Bills: SB57, SB24, SB27

Keywords: official oppression, criminal penalty, law enforcement, Texas Penal Code, public servant

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• This would restrict the sale of obscene devices, as defined in our penal code, to... sexually oriented
• House Bill 1646 amends the Health and Safety Code to raise the threshold for approval of funds expended
• This simply states that we're adding this to Section 4305 of the Penal Code as well.
• The amendment adds on page one, the meaning of Section 72.001, Business and Commerce Code.
• So whether or not we are, I can read to you the thousands of places in the code that we use these words

Bills: HJR144, HJR218, HB40, HB 101, HB 112, HB146, HB168, HB214, HB413, HB1523, HB493, HB521, HB594, HB557, HB305, HB549, HB854, HB 1057, HB 1052, HB842, HB3174, HB3311, HB2486, HB3196, HB824, HB 1039, HB2529, HB2713, HB4936, HB4995, HB4830, HB4864, HB5219, HB5263, HB5154, HB2674, HB5525, HB5623, HB2545, HB2587, HB2625, HB5520, HB5436, HB4926, HB1573, HB5165, HB4811, HB5081, HB4755, HB3179, HB4310, HB4611, HB2159, HB4626, HB3637, HB3153, HB3066, HB2786, HB2966, HB638, HB640, HB876, HB497, HB5539, HB4809, HB5308, HB4687, HB4070, HB4421, HB4412, HB3284, HB3369, HB3420, HB3449, HB4098, HB4281, HB4120, HB4504, HB4370, HB 1106, HB2370, HB2404, HB3863, HB2407, HB2253, HB2273, HB2040, HB1586, HB3788, HB3993, HB4690, HB4309, HB4696, HB2308, HB 1142, HB1533, HB1621, HB2242, HB2012, HB2193, HB2442, HB2464, HB2348, HB2313, HB2289, HB1942, HB2011, HB1629, HB2993, HB3592, HB3824, HB4076, HB4535, HB4623, HB4773, HB 1091, HB5115, HB5515, HB3372, HB5659, HCR118, HB 1233, HB2239, HB2379, HB2863, HB3368, HB3787, HB3815, HB3898, HB4023, HB4285, HB4329, HB4331, HB4429, HB4646, HB4904, HB5200, HB5320, HB5651, HB5662, HB5668, HB5670, HB5672, HB5674, HB5676, HB5679, HB5688, HCR108

Keywords: regional mobility, transportation authority, local law, constitutional amendment, public projects, Texas energy fund, energy efficiency, retail electric customers, electric generating facilities, business court, civil procedure, litigation, jurisdiction, arbitration, Texas State Guard, task force, professionalization, state missions, critical infrastructure, science park district

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• I didn't get out of there. I think I get back to Renaissance Afric.
• an unusual number of Parkinson's that are appearing in firefighters.
• 00:07:15.039> I<00:07:15.280> mean, and things of that nature, but I mean, and things of
• We've got the companion bill that we passed already out of the Senate.
• of Military or the state military department and the governor.

Bills: SB332, HB362, HB323, SB332, HB362, HB323

Keywords: public works, construction management, project delivery methods, alternative delivery, administrative rules, public advisory council, contracting, bidding procedures, protests, transparency, local government, public meetings, accountability, education, electric utility, transportation, oversize vehicles, transport permits, state highway system, firefighters

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• It clarifies some of the...
• We talk about the definition of a power of attorney.
• I want you out of this.
• In our code, we use the term... In our code, we use the term express consent.
• Guilty of the crime.

Bills: HB537, HB474, HB527, HB449, HB380, HB449, HB380

Keywords: preliminary hearing, criminal procedure, Aniah's Law, pretrial detention, defendant rights, property rights, law enforcement, removal procedures, unauthorized occupancy, trespassing, liability, off-roading, parks, participant safety, risk management, DNA, genetic testing, privacy, consent, criminal penalties

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• This is an avenue of one of these mechanisms.
• of the issue.
• with because of... which I got involved with because of many of the cases I was seeing about 13 years
• I am asked to speak in groups across the state of Alabama. I do this regularly.
• Is that part of it? Yeah, I guess a renewal is part of it.

