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TX

Texas 89th Regular

Delivery of Government Efficiency Apr 16th, 2025

Delivery of Government Efficiency

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  • committee, I'm here to lay out House Bill 3146 today, it's a simple clean-up. bill uh dealing with a code
  • This piece of code will be applicable to contracts for goods. and services that are used in the normal
  • or highway construction under chapter 2223 of the Transportation code this is typically done when no
  • The author of this bill, Representative Caprileone. is proposing to amend the government code to allow
  • This just amends the section of the Texas Government Code. to require hotline, to require, I'm sorry,
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  • Members of the committee, Texas Water Code 16.343 and local government.
  • Government Code 232.0013 were enacted with good intentions to ensure development in rural areas and to
  • Instead, that requirement is actually contained in Section 26.18 of the Tax Code.
  • There's no 165, at least not left in the code we can find.
  • I learned later that... they were a limited purpose jurisdiction for the point of building code and that
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Local Government (Part II) Mar 31st, 2025

Local Government

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  • From 1982 when the code came in to 2003, renditions were mandatory, but there was no penalty.
  • Education code currently places limited restrictions on severance pay or ISD superintendents, but these
  • So I think the proper title and term is a minimum of 6 months, and I can tell you that the market standard
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session (Part I) Apr 14th, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

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  • There being 31 ayes. And zero nays, the resolution is adopted. Thank you, Mr.
  • One, the definitions are already in Texas law, in the Texas government code.
  • We would just be making sure that they are also recognized in the education code.
  • The resulting order from the commissioner was a 10% decrease in title insurance rates.
  • Agent Summary. summaries from October 1st and title company summaries to November 1st.
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  • The amendment to put the title back on. The clerk will read it. Restoring the title. Mr.
  • I am restoring the title. Mr. Speaker.
  • The Senate amendments just restore the Title.
  • The Senate amendments restored title and netting clauses with adoption. If for questions.
  • The amendment just restores the title.
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

House Legislative Session Day 30 (2-19-26)

Kentucky House Floor Meeting

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  • House Bill 527 with House Committee Substitute 1 and House Committee Amendment 1, the title amendment
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  • Speaker. >> Yes, sir. >> Please ask the Clerk to report legislative citation 31 by title only. >> Clerk
  • , please report. >> Citation 31, Representative Tipton, citation of appreciation.
  • Stephen Pruitt. >> Citation 31, Representative Tipton, citation of appreciation.
Summary: The House convened with an invocation, quorum call, and routine motions to excuse absent members, suspend rules for co-sponsorship and vote modifications, and approve the journal. The Senate clerk then announced Senate Bills 47, 85, and 159 had passed the Senate and requested House concurrence. The chamber also received second-reading reports on a number of bills, including measures on on-farm animal health, type 1 diabetes, employment, addictive online platforms, real property appraisers, educators, crimes and punishments, artificial intelligence, stalking, insurance, school food/funds, protective orders, public adjusters, and insurance regulation. Several committees reported bills favorably, including HB 534 on elections, HB 510 on organ donation safety, HB 220 on pension spiking, HB 467 on real property, HB 516 on retirement benefits for probationary employment, HB 589 on retired emergency personnel, and HB 168 on boating under the influence, which was sent to the Rules Committee after its second reading. The House then passed HB 485, a major mental health/civil commitment bill, after adopting House Committee Substitute 1 and two floor amendments. Supporters said the bill modernizes Kentucky’s 202A and 202C mental health commitment processes by adding intermediate treatment options, guardrails for outpatient/community-based care, clearer definitions, longer review intervals in some cases, and data/reporting requirements; they emphasized collaboration with mental health advocates, courts, and stakeholders. The bill passed unanimously, 95-0. HB 43, allowing a 180-day grace period for deputy coroners to complete required training, also passed unanimously, 96-0. HB 139, an elections “continuous improvement” bill, passed 92-1 after adoption of a committee substitute and a floor amendment that bars disclosure/reporting of votes cast for candidates who withdraw, die, or are disqualified and requires notices at precincts; the sponsor described the bill as the product of ongoing consultation with election officials and clerks. HB 414, on booking procedures in local jails, passed 73-18 after supporters explained it would allow DNA collection upon felony arrest, with destruction provisions if the person is not convicted or the charge is reduced or dismissed. HB 297, concerning Kentucky State Fair Board peace officers, passed unanimously, 96-0, to explicitly make those officers eligible for law enforcement fund benefits and related certification/training provisions. After the bills were completed, the House moved into motions, petitions, communications, and announcements. House Resolution 69 was brought from committee to the floor, and members were invited to a Kentucky State Police breakfast and a Louisville night event at the Foundry. The chamber also adopted Citation 32 honoring Dr. Hannah Huffman, who was recognized for her optometry career and leadership in the Kentucky Optometric Association, and Citation 31 honoring Valerie Greenhill, the new president of the Southern Regional Education Board. The House then adjourned.
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

