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• Let's start with Senate Bill 6237, an act relating to rental property disclosures of flooding history
• Senate Bill 6237 is a proposed substitute to Senate Bill 6237, an act relating to rental property disclosures
• Senate Bill 6237, an act relating to rental property disclosures of flooding history and flood risk.
• The Residential Landlord-Tenant Act, or the RLTA, regulates the creation of residential tenancies and
• The disclosures required by the act only apply to leases entered into after December 31, 2026.

Bills: SB6139 , SB6214 , SB6237 , SB6091 , SB6096 , SB6200 , SGA9278 , SGA9279

Committee: Senate Housing

Keywords: rental payments, landlords, tenants, eviction, legal procedures, housing stability, land banking, property authority, housing development, urban planning, real estate management, SB 6237, Washington landlord-tenant law, Residential Landlord-Tenant Act, rental property disclosure, flood risk, flood hazard area, special flood hazard area, potential flooding, tenant notice

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• Today we have six bills up for public hearing, and then we'll move into executive session to act on four
• Senator Wilson was describing, is exempt from public disclosure and copying under the Public Records Act
• believe it gives Washington Technology Solutions an overly generalized exemption from the Public Records Act
• electronic ballot portal design, and removes the previous January 1, 2029 implementation date for the act

Bills: SB6215 , SB6160 , SB6313 , SB6049 , SB6164 , SB5046 , SB5842 , SB6035 , SB5853 , SB5888

Committee: Senate State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections

Keywords: fraud prevention, identity theft, consumer protection, security measures, legislation, government efficiency, state agencies, reporting, bureaucracy, transparency, Capitol Centennial Stewardship, funding, gifts, grants, donations, legislative support, student privacy, employee confidentiality, public disclosure, data protection

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• Uh, and it's a day in which we honor them for an act of heroism.
• honor</c><00:15:17.519><c> them</c><00:15:17.760><c> for</c><00:15:18.079><c> a</c><00:15:18.800><c> act
• </c><00:15:19.040><c> of</c> day in which we honor them for a act of day in which we honor them for a
• act of herrorism.<00:15:19.680><c> We</c><00:15:19.839><c> ask</c><00:15:20.000><c> for</c><00:15:20.240

Bills: HB274 , HB287 , HB301 , HB157 , HB254 , HB88 , HB274 , HB287 , HB301 , HB157 , HB254 , HB88

Committee: House Public Safety and Homeland Security

Keywords: Crenshaw County, county board of education, school board, board of education, term limits, term length, elected officials, local constitutional amendment, Alabama Constitution, education governance, local legislation, November 2026 election, ballot measure, constitutional amendment, school board elections, law enforcement, transparency, reporting, public safety, regulation

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• idea would be is that we would create this additional bucket similar to what we did with the Raise Act
• did<00:09:59.600><c> with</c><00:09:59.760><c> the</c><00:09:59.839><c> raise</c><00:10:00.160><c> act
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Bills: HB245 , HB138 , HB151 , HB152 , HB245 , HB138 , HB151 , HB152

Committee: House Ways and Means Education

Keywords: inhalants, controlled substances, butyl nitrite, nitrous oxide, amyl nitrite, health, public safety, pregnancy, pregnant defendant, incarceration, jail intake, pregnancy test, bail, pre-incarceration probation, supervised probation, electronic monitoring, electronic supervision, perinatal care, prenatal care, maternal health

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• Will Price, Houston.
• Houston does not.
• Act.
• It's called the Life of the Mother Act.
• and Houston Fire Department.

