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• The House Permanent Standing Committee on Transportation.
• We were losing transportation.
• To their safety and security.
• In addition, all of our goods are transported... ...transported across these roads, which will increase
• The Department of Transportation, in partnership with the Texas A&M Transportation Institute, will carry

Bills: HB1589 , HB2208 , HB2297 , HB2560 , HB2725 , HB3080 , HB4417 , HB4473 , HB4520 , HB4662 , HB4888 , HB4905 , HB4906

Committee: House S/C on Transportation Funding

Keywords: HB 1589, toll road, toll project, toll project entity, voter approval, local control, county election, commissioners court, Transportation Code, Chapter 372, road construction, highway funding, infrastructure, public referendum, ballot measure, transportation policy, Texas toll roads, regional mobility, toll collection, vehicle registration

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• Today, we hand the incoming administration the world's strongest economy.
• </c> Authority successfully since securing Authority successfully since securing their<05:04:23.558><
• to secure a new 15-year lease in December 2016.
• to secure a new 15-year lease in December 2016.
• Administration and the SEC entered into Administration and the SEC entered into an<05:08:04.480><c> occup

Bills: HR31 , HR152 , HR192 , HR144 , HR189 , HR164 , HR153

Keywords: committee appointments, House of Representatives, government structure, legislative process, membership, committee assignments, elections, legislation, government, oversight, US-Canada relations, economic security, energy security, bipartisan, trade and investment, Ramadan, faith, Islam, community, charitable contributions

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• It bans climate goals from comp plans, land development regulation, and transportation plans.
• Hello, Jason Autry, Deputy County Administrator with Oklahoma County.
• Jason Autry, Deputy County Administrator with Oklahoma County.
• Hello, Jason Autry, Deputy County Administrator with Oakland County.
• We are Jason Autry, Deputy County, Administrator with Oklahoma County.

Bills: S0558 , S1294 , S1468 , S1474 , S1682 , S1628

Committee: Senate Environment and Natural Resources

Keywords: stormwater systems, environmental standards, municipal infrastructure, engineering certifications, local compliance, Florida Department of Transportation, biosolids, agronomic rate, land application, environmental protection, Florida statutes, nutrient management, recordkeeping, farming, compost products, wastewater treatment, environment, sewage disposal, pollution control, reporting requirements

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• multimodal transportation system.
• multimodal transportation system.
• with the plan and adopted regional growth and transportation strategies.
• The Department of Transportation has listed no fiscal impact.
• and sustainable transportation system.

Bills: HB2096 , HB2134 , HB2323

Committee: House Transportation

Keywords: confidential identification, investigators, attorney general, security, law enforcement, transportation planning, greenhouse gas emissions, vehicle miles traveled, regional planning organizations, environmental policy, blue envelope program, healthcare, patient privacy, state laws, medical records

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• The Committee on Transportation will now come to order. Pérez, here. Canales, here. Curry, here.
• I'm the administrator from Wyatt Ranches, and I am for the naming of this roadway.
• Farm-to-market roads are often overseen by the Texas Department of Transportation.
• The bill pertains to vehicle transport on the Galveston Port Ferry. Is that House Bill 787?
• Someone's home address and social security number and stuff like that, but their name?

Bills: HB767 , HB 1242 , HB1373 , HB1404 , HB1708 , HB1936 , HB2041 , HB2198 , HB2270 , HB2315 , HB2415 , HB2427 , HB2455 , HB2457 , HB2522 , HB2523 , HB2686 , HB2763 , HB2775 , HB2944 , HB3034 , HB1683 , HB1695

Committee: House Transportation

Keywords: highway designation, memorial, Montgomery County, Paul P. Mendes, transportation, HB 1242, Texas Transportation Code, U.S. Highway 281, Brooks County, Ernesto Soliz Cantu, memorial highway, road naming, TxDOT, road signage, commemorative resolution, memorial markers, county road 304, Huppergate Road, Los Robles Trail, Farm-to-Market Road

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• Oil and gas service companies face administrative barriers.
• American carriers hadn't been authorized to transport into Mexico.
• In response to that, the National Transportation...
• I've been in the student transportation industry now for 22 years.
• As a transportation director, I do know that the safest form of transportation is a yellow school bus

