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  • and the nurse practice code.
  • As was stated, Texas Education Code out.
  • As Senator Cook mentioned, Texas Education Code currently requires at least one AED at every campus of
  • They're called the Texas TEKS.
  • The Texas Teaks address many of the same topics, but they do it in a Texas-centric way.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/18/2026 - House Federalism, Military Affairs & Elections

Federalism, Military Affairs & Elections

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  • The Committee on Federalism, Military Affairs, and Elections called the order.
  • or the 27 days prior to an election, voters who are inactive have the ability to rectify that situation
  • or the 27 days prior to an election, voters who are inactive have the ability to rectify that situation
  • Rulemaking is another way of making the law by those the people have not elected.
  • Have not elected.
Summary: The Committee on Federalism, Military Affairs, and Elections heard several election, health care, and sovereignty-related measures. HB 4115 and mirror resolution HCR 2051 would extend existing statewide rules for paid petition circulators and initiative/referendum disclosures to municipal and county measures, including badge/display requirements for paid circulators and disclosure of expenditures and revenue sources. Speaker Montenegro and supporters framed the bills as transparency and anti-out-of-state influence reforms; the committee recommended HB 4115 do pass by 5-2 and HCR 2051 by 4-3. The committee also considered HCM 2010, urging Congress to repeal the Seventeenth Amendment and return selection of U.S. senators to state legislatures. Sponsor Rep. Powell argued it would restore state sovereignty and accountability, while other members raised concerns about direct democracy, deadlock, and the need for broader public support. The memorial failed on a 3-3-1 vote after a present vote was recorded, despite some members expressing sympathy for the concept. HB 2940 proposed major changes to AHCCCS and DES eligibility verification and procurement, including expanded data checks, a unified eligibility rules engine, new contracting concepts, and a fixed benefit price list. The sponsor said the bill was intended to increase competition, transparency, and fiscal discipline; AHCCCS testified neutrally, noting it already uses many data matches but would need additional work and costs for some provisions, while health plan representatives opposed the bill as a major operational shift that could limit negotiated rates. The committee recommended the bill do pass 4-3. HB 2874, which would ease termination-statement requirements and penalties for committees that never raised money, passed unanimously 7-0. HB 467, requiring inactive-voter status information to appear in precinct registers, signature rosters, or e-poll books, was amended to change a mandatory “shall” to permissive “may” and then passed 5-2. Finally, HB 2775, as amended, would bar state and higher-education participation in implementing international-organization rules or agreements; after removing rulemaking authority for ABOR and adding a higher-education review process, it passed 4-3. The committee then adjourned.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Judiciary Committee Mar 5th, 2025

Judiciary

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  • The senate companion bill is an update to the Alabama business and nonprofit code.
  • Basically, on page 46 and on page 143, it is to keep the status quo of the current code.
  • The language that is in the amendment is simply going back to what the current code is, and this is dealing
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House & Governmental May 19th, 2026

House and Governmental Affairs

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  • elections, procedures, security, and confidence in Louisiana elections.
  • is consistent with recount and other laws that are established in the election code.
  • And then there was an election contest suit, and we held the election again.
  • officials after the election.
  • The 2007 election code had 298 pages. The 2007 election code had 298 pages in it.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Health and Human Services (Part II) May 7th, 2025

