proceedings; SB 962 would exclude farms and farm operations from certain zoning definitions tied to affordable housing preemption; CS/SB 820 would strengthen reporting for problem-solving courts; SB 840 would revise portions of last year’s hurricane-related land-use law to narrow its scope and sunset temporary restrictions; and SB 856 would require online property listings to show estimated ad valorem taxes, with an amendment excluding social media platforms and broadening liability protections. SB 110 would clarify homestead exemption eligibility for 98-year or longer residential leases. SB 394 would exempt certain underwriting managers handling limited facultative reinsurance from licensure requirements, and SB 434 would prevent wind-hardening improvements from increasing assessed value for residential property tax purposes. The committee also advanced several public-safety and transparency measures. CS/CS/SB 658 and 608, a combined water-safety bill, would require safety features for rental properties with pools or nearby water bodies and authorize DBPR enforcement; supporters framed it as a response to Florida’s high child-drowning rates, and Airbnb waived in support. SB 748 would place constitutional language on restoration of voting rights on sentencing score sheets, with broad support from voting-rights and civil-rights groups. CS/SB 824 would require annual reporting of unimproved school-district land inventories, and CS/SB 848 would create a framework for off-site stormwater treatment and related credits, with support from builders and mitigation bankers. The committee also heard CS/SB 1036 on school counselors, which clarifies certification requirements and performance criteria after a delete-all amendment.

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• and water management districts to provide a 30-day notice before any meeting to review the proposed sale
• We have the Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act, which protects consumers and businesses
• from unfair, deceptive, or unconscionable acts in trade or commerce.
• We have the Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act, which protects consumers and businesses
• from unfair, deceptive, or unconscionable acts in trade or commerce.

Committee: Senate Rules

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• is illegal, that their sale could expose both their companies and themselves to potentially millions
• In connection with those settlements, each defendant has agreed not to sell or facilitate the sale of
• And each agreement has mechanisms in place to prevent indirect sales to Missouri consumers.
• A breach by retail sale in Missouri would allow the Attorney General to refile suit, which means that
• of these products in our state, the sale of these compounds is a violation of state and federal law,

Committee: House Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Task Force

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• is illegal, that their sale could expose both their companies and themselves to potentially millions
• In connection with those settlements, each defendant has agreed not to sell or facilitate the sale of
• And each agreement has mechanisms in place to prevent indirect sales to Missouri consumers.
• Breach by retail sale in Missouri would allow the Attorney General to refile suit, which means that we
• of these products in our state, the sale of these compounds is a violation of state and federal law,

Summary: The task force heard extensive testimony on recovery support, harm reduction, and community-based care. Dan Haniken of Into Action described his own recovery from addiction and incarceration and argued that treatment alone is not enough; he said recovery housing, peer support, employment, accountability, and stable housing are what help people stay sober and avoid relapse. Members asked about funding, housing shortages, transportation, treatment courts, and support for medication-assisted treatment (MAT). Haniken said Into Action relies on a braided mix of federal, state, county, city, foundation, and private funding, and that recovery housing needs longer-term support than many current funding streams provide. He also said Missouri should expand recovery housing, peer recovery support, and recovery community centers, and improve awareness and access to MAT in recovery settings and after incarceration. Matt Cushman, a community paramedic with Raytown Fire Protection District, urged Missouri to expand harm reduction, including syringe service programs and broader access to clean needles and drug-checking tools. He argued that stigma and abstinence-only approaches keep many people from seeking help, and said harm reduction reduces disease transmission, overdose deaths, hospitalizations, and other harms while creating pathways to recovery. He cited naloxone distribution as a successful example and said similar strategies should be decriminalized and expanded. Members asked about naloxone access, community paramedicine funding, and whether safe consumption sites should be considered; Cushman said syringe exchange should be a near-term priority, while safe consumption sites are a longer-term policy question. Representatives from Ozarks Medical Center/COMC and Four Rivers Community Health Center focused on the need to reimburse peer support specialists and community health workers, especially in rural and underserved areas. COMC’s Monet Lehman shared her trauma and recovery story and described her jail reentry work, helping incarcerated people with housing, benefits, IDs, employment, MAT, and community supports before release. Four Rivers said its care coordinators and CHWs provide wraparound services such as transportation, housing help, Medicaid enrollment, clothing, and same-day MAT access. Members and staff discussed confusion over reimbursement rules, noting that CCBHCs can bill for peer services through Medicaid while FQHCs generally cannot, and that CHWs are often funded through grants rather than reimbursement. No votes were taken; the meeting consisted of testimony and member questions, with several requests for follow-up information on funding, transportation, and reimbursement rules.

