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• <00:05:38.960> law spouses in the state of Alabama law spouses in the state of Alabama law
• The bill came in the state of Alabama.
• , the Community Foundation of South Alabama, the Community Foundation of West Alabama, the Limestone
• , the Community Foundation of South Alabama, the Community Foundation of West Alabama, the Limestone
• , the Community Foundation of South Alabama, the Community Foundation of West Alabama, the Limestone

Bills: HB187, HB98, HB360, HB394, HB398, HB388, HB187, HB98, HB360, HB394, HB398, HB388

Keywords: school safety, emergency response, training, public safety, Alyssa's Law, law enforcement, scholarship, tuition assistance, dependent education, Alabama, blackout license plate, HB360, Second Amendment Sales Tax Holiday, sales tax holiday, firearms, guns, ammunition, bullets, primers, gun accessories

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• Former NFL player, former University of Alabama superstar Wesley Britt is here.

Bills: HB446, HB485

Keywords: HB446, Daphne, Baldwin County, annexation, municipal boundary, corporate limits, local act, municipal incorporation, city limits expansion, zoning, land use, property tax, municipal services, Section 11-42-6, Judge of Probate, County Road 54 W, County Road 64, Rigsby Road, Highway 181, Alabama State Highway 181

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• Uh, 559 is the first of its kind in the state of Alabama.
• It makes Alabama a place that people feel more safe to invest in and that's always a good thing.
• kind in the Uh, 559 is the first of its kind in the state<00:11:14.399> of<00:11:14.560> Alabama
• The sponsor said this would help make Alabama a safer place to invest in. there's going to be some focus
• And this is going in and just updating their code section. It makes a few changes in some fees.

Bills: HB530, HB559, SB317, HB568, HB530, HB559, SB317, HB568

Keywords: tax exemption, Kidz Eatz, sales tax, non-profit, local government, loitering, mask mandate, public safety, school policy, college regulations, law enforcement, Alabama Innovation Corporation, board of directors, staggered terms, economic development, entrepreneurship, voting rights, restoration, pardons, Parole Board

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• They are anchoring in Alabama.
• John Ho, you from Alabama School of Math and Science down from Mobile.
• of our graduates stay in Alabama and go to Alabama colleges, and then of those, about 70% stay in the
• state and work in Alabama.
• For example, you cannot go into a hospital in Alabama and not run into a... ...hospital in Alabama and

Bills: SB1, HB176, HB86, SB1, HB176, HB86

Keywords: workers' compensation, public education, employee injury, insurance trust fund, on-the-job injury, administrative procedures, HB176, Alabama sales tax, use tax, sales and use tax exemption, optical aids, eyeglasses, contact lenses, prescription glasses, vision care, optometrist, ophthalmologist, optician, medical devices, local option tax exemption

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• Alabama. Okay. So, what happened? Alabama. Okay. So, what happened?
• of Alabama. of Alabama.
• While we seem very big in Alabama, we do have about 1.9 million subscribers here in Alabama.
• This bill has Alabama focused.
• As I here in the state of Alabama.

Bills: HB55, SB15, SB247

Keywords: fishing, licensing, jubilee, Marine life, Alabama, regulations, sex offenders, employment restrictions, first responders, public safety, juvenile offenders, local laws, registration requirements, picketing, protesting, residential protest, noise amplification, amplified sound, residential picketing, harassment

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• That's a large part of the Alabama.
• They made Alabama has to offer.
• <00:44:54.160> Tourism So, we're working with Alabama Tourism So, we're working with Alabama
• also consider Alabama after graduation. also consider Alabama after graduation.
• the pillars of Innovate Alabama of the pillars of Innovate Alabama program.<00:50:00.559> um<

Bills: HB527, HB563, HB580, HB579, SB190, HB15, HB390, HB527, HB563, HB580, HB579, SB190, HB15, HB390

Keywords: liability, off-roading, parks, participant safety, risk management, SNAP, food assistance, public assistance, income standards, Department of Human Resources, eligibility, HB580, Alabama Healthy Schools Act, public schools, K-12, school nutrition, school meals, cafeteria, vending machines, fundraising sales

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• Okay, the Alabama Cotton Commission.
• The Board of the Alabama Cotton Commission wanted to have an increase, which could be up to $1.30 for
• know how much rain we've had around here, but he wants to bring us up to date on our wildfires in Alabama

Bills: HB352

Keywords: HB352, cotton, cotton bale assessment, cotton levy, cotton producers, agriculture, forestry, Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry Committee, per bale fee, commodity assessment, producer referendum, cotton sales tax, Alabama Code 2-8-199, cotton commission, agricultural funding, 1136, house, all

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• just if you don't know this, the Alabama just if you don't know this, the Alabama Securities<00:
• Uh, why not just us do the framework and leave out the state of Alabama in this as a currency?
• I mean, the joke is Alabama won't ever be first for anything.
• This would allow though a state of<00:25:54.720> Alabama<00:25:55.200> option.
• Now they may say, of Alabama option.

