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TX

Texas 89th Regular

State Affairs Apr 25th, 2025

State Affairs

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  • State drug that's been mailed in.
  • based on an abortion that was legal and performed out of state. State the 2003 law again.
  • It could be mailed from out of state, purchased online in Texas, mailed in from out of state, and then
  • taken to another state, and I don't know...
  • And so several states—and I don't know if we finally passed it here or not—but several states passed
TX

Texas 89th Regular

State Affairs Apr 25th, 2025

State Affairs

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  • out of state?
  • Those are state buildings and state institutions.
  • Flag Code, all 27 versions of any flag that is ever actively flown in the United States is an active
  • Flag Code, has the authority to update, modify, or change any rulings in regards to the display of a
  • Your policies are in your school district code. This is what the state law says about them.
TX
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  • the PBMs that are already under the risk, already under under state law regarding following state statute
  • and 13 state. living centers across the state.
  • These are the highest rates in the state.
  • . state.
  • This is state money, and these are our state, the majority of these are our seniors, Senator Cook.
TX
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  • If you would state your name for the record and who you're with.
  • Thank you, and if you would, state your name for the record and who you're with.
  • We're the Texas State Chamber.
  • across the state.
  • This does create a new mandate by applying state mandates to...
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Business and Commerce May 20th, 2025

Business & Commerce

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  • institution or state entity as a separate state entity.
  • state to state.
  • And I would close by saying I had the opportunity... ...federal to state and then state to state.
  • Currently under the Government Code, when state agencies or local governments experience a digital security
  • Currently under the government code, when state agencies or local governments experience a digital security
Summary: The committee took up several pending business items and reported a series of House bills out of committee, including HB 2467, HB 2468, HB 2518, HB 4310, HB 4386, HB 4490, HB 5323, and HB 149. Most of these were advanced on committee substitute motions and sent to the local and uncontested calendar or reported favorably to the full Senate. HB 2467 drew one nay vote, while the others were approved without opposition. HB 4310 and HB 4386 were described as committee-substitute versions with changes narrowing disclosure requirements and preserving attorney-client privilege in certain circumstances. A major portion of the meeting focused on HB 149, an AI governance bill. The substitute was explained as addressing biometric identifier capture and storage, exempting certain AI uses for security and fraud prevention, clarifying definitions, restricting AI systems that simulate explicit child sexual content, adjusting Attorney General investigative authority, refining sandbox program waivers, reducing Texas AI Council powers and membership, and adding DIR coordination provisions. The committee adopted the substitute and reported the bill favorably. The committee then heard extensive testimony on HB 1500, the DIR sunset bill. The author said the bill would continue DIR for 12 years, restructure its board, update advisory committees, require regular cybersecurity assessments and penetration testing for state agencies, improve IT procurement training, and transfer the e-grants program to the Comptroller. A Texas 2036 witness supported the bill as a way to strengthen governance, procurement, and cybersecurity. Members asked detailed questions about the bill’s structure and then left HB 1500 pending. The committee also heard a lengthy presentation on HB 150, which would create the Texas Cyber Command as a component of the University of Texas System, administratively attached to UTSA and located in San Antonio. The author argued the command would centralize cyber threat intelligence, incident response, and digital forensics, and would be able to support state and local entities, with optional services for local governments. Members raised concerns about university mission drift, governance, security, chain of command, procurement authority, gifts and donations, and civil liberties implications of proactive cyber monitoring. Witnesses from UTSA/NSCC and SecurityScorecard testified in support, emphasizing the security of the downtown San Antonio facility, the existing cyber ecosystem there, and the need for a dedicated cyber capability. The bill remained under discussion with no final committee action announced in the excerpt.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Healthcare Committee Mar 5th, 2025

