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• THE AMENDMENT WOULD CLARIFY THE EMAIL COMMUNICATIONS CAN BE SENT AND RECEIVED AT ANY HOUR WITHOUT VIOLATING
• MY BILL WOULD ONLY ALLOW EMAIL COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN THE OFF-HOURS PROTECTING THE ORIGINAL INTENT OF
• BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 8:00 A.M. AND 9:00 P.M.
• DURING THOSE HOURS ONLY. >> YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >> THANK YOU SENATOR.
• NOT DURING THE WORKING HOURS, AFTER 9:00 P.M. AND BEFORE 8:00 A.M.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• It's 16 hours. Two days. Got it. Okay. I also had a question.
• than a couple of hours.
• Yes, we can hold up to 72 hours, but they’re not being held that long.
• Deputies may spend hours waiting in emergency rooms for psychiatric evaluations.
• Instead of him having to drive two hours, two or three hours up to the Amarillo Hospital, because that's

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• I'm not expecting to have the testifiers fill up the full hour and 45 at all.
• I think I've built in at least a half an hour, if not more, of discussion and questions.
• <00:10:30.400> in Minnesotans worked fewer hours in Minnesotans worked fewer hours in January
• or reduced hours and customers stopped<00:37:48.160> coming.
• Our hours dropped drastically, and our revenue turned negative.

Bills: HF4477

Keywords: Minnesota business recovery loan program, small business loan, zero-interest loan, forgivable loan, business recovery, economic development, small business emergency loan account, Minnesota Initiative Foundations, nonprofit lenders, greater Minnesota, Twin Cities metro, seven-county metropolitan area, immigration enforcement, business interruption, revenue loss, job preservation, business stabilization, state appropriation, forward fund, loan forgiveness

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• , legislative pay is below $15 an hour.
• The difference is simply the House bill refers to six hours instead of six business hours, and we do
• The angle of view is at 40 degrees and the hundreds of hours...
• But the reality is, I took a drive yesterday that was three hours each way—about three hours each way—and
• I failed to maintain a single lane several times. ...hours each way, about three hours each way, and

Summary: The Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, doctor and guest introductions, and then took up Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 168, the Tristan Murphy Act, on mental health. Senator Bradley described the bill as a major criminal justice and behavioral health reform measure that would expand pretrial mental health diversion, strengthen treatment-based probation conditions, broaden grant uses for mental health and substance abuse programs, add Hillsborough County to a forensic hospital diversion pilot, require certain DOC mental health evaluations, and create a Florida Behavioral Health Data Repository. Senators from both parties spoke in strong support, emphasizing treatment over incarceration, public safety, data collection, and the Murphy family’s role in advancing the bill. The Senate passed the bill 37-0 and then approved 37 co-sponsors. The chamber then received the Senate’s 2025-26 General Appropriations Bill, SB 2500, with Chair Hooper outlining a $117.4 billion budget that he said reduces spending, preserves reserves, and includes major investments in water quality, transportation, education infrastructure, and reporting requirements. Committee chairs summarized their portions: K-12 funding at $34.7 billion with increases for FEFP, scholarships, VPK, school hardening, and school safety; higher education at $11.5 billion with workforce, nursing, reading, autism, and student aid investments; health and human services with a $1.8 billion increase for Medicaid, mental health, opioid response, disability services, and veterans programs; criminal and civil justice at $7.6 billion for corrections, juvenile justice, law enforcement, courts, and judgeships; transportation/tourism/economic development at about $18 billion including roads, housing, Visit Florida, and cultural grants; and agriculture/environment/general government with major Everglades, water quality, citrus, food bank, and agency IT funding. Members then questioned several budget items, especially education funding formulas, the shift of scholarship dollars below the line, the impact on public school districts, AP/IB and other accelerated program funding, the APD wait list, opioid settlement spending, arts grants, and the My Safe Florida Home and condo pilot programs. Chairs generally said scholarship and accelerated-program dollars were being restructured for transparency and flexibility rather than cut, that school districts would still receive funding based on enrollment, and that APD and other human services issues would continue to be worked out in conference. The budget discussion concluded with remarks praising staff and noting a 4% across-the-board pay raise for state employees and targeted increases for law enforcement and firefighters, followed by a recognition for FAMU Day at the Capitol.