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• A third recommendation will be to create a second-degree felony for any person who, through deception
• It's either going to be a victim, a criminal, or someone that is at least the victim of deceptive business
• know, you've got a clerk behind the counter who's probably making minimum wage, who is transacting sales
• She was told through deceptive sales practices that she wouldn't have an electric bill and there would
• I agree with the telecommunications issue, the crypto kiosk, but also these deceptive trade practices

Committee: House Criminal Jurisprudence

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• recognize that until the core incentives for social media platforms change, cyberbullying, extortion, drug sales
• Chairman, is that we want to stop political campaigns from engaging in deceptive practices utilizing

Committee: House Communications, Technology and Innovation

Keywords: House Committee Room C, General Assembly Building, 976, house, all

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• employees of the TLC vendors a prohibition on selling ticks at a price greater than fixed prohibition on sale
• Nothing except expose their deception. that the only legislative change that would have a meaningful

Bills: SB26 , SB28 , SJR36 , SB616 , SB565 , SB384 , SB28 , SB28 , SR131 , SR168 , SR174 , SR175

Keywords: teacher compensation, education funding, public school educators, teacher retention, teacher designation, lottery, gambling, internet gaming, mobile application, criminal offenses, aquifer, water management, Edwards Aquifer, sustainability, regulatory framework, SB 565, Texas Water Code, TCEQ, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, compliance agreement

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• but trials take years, and during those years, how many more children will be caught in the web of deception
• and so I suspect it will not create a flood of litigation because we won't have the problem of the deception
• and so I suspect it will not create a flood of litigation because we won't have the problem of the deception
• What it penalizes is actively encouraging children to deceive their parents, facilitating that deception
• There was deception and a facilitation.

Bills: HB2020 , HB2032 , HB2033 , HB2249 , HB2313 , HB2318 , HB2378 , HCR2003

Committee: Senate Education

Keywords: interference, disruption, educational institutions, public order, conduct rules, statewide assessment, student testing, academic standards, third grade reading, reading retention, promotion and retention, school accountability, assessment window, testing window, test scores, school report cards, nontest data, graduation rates, dropout rates, education data privacy

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• The deception and the misleading practices of these organizations are not incidental; they're core to
• We absolutely need to stop funneling public funds into deceptive organizations that do nothing but harm
• they are extremist they are deceptive they are extremist they are non-medical<01:01:47.680><c> maybe
• To say that this is a deception, misleading, and deceiving—one of your members said it's a misleading
• </c> men to say that this is a dece deception men to say that this is a dece deception in<01:07:55.520

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Maryland was the first state to ban the sale of personal information.
• , and Virginia earlier this year banned the sale of geolocation information.
• Maryland was the first state to ban the sale of personal information.
• Virginia earlier this year, ban the sale of geolocation information.
• ceasing, with sales ceasing. before shutting down a game that they purchase, with sales ceasing on the

Summary: The committee first heard AB 1159, which would update California student data privacy law for educational technology and college-level platforms. The author and supporters argued that students’ personal information is being collected and used far beyond educational purposes, including sensitive health and demographic data, and said the bill would limit misuse and add stronger privacy protections. Support came from privacy, labor, education, and civil rights groups, while opposition from college store and industry representatives focused on narrowing the definition of “operator,” preserving institution-related communications, and concerns about the bill’s private right of action. Members raised questions about how the bill would affect scholarships, financial aid, adult students, consent, and litigation; the author said the bill includes a right to cure and notice to the Attorney General. The committee voted 4-0 to pass the bill to Appropriations, with the measure placed on call. The committee then took up AB 1709, which would set a minimum age of 16 for social media accounts on platforms with specified addictive design features and create a youth safety commission. The author, pediatric and safety advocates, and several public supporters argued that social media companies intentionally design compulsive features that harm youth mental health, sleep, and development, and that the bill is a necessary product-safety response. Opponents argued the bill is overbroad, may be ineffective, raises First Amendment concerns, and could cut off vulnerable youth from important online support networks. Members focused heavily on possible amendments, especially a non-addictive feed option for younger users and strengthening the commission; the author said he was open to those changes and to further work with the committees. The bill was moved to Judiciary on a 5-0 vote and placed on call. At the end of the excerpt, the author began presenting a third measure, AB 2076, which would strengthen California’s Parents’ Accountability and Child Protection Act by adding nitrous oxide to the list of age-verified dangerous products, banning purchase with gift cards or store credit, and increasing penalties for large sellers. The author described nitrous oxide as increasingly accessible to minors online and cited enforcement gaps in the current law, but the transcript cuts off before testimony or action on that bill.