Healthcare

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  • This bill is brought on behalf of the state board of chiropractic examiners.
  • This bill also modernizes state law...
  • That's what it's looked like from other states.
  • We were sent some information from other states that have had trial and error finding out a...
  • This is just saying the state law does not supersede the local law.
KY
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  • The timeline shown indicates that from 2013 to 2016 the state operated a state-based exchange.
  • we be a state-based exchange?
  • um the state-based exchange. um the state-based exchange.
  • at the state fair and they can enter it. at the state fair and they can enter it.
  • includes both in-state and out of state includes both in-state and out of state providers.<01:21
Summary: The Medicaid Oversight Advisory Board met for its third meeting and approved the July 30 minutes. The chair outlined a full agenda covering the state-based marketplace versus the federally facilitated marketplace, connectors and navigators, presumptive eligibility, eligibility/enrollment/redetermination, and a rural health transformation update. Commissioner Lisa Lee and Assistant Director David Barry presented first on Kentucky’s state-based exchange, Connect, explaining that it is an integrated eligibility and enrollment system for Medicaid, CHIP, SNAP, TANF, child care, and qualified health plans. They reviewed Kentucky’s move from a state-based exchange to healthcare.gov in 2017 and back to a state-based marketplace in 2021, and said the system helps route applicants to the correct program and allows families to move more easily between Medicaid and exchange coverage as circumstances change. The presenters said the exchange is funded by carrier assessments on qualified health plans rather than general fund dollars, with costs allocated across programs based on use. They said Kentucky’s exchange fees are lower than the federal platform’s and that the state-based system provides local assistance through DCBS offices, connectors, and licensed agents in every county. Members asked about startup and operating costs, fee-setting, and whether any general fund dollars are used; the department said it would follow up with the CFO on fee details and said it was not aware of general fund support for exchange operations. Members also raised concerns about Medicaid eligibility verification and improper enrollment, while the department emphasized that the state system uses different questions than healthcare.gov and is designed to identify the correct coverage based on monthly Medicaid income and annual tax-credit income. The board also discussed enrollment trends, including a COVID-era spike during the public health emergency when disenrollments were largely paused, and current qualified health plan enrollment of more than 97,000 people on Connect. Commissioner Lee explained presumptive eligibility as temporary Medicaid coverage, noting it applies to pregnant women and hospital-based cases, with hospitals able to grant it and certain providers able to grant it to pregnant women. She said full eligibility is still determined within 30 days and that presumptive eligibility ends when full Medicaid eligibility is determined or at the end of the following month. The meeting then shifted to connectors, with representatives from Community Action Kentucky and the Kentucky Primary Care Association describing their statewide outreach network, local offices, and role helping residents apply for Medicaid, renew coverage, report changes, and navigate benefits; they said connectors do not determine eligibility but assist with applications, recertifications, and outreach events across the Commonwealth.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Safety Committee Apr 3rd, 2025

Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Safety

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  • Because there's no state law, that's what this bill aims to address. Motion, Senator...
  • There are many things that we can do together to improve the lives of the veterans in our state, and
  • It is really important for us to look at good programs in our state that we could then... programs in
  • our state that we could then replicate statewide for veterans.
  • April Turner, who is the state head injury coordinator for the Department of Rehabilitation Services,
Bills: SB241, HB304, HB295, HB361
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Administrative Rules Apr 27th, 2026 at 10:30 am

Administrative Rules

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  • I'm the state Medicaid director with the. Oklahoma Healthcare Authority.
  • Other states do not have this.
  • That is our assumption that over time, yes, once we get this policy updated and we communicate with our
  • They feel like that it's very easy for one state agency, the Attorney General's Office, OMMA, or the
  • But in addition to that, as I've stated, I'm going to be running legislation next year to guarantee that
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Criminal Justice Apr 1st, 2025

