Transcript Highlights:

• So the algorithm outputs the information so that the supervisor can then go over the information.
• Many... ...the information so that the supervisor can then go over the information.
• These were able for us to pull because of public information access requests, basically Freedom of Information
• inform things.
• help inform things.

Bills: SB6, SB7, SB8, SB11, SB12, SB13, SB15, SB17

Keywords: hemp, consumable hemp, hemp-derived cannabinoids, CBD, cannabidiol, CBG, cannabigerol, delta-8, delta-9, intoxicating hemp, hemp gummies, hemp vape, edibles, cannabinoid regulation, hemp licensing, retailer registration, product registration, QR code labeling, child-resistant packaging, minor access

Summary: The committee first took up Senate Bill 8, the Texas Women's Privacy Act, and heard extensive public testimony both for and against the measure. Supporters, including representatives of Texas Values and Texas Values Action, argued the bill was needed to protect women’s privacy and safety in restrooms, locker rooms, showers, prisons, domestic violence shelters, and other government-controlled spaces, and said it would provide clear, sex-based rules. Opponents, including many transgender Texans, civil rights advocates, clergy, business and public safety voices, and others, argued the bill would invite harassment, gender policing, lawsuits, and invasive inspections, while harming trans, intersex, and gender-nonconforming people as well as cisgender women who do not fit stereotypes. Several witnesses said the bill would conflict with federal law or prison standards, worsen safety in shelters and prisons, and hurt Texas’s reputation and economy. The chair repeatedly noted the compressed special-session schedule and said flood relief remained the session’s top priority. Public testimony on SB 8 was eventually closed, and the bill was left pending. The committee then moved to Senate Bill 6, dealing with consumable hemp product restrictions. Testimony on SB 6 focused on whether the bill went too far in restricting hemp-derived THC products. Opponents argued hemp and THC have medical and economic value, that the bill would criminalize conduct and burden courts, and that regulation—not prohibition—was the better approach. Some witnesses supported tighter rules such as testing, child-resistant packaging, and limits on marketing to children, but still opposed the bill’s broad THC ban, higher fees, and age restrictions. Several speakers emphasized benefits for veterans, chronic pain patients, and small businesses, and warned that prohibition would push consumers toward the illicit market. The committee heard the testimony and then continued with additional witnesses, with no final vote or disposition reported in the excerpt.

Transcript Highlights:

• This bill doesn't take into account how hospital blood tests are always falsely elevated.
• Information or data on if it... Ma'am, I don't, but I'll try to get that for you.
• In the public information request that I do have here, I will turn it in.
• In my consulting business, I specialize in violence assessment and prevention, all of which informs my
• We were told that the red flag had been removed, but without informing us, they had replaced it.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• So, we have our own in-house data team that's proactively monitoring our billing information and informing
• We review all complaints, tips, or information shared with us.
• We'll gather information to get clarification.
• I would love to have that information.
• I'd have to verify that, but we can provide that information.

Transcript Highlights:

• I'd rather make an informed decision rather than a speculative one.
• that the public is informed, and the process is transparent.
• Will also, I guess, information related to the permit.
• The applicant must provide information on permits, TCEQ, or TPWD.
• Our students deserve better than a false neutrality.

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, heard an invocation, received a House message announcing passage of H.B. 500, and a gubernatorial nomination for the Upper Neches River Municipal Water Authority Board. The chamber adopted several resolutions, including SR 409 recognizing Blue Ribbon Lobby Day, SR 402 honoring the discovery of the woolly devil plant at Big Bend National Park, and recognitions for Operation Christmas RGV and Wilson County Day. The Senate also heard an announcement that the Committee on Senate Nominations action report had been placed on members’ desks. The body then took up and passed several bills. SB 2365 was passed to prohibit personal wireless communication devices by public school students during instructional time, with exceptions for health, special education, and safety needs. SB 1869 was passed to reaffirm the DSHS commissioner’s authority over controlled-substance schedule changes without rulemaking or judicial review. SB 1124 was passed to revise criminal discovery procedures in response to the Heath decision, with supporters saying it preserves exculpatory evidence protections while limiting suppression of inculpatory evidence when the defense already knew of it. SB 1758 was passed to create a Grayson County pilot study and temporary permitting hold concerning a cement kiln/quarry near a semiconductor wafer facility, and SB 2078 was passed to regulate composting in certain counties, after a clarifying amendment. The Senate also passed SB 33, barring governmental entities from transactions that support abortion assistance or out-of-state abortion procurement; SB 34, expanding wildfire preparedness measures, studies, equipment databases, and rural fire department funding; SB 1208, increasing the penalty for interference with public duties from a Class B misdemeanor to a state jail felony; SB 1030, removing the maintenance, repair, and overhaul tax for general aviation; SB 505, creating processes to address election irregularities; SB 2411, updating the Business Organizations Code and changing filing-method requirements; and SB 1333, addressing unauthorized entry, occupancy, sale, rental, lease, or conveyance of real property. Most measures advanced on voice vote or recorded roll call after motions to suspend the regular order and the constitutional three-day rule, with several members raising questions or objections, especially on the criminal justice, abortion, and public duties bills.