Bills: SJR59 , SCR30 , SCR46 , SB31 , SB127 , SB324 , SB401 , SB407 , SB467 , SB482 , SB506 , SB529 , SB584 , SB619 , SB636 , SB646 , SB647 , SB659 , SB715 , SB732 , SB735 , SB771 , SB784 , SB800 , SB801 , SB816 , SB1013 , SB1026 , SB1049 , SB1055 , SB1065 , SB1137 , SB1169 , SB1181 , SB1383 , SB1395 , SB1410 , SB1433 , SB1524 , SB1531 , SB1568 , SB1640 , SB1666 , SB1681 , SB1718 , SB1754 , SB1757 , SB1972 , SB1980 , SB2004 , SB2007 , SB2041 , SB2046 , SB2050 , SB2075 , SB2076 , SB2154 , SB2173 , SB2206 , SB2225 , SB2253 , SB2268 , SB2306 , SB2308 , SB2314 , SB2322 , SB2330 , SB2351 , SB2366 , SB2371 , SB2392 , SB2398 , SB2476 , SB2533 , SB2540 , SB2544 , SB2589 , SB2610 , SB2623 , SB2660 , SB2662 , SB2693 , SB2707 , SB2717 , SB2722 , SB2742 , SB2753 , SB2779 , SB2807 , SB2843 , SB2844 , SB2858 , SB2877 , SB2880 , SB2885 , SB2920 , SB2938 , SB2986 , HJR4 , HCR35 , SJR3 , SJR18 , SB5 , SB260 , SB1786 , SB914 , SB963 , SB1197 , SB1415 , SB1437 , SJR36 , SJR50 , SJR63 , SJR84 , SJR59 , SCR12 , SCR39 , SCR46 , SCR48 , SCR19 , SCR30 , SCR3 , SB2023 , SB1433 , SB2322 , SB2877 , SB407 , SB1718 , SB1395 , SB62 , SB666 , SB847 , SB284 , SB854 , SB1073 , SB810 , SB1505 , SB583 , SB1502 , SB507 , SB1026 , SB1434 , SB1376 , SB1585 , SB1772 , SB2016 , SB1163 , SB619 , SB1122 , SB732 , SB731 , SB397 , SB508 , SB1436 , SB287 , SB261 , SB1882 , SB393 , SB1791 , SB529 , SB209 , SB2429 , SB1999 , SB511 , SB2309 , SB510 , SB2253 , SB584 , SB1085 , SB2314 , SB2046 , SB1975 , SB2717 , SB1262 , SB1524 , SB1137 , SB636 , SB2056 , SB884 , SB517 , SB1200 , SB1410 , SB1845 , SB1863 , SB2681 , SB2200 , SB2199 , SB1757 , SB2050 , SB2458 , SB2201 , SB1055 , SB2660 , SB2662 , SB1065 , SB801 , SB2533 , SB3014 , SB3013 , SB758 , SB647 , SB1721 , SB2268 , SB2366 , SB1013 , SB2797 , SB2371 , SB2383 , SB646 , SB1169 , SB1754 , SB2779 , SB2004 , SB2119 , SB2448 , SB1777 , SB1283 , SB2392 , SB2076 , SB2786 , SB2876 , SB2284 , SB2225 , SB1540 , SB2920 , SB2929 , SB1972 , SB2540 , SB2742 , SB2595 , SB2217 , SB715 , SB2330 , SB1383 , SB500 , SB1640 , SB2001 , SB2080 , SB2722 , SB506 , SB2514 , SB2623 , SB2753 , SB2398 , SB1241 , SB2927 , SB2173 , SB2538 , SB898 , SB467 , SB1449 , SB2529 , SB1531 , SB2846 , SB2476 , SB986 , SB1181 , SB2075 , SB2154 , SB2864 , SB31 , SB2880 , SB1359 , SB2386 , SB771 , SB2844 , SB2550 , SB1351 , SB1423 , SB1931 , SB2245 , SB2589 , SB2707 , SB2807 , SB2351 , SB410 , SB659 , SB816 , SB2776 , SB2693 , SB2580 , SB1980 , SB1886 , SB1234 , SB739 , SB482 , SB456 , SB127 , SB1666 , SB2843 , SB2801 , SB800 , SB2055 , SB784 , SB2986 , SB735 , SB1012 , SB324 , SB2926 , SB2938 , SB2007 , SB2138 , SB1242 , SB2615 , SB1049 , SB2310 , SB1224 , SB2972 , SB1568 , SB2841 , SB2885 , SB3016 , SB2858 , SB2610 , SB2139 , SB1856 , SB2035 , SB2308 , SB2306 , SB2041 , SB1528 , SB1681 , SB1141 , SB2401 , SB2530 , SB2375 , SB547 , SB1266 , SB1373 , SB1467 , SB2069 , SB2269 , SB2480 , SB2544 , SB672 , SB904 , SB2695 , SB2891 , SB2422 , SB2543 , SB1854 , SB317 , SB2539 , SB2532 , SB2925 , SB1250 , SB2082 , SB2203 , SB457 , SB2357 , HJR4 , HB135 , HB 1109 , HCR35 , HCR64 , SB2721 , SB243 , SB1285 , SB2568 , SB1959 , SB1442 , SB1454 , SB2520 , SB2541 , SB1708 , SB1237 , SB1844 , SB1586

