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• A lot of pictures are coming for you all right now, so it's like 12 cameras in front of you.
• urging the Department of Transportation and Development to evaluate impediments to safety measures and speed

Keywords: 974, senate, all

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• . $28,200 for the school bus camera fund, the last year of the farm-to-school federal grant, and ongoing
• to court technology, that’s one area that we’re really struggling in the sense of the court side to speed

Keywords: 989, all

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• I'm trying to turn on my camera. This time of video. Okay.
• Data Center work group this summer, and through that process learned, along with others, that the speed

Summary: The committee heard House Bill 2343, which would require the Department of Fish and Wildlife to obtain CAFO or individual discharge permit coverage for its game farms, and to treat game farms with at least 5,000 birds as large CAFOs. The prime sponsor and local officials from Centralia said the WDFW pheasant farm has contributed to nitrate contamination in a critical aquifer, affecting drinking water and public health, and argued the state should be held to the same standards as private operators. WDFW testified that it has already voluntarily secured the permit the bill would require and is working with Ecology and local partners. Testimony from county health and residents largely supported the bill, citing elevated nitrate levels and health risks, especially for infants and pregnant people. The committee then heard House Bill 2301, which expands Washington’s paint stewardship program to cover additional paint-related products, aerosol paints, and certain non-industrial coatings. The sponsor and industry supporters said the existing paint recycling program is working well and should be broadened to keep more materials out of landfills and reduce local hazardous waste costs. Local government witnesses supported the expansion but asked for changes on convenience standards, packaging coverage, and reimbursement for local collection costs. Ecology supported the overall concept but raised implementation concerns, including the need for uniform standards, full reporting, and more time for rulemaking. A wood preservatives industry representative opposed including wood preservatives, saying they are not paint and have different handling requirements. The committee also took testimony on House Bill 2515, a proposed substitute addressing emerging large energy use facilities, defined mainly as large data centers and virtual currency mining facilities. The bill would require utilities to adopt tariffs or policies to protect other ratepayers, require long-term contracts, demand response or curtailment provisions, reporting on energy and water use, and new clean energy targets for these facilities, while also changing how no-cost allowances under the Climate Commitment Act are allocated and creating an annual fee for the facilities. Supporters, including environmental groups, community action agencies, some utilities, and labor and tribal representatives, said the bill would protect ratepayers, improve transparency, and keep Washington on track for climate goals. Opponents, including data center and business groups, some ports, and several labor organizations, argued the bill is too prescriptive, could raise costs or discourage investment, may affect existing contracts and other large industrial loads, and could reduce construction jobs. No votes or final actions were taken in the transcript.

Transcript Highlights:

• and overlapping requirements already lead to customer drop-off, and clean energy adoption depends on speed
• Just to start off, not loving this new camera. We get to watch ourselves while we testify.

Bills: HB2272 , HB2285 , HB2296

Committee: House Environment & Energy

Keywords: ski areas, winter sports, terminology update, recreation, regulatory changes, carbon capture, clean energy, environmental regulation, sustainability, green technology, distributed energy, renewable energy, energy resources, energy policy, 904, all

Transcript Highlights:

• and overlapping requirements already lead to customer drop-off, and clean energy adoption depends on speed
• Just to start off, not loving this new camera. We get to watch ourselves while we testify.

