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• Um it was my zero informed consent.
• <01:59:07.440> I never signed any informed consent. I never signed any informed consent.
• this is the kind of informed consent this is the kind of informed consent that<02:38:31.280>
• And clients.
• The general true informed consent.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• consent. Is that is that legal? consent. Is that is that legal?
• able to consent to on their own. able to consent to on their own.
• Informed consent.
• Informed consent.
• Informed consent.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• There's the issue of consent, which is why we favor the extension of the statute of limitations.
• service organization or law firm advertises on various social platforms highlighting how a former client
• We believe in the value of the relationship between the lawyer and the client that starts at the very
• I was asking for rest and support so I could keep showing up for my kids and my clients.
• During that time, I was isolated, medicated without full consent, and denied contact with my children

Bills: HB 1239, HB1990, HB1748, HB1749, HB2578, HB2986, HB1970, HB3163, HB2733, HB1922, HB 113, HB 1088, HB1938, HB3004, HB2637, HB2960, HB113

Keywords: public health, access to healthcare, insurance reforms, medical expenses, healthcare providers, mental health, protective custody, preliminary examination, detention period, emergency circumstances, emergency detention, legal framework, detention, healthcare, liability, landowners, nonagricultural land, trespassing, public safety, interpreters

Transcript Highlights:

• Children aren't consenting to what is happening; they cannot consent to the abuse that is taking place
• Senator Oumou Verbeten, when you’re ready. that once client that the defendant was that once client that
• I just want to thank you all for hearing me today and for all the clients that we serve.
• I just want to thank you all for hearing me today and for all the clients that we serve.
• I just want to thank you all for hearing me today and for all the clients that we serve.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Most of my local clients prefer the convenience of telehealth.
• And so my client, this, this, whose sibling...
• So on behalf of these clients, other clients whose care has been disrupted, all the clients and people
• My professional responsibility to my clients is jeopardized.
• They were never one of my clients of the thousands of clients I manage money for because they don't do

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Public Health held a hearing to take testimony on a wide range of bills involving professional licensure, clinical practice, and public health-related workforce issues. The chair explained that no votes would be taken at the hearing and that the purpose was to gather public input. Early testimony focused on Marnie’s Law, with supporters describing the bill as a no-cost, preventive measure to require nursing education on inflammatory breast cancer after a family tragedy and arguing it could reduce misdiagnosis and save lives. A major portion of the hearing centered on bills affecting clinical decision-making and licensure compacts. Supporters of the physician ownership/clinical autonomy bills argued they would protect independent practices from corporate interference after the Steward collapse, while supporters of EMS, dental, psychology, physical therapy, and physician assistant compacts said the measures would improve workforce mobility, reduce delays, and expand access to care, especially for rural patients, military families, and telehealth users. Several witnesses emphasized that the compacts would not reduce standards and would strengthen public protection through shared disciplinary databases and streamlined credentialing. There was also testimony on bills to ensure safe medication administration and to protect the independence of complementary and alternative health care practitioners. Nursing representatives urged that only licensed professionals administer medications in hospitals, hospices, and home care settings, warning that delegation to unlicensed staff could endanger patients and nurses’ licenses. A complementary and alternative care witness supported consumer access with mandatory disclosures and limits on reserved medical acts. On the dental compact, witnesses were split: some supported portability and workforce flexibility, while others warned the compact lacked a hands-on skills exam and could weaken Massachusetts’ regulatory authority and patient safety. The hearing concluded with continued testimony on the psychology compact, physical therapy compact, and physician assistant bills, with most speakers favoring expanded interstate practice and reduced administrative barriers.

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• So is there additional fees that a client, a customer, your ratepayers, your residents, our constituents
• dams that need maintenance work, we have a wastewater system that is part of the utility that has a consent
• stewardship program which is headed up by one of our vice presidents that just worked through our consent
• We have $15 billion of capital needs in the next 10 years. 9 billion on the wastewater consent decree
• Currently, Texas has 5 cities in various stages of clean water consent decrees, and you heard from at

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• :39.720> written the bill without the express written the bill without the express written consent
• each<00:07:41.440> commissioner<00:07:42.120> prior<00:07:42.400> to consent
• of each commissioner prior to consent of each commissioner prior to each each each investigation<00:
• the legislature I've also had clients the legislature I've also had clients who've<01:59:05.719>
• Yeah, Jim is the consent to electronic monitoring requirements modification.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• calendar but I would like to a consent calendar but I would like to make<00:30:44.919> it<00:
• Clients.
• <03:10:54.880> that representation to Indigent clients that representation to Indigent clients
• for that money to be put into a separate account for the benefit of the client, so the client could
• <03:15:05.080> for that would be built to the client for that would be built to the client

