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• However, not every child that is in the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services
• screening for risks or signs of commercial sexual exploitation to all children that are in the conservatorship
• screening for risks or signs of commercial sexual exploitation to all children that are in the conservatorship
• FBSS, we're seeing more and more children that are in that box that have to go either to conservatorship
• these cases, a state or local law enforcement officer, an individual who has been part of the conservatorship

Bills: HB136, HB451, SB425, SB466, SB905, SB1986, SB2311, SB2450, SB2805, SB2826, SB2919, SB3001

Keywords: Medicaid, lactation, healthcare, consultation, reimbursement, maternal health, infant care, commercial sexual exploitation, child sex trafficking, human trafficking, child welfare, foster care, DFPS, Department of Family and Protective Services, juvenile probation, risk assessment, needs assessment, trauma screening, child abuse prevention, exploitation screening

Summary: The committee met with a quorum and announced it would vote on pending bills at 10:30, with public testimony limited to two minutes. It first took up Senate Bill 905, a TDLR cleanup bill on licensing regulation of speech-language pathologists and audiologists. Senator Zafferini said the committee substitute would streamline advisory board consultation, remove obsolete provisional licenses, and allow any licensed physician to authorize hearing instruments for minors; the substitute was adopted and the bill left pending. The committee then heard House Bill 451, which would require universal screening for commercial sexual exploitation risk for children in DFPS conservatorship and youth under TJJD jurisdiction. The author and witnesses from Children at Risk, the Fort Bend Anti-Trafficking Collective, and Texas CASA supported the bill as a prevention tool with existing infrastructure and training; the committee adopted the substitute and left the bill pending. The committee next considered Senate Bill 466, which would clarify that families may request a fetal death certificate at any gestational age, while keeping existing filing requirements for physicians. A constituent father testified about losing his 11-week-old daughter and being told he could not obtain a certificate, which he said prevented funeral arrangements; the substitute was adopted and the bill left pending. Senate Bill 2311 followed, requiring residential treatment centers to have a written agreement with the school that will educate resident children before becoming operational. The author cited a local dispute where an RTC and school district lacked communication, and witnesses from Texas CASA and Disability Rights Texas supported clearer educational planning while suggesting the Education Code may need conforming changes; the bill was left pending. The committee then heard Senate Bill 2826, known as Alyssa’s Law, which would create a statewide education program on medical child abuse for medical students, health care professionals, and CPS caseworkers. The author and Sheriff Bill Weyburn described Alyssa’s case as involving repeated unnecessary surgeries and argued the bill would improve awareness and early identification, while several witnesses and members raised concerns about false accusations, impacts on medically fragile children, and the need for scientific, peer-reviewed training and safeguards. After extensive discussion, the chair left the bill pending. The committee also heard House Bill 136, which would add certified lactation consultants as Medicaid providers to expand breastfeeding support; witnesses from lactation and nutrition fields said the bill would improve access, maternal and infant health, and long-term savings, and the bill was left pending. Finally, the committee took up Senate Bill 2805, a surprise-billing/arbitration measure that would clarify provider identifiers and shift arbitration costs to the losing party. The author said the substitute was a legislative counsel draft with no substantive difference, and witnesses from the Texas Medical Association, Texas Society of Anesthesiologists, and U.S. Anesthesia Partners supported the bill as a modest improvement that would reduce administrative confusion and make arbitration fairer without weakening patient protections. Members discussed how arbitration costs affect settlement behavior and how to define the “winner” in close cases. The bill was heard but not voted out during this segment.

Transcript Highlights:

• Committee, 2029 is what the House is pitching for the Office of Guardianship and Conservatorship.
• Well, committee, 2029 is what the House is pitching for the Office of Guardianship and Conservatorship
• think it might have been government finance took a look at just where all the funding was for conservatorship
• Chairman, the Office of Guardianship and Conservatorship—thank you. Who oversees that then?
• Chairman, on page 11, the Office of Guardianship and Conservatorship for $1.2 million?

