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• So as we work into the fall with lines of credit through the Bond Commission,... We're dormant.
• to get those on the Bond Commission agenda.
• I and I has to go through Bond Commission. So the commissioner of administration recommends,...
• I and I has to go through Bond Commission.
• That’s the exercise we went through, I think, two or three Bond Commissions last year.

Bills: HB2, HB3, HB799, HB1039

Keywords: capital outlay, budget, infrastructure, appropriation, general obligation bonds, bond authorization, capital improvement, financial management, state treasury, boiler safety, inspection, licensing, state fire marshal, operating certificate, regulations, local sales tax, local use tax, sales and use tax, tax audit, local collector

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• So I cannot speak for USDA and Texanimal Health Commission on their fever tick program.
• Bud Dingis, Animal Health Commission, Dr. Thomas Lansford III, Animal Health Commission, and Dr.
• Animal Health Commission. Dr. Thomas Lansford III. Animal Health Commission, Dr.
• I personally am commissioned and carry FDA credentials. We do a lot of FDA inspections.
• We need the Texas Animal Health Commission to need more help.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• Representing the Texas Ethics Commission, you're neutral on the bill, is that correct?
• Local filers do not file with the Ethics Commission, and we don't have that sort of data.
• Chairman, we shall use James Tinley, representing the Texas Ethics Commission.
• Johnson from the Texas Ethics Commission. We show you as J.R.
• Johnson with the Texas Ethics Commission, and you are neutral on the bill. Is that correct?

Bills: HB346, HB1360, HB1510, HB1606, HB1804, HB1805, HB2156, HB2391, HB2767, HB3022, HB3044, HB3272, HB3293, HB3493, HB3809, HB3824, HJR110, HB2463

Keywords: expedited service, business records, veteran-owned businesses, franchise tax, fee schedule, Texas Ethics Commission, election reporting, campaign finance, violation categorization, penalties, public disclosure, Texas Utilities Code, electric utility, retail electric provider, municipally owned utility, electric cooperative, vegetation management, tree trimming, line clearance, transmission line

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• I'm the acting director of the New Mexico Sentencing Commission.
• by our Commission.
• The Commission is very split on the additions that have been added with the substitute, and so the Commission
• Stan Ross, the Director of the Governor's Commission on Disability.
• The office is held in a commission of the Ombudsman. It's just one person.

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• commission on addiction.
• The governor's commission on addiction treatment and prevention, representing the New Hampshire Chiefs
• When this chamber passed 574, we built a commission with genuine stakeholders, superintendent, school
• <01:00:17.680> with<01:00:18.000> genuine<01:00:18.559> stakeholders, commission
• <01:02:07.760> You You don’t get a study commission.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• fraud uh cases um to the federal 22,000 fraud uh cases um to the federal trades<00:05:22.919> Commission
• <00:05:23.919> because<00:05:24.199> that's<00:05:24.479> the trades Commission
• because that's the trades Commission because that's the federal<00:05:25.360> organization<00
• that<00:09:07.519> actually<00:09:08.160> the<00:09:08.320> FTC trades commission
• that actually the FTC trades commission that actually the FTC that<00:09:09.800> that<00:09:10.640

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• to the Blue Ribbon Commission. to the Blue Ribbon Commission.
• mentioned to the Blue Ribbon Commission mentioned to the Blue Ribbon Commission uh<00:52:05.200>
• Reminder, the Blue Ribbon Commission was passed last session that would ask this commission of experts
• <01:20:08.240> and<01:20:08.360> all Blue Ribbon Commission and all Blue Ribbon Commission
• Commission on Special Education. Commission on Special Education.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Commission on Aging. We want to Okay. Commission on Aging.
• They also renamed the governor's commission the Commission on Addiction Treatment and Prevention and
• <01:49:41.760> the renamed the governor's commission the renamed the governor's commission
• <01:49:43.280> and commission on addiction treatment and commission on addiction treatment and
• abatement and the governor's commission abatement and the governor's commission are<01:55:07.920

