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• After years of misdiagnosis and hospital visits, it took seven years of doctor visits before one physician
• Before joining us, he interned at the Port of Corpus Christi and in D.C.

Bills: HB135, HCR64, SCR3, SCR30, SB500, SB739, SB816, SB898, SB1283, SB1351, SB1423, SB1531, SB1540, SB1666, SB1721, SB1886, SB1931, SB2001, SB2075, SB2154, SB2173, SB2217, SB2284, SB2375, SB2383, SB2386, SB2398, SB2448, SB2476, SB2540, SB2580, SB2589, SB2693, SB2707, SB2776, SB2786, SB2801, SB2864, SB2927, SJR84, SCR30, SB243, SB324, SB393, SB457, SB511, SB529, SB547, SB636, SB646, SB659, SB715, SB731, SB735, SB800, SB801, SB904, SB1065, SB1141, SB1181, SB1224, SB1241, SB1242, SB1250, SB1266, SB1285, SB1359, SB1434, SB1442, SB1467, SB1502, SB1524, SB1528, SB1551, SB1585, SB1640, SB1754, SB1757, SB1777, SB1844, SB1863, SB1972, SB2007, SB2035, SB2046, SB2055, SB2069, SB2082, SB2119, SB2139, SB2154, SB2200, SB2201, SB2269, SB2310, SB2330, SB2357, SB2366, SB2401, SB2422, SB2514, SB2530, SB2533, SB2543, SB2544, SB2550, SB2568, SB2589, SB2660, SB2693, SB2695, SB2707, SB2717, SB2721, SB2742, SB2753, SB2807, SB2846, SB2891, SB2925, SB2938, SJR3, SJR18, SB5, SB326, SB767, SB769, SB783, SB914, SB963, SB1035, SB1197, SB1271, SB1415, SB1437, SB1619, SB1637, SB1786, SB1806, SB494, SB530, SB2312, SB1, SB260, HB135, HB1109, HB1392, HB22, HCR64, SJR36, SJR50, SJR63, SJR84, SJR59, SCR12, SCR39, SCR48, SCR19, SCR30, SCR3, SB2023, SB62, SB666, SB847, SB284, SB854, SB1073, SB810, SB1505, SB583, SB1502, SB507, SB1434, SB1376, SB1585, SB1772, SB2016, SB1163, SB1122, SB731, SB397, SB508, SB1436, SB287, SB261, SB1882, SB393, SB1791, SB209, SB2429, SB1999, SB511, SB2309, SB510, SB1085, SB1975, SB2717, SB1262, SB1524, SB636, SB2056, SB884, SB517, SB1200, SB1845, SB1863, SB2681, SB2200, SB2199, SB1757, SB2458, SB2201, SB801, SB2533, SB3014, SB3013, SB758, SB1721, SB1013, SB2797, SB2383, SB2119, SB2448, SB1777, SB1283, SB2076, SB2786, SB2876, SB2284, SB1540, SB2929, SB2540, SB2595, SB2217, SB715, SB500, SB1640, SB2001, SB2514, SB2753, SB2398, SB1241, SB2927, SB2173, SB2538, SB898, SB1449, SB2529, SB2846, SB2476, SB986, SB1181, SB2075, SB2154, SB2864, SB1359, SB2386, SB2550, SB1351, SB1423, SB1931, SB2245, SB2589, SB2707, SB410, SB2776, SB2580, SB1886, SB1234, SB739, SB456, SB1666, SB2801, SB2055, SB1012, SB2926, SB2138, SB1242, SB2615, SB2310, SB1224, SB2972, SB2841, SB3016, SB2139, SB1856, SB2035, SB1528, SB1141, SB2401, SB2530, SB2375, SB547, SB1266, SB1373, SB1467, SB2069, SB2269, SB2480, SB672, SB904, SB2695, SB2891, SB2422, SB2543, SB1854, SB317, SB2539, SB2532, SB2925, SB1250, SB2082, SB2203, SB457, SB2357, SB2721, SB243, SB1285, SB2568, SB1959, SB1442, SB1454, SB2520, SB2541, SB1708, SB1237, SB1844, SB1586, SB1551, SB3039, SB2819, SB66, SB629, SB1015, SB2342, SB2903, SB2933, SB1965, SB2477, SB3029, SB2605, SB2419, SB1957, SB375, SB250, SB777, SB628, SB2523, SB2367, SB2703, SB2608, SB2778, SB3044, SB2965, SB2521, SB865, HB2525, HB3093, SB1032, SB2165, SB2501, SB2675, SB2452, SB2835

