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• Texans declared decisively that no foreign legal framework shall influence, operate alongside, or subplant
• The primary responsibility for protecting our legal system from parallel framework Our legal system from
• parallel frameworks rests on the shoulders of an informed citizenry, along with those of state and local
• When presented as a governing framework that dictates civil ...governing framework that dictates civil
• It would also codify the existing regulatory requirement that Treasury provides public notice in the

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, June 29, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• So my question is on prioritizing invasive species going forward under this new framework.
• So all of the framework is based on what we are wishing for.
• We meet we we you know regulatory guys.
• Do you have the strategic framework to be like, hey...
• The strategic framework to be like, hey, here's everybody together.

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The joint informational briefing from the House Committee on Agriculture and Food Systems and the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Environment focused on the Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity’s update on Hawaii’s biosecurity framework, especially implementation of Act 231 (2024) and Act 236 (2025). Chairs Corey Chun and Mike Gabbard opened the meeting by framing the briefing as an update on investments to fight invasive species and improve statewide evaluation and coordination. Department leaders Sharon Her and Richard Kim described historic legislative and executive investments that have allowed the department to rebuild and modernize biosecurity infrastructure to better prevent, detect, control, and eradicate invasive species. The presentation emphasized the importance of biosecurity to Hawaii’s agriculture, economy, environment, and public well-being, citing threats such as rapid ohia death, little fire ant, coconut rhinoceros beetle, brown tree snake, and red imported fire ant. Staff explained the state’s layered approach—pre-border, border, and post-border—and compared it to New Zealand’s model, stressing that Hawaii must act as a “net, not a wall” and that prevention before entry is far more cost-effective than response after establishment. They also outlined agency roles across the system, including agriculture, natural resources, health, transportation, enforcement, and university partners, and noted that Act 231 strengthened authority over high-risk imports, offshore treatment, compliance agreements, and pest management plans, while Act 236 renamed the department and clarified statewide biosecurity coordination. Jonathan Ho then walked through specific program areas and progress. He said pre-border risk analysis is being supported by Act 231 funding and a university contract, while offshore compliance and treatment efforts have improved substantially, including Christmas tree inspections from Oregon and Washington and airline declaration systems that provide advance passenger information. For border work, he highlighted inspections, surveillance, detector dogs, and port monitoring. For post-border response and readiness, he discussed the invasive pest hotline and dashboard, trace-forward/trace-back and diagnostics, preparedness for future threats, and the need to build stronger internal capacity. He also described a developing transitional facilities program authorized by Act 236, modeled on New Zealand’s certified facilities system, and said the department has already begun outreach to industry groups such as the Hawaii Floriculture and Nursery Association. No votes or formal actions were taken; the meeting was informational only.

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• And so that is where there is regulatory resources, rent assistance, federal rent assistance.
• There is regulatory resources, rent assistance, federal rent assistance in the project that is for a
• So where are there other meaningful revisions to the regulatory side that we have abilities to kind of
• I think we are finalizing the preservation program framework, which looks at all of those first four
• One solution to addressing grid reliability, especially under a just energy transition framework, is

