Transcript Highlights:

• Thank you, Madam Chair. development. Um so they did that in 2425 development.
• . have professional development.
• Making them optional developing them.
• </c> statewide standards that are developed statewide standards that are developed by<01:28:54.159><c
• standards</c><01:33:13.440><c> that</c> with locally developed standards that with locally developed

Bills: HF751 , HF3550 , HF3764 , HF1490

Committee: House Education Policy

Keywords: parental notification, school safety, bullying, harassment, violence, prohibited conduct, student discipline, charter school, school district, data practices, student privacy, parent rights, guardian notification, school incident reporting, cyberbullying, restraint, reasonable force, anti-bullying policy, school administration, student conduct

Transcript Highlights:

• We had a career tech regional program last year to create regional career tech centers primarily for
• /c> the career tech program.
• We had a career the career tech program.
• , Economic Development.
• , Economic Development, $4 Development, Economic Development, $4 million.<00:21:08.080><c> and</c><00

Bills: HB235 , HB236 , HB565 , HB237 , HB238 , HB239 , HB240 , HB241 , HB242 , HB235 , HB236 , HB565 , HB237 , HB238 , HB239 , HB240 , HB241 , HB242

Committee: House Ways and Means Education

Keywords: social media, age verification, minors, under 16, children online safety, online privacy, platform regulation, deceptive trade practice, Attorney General, civil penalties, punitive damages, consumer protection, account creation, algorithmic feeds, internet safety, youth social media, HB236, Baldwin County, Board of Equalization, per diem

Transcript Highlights:

• The Senate Economic Development Committee will come to order. The clerk will call the roll.
• talent increases, many individuals with technical skills lack a clear path into stable, long-term careers
• Section 9 was added to clarify that historians employed by the Historic Sites Division will develop a
• the Broadband Development Office at the Comptroller's Office in 2021.
• Broadband Development Office at the Comptroller's Office in 2021.

Bills: HB 1240 , HB2768 , HB2788 , HB3146 , HB4850 , HB5032 , HCR90

Committee: Senate Economic Development

Keywords: border region, infrastructure, economic development, government operations, education, HB 2768, Texas information technology apprenticeship, state IT credential, information resources workforce, junior college, technical institute, apprenticeship program, workforce development, state agency hiring, job classification, career ladder, bachelor's degree substitution, associate degree, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, state auditor classification officer

Summary: The Senate Economic Development Committee met without a quorum, so no votes or formal actions were taken. The chair laid out several bills and resolutions for explanation and public testimony, with each item left pending subject to the call of the chair. Early items included House Bill 1240, a cleanup measure to create a single uniform definition of the Texas-Mexico border region across state law, and House Bill 2768, which would establish an IT apprenticeship credential through junior colleges and technical institutions to help fill state government technology jobs. The committee also heard House Concurrent Resolution 90, which would encourage establishing a Texas trade and investment office in Jerusalem. Testimony on the resolution was sharply divided: one witness opposed it on foreign policy and values grounds, while a Texas Association of Business representative strongly supported it, citing Israel’s innovation and trade potential. Another major item was House Bill 4187, a committee substitute for legislation affecting the Texas Historical Commission; the sponsor described changes expanding use of trust fund money for historic sites, allowing more affiliated nonprofits, clarifying retail operations, and creating a framework for training and consistent interpretation at historic sites. A Texas Historical Commission witness explained that the bill would shift responsibility for maintaining many state-owned historical markers and monuments, including markers on private land, to the commission. Additional measures included House Bill 2788, which would shield Texas Workforce Commission fraud-prevention methods from public information requests; House Bill 5032, directing state agencies to plan for public display of the Texas Declaration of Independence, Texas Constitution, and the Victory or Death letter at the Capitol Complex; House Bill 3146, which would eliminate outdated memoranda-of-understanding requirements for certain State Office of Administrative Hearings arrangements; and House Bill 4815, a cleanup bill modernizing economic development statutes, revising the Made in Texas standard to 51% Texas-origin content, repealing the Governor’s Broadband Development Council, and making other conforming changes. The committee ended by recessing, with members indicating they would likely vote on pending business later when a quorum was available.