Keywords: 10am HB 1 & HB 2, 928, house, all

Summary: The committee of conference on HB 1 and HB 2 reviewed comparison documents and worked through a long list of House and Senate positions, agreeing on some technical or already-enacted items while setting aside others for later discussion. Early on, members agreed to delete a House Bill 2 section tied to a bill already passed into law, and a representative explained a technical amendment to the EFA provisions clarifying enrollment-cap repeal language and compulsory attendance rules for EFA students. That amendment was discussed but a vote was postponed because not all members were present. The committee also noted that the overall EFA budget numbers had already been settled separately. Several items were either agreed to or held for further negotiation. Members agreed to delete sections already covered by other enacted bills, including BTLA-related language, and to accept a technical amendment changing "municipalities" to "political subdivisions" in a section affecting funding eligibility. They also agreed on some items involving workers’ compensation second injuries, certain pilot-program language, and some sections related to state loan repayment and other technical corrections. In contrast, they set aside or disputed items involving site evaluation, lottery-related provisions, opioid abatement, the Commission on Aging, Granite Advantage premium costs, renewable energy/offshore wind funding, special education funding, and several education trust fund and unique-fund provisions. The committee spent substantial time on policy disputes. The House side argued against keeping money in dedicated Fish and Game funds rather than increasing the main Fish and Game fund, while the Senate side defended its approach and raised concerns about fee impacts, including one tied to the fishing license. The members also discussed a housing appeals board proposal, with one member suggesting a possible compromise that would preserve some function while shifting duties and possibly sunsetting the arrangement later; the contracts for the positions were noted as running through June 30, 2028 and June 30, 2029. Another extended discussion concerned the child advocate records-access section, which one side wanted removed as policy that should go through the normal bill process, while another member asked to hold it and suggested a possible middle-ground, time-limited approach. Later, the committee agreed to remove sections already handled in other bills, including House sections 254 and 255, and discussed but did not resolve disputes over liquor licensing functions, cannabis-related language, cost containment, special education, and several fee and fund provisions. The Senate explained its position on the governor’s commission language, saying opioid abatement trust funds could not be used for that purpose and that the commission should continue to be funded through 5% of gross liquor profits; it also described renaming the body the Commission on Addiction Treatment and Prevention and expanding its scope to include problem gambling. The meeting ended with several major items still open for later negotiation.

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• These agencies are the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, the Texas Lottery Commission, and the Texas
• I'm the Executive Director of the Sunset Advisory Commission. I am here on House Bill 5571.
• This commission would be charged with the rule... making of the sale of personal use AVs.
• A commission...
• And that's why this commission is needed.

Bills: HB1540, HB3837, HB5571, SB370, SB2425

Keywords: government review, Texas Sunset Act, regulatory oversight, agencies, sunset provisions, autonomous vehicles, regulation, safety, criminal offense, Autonomous Vehicle Commission, registration, regulations, Level 4 automation, Level 5 automation, self-driving technology, traffic laws, permit system, collision reporting, safety standards, Automated Vehicle Commission

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• Next, we have the Real Estate Commission in support.
• commission in support. commission in support.
• Uh, we'll stand on our Commission.
• c><00:24:59.440> the suggest that the commission, the suggest that the commission, the insurance
• have insurance commission, just simply have insurance commission, just simply have staff<00:25

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The Committee on Consumer Protection and Commerce heard three resolutions focused on condominium management, insurance, and landlord-tenant issues. For HCR 24/HR 23, which sought a follow-up Sunrise review of condominium association managers, Hawaii Realtors and the Real Estate Commission supported the measure, while several condo owners and advocates described alleged embezzlement, misconduct, and lack of accountability in association management. The Real Estate Commission suggested using a more current bill, HB 1312, as the basis for the review. In decision-making, the committee adopted an HD1 to direct the auditor to conduct a Sunrise analysis on HB 1312 instead of the older cited bills, and the measure passed with amendments by unanimous votes, with one member excused. For HCR 85/HR 79, which asked the Insurance Commissioner to study alternative insurance models for condominium associations and unit owners, the acting insurance commissioner said the division supported the concept but warned the study could be costly and time-sensitive, estimating roughly $1.5 million based on the breadth of the requested work. A committee member and the commissioner discussed whether the scope could be narrowed, and the commissioner said a narrower study could reduce costs. The committee ultimately deferred the measure for possible revision and future discussion. For HCR 158/HR 153, which proposed an Attorney General-led working group to improve landlord-tenant code provisions, the Attorney General’s office said another agency with housing expertise would be better suited to convene the group and suggested LRB for legal research support. Hawaii Realtors supported the idea but said the chairing agency could be changed, while Maui Tenants and Workers Association urged stronger tenant representation and warned against framing the effort in a way that favors investors over tenants. A mediator also noted procedural gaps in court filing requirements for tenants and landlords. In decision-making, the committee adopted an HD1 to shift the convening role from the Attorney General to the judiciary, narrow the scope, and make technical changes; the amended resolution passed unanimously, with one member excused.