Health & Human Services

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  • In 2023, Senator Miles and the Texas Legislature In 2023, Senator Miles and the Texas Legislature passed
  • Health and Safety Code.
  • Hospitality Health ER are three health care facilities operating in Texas, two in East Texas and one
  • Texas can lead the way with this bill, and Texas is a leader.
  • First, the bill amends the Texas Family Code to require parents whose rights have been terminated and
Summary: The committee first reopened testimony on House Bill 2216, which would strengthen child welfare requirements by expanding “active efforts” to help families avoid removal and support reunification, while also raising standards related to removals and terminations. Supporters from child welfare and family defense groups said the bill would better protect families and align Texas more closely with ICWA-style principles, but several warned it would require significant new funding, staffing, and community services such as mental health care, housing, child care, and substance use treatment. The committee then left HB 2216 pending. The committee next heard Senate Bill 1782, aimed at boarding and group homes. Senator Miles said the bill closes enforcement gaps left by prior law by requiring retention of background-check records and creating misdemeanor penalties for failing to conduct or keep them, or for knowingly hiring people with serious convictions. Harris County sheriff’s investigators testified in support, describing illegal boarding homes, operators who evade permits and background checks, and exploitation of vulnerable residents; the bill was left pending. The committee also took up Senate Bill 481 on emergency preparedness for nursing facilities and assisted living facilities, adopted a new committee substitute that softened some requirements and removed the fiscal note, and left the bill pending. The committee then heard House Bill 388, which would require the Texas Department of Insurance to create a single standardized coordination-of-benefits form for dual health plans to reduce errors and surprise bills; it was left pending. Senate Bill 1590 would move paternity registry searches for adoptions to an electronic process with a 10-day target, and House Bill 2809 would track child suicide attempts in managing conservatorship and require related reporting and parental notice; both were left pending. The committee also heard Senate Bill 1887, which would prohibit administering mRNA-containing products for immunization for 10 years, with exceptions for cancer and genetic disorders. Supporters argued the bill was needed for safety, informed consent, and medical freedom, while opponents from the medical, research, and public health communities said mRNA vaccines are well-studied, save lives, and that the bill would harm access, research, and Texas’s biotech economy. The bill remained under discussion as testimony concluded.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Health and Human Services (Part I) May 7th, 2025

Health & Human Services

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  • Can quality health care be delivered in rural Texas? And does rural Texas deserve...
  • culture and the DNA of what Texans and Texas and people look at Texas expect to see.
  • culture and the DNA of what Texans and Texas and people look at Texas expect to see.
  • The state of Texas.
  • House Bill 2216 seeks to incorporate the principles of ICWA directly into the Texas Family Code.
Summary: The Senate Committee on Health and Human Services met with a quorum and took up several House and Senate bills, with public testimony limited to two minutes per witness. The committee first heard HB 2358, a cleanup bill requested by HHSC that would repeal outdated training and conference requirements for long-term care facility surveyors and certain providers; there were no witnesses, and the bill was left pending. The committee then heard HB 18, the rural hospital stabilization bill, which would create financial assessment tools, a rural hospital finance office at HHSC, an academy for rural hospital officers, multiple grant programs, enhanced Medicaid reimbursement tied to average cost, OB/GYN add-on payments, expanded pediatric telehealth connectivity, and a rural pediatric mental health program. Senator Perry and witnesses from TORCH, a rural hospital, AARP Texas, and ARCHI strongly supported the bill as a way to stabilize rural hospitals, improve OB access, and address workforce and financial pressures. Committee members discussed rural hospital closures, low-volume quality metrics, system affiliation, and the need for predictable monthly reimbursement; the bill was left pending after testimony and questions. The committee next heard HB 37, which would create a perinatal bereavement care initiative for families experiencing stillbirth, neonatal death, or intrauterine fetal demise, including counseling, staff training, and access to cooling devices, with possible grants and a recognition program for hospitals. Senator Huffman explained the bill, and several witnesses testified in support, sharing personal stories about infant loss and the importance of time with the baby, trained staff, and cuddle cots or similar devices. A neonatologist also supported the bill while suggesting clarification that hospitals should not be penalized if state funding is unavailable and recommending use of regional advisory councils to help implement training. Public testimony was then closed and the bill left pending. The committee also heard HB 879, which would create a streamlined licensing pathway for veterans with medical or nursing experience to practice in Texas, and HB 913, which would add new state hospitals to statute and split the North Texas State Hospital into two separate hospitals with their own superintendents; both bills had no opposition testimony and were left pending. Later, the committee heard SB 2744, a heart disease screening bill that would update the 2009 Texas Heart Attack Prevention Act to require insurance coverage for coronary CT angiography with plaque analysis, including soft plaque detection, as a preventive screening tool. The author and invited witnesses argued the technology is more effective than calcium scoring alone, can identify patients before symptoms appear, and could save lives at a cost comparable to or lower than colonoscopy. An insurance industry witness opposed the bill, arguing the technology has not been recommended by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force for universal screening and that the mandated coverage and payment level would raise costs; the bill was left pending after testimony. Finally, the committee heard HB 1151, a parental rights bill clarifying that refusing psychotropic medication or psychiatric treatment is not neglect unless the child is harmed. Supporters, including parent advocates and attorneys, said the bill would protect parents from CPS overreach and preserve medical decision-making authority, while one witness urged broader attention to physical causes of behavioral issues. Public testimony was closed and HB 1151 was left pending.
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  • Senate Bill 2411 is the biennial update to the Texas Business Organizations Code that the legislature
  • and foundational business laws, including, for instance, the Texas Business Organizations Code, which
  • I participate actively in industry associations, including Texas AGC, Texas Building Branch, AGC of Texas
  • electrical grid that threatens Texas resiliency or proposes to harm Texas.
  • Texas has recognized its...
TX
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  • 76 co-ops operating across Texas.
  • Additionally, Senate Bill 2330 exempts first responders as defined by the Texas Government Code.
  • Houston, I'm here on behalf of the Associated Builders and Contractors of Texas, ABC Texas.
  • We are Texas-based. We have a...
  • Our board members are Texas public employees that run for election.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Business and Commerce (Part II) Apr 1st, 2025