Keywords: 907, all

Summary: The committee met for a series of information sessions focused on housing stabilization, rental assistance, senior housing, and heat resilience. In the first panel, OHCS and NOAA described the state’s affordable housing preservation work, including the $35 million in 2025 stabilization funding used to reduce debt and keep distressed affordable rental projects operating, plus manufactured home park preservation efforts. OHCS said the portfolio remains under strain, with about a third of projects at debt coverage ratios of 1.0 or less and rising insurance and operating costs. NOAA urged faster closings on the stabilization awards, more funding in 2027, and broader rent assistance and process reforms. Committee members asked about the gap between current appropriations and need, and OHCS explained that the new Article 11-Q bond preservation program is structured differently and requires full refinancing rather than simple cash infusions. The committee then heard a detailed discussion of the state’s eviction prevention and rental assistance program, ORDAP. OHCS said the program is administered through community action agencies, prioritizes households at imminent risk of eviction, and is now funded at a much lower level than in the prior biennium, reducing expected service to about 8,200 households this biennium. The Oregon Law Center, a county community action agency, and Multifamily Northwest all agreed the program prevents homelessness and is effective, but they differed on whether assistance should be tied so closely to eviction court. Legal aid and community action witnesses said the current system is underfunded and that eviction filings are the clearest indicator of need, while Multifamily Northwest argued the process can push people into court unnecessarily and should be moved earlier when possible. Legislators raised questions about whether a pre-eviction model could be developed and about the costs of court involvement; one member shared a personal story about how rental assistance helped keep their family housed. Next, the governor’s office, OHCS, and OHA presented on the new senior housing initiative and healthy homes work. The governor’s housing director said Oregon is making progress on homelessness and housing production, with reductions in homelessness outside Multnomah County and an estimated 50,000 future units added to the pipeline through recent state actions. OHCS outlined the senior housing programs launched in May: a debt-financing program using elderly and disabled bond authority, an older adult housing development program funded through the senior property tax deferral revolving account, and a rehousing program for older adults that will use bridge funding and services to move at least 400 unsheltered older Oregonians into housing. OHA also described its Healthy Homes Grant Program, including $24.6 million already awarded, a new $5 million grant round for seniors and people with disabilities, and examples of home repairs and weatherization that help people remain safely housed. The final information session focused on home cooling and heat resilience. OHA presented data showing rising extreme heat days, more heat-related emergency visits, and likely undercounted heat deaths, especially among older adults, people with disabilities, low-income communities, and people without access to healthy homes. ODOE reviewed implementation of Senate Bill 1536, including a cooling needs study that found 58% of surveyed households in the studied housing types needed permanent cooling, with estimated statewide costs of $582 million to $1 billion. ODOE said its rental home heat pump and community heat pump programs have supported 4,638 installations so far, with a temporary reopening planned using remaining funds. The session ended with a remote presentation from a Community Action Partnership of Oregon representative, continuing the discussion of how community action agencies help deliver energy and anti-poverty services.

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• So that's where we are on a regulatory front.
• framework to keep our children safe.
• Rather than an outright ban, I strongly urge you to consider a more robust regulatory framework. including
• SB 3 and support a fair regulatory framework that preserves access to responsible adults, protects small
• framework.

Bills: SB3, SB810, SB965, SB1073, SB1119, SB1505, SB 3

Keywords: Texas Education Code, public schools, school district, open-enrollment charter school, teacher speech, employee speech, biological sex, pronouns, gender identity, retaliation, discipline, workplace protections, school personnel, education policy, LGBTQ, transgender, charter schools, SB 965, religious speech, prayer

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• , such as Hurricane Harvey, is handled through the Coordinating Committee. scalable and flexible framework
• As I come this morning, I'd like to share a little bit of an overview of the statutory framework, regulatory
• framework, and inspection systems that we have in place for youth camps, licensing fees, and... ...Ultimately
• first and second slides just cover the Health and Safety Code Chapter 141, which is our statute. ...framework
• They couldn't go in wearing their regulatory hat as a... ...emergency support district and go to the

Keywords: 997, house, all

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• scale events such as Hurricane Harvey is handled through the coordinated, scalable, and flexible framework
• So, as I come this morning, I'd like to share a little bit of an overview of the statutory framework,
• regulatory framework, and inspection systems that we have in place on youth camps, licensing fees, and
• , uh, 1st, 2nd slide just covers the Health and Safety Code, Chapter 141, which is our statutory framework
• think they couldn't act, could not act unilaterally, and they couldn't go in, uh, wearing their regulatory

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• This inconsistent framework creates confusion for businesses, challenges for city planners, and barriers
• consider authorizing the final piece, packaged liquor sales, and creating a comprehensive and equitable framework
• A regulatory framework is better suited to maintain free speech while at the same time safeguarding public
• By making this update, Texas ensures its regulatory framework keeps pace with operational realities while

Bills: SB2101, SB2334, SB2633, SB2637, SB2713, SB2781, SB2782, SB3059, HB 1130

Keywords: minors, sexually explicit materials, public libraries, age verification, civil penalties, library collection review, alcohol storage, airline permits, beverage regulations, airport, commercial flights, alcoholic beverages, local option election, zoning regulations, municipality control, land use, state law, social media, bot accounts, misinformation