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• So, uh, in those commission.
• the commission. So that's the bill, Mr. the commission. So that's the bill, Mr.
• So, the whole commission is 10 have. So, the whole commission is 10 members. members. members.
• And this commission, all it does is it sets up a commission to look at that, to study that.
• Um, over the years I've been the chair of the PTSD commission, and the commission itself has heard, uh

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• The bill also makes changes to the duties of the commission relating to national defense industries,
• The bill requires the commission to meet twice annually rather than only annually and requires the commission
• The bill further institutes a reporting requirement for the Commission relating to the attraction of
• Finally, the bill establishes the Military Affairs Commission fund under DEMA and amends the membership
• of the Commission as outlined.

Keywords: 1182, all

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• Well, would the commission now have to make those decisions under your bill?
• The commission already makes the decision on the permit.
• finalizes... ...until one business day after the TCEQ commission finalizes the decision on a certified
• This will prevent the deadline from being abated indefinitely if the commission considers the issue in
• We can continue through the interim to monitor the data that the Workforce Commission has given us.

Summary: The Senate opened with an invocation by Pastor Tedrick Woods, followed by routine chamber actions including excusing Senator Gutierrez and receiving House messages that the House had passed HB 21 and HB 49. Senators also recognized advocates visiting the gallery on focal segmental glomerulosclerosis awareness and introduced the Doctor of the Day. The chamber adopted several resolutions, including HCR 66, by voice vote. The Senate then took up and passed a series of measures, often by suspending the regular order and the constitutional three-day rule. Among the bills finally passed were HJR 2, which would prohibit state death taxes; HB 206, limiting counties from requiring cash bonds for pipeline construction; HB 517, barring property owners associations from fining homeowners for discolored vegetation during watering restrictions; HB 2756, requiring TDCJ correctional officers to receive de-escalation and behavioral health training; HB 451, expanding screening for commercial sexual exploitation risk among children in DFPS and TJJD custody; SB 705, cleaning up the air conditioning and refrigeration contractors advisory board; SB 2017, creating an offense for burnouts and wheelies; SB 1858, expanding body armor grant eligibility to ISDs; SB 1400, directing a study on transfer-student outcomes for community college funding; SB 2764, requiring notice to manufactured home buyers about converting homes to real property; SB 748, a licensing cleanup bill on laser hair removal; SB 2519, restricting certain ad valorem tax uses and bonds after amendment; SB 2878, the courts bill with amendments on Brazoria County courts and youth diversion provisions; SB 466, allowing families to request fetal death certificates at any gestational age; SB 1608, requiring timely physical exams for inpatient mental health admissions; SB 1730, limiting civil damages claims arising from certain uses of force or deadly force; SB 2417, clarifying Attorney General antitrust investigation work product and discovery rules; and SB 1946, creating a family violence, criminal homicide prevention task force. The Senate also passed HB 3204, renaming and updating the Polytechnic College at Sam Houston State University, and SB 1986, requiring opioid warning labels. Several bills drew brief debate or amendments. Senators discussed broader HOA reform while considering HB 517, and SB 2203 on TCEQ discovery procedures was amended to require party motions, set a 15-day expiration for certified issues, and limit hearing abatement. SB 2017 was amended to change the mens rea language from knowingly to intentional. SB 2519 was narrowed by amendment to a forward-looking policy statement separating maintenance-and-operation taxes from debt-service taxes. SB 2878 also received amendments to reduce the number of new Brazoria County courts and add youth diversion and crisis-response provisions. SB 466 prompted a floor debate over whether fetal death certificates are appropriate for pre-20-week losses, with supporters emphasizing family closure and opponents arguing the document has no estate-related purpose. SB 1730 also prompted questions about the relationship between criminal findings and civil liability in self-defense cases. The session concluded with additional House and Senate measures being signed in the presence of the Senate and continued consideration of SB 2177, a grant program to help local law enforcement solve violent and sexual offenses.