Business & Commerce

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  • with homeowners throughout Texas.
  • Code, Code of Criminal Procedure, Health and Safety Code, and Local Government Code.
  • I'm here on behalf of the Associated Builders and Contractors of Texas, ABC Texas.
  • The Texas Public Employees Association has, for over 80 years, worked with the Texas Legislature to promote
  • Our board members are Texas public employees that run for election, or retirees that run for election
Summary: The Senate Committee on Business and Commerce heard Senate Bill 2021 by Senator Johnson, as substituted, on distributed energy resources (DERs). Johnson said the bill was intended to create a regulatory framework for DERs and virtual power plants, address interconnection and registration issues, and prevent regulatory capture as the industry grows. Testimony was split: Texas Electric Cooperatives asked for clarification so co-ops would not be unintentionally excluded from owning or operating DERs; AECT supported the bill as providing needed rules and customer protections; TABA, Texas Solar and Storage Association, Sierra Club, Texas Solar Energy Society, and several others opposed it or raised concerns that it was too utility-centric, imposed red tape, and could burden homeowners and small businesses with registration and interconnection requirements. Johnson repeatedly said the bill was not meant to stop rooftop solar or backup systems and that he was open to specific redlines and further changes. SB 2021 was left pending after testimony. The committee then took up Senate Bill 2330 by Senator Parker, which would end government payroll deduction for dues to certain public employee organizations, while exempting first responders under Chapters 143 and 147 and making other conforming changes in a committee substitute. Parker argued the bill was about government neutrality, transparency, and employee freedom from coercion, and said organizations can collect dues directly using modern payment methods. Supporters from Texas Public Policy Foundation, Texas Business Coalition, Freedom Foundation, ABC Texas, and Texans for Fiscal Responsibility said taxpayer-funded payroll systems should not be used to collect dues for private organizations, especially ones involved in political activity. Opponents, including ATPE, Texas Classroom Teachers Association, Texas Public Employees Association, and correctional employees, said payroll deduction is a convenient, secure service that helps professional associations and employee groups, and argued the bill would burden teachers and other public employees. Several witnesses and senators focused on the bill’s exemptions and whether it treated teachers differently from first responders. Senator Menendez questioned why some public employees were excluded while others were not, and a Houston police union representative said he moved from opposing to supporting the bill after being told the substitute would preserve meet-and-confer deductions under Chapters 143 and 147. Senator Parker closed by saying the bill was not meant to eliminate associations or payroll deduction entirely, only to remove the state as a middleman. SB 2330 was left pending, and the committee then recessed subject to call.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Business and Commerce (Part I) Apr 1st, 2025