Summary: The Committee on State Affairs heard several bills, mostly on alcohol regulation, ethics procedures, the Alamo, and free speech in professional associations. SB 2633 would let the City of Garland hold local option elections on alcohol sales within designated zones and use zoning/land-use rules for alcohol-selling businesses; Senator Johnson and Garland officials said it would reduce the burden of the petition process and support economic development. SB 2637 would require social media platforms to disclose when posts are made by bot accounts and allow Attorney General enforcement; supporters framed it as consumer protection against misleading automated content, while members raised questions about how platforms would identify bots and how enforcement would work. SB 2334 would allow airlines with passenger transportation permits to store sealed alcoholic beverages within five miles of an airport in the same county, which the sponsor and an American Airlines witness said would improve logistics without changing permits, taxes, or alcohol sourcing. The committee also heard SB 2781 and SB 2782, both related to Texas Ethics Commission procedures. SB 2781 would cap civil penalties tied to certain campaign contribution violations by former legislators who later lobby, and SB 2782 would require TEC to adopt discovery control plans and align discovery rules more closely with the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure to limit costly, open-ended discovery. Both bills were left pending after no public testimony. SB 3059 would transfer oversight of the Alamo from the General Land Office to a new Alamo Commission beginning in 2027; Senator Campbell said it would provide long-term stewardship and transparency, while Senator Birdwell questioned the need for a change and the commission’s structure, and GLO witnesses said they were not aware of any problem prompting the shift. HB 1130, a House companion to a previously passed Senate bill, would provide liability protections for cavern entities that post warning signs, and it was also left pending. A major portion of the meeting focused on SB 2713, which would bar professional or trade associations from denying membership or access based on protected characteristics or lawful speech and assembly. Senator Middleton and invited witnesses described disciplinary actions by realtor associations against members for social media posts, sermons, or political speech, arguing that the National Association of Realtors’ ethics rules were being used to punish private expression and threaten livelihoods through loss of MLS access. Committee members and witnesses discussed whether the bill should be narrowed to avoid affecting religious organizations, how association discipline works, and whether the measure should address existing penalties or only future conduct. The bill was left pending after extensive invited testimony and committee discussion.

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• So instead I offer you this: a performance-based return on equity framework for investor-owned electric
• Its mechanisms, incentives, and regulatory design are tailored specifically to the electric sector.
• provisions to natural gas, water, and wastewater sectors, with entirely different rate structures, regulatory
• Other sectors should not be drawn into a regulatory framework that does not align with their infrastructure

Summary: The House convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, guest recognitions, and a quorum call before moving into committee reports and floor action. Committees reported a number of bills and resolutions, including measures from Local Government, Energy, Health, Judiciary, Appropriations, Rules, and Finance. The chamber also announced caucus and committee meetings, then recessed and later reconvened for final consideration of legislation. Several bills passed the House finally, including House Bill 2299 on body cameras for county probation officers, House Bill 167 designating a scenic byway along Allegheny River Boulevard, House Bill 95 requiring disclosure when content or advertising is generated or substantially modified by artificial intelligence, House Bill 1944 expanding medical amnesty and Good Samaritan protections on campuses, House Bill 2443 creating a child victim recovery fund, House Bill 246 updating references from the Public Welfare Code to the Human Services Code, and House Bill 2586 establishing title protection for music therapists. The House also adopted House Resolution 463 recognizing Korean-American Citizenship Day, House Resolution 499 recognizing Juneteenth Independence Day, and House Resolution 547 directing a study of electronic monitoring as an alternative to incarceration. The House spent significant time on amendments to House Bill 133, which concerns reinstatement of parental rights, and House Bill 138, which addresses parental incarceration and termination of parental rights. Both bills received bipartisan amendments adding guardrails and exceptions, and the amendments were adopted unanimously. The chamber also debated House Bill 2224, the Fair Act, with multiple amendments on utility rates, return on equity, and scope; some amendments were adopted, several tied votes failed, and the bill was left amended for reprinting. House Bill 2544, dealing with school administrators’ rights and negotiations, saw an amendment to allow individual bargaining, but that amendment failed and the bill was agreed to. The session ended with a correction to the record on House Bill 1944, a motion to recommit several bills to Appropriations, and adjournment until June 22, 2026.