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• Yeah, the final version of the Appropriations Act has to be within all three of these limits.
• I understand that the Houston Independent School District, have they signed it? an MOU with TCHAT?
• You know, in Houston, we're hearing from hospitals that are well from our county.
• And then same thing for the Houston area, and then the counties around Houston. So, I do.
• I did this job, but about 70% of our residential treatment Um, exist in the Houston area.

Committee: House Appropriations

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• I hereby appoint the Honorable Adrian Smith to act as Speaker pro tempore on this day.
• April 15, 2025, at 1:05 p.m.: That the Senate agreed to, relative to the death of George Foreman of Houston
• THAT THE SENATE AGREED TO, RELATIVE TO THE DEATH OF GEORGE FOREMAN OF HOUSTON, TEXAS, SENATE RESOLUTION

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• And Hunter, uh, cars here.
• And Hunter, uh, cars here.
• This is um Senate Bill<00:02:13.360><c> 145,</c><00:02:13.920><c> an</c><00:02:14.160><c> act</c><00:
• 02:14.400><c> relating</c><00:02:14.800><c> to</c><00:02:15.040><c> the</c> Bill 145, an act relating
• Next on our agenda is Senate Bill 98, an act relating to welding safety.

Committee: Senate Licensing & Occupations

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• We flew to Houston. “Don't blame yourself.” He survived.
• We flew to Houston and we brought him home.
• They know when a family member is acting differently or dangerously.
• I've sat in some of our meetings in Houston on homelessness.
• In Houston. We'll do it. What can happen?

Committee: Senate Health & Human Services

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• Your act is being read. No. I think he's muted. Coming to speak on this. Oh, okay.
• Dooney Hebron, the campaign treasurer for the Black Women of Greater Houston PAC.
• In her request for appeal, Filer requested a full waiver as it was not a deliberate act. act to not file
• It was not a deliberate act. I'd been in the hospital for about three months.
• Again, it was not a deliberate... act at all.

Summary: The Texas Ethics Commission met on March 11, 2025, first in executive session and then in open session. The chair announced that, in light of Texas Attorney General Opinion KP-484, the commission would conform its practices to the opinion and move to repeal tolling rules for sworn-complaint deadlines. The chair also said the commission would dismiss 36 pending sworn-complaint cases in which the 120-day settlement deadline had been exceeded, even though the delay had been tolled under prior TEC rules. The commission then set future meeting dates for June 12 and September 17 and approved prior meeting minutes. The commission adopted a new criminal-referral rule clarifying that, once jurisdiction over a complaint is accepted, commissioners may vote to make a criminal referral. It also adopted revised advisory-opinion rules, with a clarifying amendment from a commenter, and republished proposed changes to the definition of “principal purpose” for political committees after staff recommended a 49 percent political-activity threshold and further public input. The commission published for comment proposed changes to ethics training rules, facial-compliance review procedures, late-filing waiver and reduction rules, and sworn-complaint procedures, including tighter discovery limits, a default-order set-aside process, and removal of tolling language inconsistent with KP-484. It also republished Chapter 28 rules on Speaker-candidate reporting. The commission adopted several advisory opinions. It declined to give an affirmative defense on whether certain school-district communications were political advertising because related litigation had already addressed the issue. It reaffirmed that a House member may use donated district-office space if it is not reimbursable with public funds and was accepted before the contribution moratorium. It also concluded that a judge may use political funds for travel to a Navy-hosted event as a local dignitary, that legislators’ use of a corporate aircraft for a border-region fact-finding trip could be permissible but would likely trigger reporting obligations, that a TCEQ commissioner’s revolving-door restrictions apply only to matters actually placed before the commissioner, and that a part-time legislative staffer may not take outside employment assisting a registered lobbyist. The commission then heard and acted on numerous fine-waiver appeals, granting several full waivers or reductions and approving staff recommendations on others, and terminated a number of inactive campaign treasurer appointments. Finally, the executive director briefed the commission on the 2025 legislative session, noting that staffing requests are tied to Sunset recommendations and that the House had preliminarily recommended about half of the commission’s appropriations requests.