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee heard testimony on House Bill 232 from prime sponsor Representative Mark Pearson, who said the bill is intended to protect conscience rights for health care professionals and students, especially in relation to abortion and sterilization-related procedures. He argued that protecting ethical objections would help retain and recruit medical workers in New Hampshire, reduce moral injury, and preserve patient access to care. Pearson said the bill is not meant to allow discrimination based on protected characteristics and emphasized that it is limited to objections to specific procedures, with an amendment added to address concerns raised by Chairman Lynn. Members questioned Pearson closely about the scope of the bill and amendment, including whether it could apply to non-physician staff such as schedulers or receptionists, whether a provider could refuse emergency care, and who would determine when an emergency exists. Pearson said the bill does not apply to emergency situations or to treatment after an abortion has already occurred, and he stated that emergency triage would control in obvious emergencies. He also said the intent was not to allow a person to take a job and then unexpectedly refuse duties, and he suggested the amendment could be tweaked to clarify its application to facilities and staff. Additional questions focused on whether the bill should be broader than the procedures listed, how it would interact with federal conscience protections, and whether it could affect contraception-related services, including pharmacies. Pearson responded that the bill addresses the specific issues raised by people he and his wife had spoken with, and he was open to revising the amendment to reduce ambiguity. No vote or final committee action was taken in the portion provided.

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• The House will now attend to the consent calendar. Mr.
• The House will now attend to the consent calendar. Mr.
• Consent calendar motion: Representative Wbon moves that the consent calendar, with the relevant amendments
• The ayes have it; the consent calendar is adopted. The consent calendar is adopted.
• <04:07:57.040> to wisdom to work with their clients to wisdom to work with their clients to

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• The developer client needs a commitment for water so they can deliver lots to home builders.
• The developer client needs a commitment for water so they can deliver lots to home builders.
• The developer client needs a commitment for water so they can deliver lots to home builders.
• Because the property was within the CCN, my client, the developer, reached out to the WSC.
• We have that potential condition right now with an industrial client that came in.

Bills: SB863, SB1190, SB1261, SB1413, SB1624, SB1662, SB1663, SB1855, SB1967, SB2124, SB2204, SB1623

Keywords: Edwards Aquifer, water conservation, reclaimed water, aquifer storage, environmental protection, water loss, municipally owned utilities, Texas Water Development Board, administrative penalties, water audit, water infrastructure, water supply, state water plan, water management strategies, water financing, municipal bonds, revenue bonds, public debt, obligations, TWDB

Summary: The Senate Committee on Water, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs heard several water-related bills, with testimony focused on drinking water quality, groundwater contamination notice, flood infrastructure funding, water rights conservation, and utility service areas. SB 1662 would limit TCEQ’s advance notice to public water systems to no more than 24 hours before testing after a consumer complaint, to reduce the chance of temporary treatment affecting results. SB 1663 would allow TCEQ to notify private well owners, groundwater conservation districts, and nearby residents by direct means about known groundwater contamination, rather than relying mainly on first-class mail and annual reporting. SB 2124 would move the deadline for publishing the Texas Groundwater Protection Committee’s annual report from April 1 to June 1. Witnesses on the first two bills described long-running water quality problems and delayed notice in their communities and supported the measures. No opposition was recorded, and each bill was left pending for a later vote. The committee also heard SB 1967, which would expand eligibility for Flood Infrastructure Fund financing to multipurpose projects that both reduce flooding and create water supply. Senator Hinojosa and Hidalgo County representatives described the Delta Reclamation Project as a shovel-ready example that would capture flood and drainage water, treat it, and produce new potable supply while also providing detention and flood mitigation. A Sierra Club witness also supported the bill, saying such projects could help manage floodwaters and reduce polluted discharges to bays and estuaries. The bill was left pending. A lengthy and divided discussion followed on SB 1413, which would expand the streamlined expedited release process for landowners seeking removal from a water or sewer CCN in additional counties. Senator Nichols said the bill was a property-rights measure aimed at legacy monopolies and bad actors who use CCNs to hold landowners hostage, while supporters described cases where developers could not get timely service, including fire flow, or were asked to fund infrastructure without reasonable recoupment. Opponents from rural water corporations and utility associations argued the bill would undermine investment in water infrastructure, strand debt, and weaken the return on planned expansion. PUC and TCEQ resource witnesses explained that compensation is handled case by case through appraisal and can include stranded costs, planning, design, construction, and some legal fees, but members noted the statute is unclear and discussed possible committee substitute language. Public testimony was closed with the bill left pending. Later, SB 1624 would allow the Texas Water Trust within the Texas Water Bank to hold donated water rights for conservation purposes and protect them from use-it-or-lose-it cancellation, and SB 863 would address Edwards Aquifer utilities that straddle the aquifer boundary by allowing them to continue using Edwards water within their certificated areas under specified conditions. Both bills were laid out, received no public opposition in the hearing, and were left pending.