Transcript Highlights:

• amendment you see before you, I believe, is on line 28 and it just adds accounting as one of the STEM careers
• Sexual risk avoidance education is critically important to students developing life skills that every
• For the last almost 20 years, I spent the first 15 years of my career as a student pastor.
• What we tell kids is to save sex until marriage, get a job, go to college, get a career, and move on.

Bills: SB166 , HB365 , HB272 , HB232 , HB234 , SB278 , SB277

Committee: Senate Education Policy

Keywords: Ten Commandments, public education, displays, funding, Alabama law, STEM, science education, technology education, engineering education, math education, workforce development, career pathways, Alabama STEM Council, Department of Workforce, education policy, higher education, community colleges, K-12 education, teacher pipeline, STEM careers

Transcript Highlights:

• we need to come to the right solution on these issues because it's about our children and how they develop
• children<00:53:08.319><c> and</c><00:53:08.800><c> how</c><00:53:09.040><c> they</c><00:53:09.280><c> develop
• </c><00:53:09.599><c> and</c><00:53:09.839><c> how</c> children and how they develop and how children
• and how they develop and how this<00:53:10.319><c> is</c><00:53:10.640><c> affecting</c><00:53:11.119

Bills: HB19 , HB170 , HB171 , HB173 , HB174 , HB19 , HB170 , HB171 , HB173 , HB174

Committee: House Children and Senior Advocacy

Keywords: Ebony Alert, missing youth, public safety, law enforcement, racial equity, HB170, supplemental appropriations, Education Trust Fund, Alabama education budget, school funding, K-12 education, local boards of education, textbook adoption, school buses, school safety, charter schools, summer programs, afterschool programs, reading intervention, college and career readiness

Bills: HB139 , HB172 , HB156 , HB139 , HB172 , HB156

Committee: House Health

Keywords: HB139, Alabama discrimination, civil rights, public accommodations, employment discrimination, equal access, protected classes, race discrimination, sex discrimination, religious discrimination, age discrimination, disability discrimination, national origin discrimination, school board discrimination, labor organization, employment agency, retaliation, private right of action, punitive damages, attorney fees

Transcript Highlights:

• ,</c> aspect uh in your high school career, aspect uh in your high school career, whether<00:32:43.279
• </c> connecting small business with Career connecting small business with Career and<03:19:14.960><c>
• I'm proud to co-lead this effort as someone who prioritized workforce development as well as career and
• > technical</c><07:23:38.080><c> education</c> well as career and technical education well as career
• </c><07:24:03.040><c> These</c> career pathways to good jobs. These career pathways to good jobs.

Bills: HB1804 , HB1642 , HB1621 , HB1634 , HR789 , HR787 , HB1816 , HB3490 , SB160

Keywords: 7(a) loan program, Small Business Administration, SBA, small business lending, loan brokers, loan consultants, referral agents, loan intermediaries, fraud oversight, transparency, reporting requirements, loan fees, referral fees, interest rates, business financing, small business loans, lender oversight, application assistance, Congressional reporting, small business

Transcript Highlights:

• with mental and physical health challenges, difficulties finding employment, affordable housing, and career-related
• VSOs, to provide resources on service-related employment opportunities, housing assistance, health, career
• veteran from that door when they exit the military to those jobs, to that housing, to start their career

Bills: HB4458 , SB651 , SB1227 , SB1931

Committee: House S/C on Defense & Veterans' Affairs

Keywords: veterans, service members, military transition, Texas Veterans Commission, pilot program, self-reliance, employment assistance, housing assistance, mental health services, career training, veterans service organizations, spouses and dependents, military families, Texas military forces, post-separation support, reentry services, workforce development, benefits navigation, transition assistance, SB 651

Transcript Highlights:

• statewide dashboard for career alignment that provides information related to educational and career
• Career Alignment Task Force, this whole time, that we have to help our career service directors as well
• We like to say that we're the backbone of economic development and workforce development, because without
• Human development is part of my research background.
• Human development is part of my research background.

