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• </c> I have an amendment to the memory. >> Um, at a funeral. >> Oh, okay. Good.
• I mean, excuse me, amendment.
• All in favor of the amendment say I. >> All opposed. >> Ayes have it.
• The HB 620 gets a favorable report as amended. bill. Uh I have a motion by bill.
• So, we got it narrowed down to just that. bill amends the act to establish clear bill amends the act

Bills: HB610 , HB620 , HB582 , HB610 , HB620 , HB582

Committee: House Commerce and Small Business

Keywords: state bank, public bank, government funds, financial services, constitutional amendment, tax abatements, international headquarters, publicly traded companies, economic incentives, Alabama tax reform, social-emotional learning, education policy, parental consent, K-12 education, teacher training, student surveys, disciplinary action, automatic renewal, consumer protection, cancellation policy

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• Senator Boone, yes. Senator Ezzell, No, Senator Figueroa. No, Senator Hickey. No, Senator Nolan.
• Senator Boone, Senator Ezzell, Senator Figueroa, Yes, Senator Hickey. Yes, Senator Narva.
• Yes, Senator Ramos. No, Senator Thornton. No. Senator Polk, yes. Senator Solz, no.
• Yes, Senator Beall. Yes, Senator Figueroa. Yes, Senator Hickey. Yes, Senator Nava. Yes.
• Senator, Senator Ramos, Mr.

Bills: SB194 , SB200 , SB203 , SB204 , SJR3 , SB194 , SB200 , SB203 , SB204 , SJR3

Committees: Senate Senate Education , Senate House Education

Keywords: appropriation, higher education, sports facilities, community college, Luna Community College, KANW, educational radio, rural news, public education, funding, education, documentary, historical figure, Padre Antonio Jose Martinez, cultural heritage, research funding, federal funding, New Mexico, University of New Mexico, New Mexico State University

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• bill that she's getting worked out, so we're going to roll that until Monday so we can get a clean amendment
• There's many points in the actual amendment because families and educators are concerned.
• So that is the amendment. And I stand for questions. All right. So we'll go to our audience.
• Reminder, folks, that House Bill 161 we're rolling over pending some amendments from the.
• tell you that many of these kiddos that were in here, I had eight that stayed with me watching the Senate

Bills: SB194 , SB200 , SB203 , SB204 , SJR3

Committee: House House Education

Keywords: appropriation, higher education, sports facilities, community college, Luna Community College, KANW, educational radio, rural news, public education, funding, education, documentary, historical figure, Padre Antonio Jose Martinez, cultural heritage, research funding, federal funding, New Mexico, University of New Mexico, New Mexico State University

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• Speaker, a message from the Senate. >> Mr.
• Speaker, a message from the Senate. >> Mr. Speaker.
• Speaker, a message from the Senate. &gt;&gt; Mr. Speaker, a message from the Senate.
• </c> >> Madam Secretary, I have been directed by the Senate to inform the House that the Senate has passed
• without amendment H.R. 1815, an act to amend Title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary

Bills: HB4016 , HR580

Keywords: defense appropriations, military funding, national security, Department of Defense, fiscal year 2026, rules resolution, House Rules Committee, structured rule, appropriations, DoD appropriations, defense spending, digital commodities, cryptocurrency regulation, digital assets, SEC, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, CFTC, Federal Reserve, central bank digital currency, CBDC

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• </c><02:29:08.720><c> The</c> the bill as amended are waved. The the bill as amended are waved.
• ><c> thereto</c><02:29:14.800><c> final</c> any further amendment thereto final any further amendment
• </c><02:30:37.600><c> are</c> provisions in the bill as amended are provisions in the bill as amended
• </c> amended and on any further amendment amended and on any further amendment there<02:30:44.160><c>
• That second amendment, also money.

