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TX

Texas 89th Regular

State Affairs Apr 23rd, 2025

State Affairs

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  • What's not clear is whether investors actually own the land. ...or just have access to it to build on
  • billion dollars each year on information technology goods and services across state agencies and higher
  • Cases we've since learned have created challenges for institutions of higher education that manage projects
  • I have learned that hurricanes are part of life. be able to prevent them, we can minimize the damages
  • Yes, if you just I learned last night about a million dollars. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

State Affairs Apr 23rd, 2025

State Affairs

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  • Companies and cooperatives serving fewer than 3,100 access lines face financial challenges.
  • Houston, while empowering rural trucks to access bigger markets.
  • Smaller and rural communities would also gain greater access to diverse food options if trucks could
  • in our credit rating, there is a smaller pool of investors for us to get debt from, and it is at a higher
  • This guy had access to kids at the Children's Hospital of San Antonio.
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Human Services Apr 22nd, 2025

Human Services

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  • House Bill 3940 improves access to newborn health coverage and care by providing necessary information
  • They have access to those programs, but whenever they are in a facility and they age out, they do not
  • have access to those.
  • When my boss was elected to higher office, I became an investigator for Child Protective Services.
  • He had learning challenges.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Elections Apr 17th, 2025 at 10:04 am

Elections

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  • You could do all kinds of—get access to the voter rolls, add extra names, or something perhaps.
  • Really can't expect voters waiting up to two hours in line not to have access to their family, spoken
  • So there is such a thing as appropriate punishment for different things, and this is higher punishment
  • Requiring citizens to pay to access their required documents is, by any definition, a poll tax.
  • Requiring citizens to pay to access their required documents is, by any definition, a poll tax, which
Summary: The committee first voted out two previously heard Senate bills without amendment: SB 688, relating to the date of the meeting of presidential electors, and SB 914, relating to authorizing certain cities to change the date of their general election for officers. Both motions passed on 8-0 votes with one member absent. The committee then heard HB 3909, which would change the current prohibition on wireless device use from a 100-foot boundary around a voting station to only inside the room where voting is taking place, with a committee substitute also adding state-prescribed signage. The author and supporters said the change would reduce confusion and make enforcement easier for election workers, while opponents argued the existing 100-foot rule helps prevent electioneering, recording, and possible technical interference with election equipment. The bill was left pending. Members also heard HB 1968, which would repeal a provision that requires counties to provide election services to certain political subdivisions in odd-numbered years but not even-numbered years, making county-provided election services consistent across years. Supporters said it would improve consistency for smaller cities and school districts, while opponents warned it could strain county equipment and staffing during heavy election cycles. The bill was left pending. HB 2279 would require voter registrars to remove a person from the rolls if the person swears under oath during jury service that they are not a U.S. citizen; supporters said this would streamline removal of ineligible voters, while opponents raised concerns about mistaken identity and loss of due process. The bill was left pending. Finally, the committee heard HB 2803, which would require a presiding judge to give a poll watcher a signed statement explaining any removal from service. Supporters said this would improve documentation and accountability, and one witness asked for clarification that improper removal would remain a criminal offense; the author said he would consider a floor amendment and further discussion. The committee also heard HB 4253, which would create a more uniform voter-roll maintenance process based on inactivity, sending confirmation notices to voters who have not voted in the prior 25 months and eventually removing those who do not respond after multiple election cycles. Supporters said it would clean up outdated records and help keep voters registered where they actually live, while opponents argued it could wrongly remove eligible voters who simply do not vote regularly. HB 4253 was left pending as well.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Veteran Affairs Apr 15th, 2025