Keywords: sales tax exemption, exotic animals, game animals, agriculture, livestock, gifted education, education support, student achievement, academic excellence, Texas education, cowboy culture, Bandera, cultural heritage, historical significance, Texas identity, Birding Capital, Matagorda County, wildlife, conservation, Texas Legislature

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• Should we find something that we think is income porting or doesn't look like the delivery that we thought
• the tourism workers that we have to fund public transit that is needed not only for the tourists who visit
• The DCF Child Protection investigator Billy conduct a home visit to the standards and administrative

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• The tour visited several sites across the district, including schools and parks, to raise awareness about
• For more information visit www.fema.gov The House will come to order. Members, please stand.
• Ports already have.

Bills: HJR99, HB1399, HB1400, HB 1094, HB365, HB 1109, HB647, HCR35, SB14, HB 12, HB1522, HB422, HB675, HB204, HB748, HB912, HJR99, HB1399, HB1400, HB 1094, HB365, HB 1109, HB647, HCR35, HCR123, HCR124, HR57, HR87, HR111, HR228, HR230, HR322, HR624, HR625, HR626, HR627, HR628, HR630, HR631, HR634, HR635, HR636, HR637, HR638, HR639, HR640, HR645, HR646, HR648, HR649, HR651, HR652, HR653, HR654, HR664, HR665, HR668, HR675, HR676, HR678, HR679, HR680, HR683, HR686, HR688, HR689, HR694, HR695, HR697, HR698, HR699, HR472, HR622, HR632, HR633, HR643, HR655, HR657, HR660, HR661, HR662, HR663, HR667, HR670, HR674, HR681, HR682, HR696

Keywords: animal feed, tax exemption, ad valorem taxation, retail, constitutional amendment, retail sale, tangible personal property, Texas tax code, groundwater, water conservation, financial assistance, Texas Water Development Board, innovation fund, local conservation districts, transportation protection agreement, funeral services, insurance exemption, regulation, deceased transportation, HB 365

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• And I've got a deep belief in our state college system not only working in the port, but working with
• You got to come back for a visit. Come back for a visit. Thank you very much. Appreciate it.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• funding was passed on a bipartisan basis to make long-overdue investments in roads, bridges, transit ports
• climate demands work at home, like fully implementing the AIM Act and expediting For more UN videos visit
• always work hand in glove with its state partners to ensure that air quality For more information visit

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• final reading of Senate Bill 3102 House Final reading of Senate Bill 3102, House Draft 2, relating to port

Bills: HB1519, HB1541, HB1737, HB1782, HB1854, HB1860, HB2023, HB2104, HB2276, HB2335, HB2455, HB2468, HB2551, SB177, SB411, SB874, SB2053, SB2069, SB2108, SB2268, SB2360, SB2363, SB2405, SB2407, SB2530, SB2543, SB2568, SB2803, SB2818, SB2851, SB2907, SB2934, SB2969, SB2999, SB3097, SB3103, SB3233, SB3238, SB3245, SB3001, SB3138, HB1946, HB389, HB1510, HB469, HB1573, HB1705, HB1858, HB1875, HB1961, HB1962, HB2001, HB2093, HB2096, HB2097, SB888, SB2169, SB2367, SB2557, SB2575, SB2698, SB3082, HB344, HB939, HB1688, HB1853, HB2443, HCR103, HCR117, HCR180, HCR112, HCR18, HCR105, HCR173, HCR35, HCR98, HCR42, HCR53, HCR181, HCR101, HCR179

Keywords: campaign contributions, lobbyists, transparency, election funding, ethical regulations, HB1541, Act 057, Department of Health, Hawaii State Hospital, Developmental Disabilities Division, civil service, civil service exemption, HRS 76-16, HRS 334-4, mental health program, state hospital, secure psychiatric rehabilitation facility, associate administrator, project manager, security manager

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• , Matthews, Maye Quade, McEwen, Miller, Mitchell, Mohamed, Murphy, Nelson, Oumou Verbeten, Pappas, Port
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Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Y'all should come for a visit. It's absolutely beautiful.
• Some are visiting our military men and women who are stationed at JBLM, families visiting students at
• In Port Angeles, our short-term rentals sit empty 75% of the year.
• We want friends to visit. And for that reason, we cannot have it long-term rented.
• They have gone out and visited Stevenson.