House Standing Committee on Local Government. (1-28-26)

Local Government

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Summary: The committee met for its first meeting of the session and took up several local government bills, beginning with House Bill 108 on residual waste landfills. The bill would keep current rules in place when a landfill and the related company are in the same county, but would make projects subject to local determination when the landfill and industry are in different counties. The sponsor said it only affects residual waste landfills, not solid waste landfills. There was no opposition, and the bill passed with favorable expression by a 13-aye, 2-pass vote. The committee then approved House Bill 194, as amended by a committee substitute that changed a sales threshold from 15% to 25%. The bill creates a narrow exemption allowing cigar smoking inside tightly defined cigar bars, while not changing smoke-free laws for other public places. One member explained a no vote as a local control concern, but the bill passed with favorable expression. House Bill 276, which would authorize backyard chickens and prevent local governments from banning fewer than six chickens while still allowing setback rules, also passed with favorable expression. Supporters said it would not affect homeowners associations or commercial use, while one member opposed it as a local control issue. House Bill 290, dealing with county law libraries, passed unanimously with favorable expression. The sponsor said the bill would let local bar associations use their own funds for online legal research and computers instead of only books, noting that many law libraries are underused because legal research is now mostly online and that the libraries remain open to the public. Finally, the committee took up House Bill 103 on fluoride in public water systems after adopting a committee substitute that clarified an immunity clause for water districts. Sponsors said the bill would make fluoridation a local decision rather than a state mandate and argued that newer research raises health concerns, while opponents from the dental community and Kentucky Voices for Health testified that community water fluoridation is safe, cost-effective, and important for preventing cavities, especially for low-income and Medicaid populations. The transcript cuts off during the opposition testimony, before any final committee vote on HB 103.
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Summary: The Capital Planning Advisory Board opened its fourth meeting, confirmed a quorum, approved the prior meeting’s minutes by unanimous voice vote, and then heard information items and agency presentations. The main substantive presentation came from the Council on Postsecondary Education, which outlined its capital planning recommendations for the 2026–28 biennium. CPE staff described the role of Kentucky’s research and education network (Kron), including connectivity to cloud services, Internet2, identity services, and new local AI/inferencing capacity, and argued that the network is now essential to higher education, health care, and extension services. They said the network’s recent upgrades were driven by privacy, security, redundancy, and the need to support modern research and AI workloads at lower cost than commercial providers. CPE also presented its broader higher-education capital request: $700 million for asset preservation and $1.73 billion for new construction, for a total recommendation of about $2.4 billion. Staff said they do not plan to recommend IT projects or equipment in this cycle, despite reviewing 48 IT submissions totaling nearly $1.4 billion and equipment requests totaling $322.6 million. For asset preservation, they said the recommended allocation method would remain based on each institution’s share of Category 1 and 2 square footage, and they noted that the state’s prior facility assessment is now 12 years old, with deferred maintenance still estimated in the $7–9 billion range. For new construction, they said the requests are heavily focused on STEM and health-related facilities that are difficult to retrofit into older buildings. Board members asked about how asset-preservation amounts were determined, including why Northern Kentucky University’s request was much larger than its prior allocation. CPE staff responded that campus size, building age, and institutional prioritization affect the requests, and that schools are asked to submit more projects than are likely to be funded. The board then moved on to an Attorney General capital plan overview, where senior counsel Will Schroeder began describing the office’s technology needs and the office’s prior reliance on a 2020 appropriation to replace legacy systems and improve security.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Community Affairs Jan 13th, 2026

