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• First time on the amendment. Seeing none, second time on the amendment.
• on<03:18:49.600> the Seeing none, second time on the Seeing none, second time on the amendment
• Then I flip over to the second page of that amendment, not later than December 1st of this year.
• flip over to the second page of that<03:45:49.439> amendment that amendment that amendment not
• Second. Any members like to speak on the amendment number 60? Second time.

Keywords: 916, all

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• Okay, the motion is to pass the amendment 1641s, and I will move that Senator Roachford second it.
• I do have an amendment that OTP by Senator Wang, seconded by Senator Roachford.
• So, Senator Lang moves his amendment. I'll second it. Further discussion on the amendment?
• So, Senator Lang moves his amendment.<01:30:40.560> I'll<01:30:40.800> second amendment
• I'll second amendment.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• I move SB amendment 0306S. Second. Yes. Okay. I move SB amendment 0306S. Second.
• uh amendment 0306s. uh amendment 0306s. Second. Second. Second.
• So, you want to move amendment 1077s? Yes. So, I'm going to move amendment 1077s. Second.
• And the second amendment I'm going to move Senate amendment 202507s. Third.
• So, you're going to move the amendment. I'm going to move amendment 1107s. I'll second 1107s.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• Following amendment, the Secretary read the amendment: Floor Amendment No. 1 by Birdwell.
• Following amendment, Secretary, read the amendment. Floor Amendment Number 1 by Paxton.
• Following amendment, Secretary, read the amendment. Floor Amendment No. 3 by Menendez.
• The first floor amendment is a clarifying and perfecting amendment, and the second amendment has a sunset
• Following amendment, Secretary, read the amendment. Amendment No. 1 by Middleton.

Summary: The Senate first adopted a motion by Senator Zaffirini to suspend Senate Rule 5.14 and move the intent calendar deadline to 8:00 p.m. that day, also allowing the Secretary to make the calendar available as soon as practicable. The chamber then took up and passed several House bills, often by suspending the regular order and the constitutional three-day rule. HB 2128, relating to a study of rural firefighting and technical rescue capabilities, passed unanimously. HB 4157, on liability protections for commercial spaceflight and exploration, passed 28-3. HB 2240, concerning certain void marriages, passed after adoption of a Birdwell amendment extending filing deadlines to 90 days for certain active-duty service members and Foreign Service officers. HB 367, on verification of excused absences for students with severe or life-threatening illnesses, passed unanimously after clarifying school district forms and TEA model forms. HB 1506, expanding expedited handgun license eligibility to certain retired county court judges, passed 29-2. HB 4449, on alcohol sales in annexed municipal areas, passed 29-2. HB 3812, on health plan prior authorization requirements, passed 30-1. The Senate also announced a long list of bills and resolutions signed in the presence of the Senate. A major portion of the meeting centered on HB 521, a voting-related bill on curbside voting for voters with disabilities. Senator Paxton described it as an anti-misuse measure requiring a signed eligibility form for curbside voting, creating a 20-foot electioneering buffer, limiting election officer assistance in marking ballots unless a second officer is present, and adding reporting requirements for people who assist seven or more curbside voters. Senators Miles, Menendez, Johnson, Campbell, Cook, and others questioned whether the bill would burden disabled voters, create a de facto registry of volunteers, and impose a harsh Class A misdemeanor penalty for failing to complete the form. Paxton said the bill was intended to protect legitimate curbside voters and curb abuse, and the chamber adopted Paxton Floor Amendment No. 1 after a recorded vote. Zaffirini’s Floor Amendment No. 2, allowing an escorting voter to receive his or her own ballot at the curbside or entrance, was adopted. Menendez’s Floor Amendment No. 3 to reduce the penalty failed. The bill was then passed to third reading on a 20-11 vote, with a motion by Senator Miles to have the exchanges reduced to writing and placed in the journal adopted. The Senate also passed HB 3000, creating a grant program for rural ambulance service providers, after a comptroller-related amendment; HB 5616, establishing the Texas Presidential Library Promotion Program and funding for traveling exhibits, after narrowing the bill to mobile exhibits only; HB 4211, addressing certain residential property interests controlled by entities, which passed 30-1; HB 1178, creating temporary educator certificates for out-of-state certified educators and military spouses, which passed unanimously; HB 2243, creating the Texas Commission on Teacher Job Satisfaction and Retention, which passed after debate over the need to streamline education mandates; and HB 42, increasing and reallocating the constitutional Higher Education Fund appropriation by 50% to $1.18 billion, which passed 31-0. Finally, HB 2512, a Fort Worth-specific bill limiting ETJ release for land subject to active development agreements, passed after debate over broader ETJ and de-annexation policy, with a local-only clarifying amendment adopted and a proposed broader amendment withdrawn. The meeting ended with the Senate beginning consideration of HB 3372, which would bar school district administrators from receiving financial benefits tied to outside consulting or contracting with education entities, though the transcript cuts off during questions on that bill.

