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Transcript Highlights:
- I, Jane Nelson, Secretary of State of the State of Texas, do hereby certify that according to the records
- state senator for District number of the state house of representatives of the state of Texas and will
- Why is Texas more the land of opportunity than any other state in the United States?
- God bless you all and God bless the great state of Texas.
- This is her 56th year serving the state of Texas.
Bills:
SCR7
Keywords:
legislature, adjournment, permissions, Texas Constitution, session, legislative authority, 1185, senate, all
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Bills:
HB 148, HB 334, HB 554, HB 762, HB 1520, HB 1593, HB 3526, HB 3810, HB 5092, SB 2215, HB 2607
Keywords:
family leave, leave pool, county employee, sick leave, vacation leave, family care, pandemic, guardianship, HB 554, fireworks, Juneteenth, Juneteenth holiday, retail fireworks permit, Texas Occupations Code, Local Government Code, county commissioners court, drought conditions, Texas A&M Forest Service, fire safety, holiday sales
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- Texas 400, and the Texas Physicians for Patients PAC.
- I represent Texas Appleseed.
- Texas data were required to register with the Secretary of State.
- We're Wendell with Texas Watch. and support of the legislation.
- And SCR 8 expresses the opposition of the 89th Legislature of the State of Texas to the creation of a
Keywords:
SB 213, Texas insurance, Insurance Code, Chapter 551, Chapter 541, bundling, tying arrangement, cross-selling, homeowners insurance, residential property insurance, auto insurance, personal automobile insurance, consumer protection, unfair trade practice, deceptive insurance practice, property and casualty insurer, Lloyd's plan, county mutual, reciprocal exchange, farm mutual
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Texas 89th 2nd C.S.
89th Legislative Session - Second Called Session Aug 25th, 2025
Texas House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Dean of the House and committee chairmanships and vice chairmanships for Democratic members of the Texas
- Dean of the House and committee chairmanships and vice chairmanships for Democratic members of the Texas
- special session HR 41 by Hopper, relating to imposing monetary punishments on Democratic members of the Texas
Keywords:
property tax, school funding, enrollment changes, inflation adjustment, tax rate notice, judicial administration, court reform, juvenile diversion, court security, mental health services, drug offenses, constitutional amendments, property tax exemption, ad valorem tax, Texas Tax Code, nonprofit corporation, charitable organization, educational nonprofit, scientific nonprofit, agriculture support
Summary:
The House convened, received a message from the Senate, and the chair announced the signing of HB 4 in the presence of the House. The clerk then read a large number of first-reading measures and referred them to committees. Among the notable bills, SB 1 by Senator Perry on campground and youth camp safety was referred to the Committee on Disaster Preparedness and Flooding. Several House resolutions dealing with House rules, quorum, attendance, and penalties for members who missed sessions or broke quorum were referred to the Committee on House Administration, including HR 5, HR 17, HR 18, HR 34, HR 41, and HR 58.
The House also referred a broad slate of resolutions to the Committee on Local and Consent Calendars, including measures by Riddell, Craddick, Toth, Leo Wilson, Schofield, Gehan, Bella Montgomery, Hinojosa, Schoolcraft, Little, Meyer, Luhan, Orr, Johnson, Harris Davila, Lopez, Cameron, Gonzalez of El Paso, Wharton, Flores, Dyson, and Harless. These referrals covered many individual House resolutions and concurrent resolutions, but no debate or votes were recorded in the transcript.
At the end of the proceedings, the House recessed until noon pursuant to a previously adopted motion.
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- that have been penalized by the state of Texas for failure to pay wages.
- of Texas.
- of Texas.
- She has worked with the Texas Restaurant Association, Early Matters Texas, and Texas 2036, as well as
- With this, E4C and the task force, we have been researching best ideas here in Texas from other states
Keywords:
healthcare, Medicare, insurance, financial assistance, families, wage theft, employers, penalties, Texas Workforce Commission, employee rights, employer database, worker rights, death investigation, emergency services, medical benefits, exposure claims, public safety, workforce development, TWC, youth workforce
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Texas 89th Regular
S/C on County & Regional Government Mar 17th, 2025
S/C on County & Regional Government
Transcript Highlights:
- Harris County Constable Ford's department is. the 11th largest police department in the state of Texas
- We as a state really do prioritize.
