Transcript Highlights:

• I mean, so that, I think once it, once it transitioned out of being a legislative thing and into being
• I mean, if you've been elected to office, we've lived with this.
• It's what I live for. I know that.

Summary: The meeting focused on whether legislators and legislative staff may use official resources, including newsletters and social media, to comment on a bill that has since become a ballot measure. Members discussed older ethics guidance allowing comments on legislation previously before the legislature, but questioned whether that rule still applies to modern social media posts and to ballot measures, especially when the language is strong or could be seen as an indirect appeal to voters. Several members argued that once a bill becomes a ballot measure, using state resources to advocate for or against it is prohibited, while others emphasized the importance of allowing officials to explain their votes and speak to their legislative record. The group debated possible guardrails, including whether comments should be limited to the bill itself, whether tone and timing should matter, and whether the rule should apply only to members not subject to election-year restrictions. One motion proposed extending the prior ethics guidance from the immediately preceding legislative session to the full biennium and applying it to social media, but that motion failed. Members then shifted toward a brighter-line approach tied to the primary election date, with discussion that after the primary officials should not use state resources to talk about a bill that became a ballot measure or is subject to ballot challenge. A second motion to use the primary date as the cutoff for monitoring these discussions was made, seconded, and passed. The chair then noted that officials are still free to speak on personal or campaign accounts, and to respond to questions, but the board’s guidance would help distinguish permissible official communications from campaign-like advocacy. The meeting then moved toward adjournment of the public portion, with no public testimony offered.

Transcript Highlights:

• I personally want to make sure that people can at least live and live in peace, and they're not having
• in places that legally, by law, they should not be living in.
• And they want to live there because it's easier to live there and you have a 10- or 11-acre property
• It seemed to me because most of the people that lived in that county lived in the city that had a police
• But we were not providing a good or a service. We were not receiving a good or a service.

Committee: House Governmental Oversight, Select

Keywords: 1184, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• So that chronic inflammation, we know people living under chronic stress, we know people that... live
• Can we make people live in their homes longer?
• Our service area spans a thousand miles.
• in her independent living facility.
• in an independent living place.

Bills: HB5 , HJR3 , HB155 , HB513 , HB5 , HB155

Committee: House Public Health

Keywords: dementia, research, health care, Texas Institute, grants, medical breakthroughs, oversight, prevention, funding, healthcare, Texas, autopsy, confidentiality, public records, medical examiner, law enforcement, HB 513, surgical smoke, surgical plume, smoke evacuation

Transcript Highlights:

• </c> to fund those services. Those cont. to fund those services. Those cont.
• </c> payment for legal services. payment for legal services.
• </c> Services. Okay. All right. 13 is what? Services. Okay. All right. 13 is what?
• </c> health services. health services.
• What a supportive housing services. What a supportive housing services.

