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• This ensures fairness and transparency in the handgun license application process.
• for a marriage license, and a declaration of informal marriage.
• “East of Interstate Highway 35. All right. Yeah.
• the Texas Commission of Licensing and Regulation, for the Committee on Licensing and Administrative
• and Regulation, for the Committee on Licensing and Administrative Procedures.

Summary: The House convened with a quorum, offered an invocation, led the pledges, and approved a series of routine motions, including excusing absent members and granting permission for several committees to meet while the House was in session. Members also adopted several memorial and recognition resolutions, including H.R. 1023 honoring Christian Beerbill, H.R. 1033 recognizing International Bereaved Mother’s Day, and H.R. 877 recognizing Urban League Advocates Day. The House also recommitted SB 17 and HB 4211 to committee and postponed SCR 27 and HB 2145 for later consideration. The chamber then took up a long third-reading calendar of bills covering a wide range of topics, including Sunset review measures, health care workforce and pricing, child custody and family law, Medicaid, rural ambulance grants, energy reporting, public information requests, trail development, virtual meeting disruptions, occupational licensing, protective orders, county leave pools, animal cruelty, infrastructure, and higher education. Most bills were explained briefly by their authors and passed with broad support, though several drew notable opposition, including HB 5265, HB 2402, HB 3000, HB 3237, HB 3326, HB 1056, HB 281, HB 3308, HB 1043, HB 1234, HB 1193, HB 294, HB 809, HB 334, HB 2037, HB 285, HB 1353, HB 3960, HB 4044, HB 4264, HB 2807, HB 3349, HB 4406, HB 1593, HB 1899, HB 1201, and others. Several bills prompted extended debate or amendments. HB 3237, extending public energy-use reporting for state and higher-education buildings, passed after questions about its public-sector-only scope and energy savings. HB 3326, addressing public service loan forgiveness credit for adjunct professors, initially failed on a 69-70 vote but later passed after verification and machine corrections. HB 3211, concerning optometrists in managed care plans, adopted a Buckley amendment before passing. HB 2213 on Texas Windstorm Insurance Association board composition adopted a Metcalf amendment requiring certain board members to be Texas residents. HB 412, dealing with harmful materials and sexual performance of a child, generated extensive questioning about its scope, existing legal standards, and effects on educators and medical professionals; the excerpt ends during that debate.

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• And I don’t even have to renew the license on one of them because it’s a classic.
• And I don’t even have to renew the license on one of them because it’s a classic.
• in Minnesota divided by driver's license in Minnesota divided by the<01:02:04.079> average<01
• <01:09:30.159> We<01:09:30.400> have along Interstate 94 and 35.
• We have along Interstate 94 and 35.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• <00:01:57.799> Firearms from a federally licensed Firearms from a federally licensed Firearms
• <00:02:51.200> Firearms neither party is a licensed Firearms neither party is a licensed Firearms
• behave as professionally as licensed behave as professionally as licensed dealers<00:35:35.599><
• the authority to regulate interstate the authority to regulate interstate commerce<03:31:52.920>
• What does the town license do?"

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• office prosecuting uh driver's license office prosecuting uh driver's license revocation<00:03:06.480
• <00:32:05.679> was during the period that the license was during the period that the license
• They modify interstate transfer unit.
• increases marriage license fees. increases marriage license fees.
• <01:03:48.079> and<01:03:48.400> House licenses and House licenses and House File<01:03

Keywords: 1183, house

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• And we are requesting the majority of our 400 increase is for those software licenses related to the
• We'll move on to State Engineer, Interstate Stream Commission.
• State Engineer, Interstate Stream Commission.
• I'm the state engineer, and I'm here with Interstate Stream Commission Director Hannah Reisley-White
• Interstate Stream Commission has made great progress in implementing. Thank you.

Keywords: 996, all

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• and establishes provisional new motor vehicle dealer licenses.
• First… Processing license applications. The bill has three provisions.
• I have a license. Thank you. Ms. Kane? Ms. Carter? I'm also a licensed realtor.
• And it's, I'm a licensed realtor. Ms. Carter?
• I'm also a licensed realtor, but it doesn't just benefit me.

