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• I'm an attorney in private practice.
• </c><00:59:37.400><c> and</c> salon I'm a property tax attorney and salon I'm a property tax attorney
• Currently, private attorneys face barriers in accessing court records that government attorneys do not
• </c> prepared as should be as their attorney prepared as should be as their attorney it<01:26:26.840>
• 30:37.600><c> to</c> to help private attorneys be able to to help private attorneys be able to access

Bills: HF2233, HF1524, HF1893, HF1396, HF2456, HF2959, HF2300, HF2412, HF3022, HF2825, HF1862, HF1373, HF1039, HF3070

Keywords: Uniform Special Deposits Act, special deposit, banking law, financial institutions, escrow, escrow account, trust account, security deposit, beneficiary, depositor, creditor process, garnishment, attachment, levy, setoff, recoupment, financial market infrastructure, retirement benefits, compensation, earnest money

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• We should have our attorneys talk with you all and see if we can clarify that the familial divisions
• suggestion to improve the bill: under the introduced version, a person may submit a complaint to the Attorney
• I don't, but I will work with my attorney to provide you with some, ma'am. All right, thank you.

Bills: SB1079, SB1243, SB1504, SB1579, SB1708, SB1844, SB1851, SB1879, SB1921, SB1951, SB2237, SB2238, SB2406, SB2407

Keywords: SB 1079, Texas, county government, commissioners court, Local Government Code, Chapter 263, surplus property, salvage property, data storage device, hard drive, electronic media, digital records, confidential information, protected information, privacy, records retention, information security, data destruction, device disposal, sensitive data

Bills: SB 1079, SB 1243, SB 1504, SB 1579, SB 1708, SB 1844, SB 1851, SB 1879, SB 1921, SB 1951, SB 2237, SB 2238, SB 2406, SB 2407

Keywords: SB 1079, Texas, county government, commissioners court, Local Government Code, Chapter 263, surplus property, salvage property, data storage device, hard drive, electronic media, digital records, confidential information, protected information, privacy, records retention, information security, data destruction, device disposal, sensitive data

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• And finally, the Office of Attorney General may bring action of injunctive relief if a city, county,

Bills: SB213, SB378, SB610, SB681, SB918, SB1172, SB1252, SB1343, SCR8

Keywords: SB 213, Texas insurance, Insurance Code, Chapter 551, Chapter 541, bundling, tying arrangement, cross-selling, homeowners insurance, residential property insurance, auto insurance, personal automobile insurance, consumer protection, unfair trade practice, deceptive insurance practice, property and casualty insurer, Lloyd's plan, county mutual, reciprocal exchange, farm mutual

Bills: SJR 36, SJR 2, SB 4, SR 45, SR 47, SR 63, SR 66, SR 70, SR 85, SCR 14, SB 10, SB 11, SB 10, SB 11

Keywords: SJR 2, Senate Joint Resolution 2, constitutional amendment, homestead exemption, property tax relief, school property tax, ad valorem tax, residence homestead, school district taxes, Texas Constitution Article VIII, public school finance, homeowner exemption, elderly exemption, senior tax relief, disabled exemption, tax year 2025, voter approval, November 2025 ballot, local government, Ways & Means

Bills: SJR36, SJR2, SB4, SR45, SR47, SR63, SR66, SR70, SR85, SCR14, SB10, SB11, SB10, SB11

Keywords: SJR 2, Senate Joint Resolution 2, constitutional amendment, homestead exemption, property tax relief, school property tax, ad valorem tax, residence homestead, school district taxes, Texas Constitution Article VIII, public school finance, homeowner exemption, elderly exemption, senior tax relief, disabled exemption, tax year 2025, voter approval, November 2025 ballot, local government, Ways & Means

Bills: SJR36, SJR2, SB4, SR45, SR47, SR63, SR66, SR70, SR85, SCR14, SB10, SB11, SB10, SB11

Keywords: SJR 2, Senate Joint Resolution 2, constitutional amendment, homestead exemption, property tax relief, school property tax, ad valorem tax, residence homestead, school district taxes, Texas Constitution Article VIII, public school finance, homeowner exemption, elderly exemption, senior tax relief, disabled exemption, tax year 2025, voter approval, November 2025 ballot, local government, Ways & Means

Bills: SJR36, SJR2, SB4, SR45, SR47, SR63, SR66, SR70, SR85, SCR14, SB10, SB11, SB10, SB11

Keywords: SJR 2, Senate Joint Resolution 2, constitutional amendment, homestead exemption, property tax relief, school property tax, ad valorem tax, residence homestead, school district taxes, Texas Constitution Article VIII, public school finance, homeowner exemption, elderly exemption, senior tax relief, disabled exemption, tax year 2025, voter approval, November 2025 ballot, local government, Ways & Means

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• By way of background, law enforcement agencies, state civil service positions, prosecuting attorneys,
• law can apply for and be employed by law enforcement agencies, civil service positions, deputy prosecuting
• attorneys, and Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife officers.
• I'm Russell Brown, the executive director for the Washington Association of Prosecuting Attorneys, here
• My name is Lisa Mannion, and I'm King County's elected prosecuting attorney.