Business & Commerce

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  • Famous Chairman, Senate Bill 2411 is a biennial update to the Texas Business Organizations Code that
  • and foundational business laws, including, for instance, the Texas Business Organizations Code, which
  • I participate actively in industry associations, including Texas AGC, Texas Building Branch, AGC of Texas
  • Thank you. including Texas, AGC, Texas Building Branch, agency of Texas, the Houston Contractors Association
  • Texas resiliency and are proposed to harm Texas.
Summary: The committee first took up pending business and favorably reported several bills without objection or by recorded vote, including SB 783, SB 1238, SB 1706, SB 1791, SB 458, SB 1644, and SB 1810, with some of them also sent to the local and uncontested calendar. The committee then moved into hearings on additional bills. SB 1968, by Senator Schwertner, would update the Real Estate License Act by repealing subagency, requiring written buyer-agent agreements before showings, and clarifying when a formal buyer representation agreement must be signed. Texas Realtors testified in support, saying the bill modernizes agency rules and increases transparency, while a committee substitute corrected drafting issues. SB 2411, the annual update to the Texas Business Organizations Code, was also laid out and left pending after supportive testimony from the Texas Business Law Foundation and drafting committee representatives. The committee also heard SB 2321, which would codify ERCOT’s current practice of notifying TCEQ when backup generation needs enforcement discretion for grid reliability; Sierra Club and a chamber of commerce witness supported it with suggestions for clearer emissions reporting, and the bill was left pending. SB 2077 would broaden eligibility for the Texas Mutual Insurance Company board by narrowing conflict restrictions tied to insurance-related interests; Texas Mutual supported the change and the bill was left pending. SB 1405, a broadband bill, would align state law with FCC standards and streamline Broadband Development Office processes; it was left pending after supportive testimony. SB 1299, protecting nonprofit donor privacy, drew support from privacy advocates and concerns from one witness about transparency for publicly funded nonprofit operations; it was left pending. The committee then heard SB 776, which would bar government construction contracts from shifting delay damages to contractors when delays are caused solely by the public owner. Contractors, surety representatives, and water infrastructure advocates supported the bill, arguing it would improve fairness and reduce inflated bids, while water utilities and critical infrastructure entities opposed it, warning of more litigation and higher costs; the bill was left pending. Finally, SB 715, which would apply reliability requirements retroactively to all generation resources in ERCOT, drew opposition from renewable and storage groups and support from some critics of renewable subsidies, with witnesses split over whether it would improve reliability or raise costs; testimony was underway when the transcript ended.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

