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• Members, House Bill 4524 amends Chapter 21 of the Transportation Code by adding Sub-chapter C-1, which
• Members, House Bill 4524 amends Chapter 21 of the Transportation Code by adding Sub-chapter C-1, which
• Today, Texas governments are heavily subsidizing driving.
• Please preserve the flexibility for TxDOT and local governments to design safer, more efficient alternatives
• It's almost all the local toll entities that do.

Bills: HB483, HB3345, HB3643, HB3821, HB3849, HB4472, HB4523, HB4524, HB5346, HB5347, HB5376

Keywords: high-speed rail, Texas Department of Transportation, TxDOT, public-private partnership, comprehensive development agreement, CDA, Interstate 35, I-35 corridor, Dallas, Waco, Austin, San Antonio, intercity passenger rail, rail infrastructure, private entity, transportation infrastructure, rail corridor, passenger rail, infrastructure finance, vehicle registration

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• We work with the local banks.
• them uh help them manage their local them uh help them manage their local lending<00:04:25.040><
• So I mentioned we participate with local lenders, so the way that works is the local lender will actually
• work closely with lenders and local work closely with lenders and local government<00:14:59.480>
• however we allow the banks or the local however we allow the banks or the local government<00:15

Bills: HF770, HF857, HF38, HF1500, HF43

Keywords: HF770, Rural Finance Authority, RFA, capital investment, state bonds, general obligation bonds, bonding bill, agricultural loans, farm loans, beginning farmer, new farmer, seller-sponsored loans, loan restructuring, agricultural improvement loans, livestock expansion, modernization loans, rural development, Minnesota agriculture, farm credit, chapter 41B

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• Chairman, just quickly, are there any major deviations from the Uniform Code with what we're not at all
• Basically, this establishes a cybersecurity safe harbor for local governments when they adopt and maintain

Bills: HB1739, HB1784, HB1889, HB2116, HB2206, HB3625, HB2939, HB3028, HB3265, HB3313, HB3413, HB3414, HB3415, HB3416, HB3417, HB3418, HB3420, HB3588, HB3748, HB3721, HB3852, HB4132, HB4263, HB4303, HB4311, HB4428, HB4429, HB4434

Keywords: retirement, law enforcement, disability benefits, pension system, Oklahoma, education reform, local control, student outcomes, curriculum changes, school funding, public retirement systems, pension, retirement benefits, cost-of-living adjustment, COLA, inflation adjustment, CPI-U, Consumer Price Index, firefighters pension, police pension

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• treatment centers in Texas, um, do have a charter school on campus, um, but some do, uh, utilize the local
• districts, um, and some have a charter school on campus, but also sometimes send, uh, young people to the local
• that specifies that relatives are considered first for placement as that language already exists in Chapter
• Boarding homes are usually regulated locally, but not all the municipalities have adopted HHSC standards
• SB 1681 would require local governments regulating boarding homes to report to HHEC their facility standards

Bills: SB 2041, SB 1777, SB 1681, SB 2311

Keywords: child welfare, foster care, Department of Family and Protective Services, DFPS, Family Code, conservatorship, placement selection, contract residential care, kinship care, relative placement, designated caregiver, best interest of the child, least restrictive setting, placement stability, child protective services, residential treatment, group home, family reunification, Texas foster system, residential care

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• residential treatment centers in Texas do have a charter school on campus, but some do utilize the local
• Some have a charter school on campus but also sometimes send young people to the local school district
• Does that language already exist in Chapter 262? We don't want inconsistent statutes. Thank you.
• Boarding homes are usually regulated locally, but not all are subject to this regulation.
• SB 1681 would require local governments regulating boarding homes to report to HHSC their facility standards

Bills: SB2041, SB1777, SB1681, SB2311

Keywords: child welfare, foster care, Department of Family and Protective Services, DFPS, Family Code, conservatorship, placement selection, contract residential care, kinship care, relative placement, designated caregiver, best interest of the child, least restrictive setting, placement stability, child protective services, residential treatment, group home, family reunification, Texas foster system, residential care

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• Reggie and I met through the program that I have at my local jail.
• Will that data be sent to the federal government?
• Local and state governments, closer to the children, closer to families, made those decisions.
• I was still on House and Government at the time.
• He infiltrated government agencies. He's infiltrated NGOs who were misspending government money.