- The city, the big cities, max it out by what the state allows to raise your property tax, yeah. state
- You know, the state, you know, the state constitution creates the counties, but they have almost no..
- That's our county seat. which also boasts the only functioning Adobe courthouse in the state of Texas
Keywords:
law enforcement, sheriff, constable, contracts, county governance, HB 554, fireworks, Juneteenth, Juneteenth holiday, retail fireworks permit, Texas Occupations Code, Local Government Code, county commissioners court, drought conditions, Texas A&M Forest Service, fire safety, holiday sales, seasonal fireworks sales, Fourth of July, Independence Day
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Texas 89th Regular
Senate Committee on Water, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs May 19th, 2025
Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- Members, the Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board is required to implement a program to eradicate
- state waters.
- Our state is enticing industry to Texas.
- I hope those two examples drive home the point that agriculture is under attack in the state of Texas
- We're the oldest trade association in the state of Texas.
Keywords:
agriculture, finance, young farmers, financial assistance, pest control, honey production, beekeeping, food safety, local regulation, bovine producers, dairy farms, permits, bovine tuberculosis, public health, wildlife management, disease prevention, alert system, Texas A&M, white-tailed deer, public safety
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Keywords:
occupational licenses, renewal, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, registration, license expiration, HB 2663, inactive well, plugging extension, Railroad Commission of Texas, RRC, oil and gas, orphan wells, well cleanup, well plugging, abandoned wells, surface equipment removal, electric service termination, administrative penalty, Natural Resources Code, Section 89.029
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- I'm a landowner in Childress and Donley Counties of Texas, and I am here also representing... ...Texas
- We represent 28,000 members, landowners in the state of Texas.
- I'm here on behalf of the Texas Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association and myself.
- State your name, who you represent, and your position on the bill.
- So, we invest in this state every year. It's starting to push a billion dollars.
Keywords:
occupational licenses, renewal, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, registration, license expiration, HB 2663, inactive well, plugging extension, Railroad Commission of Texas, RRC, oil and gas, orphan wells, well cleanup, well plugging, abandoned wells, surface equipment removal, electric service termination, administrative penalty, Natural Resources Code, Section 89.029
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- Fund. ...for Texas.
- The Texas Water Trust was established in 1979 by the legislature as a program within the Texas Water
- Bank and is administered by the Texas Water Development Board.
- That's our project with the confidence that the state is behind us.
- What is Aqua, Texas' water loss in their pipes? I do not represent Aqua, Texas.
Keywords:
election, bonds, authorization, financial governance, public funding, HB 143, bond election, debt authorization, November uniform election date, Texas Election Code, emergency election, voter approval, municipal bonds, local government finance, public debt, school bonds, special election, uniform election date, bond issuance, water rights
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- State affairs will come to order. Will the clerk call the roll?
- Why does this apply only to members physically outside the state when an in-state absence would also
- them to come back here in Texas.
- We can use our, uh, uh, Texas Rangers, we can use DPS and others to bring them back, uh, but out of state
- her last, uh, state affairs hearing from this side.
Bills:
HB18
Keywords:
HB 18, Texas Legislature, quorum break, quorum-busting, legislative walkout, absent legislators, political contributions, campaign finance, political expenditures, legislative caucus, specific-purpose committee, Texas Ethics Commission, civil penalty, show cause order, district court, Fifteenth Court of Appeals, session fundraising, travel lodging food expenses, legislative session, compelled attendance
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- Committee on State Affairs will come to order. Good afternoon. Will the clerk call the roll?
- becomes... we start talking about it, and with this, I think we need everyone to understand in the state
- In Texas, we're never going to do that—at least I'm never going to vote for it.
Keywords:
voter registration, election procedures, provisional ballot, change of address, residence requirements, Texas Election Code, voting rights, judicial administration, court reform, juvenile diversion, court security, mental health services, drug offenses, constitutional amendments, political contributions, special legislative session, election code, transparency, campaign finance, election law
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- of Texas.
- I think it's addressing a concern of constituents across the state of Texas.
- it also affected the taxpayers of the state of Texas.
- In dollars, I feel like that was political grand larceny to the state of Texas.