Bills: HB1717 , HR580

Keywords: communications security, reliability, interoperability, FCC, public interest, council, rules resolution, House Rules Committee, structured rule, appropriations, Department of Defense, DoD appropriations, fiscal year 2026, defense spending, digital commodities, cryptocurrency regulation, digital assets, SEC, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, CFTC

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• Senate Bill 6 is an important bill.
• I have been an active and engaged stakeholder in the discussions on Senate Bill 6 since Senator King
• When the bill was up in the Senate committee and on the Senate floor, and I'm paraphrasing here, it was
• Encore is supportive of Senate Bill 6.
• I'm testifying neutral on Senate Bill 6.

Bills: SB6 , SB11 , SB33

Committee: House State Affairs

Keywords: electric power, interconnection, utilities, ERCOT, large load customers, water supply, sewer service, demand management, school prayer, Bible reading, religious text, public schools, Texas Education Code, student prayer, silent prayer, meditation, religious liberty, First Amendment, Establishment Clause, church and state

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• And pass the Stop Texas Funding Abortion Travel Act, Senate Bill 33 by Senator Campbell.
• Senate Bill 33 is left pending. Thank you.
• Senate Bill 11 has already passed the Senate 23 to 7 with bipartisan support.
• The State could not consistently with the First Amendment and the Fourteenth Amendment utilize... public
• That follows the First Amendment too.

Bills: SB6 , SB11 , SB33

Committee: House State Affairs

Keywords: electric power, interconnection, utilities, ERCOT, large load customers, water supply, sewer service, demand management, school prayer, Bible reading, religious text, public schools, Texas Education Code, student prayer, silent prayer, meditation, religious liberty, First Amendment, Establishment Clause, church and state

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• additional amendment?
• AO to amend it.
• </c> yesterday and um and this amendment yesterday and um and this amendment doesn't<01:09:03.440><c>
• </c> chair um I'll note that this amendment chair um I'll note that this amendment was<01:09:37.920><
• The Chair put the A3 amendment to a vote, and it was adopted. The bill was amended.

Bills: HF3023 , HF3078 , HF107 , HF2171 , HF3079 , HF689 , HF1316

Committee: House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy

Keywords: unemployment benefits, iron ore mining, economic support, workforce development, Minnesota, unemployment insurance, deferred resignation, employment, worker rights, benefits eligibility, Ellsworth Independent School District, ISD 514, school construction, school renovation, sales tax exemption, use tax refund, construction materials, HVAC replacement, boiler replacement, window replacement

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• House Bill 1127, without amendments, be reported favorably to the full House with a recommendation that
• Representative McQueeney moves that House Bill 1393, without amendment, be reported favorably. to the
• Representative Anchía moves that House Bill 1640, without amendment, be reported favorably to the full
• Representative Meck offers up a discussion of the bill. moves that House Bill 2152, without amendment
• Because our mirror bill, Senate Bill 108, we set that at 65. So as far as local...

Bills: HB246 , HB796 , HB 1056 , HB1544 , HB1846 , HB2001 , HB2618 , HB2625 , HB2869 , HB2898 , HB3069 , HB3114 , HB3157 , HB3228 , HJR98 , HB246

Committee: House State Affairs

Keywords: federal directives, state authority, Tenth Amendment, government enforcement, local governance, gold standard, legal tender, currency, transactional currency, financial transactions, electronic payment systems, state finance, regulatory compliance, electric trucks, charging infrastructure, advisory council, transportation, sustainability, criminal penalties, official information

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• There is a Senate version by Senator Michael Murphy.
• These amendments must then... to be ratified by the same threshold as the amendments proposed by Congress
• They get to propose that amendment.
• The First Amendment gets infringed all the time.
• Remember, Governor Abbott wants nine amendments, and Mark Levin wants eleven amendments, and that's just

Bills: HB246 , HB796 , HB 1056 , HB1544 , HB1846 , HB2001 , HB2618 , HB2625 , HB2869 , HB2898 , HB3069 , HB3114 , HB3157 , HB3228 , HJR98 , HB246