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• AB 1052 establishes a legal framework to legitimize digital assets as...
• Without a clear framework, crypto assets remain vulnerable to exploitation, including by public officials
• or county could still ban or surcharge those perfectly legal payments, leaving honest users in regulatory
• One of those states has an existing regulatory regime, much like California, and has yet to experience
• any conflicts with their existing regulatory regime.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• THE BILL MAY APPEAR TO BE AN INDUSTRY REGULATORY BILL BUT IN FACT SIMPLY ADVANTAGES A FEW LARGE COMPANIES
• ASK TOO MANY QUESTIONS SO I COULD BE RESPECTFUL OF TIME, BUT MY CONCERN IS THAT THIS TAKES THE REGULATORY
• FRAMEWORK FOR KRATOM AND EXPANDS IT SUBSTANTIALLY RATHER THAN INCREMENTALLY.
• AS LEGISLATURE HAS TRIED TO CRACK DOWN ON UNLICENSED ACTIVITY AND ONE CHALLENGE WAS TO CREATE A FRAMEWORK
• I THINK CALIFORNIA MAY HAVE BEEN TRYING TO DO SOME OF THIS REGULATORY ACTION ALSO. >> ADDITIONAL QUESTION

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• The bill also enhances regulatory assistance by granting the TCEQ the authority to appoint a PUA as a
• By modernizing the statutory framework for PUA's, HB 1407 ensures that these agencies have the legal
• authority. financial tools, and regulatory oversight necessary to operate effectively.
• economies of scale and the expertise that a PUA provides is just an additional tool available to the regulatory
• It will help us operate with more certainty and direction and with a more formalized framework than we've

Bills: HB 1089, HB 1163, HB 1177, HB 1238, HB1318, HB1400, HB1407, HB1532, HJR7, HJR7

Keywords: coastal protection, environmental management, Gulf Coast, storm risk management, funding, Texas General Land Office, healthcare, insurance reform, patient access, insurance regulation, affordable care, health insurance, consumer rights, coverage transparency, claims process, insurance regulations, aggregate production, environmental impact, financial responsibility, reclamation

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• bill that passed last year to make it... ...with the bill that passed last year to make it the same framework
• The sandbox provisions offer financial technology innovators a more flexible regulatory framework to

Summary: The committee met with a quorum present and temporarily postponed SB 480 before taking up four bills. SB 282, relating to home service warranty association finance requirements, was explained as aligning Florida’s home warranty solvency rules with the framework already adopted for motor vehicle extended warranties. Two amendments were adopted: one correcting a cross-reference tied to the $100 million net worth option and another making a technical title change. A representative of the Florida Service Agreement Association waived in support, and the bill was reported favorably. The committee then considered two proposed committee bills preserving public records exemptions. SB 7008 would continue the exemption for certain records held by the Office of Financial Regulation related to financial technology sandbox applications, with staff explaining the exemption is narrow and intended to protect proprietary information. SPB 7010 would continue the exemption for sensitive records held by the Department of Financial Services when acting as receiver for an insolvent insurer, including policyholder personal information, claim data, and trade secrets; staff said the exemption mirrors existing protections and allows consumers to request their own information. Both measures were moved as committee bills and reported favorably. Finally, SB 592 revising the My Safe Florida Condominium Pilot Program was heard. The bill narrows eligibility to certain condominiums, changes owner approval from unanimous consent to 75%, and clarifies eligible roof mitigation techniques. Two amendments were adopted: one requiring the grant work to match the initial inspection report and comply with inspection requirements, and another limiting grants to work that results in a mitigation discount. Testimony was supportive, including from home inspectors and AARP Florida, and senators praised the program’s benefits for hardening homes and lowering insurance costs. SB 592 was reported favorably, and the committee adjourned.

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• Third, improving access to comprehensive treatment by revising state opioid treatment program regulatory
• So first, I'll discuss the regulatory changes.
• To summarize, policymakers can promote the expansion of methadone treatment through regulatory changes
• Are there regulatory differences? Can you describe any? Regulatory differences?
• So it all starts with the job architecture framework. We're talking about the job architecture.

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• Together they represent the most serious analytical framework that California has assembled for managing
• They're signaling that the cap-and-invest regulatory rules, the way I read it—I don't know if you've
• So I think it's really important for us to think about the framework moving into bucket two and bucket
• So in many ways, I think the regulatory climate here is, to the extent that it's about costs, I haven't
• What is the state's framework for addressing a sudden and acute supply disruption?

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• Members, this is the companion bill to my bill, HB 3493, that removes regulatory inconsistencies and
• Last session, the Texas Regulatory Consistency Act became law.
• It establishes a common-sense framework for managing high-risk species and ensures that only those with
• This measure actually... strengthens the Texas public information framework and balances the public's
• The regulatory process offers us a more agile framework for adapting to these changes.