Summary: The House Community Safety Committee met on January 18, 2026, and heard staff briefings and public testimony on several familiar bills. Engrossed Senate Bill 5068 would broaden eligibility for law enforcement, civil service, prosecuting attorney, and Fish and Wildlife officer jobs to anyone legally authorized to work in the United States under federal law, replacing references to lawful permanent residents and DACA recipients. Supporters, including Sen. Lovick and King County, said it would expand the applicant pool and align state law with federal work authorization rules; opponents raised concerns about background checks, visa fraud, and whether the bill could allow people without U.S. citizenship to serve in sensitive public safety roles. The committee also heard testimony on Second Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 5268, which would require community custody for unlawful possession of a firearm offenses; law enforcement and prosecutors supported it as an accountability measure, while the Sentencing Guidelines Commission urged more specificity and cautioned against over-supervision for lower-level cases. The committee then heard Engrossed Senate Bill 5272, which expands school-related interference and intimidation offenses to include employees, contractors, students, and officials or volunteers involved in extracurricular athletic activities, increases penalties, and requires non-student offenders to be barred from the school or activity for 12 to 18 months. Sen. Lovick and several witnesses, including referee Bob West, supported the bill as a response to rising abuse of sports officials and school personnel. The committee also heard Engrossed Senate Bill 5286, which would codify and fund community policing partnerships at Western State Hospital in Lakewood and Eastern State Hospital in Medical Lake, with annual reporting requirements; the mayors of Lakewood and Medical Lake testified in support, saying the programs had reduced calls and improved safety. A major portion of the meeting focused on Substitute Senate Bill 5855, which would prohibit law enforcement officers from wearing facial coverings while interacting with the public, with exceptions for undercover work, SWAT/protective gear, and other hazardous conditions. Supporters, including Sen. Valdez, the King County prosecutor, local officials, and several public commenters, argued the bill would improve transparency, accountability, and public trust, especially in response to masked federal immigration enforcement. Opponents warned about officer safety, doxing, weather and smoke conditions, and possible conflict with federal law; committee members and stakeholders discussed a possible amendment tied to Labor and Industries rules to address protective coverings in hazardous conditions. The chair said the committee would take executive action on SB 5272, SB 5286, and SB 5268 the next day, and the meeting adjourned after public testimony on SB 5855.

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• ...and then refer him for prosecution under the district attorney if they have no board specialty.
• for prosecution.
• Until the District Attorney takes enforcement action, you're putting people at harm by the passage of
• And they went to prosecution, you're exactly right.
• prosecution if you're practicing outside actually with no licensure.

Bills: SB27, SB8, SB15, SB30, SB268, SB568, SB650, SB1405, SB1540, SB1610, SB1637, SB1660, SB2024, SB2217, SB2308, SB2753, SB2878, SB2900, SB2972, SB3059, HB4, HB40, HB46, HB119, HB145, HB493, HB705, HB1545, HB2017, HB2516, HB2885, HB2963, HB2974, HB3642, HB3909, HB5138, HB5246, SJR36, SJR50, SJR63, SCR12, SCR39, SB2023, SB62, SB666, SB847, SB284, SB854, SB810, SB1505, SB583, SB507, SB1434, SB1772, SB2016, SB1122, SB731, SB397, SB508, SB1436, SB287, SB1882, SB393, SB1791, SB209, SB2429, SB1085, SB1975, SB2717, SB1262, SB636, SB2056, SB884, SB1200, SB1845, SB2458, SB801, SB3014, SB3013, SB758, SB2797, SB2076, SB2876, SB1640, SB1449, SB1181, SB1234, SB2926, SB2841, SB1528, SB1854, SB317, SB1250, SB2082, SB1237, SB2819, SB629, SB2608, SB1602, SB2009, SB867, SB640, SB1698, SB2680, SB913, SB1071, SB1086, SB1087, SB1483, SB1444, SB1553, SB1556, SB1703, SB2133, SB2297, SB2298, SB2622, SB2955, SB2334, SB1367, SB2044, SB2363, SB2565, SB1888, SB3036, SB3057, SB3043, SB3063, SB3035, SB203, SB2688, SB2522, SB2459, SB2655, SB2251, SB1884, SB2928, SB2566, SB2549, SB2553, SB2919, SB1944, SB1232, SB1798, SB2603, SB2607, SB2683, SB1319, SB3045, SB3071, HB796, HB1523, HB5294, HB748, HB3395, HB180, HB3171, HB146, HB5596, HB5694, HB1135, HB3225, HB186, HB1449, HB3793, HB112, HB104, HB3336, HB3520, HB3320, HB5663, HB2399, HB111, HB3483, HB4580, HB3748, HB632, HB4730, HB5690, HB5689, HB3385, HB4359, HB5381, HB123, HB5606, HB1057, HB3664, HCR141, HCR40, HCR59