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• House Bill 264, an act relating to theft by deception.
• House Bill 264 amends Kentucky's theft by deception statute.
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• ,</c><00:40:24.000><c> lease,</c><00:40:24.480><c> or</c><00:40:24.800><c> rent</c> property for sale
• , lease, or rent property for sale, lease, or rent without<00:40:25.839><c> legal</c><00:40:26.160><c

Keywords: Convene 00:00:00 Senate Message 00:05:32 Calendar/2nd Readings 00:06:28 Orders of the Day 00:08:06 HB 459 00:08:16 HB 293 00:10:44 HB 379 00:20:16 HB 526 00:24:16 HB 264 00:39:32 HB 448 00:43:37 Motions, Petitions, and Communications 00:46:17 Introduction of New Bills and Resolutions 00:57:26 Recess for ConC/Rules Meeting 00:58:27 ConC/Rules Report 01:01:42 Floor Amendments 01:03:00 Adjournment 01:03:24, 958, all

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• The proposed legislation will require full disclosure to consumers at the point of sale and drive down
• The most compelling issue is PBMs' deliberate non-disclosure of lower drug prices at the point of sale
• Under New Hampshire RSA 358, a non-disclosure of readily available lower prices is an unfair or deceptive
• The proposed legislation will require full disclosure to consumers at the point of sale and drive down
• The most compelling issue is PBMs' deliberate non-disclosure of lower drug prices at the point of sale

Committee: Senate Rules and Enrolled Bills

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• access it in perpetuity, and that turning off digital rights management or DRM servers could be a deceptive
• is important because of the emergence of an exploitative wild west marketplace where sellers use deceptive
• But we've also seen deceptive advertisement in our marketplace, and also we've seen some impurities as
• We want to make sure that the deceptive advertisement does not continue.
• We want to make sure that the deceptive advertisement...

Committee: Senate Business, Professions and Economic Development

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• The use of AI in rental listings, including deceptive AI, has exploded in recent months.
• Maryland was the first state to ban the sale of personal information.
• Virginia earlier this year banned the sale of geolocation information.
• Maryland was the first state to ban the sale of personal information.
• Virginia earlier this year, ban the sale of geolocation information.

Committee: Senate Privacy, Digital Technologies, and Consumer Protection

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• Such deception not only facilitated violence, but struck at the very heart of the public’s trust in legitimate
• Such<00:18:11.840><c> deception</c><00:18:12.920><c> not</c><00:18:13.320><c> only</c><00:18:13.679><
• c> facilitated</c> Such deception not only facilitated Such deception not only facilitated violence,<

Keywords: 1183, house

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• to establish a products or deceptive trade practices claim...” “...than it was for Seattle to simply
• They were public nuisance actions for essentially deceptive marketing of a product.
• We pay over $900,000 to our landlord, collect over $700,000 in sales taxes, and pay around $40,000 in
• Justice should not be for sale in Texas.
• Justice should not be for sale in Texas.

Bills: HB2242 , HB2446 , HB2799 , HB4502 , HB2920 , HB2790 , HB5620 , HB5060 , HB5076 , HB5080 , HB5081 , HB5128 , HB5130 , HB3847 , HB5116 , HB2969 , HB4546 , HB4202 , HB5624 , HB3964 , HB4803 , HB872 , HB4775 , HB4777 , HB4961 , HB5570 , HB2988 , HB4260 , HB1375 , HB5009 , HB5411 , HB5134 , HB4388 , HB3095 , HB1387

Committee: House Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence

Keywords: constables, civil rights, local government, law enforcement, policy-making authority, affidavit, medical bills, civil actions, reasonable charges, healthcare services, judicial statistics, court performance, family law, civil cases, efficiency reporting, court security, emergency management, harassment penalties, judicial safety, court committee