- The state of Texas is completely appalled, and I thank you, Representative Shaheen, for bringing up this
Bills:
HB18
Keywords:
HB 18, Texas Legislature, quorum break, quorum-busting, legislative walkout, absent legislators, political contributions, campaign finance, political expenditures, legislative caucus, specific-purpose committee, Texas Ethics Commission, civil penalty, show cause order, district court, Fifteenth Court of Appeals, session fundraising, travel lodging food expenses, legislative session, compelled attendance
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Keywords:
concrete crushing, hospital proximity, environmental regulation, public health, zoning laws, concrete plants, standard permit, construction regulation, environmental compliance, health and safety code, water rights, property transfer, disclosure requirements, coastal property, Texas legislation, real estate, environmental impact, Gulf of America, coastal resources, Texas sovereignty
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Keywords:
sexual assault, healthcare facilities, forensic examination, survivor support, emergency contraceptive, online impersonation, civil liability, social media, identity theft, defamation, counseling damages, injunctive relief, public health, safety regulations, community health, state standards, healthcare access, identification, real estate, proof of identity
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- state of Texas involved in this.
- I promise you, Texas State of Texas will get that back in a lot of ways.
- These whales will help Texas families and the state of Texas.
- It helps the state of Texas property taxpayers. It helps.
- Texas or the United States of America to begin with.
Bills:
HB19, HB30, HB851, HB1663, HB1681, HB1769, HB1937, HB1979, HB2428, HB2433, HB2825, HB3159, HB3424, HB3486, HB3487, HB3504, HB3605, HB3879, HB3994, HB4382, HB4752, HB5444, HB5446, HB5447, HB3199, HB4847, HB19
Keywords:
local government debt, property tax, ad valorem tax, bond election, certificate of obligation, anticipation note, school district tax rate, voter-approval rate, debt service cap, municipal finance, county bonds, flood control district, hospital district, public works, tax transparency, property tax notice, November uniform election date, general obligation bonds, local debt reform, taxpayer notice
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Texas 89th 2nd C.S.
89th Legislative Session - Second Called Session Sep 2nd, 2025
Texas House Floor Meeting
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Texas 89th Regular
Press Conference: HB 2081 Jun 1st, 2025 at 11:06 am
Transcript Highlights:
- Well, we've been actually partnering and working with ARCA Texas for a while, even on smaller things.
- Limited our options are in Texas, and that's inspiring to recognize that we have work to do.
- anywhere across Texas are going to see because of this bill?
- This is a big state, and we have a huge budget. We can do the right thing.
- And you know, this is the thing about Texas: it's not over until it's over. We can't quit.
Keywords:
special education, legislation, Texas, personalized education, families testimonies, education reform, committee meeting
Summary:
The committee meeting featured strong dialogues focused on improving educational provisions for special needs students in Texas. A key highlight was the discussion around legislation aimed at personalizing educational programs to cater to individual needs, which included testimonies from families who have benefited from similar initiatives. The overall sentiment was one of urgency to rectify past shortcomings in the education system and to foster an environment where every student is given the chance to thrive. Members also expressed frustration over delayed bills and a commitment to continue fighting for progress as the session approached its end.
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Bills:
HB1057
Keywords:
teacher salary, retirement benefits, career education, work experience credit, Texas Education Code
Summary:
The Senate committee met, established a quorum, and took up House Bill 1057, sponsored in the Senate by Senator Adam Hinojosa. Hinojosa explained that the bill would expand the amount of prior industry experience that can count toward TRS and salary step credit for career and technology education teachers, increasing the cap from two years to five years. He said the change is intended to help recruit and fairly compensate skilled professionals such as electricians, nurses, welders, and programmers, and to address teacher shortages beginning in the 2025-2026 school year.
No members asked questions, and no one signed up to testify. The committee then voted to report HB 1057 favorably to the full Senate. The motion passed unanimously, 13 ayes and 0 nays, and the chair announced the committee would stand recessed subject to call.
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Transcript Highlights:
- ACC Texas represents about 450 engineering firms totaling about 36,000 employees across the state of
- From the Texas Water Fund, um, as we know, the first state flood plan was issued not too long ago and
- A dedicated focus on this vital issue will allow North Texas and the entire state to continue to attract
- of state of Texas is treating this water rather than just release it back into, uh, you know, a river
- the development of water supplies throughout Texas, including implementation of the state water plan
Bills:
SB 7