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TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

89th Legislative Session Apr 3rd, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • A 4673 by Jones of Dallas relating to the effect of certain reductions in the health benefit plan and
  • HB 4674 by Jones of Dallas related modification of certain prescription drug benefits in the coverage
  • HB 4697 by Garcia Dallas relating to defendant's appearance whether by telephone or video conference
  • Refer to the Committee on Human Services, HB 4761 by A Davis of Dallas relating to summer electronic
  • HB 4920 by Wy Davis of Dallas.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs Aug 22nd, 2025

Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • Registered is James Songer, testifying on behalf of the Dallas Police Department. Yes, sir.
  • And I represent the Dallas Police Department.
  • Williams testifying on behalf of the Dallas County District Attorney's Office.
  • I'm here representing the Dallas County District Attorney's Office.
  • Dallas can't have it right now because this would all be open to the public.
Bills: SB 15
TX

Texas 89th 1st C.S.

Business and Commerce Aug 1st, 2025

Business & Commerce

Transcript Highlights:
  • conveyances, as well as, uh, similarly, WFA or Dallas published a special in 2022 called Dirty Deeds
  • It was an absolute nightmare, an absolute shock to get letters from the Dallas County Appraisal District
  • It involved Lancaster Police Department, the Dallas County DA's office, uh, two attorneys, thank goodness
  • Warren as the Dallas County Clerk in my capacity as the recording division manager.
  • I'm here as a as an assistant district attorney, uh, on behalf of the Dallas County DA's office, and
Bills: SB15
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Ways & Means May 5th, 2025

Ways & Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • For the average Dallas County homeowner, this equates to about $70,000 of exemptions.
  • You're here on behalf of Dallas County Commissioner's Court, and Charles, you are for the bill.
  • Dallas County is a hot market, as at least 3 of the members of this committee knows.
  • Always good to see folks from Dallas. All right. You are Rick Thompson.
  • I'm a land developer and have been for 40 years in the Dallas market.
Bills: SB 4, SB 23, SJR 2
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Transcript Highlights:
  • It is the city of Dallas that has requested this bill, but you'll notice this bill is not bracketed.
  • The city of Dallas did this fairly quickly. ...recently.
  • My name's Chad West, and I'm a member of the Dallas City Council.
  • In November of 2024, Dallas residents overwhelmingly approved propositions.
  • This was the first step to Dallas moving our election date from May to November.
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Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

89th Legislative Session May 8th, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Davis of Dallas, Y. Davis of Dallas, Fairly. Is Ms. Fairly on the floor of the House?
  • Flores, Frank, Garcia of Dallas, Gates, Gervin-Hawkins, Gonzales of Dallas, Gonzalez of El Paso, Goodwin
  • Hunter, Isaac, Johnson, Jones of Dallas, Jones of Dallas, Kerwin, King, Kitzman, LaHood, Lambert, Lambert
  • As you know, I grew up in Dallas, and Dallas had the same history 100 years ago, only certain neighborhoods
  • Think of all the other, actually, Luka, who's in Dallas.
Summary: The House convened with a quorum, offered an invocation and pledges, and received several announcements and recognitions before moving to legislation. Members honored the UTRGV chess team for winning a share of the 2025 President’s Cup, educator Jessica Lopez, the late Jennifer Maddenly, Jeanette Valdez Duran and Mobile Blessings from the Heart, TAMAC’s 50th anniversary, and journalist Bernardine Steptoe’s retirement. The chamber also adopted motions allowing committees to meet, setting a local and consent calendar, and suspending posting rules for a Public Health hearing on SB 2721. The House then considered a long series of Senate and House bills on third reading, with many passing by wide margins. Measures included SB 906 on Ysleta del Sur Pueblo peace officers; SB 1229 designating Veterans Memorial Highway; SB 855 on foster care medical costs; SB 703 on massage therapy licensing and trafficking protections; SB 1025 on tax-increase ballot language; SB 1119 on water park liability; SB 1080 on provisional occupational licenses for people with criminal convictions; SB 929 on lien deadlines; SB 1355 on liquor sales credit disputes; SB 2231 on fee waivers for college applications; SB 1877 on Public Utility Commission data access; SB 1998 on pediatric preceptorships; and several House bills on topics such as bond forfeiture notice, health workforce planning, civil commitment counsel, expunction of contempt records, consumer transactions, nuisance birds, theft venue, military grant applications, AI cancer-detection grants, cybersecurity contract language, military-related tuition, utility recovery mechanisms, psychedelic therapy studies, teacher retirement funding transparency, election procedures, juvenile parole eligibility, and more. Some bills drew notable debate or amendments. HB 200, creating a “second look” parole process for certain juvenile offenders after 20 years, prompted extended discussion about serious offenses and juvenile rehabilitation before passing 102-4. HB 2298 on AI-assisted cancer detection passed 85-62 after the sponsor emphasized “augmented intelligence” and physician oversight. HB 5247 on utility capital recovery saw a failed amendment to require ratepayer credits, then passed. HB 3045, a franchise tax exemption for spaceport operators, initially failed 73-74 but later passed after verification showed a 70-69 result. SB 2420, regulating app stores and mobile software distribution, was postponed for later consideration after substantial debate over age verification responsibilities. Several other measures were postponed, including SB 888, SB 552, SB 17, and SB 2420, while HB 1128 on election judges carrying concealed handguns passed 85-57 after a withdrawn point of order.
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Intergovernmental Affairs Mar 18th, 2025