Transcript Highlights:

• Senator Howard is asking for consent that the bill be advanced without objection.
• Senator Hines asks unanimous consent that the bill be advanced without objection.
• Senator Peugh is asking for consent that the bill be advanced without objection.
• They are asking us to consent to their adjournment for more than 3 days.
• Now, Senator Reinhart asks unanimous consent to vote on the bill be...

Bills: SB1627, SB227, SB366, SB1193, SB1433, SB1450, SB1481, SB1749, SB1810, SB1812, SB1921, SB1948, SB2044, SB2178, SB169, SB1877, HB1409, SB1266, SB1432

Keywords: criminal code cleanup, duplicate statutes, statutory consolidation, repealer bill, emergency clause, Title 21 crimes, Title 47 DUI, child abuse reporting, child neglect, child sexual abuse material, child pornography, sex offenses, rape, stalking, domestic abuse, domestic violence, human trafficking, sex trafficking, gang-related offense, eluding police

Transcript Highlights:

• Most DCT clients and patients are civilly committed.
• The bill will still require DCT to obtain consent to share data except when a client lacks capacity to
• lacks capacity to consent and a client lacks capacity to consent and or<02:27:38.360> has<02:
• The client refers to a client of mental health professionals who have that duty to warn.
• The client refers to a client of mental health professionals who have that duty to warn.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Recently, I was at a home visit with a client who's here that was trying to get her child back after
• social worker came asking questions that had nothing to do with the cause of the investigation, my client
• At that point, the DCF social worker pushed back and called her supervisor to state that the client was
• Many of my clients miss their parents, but all of them miss their brothers and sisters.
• case placed before me, I have noticed two significant emotions that have come with each and every client

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The committee heard testimony on a package of Department of Children and Families bills focused on care and protection proceedings, sibling placement, parenting time, foster parent eligibility, adoption timelines, and a proposed Harmony Montgomery Commission. Rep. Marjorie Decker framed her bills as a set intended to reduce trauma for children removed from home by promoting sibling placement, visitation, cultural continuity, and limits on barriers to foster/adoptive placement. Witnesses from CASA, the Massachusetts Child Welfare Coalition, CPCS, and others generally supported the sibling-placement and parenting-time bills and the Harmony Commission, while several urged that the commission include a birth parent with lived experience and that its scope remain focused on child safety and family rights. A former juvenile court judge also supported the Harmony Commission, citing failures in the Harmony Montgomery case and broader concerns about DCF power and child representation. No votes were taken during the hearing. A large portion of the hearing focused on Senate 114, the “Family Protection and Transparency Act,” which would require DCF to provide families with written and verbal notice of their rights during investigations, including the right to remain silent, consult counsel, and refuse entry absent legal authority except in emergencies. Supporters included parents, former foster youth, attorneys, advocates, and a peer mentor, many of whom described personal experiences of confusion, coercion, retaliation, and family separation when DCF became involved. They argued the bill would improve due process, language access, transparency, and accountability without limiting DCF’s emergency powers. Several witnesses also described intergenerational DCF involvement and said families often need resources and legal guidance rather than punitive intervention. Testimony on House 268 emphasized the importance of keeping siblings together in foster care whenever possible. Advocates cited research showing better mental health, educational, and reunification outcomes when siblings remain together, and several young people testified about being separated from brothers and sisters and the lasting impact of that separation. CPCS supported the bill and said regular sibling visitation should be required when joint placement is not possible. House 269, 270, 271, 288, and 293 were also on the notice, but the transcript reflects little or no testimony on some of those measures. The hearing concluded after the committee heard from all scheduled witnesses and invited written testimony for additional details.