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• We work the peak traffic hours.
• ’re working 12 hours.
• So that’s 24 hours overtime just on their days off.
• They’re working two hours of overtime every day, so they’re working an additional ten hours a week.
• They’re working two hours of overtime every day, so they’re working an additional 10 hours a week for

Summary: The Senate Finance Committee heard the Legislative Budget Board’s overview of the Texas Department of Public Safety’s 2026-27 budget, followed by extensive testimony from DPS leadership. The LBB presentation covered funding and staffing changes across driver license services, facilities, troopers and recruit schools, crime labs, vehicle and aircraft operations, and border security. The recommendations included added support for customer service staffing and trooper hiring, but did not include several DPS exceptional items such as major driver license staffing and technology requests, new regional headquarters in El Paso and San Antonio, and other capital projects. Members also discussed proposed rider changes, including a new rider to lapse unused trooper funding and require reporting after recruit schools. Much of the committee’s questioning focused on driver license operations, where senators criticized long call wait times, low call-answer rates, appointment delays, and what they viewed as an overreliance on adding staff rather than improving processes. DPS and LBB witnesses said the agency is pursuing some technology upgrades, including automation, online pre-population of applications, and appointment-system improvements, but acknowledged that the driver license division remains a major problem area. Senators also raised concerns about whether the 2019 efficiency study led to meaningful changes and whether the agency should consider broader process redesign or even a different administrative structure. Colonel Freeman and other DPS officials then defended the agency’s broader law enforcement and border-security work, emphasizing the need for the Williamson County training academy, the 500 additional troopers funded in prior sessions, and continued support for Operation Lone Star. They described DPS’s role in border interdiction, threat-to-life investigations, oilfield theft cases, Capitol and Alamo security, and highway safety, and said the agency is stretched thin by deployments and overtime. Members asked about border reimbursement possibilities, regional staffing differences, pursuit safety, fleet and aircraft replacement needs, and the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame museum. No votes or formal actions were taken in the portion provided.

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• Morning hour five.
• Morning hour ten.
• One hour 13. Morning hour 12. Mr.
• Morning hour 18.
• Morning hour five. Morning hour five. Messages from the Senate.

Bills: HR257, HR258, HR259, HR260, HR261, HR262, HR263, HCR105, HCR106, HR252, HR253, HR254, HR255, HR256, HCR103, HCR104, SB83, SB143, SB155, SB228, SB283, SB295, SB338, SB388, SB408, SB431, HR84, HR188, HR205, HB302, HB597, HB819, HB1257, HB1258, SCR24, SB45, SB58, SB71, SB81, SB92, SB100, SB109, SB141, SB156, SB181, SB203, SB204, SB205, SB207, SB213, SB214, SB216, SB229, SB257, SB274, SB290, SB304, SB374, SB379, SB396, SB410, SB425, SB427, SB429, SB479, SB522, SB357, SB406, HR171, HCR49, HCR65, HCR72, HR37, HCR64, HR170, HR191, HR206, HR207, HR208, HR217, HCR11, HCR53, HCR60, HCR66, HCR68, HR9, HCR27, HCR28, HCR50, HCR62, HCR67, HCR71, HCR78, HCR81, SCR19, SCR3, SCR6, SCR18, SCR11, SCR22, SCR2, SCR20, HCR6, HB64, HB68, HB92, HB130, HB258, HB633, HB801, HB61, HB98, HB102, HB139, HB142, HB170, HB185, HB194, HB199, HB231, HB247, HB294, HB336, HB474, HB661, HB842, HB852, HB301, HB359, HB657, HB675, HB680, HB727, HB79, HB251, HB625, HB769, HB775, HB783, HB895, HB1011, HB1057, HB1155, HB1186, HB1224, HB1245, HB1247, HB1253, HB1254, HB1255, HB1256, SB41, SB44, SB64, SB84, SB87, SB93, SB98, SB107, SB118, SB142, SB192, SB195, SB199, SB219, SB222, SB234, SB241, SB255, SB275, SB277, SB292, SB294, SB306, SB314, SB482, SB8, SB10, SB11, SB12, SB13, SB14, SB16, SB17, SB18, SB20, SB21, SB22, SB40, SB48, SB55, SB69, SB75, SB77, SB78, SB85, SB102, SB115, SB133, SB140, SB148, SB151, SB165, SB169, SB170, SB185, SB197, SB200, SB217, SB235, SB278, SB280, SB291, SB300, SB303, SB315, SB324, SB330, SB411, SB416, SB420, SB436, SB438, SB449, SB455, SB456, SB477, SB489, SB521, HB646, HB824, HB341, HB682, HB766, HB926, HB998, HB1051, HB1080, HB1201, HB1223, HB603, HB940, HB1191, SB47, HB901, HR20, HR74, HB284, HB306, HB366, HB393, HB458, HB577, HB582, HB605, HB614, HB733, HB752, HB773, HB798, HB911, HB955, HB996, HB1035, HB1069, HB1113, HB1140, HB1180, HB1240, SB82, SB89, SB149, SB382

Keywords: condolences, memorial resolution, House Resolution, Shreveport, children, tragedy, sympathy, bereavement, tribute, mourning, schoolchildren, public charter school, elementary school, Head Start, family loss, Louisiana House of Representatives, condolence resolution, House resolution, victims, family support

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• Without the board enforcing strict hands-on clinical hour requirements and faculty qualifications, we
• Cyberbullying follows children home; harassment is no longer limited to school hours.
• It's only been going on for about 12 hours.
• More expensive per kilowatt hour than large? Fast.
• More expensive per kilowatt hour than large nuclear units.