Intergovernmental Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm from a Houston household, and up in the Dallas area it's based on $102,000.
  • I'm a Dallas City Council member and Chair of the Legislative Committee.
  • In Dallas, city staff has identified at least six traveling HFCs.
  • An HFC is a valuable tool that Dallas uses frequently.
  • And so should Dallas allow the HFC, our own Dallas HFC would collect millions of dollars of fees that
Bills: HB21, HB211, HB223
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Transcript Highlights:
  • in Dallas County.
  • We have Shingle Mountain outside of Dallas.
  • And I'm a resident of Dallas, Texas.
  • I grew up in the city of Dallas. I was an A student.
  • My name is Melody Koontz, and I live in Dallas, Texas. I bring greetings from sunny South Dallas.
Keywords: 1185, senate, all
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Trade, Workforce & Economic Development Apr 9th, 2025

Trade, Workforce & Economic Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • Dallas County established the Dallas County Child Care Benefits Program in early March, setting aside
  • When pet stores were still allowed to sell pets, the Dallas Animal Shelter had 240 dogs.
  • I'm from Dallas. Thank you all for your time in consideration of House Bill 3458.
  • And I represent eight stores in the Dallas market.
  • Women and committee members, my name is Cassandra Lester and I live in Dallas, Texas.
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs Aug 22nd, 2025

Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • I show you registered as James Songer testifying on behalf of Dallas Police Department.
  • The Dallas Police Department is in support of Senate Bill 15.
  • I mean, obviously Dallas. San Antonio, Houston, Austin, all those are large departments.
  • We don't in Dallas, um, and ultimately when those are negotiated. They're negotiated pretrial.
  • Dallas can't have it right now.
Bills: SB 15
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Texas 89th Regular

Ways & Means May 5th, 2025

Ways & Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • For the average Dallas County homeowner, this equates to about $70,000 of exemptions.
  • Dallas County is a hot market.
  • One thing that I will say, we as Dallas County and really...
  • Always good to see folks from Dallas. All right, you are Rick Thompson.
  • I'm a land developer and have been for 40 years in the Dallas market.
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Transcript Highlights:
  • I am an attorney with the Capitol Murder Division. ...of the Dallas County Public Defender's Office,
  • Our opposition is primarily based on concerns for the Dallas County taxpayers.
  • What percentage of that is Dallas County?
  • I know Dallas had an estimation.
  • Every major Texas metroplex, including Dallas, ...
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Land & Resource Management Apr 3rd, 2025

Land & Resource Management

Transcript Highlights:
  • We show you registered as David Lee head and on behalf of yourself and Dallas Builders Association that
  • The Dallas region continues continues to have a challenge with the issue of housing affordability as
  • I'm representing the Dallas Builders Association. I'm also a land developer. in the Dallas area.
  • I'm an assistant city attorney with the city of Dallas. I'm in opposition to HB 2494.
  • Dallas fully provides municipal...
TX