Bills: HB624 , HB1022 , HB1203 , SB82 , SB206 , SB305 , SB376 , SB441

Committee: House Education

Keywords: school safety, emergency operations plan, crisis management, active shooter, drills, training, classroom security, primary health services, behavioral health, school health providers, medical necessity, student health care, education, school week, instructional time, public schools, performance score, student athletes, cardiovascular health, sudden cardiac arrest

Transcript Highlights:

• ,</c><00:08:48.959><c> and</c> successful economic development, and successful economic development,
• I also developed skills in research, storytelling, and advocacy.
• ><c> research,</c> also developed skills in research, also developed skills in research, storytelling
• </c><00:21:38.799><c> and</c> Camden offers career technical and Camden offers career technical and engineering
• ><c> educational</c> the development of educational the development of educational experiences<00:39:

Bills: HF630 , HF1435 , HF1607

Committee: House Education Finance

Keywords: short-call substitute, substitute teacher, substitute teaching license, pilot program, teacher shortage, education workforce, school district, charter school, Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board, PELSB, background check, paraprofessional, education support personnel, temporary license, substitute training, retaliation, teacher pay, daily substitute pay, Minnesota education law, education innovation

Transcript Highlights:

• Um, so it's certainly a partnership that we could do more to cultivate and develop.
• It is a grant to the Division of Indian Work to help develop suicide prevention curriculum, and they
• </c><00:51:32.520><c> and</c> division of Indian work to develop and division of Indian work to develop
• This fictional mascot was developed with no connection to any Native American customs, traditions, or
• </c> uh I think it's a positive development uh I think it's a positive development um<01:36:10.520><c

Bills: HF630 , HF1435 , HF1607

Committee: Senate Education Finance

Keywords: short-call substitute, substitute teacher, substitute teaching license, pilot program, teacher shortage, education workforce, school district, charter school, Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board, PELSB, background check, paraprofessional, education support personnel, temporary license, substitute training, retaliation, teacher pay, daily substitute pay, Minnesota education law, education innovation

Transcript Highlights:

• I'm also a career crime reporter.
• It is a long time career crime reporter.
• We provide reliable high-tech jobs that allow. hard-working Texas natives to find local careers in the
• So throughout your career, did you ever know a time when you did not pay attention to the needs of your
• And economic development infrastructure to ensure that Texas is not just participating in but leading

Bills: HB3146 , HB3719 , HB3895 , HB3923 , HB4748 , HB4751 , HB4936 , HB4952 , HB4990 , HB4991 , HB5061 , HB5196 , HB5238 , HB5246 , HB5487

Committee: House Delivery of Government Efficiency

Keywords: State Office of Administrative Hearings, SOAH, administrative hearings, contested case, contested case hearing, administrative law judge, ALJ, final decision, proposed decision, agency hearing, hearing continuance, rescheduling, Texas administrative law, Government Code Chapter 2001, workers' compensation, Department of Human Resources, Texas Labor Code, Transportation Code, Agriculture Code, Insurance Code

Transcript Highlights:

• Uh, we have the State of Hawaii Office of Planning and Sustainable Development with comments.
• Diana Sis with the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development.
• We have the Department of Human Resources Development in support. >> Chair, Vice Chair, members, uh,
• of Economic Development, City and County of Economic Development, City and County of<01:17:26.640><c>
• The HD3 has language that will prevent multi-unit developments from being penalized and instead treat

Bills: HB1977 , HB1764 , HB1934 , HB2533 , HB1790 , HB2181 , HB1870 , HB2140 , HB2468 , HB2358 , HB1588 , HB1688 , HB1986 , HB2030 , HB2195 , HB1949 , HB1695 , HB1950 , HB2094 , HB2115 , HB2297 , HB2336 , HB2416 , HB2049

Committee: House Finance

Keywords: maternal health, infant health, mobile application, Medicaid, healthcare access, state programs, music education, public concerts, Hawaii State Library, cultural collaboration, music accessibility, libraries, education, reading programs, early childhood, nonprofit, community engagement, teacher retention, Hawaiian language education, special needs schools

Transcript Highlights:

• And next we have the Aggra Business Development Corporation in support.
• I'm Wendy Gaty, the executive director for the Aggrous Development Corp.
• It's about developing our tax base and it's about meeting our food mandates.
• /c><00:59:56.559><c> and</c><00:59:56.720><c> law</c> start developing agricultural and law start developing
• Next measure is HB 1943 HD1 relating to economic development. >> Okay.