Keywords: 1146, all

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• Requiring occupational licenses and...
• The section allows a licensing agency to suspend or revoke a license for three or more violent incidents
• you have a license from another state.
• license.
• SB 1818 relates to the issuance of a license or provisional license to certain military service members

Bills: SB263, SB370, SB663, SB924, SB987, SB1939, SB1937, SB1598, SB2798, SB2801, SB2580, SB2569, SB2514, SB2064, SB1940, SB1621, SB2601, SB1379, SB1376, SB1372, SB1353, SB2216, SB2166, SB2148, SB535, SB777, SB827, SB1141, SB1330, SB1352, SB1664, SB1612, SB1862, SB1936, SB1453, SB1448, SB1398, SB2137, SB2111, SB53, SB226, SB1677, SB1723, SB1839, SCR8, SB31, SB33, SB3, SB1405, SB1948, SB243, SB20, SB217, SB264, SB269, SB650, SB681, SB528, SB502, SB740, SB916, SB995, SB2581, SB3031, SB24, SB2570, SB1566, SB552, SJR1, SB646, SB379, SB1171, SB1121, SB1120, SB1061, SB1036, SB1019, SB890, SB11, SB868, SB1188, SB1254, SB2778, SB2543, SB2443, SB1333, SB1259, SB1401, SB1404, SB2139, SB2165, SB2237, SB2268, SB1202, SB1198, SB1212, SB1451, SB1470, SB1498, SB965, SB1547, SB1667, SB1818, SB1902, SB2129, SB2078, SB2069, SB1737, SB1589, SB1318, SB387, SB1150, SB1574, SB2127, SB3034, SB860, SB1278, SB263, SB370, SB663, SB924, SB987, SB1939, SB1937, SB1598, SB2798, SB2801, SB2580, SB2569, SB2514, SB2064, SB1940, SB1621, SB2601, SB1379, SB1376, SB1372, SB1353, SB2216, SB2166, SB2148, SB535, SB777, SB827, SB1141, SB1330, SB1352, SB1664, SB1612, SB1862, SB1936, SB1453, SB1448, SB1398, SB2137, SB2111, SB53, SB226, SB1677, SB1723, SB1839, SCR5, SCR32, SCR8, HB3228, HB2802, HB45, HB1318, HB5560, HB2894, HB4344, HB4238, HB2775, HB34, HB33, HB 12, HB148, HB 130, HB4273, HB4850, HB2733, HB4783, SB1833

Keywords: SB 263, Texas franchise tax, cost of goods sold, COGS, broadcasters, television broadcasting, radio broadcasting, media tax, broadcast license, FCC, 47 C.F.R. Part 73, 47 C.F.R. Part 74, film production, television production, tax deduction, margin tax, Texas Tax Code, depreciation, amortization, broadcast rights

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• In Alabama, we require license plates to be...
• We require license plates to be replaced every five years. Okay, why?
• license plates the designs.
• There haven't been any changes to how the licenses are issued since... ...to how the licenses are issued
• For a water contractor license, they don't have a restricted license like we're presenting here.

Bills: SB197, HB140, SB214, HB214, HB147, HB270, SB73

Keywords: food trucks, mobile vendors, health inspection, fire safety, state law, regulation, food service, business license, subdivision, transfer of land, immediate family, exemption period, county regulations, Sweet Home Alabama Tourism Investment Act, tourism rebate, tax rebate, sales tax rebate, lodging tax rebate, transactional taxes, tourism development

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• drivers in Florida must first be lawfully present in the United States, second, hold a valid CDL license
• This closes a loophole that allowed people who had never received the license to not be held accountable
• This closes a loophole that allowed people who had never received the license to not be held accountable
• law enforcement can cooperate, and there's interlocal agreements—not interlocal agreements, but interstate
• So there's a whole process involved already under the current law in our interstate agreements, and those

Bills: S0086, S0642, S0712, S0758, S0896, S1224, S1300, S1370, S1712

Keywords: unauthorized aliens, commercial motor vehicles, safety regulations, civil penalties, law enforcement, bail bond, insurance regulation, foreign insurers, financial disclosure, premium reporting, pyramid schemes, consumer protection, fraud prevention, legal affairs, penalties, justice, administrative commission, membership, state attorneys, public defenders