Texas 89th Regular

State Affairs (Part II) Apr 14th, 2025

State Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • Dallas County has had threats.
  • It's going to apply to Harris, Dallas, Travis, Tarrant, and one more, which is Dallas.
  • I thought if I said Dallas. Well, anyway, it's five counties.
  • My name is Charles Reed, Assistant County Administrator of Dallas County.
  • We would hate to see Dallas and Tarrant, specifically Dallas County, bear the burden of providing those
Summary: The committee first adopted a committee substitute for Senate Bill 30 and then voted to report the substituted bill favorably to the full Senate; the roll call showed six ayes and one nay, with later unanimous-consent corrections noted for additional aye votes. The committee also reported Senate Bill 801 favorably to the full Senate by an eight-to-one vote. Both bills were left with no further action in the meeting after the votes. The committee then heard Senate Bill 2595 by Senator Middleton and Senate Bill 2876 by Chairman Hughes, both aimed at addressing masked harassment and riot-related conduct. Supporters said the bills would deter intimidation, protect public order, and respond to recent protests and anti-Semitic incidents, while opponents from civil rights, disability, and advocacy groups argued the measures were overly broad, could chill peaceful protest, and would burden people who wear masks for religious, medical, or disability-related reasons. Public testimony was taken on both bills, and both were left pending after testimony closed. Senate Bill 2753, by Senator Hall, proposed consolidating early voting and election day into a single continuous in-person voting period with common procedures and equipment, while preserving countywide voting and mail voting. The Secretary of State’s office said the bill could improve ballot secrecy and simplify administration, though witnesses raised concerns about ballot privacy, logistics, and access for disabled voters; some county election officials were neutral or supportive of the concept, while others opposed it as confusing or potentially burdensome. The bill was left pending after extensive testimony. The committee also heard Senate Bill 2225 on allowing spirit-based ready-to-drink beverages to be sold in grocery and convenience stores, with supporters arguing the law should focus on alcohol content rather than the source of the alcohol and that the bill would modernize an outdated code. Later, Senate Bill 1540, which would add election officials and related workers to confidentiality protections, drew support from county election officials who described threats and harassment, though one witness suggested the bill’s language may need technical adjustment to better match its intent. Finally, Senate Bill 2382, concerning statewide voter registration systems and offline counties, drew opposition from county election administrators and vendors who warned about capacity, cybersecurity, and single-point-of-failure risks, while others suggested a phased approach or API-based integration; the transcript ends with testimony still open on that bill.
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Texas 89th Regular

Criminal Justice (Part I) Mar 25th, 2025

Criminal Justice

Transcript Highlights:
  • The chair now calls up invited witnesses: Philip Clark, Assistant District Attorney, Dallas County.
  • Philip Clark, Assistant District Attorney, Dallas County.
  • I'm an assistant criminal district attorney for the Dallas County District Attorney's Office.
  • I'm a lieutenant with the Dallas Police Department, here representing the Dallas Police Department to
  • At the time, I was living in Dallas and received a call that there was a shooting at his house.
Summary: The committee heard a series of criminal justice bills focused on victim protections, law enforcement tools, notary/deed fraud, sexually violent predators, veterans in jail, tribal policing authority, and peace officer records. Several bills were laid out, heard, and left pending because the committee lacked a quorum for final action on those items. Testimony was generally supportive on bills addressing interpreter appointments, fuel theft investigations, deed fraud, survivor privacy, veteran jailer training, tribal peace officer authority, and officer-record confidentiality, though some bills drew concerns about due process, scope, or drafting. Senate Bill 1537 would clean up criminal procedure language on appointing interpreters and align it with Government Code standards requiring licensed or certified interpreters; it received no public opposition and was left pending. Senate Bill 993 would let Comptroller Criminal Investigative Division officers directly seek warrants for mobile tracking devices in fuel-theft and tax-fraud investigations; it also drew support and was left pending. Senate Bill 693, as substituted, would create a criminal offense for notarizing documents without the signer personally appearing, with a higher penalty when real property is involved, and would add notary continuing education; a Dallas County prosecutor testified that notary fraud is a major driver of deed theft, and the bill was left pending. Senate Bill 1610, as substituted, would address safety, registration, and criminal penalties at the Texas Civil Commitment Office for sexually violent predators, including assaults on staff and sex-offender registration issues; agency witnesses described increased assaults and operational problems, while a public witness urged waiting for Sunset review and raised due-process concerns. Senate Bill 836 would add privacy protections for sexual assault survivors by limiting livestreaming of trials, expanding pseudonym use, and protecting forensic exam and invasive-recording evidence; survivors and advocates strongly supported it, and defense lawyers said they had no opposition to the substitute. Senate Bill 1563 would require county jailer training on interacting with veterans, with testimony from the Texas Veterans Commission and veterans’ advocates emphasizing suicide risk, PTSD, and the need for better identification and support in jails; the bill was left pending. The committee also heard Senate Bill 906, which would authorize the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo tribal police to be commissioned as Texas peace officers like two other federally recognized tribes in Texas; tribal leaders said the change would improve response times and coordination, and the bill was left pending. Senate Bill 781, as substituted, would standardize confidentiality rules for peace officer personnel and departmental files statewide, mirroring Chapter 143 civil-service practices; law enforcement witnesses supported it as a way to protect personal information and create uniform records practices, but several senators raised concerns that the bill could blur existing disclosure rules or bury misconduct complaints, and public testimony included an opposition witness describing a police shooting involving her brother.
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