Bills: HB767 , HB 1242 , HB1373 , HB1404 , HB1708 , HB1936 , HB2041 , HB2198 , HB2270 , HB2315 , HB2415 , HB2427 , HB2455 , HB2457 , HB2522 , HB2523 , HB2686 , HB2763 , HB2775 , HB2944 , HB3034 , HB1683 , HB1695

Committee: House Transportation

Keywords: highway designation, memorial, Montgomery County, Paul P. Mendes, transportation, HB 1242, Texas Transportation Code, U.S. Highway 281, Brooks County, Ernesto Soliz Cantu, memorial highway, road naming, TxDOT, road signage, commemorative resolution, memorial markers, county road 304, Huppergate Road, Los Robles Trail, Farm-to-Market Road

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• security just as much national security?
• And apparently, the administration doesn't even know how much farmers have already secured their fertilizer
• And apparently, the administration doesn't even know how much farmers have already secured their fertilizer
• And apparently, the administration doesn't even know how much farmers have already secured their fertilizer
• And apparently, the administration doesn't even know how much farmers have already secured their fertilizer

Bills: SB4465 , HB7147 , HB2424 , HB7567

Keywords: FISA, intelligence, surveillance, national security, privacy, extension, law enforcement, excise tax, heavy trucks, clean vehicles, environmental policy, heavy truck excise tax, truck and trailer tax, federal retail excise tax, FET, highway trust fund, commercial trucks, Class 8 trucks, tractor-trailer, semi-truck

Bills: HB320 , HB207 , HB208 , HB290

Committee: House State Government

Keywords: public works, sealed bids, bid notice, public notice, newspaper advertisement, centralized website, digital platform, Department of Finance, Department of Transportation, county commissions, municipalities, contracting, procurement, construction bidding, Alabama code Title 39, bidding requirements, electronic bidding, online bid posting, HVAC, heating and air conditioning

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• :03:09.280><c> deal</c><05:03:09.760><c> with</c> Security Administration to deal with Security Administration
• </c> Security Administration. Security Administration.
• <05:09:06.638><c> Administration</c> Security Administration Security Administration needs<05:09:08.480
• </c><05:09:51.920><c> Administration</c> at the Social Security Administration at the Social Security
• Current Social Security Administration Current Social Security Administration policy<05:15:41.680><c

Bills: HB4423 , HB5348 , HB4430 , HB4431 , HB4429 , HB3716 , HR225 , HB5349 , HB5346 , HB5345 , HB5284 , HB4313 , HR1262 , SB616 , HR176 , HB2159 , HB4323 , HB2066 , HB4549 , HB4495 , HB4491 , HB3174

Keywords: Burma, Myanmar, World Bank, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, IBRD, foreign aid, sanctions, military coup, democracy, development financing, multilateral lending, Treasury Department, Executive Director, international financial institutions, human rights, junta, national interest waiver, Social Security, SSN, Social Security number

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• The Senate Committee on Administrative Rules will come to order.
• the question based on that but also based on the fact that they currently have the language of administrative
• sure that they will take in a contract the hearing examiners as they have been doing with the administrative
• that is correct senator Jett follow up If this doesn't change Currently you do not have any administrative
• staff Senator Jett for follow up and for clarification you have no influence whatsoever which administrative

Bills: SJR50 , SJR51 , SJR52 , SJR53 , SJR54 , HJR1090 , HJR1091 , HJR1092 , HJR1093 , HJR1094 , HJR1095 , SJR49

Committee: Senate Administrative Rules

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

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• I'm the Administrative Director for the Office of Court Administration here as a resource on the bill
• I'm the Administrative Director for the Office of Court Administration.
• Our wonderful Administrative Director of the Office of Court Administration.
• I am the Administrative Director for the Office of Court Administration here testifying on the bill as
• Speaker, the reason we tied it to federal transportation code and state transportation code was because

Bills: HB4011 , HB2680 , HB4325 , HB4327 , HB4944 , HB1761 , HB4688 , HB3453 , HB40 , HB1707 , HB4749 , HB2322 , HB3647 , HB4139 , HB4081 , HB2203 , HB2100 , HB4170 , HB3104 , HB4623 , HB40

Committee: House Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence

Keywords: partition, heirs' property, real estate, co-ownership, family property, non-heir cotenant, right of first refusal, pilot services, liability limitation, maritime commerce, Matagorda Bay, Lavaca Bay, transportation code, maritime industry, civil liability, barratry, penalties, legal actions, damages, wrongful death

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• We've also increased the salary supplement for local administrative district judges, presiding judges
• There is a lot of administrative work that judges do, that go on behind the scenes.
• There is a lot of administrative work that judges do, whether it be serving on a committee.
• courts, or by statute, the local administrative district court judge.
• To impose administrative civil penalties against complainants for false complaints.