Summary: The committee met with a quorum present and took up a series of bills, beginning with SB 1300 on education and workforce development for current and former inmates. Senator Claudio explained that the bill is intended to expand collaboration between the Department of Transportation and the Department of Corrections to provide training opportunities tied to Florida’s need for CDL drivers. The bill was reported favorably without debate. Members then considered SB 896 on campus safety, as amended by strike-all and late-filed amendment. The bill would require postsecondary institutions to adopt active assailant response plans, conduct security risk assessments, improve threat reporting and information sharing, and allow voluntary participation in the guardian program; the late-filed amendment removed a prohibition on guardians wearing uniforms. After questions about the firearm-discharge provision near campuses and testimony both for and against, the committee reported the bill favorably. The committee also reported favorably SB 86 on commercial motor vehicles operated by unauthorized aliens, SB 642 on foreign and alien bail bond insurers, and confirmed appointees listed on tabs 10 through 19. The committee next heard SB 712 on pyramid promotional schemes, which would create a new prohibition and increase penalties while preserving legitimate direct sales plans. Members raised concerns about whether participants in such schemes might themselves be victims, and the sponsor said prosecutorial discretion would distinguish victims from primary wrongdoers; the bill was reported favorably. SB 1224 on rental housing application fraud was also amended and reported favorably after testimony from apartment and realtor groups in support. In the latter part of the meeting, Chair Martin presented SB 1370 to expand habitual traffic offender status to repeated unlicensed driving, and SB 1712 to create a statewide FDLE counterintelligence and counterterrorism unit. SB 1370 was reported favorably unanimously. SB 1712 drew extensive questioning and public opposition over concerns about broad language, surveillance, and possible impacts on speech and protest, but the sponsor said the unit would focus on protecting the state from adversary intelligence threats and operate within constitutional limits; it was reported favorably. Finally, SB 758 on the Justice Administrative Commission was amended to adjust commission membership and reported favorably unanimously. The committee then recorded additional votes for members and adjourned.

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• Create a mid-level provider between the dental hygienist and the dentist, licensed and regulated by the
• I have been a licensed Florida dental hygienist for 25 plus years.
• The dentist license is going to be on the line that their therapist is performing procedures that they
• Next up, we're going to have HB 13 social work licensure interstate compact by Representative Jackie
• Did you ever have a diagnosis of that by a licensed physician?

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• protects health care providers, pharmacies, clinics, and hospitals from disciplinary actions or licensing
• current practice of medicine in this state, ensuring that abortion providers will not risk their licenses
• Like other institutions licensed by the BPP, the 160 Driving Academy is singularly focused on driver
• I support and I represent health, safety, and efficacy, and I strongly support licensing in Canada.
• Thank you Kayla Gregory licensed massage therapist I agree. Thanks. Perfect.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• Senate Bill 489 by Senator Edmonds, relative to third-party inquiries on motor vehicle license plates
• licenses, provide relative to new applicants, renewals, penalties, and enforcement training.
• House Bill 1024 by Representative Murray, motor vehicle prestige license plate, Louisiana Democratic
• clarifying age requirements for interstate and intrastate licenses.
• I smelled it on the interstate when I was driving.

Bills: HR188, HR189, HR190, HR191, HR179, HR180, HR181, HR182, HR183, HR185, HR186, HR187, HCR75, HCR76, HCR77, HCR78, HCR79, SCR24, SCR36, SCR39, SB64, SB107, SB152, SB185, SB217, SB232, SB278, SB290, SB294, SB320, SB321, SB419, SB424, SB436, SB440, SB468, SB470, SB476, SB482, SB489, HCR32, SCR11, HB12, HB42, HB205, HB222, HB267, HB324, HB325, HB350, HB478, HB610, HB617, HB679, HB745, HB749, HB797, HB807, HB821, HB896, HB979, HB992, HB1000, HB1024, HB1050, HB1166, HB1172, HB1173, HB1193, HB1207, HB1218, HB1223, SB256, SB180, HR1, HR17, HCR5, HCR4, HCR47, HB59, HB74, HB159, HB330, HB364, HB414, HB458, HB525, HB568, HB786, HB1008, HB1033, HB1034, HB1041, HB1062, HB1070, HB1079, HB1112, HB1118, HB1139, HB1151, HB1176, HB1182, HB1196, HB1214, HB1241, HB87, HB115, HB162, HB368, HB433, HB441, HB447, HB466, HB481, HB741, HB1242, HB362, HB893, HB990, HB1007, HB1153, HB1243, SB162, SB349, SB350, SB382, SB383, SB127, SB244, HB615, HB864, HB1103, HB1175, HB31, HB225, HB608, HB664, HB897, HB977, HB1003, HB1160, HB1180, HB911, HB306, HB366, HB1161, HB1230, HB181, HB901, HR20, HR74, HB284, HB393, HB459, HB577, HB582, HB605, HB614, HB682, HB733, HB772, HB773, HB996, HB1035, HB1058, HB1082, HB1113, HB1189, HB1234, HB1240