Bills: HR115, HR116, HR117, HR118, HR112, HR113, HR114, HCR51, HCR52, SCR18, SCR20, SB14, SB76, SB118, SB142, SB156, SB170, SB197, SB234, SB258, SB287, SB288, SB313, SB315, SB393, SB396, SB426, SB427, HCR7, HB76, HB84, HB132, HB181, HB210, HB250, HB265, HB275, HB291, HB322, HB342, HB457, HB475, HB477, HB486, HB616, HB635, HB639, HB690, HB740, HB757, HB761, HB766, HB774, HB808, HB855, HB866, HB872, HB883, HB886, HB903, HB949, HB962, HB996, HB1003, HB1036, HB1054, HB1071, HB1076, HB1078, HB1113, HB1132, HB1146, HB1232, HB1233, HR15, HR20, HCR14, HCR6, HCR19, HCR10, HR74, HCR26, HCR35, HB98, HB108, HB131, HB151, HB161, HB288, HB294, HB305, HB310, HB320, HB336, HB380, HB392, HB403, HB420, HB459, HB476, HB540, HB615, HB631, HB637, HB648, HB665, HB682, HB789, HB813, HB815, HB835, HB870, HB905, HB915, HB933, HB938, HB987, HB1040, HB51, HB82, HB143, HB145, HB160, HB180, HB192, HB393, HB430, HB445, HB506, HB515, HB521, HB565, HB590, HB614, HB638, HB670, HB672, HB685, HB692, HB752, HB773, HB781, HB799, HB860, HB874, HB887, HB917, HB937, HB956, HB965, HB972, HB977, HB982, HB1006, HB1010, HB1044, HB1072, HB1088, HB1179, HB1200, HB81, HB400, HB154, HB410, HB463, HB827, HB868, HB952, HB953, HB140, HB750, HB911, HB52, HB961, HB399, HB401, HB901, HB9, HB58, HB193, HB284, HB570, HB577, HB582, HB605, HB733

Keywords: Kappa Alpha Psi, fraternity, Louisiana, commemoration, community engagement, recognition, state championship, basketball, sports achievement, school commendation, commendation, athletics, team sports, youth, community recognition, water utility, tax credit, excessive rates, residential service, subcommittee

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• My name is Thomas Morley, representing Laborers Local 872 and Teamsters Local 631.
• There's no fiscal note from a state agency or a local government.
• Under Section 1, local governments can now authorize restaurants and delivery services to sell and deliver
• governments for covered food establishments.
• This streamlines the delivery process for these new Local governments for covered food establishments

Bills: AB102, AB108, AB117, AB213, AB220, AB221, AB251, AB259, AB331, AB336, AB375, AB379, AB409, AB475, AB476, AB550, AB575, AB594, SB466

Keywords: emergency medical services, ambulance, licensing, health district, paramedic, training requirements, outdoor education, recreation, grant program, environment, funding, special license plates, vehicle registration, custom plates, state revenue, transportation, public works, prevailing wage, custom fabrication, nonstandard materials

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• The Alcohol Beverage Code sets timelines and procedures for when a retailer must pay a whole.
• appreciate, you know, back in the pandemic, I, you know, you guys did a great job being very. involved locally
• It's a local bill for my constituents, specifically in Carroll County.
• three-tier system in these areas, but this specifically is addressing a very acute problem that is local

Bills: SB8, SB650, SB667, SB779, SB1349, SB1355, SB1378, SB1585, SB1721, SB2312, SB 8

Keywords: immigration enforcement, ICE agreements, sheriff grants, law enforcement, county jail, federal immigration law, China, Chinese-affiliated entities, Chinese military companies, People's Republic of China, Chinese Communist Party, divestment, state pension funds, public retirement systems, Teacher Retirement System, Employees Retirement System, Permanent School Fund, Texas Comptroller, foreign investment, national security

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• funds to support districts that wish to build their own local A through F system.
• She doesn't feel that when she takes local unit tests.
• about how other advocates and... and state and federal governments can improve their systems.
• Our framework includes metrics that our local families value, such as AP participation.
• Local leaders know their students and their communities best.

Bills: HB8

Keywords: HB 8, Texas public school accountability, school accountability, public school transparency, STAAR, state assessments, instructionally supportive assessment program, Student Success Tool, Texas Education Agency, TEA, accountability ratings, A-F ratings, through-year assessment, benchmark testing, norm-referenced assessment, college career military readiness, CCMR, local accountability plan, school district performance, campus turnaround

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• And I have you registered as Trista Bishop, Director of Government Relations for Good Reason Houston,
• They were concerned that there was a shift from local control to commissioner control.
• The federal government requires that states have a test that assesses and aligns to state standards,
• And then districts are restricted from using local benchmark tests.
• They are actually more concerned about these local assessments than they are about the state test.