Committee: House State Affairs

Keywords: federal directives, state authority, Tenth Amendment, government enforcement, local governance, gold standard, legal tender, currency, transactional currency, financial transactions, electronic payment systems, state finance, regulatory compliance, electric trucks, charging infrastructure, advisory council, transportation, sustainability, criminal penalties, official information

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• Welcome Senator Ore, Senator Singleton, Senator Smitherman, Senator Sats, Senator Weaver, Senator Barfoot
• Senator Cornley. Hi. Senator Coleman. Hi. Senator Madison. Hi. Senator Elliot. Hi. Senator Figures.
• Senator Gavan. Hi. Senator Smith. Hi. Senator Sts. Hi. Senator Weaver. I. Senator Barfoot. I.
• Albritton, Senator Bell, Senator Cornley, Senator Coleman Madison, Senator Elliot, Senator Figures, Senator
• Senator Albritton, Senator Figures, Senator Gavan, Senator Ore, Senator Singleton, Senator Smith, Senator

Bills: HB537 , HB474 , HB527 , HB449 , HB380 , HB449 , HB380

Committee: Senate Judiciary

Keywords: preliminary hearing, criminal procedure, Aniah's Law, pretrial detention, defendant rights, property rights, law enforcement, removal procedures, unauthorized occupancy, trespassing, liability, off-roading, parks, participant safety, risk management, DNA, genetic testing, privacy, consent, criminal penalties

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• Clerk, please call the roll: Senator Butler, Senator Figures, Senator Hatcher, Senator Hovie, Senator
• Senator Price, Senator Shellnut, Senator Smitherman, Senator Stuts, Senator Chestin.
• Roll call: Senator Butler, Senator Chestin, Senator Figures, Senator Hatcher, Senator Hovi, Senator Kitens
• , Senator Price, Senator Shellnut, Senator Smitherman.
• Senator Hovi. Senator Kitchens. Hi. Senator Price. Senator Hovi. Senator Kitchens. Hi.

Bills: SB211 , HB96 , SB215 , SB257 , SB13 , SB13

Committee: Senate Education Policy

Keywords: school safety, local law enforcement, superintendent, complaints, school bus regulations, National Signing Day, athletic scholarships, military enlistment, postsecondary education, apprenticeship programs, high school students, educational commitments, education intervention, State Superintendent, local boards, provisional release, subpoena authority, compliance, educational operation control, fundraising

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• House and Senate bills, joint resolutions on second reading, assignment or reassignment of bills and
• Mendoza, who hails From the Broken area of Oklahoma and is a constituent of Representative Cooley and Senator
• I move to house senates sen. The House has come to order. Mr. Floor Leader, thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Bills: HR1052 , SB2184 , SB171

Keywords: 4-H, youth development, community service, education, volunteering, Oklahoma, statutory revision, consolidation, law amendment, emergency legislation, legal clarity, SB171, state government, Capitol security, peace officer commission, legislative security, Department of Public Safety, Commissioner of Public Safety, President Pro Tempore, Speaker of the House

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• House and Senate bills and joint resolutions on second reading, assignment or reassignment of.
• therefore, pursuant to the motion of Representative Clay Stairs and Representative Kyle Hilbert and Senator
• We hope to get that across the line in the Senate over there.

Bills: HR1052 , SB2184 , SB171

Keywords: 4-H, youth development, community service, education, volunteering, Oklahoma, statutory revision, consolidation, law amendment, emergency legislation, legal clarity, SB171, state government, Capitol security, peace officer commission, legislative security, Department of Public Safety, Commissioner of Public Safety, President Pro Tempore, Speaker of the House

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• I move Senate Bill 1010 with a do-pass recommendation. Go ahead and move that amendment too.
• I move the Lela Sears amendment to Senate Bill 1010 dated January 20th, 2026, at 2:38 p.m.
• And I want to thank Peterson for his willingness to put an amendment. Senator Ponce, aye.
• Seeing no amendments and there's no discussion, please call the roll. Senator Alston? No.
• I move Senate Bill 1035 as amended do pass. Please call the roll. Senator Alston, Mr.