Keywords: 10am HB 1 & HB 2, 928, house, all

Summary: The committee of conference on HB 1 and HB 2 reviewed comparison documents and worked through a long list of House and Senate positions, agreeing on some technical or already-enacted items while setting aside others for later discussion. Early on, members agreed to delete a House Bill 2 section tied to a bill already passed into law, and a representative explained a technical amendment to the EFA provisions clarifying enrollment-cap repeal language and compulsory attendance rules for EFA students. That amendment was discussed but a vote was postponed because not all members were present. The committee also noted that the overall EFA budget numbers had already been settled separately. Several items were either agreed to or held for further negotiation. Members agreed to delete sections already covered by other enacted bills, including BTLA-related language, and to accept a technical amendment changing "municipalities" to "political subdivisions" in a section affecting funding eligibility. They also agreed on some items involving workers’ compensation second injuries, certain pilot-program language, and some sections related to state loan repayment and other technical corrections. In contrast, they set aside or disputed items involving site evaluation, lottery-related provisions, opioid abatement, the Commission on Aging, Granite Advantage premium costs, renewable energy/offshore wind funding, special education funding, and several education trust fund and unique-fund provisions. The committee spent substantial time on policy disputes. The House side argued against keeping money in dedicated Fish and Game funds rather than increasing the main Fish and Game fund, while the Senate side defended its approach and raised concerns about fee impacts, including one tied to the fishing license. The members also discussed a housing appeals board proposal, with one member suggesting a possible compromise that would preserve some function while shifting duties and possibly sunsetting the arrangement later; the contracts for the positions were noted as running through June 30, 2028 and June 30, 2029. Another extended discussion concerned the child advocate records-access section, which one side wanted removed as policy that should go through the normal bill process, while another member asked to hold it and suggested a possible middle-ground, time-limited approach. Later, the committee agreed to remove sections already handled in other bills, including House sections 254 and 255, and discussed but did not resolve disputes over liquor licensing functions, cannabis-related language, cost containment, special education, and several fee and fund provisions. The Senate explained its position on the governor’s commission language, saying opioid abatement trust funds could not be used for that purpose and that the commission should continue to be funded through 5% of gross liquor profits; it also described renaming the body the Commission on Addiction Treatment and Prevention and expanding its scope to include problem gambling. The meeting ended with several major items still open for later negotiation.

Transcript Highlights:

• Madam Chair, you're live. >> Good morning, everyone.
• I live in Lander.
• Teachers cannot afford to live.
• Teachers cannot afford to live.
• Teachers cannot afford to live.

Bills: SF0059 , SF0053

Committee: Senate Education

Keywords: language proficiency, literacy education, reading interventions, dyslexia support, Montessori methods, individualized reading plans, amateur status, high school athletics, student eligibility, sports regulation, monetary compensation, 916, all

Transcript Highlights:

• We're living in the most unprecedented of times. This requires us to meet the moment.
• We're living in the most unprecedented of times.
• Cost of living was still $825,000 in the state.
• Thank you very much for the lively discussion today. I appreciate it.
• So children that need special education are no longer going to get those services.

Summary: The Assembly Elections Committee met on August 19, 2025, to consider ACA 8, SB 280, and an informational hearing on AB 604. The meeting began with several failed motions to adjourn, to read public comments into the record, and to recess so members could review the roughly 16,000 public comments submitted through the committee portal. The chair emphasized the hearing’s expedited format, transparency measures, and rules limiting witness testimony, and noted a letter from Speaker Rivas authorizing Assemblymember Berman to present ACA 8. ACA 8, described by supporters as the “Election Rigging Response Act,” would place before voters a temporary congressional redistricting plan tied to AB 604 and triggered only if another state, especially Texas, adopts a partisan mid-decade redistricting. Supporters, including Assemblymember Berman, labor groups, CTA, Planned Parenthood affiliates, SEIU, and other allied organizations, argued the measure was a response to partisan gerrymandering elsewhere and a defense of democracy, with voters having the final say in a November 4, 2025 special election. Opponents, including current and former redistricting commissioners, good-government groups, business and taxpayer organizations, and many members of the public, argued the proposal undermines California’s independent redistricting model, was rushed without adequate public review, could cost roughly $200 million or more, and would invite litigation and partisan manipulation. The committee also debated a proposed amendment that would bar legislators who voted for ACA 8 from later running for Congress in districts adopted under the measure. After extended procedural disputes, the committee voted to lay the amendment on the table. The hearing then continued with extensive public testimony, overwhelmingly divided between strong support and strong opposition, but the transcript provided does not show a final committee vote on ACA 8 or SB 280 before the excerpt ends.

Transcript Highlights:

• Service Board.
• Senate Bill 814, Residential Property Service Agreement Defunct Service Providers.
• They've lived here their entire lives. They've spent their youth in Maryland.
• healthy and full lives.
• And like I mentioned, service.

Keywords: House streaming session for Friday, April 10, 2026, 957, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• What we heard mostly was people transitioning, that kind of left them kind of awkward about where to
• high school prank, and you never heard of people going to jail for that, or if you did, maybe you lived
• high school prank, and you never heard of people going to jail for that, or if you did, maybe you lived
• I also have an article that the Forest Service wrote in ’78.