Summary: The committee began with member and staff introductions, then held a work session on emissions-intensive trade-exposed facilities (EITEs) under Washington’s Climate Commitment Act. Ecology staff reviewed how cap-and-invest works, explained EITE no-cost allowance allocations, and summarized a new report to the Legislature on policy options for 2035-2050. Ecology recommended continuing no-cost allocations but adjusting them to fit the cap, considering a consignment approach that would require EITEs to invest part of the value of free allowances in decarbonization, and studying additional benchmarking and leakage-mitigation refinements. Quebec officials described their cap-and-trade system, including a consignment model that withholds part of free allocations, holds the value in trust for facilities, and requires technical studies and investment in mitigation projects; they said it has encouraged industrial investment and no business closures. Members asked about facility closures, compliance costs, eligible uses of consigned funds, and adaptation spending. The work session then closed. The committee then heard House Bill 2296, which would expand distributed energy resources by allowing portable plug-in solar devices and meter-mounted devices. The prime sponsor said the bill is intended to lower barriers and startup costs for renters and homeowners who want to electrify or add solar. Supporters, including a nonprofit promoting plug-in solar and a physician group, said the devices could broaden access to clean energy and reduce greenhouse gas and health harms. Utilities, labor, and industry groups opposed the bill as written, citing safety concerns, lack of national electrical code standards, possible backfeeding and fire risks, utility-worker hazards, unclear interconnection rules, and concerns about multifamily housing and small-utility review burdens. Some witnesses said they were open to continued work on the proposal. Next, the committee heard House Bill 2285, which would allow natural gas generation paired with carbon capture, utilization, storage, or mineralization to count toward Clean Energy Transformation Act compliance. The sponsor and supporters argued the bill would provide a “bridge” for firm power, help address reliability and transmission constraints, and support jobs while reducing emissions compared with conventional gas. Opponents said the bill would weaken CETA’s 100% clean electricity target by allowing resources that still emit carbon to qualify, and they questioned whether 75% capture is sufficient. Other testimony raised cost concerns and warned that carbon capture could increase ratepayer costs. The hearing on HB 2285 was later suspended and reopened briefly for additional testimony from Ecology, which said the bill would permanently weaken CETA standards and likely reduce emissions reductions. The committee also briefly received a staff briefing on House Bill 2272, a ski-area terminology bill, and then suspended that hearing to take it up later.

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• We ask for my son, Steve Montenegro, that is the president, sir, of this camera, of this organo legislative
• infrastructure; 2058, gamefish commission ownership, land, agricultural and rural affairs; 2059, high-speed

Keywords: 1182, all

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• This is moving at speeds that we can't even imagine right now.
• You just put your phone, you open your, your camera, and it, it gives you the answer.

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• Obviously, we'd have to get up to speed pretty quick if the state of Texas is gonna start. are regulating
• Install smart systems like ring doorbells and advanced security cameras.

Bills: HB256 , HB1308 , HB1554 , HB1743 , HB2308 , HB2351 , HB2858 , HB3676 , HB3784 , HB4312 , HB4552 , HB4823 , HB4852 , HB5007 , HB5010 , HB5520 , HB5524 , HCR19 , HB256 , HCR19

Committee: House State Affairs

Keywords: E-verify, employment verification, illegal employment, state contracts, government entities, license suspension, immigration compliance, state grant funding, E-Verify, compliance, penalties, immigration, government contracts, employee status, state contractors, E-verify program, legally present, employment practices, legal services, public money

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• Right here would bring the code up to speed with the realities of what's actually happening on the ground
• There was a prohibition against cameras and other recording devices inside the polling place.

Bills: HB1968 , HB2279 , HB2739 , HB2803 , HB3909 , HB3918 , HB4253 , HB4475 , HB5115 , HB5430

Committee: House Elections

Keywords: election services, contracting, political subdivisions, county elections, election code, voter registration, citizenship status, election law, cancellation, disqualification, Texas Election Code, voter identification, registration, election integrity, identification documents, election, watcher, polling place, removal, Texas Elections Code

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• investigation through that trace unit, trace back to whichever bar sold it, work with the bar, get the cameras
• For the last year to speed up licensing processing times, to make sure that we are not holding.

Committee: House Licensing & Administrative Procedures

Keywords: 1184, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Testing cameras, testing audio, looking at multiple things here.
• We'll switch through our cameras here. Here's our left view, our presenter view.
• Certainly, we'll run through cameras one more time here, different presentation sources, certainly, so
• We got our left camera view, our presenter view, right view. We're going to go to recess.