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• <00:10:00.040> on<00:10:00.240> government select Commission on government select Commission
• Next up, we have 372, and this is a State Naming Commission.
• <00:43:21.480> and attached agency or border commission and attached agency or border commission
• so there's that question in commission so there's that question in terms<00:43:40.480> of<00:
• you know whether it be you commissions you know whether it be you know<00:43:49.440> being<00

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The committee opened its first hearing of 2025 and announced that all measures heard that day would be deferred to the next committee hearing for decision-making on Thursday, January 30. The agenda centered largely on procurement and government-operations bills, with testimony generally split between state agencies and local governments. On procurement measures, SB 254 and SB 383 would raise small-purchase thresholds; the State Procurement Office opposed both, while county officials, the City and County of Honolulu, the state librarian, and others supported them. SB 382, which would bar disclosure of a competing offeror’s proposal or evaluation score, and SB 462, which would require performance incentive contracts to specify pricing bases, goals, and formulas, drew mostly written comments and some support from agencies such as the Department of Transportation and Department of Education. SB 615, which would treat certain large change orders as new contracts, received opposition from the Comptroller and engineering interests. The committee also heard several bills on vacancies, appointments, and legislative oversight. SB 5 on state legislative vacancies had one supporting testifier, while SB 300 on deadlines for filling certain Senate vacancies drew opposition from several individuals and support from one late testifier. SB 1081, which would create a legislative budget office to provide fiscal analysis and reports on bills, received broad support from advocacy groups, civic organizations, and individuals. SB 711, requiring Senate advice and consent for certain executive-branch appointments, drew written opposition from the Governor’s Office and support from one individual. SB 375, establishing a select commission on government restructuring, had one written supporter. SB 418, which would require the Attorney General’s office to review a portion of administrative rules each year, prompted extended discussion about outdated rules, the difficulty of repealing or amending rules, and whether the bill should be refined; the AG’s office indicated the process is burdensome and could be streamlined. The committee then took up transparency and access measures. SB 55, requiring agency rules to be posted online in a digitally accessible format, received support from several advocacy and civic groups and written comment from the Lieutenant Governor’s Office. SB 870 would direct the comptroller to identify state office buildings that could provide equitable telecom access for remote participation in hearings, especially for residents with disabilities; the Comptroller supported the concept, and members discussed using libraries, DAGS facilities, county facilities, and other public buildings, with concerns raised about staffing, bandwidth, and competing public use. SB 270, a sunshine-law measure allowing board members to attend informational meetings and presentations, drew opposition from the Public First Law Center, which argued it would create a broad loophole and should be narrowed to existing county-council provisions. SB 45, concerning neighborhood board meetings and third-party presentations, prompted discussion about whether it actually addressed neighborhood boards’ Sunshine Law concerns; the committee was told it was not the right vehicle for that issue. SB 406, which would cap copying fees for government records at 5 cents per page with exceptions, drew support from media and transparency groups but opposition from DAGS, which said its actual per-page cost is much higher; members discussed possible electronic-copy alternatives and asked for more cost information before the next hearing.

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• So, so that's commission. Yeah. Okay.
• <00:54:42.480> um the establishment of the commission. um the establishment of the commission
• this commission that hasn't formed yet. this commission that hasn't formed yet.
• and just turning this into a commission and just turning this into a commission only.<01:06:51.760
• funds so that the governor's commission funds so that the governor's commission could<01:42:34.239

