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• It's a fact-based value that we believe is a fair value for that animal, but again does not recognize
• And I think that it's really good to be able to help keep the representation of rural Arizona in play
• So in the beginning, they have... ...cattlemen and ranchers have that representation, and that is currently
• And it's a fair process, and it works well.

Bills: HB2155, HB2156, HB2162, HB2762, HB2791

Keywords: Arizona Beef Council, agriculture, market development, beef products, terminating council, livestock, compensation, funding, ranching, game and fish commission, wildlife, appointment, commission membership, Arizona Revised Statutes, food labeling, cultivated cells, cell-cultured products, consumer information, food safety, cell-cultured protein

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• and also to provide access to the Office of Capital and Forensic Ritz for individuals without representation
• The chair lays out Senate Bill 1372, once again, by Senator Chui Hinojosa and recognizes representation
• Is that fair?” “That's absolutely correct. Thank you. Any other questions, members?
• I think that's a fair. And I bring that up to say this.

Summary: The Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence met with a quorum and heard a series of Senate bills, generally receiving sponsor explanations and, in most cases, no public testimony. SB 2595 would create a Class B misdemeanor for harassing, threatening, or intimidating someone while intentionally concealing identity with a mask, with broad affirmative defenses for legitimate mask use; SB 1980 would increase penalties for assaulting peace officers, parole officers, and community supervision officers and add related presumptions and interference protections; and SB 1896 would require magistrates to issue emergency protective orders in certain family violence, sexual assault, stalking, and aggravated cases, with law enforcement required to provide needed information. All three were left pending. The committee also heard SB 955, which increases trafficking of persons from a second-degree to a first-degree felony when the victim was recruited from a correctional facility, and SB 614, which would let the Texas Forensic Science Commission refer dismissed complaints to the Office of Capital and Forensic Writs when they reference a prior FSC report; both were left pending. Members then heard several forensic and criminal procedure bills. SB 1372 would resolve a discovery/access conflict involving the DPS crime lab portal by limiting portal access to defense attorneys rather than defendants directly, prompting questions from members about access for pro se defendants; DPS’s chief crime lab witness testified neutrally. SB 1936 would change the LSD “abuse unit” definition for unmarked/unperforated paper from a square-measurement method to a 10-milligram weight standard, and SB 1937 would require a subject matter expert from the testing lab to participate in pretrial meetings in capital cases involving biological evidence to help identify viable testing and conserve resources. SB 2580 would lower the population threshold for sheriff’s departments to independently use tracking equipment and access certain communications from 3.3 million to 500,000, expanding the authority beyond Harris County; it was described as a public safety and emergency response measure and left pending. The committee also considered SB 2798, which would extend the statute of limitations for certain financial crimes from three years to seven years, with testimony from a Montgomery County assistant district attorney supporting the change because fraud is often discovered late. SB 1099 would increase penalties for felony offenses committed by undocumented or unauthorized aliens, but drew strong opposition from the Texas Civil Rights Project, which argued immigration is a federal matter and that the bill would create difficult and potentially unfair status determinations for local courts; members raised concerns about the lack of an expert-testimony requirement. SB 1278 would create an affirmative defense to prostitution prosecution for trafficking victims compelled by their traffickers to commit the conduct, and testimony from advocates and a member’s personal account emphasized the coercive, traumatic nature of trafficking; members discussed whether the defense should be narrower or framed as mitigation, and the bill was left pending. Finally, SB 127 would extend the statute of limitations for failure to report or conceal child abuse, with members discussing mandatory reporting duties and the need to allow more time for delayed discovery of cover-ups; it too was left pending before the committee adjourned.

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• Is that fair? Yes. No one's advocating for that. Okay.
• They don't see examples of families that look like ours in their day-to-day lives or see representations
• They get to see representation of what it looks like to be... ...fabulously and unapologetically authentic
• And you know we have to come... ...that is fair to your members, but the people that keep starting these

Bills: SB34, SB75, SB330, SB1535, SB18, SB 18, SB 34

Keywords: wildfire, wildfire mitigation, wildfire prevention, volunteer fire department, Texas A&M Forest Service, West Texas A&M University, prescribed burning, fuel loading, fuel reduction, firefighting equipment database, emergency communications, disaster preparedness, rural fire protection, asset hardening, natural resource management, emergency management, large wildfire risk, fire grant funding, fire suppression, Texas Legislature

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• city and the the immediate surrounding area, and I would think it appropriate to have some city representation
• Because whoever's in power, we want to make sure that we have truly good representation and it's It's
• that decision, and in the appeals, they still upheld the punishment for me—a $1,000 fine and taking a fair
• This is not fair.