Transcript Highlights:

• And with that, uh, we will begin our agenda for today, which is an informational hearing on the governor's
• The state would use AI to compare information and detect Medicaid payment discrepancies in real time
• He said that if information exists to that extent, they need to have that information and be able to
• <00:37:23.599> between of sharing information between of sharing information between agencies
• As this was an informational hearing, there is no bill to lay over at this time.

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• We're getting into information exchange on those projects that are in the red. somebody.
• on<00:07:31.039> those information exchange on on those information exchange on on those
• That is unequivocally false, right?
• That is unequivocally<00:14:45.279> false,<00:14:45.920> right?
• There is no unequivocally false, right?

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The Artificial Intelligence Task Force held its third meeting and adopted the prior minutes after a motion and second. The main presentation came from John Bevington of LG&E and KU, who described the utility’s Kentucky service territory, its vertically integrated operations, and its role in economic development. He said the company supported 76 projects in 2024, representing about $3 billion in announced investment and roughly 3,000 jobs, and noted that about 45% of statewide investment announcements were in its service area. He also outlined a large project pipeline of about 8.5 gigawatts, with data centers making up roughly two-thirds of that interest. Bevington explained that data center siting differs from traditional manufacturing site selection because it is driven primarily by transmission access and grid capacity rather than a process of eliminating locations. He said large data centers must locate near transmission lines, that utilities must conduct formal studies to ensure existing customers are not harmed, and that the buildout timeline for utility infrastructure is much longer than for data centers. He cited a Deloitte study and other industry data to argue that power constraints and timeline mismatches are the biggest challenges, while also emphasizing that data centers can generate significant construction activity, indirect jobs, and tax revenue. He said Kentucky’s sales tax exemption for data centers was a key enabler that increased interest in the state. Members asked about the number and size of potential data center projects, how Kentucky compares with other states, and whether regulatory reform is needed. Bevington said the 20 projects in Kentucky reflect current interest, that other states such as Ohio have had similar incentives for years, and that Kentucky is still early in the market. He also said data centers can vary in size, from 200 to 600 megawatts or more, and that they can be located anywhere with sufficient transmission capacity and, in some cases, access to workforce and roads. In response to concerns about energy supply, he said LG&E and KU are pursuing an “all of the above” strategy, including solar, batteries, and new natural gas combined-cycle units, and noted ongoing and proposed projects totaling additional capacity if approved by the Public Service Commission.

Transcript Highlights:

• <00:34:19.040> billing perjury for submitting false billing perjury for submitting false billing
• I worked with the banks to kind of get that information and figure out how we could get money out to
• I worked with the banks to kind of get that information and figure out how we could get money out to
• I worked with the banks to kind of get that information and figure out how we could get money out to
• I worked with the banks to kind of get that information and figure out how we could get money out to

Bills: SF1959, HF2444, SF2298, HF2445, SF2216, HF2443, HF2130, HF1943, HF2436, HF2442

Keywords: veterans, military affairs, Department of Veterans Affairs, Department of Military Affairs, omnibus veterans bill, appropriations, National Guard, state active service, armory, State Armory Building Commission, veterans homes, veterans cemeteries, county veterans service office, Minnesota GI Bill, Gold Star families, Blue Star families, Secret War in Laos, Hmong veterans, Laos veterans, special guerrilla units

Transcript Highlights:

• DeMaio, it's a lot of information. If you give me just a moment, please. Thank you. Thank you.
• In 2020, he falsely claimed victory.
• In 2020, he falsely claimed victory.
• And it's a false scenario to say that we can defeat that, that we can defeat that.
• He informed me that was protected by attorney-client privilege. I asked him, who is paying you?