Keywords: immigration enforcement, ICE agreements, sheriff grants, law enforcement, county jail, federal immigration law, SB 15, Texas Local Government Code, zoning preemption, housing affordability, small lots, lot size, lot density, single-family zoning, residential subdivision, municipal land use, local control, state preemption, parking requirements, setbacks

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• So, if I'm a criminal defense attorney, can I call the other officers?
• The last thing that I would want in that prosecution is a criminal defense attorney who do they use everything
• to do nowadays is prosecute somebody for a<00:38:21.280><c> DUI.
• is a criminal defense prosecution is a criminal defense attorney<00:38:31.400><c> who</c><00:38:31.600
• Thank you. ...makes it more difficult to prosecute those cases.

Keywords: 1136, house, all

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• Talk to attorneys. Everybody hates them until you need one. So, bring more of those into this body.
• I got off the phone thinking that the attorney said he would pull his bill, but I didn't know what to
• So what safeguards exist to prevent wrongful accusations or politically motivated prosecutions?
• Then is she immune from prosecution? Thank you for that question.
• It opens the door for prosecutions based not on actions alone but on perceived intent.

Bills: HB1168

Keywords: abortion, abortion-inducing drugs, medication abortion, mifepristone, misoprostol, methotrexate, pro-life, pro-choice, reproductive health, unborn child, trafficking, felony, contraception, pharmacist, pharmacy, Title 63, Oklahoma statutes, abortion pill, drug distribution, criminal penalty

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• I'm also an attorney at the Legal Rights Center in Minneapolis.
• I'm a private attorney in Minneapolis. as a practitioner in this area of law.
• The prosecution and the defense agree that that would be a just result.
• If an employee steals from an employer, we expect the case to be prosecuted.
• At the risk of repeating, are the county attorneys okay with this? We're...

Bills: HF2233, HF1999, HF1995, HF1614, HF2781, HF1775, HF1316, HF2127, HF2521, HF689, HF2380, HF1273

Keywords: Uniform Special Deposits Act, special deposit, banking law, financial institutions, escrow, escrow account, trust account, security deposit, beneficiary, depositor, creditor process, garnishment, attachment, levy, setoff, recoupment, financial market infrastructure, retirement benefits, compensation, earnest money

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• </c> potentially increase prosecution potentially increase prosecution incarceration<00:14:11.720><c>
• </c> critical to the successful prosecution critical to the successful prosecution of<00:50:57.559><c
• </c><01:33:15.800><c> for</c> criminal criminal prosecution for criminal criminal prosecution for carrying
• </c><01:38:43.239><c> like</c> he's never had a case prosecute like he's never had a case prosecute like
• </c><02:05:20.000><c> and</c> crimes and they were prosecuted and crimes and they were prosecuted and

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• HB 45 by Hall relating to the duty of the Attorney General to prosecute human trafficking, criminal offenses
• AP 2458 by Burdell relates to the defense of the prosecution, the defense of the aggravated assault or
• A 2460 by Leach relating to the Attorney General's defense of the district and the county attorney.
• HB 2571 by Rodriguez Ramos relating to the prosecution of officers offenses of unlawful carrying of certain
• HB 2594 by Metcalf relating to the venue for prosecution of certain.

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• or for the Committee on Public Health, HB45 by Hull, relating to... relating to the duty of the Attorney
• General to prosecute human trafficking and criminal offenses.
• AB 2458 by Verdell, relating to the defense of the prosecution.
• AB 2460 by Leigh Chardin to the Attorney General's defense of a district in the county.
• The attorney against certain lawsuits in a federal court were for the Committee on State Affairs.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• </c> folks in jail, which the Attorney folks in jail, which the Attorney General's<01:13:04.960><c> Office
• They've spoken to the Attorney General's Office.
• They've spoken to the Attorney General's Office.
• </c> you didn't mention the Attorney you didn't mention the Attorney General's<01:20:03.200><c> office
• And so, and provide these prosecutions.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• attorney said they couldn't define serious injury, that they wouldn't prosecute because the bill said
• I'm an attorney with Fusion Law.
• I'm an attorney with fusion law.
• I'm an attorney with Fusion Law.
• , Attorney General Nixon.