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• Further amendment, amendment number 040. Objection. Amendment number 0498 is withdrawn.
• Further amendment, amendment number 0499.
• Amendment number 0499 is withdrawn. Further amendment, amendment number 0500.
• Amendment at the desk, Amendment Number 0501, the Secretary will read.
• Amendment at the desk, Amendment Number 0501, the Secretary will read.

Summary: The Senate opened with a moment of silence for Senator Chris Gildon and his family after the death of his wife, Autumn. It then took up several bills on final passage, beginning with Substitute House Bill 2020, which establishes a 3.1% B&O tax rate for payment card processing activities and allows a deduction for certain related fees. Supporters said it resolves a long-running dispute with the Department of Revenue; it passed 47-0. The chamber also passed House Bill 2039, delaying the child support pass-through expansion from 2026 to 2029, and House Bill 2040, delaying the elimination of recoveries from the Aged, Blind, and Disabled Assistance Program from October 2025 to October 2028. Supporters framed both as timing changes, while opponents argued they would postpone benefits for families and vulnerable people. Both bills passed 25-22. Substitute House Bill 2051, dealing with payment to acute care hospitals for difficult-to-discharge patients, passed 27-20 after several proposed amendments were withdrawn. Supporters said the bill helps hospitals care for patients who have nowhere else to go, while opponents argued the state should not delay payment support for these patients. The Senate also passed In Gross Substitute House Bill 2061, imposing a 10% concession fee on duty-free sales to fund tourism promotion and sustainable aviation fuel, over objections that it was a tax increase passed on to consumers. Finally, Substitute House Bill 2077, which taxes certain business activities related to zero-emission vehicle credits, passed 28-19 after an amendment to remove or narrow parts of the tax was rejected. Supporters said the measure would encourage spending of credits and support clean transportation goals, while opponents called it a targeted tax on Tesla and warned it could raise EV prices. The Senate then concurred in amended Engrossed Substitute House Bill 1293, a litter and plastic bag measure that increases litter penalties and keeps the planned bag-thickness increase from taking effect, and passed it 27-20. The Senate adjourned until April 27, 2025.

Transcript Highlights:

• Madam Chair, I'd like to offer an amendment. Representative Murphy seconds that.
• First of all, I don't see that in the amendment, and second of all, the amendment does say shall.
• I'd like to offer Amendment 2025-571-H. Thank you. Is there a second?
• ><01:47:33.239> Madame<01:47:33.560> chair amendment is there a second Madame chair amendment
• Representative France moves ought to pass with amendment. Is there a second?

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• Ladies and gentlemen, on and for the second amendment.
• We're heading to second then. Second time on the amendment division two.
• Any other members for their second time on the amendment?
• Next amendment for consideration: second reading amendment number three.
• Second reading amendment consideration. Second reading amendment number<01:28:26.560> three.

Keywords: 916, all

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• I have a second from Senator Abbis. >> You're bringing in the amendment. >> Yes, I am bringing an amendment
• >> Yes. >> I move on to pass on amendment 2961s. >> Thank you. Second. Thank you, Senator Abvis.
• >> Um, motion for to pass on the amendment. >> I have a second from Senator Abbis.
• Do I have a second? >> Thank you, Senator Abvis. >> Um, I am moving forward amendment 3027.
• I'm sorry. >> I move the ought to pass this amendment. >> Second. All in favor?