Transcript Highlights:

• protect the right to a secret ballot by making it illegal to publish someone else's vote without their consent
• adds the reporting requirements of 6A 101 to proxy advisors who provide differing advice to multiple clients

Summary: The Committee on State Affairs met with a quorum present and took up a series of pending bills, most of them election, ethics, political communications, alcohol, or business-regulation measures. Several bills were amended with committee substitutes before being voted out, including SB 2363 on unlawful publishing of another person’s vote, SB 2044 on political communications/electioneering, SB 2713 on discrimination and membership in professional or trade associations, SB 2337 on proxy advisor transparency, SB 946 on credit discrimination/social credit scores, SB 2334 on storage of alcoholic beverages by an airline permittee, and HB 1130 on cavern-entity liability. Authors generally described the substitutes as clarifying or narrowing changes, such as removing exceptions, adding an affirmative defense, striking the word “organization,” or making technical and definitional revisions. The committee also advanced SB 2633 on a local option alcohol election, SB 2637 on bots and automated social media posts, SB 2781 on civil penalties related to political contributions and lobbying, SB 2782 on discovery requirements for sworn complaints before the Texas Ethics Commission, SB 3059 concerning the Alamo, SB 1861, SB 1367, SB 945, and SB 2043. In several instances, members recommended bills for the local and uncontested calendars after favorable action. The discussion was largely procedural, with brief bill descriptions and substitute explanations; no extended public testimony is reflected in the transcript. Most measures were reported favorably to the full Senate, typically by recorded roll call votes of nine or ten ayes and zero or one nay. SB 2363, SB 2713, SB 1861, SB 946, SB 1367, and SB 945 each received one negative vote, while SB 2781, SB 2782, SB 3059, HB 1130, SB 2334, SB 2337, and SB 2043 were reported out unanimously or near-unanimously. After completing the agenda, the committee recessed subject to the call of the chair.

Transcript Highlights:

• Today, we have 12 measures on the agenda; seven are on consent.
• Let's go ahead and dispense with the consent calendar.
• Can I get a motion and a second on the consent calendar? All right.
• So the consent calendar is out. We'll leave it open for absent members to add on.
• And the consent calendar. Thank you. Schultz, aye. The consent calendar. Thank you.

Summary: The Assembly Committee on Utilities and Energy heard several bills focused on utility affordability, transparency, clean energy, and consumer access. SB 327 would bar investor-owned utilities from using ratepayer funds to oppose municipal utility formation and would clarify the Public Advocates Office’s authority to inspect utility books; supporters framed it as a ratepayer protection and accountability measure, while utilities and industry groups raised concerns about municipalization language and data-request procedures. After discussion about the scope of the bill and existing guardrails from prior legislation, the committee voted SB 327 out on a due pass as amended basis to Appropriations, with the roll left open and later updated to 12-2. SB 1350, a hydrogen bill, would allow renewable portfolio standard credit for power plants using green hydrogen in turbines. The author and supporters said it would help California meet clean energy goals, support the Lancaster hydrogen project, and create jobs, while opponents, especially environmental groups, warned about NOx emissions, the risk of paper transactions, and the need for stronger safeguards on feedstocks and delivery. Members discussed amendments already taken and the need for continued work on environmental protections; the committee passed the bill 14-0 to Natural Resources. SB 868 would create a framework for plug-in or balcony solar devices for renters and others without rooftop solar, with safety standards and a cap on system size. Supporters said it would lower bills and expand access to solar, while utilities and some others raised safety and backfeed concerns and asked for more review through existing interconnection processes. The author and witnesses said the devices are small, non-exporting, and covered by safety certifications; the committee approved the bill 17-0, later updated to 18-0, and sent it to Appropriations. SB 1233 would require additional disclosure about utility cash on hand, capital structure, and related information in existing reports to help inform rates and affordability. Utilities opposed the measure as duplicative of existing proceedings and potentially delay-inducing, while supporters said it would improve transparency for ratepayers. The committee passed SB 1233 10-3 to Appropriations. The committee also dispensed with the consent calendar, passing the remaining consent items, including SB 925, SB 667, SB 952, SB 742, SB 929, SB 943, and SB 1138, and noted that SB 905 had been pulled from the agenda.