Bills: HB8

Keywords: HB 8, Texas public school accountability, school accountability, public school transparency, STAAR, state assessments, instructionally supportive assessment program, Student Success Tool, Texas Education Agency, TEA, accountability ratings, A-F ratings, through-year assessment, benchmark testing, norm-referenced assessment, college career military readiness, CCMR, local accountability plan, school district performance, campus turnaround

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• She doesn't feel that when she takes local unit tests.
• advocates and state and federal governments can improve their systems.
• Yeah, so not in this bill directly, but in the broader structure of the education code.
• in extracurricular activities, and local surveys that we call Feedback February.
• Local leaders know their students and their communities best.

Bills: HB8

Keywords: HB 8, Texas public school accountability, school accountability, public school transparency, STAAR, state assessments, instructionally supportive assessment program, Student Success Tool, Texas Education Agency, TEA, accountability ratings, A-F ratings, through-year assessment, benchmark testing, norm-referenced assessment, college career military readiness, CCMR, local accountability plan, school district performance, campus turnaround

Summary: The House Committee on Public Education met to hear House Bill 8, which would replace STAAR with a new assessment and accountability system beginning in the 2027-28 school year. The chair described the bill as reducing testing time, limiting benchmark tests, adding beginning-, middle-, and end-of-year assessments, requiring faster score turnaround, involving Texas teachers in test development, and tightening accountability timelines and transparency rules. Members also discussed provisions on A-F ratings, cut scores, CCMR, local accountability plans, and TEA reporting requirements. Committee members and invited witnesses split sharply on the bill’s approach. Supporters, including the chair, TEA Commissioner Mike Morath, and Ed Trust’s Nicholas Munyon Penny, argued the bill would reduce high-stakes pressure, provide quicker and more actionable data, limit over-testing, and better align assessments to Texas standards while preserving criterion-referenced accountability. They said the new system would help teachers and parents intervene sooner and would improve transparency, including parent access to student responses and automatic rescoring in some writing cases. Opponents, including Rep. Hinojosa and student witness Ella Moran, argued the bill still increases testing and replaces one high-stakes test with multiple TEA-created tests. Moran testified that STAAR creates anxiety, disrupts instruction, and does not reflect real learning, while Hinojosa said the House had previously passed a better bill based on a nationally norm-referenced model and criticized the new proposal as a concession to the Senate. Questions also focused on AI scoring of writing, rescoring rates, and whether the bill’s new accountability rules would be reliable and fair. The committee did not take a final vote during the portion provided, but the chair said a vote on HB 8 would be called after public testimony later in the day.

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• There are codes of conduct, there are ethics involved, all those sorts of things. things, and we believe
• The estate code, however, does not require key financial documentation. such as complete bank or investment

Bills: SB66, SB2165, SB2342, SB2878, SB2903

Keywords: disability, supported decision-making, legal assistance, confidentiality, access to justice, autonomy, civil rights, advocacy, Texas Family Code, DFPS, Department of Family and Protective Services, child welfare, foster care, substitute care, missing child, missing from placement, permanency hearing, parent-child relationship, SAPCR, conservatorship

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• Most of the local governments, I think all of the local governments actually in Southern Nevada, have
• governments. even on a safety issue, but also to our state agencies and to our local government.
• Most of the local governments, I think all of the local governments actually in Southern Nevada have
• That gave the local governments time to ramp up and for the local governments to work with the housing
• That gave the local governments time to ramp up and for the local governments to work with the housing

Bills: AB6, AB102, AB131, AB212, AB213, AB220, AB259, AB282, AB376, AB396, AB479, AB503, AB570, AB572, AB574, AB576, AB593, SB185, SB207, SB507, AB6

Keywords: fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, FASD, prenatal alcohol exposure, children's health, developmental disability, early intervention, treatment assistance, Aging and Disability Services Division, Department of Health and Human Services, Autism Treatment Assistance Program, public health, parent education, evidence-based treatment, Nevada NRS 427A, disability services, behavioral health, emergency medical services, ambulance, licensing, health district

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• Last year alone, the industry paid $27.3 billion in state and local... local taxes, and state royalties
• managed according to the law. to every state law that we have right now as a method of... 462 463 to the local
• state and local government, state of course, and then local governments with increasing avalorum.
• Cyrus Reid, Lone Star Chapter of the Sierra Club.
• It is a push within the government to... to take advantage of the national change in its direction, at