Keywords: 908, all

Summary: This appears to be a technical audio-video test for the Rough Rider Room rather than a legislative meeting. The speaker repeatedly checks microphones, cameras, presentation sources, and closed captioning, cycling through quad view, left view, presenter view, and right view. They note the date and time as Tuesday, April 28, 2026, around 9:20–9:23 a.m., and mention a recess and return to live testing. The main purpose of the session was to verify that equipment was functioning properly and to assess how the content view and captioning appeared to the public. The speaker also performed a finger synchronization test and commented that the closed captioning was word-wrapping in a way they wanted to improve. No bills, testimony, votes, or formal actions were discussed.

Transcript Highlights:

• Testing cameras, testing audio, looking at multiple things here.
• We'll switch through our cameras here. Here's our left view, our presenter view.
• We'll run through cameras one more time here, different presentation sources, certainly, so we can see
• We got our left camera view, our presenter view, right view. We're going to go to recess.

Summary: This recording appears to be a technical AV test in the Rough Rider Room rather than a legislative meeting. The speaker repeatedly checks audio, video, camera switching, presentation sources, quad view, and closed captioning, noting the date and time as Tuesday, April 28, 2026, around 9:20–9:23 a.m. They also mention a brief recess and returning live, but no substantive policy, bill, or committee business is discussed. The main purpose of the session is to verify that the room’s equipment is functioning properly and to test how the content view and captioning display to the public. No votes, motions, testimony, or actions on legislation are taken.

Transcript Highlights:

• Testing cameras, testing audio, looking at multiple things here.
• We'll switch through our cameras here. Here's our left view, our presenter view.
• We'll run through cameras one more time here, different presentation sources, certainly, so we can see
• We got our left camera view, our presenter view, right view. We're going to go to recess.

Summary: This transcript appears to be a technical AV test in the Rough Rider Room rather than a legislative meeting. The speaker repeatedly checks audio, video, camera angles, presentation sources, quad view, and closed captioning, noting the date and time of the test on Tuesday, April 28, 2026. No bills, policy topics, testimony, motions, votes, or other legislative actions are discussed. The only substantive content is confirmation that the system appears to be up and running and that caption formatting is being adjusted for public usability. The speaker also briefly mentions a recess and return to live view during the test, but no formal proceedings or decisions occur.

Transcript Highlights:

• During virtual testimony, we ask that if you can, please turn on your camera and audio while testifying
• The facility had locked doors, video cameras, and no windows.
• Speed round. Advances public safety and equity goals. We've already spoken... ...about this.
• There are no cameras for that.
• And just a reminder, if you can, turn on your audio and your camera while you're testifying.

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on Cannabis Policy

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Cannabis Policy held its first hearing of the 194th session to take public testimony on 21 cannabis-related bills. Chairs Donahue and Gómez outlined hearing procedures and noted that written testimony would also be accepted. Much of the hearing focused on the Cannabis Control Commission (CCC), with Senator Mike Moore urging support for S. 90 to create an inspector general unit within the CCC. He argued the commission has suffered from dysfunction, workplace harassment allegations, delayed governance reforms, missed fee collections, and high legal costs, and said stronger legislative oversight is needed. Committee members largely agreed the CCC needs reform, though some expressed hope that new leadership would improve operations. A major theme was market structure and business viability. Representative Tyler testified for H. 183 to raise adult-use purchase limits from one ounce to two ounces, saying the change would reduce confusion and help retailers compete with neighboring states. Senator Payano supported S. 100, which would require a study of cannabis supply and demand to guide cultivation licensing, warning that oversupply is driving down prices and threatening cultivators. The Massachusetts Cannabis Coalition, represented by Ryan Dominguez, backed a package of bills aimed at increasing revenue, reducing regulatory burdens, attracting investment, and stabilizing the market, including higher purchase limits, simpler badge and testing rules, and a phased increase in the retail license cap. Attorneys Kevin Conroy and Mike Ross also supported raising the cap, arguing that the industry lacks capital and that more investment and exit opportunities are needed for provisional and distressed licensees. The most contentious issue was whether to raise the retail license cap from three to six. Supporters, including several business owners and industry advocates such as Peyton Shubrick, Tito Jackson, Armani White, Sean Burt, and others, said the current cap traps owners in declining businesses, prevents exits, and limits access to capital. They argued that many social equity and economic empowerment operators are struggling, that oversupply has pushed prices down, and that allowing more ownership could help businesses scale or sell. Opponents, including Senator Liz Miranda and several social equity operators, warned that lifting the cap now would let larger operators and multi-state companies dominate the market and harm equity-owned businesses. Miranda’s S. 88 would instead strengthen enforcement of ownership limits through audits, whistleblower protections, an anonymous tip line, and greater transparency. Another major topic was worker and consumer safety: Laura Bruno, Danny Carson, Al Vega, and others supported H. 194 after the death of Lorna McMurray, arguing for a CCC workplace and consumer safety department, better ventilation and PPE standards, stronger testing oversight, and retaliation protections for workers. The hearing ended without votes, with members thanking testifiers and indicating the committee would continue reviewing the bills.