Bills: HB2072, HB2251, HB2279, HB2308, HB2323, HB2342, HB2400, HB2408, HB2456, HB2660, HB2697, HB2868, HB2873, HB2877, HB2910, HB2946, HB2955, HB2991, HB4001, HB4010

Keywords: Cesar Chavez, public holiday, state law, holiday repeal, Arizona Revised Statutes, midwifery, medication administration, healthcare, patient safety, advisory committee, licensed midwives, river trips, liability, outfitter, Grand Canyon, negligence, risk management, contractual waiver, dental practice, business registration

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• of vehicles, and this changes it to 35 miles an hour, as does Senate File 1360.
• M an hour um uh speed limit across the M an hour um uh speed limit across the state<01:08:43.560>
• speed limit for these types of hour speed limit for these types of vehicles<01:09:18.159> and
• as does senate file 35 miles an hour as does senate file 1360 1360 1360 any<01:09:26.719> other
• Senator Westrom said many UTVs go more than 35 miles an hour and he wanted to make sure they were not

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• to 75 miles an hour.
• “Miles an hour to 75 miles an hour. This is not a requirement.
• It does not require anyone to drive 75 miles an hour; it simply provides that option.
• It does not change anything in our urban areas, where that speed limit will remain 60 miles an hour,
• So this is the 11th hour, and we've moved this back and forth between houses, and we can move this on

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• That's about two hours north of Los Angeles.
• We know in the first 24 hours, the first 48 hours, those are some of the most important time periods
• I know the legislation changed that, and after 24 hours, if the local agency has been non-responsive
• It depends on the case, but really it's within a couple hours, I would think.
• Oftentimes, those happen within hours. Okay. Thank you for sharing that.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• whether or not it makes sense because on your island, especially when you're talking about a three-hour
• may not be feasible with the current technology that exists for EVs. >> And it's not just a three-hour
• whether or not it makes sense because on your island, especially when you're talking about a three-hour
• commute from one side of the three-hour commute from one side of the island<00:18:27.600> to<
• that it needs to be 8 to 10 hours that it needs to be operated. operated. operated.

Bills: SB2543, SB2435, SB2352

Keywords: state construction, construction manager, design review, public works, capital improvement, DAGS, Department of Accounting and General Services, DOE, Department of Education, comptroller, pilot program, design review special fund, county permit review, accessibility compliance, Disability and Communication Access Board, state infrastructure, government construction, project oversight, civil service exemption, county agencies

Summary: The Committee on Government Operations reconvened on February 10, 2026, to take up measures previously heard on February 5. It advanced SB 2983 on criminal destruction of trees with technical, non-substantive amendments and a committee report note asking Judiciary to clarify that removal of invasive species remains allowed; the measure passed with one no vote. SB 2930 on the state risk management revolving fund also passed with amendments, including blanking out the amount, setting a defective date, and directing Ways and Means to review a spreadsheet before further action. The committee likewise passed SB 2928 on making the small business procurement program permanent and SB 2970 on standards of conduct for state agency contracts, adopting the Ethics Commission’s recommended language assigning compliance responsibility to department directors and deputy directors. SB 2927 and SB 3068 on procurement were deferred to a time certain on February 12, and SB 3015 on personal information, SB 2929 on public notice, and SB 2938 on search and rescue were also deferred for further discussion or to avoid re-referral issues. SB 2662 on external consultants was amended to remove a cap and preemptive approval language, narrow the expertise standard, and note possible auditor staffing or appropriation needs; it then passed with amendments. The joint GVO-EIG hearing then took up SB 2543 on state construction projects and an Office of the State Construction Manager within DAGS. Testimony from the Hawaii Iron Workers Stabilization Fund strongly supported the bill, saying it could reduce wasteful spending on large design-build projects and free money for tax credits and other public needs. DAGS, the University of Hawaii, and DLNR offered written comments, while one witness from KIC opposed the measure and asked for an exemption for member-owned electric cooperatives. A Hawaii Solar Energy Association witness also supported the bill but asked that landscape architects be excluded from the bill’s definition of design professionals, and Rocky Mold said Kauai permitting was efficient enough that he had no objection to carving it out. The committee adopted amendments from DNR, DAGS, and UH and passed SB 2543. The hearing also considered SB 2435 on EV charging infrastructure at state facilities. DAGS and the Hawaii State Energy Office supported the concept and explained that the goal was to retrofit managed parking facilities with infrastructure that can meet current and future EV needs, while acknowledging that some stalls can sit unused and that the state must balance space and enforcement. Members raised concerns about whether dedicating 25% of stalls to EV charging would reduce usable parking, and about rural and Big Island conditions where EV range and battery capacity remain limiting. The discussion noted that DOT, DNR, DOE, and DOH may have their own parking facilities outside DAGS control. The committee then indicated it would broaden the bill to apply to all state agencies and lower the threshold in response to member concerns, with final action not fully shown in the transcript.