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The Division 3 work session focused largely on amendment 1176 to HB 2, which would have incorporated the substance of HB 548FN, a House-passed bill creating a direct-pay or membership-based model for health care facilities. Representative Mlan described the proposal as a way to increase competition in health care by extending the direct-care model used in primary care to facilities, arguing it could encourage innovation and that concerns about widespread harm to critical access hospitals were overstated. He pointed to Oklahoma’s long-standing Surgical Center model as evidence that the approach had not spread broadly or displaced hospitals there. Several members and witnesses raised concerns. Representative Stringham questioned whether the model would shift profitable services and patients away from existing hospitals, potentially worsening their finances and affecting Medicaid-related funding. David Ross, speaking for county nursing homes, opposed the language because it also removed moratoriums on nursing home, skilled nursing, inpatient rehabilitation, and self-pay beds, warning that it could increase pressure on Medicaid rates and undermine community-based care. Ben Bradley of the New Hampshire Hospital Association said the proposal appeared to create a separate regulatory framework for direct-pay facilities and raised concerns about patient safety, CMS participation rules, and a separate patient bill of rights. The chair concluded that, because HB 548 was already moving through the Senate, the HB 2 process was not the best vehicle for the policy and that the issue should be left to the Senate’s more deliberative committee process. Representative Ferski moved to not accept or remove amendment 1176 from the agenda, and the committee approved the motion by roll call, 9-0, withdrawing the item from HB 2.

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• <00:04:11.079> um<00:04:11.280> there commission um there commission um there are<00:04
• whether the legislative audit commission whether the legislative audit commission members<01:00:
• does the legislative audit commission does the legislative audit commission currently<01:13:17.800
• legislative audit commission legislative audit commission representative<01:13:54.360> quam
• <01:13:57.560> this vice chair of the audit commission this vice chair of the audit commission

Bills: HF1, HF2

Keywords: Office of Inspector General, inspector general, legislative audit, fraud prevention, waste and abuse, public funds, grant oversight, state grants, grant management, whistleblower protection, retaliation, subpoena power, data practices, government transparency, accountability, law enforcement referrals, sanctions, debarment, payment withholding, public assistance fraud

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• Utah Behavioral Health Commission. Allie Isam here? Welcome.
• I'm here as the chair of the Utah Behavioral Health Commission.
• That has been the work of our commission.
• Is this a vote from the commission?
• I’m the Assistant Director for the Indigent Defense Commission.

Keywords: 985, all

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• That might be a good question for the resource witness from the Funeral Commission.
• The services commission has broad power to regulate the bad actors.
• Kristin Tipps, you are the chair of the Texas Funeral Service Commission.
• Does the Texas Funeral Commission have oversight of when a county takes possession?
• Well, no, I mean, as the general commission. Oh, for us. Yeah.

Bills: SB2024, SB227, SB268, SB1467, SB1580, HB5537, SB1313, SB1677, SB918, SB331, SB2207, SB2721

Keywords: e-cigarettes, marketing prohibition, youth protection, criminal penalties, public health, school funding, education reform, state budget, property taxes, equity in education, health care, licensing, complaint procedure, disciplinary action, law enforcement, death records, vital statistics, healthcare, trauma facility, Medicaid

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• The date for the Texas Ethics Commission will move from 2013 to 2027.
• I'm the executive director of the Sunset Advisory Commission. I'm here on House Bill 5571.
• The bill as introduced would require the Sunset Commission to conduct audits.
• If that were the case, that would be helpful to the Sunset Commission.
• A commission a commission ensures coordinated oversight across public safety, transportation, and technology

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• During the Republic years, after the Treaty of Live Oak Point in 1838, they were commissioned en masse
• Okay, we're going to show Brandon Wood, registered on behalf of Texas Commission on Jail Standards.
• Is that by statute or is that by Commission rule?
• That's been the result of the commission determinations in those cases.
• I didn't have my friend from the Commission here.

Bills: HB551, HB 1281, HB1378, HB1617, HB2868, HB2881, HB3374, HB4439, HB4726, HB4732, HB4878, HB4914, HB4921, HB4958, HB5200, HB5318, HB5360, HB5402, HB5568, HB5573, HB5623, HJR218

Keywords: political contributions, address privacy, Texas Ethics Commission, election transparency, campaign finance, international organizations, World Health Organization, jurisdiction, state law, enforcement, United Nations, World Economic Forum, attorney general, Texas attorney general, state sovereignty, legal enforcement, Texas Attorney General, electric energy storage, municipal regulation, county regulation