Transcript Highlights:

• Senate Bill 2725 by Cook et al., relating to the authority of a municipality to alter speed limits, to

Bills: SJR12 , SCR39 , SB27 , SB29 , SB241 , SB406 , SB414 , SB464 , SB568 , SB578 , SB609 , SB660 , SB689 , SB693 , SB785 , SB857 , SB879 , SB921 , SB922 , SB955 , SB985 , SB993 , SB996 , SB1008 , SB1035 , SB1036 , SB1059 , SB1098 , SB1120 , SB1122 , SB1147 , SB1188 , SB1197 , SB1209 , SB1227 , SB1245 , SB1267 , SB1307 , SB1321 , SB1332 , SB1386 , SB1396 , SB1453 , SB1484 , SB1494 , SB1536 , SB1537 , SB1596 , SB1610 , SB1664 , SB1741 , SB1814 , SB1822 , SB1841 , SB1948 , SB2065 , SB2155 , SB2188 , SB2230 , SB2406 , SB2407

Keywords: parental rights, education, constitutional amendment, school choice, child education, border security, southern border, federal immigration policy, illegal immigration, cartels, transnational cartels, fentanyl, drug trafficking, human trafficking, Operation Lone Star, Texas border, National Guard, state guard, border wall, border barriers

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum present, heard an invocation, and approved the previous day’s journal. The chamber then adopted Senate Resolution 358 honoring the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley on its 10th anniversary, with senators highlighting the university’s growth, medical school, research expansion, and role in serving South Texas. The Senate also adopted Senate Resolution 368 honoring outgoing Texas A&M University System Chancellor John Sharp, with numerous senators praising his long public career, leadership in higher education, and statewide impact. Senate Resolution 361 recognizing Texas HBCU Day and Senate Resolution 362 recognizing Denton County Days at the Capitol were also adopted, along with other routine recognitions and gubernatorial appointments being read into the record. The Senate then took up several bills. Committee Substitute Senate Bill 27, relating to rights and support for public school educators, was debated and amended to shorten vacancy posting requirements, allow bilingual certification candidates to retake only failed test sections, give teachers more flexibility with paid leave, clarify classroom removal procedures, and ensure parents are informed of appeal rights. The bill passed to engrossment, the three-day rule was suspended, and it was finally passed unanimously. Senate Joint Resolution 12, proposing a constitutional amendment to establish a parent’s right to direct a child’s education, was also brought up and passed to engrossment after a contested suspension vote. The Senate next passed Committee Substitute Senate Bill 1741, which would require reporting of foreign funding at public universities, bar gifts from adversarial governments, and require training and reporting systems to prevent foreign influence and intellectual property theft in higher education. Committee Substitute Senate Bill 29, the so-called “Dexit” bill, was debated at length for its corporate governance changes, including codifying the business judgment rule and altering internal corporate litigation and records rules; it passed to engrossment, the three-day rule was suspended, and it was finally passed by a 30-1 vote. Senate Bill 857, allowing law enforcement discretion to tow vehicles driven by unlicensed or uninsured drivers, passed after discussion of towing abuses during flooding and disaster conditions. Committee Substitute Senate Bill 1536, requiring dementia and Alzheimer’s training for certain guardians, passed with broad support, and Senate Bill 922, addressing delayed electronic disclosure of sensitive medical test results so physicians can discuss them first, was taken up and passed to engrossment as the chamber continued through its calendar.