Keywords: 908, all

Summary: The committee first heard Senate Bill 2265, which would provide the Fargo National Cemetery with up to a $3 million line of credit to help fund improvements such as indoor bathrooms, parking, a family gathering area, an office, a hearse garage, and a veterans gallery. Supporters said the cemetery has expanded rapidly since 2019, has already conducted about 1,000 burials, and needs better facilities for families and the Honor Guard; they also said the project would be subject to federal VA approval and, once completed, would be taken over by the VA. Members raised questions about the project’s cost, timing, funding sources, whether the bill should be a grant instead of a line of credit, and whether a chapel should be specifically included. No vote was taken on SB 2265 during the excerpt. The committee then took up Senate Bill 2230, which would have the Secretary of State mail active voters a guide on ballot measures at least 45 days before an election, with objective summaries, fiscal impacts, and arguments for and against each measure. Secretary of State Michael Howe said the office already receives many questions about ballot measures and would post the same information online and at polling places, while emphasizing the need to keep the material objective and consistent with election-law restrictions. Members generally supported the idea as a voter-education tool, and the committee adopted a due pass motion on SB 2230 by a 19-0 vote. Finally, the committee heard Senate Bill 2256, which would provide one-time state support for the NDSU Research and Technology Park in Fargo to expand its role in commercialization, robotics, precision agriculture, and defense-related technology. Park CEO Brenda Weiland explained that the park is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit spun out of NDSU, governed by a board with both university and industry representation, and that the new model is intended to bridge the gap between research and market-ready products without competing directly with private industry. Members asked about ownership, intellectual property, the planned partnership with Carnegie Mellon’s robotics center, and how the park would use the funding; the discussion focused on contracts, licensing, and the park’s intent to build technical capacity and attract companies. The excerpt ends before any vote on SB 2256.

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• Another issue back in 2021: this office was mandated through HB 236 to review all conservatorship reports
• It takes resources from our mission-critical financial audit division to staff this conservatorship review
• And so what we do is they send us these annual conservatorship reports.
• I had a question about the conservatorship function. How many FTEs does that take?
• And I can tell you, if we select a conservatorship...

Transcript Highlights:

• Okay and then if any of the schools that you all have in a conservatorship right now when it comes to
• or people have been moved around in those conservatorships, and if so, why is that?
• Because they report to you now if they're in a conservatorship about what happened, so I'm saying, like
• To see if you knew about that, because there is a school district that is under conservatorship. where
• you almost based, not you, sorry, that the school district, through the conservatorship, pretty much

Keywords: infrastructure, water supply, flood mitigation, Texas Water Fund, community projects, funding allocations

Summary: During this committee meeting, the focus was on discussing critical infrastructure funding, especially related to water supply and flood mitigation projects. Chairwoman Stepney and the Water Development Board presented extensive details regarding the Texas Water Fund, which included $1 billion appropriated to assist various financial programs and tackle pressing water and wastewater issues. Additionally, funding allocations aimed at compromising the state's flood risk and improving water conservation were hotly debated, emphasizing collaboration among committee members and the necessity of addressing community needs in such projects.

Transcript Highlights:

• So let's go on to conservatorship. Go on to a conservatorship. Can you advance the slide for me?
• We had to move FTEs from our financial audit division to create this conservatorship division.
• You can see they're very busy; they've reviewed over 1,300 conservatorship cases, an average of 100 a
• We use a risk-based approach to screen these conservatorships to make a determination whether or not
• Chairman, is about the conservatorship. I saw that slide here. Mr.

Bills: HB1

Keywords: feed bill, legislative appropriations, legislative branch, New Mexico Legislature, general fund, legislative council service, legislative finance committee, legislative education study committee, house chief clerk, senate chief clerk, per diem, mileage, session expenses, interim committees, district staff, capitol complex, capital outlay data system, legislative processing system, redistricting, census redistricting

Transcript Highlights:

• Um, in order to collect DNA, uh, the, the state, which is the managing conservatorship, uh, should seek
• Um, it enforces, uh, parental rights or guardianship rights of, of the child while they're in conservatorship
• stating that custody can only be transferred through legal processes like adoption, court-approved conservatorship
• Appreciate the position of the Family Law Foundation, but they're, they're talking about conservatorship

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• The committee substitute says that in order to collect DNA, the state, which is the managing conservatorship
• It enforces the parental rights or guardianship rights of the child while they're in conservatorship.
• stating that custody can only be transferred through legal processes like adoption, court-approved conservatorship
• I appreciate the position of the Family Law Foundation, but they are talking about conservatorship cases