Criminal Justice

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  • Texas Commission of Jail Standards how many inmates they may send out of the state. state and how many
  • Five counties in the state have.
  • state. enrolling over 308,000 students.
  • I'm not sure if it's in the state law.
  • with the State Bar of Texas.
Summary: The Senate Committee on Criminal Justice convened to address pressing issues surrounding oil field crime and safety on Texas highways. The meeting was initiated by Chair Flores, who emphasized the need for improved tools to combat repeat offenders having committed intoxicated driving, alongside tackling oil field theft that has escalated due to organized criminal activities. The committee heard public testimonies and engaged with various stakeholders, including law enforcement and industry representatives, who highlighted the complexities and dangers associated with these crimes. Notably, a significant focus was placed on Senate Bill 1320, which aims to establish a dedicated unit within the Department of Public Safety to investigate and address thefts specific to the oil and gas industry. This initiative seeks to strengthen coordination among various law enforcement agencies and improve training for local officers to combat these sophisticated theft operations more effectively.
TX
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  • Determinate probation for the state.
  • So you stated, and thank you for being here, it's a long way to come, but you stated that within the
  • in those out-of-state prisons and facilities.
  • Five counties in the state have contracted with outside, out-of-state facilities to meet this requirement
  • Other states joining the list of states trying to combat gift card fraud include Nebraska, California
Summary: The committee heard and advanced several criminal justice bills, with most of the discussion focused on oilfield theft, DWI enforcement, juvenile justice, reentry licensing, jail transparency, and court/judicial standards. SB 1320 would create a DPS oilfield theft unit headquartered in the Permian Basin; supporters from industry, law enforcement, and a district attorney described increasingly sophisticated, organized theft tied to cartels and multi-jurisdictional criminal networks, while DPS said it currently has only two officers working the issue. The committee voted SB 1320 out unanimously and placed it on the local and uncontested calendar. SB 826, which would enhance DWI committed in a school zone to a state jail felony, also passed unanimously after brief explanation and no testimony. SB 1171, adding juvenile justice OIG peace officers to Schedule C salary, was reported favorably on a committee substitute, and SB 1080, which would allow incarcerated people to obtain occupational licenses effective upon release, also passed on a committee substitute after testimony from formerly incarcerated advocates and reentry supporters. The committee also considered several bills aimed at tougher DWI penalties. SB 476 would increase intoxication manslaughter penalties when the offender violates an ignition interlock restriction; the bill was supported by the author, victims’ family members, Galveston officials, and law enforcement, but opposed by the Texas Civil Rights Project, which argued treatment and prevention would be more effective. After discussion about possible amendments, the bill was left pending. SB 745 would create a new first-degree felony option for intoxication manslaughter involving multiple deaths, and it was reported favorably after testimony from a prosecutor supporting the need for a stronger sentencing option. SB 2320 would broadly increase penalties for DWI offenses, including first-time DWI, DWI with an open container, high-BAC DWI, and repeat offenses; it was supported by a grieving family member and a sheriff, and the committee voted it out favorably. On juvenile justice, SB 1727 would expand tools to address assaults on staff at Texas Juvenile Justice Department facilities by lowering the age for transfer to adult prison in some cases, allowing earlier transfer of determinate-sentence youth, and restricting release when a criminal case is pending. Juvenile probation officials supported the bill as a public safety and victim-rights measure, while the Texas Civil Rights Project opposed it, arguing it would send children to inappropriate adult facilities and conflict with juvenile justice principles; the bill was left pending. SB 1437 would expand the juvenile justice do-not-hire registry to include non-certified positions, and it passed unanimously after supporters said it would help close loopholes that allow predators to move between child-serving jobs. SB 2289, requiring counties that house inmates out of state to report that information and any deaths to the Texas Commission on Jail Standards, also passed unanimously. Finally, SB 989, requiring criminal background checks for court personnel who determine bail, and SB 664, establishing statewide qualifications and oversight for magistrates and associate judges, were explained and discussed as transparency and public-safety measures, with SB 989 reported favorably and SB 664 under committee consideration at the end of the transcript.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

S/C on Defense & Veterans' Affairs Apr 14th, 2025

S/C on Defense & Veterans' Affairs

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  • All across this great state.
  • to a license issued by this state.
  • Proof of members or spouses' residency in this state.
  • Members, House Bill 2210 relates to the inclusion of the United States Space Force in the United States
  • to military service in the state constitution.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session Jul 28th, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

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  • advice, consent, and confirmation of the Senate with respect to the following appointments to the Texas State
  • McCall, Jr. from Grapeland, Texas State Board of Executives, Examiners of Psychologists, Mr.
Bills: SB5, SB11, SB12, SB41, SB43, SB49, SB5, SB11, SB12
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs May 7th, 2025

Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs

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  • This brings needed clarity and updates how our state handles sensitive criminal background information
  • This bill updates additional language and statute required by several state agencies and aligns our procedures
  • of the state. Have you talked to TNPA, CLEAP?
  • It's a large group within our state.
  • that they travel the state in the job they do.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Natural Resources Apr 2nd, 2025

Natural Resources

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  • We could do things like that here in the state of Texas.
  • state, along with a broad network of local chambers.
  • This House Bill, 2692, In the Special District Local Laws Code.
  • It updates archaic language and updates provisions that have been superseded by subsequent general law
  • Members, we'll tell you that 21 other states have this model.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Natural Resources Apr 2nd, 2025

Natural Resources

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  • Well, it is the largest port in the United States, number one in total tonnage.
  • Over a trillion dollars a year of the state GDP.
  • And earlier, it was mentioned that the state GDP is 2. 6 trillion, so it's a very large number.
  • The Water Development Board is responsible for developing both the state water plan and the state flood
  • rules every four years, per the Texas Government Code.