01/28/2026 - House Federalism, Military Affairs & Elections

Federalism, Military Affairs & Elections

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  • The Committee on Federal and Military Affairs and Elections is called to order.
  • So this is the difference between talking to the recorder versus the election director, because the election
  • We have secure elections and have for decades. We have secure elections and have for decades.
  • There is some overlap with elections in military affairs.
  • Tellicent provides chips to the election world. Toast.
Summary: The committee first heard House Bill 2348, which would appropriate state general fund money in FY 2027 for Arizona Department of Emergency and Military Affairs projects including wireless networking at training centers, a reimbursement program for service members without government computers, lodging and kind for service members, and HVAC upgrades and maintenance. Two amendments were considered: the Marquez Amendment, which filled in dollar amounts for the appropriations, failed; and the Gillette Amendment, which restricted certain networking equipment for national security reasons, removed the reimbursement program, revised the lodging language, and tied some funding intentions to compliance, passed. After extensive testimony from the sponsor and several Army Reserve and National Guard witnesses about lack of Wi-Fi, inadequate lodging, safety concerns from long drives, and poor HVAC at joint facilities, the committee approved HB 2348 as amended on a 4-3 vote. The committee then considered HCR 2016, a ballot referral that would cap precinct size at 2,500 voters and eliminate county authority to use vote centers, emergency voting centers, and certain on-site early voting options. The sponsor said the measure was intended to restore precinct-based voting and let voters decide. County officials and election advocates opposed it, arguing that vote centers and early voting provide flexibility, are more cost-effective in many counties, and are necessary where geography, staffing, and facility availability make precinct voting difficult. After debate over local control, voter choice, and the practicality of precincting, the committee gave HCR 2016 a 4-3 do-pass recommendation. Finally, the committee heard House Bill 2165, which exempts veterans from Arizona State Parks admission fees, and adopted the Marquez Amendment to extend the exemption to active military members, National Guard members, and reserve-unit members, with alternative ID options. Arizona State Parks testified in neutral, saying it supports veterans but is concerned about revenue losses; it estimated that even a modest share of veteran visits could reduce revenue by about $1.8 million annually. The sponsor said the bill was prompted by constituent requests and was meant to help veterans enjoy outdoor recreation and therapeutic opportunities. The committee then approved HB 2165 as amended on a vote of 4-0, with some members absent or not voting.
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  • , the first county. court of law in Texas to attain the designation.
  • He had been elected how many? How many times? Twice.
  • They supply work garments, linens, and other supplies to 144,600 Texas customers.
  • The Texas Government Code states that the Board of Advisors serves only in an advisory capacity and is
  • Exchange and NASDAQ to consider relocating their operations to Texas.
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

S/C on Defense & Veterans' Affairs Mar 17th, 2025

S/C on Defense & Veterans' Affairs

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  • with the Texas Veterans Commission.
  • Texas has the duty and the obligation to ensure Texas National Guardsmen are prepared to protect our
  • Whenever the federal government funds equipment for Texas, and, and Texas takes possession of all that
  • represents and the TV movie idea of Texas, frankly, that Texas should lead from the front and be bigger
  • Guard and the Texas military, um, for their, what they do in the service to the state of Texas, I think
Bills: HB39, HB227
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Feb 11th, 2025

Alabama Senate Floor Meeting

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  • mentor that he leaves behind as a mentor that he leaves behind as a cherished Legacy Dr Wade was elected
  • by cherished Legacy Dr Wade was elected by cherished Legacy Dr Wade was elected by then president of
  • they are put they are correct and when they are put they are correct and when they are put in the code
  • so that they've got a number in the code so that they've got a number in the code so that they've got
  • to do was to that's what we were elected to do was to that's what we were elected to do was to to listen
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session Feb 11th, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

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  • That same year, he was elected vice president of the United States.
  • It represents the largest Catholic population. in Texas.
  • Okay, Commissioner, congratulations to you, Matt, on your election.
  • Zachary Sartor of Waco, Texas. Dr.
  • He earned his medical degree from the University of Waco, Texas.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Press Conference: Senator Tan Parker Feb 11th, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

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  • Aimed at establishing a Texas trade office in the United Kingdom very soon.
  • I'm alert to the model that has now been implemented by Texas and Taiwan.
  • Through the Texas Legislative U.K.
  • families, Texas communities, Texas businesses, and the great state of Texas as a whole.
  • With Texas, we'll be in great standing going forward.
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Insurance Mar 19th, 2025

Insurance

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  • On behalf of Texas 2036. OK, thank you.
  • Uh, Tom Banning, I'm the CEO of the Texas Academy of Family Physicians.
  • You represent the Texas Academy of Family Physicians, and you are showing neutral on the bill.
  • of Insurance used to do, Texas mandate benefits cost and utilization summary report?
  • God bless Texas. Happy birthday. Yeah, thank you, sir. Yeah.
Bills: HB138