Bills: SB2101, SB2334, SB2633, SB2637, SB2713, SB2781, SB2782, SB3059, HB1130, HB256, HCR19

Keywords: minors, sexually explicit materials, public libraries, age verification, civil penalties, library collection review, alcohol storage, airline permits, beverage regulations, airport, commercial flights, alcoholic beverages, local option election, zoning regulations, municipality control, land use, state law, social media, bot accounts, misinformation

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• I would gladly accept a timekeeper, someone who volunteers to be a fair timekeeper.
• Those are literally the local representation of local communities across our state, diverse and also
• Of course, we want full 100% representation, but these It gives us a good sample: 31 out of 43 health
• closed down at the IHS clinic through mobile clinics, and having more community events and health fairs
• Still, as of today, the only way for an exceptional worker to get fair pay is to leave for another job

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• um girls across the state deserve a fair um girls across the state deserve a fair and<00:02:06.119
• Foster safety, fairness, and athletic opportunities for women and girls.
• organizations try to protect fairness organizations try to protect fairness and<00:45:14.640>
• There have been mechanisms to assure fairness and safety.
• Their fairness is at question. And that's all this bill is talking about.

Bills: HF1233

Keywords: women's athletics, gender, sports competition, Human Rights Act, biological sex, participation limits, 1183, house

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• . >> Okay, fair enough. Uh, yeah.
• Um, we're starting with 1359 regarding municipal association lobbying dues. >> Okay, fair enough.
• Um is it fair to for taking my question.
• And I think just like we want representation, you know, we want urban and rural representation.
• And I think just like we want representation, you know, we want urban and rural representation.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• That's why this bill asks for representation from all four levels of hospitals because these hospitals
• That's why this bill<01:44:37.280> asks<01:44:37.600> for<01:44:37.920> representation
• <01:44:38.639> from<01:44:39.040> all bill asks for representation from all bill asks
• for representation from all four<01:44:40.239> levels<01:44:40.560> of<01:44:40.719>
• . fairness. fairness. the<02:25:51.760> Pacific<02:25:52.240> Islanders<02:25:52.880>

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• push a cruel, dangerous, and horrible policies, and this time it's an attack on our freedom, our representation
• Even if it were legal, that sure as hell doesn't mean it's fair, good, or right for Texans.
• Texans deserve fair maps. Texans deserve representatives who represent them.
• Texans deserve fair maps and a transparent process for drawing them.

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• This bill is just about a two-year pause to talk about fairness in the market.
• That accountability and fairness are not in conflict; they are partners.
• Is that the way that you would, is that fair? I guess it's fair. Okay, thank you. Thank you, Mr.
• Is that fair?
• Well, I don't know that that's fair.