Transcript Highlights:

• I request unanimous consent to suspend Assembly Rule I request unanimous consent to suspend Assembly
• Now move on to the second-day consent calendar.
• Now move on to the second-day consent calendar.
• Clerk will read the resolutions on the consent calendar.
• Is there any member that wishes to remove an item from the consent calendar?

Summary: The Assembly convened after a quorum call, prayer, and pledge, then moved through a long Daily File with several major policy bills and multiple commemorative resolutions. The most debated measure was AB 379 on human trafficking and child exploitation. The bill was presented as a stronger, more comprehensive version that increases penalties for adults soliciting minors, adds a loitering offense tied to purchasing commercial sex, raises fines for businesses that facilitate trafficking, creates a Survivor Support Fund, and establishes grants for victim services and vertical prosecution. Several members spoke in support, while Assemblymember Sharp-Collins raised concerns that the loitering provision could be vague and disproportionately enforced against Black, Brown, and LGBTQIA+ people. The bill passed after debate, with the clerk reporting 72 noes and the measure still passing. The Assembly also passed AB 1415, which expands the Office of Health Care Affordability’s authority to review more health systems, private equity and hedge fund acquisitions, and managed service organizations in order to better track cost drivers and medical debt. Other policy bills approved included AB 711 on coordinating court reporters for motion hearings, AB 1142 on horse event entry fees, AB 309 on preserving access to sterile syringes for HIV and hepatitis prevention, AB 358 on allowing victims to consent to searches of hidden surveillance devices like AirTags and spy cameras, AB 592 on outdoor dining for restaurants, AB 1341 on clarifying contractor licensing violations, AB 752 on easing child care center siting, AB 1166 on extending debt-settlement rules to commercial financing, AB 806 on mobile home resident cooling rights, AB 972 on explicit sex discrimination protections in higher education, AB 416 on emergency room 5150 authority, AB 632 on expedited collection of penalties for serious local code violations, AB 672 on PERB notification and intervention rights, AB 876 on CRNA scope of practice, and AB 760 on temporary mobile home housing after disasters. Most of these measures passed with broad bipartisan support, though AB 672 drew sharp opposition from Assemblymember DeMaio over concerns about PERB and state bureaucracy. The chamber also adopted several resolutions recognizing May observances and public service groups. These included ACR 63 designating May as California Fairgrounds Appreciation Month, ACR 69 for California Physical Fitness and Mental Well-Being Month, ACR 76 for California Small Business Month, ACR 77 for Drowning Awareness and Prevention Month, HR 36 for Lung Cancer Action Week, HR 39 for National Public Works Week, and HR 41 for National Hospital Week. Members used the resolutions to highlight local institutions, public health, and community services, and each was adopted after co-author rolls and voice votes. The session ended after the Assembly completed the day’s file and moved through a series of routine procedural motions and adjournment-related business.

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• One of our clients was unnamed plaintiff as well.
• As I said, one of our clients was a named plaintiff, um, the Law Center, Disability Rights New Mexico
• that point, there's got to be a, uh, you know, the governor can appoint somebody with advice and consent
• It is an assault of coercion and intimidation and lack of consent, and that typically may not leave a
• Uh, termination of the APD consent decree and elimination of qualified immunity, all good topics for

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• So we do have a client counselor at the Attorney General's office, Matt Broadhead, is our client counselor
• Consent seconded. All in favor, please say aye. All right, very good.
• 47.960> seeing opposed seeing opposed seeing none<00:44:50.800> yep none yep none yep consent
• 44:54.520> favor<00:44:54.960> please<00:44:55.440> I<00:44:55.920> I consent
• seconded all in favor please I I consent seconded all in favor please I I all<00:44:57.520> right

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• <04:28:23.439> trust As a licensed forester, my clients trust As a licensed forester, my clients
• I had a client buy the summertime.
• So I have clients acorns that do sprout.
• So it can't be put on consent. So it'll go to the House on OTPA.
• So it'll go we can't put it on consent.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• People say, Mark, how can you represent DWI clients because you don't have to be a bad person to get
• Um, I'm, I've represented clients with DWIs in their early twenties, and then 2030 years later, they,
• If you're not rude to the officer, if you consent to breath or blood, you agree to have interlock in
• look to incentivize, not the actual amount that metabolizes in your bloodstream, as for many of my clients
• But when I have a client that comes to me. And says, I screwed up.