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• These people do not carry a caseload; their hours vary.
• Okay, an hour. An hour. An hour. And so then over time, Mr.
• Foster parents are paid $21 to $24 a day, and they are providing 24-hour care.
• You're saying hours, and then they move somewhere else.
• Or assuming one, but yet it's still for hours. Mr.

Keywords: 996, all

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• Because you say you need 40 individuals, and I believe you're going to be paying maybe $19 an hour.
• But in Santa Fe, you can't make $15 or $19 an hour and live here.
• , which is still not enough to work with 48 babies every day, 8 to 10 hours a day.
• 2 hours?
• You know when you're sitting there not checking your messages for two hours, things back up.

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• What is a 48-hour timeline? How much damage can an administration do to a child in 48 hours?
• to 48 hours. hours to align with the timeline for reporting in the Family Code Section 261 relating
• It would be an immediate reporting, not 48 hours.
• And it's also not at 48 hours; it's within 48 hours, so it certainly... ...doesn't keep someone from
• The 48-hour window is something that we can definitely tighten up.

Bills: SB604, SB843, SB1636, SB2395, SB571, SB1224, SB1832, SB2392, SB747, SB2623, SB2624, SB2185

Keywords: bonds, education funding, Texas Permanent School Fund, financial transparency, speculative rating, school funding, deferred maintenance, tax revenue, education budget, school districts, education, finance, Texas Education Code, misconduct, child abuse, educators, investigation, criminal offense, education law, suspension

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• Representative Bakeberg and I have actually had, even just a couple hours ago, conversations with our
• Representative Bakeberg and I have actually had, even just a couple hours ago, conversations with our
• What we receive is 165 hours of instruction.
• <00:30:07.279> of with more immediacy is the hours of with more immediacy is the hours of
• <00:30:25.880> all like the ADM the funding the hours all like the ADM the funding the hours

Keywords: 1183, house

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• When you turn your clock forward an hour, your alarm clock in the morning will sound an hour earlier
• And it will sound an hour early every day until you put it back on standard time.
• Like 5 cents per kilowatt hour or up to $500 per year, for example.
• They can only survive in a home for a few hours versus a few days.
• If that hadn't happened and we had 80 mile an hour sustained winds, 100 mile an hour gusts, we'd be talking

Bills: HB 14, HB 106, HB 146, HB 267, HB 274, HB 1127, HB 1359, HB 1393, HB 1584, HB 1640, HB 1710, HB 2152, HCR 101, HJR 8, HR 51

Keywords: nuclear energy, advanced reactors, energy security, grant programs, Texas Advanced Nuclear Energy Office, HB 106, oil and gas, Railroad Commission of Texas, overhead electrical lines, electrical distribution system, power line maintenance, administrative penalty, Natural Resources Code, oil and gas lease, well operator, energy safety, utility infrastructure, regulatory compliance, cleanup fund, oil and gas regulation and cleanup fund

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• And yet under current law, they receive just eight hours of initial training with 32 hours thereafter
• And yet under current law, they received just eight hours of initial training with 32 hours thereafter
• For that, I'm here to ask you to support SB 1203, because to seek eight hours additional of capacities
• A mere $1 per hour wage increase would hit private security employers with an additional $750 million
• SB 1203 adds 18 hours on top of our already nation-leading 40-hour standard.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• with an unprepared metal shredder feed stockpile with over 200 tons in a single stockpile for any 24 hour
• period and a 24-hour period and 24-hour period?
• Those are the amendments. for any 24-hour period. Those are the amendments.
• Finally, these types of carve-out bills make wage and hour enforcement by the State Department of Labor
• Finally, these types of carve-out bills make wage and hour enforcement by the State Department of Labor

Keywords: 1146, all

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• use our full five minutes to read this bill, from first word to last word, it could take roughly 11 hours
• So normally it's like a 24-hour hold, 96-hour hold.
• It's like a 24-hour hold, 96-hour hold. A judge can certify someone to do that type of treatment.
• Otherwise, we would have to spend time, and we charge by the hour for that time we do that research,
• If I do a survey in your county, that's a two-and-a-half-hour, three-hour drive for me.