Bills: SB1010 , SB1035 , SB1058 , SB1077 , SB1093

Committees: Senate Public Safety , Senate Senate Public Safety Committee of Reference

Keywords: Charlie Kirk, Loop 202, Arizona highways, transportation, renaming, Arizona Department of Corrections, ADC, corrections, prison, jail, correctional officers, prison guards, staffing, retention, salary increase, pay raise, wage increase, general fund, appropriation, state budget

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• The chair lays out Senate Bill 23 as well as Senate Joint Resolution 85, both by Senator Bettencourt,
• Senator Middleton? Here. Senator Cook? Here. Senator Gutierrez? Present. Senator Nichols? Here.
• Senator Cook, Senator Gutierrez, Senator Nichols, Senator Paxton, Senator West. It's 5-0.
• Senator Middleton: aye. Senator Cook: aye. Senator Gutierrez: aye. Senator Nichols: aye.
• Senator Middleton: aye. Senator Cook: aye. Senator Gutierrez: aye. Senator Nichols: aye.

Bills: SB23 , SJR85 , SB 23

Committee: Senate Local Government

Keywords: homestead exemption, elderly, disabled, ad valorem taxation, school district funding, Texas constitutional amendment, property tax relief, school district taxes, ad valorem tax, residence homestead, elderly homeowners, senior citizens, disabled homeowners, age 65 or older, school finance, tax exemption increase, local school taxes, property tax exemption, homestead tax relief, voter approval

Summary: The Senate Committee on Local Government heard testimony on Senate Bill 23 and its companion constitutional amendment, Senate Joint Resolution 85, both by Senator Bettencourt. The bills would increase the additional homestead exemption for elderly and disabled homeowners from $10,000 to $60,000, which proponents said would significantly reduce property taxes and help seniors and disabled Texans age in place. Bettencourt and supporters described the measure as part of a broader property tax relief package, estimating combined savings of about $950 for over-65 and disabled homeowners when paired with other recent homestead exemption changes. Witnesses largely supported the proposal. Testimony in favor came from a lawyer, a private citizen, Texas Realtors, the Texas Silver-Haired Legislature, and the Texas Association of Builders, all emphasizing relief for fixed-income seniors, housing stability, and the ability to remain in their homes. Several witnesses noted rising property taxes, medical costs, and the challenges seniors face in moving or affording home modifications. One witness from Every Texan said a flat homestead exemption is the most equitable way to cut property taxes, but argued against additional tax cuts generally, favoring a circuit-breaker approach and warning that permanent tax cuts could reduce funding for schools and other needs. The committee also discussed data showing many over-65 homeowners already pay no school property taxes in some counties and that the proposed changes would increase that share. After closing public testimony, the committee voted on the measures. Senate Bill 23 was reported favorably to the full Senate by a 7-0 vote, and S.J.R. 85 was also reported favorably by a 7-0 vote. The transcript also shows Senate Bill 898 being laid out and passed unanimously earlier in the meeting, with a recommendation for the local and uncontested calendar.

Bills: HB258 , HB308 , HB258 , HB308

Committee: House Constitution, Campaigns and Elections

Keywords: primary election, election calendar, off-presidential year, May primary, second Tuesday in May, fourth Tuesday in May, runoff primary, special primary, presidential primary, election administration, candidate filing, ballot access, political parties, county election officials, state election law, Alabama elections, elections, voter registration, publishing requirements, cost-saving

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• Look forward to an amendment. Thank you, members. Thank you, Senator Finchum.
• There's no amendments and no further discussion. Signor on, please call the roll. Senator Alston.
• Chair, there is a strike-everything amendment to Senate Bill 1493. I'd be happy to explain.
• Chair, I move Senate Bill 1537 with the due pass recommendation. There's no amendments.
• Chairman, I move Senate Bill 1584 receive a due pass recommendation. There's no amendments.

