Transcript Highlights:

• These new facilities are designed and set up to... ...facilities are designed and set up to prevent that
• This is something we need to rectify, and... something we need to rectify and come up with a measurement
• the system can't retire early, and they don't... system can't retire early and they don't have a measure

Bills: SJR 1 , SB 9 , SB 40 , SJR 36 , SJR 1 , SJR 5 , SB 9 , SB 40 , SR 61 , SR 91 , SR 97 , SR 103 , SR 104 , SR 112 , SR 115 , SR 116 , SCR 16 , SB 26 , SB 26

Keywords: bail denial, illegal aliens, felony offenses, constitutional amendment, law enforcement, bail reform, defendants, pretrial detention, public safety, criminal justice, charitable bail organizations, bail bonds, public funds, political subdivision, injunctive relief, taxpayer rights, bail, criminal justice reform, Texas Music Advocacy Day, music industry

Transcript Highlights:

• HB 148 is contrary to the prevention of discrimination in New Hampshire.
• HB 148 is contrary to the prevention of discrimination in New Hampshire.
• of discrimination in the um prevention of discrimination in New<00:18:38.440><c> Hampshire</c><00:18
• This bill enables this harassment and violence and prevents legal recourse for those affected.
• It would not prevent or waive anyone's rights.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The House Judiciary Committee opened a hearing on House Bill 148, with the chair limiting testimony to two minutes and asking for no outbursts so the committee could get through eight bills that day. Representative Kofalt, the prime sponsor, said HB 148 was the same as last year’s HB 396, which passed both chambers but was vetoed by the governor. He explained the bill would allow, but not require, separation by biological sex in bathrooms, locker rooms, houses of correction, and certain athletic competitions, leaving local school boards and administrators discretion to set policies. He argued the bill was meant to address safety and privacy concerns and cited a Milford incident and concerns in several school districts as examples of why local flexibility was needed. Committee members questioned the lack of a definition of “biological sex” and how the bill would be applied. Kofalt said he did not think a definition was necessary because males and females are generally understood, and he said the bill would give local policymakers latitude to make practical rules. He also said the bill was intended to address situations where people might misuse transgender claims to access spaces inappropriately. In response to questions, he said he was aware of issues in Kearsarge, Milford, and Mascoma school districts and had heard of discomfort in the State House, though he did not know all the details. Several opponents testified that the bill would discriminate against transgender and non-binary people and create enforcement problems. Executive Councilor Karen Hill said the bill would roll back New Hampshire’s anti-discrimination protections and conflict with the state’s Live Free or Die values. Alice Wade, a trans woman, said she had used women’s restrooms without incident and argued the bill would invite invasive enforcement and harassment. Representative La Selig said the bill was discriminatory and that bathroom concerns were being confused with unrelated harassment by cisgender males. Betsy Harrington supported the bill, citing a girls’ soccer game at Kearsarge that she said was disrupted by a boy playing on a girls’ team. Rosie Emer and her child testified against the bill, saying bathroom restrictions would increase anxiety and risk for trans and non-binary children. Stephen Scaer and Wendy Stallings supported the bill, arguing sex is biologically fixed and that excluding males from female spaces should not require genital inspections. No vote or final committee action was taken in the portion of the hearing provided.

Transcript Highlights:

• The other thing is that even if you consider that argument, there's nothing preventing the legislature
• </c> that argument there's nothing preventing that argument there's nothing preventing the<00:39:55.880
• </c> those who can pay so do so preventing those who can pay so do so preventing the<01:22:15.000><c>
• You keep talking about healthy meals to prevent cardiovascular disease later on in life.
• You keep talking about healthy meals to prevent cardiovascular disease later on in life.

Committee: Senate Education

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• We are healthcare professionals educated across the spectrum of care ranging from prevention, emergency
• ,<00:05:02.919><c> emergency</c><00:05:03.400><c> management,</c> prevention, emergency management, prevention
• I have done everything I could to prevent this perpetrator from assaulting anyone else.
• But there was nothing to prevent him from going to Grand View or some other spa.
• </c><00:48:44.640><c> illness</c> uh be healthier or prevent illness uh be healthier or prevent illness

Committee: Senate Health and Human Services

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• They're worked throughout the process to try to prevent any type of backlog.
• Well, there is a fraud prevention aspect that you're alluding to as well, and we need to be more cognizant
• Could you explain the transportation costs, how that is measured and where we're talking about the pricing
• I would really argue more towards the reinvestment into oil and gas that can help prevent production
• I would really argue more towards the reinvestment into oil and gas that can help prevent production