Bills: HB4011 , HB2680 , HB4325 , HB4327 , HB4944 , HB1761 , HB4688 , HB3453 , HB40 , HB1707 , HB4749 , HB2322 , HB3647 , HB4139 , HB4081 , HB2203 , HB2100 , HB4170 , HB3104 , HB4623 , HB40

Committee: House Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence

Keywords: partition, heirs' property, real estate, co-ownership, family property, non-heir cotenant, right of first refusal, pilot services, liability limitation, maritime commerce, Matagorda Bay, Lavaca Bay, transportation code, maritime industry, civil liability, barratry, penalties, legal actions, damages, wrongful death

Summary: The Committee on Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence met to hear House Bill 1761, a broad judicial package focused on increasing judicial compensation and adding accountability and efficiency measures. The chair explained that HB 1707 and HB 2100 were withdrawn from the agenda, and that HB 1761 would be taken up first because many judges and stakeholders were present. The committee substitute for HB 1761 proposed a 30% increase in base judicial pay to $182,000, changes to judicial retirement linkage, stronger judicial conduct provisions, and efficiency measures such as targeted reporting for judges not meeting benchmarks, appellate in-person meeting encouragement, and time limits on certain motions. The chair and several supporters said judicial pay had reached “emergency status,” citing Texas’s low national ranking and difficulty recruiting and retaining qualified judges. Witnesses in support included presiding and district judges, the State Bar’s judicial section, business and trial lawyer groups, and prosecutors. They emphasized that many judges work long hours off the bench, handle warrants at night and on weekends, manage heavy dockets, and face recruitment problems in both urban and rural counties. Supporters also said higher pay would help attract experienced lawyers, retain judges, and improve court efficiency. Several witnesses and members discussed judicial accountability, including public reporting of court performance and the role of the Texas Supreme Court and presiding judges in setting benchmarks. Some members raised concerns that raw statistics can be misleading because judges also do substantial off-the-bench work and often help cover other courts’ dockets. There was also testimony and discussion about the bill’s conduct and discipline provisions. A representative of the Texas Civil Rights Project opposed parts of the bill that would tie pay raises to changes affecting judicial independence, warning about subjective bail-related discipline standards and possible chilling effects. The executive director of the State Commission on Judicial Conduct cautioned against civil penalties for complainants, saying it could discourage good-faith complaints and create litigation risks. Other witnesses supported accountability reforms but urged caution about unintended consequences, especially for family and emergency cases and for judges handling warrants and other time-sensitive matters. After testimony, the committee withdrew the committee substitute and left HB 1761 pending, then recessed the committee.

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• This is a dedicated fund stream within the state's transportation fund, administered through the DOTD's
• bill that I have before you removes certain statutory constraints and allows the Department of Transportation

Bills: HB1039 , SB423 , SB436

Committee: House Ways & Means

Keywords: local sales tax, local use tax, sales and use tax, tax audit, local collector, tax collector, prescriptive period, prescription waiver, interest suspension, delinquency penalties, estimated assessment, arbitrary assessment, certified mail notice, audit notice, taxpayer rights, installment agreement, Louisiana tax law, Title 47, revenue collection, tax administration

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• </c> billion the Biden Administration billion the Biden Administration requested<01:16:44.120><c> and
• </c> attack the Biden Harris Administration attack the Biden Harris Administration pushed<02:20:02.680
• </c><05:07:35.760><c> and</c> threat to the National Security and threat to the National Security and
• </c><05:10:24.000><c> Act</c><05:10:24.240><c> of</c> the National Security Act of the National Security
• </c> benefits that's your Social Security benefits that's your Social Security that's<05:29:57.760><c

Bills: HR28 , HR153 , HR40 , HR39 , HR38

Keywords: remote testimony, committee proceedings, witness participation, Congress, transparency, condolences, aviation safety, transportation disaster, victims support, first responders, committee elections, House of Representatives, legislative process, congressional committees, membership, House resolution, committee assignments, standing committees, 119th Congress, Armed Services Committee