Bills: SB835, SB3070, SB22, SJR59, SB926, SB1494, SB251, SB456, SB500, SB1307, SB2615, SB2995, SB2321, SB973, SB974, SB865, SB506, SB781, SB1522, SB1558, SB510, SB667, SB763, SB2073, SB1858, SB1660, SB505, SB2900, SB1433, SB1540, SB1964, SB1300, SB1644, SB2217, SB2373, SB2431, SB1758, SB2480, SB3039, SB3047, SB3073, SB2920, SB2781, SB826, SB766, SB2460, SB527, SB1946, SB2885, SB1243, SB2610, SB2595, SB857, SB37, SB8, SB10, SB227, SB261, SB12, SB15, SJR27, SB552, SB835, SB3070, SB22, SJR59, SB25, SB57, SB127, SB293, SB441, SB3059, SB512, SB241, SB1718, SB140, SB2055, SB2075, SB2018, SB1534, SB1567, SB785, SB1233, SB1580, SB1663, SB413, SB447, SB519, SB467, SB1579, SB1191, SB1021, SB1838, SB2807, SB2835, SB546, SB2121, SB2167, SB2035, SB2024, SB1032, SB1049, SB1266, SB1400, SB1302, SB401, SB1596, SB1281, SB1242, SB1343, SB310, SB1346, SB2753, SB2703, SB2221, SB1719, SB2177, SB800, SB790, SB748, SB571, SB1957, SB1923, SB1896, SB1760, SB1335, SB2368, SB2477, SB2587, SB2972, SB2986, SB2965, SB1563, SB1467, SB1164, SB1137, SB614, SB705, SB961, SB918, SB955, SB869, SB850, SB863, SB1610, SB1055, SB2206, SB457, SB2337, SB1362, SB926, SB1494, SB251, SB456, SB500, SB1307, SB2615, SB2995, SB2321, SB973, SB974, SB865, SB506, SB781, SB1522, SB1558, SB510, SB667, SB763, SB2073, SB1858, SB1660, SB505, SB2900, SB1433, SB1540, SB1964, SB1300, SB1644, SB2217, SB2373, SB2431, SB1758, SB2480, SB3039, SB3047, SB3073, SB2920, SB2781, SB826, SB766, SB2460, SB527, SB1946, SB2885, SB1243, SB2610, SB2595, SB857, SCR9, HB5560, HB762, HB 107, HB 114, HB300, HB138, HB4386, HB2495, HB581, HB3348, HB5323

Keywords: sexual abuse, nondisclosure agreements, confidentiality agreements, public policy, victim rights, lottery, bingo, regulation, Texas Lottery Commission, Department of Licensing and Regulation, criminal offenses, state administration, audits, transfers, Texas, moving image industry, incentive program, film production, grant funding, job creation

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• So the CAT tool that's being used, there is a critical part that's missing: the representation from the
• We gave a community briefing two weeks ago that included information about the over-representation and
• We gave a community briefing two weeks ago that included information about the over-representation and
• That’s not fair.
• But then that became not fair to DCS—that DCS didn't have that access, but OCWI did.

Keywords: 1182, all

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• rights, to the 1903 Oxnard Sugar Beet Strike, where Japanese and Mexican laborers united to demand fair
• Japanese and Mexican laborers united to demand fair wages and better working conditions.
• She champions Latino representation in media while empowering her community through storytelling, radio
• Extending the sunset will maintain access to representation for members of the public who are able to
• Her notorious dissents on the Supreme Court were powerful expressions of fairness.

Summary: The Assembly convened after a quorum call, opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, and then held its Latino Spirit Awards ceremony. Members adopted House Resolution 16, proclaiming May 4–11, 2025 as Cinco de Mayo Week, after supportive remarks from several caucuses emphasizing Mexican history, women’s contributions, LGBTQ solidarity, Black and Brown unity, and AAPI and Jewish community support. The chamber then recognized 11 Latino Spirit honorees for achievements in human rights, business, arts, public service, community empowerment, health and science, environmental justice, philanthropy, and entertainment. After the ceremony, the Assembly returned to floor business and approved a series of measures. AB 60, banning synthetic nitro musks in cosmetics and personal care products, passed 56–3. AJR 6, urging Congress to protect federal school meal and local food funding, drew extensive debate and broad bipartisan support; members cited child hunger, farm economies, and local food systems, and it passed 76–0 with 73 coauthors added. Other measures adopted included AB 679 on state park land acquisitions, AB 681 expanding Dream Loan Program caps for undocumented graduate students, AB 1224 on substitute teacher continuity, AB 831 on gaming technical changes, AB 259 extending Brown Act teleconferencing flexibility, AB 467 extending Los Angeles Neighborhood Council teleconferencing authority, and AB 519 targeting deceptive puppy mill sales. The chamber also passed AB 1522, an urgency Judiciary Committee bill protecting attorneys from politically motivated discipline and creating an expedited licensing path for some former federal attorneys, and AB 263, which extends temporary water flow requirements on the Shasta and Smith Rivers; that bill drew sharp disagreement over water rights, tribal participation, and impacts on farmers, but ultimately passed 51–16. Additional measures approved included AB 428 on pooled insurance for water corporations, AB 492 requiring notice to local jurisdictions when recovery treatment facilities are licensed, and AB 536 preserving colorectal cancer screening coverage. The Assembly also adopted a motion to suspend file notice so Appropriations could hear AB 379 on May 7.