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• to read hint hint the a few seconds to read hint hint the amendment<00:13:32.680> leaves<00:13
• Again, I ask you to please take a few seconds, really just a few seconds, to read Amendment 0249 starting
• > just the Second Amendment it doesn't just the Second Amendment it doesn't just mean mean mean
• Second Amendment to the Constitution Second Amendment to the Constitution also<03:26:00.960>
• > it their second amendment rights still it their second amendment rights still it was<03:27:54.479

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• HB 648, with a floor amendment, fixes this problem. Let’s talk about the amendment for a second.
• > in<01:10:16.680> New Second Amendment rights here in New Second Amendment rights here in
• Voting stations are open for 30 seconds. On the amendment.
• <05:03:16.280> reading The bill's on second reading and open to further amendment.
• The bill's on second reading, open to further amendment.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• The bill is on second reading and open for further amendment.
• The bill is still on second reading and open for further discussion and amendment.
• The bill is still on second reading and open for further discussion and amendment.
• The bill is on second reading. Is there any further discussion or amendment?
• The bill is on second reading. Is there any further discussion or amendment? Okay.

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• The bill is on second reading and open to further amendment.
• The bill is on second reading and open to further amendment.
• The bill is on second reading and open to further amendment.
• The amendment fails. The bill is on second reading and open to further amendment.
• The bill is on second reading and open to further amendment.

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• We have a conditional approval uh with the oral amendment um by Senator Mcu seconded by Peter Per.
• We have a conditional approval uh with the oral amendment um by Senator Mcu seconded by Peter Per.
• We have a conditional approval uh with the oral amendment um by Senator Mcu seconded by Peter Per.
• We have a conditional approval uh with the oral amendment um by Senator Mcu seconded by Peter Per.
• We have a conditional approval uh with the oral amendment um by Senator Mcu seconded by Peter Per.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The JLCAR meeting opened with approval of the prior minutes and the consent calendar, after one Fish and Game item was pulled from consent for separate discussion. The committee then reordered the regular calendar and postponed an HHS item at the agency’s request because work on the proposal was still ongoing and the sponsoring representative was absent. The committee next considered OPLC item 2547, dealing with amendments to licensure and discipline forms for regulated professions. Members raised concerns that the form appeared geared toward health professions and that boards were not sufficiently involved in the process. OPLC responded that the form was being moved toward a dynamic online format with logic to collapse irrelevant questions, and that the agency was trying to make the application more user-friendly. The committee approved the item. DNCR item 2551, concerning volunteer/adopt-a-park program rules, was approved after the agency acknowledged it had been operating the program and using forms before formal rules were adopted, and said it was now correcting that issue. Fish and Game item 2570, on electronic OHRV and snowmobile registration applications, drew discussion over processing times. The committee chair argued for consistency with the five-day mail-in processing period, while Fish and Game said it had concerns about file-transfer delays and workload and preferred 10 days. The committee ultimately approved the proposal with an oral amendment and conditional approval. In other business, staff described a broader move to an online agency portal for submitting rulemaking documents, replacing email submissions. Members supported the change as a modernization effort and noted it would also make it easier to see which rules are nearing expiration. The committee approved the manual change, with implementation planned for early August after agency training.

Transcript Highlights:

• Um, I will move adoption of amendment 2025-2952H. Is there a second? Second. Thank you.
• . amendment. amendment.
• I move amendment 2025-3076H on House Bill 610. Is there a second? Second. Thank you.
• I would like to move ought to pass on amendment 2025-2972H for Senate Bill 94. >> And I'll second. >>
• amendment amendment >> 151.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The House Executive Departments and Administration Committee met in executive session on November 5, 2025, to consider House Bills 244, 610, and 727, and Senate Bills 94 and 193. On HB 244, which recodifies municipal enforcement of the building and fire code, the committee adopted amendment 2025-2952H by a 16-0 vote, then voted 16-0 to report the bill ought to pass as amended and placed it on the consent calendar. The discussion emphasized that the bill reorganizes building code statutes into a single chapter and was the product of substantial subcommittee work. On HB 610, concerning repeal of the Office of the Consumer Advocate, the committee adopted amendment 2025-3076H by a 16-0 vote. The amendment narrowed the office’s charge to residential utility customers, added duties for the Residential Ratepayer Advisory Board, allowed a two-thirds board recommendation to remove a consumer advocate for failing to perform duties, and broadened the qualifications pool for the position while retaining attorney eligibility. The current consumer advocate, Donald Crease, testified that he still preferred the existing statute but appreciated the committee’s effort to preserve a vigilant, independent ratepayer voice; members generally described the amendment as a more focused, less drastic approach. The committee then voted 16-0 to report HB 610 ought to pass as amended and placed it on consent. For HB 727, relating to the New Hampshire retirement system, the committee voted to inexpediently legislate by a 15-0 vote, with one member recused, explaining that the bill’s subject matter had already been addressed in House Bill 2 and signed by the governor. The bill was also placed on the consent calendar. On Senate Bill 94, prohibiting municipal amendments to the state building code, the committee heard extensive explanation from Mr. Sherman about a substitute amendment, 2025-2972H, which would preserve the prohibition on technical municipal amendments and avoid an unintended trigger that could reopen technical amendments across the code if the state falls behind on model code updates. The committee adopted the amendment 15-1 and then moved toward an ought to pass as amended recommendation; the transcript cuts off before the final disposition on SB 94 is fully completed. Senate Bill 193 was listed at the start of the meeting, but no discussion of it appears in the provided transcript.

Transcript Highlights:

• Second, we have two amendments that have been brought. First amendment is up.
• Second amendment should be up immediately. We should be able to begin with the first amendment now.
• Whoever the second amendment bringer of the second amendment to this motion, do you have the ability
• during his second for an amendment during his second opportunity. opportunity. opportunity.
• Second amendment. What's the next amendment? Who's the bringer? Huh? Rodriguez-Williams. Okay.

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• There's no amendments? No testimony. No testimony on the bill. Cruz-Perez, second.
• Let's hear the amendments on which one first: 1270 and then the second one.
• Second O'Scanlon. Roll call. On a motion to amend and release Senate Bill number 3946.
• Second of Scanlon. Roll call. On a motion to amend and release, Senate Bill No.
• There are no amendments. Impacts one locale. Motion, Ruiz. Second, Greenstein, roll call.

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• First Amendment, Second Amendment, Fourth Amendment from search and seizure, and so forth, to be trampled
• to to the amendment for a second because to to the amendment for a second because it<01:11:04.239
• "You need a second on the amendment." "Second." "Thanks.
• "You need a second on the amendment." "Second." "Thanks.
• >> you need need a second on the amendment. Second. Second. Second.

Keywords: 1136, house, all

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• Um, we have a first and a second on the amendment. Senator Roberts first. We have a second.
• I need a first and a second. Questions? I need a first and a second on the bill as amended.
• Do we have a second on the amendment? Second. All right.
• Do we have a second on the bill as amended? Senator Roberts is second on that. Everybody...
• Amendment. Okay. Okay. I need a first and a second on the bill itself as amended.

Bills: HB1

Keywords: DUI, driving under the influence, ignition interlock, interlock device, driver license suspension, restricted license, motor vehicle, alcohol offense, first offense, repeat offender, blood alcohol concentration, BAC, license revocation, Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency, ALEA, public safety, traffic safety, chemical dependency, substance abuse, court referral program

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• I'll second, and Senator in a second.
• This is um the a second. second. second.
• Senator Lang seconds item second move.
• Senator Lang seconds.<00:32:37.760> All seconds. All seconds.
• amendment. Senator Lang moves second. amendment. Senator Lang moves second.

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• I have a motion by the sponsor on the amendment and a second by Senator Chamas.
• Okay, so I've got a motion and a second on the amendment. Any further questions?
• So absolutely, um, and I do have an amendment that I want to talk about for a second, but if Senator
• Senator, I move for adoption of the amendment. Do I have a second?
• Okay, I have a motion and second on an amendment for SB12 and...

Bills: SB36, SB39, SB40, SB12, SB29, SB121, SB131, SB12

Keywords: competitive bidding, procurement, disclosure statements, state contracts, contract protest, board governance, occupational licensing, Sunset Law, public accountability, training requirements, SB40, Houston/Hunter Act, firearm hold agreement, gun storage, temporary firearm storage, firearms dealer, federal firearms licensee, FFL, civil immunity, gun owner