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• <00:27:29.760> unless bills will be read by title unless bills will be read by title unless
• . protect. protect.
• , decades of workplace safety protections, decades of workplace safety protections, including<00:
• > lesser<01:44:14.159> protection<01:44:15.040> to protection that lesser protection
• That's to protect ourselves and to protect the employees as well.

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• the protection that they need.
• their protection that they need.
• To pass this bill will be to actively protect and act Protection that they need.
• No one will protect you. This whole country won't protect you. Thank you for your testimony.
• Title IX is not just about equal... stood up for the truth in biology and the protection of women and

Bills: SB240, SB1183, SB1184, SB1577, SB2043, SB2051, SCR42, SJR68

Keywords: biological sex, gender identity, public facilities, civil penalties, local government, EBT, electronic benefits transfer, food stamps, SNAP, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, TANF, temporary assistance for needy families, welfare benefits, benefit card fraud, fraud hotline, card replacement, photo ID, recipient photograph, HHSC, Health and Human Services Commission

Summary: The committee first heard Senate Bill 1183, by Senator Creighton, which would require Lone Star Cards used for SNAP and TANF benefits to display the recipient’s name and photo, add fraud-reporting information, and require HHSC to track replacement-card requests. Creighton argued the bill would reduce fraud and protect taxpayer dollars, citing Texas SNAP theft and overpayment data. HHSC testified that photo IDs on the card are technically possible and explained how authorized secondary users are added. Dr. Amber O’Connor of Every Texan testified against the bill, saying SNAP fraud is a small share of expenditures, that the proposal would be costly and ineffective, and that federal rules limit mandatory photo requirements. Public testimony closed and SB 1183 was left pending. The committee then heard Senate Bill 1184, also by Senator Creighton, which would lower from 20 years to 10 years the minimum age of collectible wine that Texas collectors may sell to permitted restaurants. Supporters said the change would help Texas restaurants access desirable vintages, keep collectible wine in-state, and align with market demand; invited witnesses from the wine industry testified in favor. No opposition was heard, public testimony closed, and SB 1184 was left pending. Next, Senator Birdwell laid out Senate Bill 2051 and Senate Joint Resolution 68, both aimed at revising Texas impeachment procedures in response to issues identified during the 2023 impeachment process. The measures would clarify constitutional and statutory impeachment authority, require sworn testimony, extend review periods for House members, address conflicts of interest and presiding officers, require cost reporting, and modify rules for impeaching the governor or lieutenant governor. A committee substitute added protections for the accused, longer review periods, and a fallback presiding-officer option. Witnesses generally supported stronger accountability but raised questions about whether the language should also cover retired or visiting judges. Both measures were left pending after testimony. The committee also heard Senate Bill 1577, which would expand Texas Motor Speedway’s alcohol sales authority to include distilled spirits and remove certain event and concession limits; the Speedway’s representative supported the bill and it was left pending. Later, the committee heard Senate Concurrent Resolution 42 and Senate Bill 240, which would recognize only two sexes and restrict access to sex-designated private spaces in public facilities based on biological sex. Supporters argued the measures were needed to protect women’s privacy and safety, including in schools and shelters, while opponents warned about enforcement problems, privacy concerns, and impacts on transgender Texans and others who do not fit stereotypical sex traits. After extensive testimony, both measures were left pending. The committee then took up multiple pending bills and reported several favorably, including SB 511, SB 33, SB 510, SB 871, SB 2024, SB 2166, SJR 27, SJR 40, SB 1313, SB 1314, SB 1316, SB 1541, SB 2420, SB 1999, SB 2309, SB 1860, and SB 2429, with some also certified for the local and uncontested calendar.

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• of freedom on which our country was established and that were enshrined into our Constitution to protect
• We pray that Thou wilt give us the strength and the wisdom to protect and preserve those principles for
• House Bill 2968, amending Title 8, Chapter 4, Article 1, by adding Section 8469.03, amending Title 25
• House Bill 2968, amending Title 8, Chapter 4, Article 1, by adding Section 8469.03, amending Title 25
• So I just want to protect myself from this.

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• Tactical medical professionals are also able to protect themselves.
• Current law has provisions for abandoned titles where you can apply for an abandoned title.
• When these illegal operators purchase these non-titled vehicles, they disappear, but the titles remain
• The bill includes strong privacy protections.
• And because of 17. and also protects these veterans as well.