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• So I feel confident that that is outlined, um, maybe not specifically in this bill but with administrative

Bills: SB309 , HB192 , SB178 , SB179 , SB237 , HB10 , HB107 , HB189 , HB37 , HB226 , SB309 , HB192 , SB178 , SB179 , SB237 , HB10 , HB107 , HB189 , HB37 , HB226

Committee: Senate Judiciary

Keywords: automated driving systems, oversized vehicles, transportation, regulations, permits, HB192, international wire transfer, wire transfer fee, remittance fee, money transmission business, Alabama Securities Commission, Department of Revenue, Education Trust Fund, ELL instructors, English Language Learner, ESL teachers, income tax credit, remittances, international money transfer, migrant families

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• Security Administration currently... currently accepts 13 U.S.
• Number two, provides better security.
• So I think we just talked a little bit about security. security, plastic IDs can be easily compromised
• . security.
• With better security, better. privacy.

Bills: HB2034 , HB2436 , HB3010 , HB3033 , HB3138 , HB3177 , HB3426 , HB3686 , HB3858 , HB4176 , HB4257 , HB4264 , HB4804 , HCR98

Committee: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs

Keywords: groundwater, foreign ownership, national security, water permits, environmental health, deadly conduct, firearm, recklessness, peace officer, prosecution, Penal Code, Texas laws, disaster recovery, infrastructure, rural communities, grants, state funding, emergency management, HB 3033, Texas Department of Public Safety

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• The Committee on Homeland Security.
• to coordinate and strengthen Texas Homeland Security and Border Security initiatives.
• But it means border security, it means critical...
• That is critical to border security. As well as homeland security.
• I'm the chief of security at the fairgrounds. You're private security?

Bills: HB 1065 , HB2929 , HB2956 , HB3009 , HB3420 , HB3626 , HB3649 , HB4956 , HB4993 , HB5293 , HB5308 , HB5528 , HCR118 , SB36 , HB4023 , SB 36

Committee: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs

Keywords: employee classification, private security, misclassification, workforce regulations, Texas Workforce Commission, autism, peace officers, training program, law enforcement, intervention, communication, developmental disability, family violence, central database, criminal offense, registration, public safety, violent offenses, criminal database, Department of Public Safety

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• There are no situations in which a security guard company can legally classify their security guard employees
• Change from the Biden administration put in place that the Trump administration hasn't changed back yet
• Private security?
• Yes, sir. private security companies that are telling their guards, their security officers that they're
• But we know from experience it only takes one administration, like the Biden administration, to undo

Bills: SB 36 , HB 1065 , HB2929 , HB2956 , HB3009 , HB3420 , HB3626 , HB3649 , HB4956 , HB4993 , HB5293 , HB5308 , HB5528 , HCR118 , SB36 , HB4023

Committee: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs

Keywords: transportation, regional authorities, mobility, infrastructure, sales tax, employee classification, private security, misclassification, workforce regulations, Texas Workforce Commission, autism, peace officers, training program, law enforcement, intervention, communication, developmental disability, family violence, central database, criminal offense

Bills: HR118 , HB1039 , SB436 , SB442

Committee: House Ways & Means

Keywords: water utility, tax credit, excessive rates, residential service, subcommittee, local sales tax, local use tax, sales and use tax, tax audit, local collector, tax collector, prescriptive period, prescription waiver, interest suspension, delinquency penalties, estimated assessment, arbitrary assessment, certified mail notice, audit notice, taxpayer rights

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• the previous administration.
• I look forward to working with President Trump and his administration in ensuring a more secure border
• and his administration in ensuring a<00:14:33.639><c> more</c><00:14:33.920><c> secure</c><00:14:34.279
• </c><00:18:10.720><c> our</c> golden age where we will secure our golden age where we will secure our
• ... 36% hit on everyone's Social Security so 36% hit on everyone's Social Security so in<00:33:42.200

Bills: SB5 , HR165 , HR53 , HR55 , HR54

Keywords: immigration, detention, theft, security, enforcement, Laken Riley Act, deportation, mandatory detention, ICE detainer, Department of Homeland Security, DHS, noncitizen, alien, inadmissibility, burglary, larceny, shoplifting, assault on law enforcement, serious bodily injury, parole