Bills: SB1150, SB763, SB1061, SB1146, SB1198, HB279, HB310

Keywords: concrete plants, environmental regulation, permit process, air quality, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, SB 1061, uranium mining, production area authorization, TCEQ, Water Code, groundwater, groundwater conservation district, restoration table value, restoration values, contested case hearing, Chapter 2001, mineral rights, surface owners, notice requirements, environmental permitting

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• Senator Hancock, Senator Hughes, Senator Parker, Senator- 120 I will then return the motion to send a local

Bills: SB1150, SB763, SB1061, SB1146, SB1198, HB279, HB310

Keywords: concrete plants, environmental regulation, permit process, air quality, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, SB 1061, uranium mining, production area authorization, TCEQ, Water Code, groundwater, groundwater conservation district, restoration table value, restoration values, contested case hearing, Chapter 2001, mineral rights, surface owners, notice requirements, environmental permitting

Bills: HB461, HB467, HB522, HB565, HB673, HB799, HB917, HB937, HB956, HB977

Keywords: building codes, construction standards, state uniform construction code, local option, municipal ordinance, parish ordinance, resilient construction, FORTIFIED Home, IBHS, Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety, hurricane resistance, storm resilience, roof replacement, residential construction, certificate of occupancy, code enforcement, building resilience, home hardening, wind mitigation, residential roof

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• e welcome to County municipal government e welcome to County municipal government committee uh we're
• law enforcement swore out a local law enforcement swore out a local law enforcement swore out a warrant
• 7-Eleven or something that's my local 7-Eleven or something that's my local 7-Eleven or something that's
• issued identification form of government issued identification form of government issued identification
• many places are we have now where code many places are we have now where code cases are solved by a

Bills: SB82, SB78, SB4, SB6, SB62, SB66, SB77, SB63, SB79, SB53, SB55, HB14

Keywords: SB82, warrant recall, outstanding warrants, stale warrants, misdemeanor warrants, Class B misdemeanor, Class C misdemeanor, municipal magistrate, circuit court clerk, criminal procedure, court administration, docket cleanup, warrant audit, law enforcement notification, domestic violence, sex offense, weapons offense, deadly weapon, dangerous instrument, felony-related charges

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• <00:22:34.000> bill only local bill only local bill >> if<00:22:34.799> I<00:
• So why not make it a local bill?
• actually is not a local bill.
• local level.
• governed by. governed by. >> Yes,<00:32:30.480> sir. >> Yes, sir.

Bills: SB176, HB155, HB247, HB311, HB312, HB317, HB466, SB176, HB155, HB247, HB311, HB312, HB317, HB466

Keywords: controlled substances, unlawful distribution, marijuana, violent offense, sentencing guidelines, criminal justice, state holidays, federal holidays, public holidays, legal holidays, office closures, state employees, personal leave, compensatory leave, bank closures, school closures, Mardi Gras, Mobile County, Baldwin County, Rosa Parks Day

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• Education Code Chapter 162, which is 24 pages long.
• Education Code.
• Importantly, this credit is applied after any other applicable reductions under Chapter 49.
• I think we're all on board with keeping more local tax dollars in local communities and benefiting schools
• Senator King moves that House Bill 549 be recommended for a local calendar if there is one.

Bills: HB123, HB5606, HB549, HB2757, HB4359, HB5381, HB1939, HB123

Keywords: HB 123, kindergarten readiness, early literacy, early numeracy, reading screening, math screening, foundational literacy, foundational numeracy, dyslexia screening, reading intervention, math intervention, teacher academy, literacy academy, mathematics academy, interventionist academy, K-3 assessments, school readiness, prekindergarten, tutoring grant, parent-directed tutoring

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• Senate Bill 331 adds ASCs and many other facility types to the reporting requirements under Chapter 327
• of the Health and Safety Code, which presently only applies to hospitals.
• Establishments to at least the same level that we hold the local car guy at the garage down the street
• At just 16 years old, my brother walked into the local convenience store near his high school and bought
• So, this is an additional master's degree in addition to the practice. coding psychiatry?

Bills: SB2024, SB227, SB268, SB1467, SB1580, HB5537, SB1313, SB1677, SB918, SB331, SB2207, SB2721

Keywords: e-cigarettes, marketing prohibition, youth protection, criminal penalties, public health, school funding, education reform, state budget, property taxes, equity in education, health care, licensing, complaint procedure, disciplinary action, law enforcement, death records, vital statistics, healthcare, trauma facility, Medicaid