Bills: HB285, HB317

Keywords: HB285, TJ's Law, traffic infraction, traffic ticket, uniform traffic ticket and complaint, minor driver, juvenile driver, parent notification, guardian notification, emergency contact, law enforcement, citing agency, traffic citation, driver safety, youth safety, Alabama traffic law, Section 12-12-56, Children and Senior Advocacy, House Judiciary, reasonable effort

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• I'm here on behalf of CRC of Alabama.
• We want to get this medicine to the people of Alabama, to the patients of Alabama.
• record of who were the best candidates to carry the cannabis program in the state of Alabama.
• The patients of Alabama want to see it move forward. New legislation is not the way forward.
• Alabama instead of postponing this for another year, year and a half, and then starting the process

Bills: SB185, SB194, SB72

Keywords: veterinary medicine, veterinarian-client-patient relationship, prescription refills, animal care, regulatory compliance, agriculture authority, eminent domain, property rights, tax exemption, agriculture center, medical cannabis, cannabis license, integrated facility license, Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission, AMCC, medical marijuana, dispensary, cultivation, processing, license appeal

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• of Alabama 1975, as of title 13A, Code of Alabama 1975, as disclosed<03:01:16.720> by<03:01:16.880
• , and Sections 11-99-5 and 11-99-6 of the Code of Alabama 1975 are hereby read as follows.
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• by Act 2026-106 of the 2026 regular session, and sections 11-99-5 and 11-99-6, Code of Alabama 1975,

Keywords: 920, all

Summary: The meeting included a Senate recognition ceremony honoring the Winona High School boys basketball team for winning the 2026 Alabama High School Athletic Association 5A state championship. A resolution was read commending the team for its 101-40 victory over Silicag, noting the team’s record-setting performance, Brendan Davis’s MVP honor, the contributions of other players, and Coach Cedric Lane’s leadership. Senators and the lieutenant governor praised the players’ sportsmanship, the school community, and the team’s historic season, and copies of the resolution were presented to the team, coaches, and administrators. Several guests and school representatives also spoke briefly, including the coach and principal, who thanked the Senate and noted the team’s success and the principal’s retirement after 35 years. After the recognition, the Senate returned to session and adopted the Committee on Rules report setting the special order calendar. The calendar included Senate Bill 99 on the Ten Commandments, Senate Bill 298 on Class 3 municipalities, House Bill 381 on camp safety, Senate Bill 370 on tax increment districts, Senate Bill 363 on the Department of Economic and Community Affairs, House Bill 466 on firefighters, House Bill 95 on elections, House Bill 259 on stablecoin, and Senate Bill 342 on education. The chamber then took up SB 99, sponsored by Senators Kelly and Sessions. Senator Kelly described the bill as requiring local school boards to display the Ten Commandments, together with founding documents such as the Declaration of Independence, Constitution, Bill of Rights, and Alabama Constitution preamble, in certain history classrooms and common areas for grades five through 12, using donated displays and funds when available. He said the bill was intended as a historical and educational measure, not religious instruction, and emphasized the inclusion of a disclaimer stating Alabama is not establishing a religion. After extended debate and a petition to close debate from the Rules Committee, the Senate voted on the bill by long roll and passed SB 99, with the recorded vote announced as 30 yeas and 4 nays.

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• HB 1057 supports the recruitment and fair compensation of top talent in career and technology education
• Currently, only up to two years of industry experience counts toward TRS and salary step credit.
• Currently, only up to two years of industry experience counts toward TRS and salary step credit.
• Stand and recess, subject to call of the chair. Thank you.

Bills: HB1057

Keywords: teacher salary, retirement benefits, career education, work experience credit, Texas Education Code

Summary: The Senate committee met, established a quorum, and took up House Bill 1057, sponsored in the Senate by Senator Adam Hinojosa. Hinojosa explained that the bill would expand the amount of prior industry experience that can count toward TRS and salary step credit for career and technology education teachers, increasing the cap from two years to five years. He said the change is intended to help recruit and fairly compensate skilled professionals such as electricians, nurses, welders, and programmers, and to address teacher shortages beginning in the 2025-2026 school year. No members asked questions, and no one signed up to testify. The committee then voted to report HB 1057 favorably to the full Senate. The motion passed unanimously, 13 ayes and 0 nays, and the chair announced the committee would stand recessed subject to call.

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• Members, House Bill 107 is which amends Subtitle B of Title II of the Texas Health and Safety Code by
• Supreme Court, there was an opinion out of Alabama in which a federal district judge did say that Alabama
• a code or amendments of the statute.
• The importance being under Section 2... 3.02 of the Penal Code, the burden of not just alleging the offense
• That's. to chapter 311 of the government code. Right.