Bills: HB1977 , HB1764 , HB1934 , HB2533 , HB1790 , HB2181 , HB1870 , HB2140 , HB2468 , HB2358 , HB1588 , HB1688 , HB1986 , HB2030 , HB2195 , HB1949 , HB1695 , HB1950 , HB2094 , HB2115 , HB2297 , HB2336 , HB2416 , HB2049

Committee: House Finance

Keywords: maternal health, infant health, mobile application, Medicaid, healthcare access, state programs, music education, public concerts, Hawaii State Library, cultural collaboration, music accessibility, libraries, education, reading programs, early childhood, nonprofit, community engagement, teacher retention, Hawaiian language education, special needs schools

Transcript Highlights:

• HB 120 by Bell of Kaufman relating to career and technology education programs in public schools, the
• Members, in his State of the State address, Governor Abbott identified expanding career and technology
• pathways, equipping students to lead self-sustaining, meaningful careers.
• pathways, equip students to lead self-sustaining, meaningful recruiting. quality career pathways equip
• These would be, yes, career and technology education courses.

Bills: HB 120 , HB20 , HB150 , HB6 , HB 100 , HB 124 , HB210 , HB215 , HB1393 , HB1587 , HB 1151 , HB 1268 , HB142 , HB451 , HB39 , HB 102 , HB 126 , HB290 , HB300 , HB2143 , HJR2 , HB147 , HJR6 , HB 120 , HB20 , HB150 , HB6 , HB 100 , HB 124 , HB210 , HB215 , HB1393 , HB1587 , HB 1151 , HB 1268 , HB142 , HB451 , SB1

Keywords: career readiness, education reform, workforce training, public schools, financial aid, applied sciences, career education, high school diploma, certificate program, work-based learning, job placement, high-growth jobs, technical training, cybersecurity, state command, information resources, data protection, incident response, mental health, telehealth

Summary: The House convened with prayer, pledges, and several ceremonial recognitions, including Wilson County Day, San Antonio Mission Indian Descendants Day, and Blue Ribbon Lobby Day, along with acknowledgments of visiting groups and a birthday greeting. The chamber also announced committee meetings and then moved into floor business, including conference committee action on Senate Bill 1, the state budget. A series of motions to instruct House conferees on SB 1 were debated and voted on. One motion sought to restore salary for Attorney General Ken Paxton after his impeachment-related suspension; it passed 88-56. Another, from Rep. Olcott, directed conferees to support amendments requiring data collection on the costs of undocumented immigrants in hospitals and prisons; after extended debate and a failed amendment from Rep. Martinez Fischer to also study immigrants’ economic contributions, the motion passed 86-61. The House also adopted instructions to eliminate Texas Lottery Commission funding, to support amendments restricting public education institutions from affirming gender identities inconsistent with biological sex, and to seek an additional $4 billion in property tax relief, with each motion passing on recorded votes. The House then took up a supplemental calendar and passed several bills, including HB 39 on veteran death data, HB 102 on priority registration for certain students entering military service, HB 126 on student-athlete compensation and representation, HB 290 on tuition and fee assistance for members of the Texas military forces, HB 300 on Texas Armed Services Scholarship Program updates, and HB 2143 naming a highway in honor of Army Specialist Joey Lins. The chamber also postponed consideration of HJR 2 and HJR 6. Later, the House considered HB 120 on career and technology education pathways and HB 20 on applied science pathway programs for high school students. HB 120 received a perfecting amendment and was advanced after discussion about workforce preparation. HB 20 prompted extensive questioning about transportation, costs, and how students would access partner campuses such as community colleges and TSTC sites; debate continued as the transcript ended, with members examining how the program would operate and whether approval authority would rest with TEA.