Bills: HB557, HB732, HB1892, HB1954, HB2301, HB3180, HB3405, HB3650, HB3758, HB4035, HB4621, HB4795, HB4870, HB5069, HB5137, HB5149

Keywords: child support, arrears, court enforcement, contempt, legal protections, healthcare, insurance, cost reduction, accessibility, regulations, impotency, marriage annulment, Family Code, Texas law, family law, Texas legislation, dissolution of marriage, annulment, marriage, child custody

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• determined according to the LBB due to a lack of data on the number of individuals who were under the conservatorship
• determined according to the LBBB due to a lack of data on the number of individuals who were under the conservatorship
• The thing is, you know, Individuals who were under the conservatorship who may be eligible.

Bills: HB4, HB20

Keywords: district composition, congressional election, Texas, legislature, voting districts, fraudulent solicitation, disaster relief, nonprofit organizations, criminal penalties, consumer protection, fraud prevention, charitable donations

Summary: The Senate Committee on Education K-16 heard a series of higher education and K-12 bills, initially without a quorum and with several measures left pending subject to the call of the chair. Early bills included HB 1868, which would direct a study on lowering the dual-credit funding threshold for public junior colleges from 15 to 9 semester credit hours; HB 2598, which would replace statutory references to “licensed specialist in school psychology” with “school psychologist”; HB 3629, which would bar registered sex offenders from serving on independent school district boards of trustees; and HB 4361, which would require the Higher Education Coordinating Board to adopt rules for timely emergency notifications at public institutions of higher education. Each received brief sponsor explanations, no opposition testimony, and was left pending. The committee also heard HB 4848, requiring public higher education systems to ensure at least one institution offers affordable competency-based bachelor’s degree programs in high-demand fields, and HB 1211, which would remove the age 25 deadline for former foster youth to use public college tuition waivers. HB 1211 drew extensive supportive testimony from Texas CASA, a former foster youth who benefited from the waiver, and a current student headed to medical school, all arguing the change would better match the realities faced by youth aging out of care. Members discussed the bill’s fiscal uncertainty and the argument that the waiver is an investment in workforce participation; the bill was left pending. Later, the committee heard HB 20, creating an Applied Sciences Pathway Program to let high school students earn certificates in targeted industries such as welding, plumbing, electrical work, manufacturing, and oil and gas while in school. Industry and workforce groups strongly supported the bill as a way to address labor shortages, while Texas 2036 raised concerns about allowing applied versions of core academic courses to substitute for traditional instruction. HB 4687, which would extend governmental immunity protections to certain campus/district charter schools and adult charter high schools, also received support from a charter-school attorney who said it would align statutes with existing case law and not expand charter rights. HB 4236, as substituted, would create a study group to examine the property value study’s effect on school finance and alternative valuation methods; it was adopted as a committee substitute and left pending. The committee also heard HB 824 on civics instruction in high school government courses and HB 2243, which would create a commission on teacher job satisfaction and retention; the latter prompted debate over removing “ethnic diversity” language from the commission’s makeup. After adopting the substitute for HB 2243 by roll call, the committee recessed subject to the call of the chair.

Transcript Highlights:

• bill would usher in the most significant change to the way Alabama approaches guardianships and conservatorships
• since the Uniform Guardianship, Conservatorship, and Protective Proceedings Act was passed in 1987.
• approaches the way Alabama approaches guardianships<00:22:51.280> and<00:22:51.679> conservatorships
• <00:22:52.640> since guardianships and conservatorships since guardianships and conservatorships
• ,<00:22:56.000> and<00:22:56.240> Protective Conservatorship, and Protective Conservatorship

Keywords: 1136, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Okay and then if any of the schools that you all have in a conservatorship right now When it comes to
• or people have been moved around in those conservatorships, and if so, why is that?
• Because they report to you now if they're in a conservatorship about what happened.
• There is a school. where you did have IDD services that isn't a conservatorship, which is why I had asked
• . where you almost based, not you, sorry, that the school district, through the conservatorship, pretty