Summary: The House Finance Committee heard briefings and public testimony on several bills related to local tax authority and exemptions. HB 2559 would let cities and counties impose an additional 4% lodging/short-term rental excise tax starting in 2027, with revenues dedicated to affordable housing programs and up to 15% for administration. Staff explained existing lodging tax limits and estimated substantial local collections, while the prime sponsor and supporters argued it would give local governments a needed tool to address housing shortages caused in part by short-term rentals. Opponents, including short-term rental owners and hosts, said the tax would hurt tourism communities, reduce supplemental income for owners, and should not single out one lodging segment. The hearing on HB 2559 was suspended and later reopened for additional testimony; no vote was taken. The committee also heard HB 2133, which would make permanent the property tax exemption for multipurpose nonprofit senior citizen centers. Staff said the exemption is currently set to expire in 2028 and that the bill would remove it from the automatic 10-year sunset. The sponsor and a veteran/senior center perspective emphasized that the exemption helps keep senior centers open and supports isolated older adults. A question was raised about whether a broader nonprofit community center with senior-focused space would qualify, and staff said they would follow up. The hearing on HB 2133 was then closed. HB 2135 would increase and extend the adaptive housing sales and use tax remittance for disabled veterans, raising the individual lifetime cap from $2,500 to $5,000, increasing the statewide annual cap, and extending the program’s expiration to 2038. Staff said the fiscal impact would be minimal because use is low, and a veterans coalition representative supported the bill as a way to ensure more federal grant dollars go toward home modifications. The hearing on HB 2135 was closed. The committee spent the most time on HB 2442, an eight-part local government tax and fund-flexibility bill. It would expand uses of existing REET revenues, allow cities to adopt an affordable-housing REET under certain conditions, authorize county public utility taxes with a low-income assistance set-aside, create a new local sales tax for children and family services, broaden housing-related sales tax uses, restructure mental health and veterans property tax levies, extend levy lid lift periods, and allow rental car tax revenues to be used for criminal justice purposes. Supporters from counties, cities, housing groups, and some local officials said the bill would provide needed fiscal flexibility and new tools to address housing, public safety, and service demands. Opponents from utilities, realtors, water and sewer districts, wireless carriers, auto dealers, and tax critics argued the bill would raise regressive costs, especially on housing and utility customers, and that some provisions lacked a sufficient nexus to the original taxes. The hearing on HB 2442 was closed after extensive testimony.

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• Vice Chairman, members, Jennifer Maroussack, Executive Director of the Port Association of Louisiana.
• One in five jobs in Louisiana is port-related. One in five jobs.
• My port directors keep commerce flowing in Louisiana.
• Brian Hanks with Betelan, Chet Chasseau with Greater Lafourche Port Commission, Mr. Kevin Hayes,...
• Hanks with Betaland, Chesson with Greater Lafourche Port Commission, Mr.

Summary: The committee first took up HB 804, the Louisiana Energy Protection Act, which was presented as a narrowly focused ban on climate-change damages lawsuits rather than a measure affecting emissions claims, pollution claims, or private property rights. The author and supporters said the bill was intended to stop speculative suits targeting energy producers, farmers, truckers, manufacturers, and other businesses for global climate impacts, while preserving claims for actual legal violations under state or federal environmental and safety laws. After a substitute amendment was adopted to clarify and streamline the bill, the committee heard extensive support from oil and gas, chemical, business, port, and legal reform groups, along with a few opposition speakers who argued the bill could still be read to shield industry too broadly or weaken climate accountability. HB 804 was reported favorably as amended. The committee then considered HB 802, as amended, which creates a watershed conservation fund tied to the Amite River Basin. The author explained that the bill was narrowed from a statewide proposal to a basin-specific program to reduce flood risk and restore watershed areas using existing severance revenue from sand mining, modeled in part on coastal restoration funding. Supporters from the concrete industry, landowners, levee boards, and conservation groups described it as a practical, low-cost, non-government solution to help remediate old sand and gravel pits and improve flood control. With no opposition cards and no objections, HB 802 was reported favorably as amended. Finally, the committee heard HB 934, as substituted, which would allow licensed wildlife rehabilitators to possess white-tailed deer fawns under specific conditions, including disease monitoring, release only within the same management zone, and other handling requirements. The author said the bill was meant to prevent the euthanizing of orphaned fawns that could be rehabilitated and to create a lawful pathway for licensed care. A supporter described her experience rescuing an orphaned fawn that was later confiscated and killed, while the Louisiana Wildlife Federation opposed the measure, warning it could effectively create a captive deer program, undermine wildlife conservation principles, and lead to dangerous or inhumane facilities. The transcript ends during testimony on HB 934, before final committee action is shown.