Summary: The committee first met in executive session and took up House Bill 3443, relating to court costs. Members adopted House Committee Amendment 1, which changed a January reference to July, updated language regarding the Department of Labor or its successors, and removed round-up numbers. The committee then rolled the amendment into a House Committee substitute and voted the substitute do pass by a roll call of 11 ayes and 1 no. House Bill 3304, concerning the offense of keeping a dangerous dog, was then amended to restore prior-bite language and narrow the injury definition to serious physical injury; the committee adopted the amendment, adopted a substitute, and voted the bill do pass 11-1. House Bill 2865, dealing with attorney’s fees and expenses in civil actions and agency proceedings, was approved do pass 12-0. House Bill 2255 was announced as not being taken up that day. The committee then held public hearings on several bills. House Bill 2777, the Public Nuisance Reform Act, was presented as a measure to narrow public nuisance claims, limit suits involving lawful products and regulated activities, strengthen causation requirements, and restrict who may sue and what damages may be recovered. Supporters from consumer reform, insurance, and civil justice groups said it would curb abusive litigation while preserving traditional nuisance claims; no opposition testimony was offered. House Bill 2667, the Eliminate Criminal Profiteering Act, would bar negligence claims arising from a person’s own wrongful conduct, limit negligent security liability, require apportionment of fault in some cases, and restrict certain recoveries by unauthorized aliens in auto cases. The sponsor and supporters said it would prevent criminals from profiting from their wrongdoing and protect businesses, while committee members raised questions about scope, premises liability, and sovereign immunity. Finally, the committee heard House Bill 2666, an anti-SLAPP bill intended to provide a faster dismissal process for lawsuits that are meant to chill speech or petitioning activity. The sponsor and supporters said it would protect free expression and align Missouri with other states, while still preserving claims for genuinely harmed parties. No opposition testimony was presented on either House Bill 2667 or House Bill 2666, and the hearing concluded without any votes on the public hearing bills.

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• attorney said they couldn't define serious injury, that they wouldn't prosecute because the bill said
• Broader claims are reserved for the Attorney General with written approval from the governor.
• I'm an attorney with Fusion Law.
• I'm an attorney with fusion law.
• , Attorney General Nixon.

Keywords: 959, house, all

Summary: The committee met in executive session first and approved several bills. House Bill 3443, relating to court costs, was amended to change a date reference from January to July and to remove round-up numbers after the Department of Labor reference; the committee then adopted a substitute and voted it do pass by 11-1. House Bill 3304, concerning the offense of keeping a dangerous dog, was amended to restore a prior-bite requirement and narrow the injury language to serious physical injury; after adopting the substitute, the committee voted it do pass by 11-1. House Bill 2865, a chair’s bill on attorney’s fees and expenses in civil actions and agency proceedings, was approved do pass by a 12-0 vote. House Bill 2255 was announced as not being taken up that day. The committee then held public hearings on several bills sponsored by Representative Keathley. House Bill 2777, the Public Nuisance Reform Act, would limit public nuisance claims involving lawful products and regulated activities, tighten causation standards, restrict who may sue, and preserve traditional nuisance claims and certain government actions. Supporters, including attorneys and reform groups, said it would curb abusive litigation and keep policy decisions in the legislature; there was no opposition testimony. House Bill 2667, the Eliminate Criminal Profiteering Act, would bar negligence claims by people injured while committing wrongful conduct, add limits in negligent security cases, and restrict certain recoveries by unauthorized aliens in auto cases. Supporters said it would prevent criminals from profiting from their own wrongdoing and protect property owners, while committee members raised questions about scope, premises liability, and sovereign immunity. House Bill 2666, an anti-SLAPP bill, would create a faster dismissal process for lawsuits intended to chill speech or petitioning activity; the sponsor and supporters said it would protect free expression and speed resolution of meritless claims, and the hearing ended without opposition testimony.

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• case is always prosecuted by the Attorney General's office.
• case is always prosecuted by the Attorney General's office.
• case is always prosecuted by the Attorney General's office.
• by the by the um is often prosecuted by the by the county<01:15:38.280><c> attorney.
• prosecuted by this attorney<01:15:45.120><c> general's</c><01:15:45.679><c> office.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all