Bills: HB1455, HB1777, HB2101, HB2136, HB2609, HB3142, HB3552, HB3846, HB4155, HB4514, HB4879, HB4995, HB5014, HB5139, HB5228, HB5436, HCR40

Keywords: mental health, jail diversion, law enforcement, reporting requirements, criminal justice, data collection, criminal justice reform, intellectual disability, mental illness, data reporting, public safety, reporting, substance abuse, sex offender, driver's license, identification, gunshot detection, unreported gunshots, municipal police, crime investigation

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• The clerk will report the title of the resolution. The clerk shall will report the title.
• Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to protect Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to protect the<04:14:09.520
• H.R. 7726 protects families, protects taxpayers, and strengthens confidence in the program.
• shall report the title. shall report the title.
• titled an article titled uh something titled an article titled Watchdog<09:16:38.640> releases

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Wednesday, June 3, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• amendments to the bill or its title? amendments to the bill or its title?
• amendments to the bill or its title? amendments to the bill or its title?
• amendments to the bill or its title? amendments to the bill or its title?
• amendments to the bill or its title? amendments to the bill or its title?
• amendments to the bill or its title? amendments to the bill or its title?

Keywords: Senate streaming session for Friday, April 10, 2026, 960, senate, all

Summary: The Senate reconvened with a quorum and began by reading House messages and first-reading bills, including SB 8 on identity fraud and deepfakes and HB 145 on election misinformation and deepfakes, which was referred to Rules. The chamber then handled several concurrence and conference matters. On HB 154, the Open Meetings Act bill for county boards of education, the Senate initially moved to recede from its amendments and accept the House version, but debate centered on a Senate transparency amendment limiting school boards’ ability to censor recordings. A motion to reconsider the amendments was laid over for 15 minutes. On SB 514, a third-degree assault bill, the House refused to recede and a conference committee was appointed. A guest introduction also welcomed a 10-month-old visitor to the gallery. In second-reader business, the Senate adopted committee amendments and advanced SB 504, which strengthens data privacy protections and limits use of personal data for immigration enforcement, and SB 790, the Public Health Reform Act, which revises the Commission on Public Health, updates the Maryland Medical Reserve Corps, adds health equity review processes, and makes related administrative changes. Both bills were reported favorably with technical and conforming amendments and ordered printed for third reading. The chamber then took up HB 191, which would require merchants to accept cash for essential consumer goods and set related rules and exceptions; members questioned its scope, exemptions, and enforcement, and the bill was laid over pending clarification about whether stadiums are covered. Finally, HB 564 on pet cremation and burial services added consumer protection and disclosure requirements for pet cremation providers; its technical amendment was adopted and the bill was ordered passed for third reading.

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• <00:25:58.480> of Schoffler, please read the title of Schoffler, please read the title of
• Your title of Senate Bill 140.
• They need to be protected. Our rights need to be protected. I urge a no vote on HB 261126.
• Senator Carson. need to be protected. I urge a no vote need to be protected.
• title two? House Bill 1302. title two? House Bill 1302.

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• Conquer passing this bill protects Conquer passing this bill protects future<00:06:28.360> Merit
• just trying to get the the protected just trying to get the the protected facility<00:45:21.839>
• the you know so-called protected the you know so-called protected facilities<00:45:29.440> you
• <01:22:05.920> reports despite legal protections reports despite legal protections reports
• <01:38:39.760> folks prohibiting and protecting folks prohibiting and protecting folks from

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• House Memorial 59 has been read by title.
• House Memorial 60 has been read by title.
• My protection, I want my protection to go to the teachers first, and I want it all the way down to the
• My protection, I want my protection to go to the teachers first, and I want it all the way down to the
• to protect students.

Bills: HB111, HB103, HB60, HB108, HB120, HB145, HB154, HB164, HB291, HJR6, HR1, HJM2, HJM3, HJM1, HM7, HM17, HM4, HM22, HM23, HM24, HM26, HM2, HM16, HM32, HM13, HM47, HM11, HM14, HM21, HM34, HM50, HB38, HB47, HB63, HB64, HB127, HB165, HB184, HB200, HM20, HM51

Keywords: water law, state engineer, civil penalty, compliance order, water rights, overdiversion, illegal diversion, groundwater storage and recovery, well license, permit violation, water enforcement, New Mexico water code, irrigation district, conservancy district, water diversion, unauthorized water sales, measuring device, district court appeal, water resources, water compliance

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• about celebrating and protecting about celebrating and protecting difference<00:10:34.800> and
• Did you change the ballot title?
• start to realize that we need to protect start to realize that we need to protect people<00:20:21.919
• > people<00:20:22.880> from people we need to protect people from people we need to protect
• Is there some reason why you're endorsing this whole... have protection around from their have protection

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• <00:41:06.960> to do we provide financial protections to do we provide financial protections
• administrator, as the title suggests. administrator, as the title suggests.
• this year which restores and protects this year which restores and protects the<01:38:28.239>
• discriminating against our protected discriminating against our protected classes,<02:00:17.920>
• They in order to protect our the bill.