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• For example, this bill would require us to wait until a person in an LPS conservatorship is determined
• has been deemed no longer gravely disabled, the courts must move immediately to release that conservatorship
• For example, this bill would require us to wait until a person in an LPS conservatorship is determined
• individual has been deemed no longer gravely disabled the courts must move immediately to release that conservatorship

Keywords: 988, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Now there are times when guardianship and conservatorship is absolutely appropriate. It happens.
• Now there are times when guardianship and conservatorship is absolutely appropriate. It happens.
• Now there are times when guardianship and conservatorship is absolutely appropriate. It happens.
• Now there are times when guardianship and conservatorship is absolutely appropriate. It happens.
• <00:43:30.079> is<00:43:30.240> absolutely conservatorship is absolutely conservatorship

Bills: HF3935, HF2216, HF4354, HF4210, HF4212

Keywords: assisted living, healthcare, training, unlicensed personnel, resident rights, safety regulations, nursing home, long-term care, guardian, conservator, arbitration, mandatory arbitration, consumer protection, fee increase, rate increase, price hike, private pay, public funds, Medicaid, waiver services

Transcript Highlights:

• It requires conservatorship reports to be provided to the...
• The reports must be provided to the subject of the conservatorship and interested persons of record with

Bills: HF2300

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• hosting an informal working group created by Representative Tarnis to look at guardianship and conservatorship
• 00:03:43.720> of<00:03:43.840> Hawaii<00:03:44.159> and<00:03:44.439> conservatorship
• <00:03:45.439> and state of Hawaii and conservatorship and state of Hawaii and conservatorship
• cases that in out more about cases that in Guardianship<00:03:56.040> and<00:03:56.200> conservatorship
• <00:03:56.959> cases Guardianship and conservatorship cases Guardianship and conservatorship

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The Committee on Health and Human Services held an informational briefing on the Developmental Disabilities Council and related agencies. The Hawaii State Council on Developmental Disabilities outlined its 2025 legislative priorities, including a pilot project for guardian ad litem and capacity evaluations in guardianship/conservatorship cases, a supported decision-making bill, a health disparities study for people with disabilities, an ABLE savings outreach/staffing measure, a Medicaid buy-in proposal, an adult changing tables equity bill, and a resolution on fetal alcohol spectrum disorder. Council representatives emphasized that supported decision-making would complement tools like powers of attorney and medical releases, and that the health disparities study would help identify unmet needs by ZIP code and improve state data on the intellectual and developmental disability population. The Center on Disability Studies at the University of Hawaii described its role as the research and training arm within the DD system, working with the DD Council and the Hawaii Disability Rights Center. It reported activities such as interdisciplinary training, community education, technical assistance, research collaborations, the Pacific Rim International Conference on Disability and Diversity, publications, telehealth, ECHO Autism, and counseling for Maui fire survivors. The center said it leveraged about $16 million in outside funding last year and highlighted goals focused on workforce development, community capacity, research with direct participation from people with disabilities, and accessible dissemination of information. The Hawaii Disability Rights Center, the state’s protection and advocacy agency, supported the Council’s priorities, especially supported decision-making, which it said could help some people avoid guardianship while preserving liberty and reducing state resource use. The center also raised concerns about the DD system budget and urged legislators to review whether the Developmental Disabilities Division is requesting enough funding, noting possible backsliding in services and eligibility. The Developmental Disabilities Division of the Department of Health then outlined its statewide waiver program serving just over 3,500 people, its service array, and its budget request for increased waiver funding, a federal initiatives coordinator, and IT upgrades to comply with the new HCBS access rule; no votes or formal actions were taken during the briefing.

Transcript Highlights:

• individuals under conservatorship individuals under conservatorship increasing<00:54:51.280>
• This just stipulates that the person under conservatorship for sure gets that report also so they are
• Where does that conservatorship report go now?
• This just stipulates that the person under conservatorship for sure gets that report also so they are
• conservatorship report go now? conservatorship report go now? Mr.<00:58:21.920> Charba.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• It requires conservator reports to be provided to the subject of the conservatorship and interested persons
• 00:13:50.079> subject<00:13:50.399> of<00:13:50.560> the<00:13:50.800> conservatorship
• <00:13:51.519> and the subject of the conservatorship and the subject of the conservatorship