State Affairs May 12th, 2025

State Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • You're representing the city of Dallas. You're against the bill. Is that correct? Please proceed.
  • I'm the deputy mayor pro tem for the city of Dallas.
  • The reality is that disparity, um, is felt by everyone in Dallas.
  • And, uh, one thing I say often is what's good for South Dallas is good for the city of Dallas.
  • In a way that is equitable and is, uh, meant to be effective for, um, the city of Dallas prospering as
TX

Texas 89th Regular

State Affairs May 12th, 2025

State Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • Bazzaldua, you're representing the City of Dallas, and you're against the bill, is that correct?
  • I'm the Deputy Mayor Pro Tem for the City of Dallas.
  • We have a city where my job in representing South Dallas specifically is to focus on equitable funding
  • The reality is that disparity. is felt by everyone in Dallas.
  • One thing I say often is what's good for South Dallas is good for the city of Dallas, and if we are not
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Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session Feb 18th, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Coach for Dallas Cowboys and many people don't may not know that also it's it's a place where we had
  • as a chief psychiatric nurse, and in 1972, she became the first black. woman elected to represent Dallas
  • My political background was that I ran for district attorney of Dallas County.
  • District Attorney of Dallas County and encouraged me to run for her state.
  • One of the things she was attempting to accomplish was to bring higher education. to the Dallas area,
Bills: SJR1, SB9, SB40, SJR36, SJR1, SJR5, SB9, SB40
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