Summary: The Assembly met after a quorum call, recess, prayer, and the Pledge of Allegiance, then moved into a highly procedural and contentious floor session centered on redistricting measures. Members debated a point of order raised by Assembly Member DeMaio challenging the constitutionality of SB 280, ACA 8, and AB 604; the Speaker ruled the point not well taken, and the Assembly sustained that ruling on appeal. The body also took up consent-calendar and procedural motions, including suspending rules to adopt late amendments on ACA 8 and to bring the measure up without reference to file. Several motions to re-refer or suspend rules on related measures failed, while the motion to adopt the late amendments on ACA 8 carried. The main substantive item was ACA 8, the Assembly Constitutional Amendment related to redistricting, presented by Assembly Member Berman as a response to mid-decade redistricting efforts in other states, especially Texas. Supporters argued the measure was a temporary, voter-driven response to protect democracy, counter partisan gerrymandering, and address broader threats tied to the Trump administration, including immigration enforcement and health care cuts. Opponents argued ACA 8 would undermine California’s independent citizens redistricting commission, violate the state Constitution, and amount to partisan gerrymandering or a power grab. Members on both sides framed the issue as a defense of democracy, but disagreed sharply over whether the Legislature should act or leave redistricting to voters and the existing commission. No final vote on ACA 8 is shown in the transcript excerpt, but the Assembly did vote on several procedural matters: the appeal of the Speaker’s ruling was sustained 58-18; the motion to adopt late amendments on ACA 8 passed 58-19; a motion to re-refer ACA 8 and SB 280 to Judiciary failed 19-58; and a motion to take up A.J.R. 21 without reference to file failed 19-58. The session remained focused on ACA 8 and related redistricting questions, with extensive floor speeches from both supporters and opponents.

Transcript Highlights:

• to be able to grant informed consent.
• Whoever is coercing her, whoever is misleading her, whoever is giving her false information, it's going
• You good information. Understood.
• What it would do is allow for information to be shared and Information on unsubstantiated complaints
• All of that information is in...

Bills: SB 2, SB 5, SB 10, SB 9, SB 7, SB 17, SB 4, HB17, HB7, HB7, HB15, HB15, HB27, HB1, HB7, HB15, HB18, SB9, SB7, SB17, SB4, HB17, HB27, HB1, SB8, HCR13, SB2, SB5, SB10

Keywords: disaster relief, flood preparedness, emergency funding, local government support, meteorological forecasting, school assessment, public education, accountability, transparency, education standards, STAAR, Texas Education Agency, TEA, public school accountability, school ratings, A-F ratings, assessment reform, student testing, benchmark tests, interim assessments

Transcript Highlights:

• locally to be able to um in information locally to be able to um in you<00:39:40.320> know<00
• you know look into uh that information you know look into uh that information and<00:39:42.720><
• They give them a false, empty set of promises that are going to do nothing to solve it.
• <02:23:15.439> hope to be in the school with the false hope to be in the school with the false
• as a way thinking that it'll falsely as a way thinking that it'll falsely protect.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Senate Bill 1159. 9 by Eckhart relating to the prohibited report or disclosure of certain health information
• Senate Bill 1162 by Hughes relating to information to undergraduate students regarding certain fixed
• Identifier on payment claim to Health and Human Services Senate Bill 1233 by Hancock relating to information
• a patient's access to health. records and access to an exchange of certain health benefit plan information
• . and Rural Affairs Senate Bill 1248 by Perry relaying the disclosure of certain harvest report information