Bills: HB44, HB2200, HB1612, HB2747, HB2038, HB3717, HB1431, HB3800, HB3801, HB3560, HB3246, HB44

Keywords: HB 44, Life of the Mother Act, abortion exceptions, medical emergency, reasonable medical judgment, pregnancy complications, maternal health, life-threatening condition, ectopic pregnancy, miscarriage, spontaneous abortion, fetal survival, Texas abortion law, abortion ban, physician liability, health care provider, disciplinary action, aiding and abetting, emergency abortion, obstetric care

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• the year, middle of the year, and end of the year.
• Okay, Senator Bettencourt, you have a couple of questions. We have a couple of housekeeping items.
• So we're going to have a beginning-of-the-year test, a middle-of-the-year test, and then an end-of-year
• of House Bill 8.
• the Property Tax Code.

Bills: HB8, HB26, HB192

Keywords: HB 8, Texas public school accountability, school accountability, public school transparency, STAAR, state assessments, instructionally supportive assessment program, Student Success Tool, Texas Education Agency, TEA, accountability ratings, A-F ratings, through-year assessment, benchmark testing, norm-referenced assessment, college career military readiness, CCMR, local accountability plan, school district performance, campus turnaround

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• As a matter of pending business, the chair lays out Senate Bill 2403.
• Is there an objection to the adoption of the substitute? It is adopted.
• As a matter of pending business, full Senate, all right.
• As a matter of pending business, the chair lays out Senate Bill 2943.
• With great thanks to each of you, especially this time of year.

Bills: SB 18, SB 34, SB82, SB1807, SB2254, HB119, HB130, HB581, HJR98, SB1988

Keywords: Texas Water Code, TCEQ, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, water permit, water appropriation, dam permit exemption, reservoir, flood control, floodwater control, erosion control, sediment control, watershed protection, flood prevention, Natural Resources Conservation Service, NRCS, USDA, local sponsor, district, authority, water infrastructure

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• We passed it out of the Senate when it passed out of the House.
• of the threat.
• One of those is, of course, if it's a small business; they don't have that kind of retail space to put
• They have to meet certain building code standards. They have to meet all of these kinds of things.
• Are there questions of the author, of the sponsor?

Bills: SB82, SB1807, SB2254, HB119, HB130, HB581, HJR98, SB1988, SB 18, SB 34

Keywords: business liability, concealed carry, handgun policy, premises liability, criminal acts, civil liability, business premises, concealed handgun, property liability, property rights, gun regulations, criminal liability, protective order, confidentiality, personal information, court records, victim protection, charitable raffle, nonprofit, wildlife conservation

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• With regard to water and sewer utilities, this bill amends section 13.185H of the Water Code to apply
• But the background of this, uh, is that in 2019, we passed a law in the Health and Safety Code requiring
• the chief of police, uh, the inaugural Chief of Police.
• of power.
• Members, any other questions of of our Of Mr. Drake, seeing none. Thank you for being here.

Bills: HB 1951, HB 2715, HB 3092, HB 3237, HB 3278, HB 3511, HB 3592, HB 3675, HB 3778, HB 3782, HB 3826, HB 3970, HB 4016, HB 4049, HB 4341, HB 4344, HB 4406, HB 4427

Keywords: collective bargaining, public works, government contracts, labor agreements, state funding, removal from office, political subdivisions, local government, judicial proceedings, administrative judicial region, electric transmission, public convenience, landowner consent, utility regulation, energy infrastructure, energy consumption, higher education, governmental entities, sustainability, electricity reduction

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• With regard to water and sewer utilities, this bill amends Section 13.185A of the Water Code to apply
• The background of this is that in 2019, we passed a law in the health and safety code requiring certain
• former Chief of Police of Bastrop ISD and Round Rock ISD Police Departments, both of which I created
• You're here on behalf of the Texas Chapter of the U.S.
• Building codes and requirements are part of that equation, would you agree? I would agree. Okay.

Bills: HB1951, HB2715, HB3092, HB3237, HB3278, HB3511, HB3592, HB3675, HB3778, HB3782, HB3826, HB3970, HB4016, HB4049, HB4341, HB4344, HB4406, HB4427

Keywords: collective bargaining, public works, government contracts, labor agreements, state funding, removal from office, political subdivisions, local government, judicial proceedings, administrative judicial region, electric transmission, public convenience, landowner consent, utility regulation, energy infrastructure, energy consumption, higher education, governmental entities, sustainability, electricity reduction

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• Some of the main components of this are Helmets of Hard Hats.
• Some of these projects are ongoing; they're kind of a hybrid type PLA, but you see them on a lot of the
• The ongoing effect of this one project labor agreement has created tens of thousands of jobs.
• I'm not aware of any of those.
• In Texas, I'm not aware of nine; I'm aware of two. Both of them are private projects.