Transcript Highlights:

• I'm not here to talk about energy or economic development, which is what I'm usually pestering you all
• One, they give veterans access to employment and career training, and not just that, but also making
• one of my first conversations with Commissioner Boswell, she said if you give a veteran access to a career
• resources that they need in order to be successful, productive members of the community and have that career

Bills: HB154 , HB153 , HB180 , SB70

Committee: House Military and Veterans Affairs

Keywords: veterans affairs, Alabama Department of Veterans Affairs, State Board of Veterans Affairs, commissioner, governor appointment, board advisory, veteran service organizations, veterans homes, veterans cemeteries, veteran service officers, district managers, state veterans home trust fund, veterans benefits, military veterans, disabled veterans, elderly veterans, active-duty service members, state agency reorganization, executive authority, governance reform

Transcript Highlights:

• </c><00:37:20.320><c> in</c> business venture where I developed in business venture where I developed
• </c> and career centers. and career centers.
• learning about during career day.
• learning about during career day.
• learning about during career day.

Bills: HF3650 , HF1791 , HF3489 , HF4231 , HF4232 , HF4269 , HF4270 , HF3490

Committee: House Education Finance

Keywords: student career pathways, education framework, experiential learning, employer engagement, career technical education, career and technical education, CTE, postsecondary scholarship, postsecondary grant, school district funding, cooperative unit, Minnesota high school, apprenticeship, certificate program, tuition assistance, workforce training, military transition, education finance, student aid, career pathways

Transcript Highlights:

• course of the career of these individuals<00:10:10.080><c> going</c><00:10:10.360><c> into</c><00:10
• , you know, having this their career, you know, having this degree,<00:10:18.840><c> being</c><00:10:
• They surface those warning signs early so adults can intervene before a crisis develops.
• But schools can utilize the statewide system that has already been developed.
• Or if they do already been developed.

Bills: HF3650 , HF1791 , HF3489 , HF4231 , HF4232 , HF4269 , HF4270 , HF3490

Committee: Senate Education Finance

Keywords: student career pathways, education framework, experiential learning, employer engagement, career technical education, career and technical education, CTE, postsecondary scholarship, postsecondary grant, school district funding, cooperative unit, Minnesota high school, apprenticeship, certificate program, tuition assistance, workforce training, military transition, education finance, student aid, career pathways

Transcript Highlights:

• is deeply committed to providing culturally responsive behavioral healthcare and has dedicated her career
• a new county assessor wants to Come up and clean up the system to be able to ensure that schools, career
• They would come out of the base appropriation to our higher education and career tech schools.
• This does not mean that they took away the staff development days. This bill has been changed.
• and academic achievement and character development.

Bills: SJR50 , SJR51 , SJR52 , SJR53 , SJR54 , SJR39 , SB1290 , HB4028 , HB4029 , HB4073 , HB4074 , HB4075 , HB4076 , HB4077 , HB4078 , HB1250 , HB2951 , HB2961 , HB3151 , HB3581 , HB3705 , HB3970 , HB3972 , HB3980 , HB3981

Keywords: Medicaid, federal funding, state law, healthcare, low-income adults, Oklahoma Constitution, healthcare regulations, Oklahoma Health Care Authority, permanent rules, joint resolution, OHCA, health care rules, administrative rules, major rule, Title 75, Title 317, Oklahoma Administrative Code, OAC 317:30, health policy, state health programs

Transcript Highlights:

• I do have an amendment that um that really works with our local community development foundations as
• I do have an amendment that um that really works with our local community development foundations as
• </c> community [clears throat] development community [clears throat] development foundations<00:15:46.400
• </c> in workforce training and uh, develops in workforce training and uh, develops overseas<00:16:09.600
• </c> 150 million that we're doing for career 150 million that we're doing for career tech<00:34:21.960

Bills: HB517 , HB98 , HB235 , HB236 , HB237 , HB238 , HB239 , HB240 , HB241 , HB242 , HB565 , HB517 , HB98 , HB235 , HB236 , HB237 , HB238 , HB239 , HB240 , HB241 , HB242 , HB565 , SB380

Committee: Senate Finance and Taxation Education

Keywords: underground damage prevention, one-call notification system, utility locating, excavation safety, dig safe, call before you dig, utility lines, underground utilities, pipeline safety, gas pipeline, electric utility, telecommunications, water utility, wastewater, cable television, locate request, premark, tolerance zone, positive response, contract locator