Bills: SJR36, SJR3, SB616, SB565, SB384, SB5, SJR52, SJR53, SJR54, SJR55, SCR18, SCR19, SCR22, SB27, SB29, SB35, SB1151, SB1152, SB1153, SB1154, SB1155, SB1156, SB1157, SB1158, SB1159, SB1160, SB1161, SB1162, SB1163, SB1164, SB1165, SB1166, SB1167, SB1168, SB1169, SB1170, SB1171, SB1172, SB1173, SB1174, SB1175, SB1176, SB1177, SB1178, SB1179, SB1180, SB1181, SB1182, SB1183, SB1184, SB1185, SB1186, SB1187, SB1188, SB1189, SB1190, SB1191, SB1192, SB1193, SB1194, SB1195, SB1196, SB1197, SB1198, SB1199, SB1200, SB1201, SB1202, SB1203, SB1204, SB1205, SB1206, SB1207, SB1208, SB1209, SB1210, SB1211, SB1212, SB1213, SB1214, SB1215, SB1216, SB1217, SB1218, SB1219, SB1220, SB1221, SB1222, SB1223, SB1224, SB1225, SB1226, SB1227, SB1228, SB1229, SB1230, SB1231, SB1232, SB1233, SB1234, SB1235, SB1236, SB1237, SB1238, SB1239, SB1240, SB1241, SB1242, SB1243, SB1244, SB1245, SB1246, SB1247, SB1248, SB1249, SB1250, SB1251, SB1252, SB1253, SB1254, SB1255, SB1256, SB1257, SB1258, SB1259, SB1260, SB1261, SB1262, SB1263, SB1264, SB1265, SB1266, SB1267, SB1268, SB1269, SB1270, SB1271, SB1272, SB1273, SB1274, SB1275, SB1276, SB1277, SB1278, SB1279, SB1280, SB1281, SB1282, SB1283, SB1284, SB1285, SB1286, SB1287, SB1288, SB1289, SB1290, SB1291, SB1292, SB1293, SB1294, SB1295, SB1296, SB1297, SB1298, SB1299, SB1300, SB1301, SB1302, SB1303, SB1304, SB1305, SB1306, SB1307, SB1308, SB1309, SB1310, SB1311, SB1312, SB1313, SB1314, SB1315, SB1316, SB1317, SB1318, SB1319, SB1320, SB1321, SB1322, SB1323, SB1324, SB1325, SB1326, SB1327, SB1328, SB1329, SB1330, SB1331, SB1332, SB1333, SB1334, SB1335, SB1336, SB1337, SB1338, SB1339, SB1340, SB1341, SB1342, SB1343, SB1344, SB1345, SB1621, SJR57

Keywords: dementia, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, research funding, state budget, prevention, healthcare, medical research, Dementia Prevention and Research Institute, aquifer, water management, Edwards Aquifer, sustainability, regulatory framework, SB 565, Texas Water Code, TCEQ, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, compliance agreement, enforcement suspension

Transcript Highlights:

• <00:09:50.720> and<00:09:50.960> informed Thank you.
• I had made false statements.
• my<00:46:53.080> hearing, Information Act after my hearing, Information Act after my hearing
• with this information, concerned with this information,<00:48:33.680> and<00:48:33.920> sharing
• <00:48:34.128> [snorts]<00:48:34.240> it information, and sharing [snorts] it information

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• they are dealing with this information they are dealing with this information facilitates<00:44:
• dangerous offenders a menu of false dangerous offenders a menu of false accusations<01:15:48.280
• and school enrollment information, as well as other private data, from disclosure.
• and school enrollment information, as well as other private data, from disclosure.
• <01:32:57.000> that context um based on the information that context um based on the information

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• And then get the information and try to put it out there so everybody understands it.
• Okay, but we do not have this information. I've talked to hydrological...
• If we can bring that out of the information that exists, we'll get it.
• All of that information, prepare all of those reports, and file them with the district.
• claiming to have information on the missing and demanding ransom for their return.