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• Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Cabinet. So I am here on my own.
• We have a title amendment on this bill. I need a motion on the title amendment."
• A motion and second were made, and the title amendment was adopted.
• do the title we do need to do a title do the title we do need to do a title Amendment<00:58:30.440
• Amendment so if there's motion on title Amendment so if there's motion on title amendment<00:58:

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Summary: The committee first took up House Bill 90 / Senate Bill 17, a birth-related measure backed by the Kentucky Birth Coalition. Sponsors said the bill had been worked on for several years and described changes including a transfer agreement, insurance requirements, proximity to a hospital, informed consent, and accreditation/medical director standards that helped win neutral or non-opposition from the Hospital Association. The bill was reported favorably after a roll call vote with unanimous support. The committee then heard Senate Bill 65, presented by Senator Steve West and Representative Derrick Lewis. They said the bill would make regulations found deficient through the committee review process null and void by statute, and would bar agencies from reissuing the same or similar language for up to a year. Supporters argued this was needed to hold agencies accountable because deficiency findings alone had not led to action. After questions about specific Medicaid behavioral health regulations and concerns about legislative overreach, the bill passed the committee on a roll call vote, with some members passing or explaining reservations. Finally, the committee considered Senate Bill 84, with a House committee substitute. Sponsors said the substitute was intended to strengthen the bill and reflect the U.S. Supreme Court’s Loper Bright decision by ending Chevron deference and requiring courts, not agencies, to interpret law. Opponents, including Audrey Ernsberger and Katherine Hargraves, argued the bill would intrude on the judiciary, violate separation of powers, and could harm public health, environmental, and workplace protections. Committee members also raised concerns about whether the bill told courts what standard to use; sponsors responded that agencies could still present persuasive arguments, but courts should not defer to them. The committee substitute was adopted, and the bill then passed the committee on a roll call vote, with several members passing or expressing constitutional concerns.

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• Um and I protection in this area.
• Trade secret protection is valid.
• Trade secret protection is valid.
• Uh trade secret protection procedures. Uh trade secret protection is<02:38:32.319> valid.
• the title to House Bill 1196. the title to House Bill 1196.

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• Pursuant to Joint Rule 20, the Senate has inserted the full title.
• Without objection, the full title will be agreed to.
• Pursuant to Joint Rule 20, the Senate has inserted the full title.
• Without objection, the full title will be agreed to. Mr.
• Without objection, the full title will be agreed to.

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• by title only. by title only.
• resolution by title only. resolution by title only.
• The title is Stories from the Woods. The title is Stories from the Woods.
• protection and due process concerns. protection and due process concerns.
• The bill was reported protections.

Keywords: 926, house, all

Summary: The House convened, suspended its rules to introduce 18 bills by number only, and referred the bills to the appropriate committees. House Bill 647, relating to the Vermont Sister State Program and carrying an appropriation, was referred to Appropriations under House Rule 35A. The chamber also read several resolutions: HR13, concerning support for the people of Palestine and Israel and the end of apartheid, was treated as a bill and referred to Government Operations and Military Affairs; JR88, condemning a U.S. military incursion in Venezuela and calling for withdrawal of U.S. forces, was likewise referred to Government Operations and Military Affairs; and JRS37, supporting gender equality in Nordic combined Olympic competition, was referred to Commerce and Economic Development. JRS39, a weekend adjournment resolution, was adopted in concurrence. On the action calendar, the House passed H541, relating to interference with voters and election officials. It then took up H5, which expands Vermont’s existing hearsay exception for child victims from age 12 and under to age 15 in specified abuse and sexual assault proceedings, with judicial safeguards and a July 1, 2026 effective date. The Judiciary Committee reported the bill favorably 10-1, and the House adopted the committee amendment and ordered third reading. The House also considered H626, a major Judiciary Committee bill on voyeurism, non-consensual disclosure of explicit images, and sexual extortion. Committee members described the bill as updating criminal and civil remedies for image-based abuse, creating a separate sextortion offense, extending criminal statutes of limitation, and clarifying civil recovery for trauma-related harm. During floor debate, members questioned the distinction between the voyeurism and disclosure provisions and the meaning of “reasonable expectation of privacy”; the committee responded with examples and statutory explanations, including that voyeurism covers unlawful recording while the disclosure offense covers later dissemination of images. The bill remained under consideration as the discussion continued.