Summary: The committee heard testimony on several bills affecting civil practice, judicial conduct, and attorney regulation. HB 4961 and the similar HB 3095 would bar uninsured motorists from recovering non-economic damages after a collision, with HB 3095 also addressing certain exceptions and limiting economic damages in some cases. Supporters said the measures would encourage insurance coverage and fairness for insured drivers, while opponents argued they would unfairly punish injured people who were not responsible for the lack of insurance, including pedestrians, passengers, children, and others. HB 3095 drew constitutional concerns from witnesses, and the committee later withdrew the committee substitute and left the bill pending; HB 4961 was also left pending after questions about its scope, including passengers. HB 5570 would expand a continuing legal education exemption to attorneys appointed by the governor and confirmed by the Senate who serve on boards or commissions. The author and witness said the bill would free up time for public service while still requiring ethics training. A committee member raised a discrepancy in the number of attorneys covered, and the bill was left pending. HB 2969 would prohibit the State Bar from adopting rules or penalties that unreasonably burden attorneys’ religious exercise or free speech, especially in relation to sincerely held religious beliefs. Supporters framed it as a protection for lawyers of faith against an ABA-style speech code, while no one testified in opposition; the bill was left pending. HB 4260 would prohibit county judges and county commissioners from practicing law in courts over which they have jurisdiction. The author described it as an ethics measure to avoid conflicts of interest, but county officials and the County Judges and Commissioners Association opposed it, saying existing ethics rules already address conflicts and that the bill would impose hardships, especially in rural counties. The bill was left pending. HB 4388 would require all judges, including those who serve only in administrative roles, to remain subject to the Code of Judicial Conduct; supporters said some judges avoid discipline by relinquishing judicial functions, while opponents said the bill was unnecessary and could burden county judges who serve as administrators. It was also left pending. The committee also heard HB 5134, which would limit Rule 202 pre-suit depositions to people who have suffered or reasonably expect to suffer actual damages and allow attorney’s fees against abusive petitioners. The author said the bill would curb harassment and fishing expeditions, but members questioned how the standard would work in practice; the bill was left pending. Finally, HB 3964 would narrow common-law public nuisance claims by barring suits over lawful conduct, conduct already addressed by other remedies, and products, while preserving other causes of action. Supporters said the bill would prevent regulation through litigation and protect legislative authority; opponents said it would eliminate important remedies and that no Texas abuse had been shown. The author indicated he would revise the bill, and it was left pending.

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• , or misleading environmental marketing or untruthful, deceptive, or misleading Net Zero claims is that
• , or misleading environmental marketing or untruthful, deceptive, or misleading Net Zero claims is that
• , or misleading environmental marketing or untruthful, deceptive, or misleading Net Zero claims is that
• , or misleading environmental marketing or untruthful, deceptive, or misleading Net Zero claims is that
• , or misleading environmental marketing or untruthful, deceptive, or misleading Net Zero claims is that

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee first took up House Bill 313 and, on motion by Representative Perez, voted to retain the bill because members felt it needed further work and was not ready for final action. The motion passed 18-0, and no further action was taken on the bill. House Bill 391, an anti-SLAPP measure, was then discussed; supporters said it addressed a real problem and should move forward, while opponents raised concerns that it was too broad, could affect criminal cases, and might create procedural complications. The committee voted 18-0 to retain HB 391 as well, and it was placed on consent. The committee next considered House Bill 462, establishing a cause of action for unwarranted video imaging of residential properties. Representative McFarland moved OTP, saying the bill raised First Amendment and property-rights concerns. The motion passed 18-0, and the bill was also placed on consent. The committee then turned to House Bill 509, which would require reporting on forfeitures. Supporters argued the information was useful for future legislation, while opponents said the reporting would be costly, duplicative, and potentially split data across fiscal years. The committee voted 11-7 to recommend OTP, with a minority of members opposed. House Bill 520, authorizing Department of Education hearing officers to issue subpoenas, drew the most extended debate. Supporters argued DOE needed the same tools other agencies have, while opponents said DOE already had access to needed information, the Attorney General could handle subpoenas, and the bill would create an unbalanced process and raise due process and student-record concerns. Representative Tur offered Amendment 0842H to shift subpoena power from DOE hearing officers to the Attorney General; after debate, the amendment failed 10-8. The transcript cuts off as the committee begins the roll call on the underlying bill after rejecting the amendment.