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Seeing none, informational? House Bill 2189? Seeing none, informational?
• So I have factual information that I can share with you.
• Anyone for information? Anyone else in favor? Anyone for informational purposes?
• I'll provide the links and the information and the data, just so you have that for your information when
• I'll provide the links and the information and the data, just so you have that for your information when

Keywords: 959, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• I was informed of all my options to.
• or dishonest I believe is simply false. or dishonest I believe is simply false.
• But we can still keep all of our patients' information confidential and private.
• For example, in 2013, Illinois enacted a bill that was predicated on the false assertion that the information
• <00:59:19.200> that health because of the information that health because of the information

Bills: HB0003, HB0004

Keywords: pregnancy centers, abortion, pro-life, healthcare, women's rights, state regulation, civil rights, freedom of speech, medical assistance, birthing centers, Medicaid, Wyoming, 916, all

Transcript Highlights:

• And so that's where that information provided Inspector General Clark and his team with information priority
• to us, and somebody's giving us specific information.
• Just days ago, the information that they discovered was that the information coming from the public,
• So happy to work with you, get you the information you need.
• We're requiring people to key information into a 1980s-era DAS system that doesn't put the information

Transcript Highlights:

• So I think what my fear on this bill is, you know, either being falsely accused or those accusations
• What's going on here my concern is those cases when somebody is falsely accused. They go to court.
• I could just imagine the nightmare of somebody who was falsely accused and that they would want that.

Bills: SB137, SB1216, SB1226, SB1238, SB1255, SB1256, SB1258, SB1325, SB1460, SB1543, SB1730, SB1733, SB1921

Keywords: electronic monitoring, Department of Corrections, criminal justice, rehabilitation, public safety, SB 1216, drug court, drug courts, Oklahoma drug court, eligibility, substance abuse treatment, addiction, diversion program, criminal justice reform, probation violation, revocation, intermediate revocation facility, plea agreement, speedy trial waiver, preliminary hearing waiver

Transcript Highlights:

• that we have um I verify the information that we have contact<01:35:19.679> information<01:35
• <02:01:14.880> Um your information by offer of proof.
• Um your information by offer of proof.
• things where bringing that information things where bringing that information into<02:06:40.000>
• <02:17:13.599> claim, bad decision based on a false claim, bad decision based on a false claim

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The Children and Family Law Committee met on April 15, 2025, and opened a hearing on Senate Bill 269, which would remove references to “bride and groom” and replace them with “applicants” in the Vital Records Act. The bill was described by the sponsor’s designee as a housekeeping update requested by the Secretary of State to modernize and standardize the language in light of same-sex marriage and to make the statute gender-neutral. Members asked whether the change would affect the substance of marriage law, marriage ceremonies, age and residence requirements, or open the door to polygamy; the response was that it would not change the law, would still apply to two adults, and would not supersede New Hampshire’s ban on polygamy. Some members noted the bill had passed the Senate unanimously and 18-0, while others questioned whether the change was necessary given existing forms and statutes, and whether it could create confusion with other laws such as alimony or divorce paperwork. The discussion became lengthy and somewhat informal, with members debating whether the terminology update was merely clerical or whether it should be postponed for more information from the Secretary of State’s office. Several members expressed frustration that no representative from that office was present. One member, speaking as a family law attorney, argued the bill was redundant because similar information already appears on vital statistics forms and could potentially create unintended issues; others countered that the Legislature should keep statutes consistent with current law and modern terminology. The committee also briefly discussed how marriage certificates and licenses are labeled and how same-sex couples are designated under current law. After a Republican caucus break, the chair called for a nonbinding thumb vote on whether to postpone the bill. The committee voted to come back to the bill later, and the hearing on SB 269 was closed and postponed to a later executive session date. The chair then shifted to other committee business, including preparations for a later discussion with Chief Administrative Justice Ellen Kristo and a family court subcommittee exercise, but no further action was taken on SB 269 during this segment.

Transcript Highlights:

• I want you to be be careful to not not divulge any any confidential information or any information that
• And I've done. numerous public information requests.
• fact called this a pants-on-fire false claim started by online rumors? Okay.
• Completely false. All right. Thank you real brief on that. Yeah.
• And so presentation of facts... information.

Bills: HB4, HB54, SB 10, SB 24, HB4, HB54, HB775, HB850, HB 1122, HB 1249, HB1405, HB2336, HB2757, HB3372, HB3622, HB4442, HB4687, HB4893, HB5089, HB5515, HB5606, SB10, SB24, HB1573, HB3369

Keywords: district composition, congressional election, Texas, legislature, voting districts, citizenship, U.S. citizen, non-citizen, public office, advisory board, task force, state government, local government, political subdivision, commission board, appointment eligibility, officeholder qualifications, public service, naturalization, Texas Government Code