Summary: The House convened with a quorum, approved the journal, welcomed a substitute member, and received multiple Senate messages and committee reports. Several bills were introduced and referred, including measures on medical advanced healing, insurance/state property claims, stablecoins, solid waste, public assistance definitions, and foreign ownership of single-family homes. The chamber also advanced a number of bills to second or third reading, and adopted House Concurrent Resolution 32 on energy policy, which urged a focus on baseload energy sources, transmission, ratepayer protection, property rights, and aquifer protection; it passed by voice vote. The House passed a series of bills on the floor, including House Bills 838, 721, 817, 752, 680, 860, 875, 876, 877, 795, 826, 832, 843, and 872, along with Senate Bill 1373. The measures covered topics such as requiring draft policy bills with budget recommendations, plan review timelines for public projects, a mobile cigar business permit, restroom and changing-room restrictions, recorded investigative interviews of child abuse allegations, revisions to medical parental rights and emergency care language, vacancy-based budgeting calculations, the State Board of Education budget, vocational rehabilitation rent, a response to litigation over prior law, honey commission governance, CTE teacher recruitment, homeowners exemption proration, and ballot formatting. Most passed with comfortable margins, though House Bill 875 passed narrowly 35-34 and House Bill 752 drew substantial debate before passing 54-50-1. Debate was especially intense on House Bill 752, with supporters framing it as a protection for women’s privacy and safety and opponents arguing it would criminalize bathroom use and target transgender people. House Bill 875 also drew concern that codifying budget-calculation methods could constrain future budgeting flexibility, while supporters said it would improve transparency and prevent funding vacant positions. House Bill 876, the State Board of Education maintenance budget, prompted criticism over a 6.8% base reduction and warnings about layoffs and program cuts at colleges and universities. House Bill 826, 832, 843, and 872 were all considered under suspended rules and passed, and the House also adopted HJM 18 urging action against geoengineering, with members citing concerns about sky streaks and climate intervention. The House recessed and later returned to continue business, with additional Senate bills and House bills referred for committee action.

Transcript Highlights:

• :32:49.799><c> all</c> have like 270 ambulance services and all have like 270 ambulance services and
• This is a community service project.
• This is a community service project.
• Zach then moved to the county veteran service field, where he was a County Veteran Service Officer in
• </c> where he was a County Veteran service where he was a County Veteran service officer<00:49:24.720

Committee: Senate Labor

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• , I was not there for And although I look older than I used to be, I was not there for when the transition
• And that currency did fine in general by making that transition to what we now understand as our modern
• us a chance to move forward in Missouri by having more options, which would allow us, much like transitioning

Committee: House Commerce

Keywords: 959, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• </c> refinements that ensure this transition refinements that ensure this transition also<00:49:25.040
• ,</c><02:18:40.399><c> is</c> warn camera video service, is warn camera video service, is horrendous.
• It was just a call for service.
• But then he requested the 91A service.
• The second part is actually related to the electronic service of the warrants to electronic service.

Committee: House Criminal Justice and Public Safety

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• </c><00:08:39.120><c> with</c> poverty and live with poverty and live with dignity.<00:08:41.440><c>
• </c> the lives of countless parishioners. the lives of countless parishioners.
• lives in the field.
• And this effort saves lives.
• </c> place to live, work, and raise a family. place to live, work, and raise a family.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Wednesday, June 4, 2025, 1012, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Does this... ...at this service, who is responsible for those students?
• It's part of living a wholesome life.
• So thank you for your service.
• I live in your district. I'm familiar with the people out there.
• With this, every year we have back-to-school in-service with teachers.