Bills: HB45, HB755, HB 1232, HB1555, HB2460, HB2702, HB2973, HB3120, HB3225, HB3314, HB3356, HB3371, HB3634, HB3638, HB4247, HB4283, HB4290, HB4302, HB4503, HB4511, HB4565, HB4581, HB4627, HB4632, HB4660, HB4668, HB4960, HB5042, HB45

Keywords: housing, affordable housing, rent control, landlord-tenant laws, housing rights, lobbying, public entities, expenditures, government code, transparency, Texas Ethics Commission, government regulation, lobbying restrictions, government accountability, taxpayer money, HB 1232, whistleblower, whistleblower protection, public employee, retaliation

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• requirements, additional regulatory requirements, additional regulatory burdens<02:40:07.040>
• Can this be done under Minnesota law and regulatory oversight?
• done under Minnesota law and regulatory done under Minnesota law and regulatory oversight?
• under Minnesota's regulatory supervision rather than outside of it.
• <04:42:19.440> compliance within more strict regulatory compliance within more strict regulatory

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• And we'll integrate these rules into our existing broader framework of hazardous waste protections for
• our environment and future sustainability is protecting our air, water, and land with a strong regulatory
• So, going to slide two, Hazard Waste Bureau has a regulatory authority for currently in Air Force Base
• Class six, what was the actual mechanism that got the state That regulatory authority.
• And so how did Colorado finesse their law to get around any kind of regulatory framework federally that

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• I'm also currently the senior director of payer relations and regulatory affairs for NRRTS, the National
• of payer relations and Regulatory of payer relations and Regulatory Affairs<00:35:28.119> for
• So what SF 1085 does is ask plans to establish maternal mental health frameworks that are sustainable
• ...maternal mental health frameworks that are sustainable and come from the top down so that everyone
• of of the legislator's regulatory of of the legislator's regulatory Authority<01:37:17.320> in

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• The rules come into play here and provide a mechanical framework based on the number of late reports
• They're both very consistent with that, but it brings in an additional layer of providing a... new framework
• Title 15 provides a framework for out-of-state political committees that spend money in Texas, but it
• Our last draft advisory opinion addresses whether a former employee of a state regulatory agency who
• A former officer or state employee of a regulatory agency may not represent a person or ... receive compensation

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• Now, as we talk about the pilot program for early entrants, FDOT is developing a framework for the nation's
• Members of the advisory committee have been providing information to help guide that framework, and we're
• So we expect a release of that framework and the government training toolkit shortly in the next coming
• we're focused just here in the United States, one of the things that we continue to monitor is regulatory
• I think both from the ease of the regulatory environment, right?

Summary: The Senate Transportation Committee met and first received an update from FDOT on the Sun Trail shared-use nonmotorized trail program. FDOT said the program, created in 2015 and expanded by 2023 legislation, now includes connections to the Florida Wildlife Corridor and received a one-time $200 million appropriation plus increased annual funding. The department reported programming about $180 million of that funding, completing 42 construction projects totaling nearly 95 miles in 21 counties, and installing trail counters and QR-code surveys to measure usage and economic impact. Members expressed support for the program and asked no substantive questions. The committee then heard a presentation on FDOT’s locally administered state transportation funding programs, including SCOP, SCOPM, SCRAP, SIGP, and TRIP. FDOT explained these programs support local roadway resurfacing, bridge repair, drainage, paving unpaved roads, and safety or capacity improvements, with varying state match levels depending on the program and eligibility. FDOT said its adopted five-year work program includes more than $1.4 billion for local transportation improvement projects. A member asked whether toll revenues from Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach counties fund these programs; FDOT said it would research the funding source and follow up. The committee’s main discussion was a panel on advanced air mobility (AAM), including FDOT and industry representatives from Supernal, Joby, Atlantic Aviation, Hillsborough County Aviation Authority, and Eve Air Mobility. FDOT described its AAM planning work, advisory committee, local government guidebook, and upcoming training, while panelists emphasized Florida’s leadership, the likely use of existing airport and heliport infrastructure first, and the expectation that private investment will fund much of the early vertiport buildout. Members raised concerns about community acceptance, privacy, zoning, airspace congestion, security, and lessons from scooters and drones. Panelists repeatedly stressed a “crawl, walk, run” rollout, local government coordination, multimodal connectivity, and public outreach. No votes were taken, and the committee adjourned after the panel.