Summary: The Tax Reform and Relief Advisory Committee met with a quorum, approved the March 17, 2026 minutes, and heard a lengthy update from Tax Commissioner Brian Croshys on property tax relief programs. He reviewed the Homestead Property Tax Credit, Disabled Veteran Credit, and Primary Residence Credit, noting increased relief after House Bill 1158 and House Bill 1176, but also discussing how some households “income adjust out” of eligibility over time. Members asked about indexing income thresholds, expanding eligibility by age alone, simplifying administration, county-level notices, and whether the county and state systems could be streamlined. Croshys said the programs are heavily used, largely administered at the county level, and that the department is still refining compliance and reporting; he also said there were no material findings or overarching concerns in the latest review. The committee agreed more detailed PRC information would likely come back in a September meeting, and the chair announced an afternoon recess for lunch before later reconvening. Shelly Myers then presented the statewide property tax increase report, the zero-growth report, and a statistical report on property values and tax levies by class. She explained how county auditors report levy and valuation data, how increases and decreases are counted, and identified counties and cities with the largest percentage changes in growth or decline. She also summarized recent trends: agricultural values remain relatively flat, while residential, commercial, and centrally assessed values have risen over the last five years; in 2025, residential property accounted for the largest share of statewide property tax levies, followed by commercial, agriculture, and centrally assessed property. Committee members asked about unusual zero-growth figures, the effect of annexation and land-use changes, and whether the 3% levy cap was forcing political subdivisions to use reserves or defer spending. Myers said many counties complied by using reserves, delaying capital projects, or limiting increases, and that some counties had not used their full cap. The committee then moved to the stripper oil extraction tax exemption. Commissioner Croshys reviewed the state’s oil tax structure and estimated the revenue impact of keeping stripper wells exempt from extraction tax while still paying production tax. He said the exemption saves operators hundreds of millions of dollars over a biennium, while the state still collects production tax on those wells. He also discussed projected impacts if the exemption were changed for future wells and noted that future outcomes depend on oil prices, production declines, and technology such as CO2 enhanced oil recovery. Nathan Anderson of the Department of Mineral Resources briefly explained the historical difference between the 35-barrel and 30-barrel thresholds for certain wells, citing differences in completion costs and lateral lengths. The committee then heard from EERC CEO Charles Gorecki, who presented an analysis of oil well life cycles and said most oil is produced before wells reach stripper status, but that refracturing or other reinvestment can significantly extend production and keep wells above the threshold for years.

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• small businesses accounted for 85% of all net new jobs created in Arizona in the most recent year measured
• disproportionately benefit the wealthy, such as the increased SALT deduction, while backfilling DES and AHCCCS to prevent
• Problems are far less expensive to prevent than to fix after a crisis.
• The bills also establish the child sexual abuse and assault awareness and prevention pilot program.
• Representative Travers, I think you're referring to the child sexual abuse and assault awareness and prevention

Bills: HB4154 , HB4155 , HB4156 , HB4157 , HB4158 , HB4159 , HB4160 , HB4161 , HB4162 , HB4163 , HB4164 , HB4165 , HB4166 , HB4167 , HB4168 , HB4169 , SB1847 , SB1848 , SB1849 , SB1850 , SB1851 , SB1852 , SB1853 , SB1854 , SB1855 , SB1856 , SB1857 , SB1858 , SB1859 , SB1860 , SB1861 , SB1862

Committee: Joint Appropriations

Keywords: general appropriations act, budget, biennial budget, state spending, appropriations, fiscal year 2026, fiscal year 2027, state treasury, agency funding, operating budget, capital budget, public finance, state agencies, legislative budget, house appropriations, rules committee, HB4155, amusements, amusement industry, entertainment

Transcript Highlights:

• So until we have those checks and balances preventing those who use ESA vouchers to buy dune buggies
• So until we have those checks and balances preventing those who use ESA vouchers to buy dune buggies
• However, is there anything else that could prevent... ...or language that could be put in place, again
• , I'm going to use the term guardrail, to prevent this from happening again, because obviously it's already
• This is a measure that could only apply to school districts because only school districts can get access

Committee: House Education

Keywords: 1182, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Um, and so what it does is it also prevents somebody from just sending out a text and then maybe registering
• does</c><00:15:50.240><c> is</c><00:15:50.480><c> it</c><00:15:50.720><c> also</c><00:15:51.040><c> prevents
• </c> what it does is it also prevents what it does is it also prevents somebody<00:15:51.920><c> from
• And then four would be key performance measures. So, how many people are they serving?