Committee: House House Education Committee of Reference

Summary: The committee first heard House Bill 2266, which would change school release-time policy for religious instruction from permissive to mandatory for school districts and charter governing bodies. The sponsor and supporters said the bill protects parental choice, religious liberty, and constitutional release-time programs, while opponents argued it would reduce local control, pull students from instructional time, and expose schools to constitutional and social harms. After public testimony and debate over liability, indoctrination, and academic impact, the committee voted 7-5 to give HB 2266 a due pass recommendation. The committee then took up House Bill 2193, a cleanup measure related to student directory information and parent organizations. The bill would allow parents of enrolled students or representatives of nonprofit organizations supporting a school to receive directory information unless a parent or eligible student opts out. Supporters from PTO/PTA groups said the change is needed so parent organizations can continue communicating with families and building school community, while members raised concerns about whether the language should be narrowed to avoid political or other misuse of student data. The sponsor said he was open to an amendment, and the committee approved HB 2193 on a 10-1 vote, with one member present. Finally, the committee heard House Bill 2075, which would require public school districts to submit superintendent and other top administrator contracts or attestations to ADE and create a searchable online database of compensation details, including salary, benefits, and car allowances. The sponsor described it as a transparency measure, and the committee discussed an amendment to add more specific filing deadlines and the online database requirement. Opponents from school administrators and rural districts argued that superintendent salaries are already public, that the bill should also apply to charter and private schools receiving public funds, and that it could add burdens or distort comparisons across different public-sector labor markets. Supporters said the bill would make total compensation easier to access and reduce public records requests. The sponsor closed by saying the bill would centralize compensation information and simplify disclosure for districts.

Transcript Highlights:

• </c><00:07:19.319><c> I</c> this District Contracting Services I this District Contracting Services I
• for those services.
• Do we have all the services in there for all of the special services for all 32,000 kids that are in
• </c><01:00:27.640><c> the</c> services the only services that the services the only services that the
• services by that district.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The work session focused on special education, especially the differentiated aid component and special education aid, which members noted is still often called “catastrophic aid.” The chair said the committee was trying to better understand how special education costs are growing, how districts are delivering services through SAUs or internally, and how reimbursement formulas affect local costs. Members also discussed the need for better data before making decisions on several education funding bills, and Representative Brown was tasked with capturing questions for follow-up information from the department or elsewhere. Testimony from the state special education director, Becky Fad, centered on why student counts in various disability categories have shifted over time. She said the categories themselves have not changed much, but autism has increased because of greater understanding and identification, developmental delay has grown because it applies to children under age 10 who may not yet have a clear diagnosis, and some students previously classified under speech/language or other health impairment are now identified in more specific categories such as autism. She emphasized that the IEP is based on a child’s individual needs, so a change in category would not necessarily change services, though it may help educators support the student differently. Members asked about whether the shifts reflect better diagnostic capability, whether the department should gather more data on the reasons for the changes, and whether autism-spectrum data could be broken down further. Fad said the department does not currently have data on the causes of the shifts or on where students fall within the autism spectrum, but that collecting and analyzing such data is on its list of priorities and a new data manager had recently been hired. She also explained that each child is counted only once on the chart by primary disability, that the IEP or eligibility team determines the primary category based on evaluations, and that any child can be referred for special education by a parent, teacher, or doctor, after which the district must meet within 15 days to decide whether to evaluate. No votes or formal actions were taken in the portion provided.

Transcript Highlights:

• making that $3 million that UNM has been having to fundraise for, for basic, um, student support service
• The request was to basically expand the scope to include not just transitional housing, but housing in
• That's correct, in the transportation section, they also added some for the rural air service on top
• Another example of something they came to us and asked for was, um, for example, with the Veteran Services

Committee: House House Appropriations & Finance

Transcript Highlights:

• That they may be better served to work through whether it's the Department of Administrative Services
• </c><00:07:31.640><c> or</c> Department of Administrative Services or Department of Administrative Services
• It's not just those of us who live along the coast that are affected.
• </c><00:13:47.600><c> of</c> but have disrupted the lives of but have disrupted the lives of thousands
• </c><00:16:22.000><c> in</c> perhaps some of yours who live in perhaps some of yours who live in flood-prone