Summary: The House opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, then approved the House Journal for the previous day by roll call vote, 126-0. Members then offered several points of personal privilege, including recognition of National Fentanyl Awareness Day and a moment of silence for journalist Ray Hartman. The chamber also welcomed numerous student groups, interns, and other special guests in the gallery. The main floor action centered on the conference committee report for House Bills 2637 and 3155, a very large public safety/criminal justice package. Supporters said it refined earlier legislation, including narrowing juvenile certification to certain A and B felonies, sex offenses, and repeat offenses, adding mental health and cyberstalking provisions, addressing sex offender registry issues, and including a drone-related section with an emergency clause. Critics argued the bill was overly long, multi-subject, and difficult to vet. The House adopted the conference report 124-13, passed the bill 119-18, and then adopted the emergency clause 125-15. The House also passed Senate Bill 834, a consumer protection measure on mortgage modifications and residential sale-leaseback transactions, by 139-1 after members described it as a companion to a House bill and a way to protect homeowners from predatory practices. Senate Bill 937, a land transfer bill authorizing the governor to dispose of certain state properties, passed 137-2 after amendment. Senate Bill 938, which raises recording fees to support the land survey program and recorder of deeds offices, passed 121-21-2 after supporters said the fee had not been increased since 1969 and was needed to keep the program operating. Finally, House Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 973, dealing with wholesaler disclosures and land banks, passed 110-36 after an amendment removed a school property right-of-first-refusal provision and added land bank language. The House then moved several other bills to the informal calendar, made announcements, and adjourned until the next day.

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• If it's in a rural area, it might be 15, 30, 45 minutes or over an hour.
• I live three hours from everything. So they're coming from a long ways away.
• talking about Next Generation 911 and the proposed transition ...spent countless hours talking about
• Also, I had to shorten my business hours, which means lower wages or hours for my employees.
• So there's a lot of... ...which means lower wages or hours for my employees.

Summary: The committee heard several bills related to public safety, emergency response, wildfire prevention, and environmental protection. AB 2152 by Assembly Member Mark Gonzalez would streamline CEQA litigation for new fire station projects and add best-practice requirements; supporters, including firefighters, said it would help communities and firefighter safety, while opponents argued the project labor agreement requirements would raise costs and limit participation for small and nonunion contractors. The bill passed to Appropriations. AB 2041 by Assembly Member Carrillo would expand reporting related to 911 dispatcher pre-arrival medical instructions; after amendments and stakeholder agreement, opposition groups said they would remove their opposition, and the bill passed to Appropriations. AB 2101 by Assembly Member Gipson would require human trafficking notices and training at disaster sites and for disaster response workers; supporters said it would protect vulnerable workers, while broadband, city, and county representatives raised implementation concerns, especially in rural disaster areas. It passed to Appropriations despite a no vote from Vice Chair Hadwick. The committee also considered AB 1805, which would require an audit and stronger oversight of the state’s Next Generation 911 project after concerns about major spending and delays. CalNENA supported the bill’s transparency and accountability provisions, and the measure passed to Appropriations. AB 1536 by Assembly Member Addis would tighten safety and public review requirements for offshore oil pipeline restarts and require decommissioning of certain spill-prone pipelines; environmental and coastal government groups supported it, while the Western States Petroleum Association warned it would threaten fuel supply and pipeline operations. The bill passed to Appropriations on a divided vote. AB 1964 would direct the State Fire Marshal to survey home hardening in fire-prone areas and estimate costs; it passed to Appropriations with broad support. AB 1960, also by Assembly Member Bennett, would use a portion of wildfire prevention grants to encourage community-level home hardening certification. The author said the bill would create incentives and broader public awareness, while the vice chair argued it would favor communities that can already afford hardening and divert resources from higher-need areas; the bill still passed to Appropriations. AB 1863 by Assembly Member DeMaio would clarify that people cannot be charged simply for calling 911 or when no services are rendered, while preserving fees for actual services and allowing billing for legitimate emergency response costs; it passed to the Assembly floor. The committee also took up consent item AB 2517, which passed to Appropriations. After add-on votes for absent members, the meeting adjourned.