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• And last testifier, Hunter Hn testifying for Farmers Union in support.
• And last testifier, Hunter Hn testifying for Farmers Union in support.
• And last testifier, Hunter Hn testifying for Farmers Union in support.
• And last testifier, Hunter Hn testifying for Farmers Union in support.
• And last testifier, Hunter Hn testifying for Farmers Union in support.

Committee: Senate Economic Development and Tourism

Summary: The Senate Committee on Economic Development and Tourism heard testimony on several bills, with much of the discussion focused on Enterprise Zones and related economic development measures. On SB 125, the committee heard support from DBEDT, the Department of Taxation, the Tax Foundation of Hawaiʻi, the Hawaiʻi Farm Bureau, and the Farmers Union. Members questioned how the bill would affect job-creation requirements and learned that existing companies and new companies are treated differently under the program, with existing companies generally subject to a 15% annual employment increase and new companies to a 10% increase, while the bill would extend the program period from seven to nine years. DBEDT also said the program has been effective, citing 1,162 jobs created or maintained at a cost of about $1.2 million, and noted that agriculture, manufacturing, and wholesaling are the main sectors involved. The committee then took up SB 729, also relating to Enterprise Zones, which would expand eligibility to better accommodate local manufacturers and value-added businesses that sell directly to retail rather than only wholesale. Testifiers from the Holua Collaborative and Hawaiʻi Farm Bureau supported the measure, saying it would help small manufacturers and agricultural producers add value and adapt to internet-era sales patterns. A committee discussion clarified that the bill would add value-added processing as an allowable activity within the zones, and DBEDT explained that the current rules were written for a wholesale-dominated market. The Attorney General’s office also testified, raising a supremacy clause concern and recommending language changes to avoid conflict with federal law. On SB 129, relating to labeling requirements for fish, the Attorney General and the Department of Agriculture both raised concerns about federal preemption and enforcement. The AG explained that federal law governs fish labeling but includes an exception for processed fish, and recommended narrowing the bill to processed fish and defining that term to fit the federal carve-out. The Hawaii Longline Association supported the bill but suggested excluding canned tuna while including products such as poke, sashimi, and sushi. The Department of Agriculture said it does not currently enforce this kind of labeling requirement and would need to determine whether another agency should handle enforcement. The committee also heard SB 581, which would establish an aerospace and aeronautics development program within DBEDT. Testimony was generally supportive, but members pressed for a fiscal estimate, and the bill’s sponsor said a prior version of the office had operated on about $400,000 annually with a small staff. No votes or final committee actions were taken during the portion of the hearing provided.

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• Heidi Ruiz, I'm with Houston Police Department. I have been with HPD for a little over 31 years.
• I'm here to act as a resource for any questions you may have. Well, thank you all.
• I'm with the Houston Police Officers Union.
• We are not the Houston, the Dallases. We don't have these massive child... crime units, right?
• And the only people that can afford it are the Houstons and the Dallases and the DPS lab.

Bills: SB20 , SB1621 , SB412 , SB441 , SB442

Committee: Senate Criminal Justice

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• Ah Texas, Texas and Houston are better off because of his public service.
• And the city of Houston, Congress. Sylvester knew the importance of history.
• City of Houston. The great state of Texas, and our nation and beyond.
• He was the mayor Of a big city, that place called Houston. He became a congressman.
• From the great city of Houston. Attended high school in Houston. Went to the university in Houston.

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• Our jobs and duties are outlined in Chapter 418 of the Texas Government Code, the Disaster Act of 1918
• I'm not sure the exact number, but there's one in Houston, one in San Antonio, Dallas area.
• And in the Houston area, I mean in Texas, but we all collaborate, we pass information.
• If you have intelligence and it's not you're not gonna act on it.
• I'm the sheriff of Chambers County, east of Houston, between Houston and Beaumont.