89th Legislative Session May 6th, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • I encourage all my Dallas friends and neighbors, Dallas-area friends and neighbors, to come and join
  • which was specifically approved by Dallas voters in September 2024.
  • Please join me in welcoming the Dallas Housing Coalition.
  • Davis of Dallas, Y. Davis of Dallas, Dean, DeAyala.
  • Frank, Gomez, Garcia of Dallas. Garcia of Dallas. Garcia Hernandez. Garcia Hernandez. Geren.
Summary: The House convened with a quorum present, heard an invocation and pledges, received Senate messages, and adopted several procedural motions allowing committees to meet during the session and postponing or scheduling certain committee hearings. Members also observed a memorial recognition for Wood County Deputy Sheriff Melissa Pollard, who died in the line of duty, and adopted a resolution honoring her service. The chamber then adopted House Resolution 897 recognizing May 6, 2025 as Golf Day in Texas and House Resolution 1063 recognizing Dallas Housing Coalition Advocacy Day; additional recognitions highlighted Mental Health Awareness Month and tardive dyskinesia awareness, The Woodlands’ 50th anniversary, Alzheimer’s advocacy, student athlete Gator Young, an intern in Rep. Leo-Wilson’s office, and educator Jessica Lopez. The House spent much of the day on third-reading consideration of a long calendar of bills. Among the measures passed were HB 24 on zoning protest procedures, HB 3800 creating a health care workforce advisory board, HB 42 on higher education appropriations, HB 129 restricting contracts with foreign adversary companies, HB 677 on county elections administrator political activity, HB 668 on license-to-carry renewal procedures, HB 2128 directing a rural firefighting study, HB 2038 expanding physician licensing options, HB 2316 on election result reporting, HB 3686 on retired peace officer ID cards, HB 2563 creating a prescribed burn manager self-insurance pool, HB 1160 increasing penalties for assaults on utility workers, HB 3883 on major events funding, HB 2788 protecting fraud-detection information, HB 2663 on inactive well plugging extensions, HB 3305 extending a county health provider participation program, HB 3474 on pension reporting, HB 1105 expanding tuition exemptions for certain paramedics, HB 3490 on closed meetings with internal auditors, HB 3597 on child care facility notice thresholds, HB 1295 on health literacy planning, HB 3512 on AI training for government employees, HB 3783 on court-ordered counseling, HB 2017 on intoxication manslaughter penalties, HB 3010 on rural disaster recovery, HB 3112 on cybersecurity-related public information and meetings, HB 4215 on delivery network companies, HB 3223 on construction claims limitation periods, HB 3464 on controlled substances in correctional facilities, HB 3120 on residential child detention facilities, HB 4214 on public information, HB 481 on trade secret sealing, HB 4783 on opioid antagonist program reporting, HB 4063 on unilateral memoranda of contract, HB 2783 on county employee deferred compensation, HB 5085 on seed banks, HB 2510 on assisted living facility operations, HB 3426 on digital driver’s licenses, HB 4361 on emergency notifications at higher education institutions, HB 1169 on oil and gas infrastructure protection, HB 2516 on Medicare supplement eligibility for Texans under 65, HB 3560 on hospital staff background checks, HB 3860 on occupational licenses for inmates, HB 3146 on SOAH hearings, HB 184 on loan repayment for border prosecution attorneys, HB 198 on firefighter cancer screenings, HB 247 on border security infrastructure taxation, HB 367 on excused absences for students with severe illnesses, HB 449 on deepfake sexually explicit images, HB 1778 on human trafficking and related offenses, HB 514 on maternal health workforce outreach, HB 632 on pharmacy regulation, HB 2582 on victim parole information, HB 766 on precinct chair ballot applications, HB 2715 on suspension/removal of officials, HB 2712 on water and sewer utility test years, HB 3069 on transmission projects, HB 3505 on health provider participation districts, HB 1269 on plant disease and pest prevention grants, HB 4224 on access to health care records, HB 5032 on historical documents in the Capitol complex, HB 2240 on void marriages, HB 5180 on diploma designation, HB 3348 on health provider participation programs, HB 4668 on PUC authority to retain assistance, HB 4665 on child care training providers, HB 3395 on beneficiary designation for manufactured homes, HB 3157 on interim electric utility rates, HB 4395 on electronic submission of public securities records, HB 4325 on bribery civil penalties, HB 4386 on annuity replacement transactions, HB 4273 on Medicaid fraud-related unlawful acts, HB 2760 on judicial review of unemployment decisions, HB 2820 on charitable bingo operating capital, HB 1828 on legislative leave for correctional officers, and a series of Senate bills including SB 2349, SB 1268, SB 610, SB 1577, SB 1369, SB 2032, SB 1057, SB 1044, SB 922, SB 1759, SB 1143, SB 1506, SB 1403, SB 2361, SB 870, SB 372, and SB 72. Several bills drew debate or amendments, including HB 24, where a germane point of order was sustained against an amendment, and HB 198, HB 3348, and SB 2361, which were amended before passage. Most measures passed by wide margins, though some drew notable opposition, including HB 3883, HB 514, HB 1295, HB 184, SB 1143, and others. The House also postponed further consideration of HB 4700 until the end of the day and HB 24 until 1 p.m., and it granted permission for committees to meet during the House session and for the Calendars Committee to meet that morning.
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Transcript Highlights:
  • That is, have the senators in Dallas County been consulted about this particular bill?
  • I don't enjoy the bill, given that I'm a senator in Dallas County.
  • Have the House members of Dallas County supported this particular bill?
  • I do not want this particular bill, as it is in Dallas County.
  • Is Dallas County okay? Senator, Dallas County has reviewed the bill.