Bills: SB1071 , SB1315 , SB1317 , SB1416 , SB1493 , SB1537 , SB1542 , SB1584 , SB1626 , SB1740 , SB1751 , SB1804 , SCR1047 , SCR1049

Committees: Senate Public Safety , Senate Senate Public Safety Committee of Reference

Keywords: Arizona Rangers, statutory repeal, security, state law, regulatory changes, school safety, interoperable communications, law enforcement, emergency response, funding, reentry programs, criminal justice, grants, recidivism, attorney general, missing children, kidnapping, reporting requirements, child safety, training

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• I move that the senate do accept the house amendments to Senate Bill 423.
• Please recognize Senator Hayes to explain House amendments to Senate Bill 563.
• Amendments to Senate Bill 633. Seeing none, Senator Alahar moves adoption of the house amendments.
• Recognize Senator Hall to explain the House amendments to Senate Bill 237.
• The Senate do accept the house amendments to Senate Bill 1948.

Bills: HJR1088 , HJR1090 , HJR1091 , HB1370 , SB2154 , HJR1092 , HJR1093 , HJR1095 , HJR1099 , HJR1100 , HB3021 , SB893 , SB206 , SB248 , SB259 , SB423 , SB563 , SB604 , SB633 , HJR1077 , SB667 , SB1224 , SB1257 , SB1264 , SB1319 , SB1360 , SB1437 , SB1531 , SB1543 , SB1806 , HB3004 , SB1572 , HB4342 , SB1618 , SB2 , SB237 , SB1632 , SB1687 , SB1726 , SB1859 , SB1894 , SB1461 , HB4432 , SB1948 , SB1589 , SJR52 , SR46 , HCR1030 , SB2071 , SB2182 , SB1451 , HJR1088 , HJR1090 , HJR1091 , HJR1092 , HJR1093 , HJR1095 , HJR1096 , HJR1099 , HJR1100 , SB2185 , SB893 , HB3021 , SR46 , SB206 , SB237 , SB248 , SB259 , SB423 , SB563 , SB604 , SB625 , SB633 , SB667 , SB1224 , SB1257 , SB1264 , SB1319 , SB1360 , SB1378 , SB1437 , SB1531 , SB1543 , SB1572 , SB1618 , SB1632 , SB1687 , SB1726 , SB1806 , SB1859 , SB1894 , SB1948 , SB2071 , SJR52 , HB1370 , HJR1077 , SB2 , SB1451 , SB2182 , HCR1030

Keywords: education rules, administrative rules, joint resolution, Oklahoma State Department of Education, higher education, State Regents for Higher Education, Teachers' Retirement System, charter schools, Statewide Charter School Board, career and technology education, CTE, OEQA, rule approval, legislative oversight, permanent rules, school governance, teacher retirement, education agencies, Oklahoma Register, Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry

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• Why are you entering a Republican Senate, a Republican-run Senate? What do you intend to do?
• I was around when things happened in the Senate.
• In the Senate, in the House, this is my 14th year here.
• I'm willing to look at amendments. I'm willing to look at amendments. They may or may not work.
• that amendment, I vote aye today.

Bills: HB2047 , HB2136 , HB2198 , HB2411 , HB2662 , HB2966 , HB2970

Committees: House Judiciary , House House Judiciary Committee of Reference

Keywords: forcible entry, detainer, writ of restitution, criminal trespass, judgment enforcement, civil terrorism, disorderly conduct, vandalism, political activism, public order, subversion, government security, criminal records, sealing records, civil rights, expungement, rehabilitation, coerced abortion, abortion-inducing drugs, felony