Keywords: hunting dogs, field trials, working dogs, dog training, greyhound protection, Farm Bill, federal overreach, sportsmen, sportswomen, wildlife management, conservation, rural communities, Louisiana hunting, hunting tradition, animal welfare, dog breeders, dog owners, outdoor recreation, Kathy Taylor, musical achievements

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• reciprocity we've done with licensed reciprocity we've done with licensed reciprocity uh with different
• licensure Interstate licensure Interstate licensure compact Mr President sen Hatcher members compact
• psychologists would that those licensed psychologists would that those licensed psychologists would
• without the need for additional licenses without the need for additional licenses I do think my uh my
• related to military license related to military license reciprocity uh there's some language in reciprocity

Bills: SJR 36, SJR 2, SB 4, SR 45, SR 47, SR 63, SR 66, SR 70, SR 85, SCR 14, SB 10, SB 11, SB 10, SB 11

Keywords: SJR 2, Senate Joint Resolution 2, constitutional amendment, homestead exemption, property tax relief, school property tax, ad valorem tax, residence homestead, school district taxes, Texas Constitution Article VIII, public school finance, homeowner exemption, elderly exemption, senior tax relief, disabled exemption, tax year 2025, voter approval, November 2025 ballot, local government, Ways & Means

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• HB 2772, license, driver of non-operating medical indica. Public safety.
• HB 2868, installation license and insurance rules. Public safety.
• HB 3261, interstate 11 environmental engineering study.
• HB 3261, Interstate 11 environmental engineering study.

Keywords: 1182, all

Summary: The Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, attendance, journal approval, and multiple guest introductions, including a pastor, ACLU of Arizona lobby day participants, an architecture advocacy group, a doctor recognized for sleep apnea and dementia care work, and former Senator Frank Antinori. Senator Ortiz also read a proclamation declaring March as Sleep Apnea Awareness Month in Arizona, citing the health and public safety impacts of obstructive sleep apnea and disparities in diagnosis and treatment. The chamber then handled calendar and procedural business, including House messages, committee assignments, and a series of third-reading votes. Several bills passed on party-line or near party-line votes, including SB 1011 on county medical examiners, SB 1017 on health professionals, SB 1170 on drug offenses, SB 1173 on health care institutions, SB 1234 on juvenile court, SB 1275 on criminal diversion programs, SB 1332 on a feasibility study for light rail expansion, SB 1544 on probation, SB 1557 on health professionals, and SB 1585 on sex offender monitoring. Members offered explanations of vote on several measures, with opponents raising concerns about mandatory minimums, juvenile court changes, transit delays, and the need for broader criminal justice or transportation studies. The Senate also considered SCR 1022, a proposed constitutional amendment to change legislative member districts and expand the House. Supporters argued it would improve representation and reduce campaign pressures, while opponents said the idea should first be studied more thoroughly. The resolution passed 16-10. Additional transportation-related bills, including SB 1273 and SB 1274, also passed on reconsideration. The session ended with committee announcements for the next day and adjournment until Wednesday, March 18, 2026, at 1:15 p.m.

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• I recently got my driver's license, and I've enjoyed driving to coffee shops with my dad.
• And until I came here and realized that genetic counselors aren't licensed, I was, you know, shocked.
• And until I came here and realized that genetic counselors aren't licensed, I was, you know, shocked.
• The licensed health aides go into the homes and help take care of individuals.
• license, and the second was when I got my registered pharmacist certificate.