Committee: Senate Commerce

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• I live in Missouri. I send my a child. I live in Missouri.
• I've lived through it.
• Um, I won't name the university, but it's very, very close to where you live.
• Very, very close to where you live.
• </c><01:41:52.880><c> to</c> your for your time and your service to your for your time and your service

Bills: HF3432 , HF3411

Committee: House Higher Education Finance and Policy

Keywords: resident tuition, employment, higher education, Minnesota, tuition rates, state universities, immigration status, immigration, postsecondary education, privacy, data access, federal officers, 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• </c><00:09:04.399><c> And</c> water services, and sewer services.
• And water services, and sewer services.
• </c> utility services exemptions. utility services exemptions.
• </c> fiscal services fiscal services as<00:26:31.360><c> well</c><00:26:31.520><c> as</c><00:26:31.760
• Um, so not a particular good or service that's kind of being exempt from tax.

Committee: Senate Taxes

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• It should be 2085, January transition, miners prohibitions.
• HB 2113, public service corporation rates, inverters.
• HB 2177, access waivers, American Indian services. HB 2179, air influence services.
• I will keep saying their names and honor their lives.
• Health and Human Services, 9 a.m., Center Hearing Room 2.

Summary: The Senate convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, roll call, guest introductions, and approval of the journal. The chamber then moved through several Committee of the Whole calendars, considering a large number of bills and resolutions, mostly on second reading or in committee-of-the-whole format. Most measures were advanced with do-pass recommendations, often after adopting committee or floor amendments. Among the early items, SB 1515 (Industrial Commission revisions), SB 1645 (Auditor General performance audit), SB 1678 (health facilities), and SCR 1023 (Independent Redistricting Commission changes) were debated and approved. SCR 1023 drew the most discussion, with supporters arguing it would add geographic diversity, expand the commission to three Democrats, three Republicans, and three independents, and tighten population deviation standards to 5,000 people; opponents warned it could skew the commission and reduce nonpartisanship. The Senate also adopted amendments and advanced SB 1399, SB 1507, SB 1564, SB 1621, SB 1629, and SB 1811, with topics including AHCCCS cost reports, school district consolidation, electronic monitoring in long-term care, obesity prevention, behavioral health network adequacy, and public-school internet/wireless device issues. Later calendars addressed elections, public safety, and criminal justice. The Senate advanced SB 1134 (political signs) with an emergency clause, SB 1489 (ballot measures and circulators) after removing certain paid-circulator disclosure requirements, and SB 1725 and SCR 1048 concerning marijuana smoke as a public/private nuisance, shifting much of the issue into civil law and leaving only substantial, deliberate conduct on the criminal side. In public safety, SB 1416 on missing and kidnapped children reporting was amended to require law-enforcement training every two years and documentation of online information-sharing decisions; senators clarified it did not alter the Turquoise Alert. SB 1751 and SCR 1049, both related to capital punishment, were amended to make firing squad an available option rather than a mandatory method in certain cases, with one senator speaking in opposition to the death penalty. The Senate also advanced SB 1012, SB 1573, SB 1661, SB 1662, SB 1569, SB 1634, SB 1647, SB 1655, and SB 1664, covering concealed weapons notice appeals, judicial determinations and religious secular laws, paternity/genetic testing support, probation conditions, election-related voter registration and signature handling, foreign campaign contributions, election worker summonsing, and nomination petition signatures. Several bills were retained or moved between calendars, and the Committee of the Whole reports were adopted, sending the listed bills forward as amended.

Transcript Highlights:

• </c> only necessary service related costs. only necessary service related costs.
• service supply.
• I'm going to go to a service.
• </c> more value added services. more value added services.
• </c><04:36:31.359><c> The</c> emergency services operations. The emergency services operations.

Committee: House Science, Technology and Energy

Keywords: 1189, house, all