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• And there was a strong consensus on the importance of preserving independent beneficiary representation
• Was a strong consensus on the importance of preserving independent beneficiary representation outside
• want to thank again, and I've learned to do this through my career, all the help I get from the representation
• Is that fair to say? Yes.
• We know that of the $1.2 billion, if people at the local level paid their fair share, approximately $800

Keywords: 985, all

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• Our representation is, I think most of you know, we, somewhat like Tipro, our legacy of representation
• And again, they're great at what they do, and we are passionate about our. representation of these companies
• The answers we got are, number one, they perform. purchased a well package that had a fair number of
• I would be fair. If I didn't mention the gym that we have right here in Austin.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• Fair stands for Fair Access to Insurance Requirements.
• And you have a handout— Fair stands for Fair Access to Insurance Requirements.
• I think it's a fair question.
• It's a fair question.
• Is that, would that be fair? Yeah. Is that, would that be fair?

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

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• placemat this really fun uh document you've got a hopefully a big copy in front of you this is a representation
• sector on this placemat that we came up with that a region did not but what this placemat is a representation
• make sure together. other areas that we need to strengthen, and we're not giving them, I think, their fair
• I think our goal here is recognizing that, you know, The representation of need throughout the blueprint

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• I think this is really representation.
• <00:32:42.480> amount a fair amount a fair amount in<00:32:44.559> the<00:32:44.880
• Fair enough.
• Fair<01:16:21.760> enough.<01:16:22.400> That<01:16:22.640> is Fair enough.
• That is Fair enough.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Summary: The subcommittee took up the pooled risk management program bill and reviewed a new amendment drafted with input from the Insurance Department and Legislative Services. Department witnesses explained that the proposal would move oversight of pooled risk management programs from the Secretary of State’s office to the Insurance Department, add a licensure requirement, preserve the programs’ non-insurer status, and exempt them from third-party administrator licensure. They also described a series of solvency tools in the draft, including financial reporting, risk-based capital standards, minimum capitalization, investment limits, commissioner examination and enforcement authority, rulemaking authority, merger and affiliate-transaction review, confidentiality protections, and a separability clause. A major theme of the discussion was that pooled risk management programs differ from commercial insurers because the risk remains with the member local governments rather than being backed by a state guarantee fund. Witnesses said the bill is designed to emphasize solvency over return of premium and to give the Insurance Department a regulatory “toolbox” to prevent insolvency, including a proposed $5 million excess or stop-loss coverage benchmark, optional accessible policies, and a requirement that boards vote on dividends or premium returns when capital exceeds 600% of risk-based capital. Members questioned how this approach differed from the original Secretary of State bill and whether assessments on towns would still be possible; the department responded that the new framework would allow more flexible oversight and alternatives to immediate court action. The committee also discussed why the statute should continue to say the programs are not insurers, with the department explaining that this preserves their autonomy and avoids applying unrelated insurance laws and premium taxes. Members asked about the department’s workload and were told the department believed it could absorb the new duties without additional funding. No vote or final committee action was taken in the portion provided.

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• The bill promotes accountability, transparency, and fair representation for public sector employees.
• We're saying that if you affirmatively want to create a new legal entity and new representation powers
• Everybody differently between the union representation, down to every individual judge's opinion, we
• How is that fair and how is that appropriate?
• But union representation or occupation is not a protected class in the 14th Amendment.