Bills: HB1951, HB2715, HB3092, HB3237, HB3278, HB3511, HB3592, HB3675, HB3778, HB3782, HB3826, HB3970, HB4016, HB4049, HB4341, HB4344, HB4406, HB4427

Keywords: collective bargaining, public works, government contracts, labor agreements, state funding, removal from office, political subdivisions, local government, judicial proceedings, administrative judicial region, electric transmission, public convenience, landowner consent, utility regulation, energy infrastructure, energy consumption, higher education, governmental entities, sustainability, electricity reduction

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• interest or lack of interest.
• of Collin County.
• The district's located partially within the ETJ. of the city of Conroe and within the ETJ of the city
• of Magnolia.
• The city of Stagecoach, none of these cities have voiced opposition to House Bill 5681.

Bills: HB769, HB2132, HB3383, HB3792, HB5431, HB5682, HB5677, HB5678, HB5680, HB5681, HB5683, HB5684, HB5685, HB5686, HB4078

Keywords: environmental regulation, sustainability, business compliance, state oversight, local control, pollution, renewable resources, grant program, neighborhood organization, pedestrian infrastructure, Texas Department of Housing, financial assistance, neighborhood organizations, grants, urban development, safety, public safety, housing development, low income housing, tax credits

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• million for out-of-school learning, and out-of-school learning can be a lot of different things.
• of it. those of you may not be aware that cost of an EV bus is three times the cost of $450,000.
• Y'all have kind of answered the majority of them.
• of occurring, the probability of any one of them goes way up.
• , Department of Agriculture, Department of Defense.

Bills: SB204, SB241, HB34

Keywords: higher education, research funding, federal funding, New Mexico, appropriation, University of New Mexico, New Mexico State University, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, child care, child care assistance, child care subsidy, early childhood education, early childhood care, daycare, preschool, pre-K, Head Start, Early Head Start, Children's Code, early childhood education and care department

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• So, adding this into the Code of Criminal Procedure, expanding the venue for its use, will greatly enhance
• However, the Family Code lacks some needed tools to curtail a repeated pattern of one parent denying
• When a 506 of the Texas Family Code provides that in every single order that is rendered by a court involving
• The mechanism is Chapter 152 of the Texas Family Code.
• Some of the things that are in it are kind of a backward look, and some of the things in it could open

Bills: HB46, HB272, HB551, HB1661, HB2820, HB3181, HB4145, HB4157, HB46, HB272

Keywords: low-THC cannabis, dispensing organization, Texas Compassionate-Use Program, medical use, patient access, registration, healthcare, legislation, credit card fraud, debit card fraud, prosecution, illegal possession, state law, political contributions, address privacy, Texas Ethics Commission, election transparency, campaign finance, election supplies, ballots

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• Regardless of the size of the school, regardless of the size of campus, I mean it is everyone because
• Um, actually, so it does apply to charter schools. because they fall under the Texas Education Code of
• a greater quality of life. of life.
• I mean, just look at the stats. 42.8% of Americans are obese, 7 out of 10 of the leading... causes of
• in some of these foods and then give more time to get rid of all of it.

Bills: HB367, HB497, HB549, HB983, HB 1188, HB 1290, HB1368, HB2243, HB2310, HB2849, HB3099, HB3546, HB3629, HB3627

Keywords: education, absences, severe illness, life-threatening, school policy, verification, healthcare, insurance, affordability, coverage, patient rights, school health, respiratory distress, airway clearance devices, medication training, public health, HB 983, Texas Education Agency, TEA, educator privacy

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• The substitute just amends section 11.059 subsection e of the education code and it changes to give the
• Some of these are federal. So what I propose we do. is we take a deep dive into the education code.
• We also understand that the education code is complex, a lot of moving parts.
• Chairman. in the public education code. And I just want to caution about one thing. Many of the.
• . and it is noted in nine different sections of the educational code.

Bills: HB367, HB497, HB549, HB983, HB 1188, HB 1290, HB1368, HB2243, HB2310, HB2849, HB3099, HB3546, HB3629, HB3627

Keywords: education, absences, severe illness, life-threatening, school policy, verification, healthcare, insurance, affordability, coverage, patient rights, school health, respiratory distress, airway clearance devices, medication training, public health, HB 983, Texas Education Agency, TEA, educator privacy