Committee: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs

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• sure, as we move forward, if the governor doesn't send a name down, that they just don't have an acting
• In that, at the time, it says, by the State Affairs Committee and Act, it says creating a bureau of state
• In that, at the time, it says, by the State Affairs Committee and Act, it says creating a bureau of state
• Who says that these boards are not now, any of these boards are not now acting in a political fashion
• With respect to Representative Church's question, there is no exemption to the Public Records Act in

Committee: House State Affairs

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• We'll begin with Hunter Cantrell.
• Hunter Cantrell continued: Let's be completely clear.
• Hunter Cantrell continued: I'm expected to practice ethical medicine.
• act of justice. justice. justice.
• We talked about this Transparency Act.

Committee: Senate Health and Human Services

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• The federal Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act created a superfund
• My name is Hunter Cantrell. My name is Hunter Cantrell.
• My name is Hunter Cantrell. afternoon. My name is Hunter Cantrell.

Summary: Rep. Athena Hollins and Sen. Ann Johnson Stewart introduced Minnesota’s proposed climate superfund bill, describing it as a way to make major historical greenhouse gas polluters help pay for climate adaptation and infrastructure repair. They said the bill would target large fossil fuel corporations with significant emissions and use the revenue for projects such as stormwater upgrades, bridge and roof protection, erosion control, drinking water protection, cooling cities, and other resilience work. Both lawmakers framed the proposal as a matter of accountability and fairness, arguing that Minnesotans should not keep paying for damage caused by companies that profited from fossil fuel pollution. Several supporters testified in favor of the bill, including St. Paul City Council Vice President Nyang Kheimey, former legislator and medical student Hunter Cantrell, Unidos Minnesota volunteer Bonnie Becol, and 100% Minnesota’s Aurora Vautrin. They emphasized local climate impacts such as flooding, wildfire smoke, extreme heat, emerald ash borer damage, asthma, and infrastructure failures, and said the costs are increasingly falling on taxpayers, local governments, and vulnerable communities. Kheimey highlighted municipal needs and St. Paul’s own climate investments, while Cantrell focused on environmental racism and health harms, and Becol and Vautrin stressed species loss, community recovery costs, and the burden on residents. In the question-and-answer portion, Hollins and Johnson Stewart explained that the bill would apply to fossil fuel corporations with at least 1 billion metric tons of carbon emissions and a nexus to Minnesota, not local utilities. They said the State Auditor’s office would determine the assessments owed by companies, while the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency would hold the fund and administer grants. They also said they were looking to models in Vermont and New York and hoped the proposal could attract bipartisan support because it is tied to affordability and shifting costs away from taxpayers and onto polluters. No vote or formal committee action was taken in the transcript, and the event ended with the sponsors opening the bill to questions.

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• As well as two decisions in Houston, Mars v. Mars, 401 Southwest 3D 122-125, Tex.
• App, Houston, 14th District, 2011, no petition for a higher ruling. 174 Southwest 3D 359, 364-365, Tex
• App, Houston, 14th District, 2015.
• We would like to equalize it and make it very standard, in line with the way the act was originally intended
• Does it strike you as extraordinary that it takes an act of the legislature to allow you to make this

Bills: HB 1193 , HB2495 , HB2733 , HB3104 , HB3395 , HB4325 , SB3009

Committee: Senate Jurisprudence

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• It’s something that’s very alarming to myself and to deer hunters that I talked to.
• are not paying for our deer deer hunters are not paying for our deer farm<00:57:34.880><c> work.
• </c><00:59:55.599><c> that</c><00:59:55.760><c> I</c> myself um and to deer hunters that I myself um
• and to deer hunters that I talked<00:59:56.079><c> to.
• in the state to provide those hunters in the state to provide those samples<01:08:56.799><c> we</c><

Committee: House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy

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• We've had quite a substantial number of votes from Lubbock to Austin to Houston and Harris County and
• When I give a good example, I'm going to talk about the City of Houston and I want to talk about Harris
• The City of Houston basically has a charter amendment that was passed 20 years ago, and it was collecting
• Say, you take a look at the one big beautiful bill in the 2017 Tax Cut and Jobs Act.
• It says... and you put it into several bills and several appropriation acts that says...

Bills: SB9 , SB 9

Committee: Senate Local Government