Keywords: 1182, all

Summary: The committee heard House Bill 2433, which would require insurers offering Medicare supplement policies to people 65 and older to also offer them to Medicare beneficiaries under 65 with ALS or end-stage renal disease, with enrollment periods and premium protections tied to 65-year-old rates. Supporters, including dialysis and ALS advocates, said the bill would help a small population facing high out-of-pocket costs and could improve access to transplants and care; opponents argued it would shift costs onto older seniors and raise Medigap premiums. The committee recommended the bill do pass on a 12-0 vote. The committee also heard House Bill 2593, appropriating $1.5 million to the University of Arizona for the Arizona Perinatal Psychiatry Access Line. The sponsor and physicians testified that the line helps obstetric and pediatric providers quickly consult on perinatal depression, postpartum psychosis, suicidality, and other mental health crises, improving outcomes for mothers, children, and families and reducing costly emergency and crisis care. The bill received a do pass recommendation on a 10-1 vote. House Concurrent Resolution 2013, proclaiming June 2026 as Celebrate Life Month, drew emotional testimony from a young woman with spina bifida and another speaker supporting the sanctity of life. Some members objected that the state should focus on practical supports such as paid leave, child care, and health care access, while others supported the resolution as a statement of human dignity. The resolution passed the committee 7-5. The committee then approved House Bill 4010, creating a Board of Genetic Counselors and licensure standards, after testimony from genetic counselors and a patient advocate about the need for qualified counseling and better access; it passed 11-1. Later, the committee approved House Bill 2196, which would require pharmacy benefit managers to reimburse non-affiliated pharmacies at least their acquisition cost and pay a dispensing fee, and establish an appeals process. Independent pharmacists and their coalition said PBM practices are driving closures and unfairly favor affiliated pharmacies, while PBM and employer representatives warned of major cost increases and said the bill would interfere with private contracts; the bill passed 11-1. The committee also adopted a strike-everything amendment to House Bill 2182 requiring insurers and health plans to report claims denial and prior authorization data to DIFI, and then gave the amended bill a 12-0 do pass recommendation. Finally, the committee approved House Bill 2189, directing the Board of Nursing to update rules for licensed health aides and collect annual data, with the sponsor and board staff saying it would help implement routine ventilator care in the home; it passed 12-0. The committee then began hearing House Bill 2404, a strike-everything amendment on inter-facility transports for behavioral health patients, but the transcript cuts off before action on that bill.

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• Just very quickly, 26 other states license and regulate natural paths of physicians.
• This bill directs AHCA to license and regulate these homes, establish eligibility and safety standards
• These include joining interstate compacts.
• I'm a Florida licensed dental hygienist representing the Florida Dental Hygienist Association.
• They're going to face discipline action on their medical license.

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• Currently, there is only one group designated and licensed to navigate the Houston pilots.
• What it does essentially, it utilizes the VIN numbers, the license plates, the color of the vehicle,
• The county's location and proximity to the Texas-Mexico border makes it a vital source for interstate
• In the 88th legislature, Senate Bill 1495 expanded protections from TPIA, including license plate numbers
• You're talking about a highway system, most of your interstate systems today...

Bills: HB2007, HB2863, HB2921, HB3331, HB3332, HJR144, HB3514, HB3528, HB3720, HB3751, HB3859, HB3947, HB4148, HB4346, HB4880, HB5603, HB4337

Keywords: commercial signs, county approval, transportation code, regulations, road signage, vehicle title, revocation, hearing process, Transportation Code, county assessor-collector, confidentiality, personal information, local government, airport data, public records, vehicle regulation, transportation, steel industry, state fees, safety standards

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• <00:18:55.600> commerce actually impacts interstate commerce actually impacts interstate commerce
• When I applied for a license to carry somewhere around 2013 in New Hampshire, I ended up having to sue
• > to<00:27:09.360> carry<00:27:09.760> somewhere applied for a license to carry
• somewhere applied for a license to carry somewhere around<00:27:10.640> 2013<00:27:11.279>
• > one<00:29:18.159> that's optional license, it's one that's optional license, it's one

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• It's licensed. It's ready to go. It was built by the San Miguel Electric Co-op.
• In the 1970s, when lignite coal production was on the rise, the State of Texas joined the Interstate
• seeks to repeal Chapter 132 of the National Resource Code and withdraw its membership from the Interstate
• The state must enact legislation repealing its current Interstate Mining Compact statutes, and the governor

Bills: HB1647, HB2612, HB3125, HB3158, HB3240, HB3506, HB3516, HB3707

Keywords: carbon sequestration, environmental policy, Texas, energy, climate change, regulatory council, geothermal energy, workforce development, education and training, energy industry, apprenticeship, energy production, energy policy, renewable energy, state council, administrative law, public information, transparency, government accountability, judicial process

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• can result in the loss of their license. can result in the loss of their license.
• in a where there's a interstate in a where there's a interstate aspects<01:35:40.800> to<
• relevant today, the Uniform Interstate relevant today, the Uniform Interstate Depositions<01:38:
• <03:22:45.920> So uh get a driver's license at 16. So uh get a driver's license at 16.
• years in school, passing licensing years in school, passing licensing exams,<03:33:38.000> and

Keywords: 1189, house, all