Community Affairs

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  • Now, Senators, we'll take up Tab 3, SB 504 on code inspector body cameras by Senator Burgess.
  • A statewide framework to have a uniform statewide approach to regulating code enforcement body camera
  • put it forward, was to provide some guardrails and some structure to the usage of body cameras by code
  • Now we'll take up Tab 4, SB 506 on public records, body camera recordings recorded by a code inspector
Summary: The committee took up several bills related to public safety, housing, disaster recovery, construction, and land use. SB 330 clarified the heart disease presumption for firefighters, law enforcement, and correctional officers, aligned the definition of heart disease with medical practice, and allowed a transferring law enforcement officer to rely on a prior physical if the new agency does not provide one. An amendment stating the act serves an important state interest was adopted, and the bill passed unanimously after supportive testimony from law enforcement and fire groups. SB 594 expanded local housing assistance eligibility to residents of mobile home communities, including SHIP rental assistance for lot rent and rehabilitation/emergency repair programs for the home itself; it also passed unanimously after support from manufactured housing advocates. SB 840 revised the hurricane-related land use limits enacted in prior legislation by sunsetting certain temporary restrictions on June 30, 2026, narrowing the affected area from 100 miles to 50 miles from a storm track, and exempting certain planning, water, wastewater, stormwater, and flood-related decisions. The sponsor said the bill was intended to fix unintended consequences of prior hurricane recovery legislation, and the measure was reported favorably on a unanimous vote. SB 526 addressed commercial construction projects by prohibiting “no damages for delay” clauses in public construction contracts, directing the Florida Building Commission to create a uniform commercial permit application, requiring permit fee reductions when private providers are used, and adding mitigation to product approval categories; county representatives raised concerns about implementation and fees, but the bill passed favorably. The committee also approved SB 504 and SB 506, both by Senator Burgess, creating a framework for code inspector body camera use and a related public records exemption for recordings. Both were described as optional for local governments and were reported favorably without opposition. Finally, the committee considered CS/SB 354, a major “blue ribbon projects” bill creating a framework for very large developments that would reserve at least 60% of land for conservation, agriculture, recreation, utilities, and related uses in exchange for streamlined approval and state preemption over local land use controls. The bill drew extensive testimony both for and against, with supporters emphasizing housing supply and land preservation and opponents warning about local control, sprawl, infrastructure costs, and weak conservation protections. Two amendments were adopted to define reserve areas more specifically and address conservation easements, and the committee reported the bill favorably on a divided vote, with Senator Passidomo voting no.
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Natural Resources May 14th, 2025

Natural Resources

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  • So it just like there's universal plumbing code, but each municipality group has their own unique.
  • How different are the, the codes from city to city?
  • Does this section of of code apply or does not apply to industrial districts?
  • Uh, uh, I believe 31 cents per 1000 gallons, uh, pumping fees on commercial wells.
  • add the, the individual well fee or well inception fee back into it, um, and keep at a minimum that 31
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Natural Resources May 14th, 2025

Natural Resources

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  • And to Representative Barry's point, where we do use sort of. building codes, national building codes
  • Adopting our national building codes is so that you don't go from city to city to city and everybody
  • Does this section of code apply or does it not apply to industrial districts?
  • The bill also repealed some other provisions that are inconsistent with Chapter 36 of the Water Code
  • One large bit of concern I have is, while the bill itself establishes a rate of, I believe, 31 cents