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• We're making it a state crime for a person to come into Mississippi, not through a proper port of entry
• We're making it a state crime for a person to come into Mississippi, not through a proper port of entry
• We're making it a state crime for a person to come into Mississippi, not through a proper port of entry
• We're making it a state crime for a person to come into Mississippi, not through a proper port of entry
• We're making it a state crime for a person to come into Mississippi, not through a proper port of entry

Keywords: Judiciary, Division B - Room 409, 3 February, 2026; 9:00 A.M., 925, all

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• We have tremendous advantages in Minnesota from having a port in Duluth, from the renewable energy we
• We have tremendous advantages in Minnesota from having a port in Duluth, from the renewable energy we
• We have tremendous advantages in Minnesota from having a port in Duluth, from the renewable energy we
• We have tremendous advantages in Minnesota from having a port in Duluth, from the renewable energy we
• We have tremendous advantages in Minnesota from having a port in Duluth, from the renewable energy we

Keywords: 1183, house

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• A very good friend of mine visited her primary care physician for anxiety.
• A very good friend of mine visited her primary care physician for anxiety.
• </c> Port<03:30:32.640><c> number</c><03:30:33.200><c> 130.
• One of the wings struck the water and the craft needed to be towed back to port while they figure out
• Port<05:17:31.600><c> number</c><05:17:31.840><c> 232.</c> Port number 232. Port number 232.

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• Say Ports and Harbors decides they're going to dredge out Portsmouth Harbor.
• And in those instances, sometimes it's federal dollars that Ports and Harbors gets to do it, but Fish
• Say Ports and give you another example.
• and Harbors gets to do it, but Ports and Harbors gets to do it, but Fish<01:47:14.000><c> and</c><01
• </c><03:45:36.399><c> their</c> in their programs or visit their in their programs or visit their facilities

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• Port votes I. Senator Jeang votes I. Port votes I. Senator Jeang votes I.
• Senator Port votes no. Senator votes no. Senator Port votes no.
• Senator Port votes yes. Senator Ports votes aye. Senator Kunish votes no. Senator Kunis votes no.
• Senator Port Senator Bowden votes I. Senator Port votes<01:05:09.760><c> yes.
• Senator Ports votes I. votes yes. Senator Ports votes I.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• And Senator Port Senator Latz votes aye. And Senator Port votes<00:11:11.000><c> aye.
• And Senator Port votes no.
• votes</c> Port votes no.
• And Senator Port votes Port votes no.
• </c> a Senator Port bill. a Senator Port bill.

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• 10th anniversary of the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, and we have a special delegation visiting
• And, of course, Senator Birdwell, when he came to visit you, he was carrying a cannon behind him, so
• down in Cameron County, which is not in my Senate district, but probably over 40% of the people that visit
• Senate Bill 2773 by Hinojosa of Nueces, relating to the composition of the port commission of the Port

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.

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• You know, what about the port authority in Beaumont?
• Okay, and again, as he stated, I am Thurman Bartee, former mayor of the great city of Port Arthur, Texas
• Congressional District 14. which is situated in a very large portion of Jefferson County, Texas, and Port
• Visit dying relatives or to be present for the birth of a grandchild.
• I would first like to mention that in District 7, I have visited families whose doors were knocked down

Keywords: 997, house, all

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• Ports and Marine Resources will meet in room 216 today, 45 minutes after recess, or immediately after
• Ports and Marine Resources will meet in room 216 today, 45 minutes after recess, or immediately after
• Ports<00:24:50.960><c> and</c><00:24:51.120><c> Marine</c><00:24:51.520><c> Resources</c><00:24:52.080
• ><c> will</c><00:24:52.320><c> meet</c><00:24:52.480><c> in</c> Ports and Marine Resources will meet
• in Ports and Marine Resources will meet in room<00:24:52.880><c> 216</c><00:24:53.679><c> today,</c><

Keywords: MS Senate Floor - 30 January, 2026; 9:00 AM, 925, all

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• changes, uh, it's a res, and what it does is we use existing infrastructure in the development of trade ports
• Secretary of Economic Development with an advisory committee that helps in identification of trade port
• boundaries and trade port projects.

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• Matthews, Maye Quade, McEwen, Miller, Mohamed, Murphy, Nelson, Olson, Obermueller, Poppe, Pappas, Pha, Port
• Pappas,</c><00:15:05.640><c> Pa</c> Obermueller, Poppe, Pappas, Pa Obermueller, Poppe, Pappas, Pa Port
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Keywords: 1187, senate, all