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• I want to protect people.
• that you have, The only protection that you have is the protection that you bring with you.
• So it's still protection within that fire protection district. And with that, Mr.
• The gentleman from Clay has moved that the title be agreed to. Discussion on the title.
• Discussion on the title.

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• We will start with Senate Bill 314, an act to amend Title 11 of the Delaware Code relating to criminal
• to medical debt and the Medical Debt Protection Act.
• Senate Bill 347, an act to amend Title 6 of the Delaware Code relating to the Medical Debt Protection
• In 2023, the General Assembly passed the Medical Debt Protection Act, which created a range of protections
• Next up, we have Senate Bill 345, an act to amend Title 11 of the Delaware Code relating to offenses

Summary: The House Administration Committee met with a quorum present and considered four Senate bills. SB 314 updated Delaware’s rape shield law governing criminal proceedings and evidence; the sponsor said it was developed collaboratively by the Department of Justice and the Office of Defense Services, and there was no public comment. SB 347 made technical corrections to the Medical Debt Protection Act; the Delaware Health Care Association thanked sponsors for early collaboration, and there was no virtual comment. SB 349 named the Millsboro Bypass the Senator Richard S. Cordrey Bypass in honor of Senator Cordrey’s service; Senator Petty Jodget spoke in support, and the bill was released. SB 345 would prevent minors involved in trafficking-related prostitution offenses from being tried for prostitution; there was no public comment, and it was also released. For each bill, the committee took a motion to release and approved it by roll call vote. SB 314, SB 347, SB 349, and SB 345 all received unanimous support from the members present, with Speaker Minor-Brown absent for the first two votes and present for the latter two. The meeting then adjourned.

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• sex it is stated in federal law in Title sex it is stated in federal law in Title 9<01:34:22.600
• Please protect that and protect the health, physical and emotional well-being, of your constituents by
• <02:06:27.079> health protect that and protect the health protect that and protect the health
• To echo our colleague at GLAD, there are significant Title VII and Title IX concerns.
• To echo our colleague at GLAD, there are significant Title VII and Title IX concerns.

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• So do I have a motion on the title amendment? Motion and a second.
• The title amendment is adopted. Thank you. Thank you, sir. All right.
• So do I have a motion on the title amendment? Motion and a second.
• So do I have a motion on the title amendment? Motion and a second.
• Garage liability, for the most part, is like a commercial auto insurance, so it protects them or protects

Keywords: Meeting Start: 00:00 Roll Call: 00:06 SB24 Discussion: 01:08 SB24 Vote: 13:22 SB18 Discussion: 14:40 SB18 Vote: 21:54, 958, all

Summary: The committee met with a quorum and first took up Senate Bill 24, a measure aimed at combating property and casualty insurance fraud. Senator Girdler and witnesses from the Insurance Institute of Kentucky and the National Insurance Crime Bureau said the bill would expand the definition of a fraudulent insurance act to cover statements that misrepresent the scope of property damage or repair costs, with the goal of addressing inflated storm-damage claims and out-of-state bad actors. Members discussed whether existing prosecutors were already handling these cases, the role of Commonwealth’s attorneys versus the Attorney General, and the need to keep the bill narrowly tailored to criminal intent rather than negligence or ordinary disputes over value. The committee substitute was adopted, the bill received favorable expression, and a title amendment was also adopted. The committee then heard Senate Bill 18, which would address a shortage of insurance options for automobile dealers by allowing nonadmitted carriers to provide garage liability coverage in Kentucky. Testimony from an insurance agent and a legislative agent for Big I Kentucky described a shrinking market in which some small dealers cannot find coverage at all, risking closure. Members asked about the meaning of garage liability, consumer protections, solvency concerns, and whether more competition could lower prices; witnesses said surplus lines carriers already operate in Kentucky, agents play an important vetting role, and errors-and-omissions coverage would apply to the agent. The bill was supported as a way to preserve dealer businesses and expand coverage options, and it passed the committee with favorable expression after roll call.

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• > strengthen protect our seniors, strengthen protect our seniors, strengthen accountability,<00:10
• title over the last 15 years.
• First, it protects whi problems. First, it protects whi whistleblowers<03:41:38.479> privacy.
• The clerk will report the title.
• title since 1953. 1953. 1953.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, April 27, 2026, 1012, house, all