Transcript Highlights:

• This bill deals with Flock cameras, and Flock is a brand name.
• President, is to make sure that this information that's collected by these cameras and law enforcement
• It also says if you use these cameras, you must have a written policy, and it must be made public.
• would apply to anyone who had a camera, these cameras, and collecting information in the Commonwealth
• </c> camera these cameras and collecting camera these cameras and collecting information<00:26:58.679

Keywords: 958, all

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• I now have a camera in the front and the back of my car. So, that's a reasonable expense.
• And I'll follow up. >> Yeah. >> Is there any longitude on, like, your cameras?
• I now have a camera in the front stuff.
• So, we have a camera in threats of rape.
• Could that be if as long as cameras?

Committee: Senate Election Law and Municipal Affairs

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• It is the Streamlining Procurement for Effective Execution and Delivery Act, or SPEED Act.
• The SPEED Act will cut through layers of red tape and deliver for the war fighter at speed and scale.
• The speed act the solution is outdated.
• The SPEED Act fosters a culture of agility and responsible risk-taking.
• The speed pushers over problem solving.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, September 9, 2025, 1012, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Also, during current year testing of 42 items, we discovered two cameras valued at about $8,500 that
• The first one, finding number two looks like there were two cameras that were stolen, evidently.
• Any idea what happened to those stolen cameras? Do we ever find them, or are they still lost?
• So we got all of the money back on those cameras. Excellent. Love hearing that.
• I have a question, and this is on finding number two with the cameras.

Committee: All LEGISLATIVE JOINT AUDITING-STATE AGENCIES

Summary: The committee first approved the minutes from the prior meeting. It then heard audit reports from Tom Bullington, including two reports with findings and three without findings, which were filed without objection. The Department of Public Safety FY24 audit had two findings: a duplicate vendor payment of nearly $3,700 that was later recouped, and a $2.5 million collateral shortfall tied to bank-held cash funds because securities were not properly pledged in the State Police’s name. Agency representatives from Arkansas State Police and the Department of Public Safety answered questions, and members discussed how collateralization works for deposits above FDIC coverage. The committee next reviewed the Department of Transformation and Shared Services FY24 audit, which contained five findings. These included an $800 career service overpayment caused by a rehire data entry error, delayed deactivation and inventory issues for assets including stolen cameras, a double count of more than $940,000 in year-end cash records, $10.3 million in health claims that should have been recorded as fiscal year 2024 payables, and repeated deficiencies in vehicle mileage logs. Agency officials explained that the stolen cameras were recovered through restitution, that inventory reviews are being expanded, and that the vehicle log problems are expected to be addressed through a statewide electronic GPS/telematics system. Members asked about the scope of audit testing, asset tracking, vehicle oversight, and whether the new vehicle system would allow monitoring of use, fuel purchases, geofencing, and possible sharing of vehicles across agencies. Shared Administrative Services said it would administer the statewide system, with departments retaining operational responsibility and access controls. After discussion, the committee filed the report without objection and adjourned, noting the next meeting would be held June 4.

Transcript Highlights:

• Also, during current year testing of 42 items, we discovered two cameras valued at about $8,500 that
• The first one, finding number two looks like there were two cameras that were stolen, evidently.
• Any idea what happened to those stolen cameras? Do we ever find them, or are they still lost?
• So we got all of the money back on those cameras. Excellent. Love hearing that.
• I have a question, and this is on finding number two with the cameras.

Committee: All LEGISLATIVE JOINT AUDITING-STATE AGENCIES

Keywords: 1204, all