Bills: HF2300

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• However, not every child that is in the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services
• screening for risks or signs of commercial sexual exploitation for all children who are in the conservatorship
• That are in that box that have to go either to conservatorship or FBS, as we're referring more and more
• these cases, a state or local law enforcement officer, an individual who has been part of the conservatorship

Bills: HB136, HB451, SB425, SB466, SB905, SB1986, SB2311, SB2450, SB2805, SB2826, SB2919, SB3001, HB136

Keywords: Medicaid, lactation, healthcare, consultation, reimbursement, maternal health, infant care, commercial sexual exploitation, child sex trafficking, human trafficking, child welfare, foster care, DFPS, Department of Family and Protective Services, juvenile probation, risk assessment, needs assessment, trauma screening, child abuse prevention, exploitation screening

Transcript Highlights:

• and see if she had volunteered to be part of that program, or also to be considered for an LPS conservatorship
• for 14 days and is finally on a 30-day hold, and they're beginning to consider whether the LPS conservatorship
• be in her best interest for a length of time. ...program or also to be considered for an LPS conservatorship
• for 14 days and is finally on a 30-day hold, and they're beginning to consider whether the LPS conservatorship
• may be in her best interest for a length of time. ...conservatorship may be in her best interest for

Summary: The committee heard several public safety bills and took testimony on each, with members often noting amendments and continuing negotiations. SB 1009 by Senator Becker would require juvenile courts to find that less restrictive alternatives are unsuitable before ordering detention, and would require periodic review of continued detention and consideration of alternatives at disposition. Supporters argued it would reduce unnecessary youth detention and improve transparency; probation, judges, and police groups opposed it as an undue limit on judicial discretion and potentially unsafe in serious cases. The chair said he would recommend an aye with amendments, but the bill was held pending quorum and later remained on call. SB 1130 by Senator Gomez Reyes would update privacy law for wearable recording devices such as smart glasses, requiring consent before recording in places where people have a reasonable expectation of privacy and banning devices or accessories designed to defeat recording indicators. Supporters said the bill addresses secret recording and invasive surveillance; opponents from tech and hospitality groups sought clarification to avoid unintended liability for businesses and exempt workplace communication devices. Members discussed those exemptions, and the chair recommended an aye, but the measure also remained on call. Senator Blake Spear presented SB 99, which would let courts consider military protective orders in domestic violence proceedings and require better communication between civilian law enforcement and military authorities. Supporters from the Department of Defense, local officials, and military representatives said it would close protection gaps for military families; the ACLU opposed it on due process grounds because MPOs are issued without judicial process. The chair and author emphasized that the bill only allows consideration of MPOs and does not require civilian enforcement of them. The bill passed out on a vote, though it remained on call for additional members. The committee also heard SB 937 by Senator Gonzalez, restricting flashbang use for crowd control and banning flashbangs and explosive breaching charges in immigration enforcement, and SB 1022, creating a statewide anti-trafficking task force. SB 937 drew support from civil rights and community groups and opposition from police and sheriffs over the use-of-force standard and limits on tactics; it passed out on a vote but remained on call. SB 1022 was supported by survivor and faith groups and opposed by public defenders and sex worker advocates who raised concerns about racial disparities and enforcement harms; it also passed out on a vote. Later, SB 1395, extending criminal protective orders for certain felony sex offenses against minors up to 20 years, and SB 1230, increasing penalties for repeat illegal dumping, were both heard with mixed testimony and were held on call after committee votes. The committee also adopted a consent calendar and several bills were moved forward with amendments.

Transcript Highlights:

• It's the first major update to our guardianship, conservatorship, and protective proceedings act that
• process—if you're dealing with that—is that if... because you're talking about guardians and conservatorship
• does this also apply to conservatorship does this also apply to adoptions adoptions adoptions >>
• <01:02:03.200> out<01:02:03.359> of<01:02:03.520> my guardianship conservatorships
• out of my guardianship conservatorships out of my area<01:02:04.640> and<01:02:06.000> all

Keywords: 1136, house, all

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• reporting by the Department of Family and Protective Services regarding youth and the managing conservatorship
• fee exemption. at public institutions of higher education for certain students who are under conservatorship
• Noble relating to applying an active effort standard for the removal of certain. and the managing conservatorship

Keywords: 1184, house, all