Bills: HB259, HB206, HB207, HB259, HB206, HB207

Keywords: income tax credit, tax incentive, recruitment, remote work, remote worker, recruited worker, rural counties, small counties, county population tiers, opportunity zone, teacher recruitment, nurse recruitment, law enforcement recruitment, workforce development, economic development, relocation incentive, Alabama Department of Revenue, nonrefundable tax credit, tax carryforward, state income tax

Bills: SB693, SB781, SB836, SB860, SB906, SB993, SB1101, SB1321, SB1370, SB1537, SB1563, SB1610, SB1637

Keywords: notary public, notaries, acknowledgment, jurat, personal appearance, remote notarization, online notarization, e-notary, electronic notarization, fraud prevention, identity verification, real estate fraud, property transfer, state jail felony, Class A misdemeanor, secretary of state, continuing education, record retention, notarial act, Texas Government Code

Bills: SB693, SB781, SB836, SB860, SB906, SB993, SB1101, SB1321, SB1370, SB1537, SB1563, SB1610, SB1637

Keywords: notary public, notaries, acknowledgment, jurat, personal appearance, remote notarization, online notarization, e-notary, electronic notarization, fraud prevention, identity verification, real estate fraud, property transfer, state jail felony, Class A misdemeanor, secretary of state, continuing education, record retention, notarial act, Texas Government Code

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• Members, this is a cleanup bill for the Code of Criminal Procedure, and it is part of the legislative
• Unlike the Government Code, the Code of Criminal Procedure does not require interpreters to be licensed
• cases must adhere to the Government Code standards.
• Generally, then, Senate Bill 1537 would clean up the language of the Code of Criminal Procedure by first
• Chapter 143 of the Local Government Code.

Bills: SB693, SB781, SB836, SB860, SB906, SB993, SB1101, SB1321, SB1370, SB1537, SB1563, SB1610, SB1637

Keywords: notary public, notaries, acknowledgment, jurat, personal appearance, remote notarization, online notarization, e-notary, electronic notarization, fraud prevention, identity verification, real estate fraud, property transfer, state jail felony, Class A misdemeanor, secretary of state, continuing education, record retention, notarial act, Texas Government Code

Summary: The committee heard a series of criminal justice bills focused on victim protections, law enforcement tools, notary/deed fraud, sexually violent predators, veterans in jail, tribal policing authority, and peace officer records. Several bills were laid out, heard, and left pending because the committee lacked a quorum for final action on those items. Testimony was generally supportive on bills addressing interpreter appointments, fuel theft investigations, deed fraud, survivor privacy, veteran jailer training, tribal peace officer authority, and officer-record confidentiality, though some bills drew concerns about due process, scope, or drafting. Senate Bill 1537 would clean up criminal procedure language on appointing interpreters and align it with Government Code standards requiring licensed or certified interpreters; it received no public opposition and was left pending. Senate Bill 993 would let Comptroller Criminal Investigative Division officers directly seek warrants for mobile tracking devices in fuel-theft and tax-fraud investigations; it also drew support and was left pending. Senate Bill 693, as substituted, would create a criminal offense for notarizing documents without the signer personally appearing, with a higher penalty when real property is involved, and would add notary continuing education; a Dallas County prosecutor testified that notary fraud is a major driver of deed theft, and the bill was left pending. Senate Bill 1610, as substituted, would address safety, registration, and criminal penalties at the Texas Civil Commitment Office for sexually violent predators, including assaults on staff and sex-offender registration issues; agency witnesses described increased assaults and operational problems, while a public witness urged waiting for Sunset review and raised due-process concerns. Senate Bill 836 would add privacy protections for sexual assault survivors by limiting livestreaming of trials, expanding pseudonym use, and protecting forensic exam and invasive-recording evidence; survivors and advocates strongly supported it, and defense lawyers said they had no opposition to the substitute. Senate Bill 1563 would require county jailer training on interacting with veterans, with testimony from the Texas Veterans Commission and veterans’ advocates emphasizing suicide risk, PTSD, and the need for better identification and support in jails; the bill was left pending. The committee also heard Senate Bill 906, which would authorize the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo tribal police to be commissioned as Texas peace officers like two other federally recognized tribes in Texas; tribal leaders said the change would improve response times and coordination, and the bill was left pending. Senate Bill 781, as substituted, would standardize confidentiality rules for peace officer personnel and departmental files statewide, mirroring Chapter 143 civil-service practices; law enforcement witnesses supported it as a way to protect personal information and create uniform records practices, but several senators raised concerns that the bill could blur existing disclosure rules or bury misconduct complaints, and public testimony included an opposition witness describing a police shooting involving her brother.

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• Would they then be able to subpoena medical records and criminal justice records?
• Because if they're not in uniformity, you understand what I'm saying in the code, you know, you're all
• But, uh, like many of you, I'm a parent of a student here in the state of Alabama.
• Basically, it amends the law pertaining to expungement of criminal convictions to add to the offense
• If that was a criminal case in that situation, they would not be able to apply. Uh, Senator Van.