Committee: Joint Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency

Keywords: Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency - Room 210; 28 January, 2026: 10:30 AM, 925, all

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• devastating flooding, to provide resources for families who lost everything, for new warning systems to prevent
• Adams, to try to prevent African American voting.
• public testimony on the non-issue of redistricting... ...have come before any kind of disaster prevention
• Philipson, unfortunately, your background noise is preventing us from hearing your testimony at this
• today on the details of why this particular proposal is so abhorrent, and I wholeheartedly support measures

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Feeding Texas has been able to serve millions of Texans. in providing them with food and resources to prevent
• recent history, both ERS and LECO supplemental retirement fund have not been actuarially sound, thus preventing
• they don't have a terse so how I'm a little concerned that the bill as it currently stands will will prevent
• The House has passed the following measures. HB 13 King.
• Well, Senator, it prevents the agency from... ...bringing those programs in. That's the idea.

Bills: SJR 12 , SCR 39 , SB 7 , SB 8 , SB 27 , SB 29 , SB 125 , SB 241 , SB 371 , SB 396 , SB 406 , SB 464 , SB 568 , SB 578 , SB 608 , SB 617 , SB 660 , SB 689 , SB 693 , SB 707 , SB 731 , SB 732 , SB 763 , SB 779 , SB 836 , SB 854 , SB 857 , SB 875 , SB 878 , SB 879 , SB 906 , SB 920 , SB 921 , SB 922 , SB 942 , SB 965 , SB 985 , SB 996 , SB 1029 , SB 1035 , SB 1036 , SB 1059 , SB 1084 , SB 1098 , SB 1101 , SB 1185 , SB 1188 , SB 1321 , SB 1332 , SB 1366 , SB 1388 , SB 1396 , SB 1453 , SB 1484 , SB 1494 , SB 1536 , SB 1563 , SB 1596 , SB 1610 , SB 1619 , SB 1737 , SB 1738 , SB 1741 , SB 1816 , SB 1822 , SB 1841 , SB 1939 , SB 2155 , SB 2188 , SB 2230

Keywords: parental rights, education, constitutional amendment, school choice, child education, border security, southern border, federal immigration policy, illegal immigration, cartels, transnational cartels, fentanyl, drug trafficking, human trafficking, Operation Lone Star, Texas border, National Guard, state guard, border wall, border barriers

Summary: In this meeting, significant discussions revolved around the passage and modification of various Senate Bills, including SB1388, which pertains to family support services under the Health and Human Services Commission. Senator Kolkhorst advocated for the bill, emphasizing its focus on pro-life, family-centered care. The committee passed the bill after thorough examination, showcasing a collaborative effort among the members to ensure its alignment with successful past initiatives. In another session, Senator Hughes presented SB942, aimed at retroactive child support linked to prenatal care, which sparked a constructive dialogue reflecting bipartisan support for maternal and child welfare.

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• establishes stricter timeframes, limits the number of times additional information can be requested, prevents
• SB 1080 is positioned as a pro-business, pro-development measure that increases efficiency, accountability
• dollars while restricting essential services and undermining public health initiatives, including HIV prevention
• And so it doesn't prevent any of those celebrations from taking place.
• Finally, the bill prevents local governments from imposing unnecessary building requirements on startup

Summary: The committee first took up SB 1134, which would extend and clarify the use of qualified private providers and computer-based tools in the building permit and inspection process for residential solar energy systems. The sponsor said the bill is intended to reduce long delays in solar permitting and make the process faster and cheaper; Senator Pizzo questioned whether the problem was limited to specific local governments, and a late-filed amendment clarifying the word “application” was adopted. After brief testimony from an industry representative supporting the measure, the committee reported the bill favorably, with Senator Pizzo voting no. Next, the committee considered SB 784, dealing with issuance of addresses and parcel identification numbers for plats and new development. The bill sets a 14-day timeframe, and an amendment was adopted that would allow use of a private provider if the deadline is missed and would bar fee collection if the local government fails to act within five business days. County representatives said they wanted to keep working on the bill and raised concerns about the private-provider language and the short deadlines, while several senators discussed whether the process should be handled earlier on the front end. The committee then reported the bill favorably. The committee also passed SB 1738 on transportation concurrency, which would let counties that previously opted out of concurrency opt back in by maintaining current levels of service. SB 1080, a local government land regulation bill, was described as a measure to speed development approvals by setting stricter timelines, limiting repeated information requests, and imposing penalties for noncompliance; local-government testimony opposed it as a loss of local control, while builders supported it. After debate, SB 1080 was reported favorably. SB 1260, which clarifies county constitutional officer budget procedures and creates an appeal process for clerks and supervisors of elections similar to sheriffs, was also reported favorably after members discussed possible adjustments to avoid burdening county budget negotiations. Finally, the committee took up SB 420, as amended by a strike-all, which would prohibit counties and municipalities from adopting or funding DEI-related ordinances, policies, programs, offices, or contracts, and would expose officials to misfeasance/malfeasance claims and local governments to lawsuits. The sponsor said the amendment removed retroactive language, delayed the effective date, and added definitions and contract-certification requirements, but many senators and public speakers argued the bill was overbroad, vague, and would chill local efforts such as Black History Month, women-owned business programs, minority contracting, and community outreach. Supporters said it would ensure merit-based government action and consistency with state standards. The amendment was adopted, but the bill drew extensive opposition testimony and debate over its scope and potential conflict with federal and state law.