Summary: The Senate convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several guest introductions before moving into a long special-order calendar. The chamber first considered two claims bills: SB 6/HB 6507 for relief of L.E. through the Department of Children and Families, described as compensation for severe injuries after DCF returned the child to unsafe parents, and SB 26/HB 6509 for the estate of Mark Legata, involving catastrophic injuries tied to FDOT negligence. Both bills were substituted with their House companions and passed overwhelmingly. Members then approved several policy bills focused on child welfare, education, and professional regulation. CS/CS/SB 42/HB 47 required child protective investigators to consider certain medical diagnoses before proceeding in abuse cases; CS/SB 206/HB 851 expanded autism-related training and incentives for teacher preparation programs; SB 556/HB 453 allowed Special Olympics participation to satisfy PE requirements for students with disabilities and clarified marching band credit; SB 688 reestablished licensure and regulation for naturopathic doctors; SB 878/HB 1347 addressed clinical laboratory personnel shortages by aligning more closely with federal CLIA standards; and SB 914/HB 867 clarified that licensed occupational therapists may perform dry needling. Each of these measures passed, most by unanimous or near-unanimous votes. The chamber also approved bills on court administration, public records, financial disclosure, and child welfare. SB 326/HB 131 modernized rules for curators of estates; SB 758/HB 625 updated the composition of the Justice Administrative Commission, with an amendment broadening the judicial member to a judge or senior judge; SB 830 created a public records exemption for certain local government executives and their families; SB 964/HB 6011 revised how gifts and honoraria are reported and, via amendment, restored a percentage-based reporting option for financial disclosures; and SB 1002 clarified that acute or chronic parental drug abuse can constitute harm or neglect and allow courts to order assessment and services. These bills all passed, with SB 830 drawing the most opposition among them. The most contentious debate centered on CS/CS/CS/SB 354, the Blue Ribbon Projects bill, which would create a framework for very large planned communities with substantial conservation set-asides. Supporters argued it would provide a new growth-management tool and economic opportunity, while opponents warned it was too broad, lacked specificity, weakened local control, and could be exploited by large developers. After extensive debate and an amendment limiting data centers in commercial areas, the bill was temporarily postponed rather than brought to a final vote. The Senate also passed SB 530 on lottery operations, SB 1632/HB 1471 on foreign law and domestic terrorist designations after a lengthy and divisive amendment debate over references to Sharia law, and SB 21/HB 218 on land-use regulations tied to hurricane recovery, which preserves SB 180 restrictions in storm-affected counties while lifting them later for unaffected counties.

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• If we were getting even representation in speakers at those forums.
• <00:30:51.240> are Greater Minnesota representation are Greater Minnesota representation are
• She said that is pretty good geographic representation.
• She thanked the chair for the representation.
• She thanked the chair for the representation. Representative Frederick thanked Mr. Chair.

Bills: HF1419, HF500

Keywords: nursing facilities, reimbursement rates, elderly care, minimum wage, healthcare funding, nursing home, employment standards, worker rights, Minnesota Statutes, labor compensation, 1183, house

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• And there will be a graphical representation of that.
• of that and again it's uh representation of that and again it's taking<00:52:07.720> all<00:52
• Nash you know really uh representive Nash you know really good<01:03:40.319> idea<01:03:40.760
• And one time it was, I thought it was like $13 million, but it was a fair amount of money.
• And one time it was, I thought it was like $13 million, but it was a fair amount of money.

Keywords: 1183, house

Summary: The committee met briefly to approve the January 16 minutes, then heard a series of informational presentations from legislative joint offices and commissions that fall under its jurisdiction. Michelle Urick of the Legislative Coordinating Commission explained the LCC’s governance structure, including its leadership-based membership and role overseeing joint offices such as the Legislative Auditor, Legislative Budget Office, Legislative Reference Library, Revisor of Statutes, and the LCC staff office itself. Christian Larson of the Legislative Budget Office described the office’s nonpartisan fiscal note work, local impact notes, and support for the Tax Expenditure Review Commission, noting the volume of requests it handles and that the office currently has 18 budgeted FTE. He also explained the LBO Oversight Commission’s role in setting standards and appointing the director. Elizabeth Lincoln of the Legislative Reference Library outlined the library’s services, including answering thousands of reference questions, maintaining state policy and legislative collections, archiving state documents, supporting the legislative website and search tools, and preserving House and Senate audio, video, and committee minutes. She also noted the library’s staffing levels and its move to the Capitol. In response to a question, she said copies of the book Minnesota Standoff were in constant circulation, that the title is out of print, and that the library had digitized it for use by legislators and staff. Ryan Inman, the Revisor of Statutes, described the office’s drafting, legal review, publication, IT, and other services. He said every bill introduced is reviewed by a Revisor attorney, the office publishes Laws of Minnesota, Minnesota Statutes, and Minnesota Rules, and it maintains the legislative drafting system now being replaced. He also discussed rule drafting for agencies, legal counsel, the claims subcommittee, court opinions reports, and the annual technical Revisor bill. Members asked about bill volume, amendment drafting, and the history of administrative rules review; Inman said the office is handling over 2,500 active bill requests and that a prior commission on administrative rules existed in the past. No votes were taken beyond approving the minutes.