Veteran Affairs

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  • A learning process. Very good. So we have a resource witness from the Veterans Commission.
  • This option has numerous benefits, including streamlining access to military-related exemptions or benefits
  • This option has numerous benefits, including streamlining access to military-related exemptions or benefits
  • If a family member or friend comes to try to claim the vehicle or claim belongings, then we learn that
  • It applies to housing, employment, and access to utilities.
Summary: The Senate Committee on Veteran Affairs heard several bills focused on veterans’ mental health, criminal justice coordination, cemetery expansion, housing, vehicle registration, and anti-discrimination protections. SB 2926 would transfer administration of veterans’ mental health initiatives from HHSC to the Texas Veterans Commission, create a community-based mental health grant program, require a statewide veteran suicide prevention action plan, and add annual reporting requirements. SB 2938 would require county jails to verify and report veteran status at intake, help veteran inmates apply for federal benefits, and provide access to county veteran services and free visitation with service coordinators. Both bills were described as joint or practical efforts to improve coordination and service delivery for veterans, and both were left pending after no public testimony was offered. The committee also heard SB 2543, which would give more flexibility to expand the Texas veterans cemetery system, and SB 2545, which would explore using manufactured homes as another affordable housing option for veterans through the Veterans Land Board. SB 2545 drew questions about how manufactured-home loans would work; a Texas Veterans Land Board witness said implementation would likely require closing at a title company rather than through a retail bill of sale, and the Texas Manufactured Housing Association testified in support. Both cemetery and housing bills were left pending. Members then heard SB 2007, which would let vehicle registration applicants voluntarily designate military status so the DMV could record it and help with benefits and towing/impound issues involving deployed service members. Witnesses from the towing industry and DMV supported the bill, saying the current system lacks enough identifying information to run military-status checks and that the indicator could help prevent vehicles from being sold while owners are deployed. SB 2104 would add military status as a protected class under state anti-discrimination laws for employment, housing, and utilities; the author said it would address ongoing discrimination against service members, veterans, and military families. The Texas VFW supported the bill, citing the Leroy Torres case as an example of why additional state protections are needed. After discussion about overlap with federal law and existing state protections, SB 2104 was also left pending.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Elections Apr 9th, 2025

Elections

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  • There's no cell phone access or internet access.
  • But the election officials still have access to how we vote.
  • Hard time getting ballots leads to unequal access for voters.
  • This is really more about equal access for all.
  • Being held to a different standard, even a higher standard.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate County and Municipal Government Committee Apr 8th, 2025

County and Municipal Government

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  • be to put a firearm training that would be to put a firearm training that would be you could be accessed
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US
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  • It leads to higher drug prices for patients, and I appreciate Senator Blumenthal for working with me
  • One thing I've learned in the Senate is persistence pays off.
  • broadly, I share my colleague's conviction that we have to do more to ensure that our constituents have access
  • the patent system to block generics from coming to the market and providing more affordable and accessible
  • Access to affordable generics and biosimilar acts, would anyone like to speak on the bill?
Summary: The meeting focused on addressing the high cost of prescription drugs and the abusive practices that contribute to elevated prices affecting American families. Several bills were presented, including proposals to end pay-for-delay deals and to enhance transparency in the operations of pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs). The discussion was notable for its emphasis on consumer protection and ensuring that cheaper generic drugs reach the market more effectively. Members expressed frustration over past attempts to pass similar legislation stalling in the Senate, leading to renewed efforts to push these bills forward.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Delivery of Government Efficiency Apr 2nd, 2025

Delivery of Government Efficiency

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  • Again, at any agency or as you indicate, the Institute of Higher Education.
  • Reliable, accessible child care is found.
  • Foundational to a thriving economy when families have access to safe affordable high-quality early learning
  • We want to regulate the bad things that kids aren't going to have access to.
  • And I'm learning all kinds of things.
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Human Services Apr 1st, 2025

Human Services

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  • We all learned a lot. So thank you.
  • Texans need access to affordable prescriptions.
  • People do not have access to Medicaid I mean medical services, and this is the problem.
  • And this bill is just trying to give people access.
  • We don't want to insure people well they gotta get access some kind of way.
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama Senate Judiciary Committee Feb 25th, 2026

Judiciary

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  • You would want pure fentanyl to be the higher charge.
  • You would want pure fentanyl to be the higher charge.
  • You need a higher mixtures of fentanyl.
  • Um, and now with the higher charge.
  • I’m not one of the learned attorneys around the table, just a lay person.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Public Education Apr 29th, 2025

Public Education

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  • higher education.
  • Players learn, men and women, young boys and girls.
  • Learn things that they just can't learn in the classroom.
  • It's called assessment of learning. Assessment for learning. And that's different.
  • I enjoyed learning about your bills, Mr. Frank.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Public Education Apr 29th, 2025

Public Education

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  • I've learned more about the Texas Education Code than I have in the past three decades, and frankly,
  • But I had to learn because we discovered a confusing and dangerous loophole that our board of trustees
  • wouldn't because we have more Title I and we have more special needs on that side, but there's a higher
  • School districts across the state are facing budget shortfalls of crisis proportions, and learning that
  • Well, would one committee, one community, rather, if it's split up, would one have a higher percentage
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session 03-31-2026 11:30am

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

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AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama House Ways and Means Education Committee Mar 3rd, 2026

Ways and Means Education

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  • Purcell and the Alabama Commission on Higher Education team.
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