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• It could have been prevented. This provision is not necessary.
• This is actually a cost shift, and we have a law in Louisiana that prevents employers from making workers
• But if there's anything that prevents the penalty if you're wrong, then I don't want it.
• We can probably put some protections in there for abusive discovery to prevent that, and it's a fairer
• PAs are just a controlled cost measure. It isn’t the worry of, well, they’re going to overdose.

Summary: The committee first voluntarily deferred House Bills 460 and 561, then took up House Bill 1101 on workers’ compensation. The sponsor said the bill would define maximum medical improvement, adjust fraud provisions, shorten temporary total disability and supplemental earnings benefit periods, and revise vocational rehabilitation rules; an amendment removed proposed age-based termination language for benefits. Business groups including LABI supported the bill as a way to reduce Louisiana’s comparatively high indemnity costs and align the state with regional norms, while injured-worker advocates and attorneys strongly opposed it, arguing it would cut benefits, shift medical and disability decisions away from treating physicians and judges, broaden fraud too far, and potentially push costs onto public programs. After debate, the committee voted to report HB 1101 with amendments. House Bill 282 was voluntarily deferred. House Bill 293, which would add sexual orientation and gender identity to Louisiana employment discrimination protections, drew generally supportive testimony from the sponsor and supporters, with some members raising questions about religious exemptions and federal law. The committee ultimately voted against reporting HB 293 favorably. House Bill 390, providing unpaid leave protections for domestic abuse survivors at larger employers, was presented as a tool for survivors, but the committee split 6-6 on a motion to report it favorably; the tie resulted in the bill being voluntarily deferred. The committee then heard House Bill 456, which would expand workers’ compensation petition requirements and allow employers or payers broader access to file disputed claims and seek discovery. Supporters argued employers currently lack a practical way to obtain records and challenge claims without first cutting off benefits, while opponents said the bill would revive a rejected 2012 approach, increase litigation, and undermine the no-fault workers’ compensation bargain. The discussion centered on whether the bill would preserve benefits while allowing discovery or instead encourage more disputes and penalties. The transcript ends with testimony still underway on HB 456, with no final vote shown.

Transcript Highlights:

• It could have been prevented. This provision is not necessary.
• But if there's anything that prevents the penalty if you're wrong, then I don't want it.
• We can probably put some protections in there for abusive discovery to prevent that, and it's a fairer
• We can probably put some protections in there for abusive discovery to prevent that, and it's a fairer
• PAs are just a controlled cost measure. It isn’t the worry of, well, they’re going to overdose.

Bills: HB282 , HB293 , HB390 , HB456 , HB460 , HB561 , HB819 , HB1023 , HB1047 , HB1101

Committee: House Labor & Industrial

Keywords: employment discrimination, criminal history, rehabilitation, hiring process, human rights, gender identity, sexual orientation, workplace equality, labor rights, domestic abuse, unpaid leave, employee rights, workplace protection, mental health, survivor support, workers' compensation, employment benefits, claims process, fraud prevention, legal petition

Transcript Highlights:

• devastating flooding, to provide resources for families who lost everything, for new warning systems to prevent
• Adams, to try to prevent African Americans from being able to vote in Texas, and that the last case was
• States Supreme Court five times in 26 years from Nixon versus Herndon to Terry versus Adams to try to prevent
• Philipson, unfortunately, your background noise is preventing us from hearing your testimony at this
• And I wholeheartedly support measures that are being taken that are for the benefit and accurate representation