Bills: SB210, SB292, HB360, HB233, HB66, HB356, HB164, HB238, HB209, SB223, HB307, SB210, SB292, HB360, HB233, HB66, HB356, HB164, HB238, HB209, SB223, HB307

Keywords: hospital liens, medical billing, government healthcare, insurance claims, patient rights, education oversight, subpoena authority, investigation, State Superintendent, school misconduct, drug courts, accountability, veterans, mental health, substance abuse, rehabilitation, criminal justice, court intervention, terrorist threat, terroristic threat

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• They are code specialists and they're very familiar with the building codes and are able to be that third-party
• > American<00:20:47.520> with building codes, the American with building codes, the American
• ,<00:22:53.039> uh superintendents of Alabama, uh superintendents of Alabama, uh superintendent
• uh to register with the Alabama uh to register with the Alabama Department<00:29:20.080> of
• It's a pleasure to be here and do business in Alabama.

Bills: SB88, SB337

Keywords: expungement, criminal records, courts, victim rights, rehabilitation, Alabama law, SB337, Montgomery County, probate judge, judge of probate, county officer compensation, salary increase, circuit judge parity, local legislation, county commission, general fund, public official pay, judicial compensation, Montgomery County Legislation, 1136

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• It is not designed to be mapped onto state criminal laws.
• Their very existence in this country... ...illegally makes them a criminal.
• The criminal justice system intersects with the correctional system.
• for criminal justice in the Senate that you all will probably be seeing soon here.
• I am privileged to represent indigent folks in the court in criminal settings.

Bills: HB153, HB1410, HB1461, HB1760, HB1762, HB3261, HB3773, HB153

Keywords: education, funding, student resources, technology access, equal opportunity, veterans treatment court, mental health, criminal justice, rehabilitation, eligibility criteria, veterans, treatment court, military service, legislation, private prisons, inmate confinement, criminal justice reform, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, government contracts, inmate housing

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• When a criminal defendant deems a, when a criminal court deems a defendant incompetent to stand trial
• If you're If your bill passes and we modify the Code of Criminal Procedure, what is the remedy if that
• No criminal penalty, there's no civil penalty.
• It may be it may be criminal matter or it may be.
• And I don't think we should pass a law that criminalizes... criminalizes everybody for the worst-case

Bills: HB268, HB305, HB307, HB380, HB548, HB727, HB268, HB305, HB307

Keywords: false reporting, emergency response, criminal penalties, restitution, public safety, penalties, emergency services, public institutions, false reports, criminal penalty, pretrial hearings, criminal competency, legal process, court timelines, restoration of competency, fines, community service, credit, criminal justice, defendants

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• They have more power than the state of Alabama would have if they want to, so that to me just doesn't
• , does anybody have any other business to bring before the committee for the good of the state of Alabama

Bills: SB45, SB61, SB222, HB385

Keywords: athlete agents, commission, state regulation, Alabama, higher education, athletics, membership diversity, school psychologist, school psychology, interstate compact, licensure compact, license reciprocity, portable license, equivalent license, professional licensing, psychology board, school mental health, student services, educational services, interstate practice

Bills: SB94

Keywords: adoption, adoptive parent, adoptee, minor adoption, adult adoption, Alabama Minor Adoption Code, Alabama Adult Adoption Code, Department of Human Resources, DHR, county department of human resources, putative father registry, paternity, consent, relinquishment, implied consent, notice of adoption, contested adoption, home study, pre-placement investigation, post-placement investigation

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• , Title 18 or 21 of the United States Code.
• some criminal things go through there.
• For us to be looked at as criminals, it's not okay.
• So SB 5 doesn't regulate; it criminalizes.
• It actually just criminalizes the entire industry.

Bills: SB5, SB11, SB12, SB 5, SB 11, SB 12

Keywords: hemp regulation, consumable products, cannabinoids, occupational licenses, criminal offenses, SB 11, Texas attorney general, election crimes, election law enforcement, criminal prosecution, Election Code, Government Code Chapter 402, local prosecutors, county attorney, district attorney, grand jury, probable cause reports, state election offenses, voter fraud, election integrity

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• Like, we're changing the code of criminal procedure that has evidentiary effect or.
• However, this change in the Code of Criminal Procedure was not placed in the Texas Family Code as a result
• are 18 and younger, mirroring the Code of Criminal Procedure you all have updated over the last several
• So, all this bill does is incorporate that language from the Government Code into the Code of Criminal
• But we would just go ahead and incorporate those in the Code of Criminal Procedure.

Bills: SB535, SB664, SB1019, SB1020, SB1120, SB1537, SB1804, HB3207

Keywords: SB 535, Texas criminal procedure, rape shield, victim sexual history, past sexual behavior, sexual assault evidence, trafficking of persons, continuous trafficking, indecency with a child, continuous sexual abuse, aggravated sexual assault, indecent assault, consent defense, in camera hearing, Rule 412, Rule 609, victim protection, evidence admissibility, criminal evidence, sexual offense prosecution

Bills: HB259, SB247, HB259, SB247

Keywords: income tax credit, tax incentive, recruitment, remote work, remote worker, recruited worker, rural counties, small counties, county population tiers, opportunity zone, teacher recruitment, nurse recruitment, law enforcement recruitment, workforce development, economic development, relocation incentive, Alabama Department of Revenue, nonrefundable tax credit, tax carryforward, state income tax