Summary: The Senate Special Committee on Congressional Redistricting held its first regional hearing, focused on South and Central Texas, including Bexar County, Travis County, and the Rio Grande Valley. After establishing a quorum, the committee adopted its rules on a 6-3 roll-call vote, with Senators Alvarado and Miles voting no. Chair Phil King explained the regional-hearing format, the use of 2020 census data, the online testimony process, and the availability of written comments and future hearings. Several members then gave opening remarks, with Republicans emphasizing public input and Democrats arguing the special session and mid-decade redistricting were unnecessary and aimed at minority districts. A major procedural issue arose over whether the committee should invite or subpoena the DOJ attorney who authored the July 7 letter that prompted the redistricting discussion. Senator Miles moved to subpoena the attorney; the motion was seconded but then set aside after the chair said the committee could not take formal action on a non-procedural matter during a regional hearing under the adopted rules. The chair said he would consult legal counsel about issuing an invitation, and members discussed the August 7 deadline referenced in the DOJ letter. The committee then moved on to public testimony. Witnesses, including Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia, law professor Ellen Katz, and Texas NAACP president Gary Bledsoe, argued that the DOJ letter misread the law and that the targeted districts were lawful opportunity or coalition districts. They said the Fifth Circuit’s Pettway decision was limited to Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act and did not declare coalition districts unconstitutional, and they cited Bartlett v. Strickland as warning against intentionally dismantling effective minority districts. Garcia and Bledsoe said the hearing was politically motivated and would harm Black and Latino representation; Katz said Texas would act illegally if it followed the DOJ letter’s instructions. Members asked questions about the legal status of coalition districts, the 2021 map-drawing process, and the difference between opportunity, coalition, and crossover districts. The hearing continued with additional public witnesses, including labor representative Emily Amps, who said workers and communities of color were being harmed by the proposed redistricting effort.

Transcript Highlights:

• The most humane solution in this situation is a preventative one.
• What we want to be able to do is, if something happens, we want to be able to prevent it from happening
• actually very humane, very comfortable muzzles that can be worn, and it's really just a protective measure
• </c><00:08:50.560><c> Um</c><00:08:50.880><c> I've</c> prevent it from happening again.
• Um I've prevent it from happening again.

Committee: Senate Energy and Natural Resources

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Let's just say that trying to prevent.
• I think that's measure you on outcomes."
• &gt;&gt; So, you think the law is preventing them &gt;&gt; So, you think the law is preventing them from
• . what is preventing having to innovate. what is preventing them<02:42:39.200><c> now</c><02:42:39.680
• </c><02:51:48.720><c> anybody</c> in place by the code prevents anybody in place by the code prevents

Keywords: 1136, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• House Bill 757 should pass to rules with House Committee Substitute 1, an act relating to revenue measures
• </c><00:17:21.560><c> and</c> Establishing the Disaster Prevention and Resiliency Task Force to study
• So, this is a fund that goes to support preventing underage drinking.
• </c> that goes to support um preventing that goes to support um preventing underage<01:04:42.360><c>
• </c><01:24:26.680><c> production</c> pollination, which prevents production pollination, which prevents

Keywords: 958, all

Transcript Highlights:

• waiting for the outcome and this to roll out that we are doing, your office is doing the best to prevent
• </c><00:21:00.400><c> and</c> office is doing the best to prevent and office is doing the best to prevent
• in in um preventing fraud um in<00:27:14.720><c> terms</c><00:27:14.960><c> of</c><00:27:15.039><c>
• And then we added fire prevention training every five years uh because that's just a risk that we want
• </c><01:15:34.960><c> training</c> then we added fire prevention training then we added fire prevention

Committee: House Children and Families Finance and Policy

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• We have spent millions of dollars on tools to prevent fraud.
• dollars<00:14:56.079><c> on</c><00:14:56.560><c> tools</c><00:14:57.040><c> to</c><00:14:57.279><c> prevent
• </c><00:14:58.399><c> But</c> dollars on tools to prevent fraud.
• But dollars on tools to prevent fraud.
• ,</c><00:17:22.079><c> including</c> detection and prevention, including detection and prevention, including

Keywords: 1183, house

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• It's a cost-cutting measure for insurers at the direct expense of our first responders, our towns, and
• It's a costcutting measure safety bill.
• It's a costcutting measure for<00:15:57.839><c> insurers</c><00:15:58.399><c> at</c><00:15:58.720><c>
• I think there are situations, you know, in which we do extensive care on scene and then we prevent a
• I think there are situations, you know, in which we do extensive care on scene and then we prevent a

Committee: Senate Health and Human Services

Keywords: 1191, senate, all