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• It also makes sure that whoever conducts the structural integrity reserve study may not conduct the repairs
• This legislation directs the Bureau for Statistics and Economic Research to conduct a statewide study
• law enforcement six different criteria they could utilize and it puts those of us in the public the conduct
• It clarifies personal identifying information and expands the definition of sexually explicit image to
• after seeing reports, adjourn for the purpose of holding committee and subcommittee meetings and conducting

Bills: SB 5, SJR 3, HB 11, HJR 72, HB 48, HB 27, HB 144, HB 37, HB 1481, HB 581, HB 1696, HB 2216, HB 1035, HB 1633, HB 742, HB 754, HB 1689, HB 1690, HB 2669, HB 391, HB 517, HB 1775, HB 1024, HB 1607, HB 252, HB 1716, HB 1562, HB 4116, HB 1866, HB 1741, HB 2103, HB 2637, HB 2884, HB 3707, HB 503, HB 1089, HB 1757, HB 2986, HB 972, SB 365, SB 1786, SB 5, SJR 3, HB 14, HB 43, HB 36, HB 26, HB 149, HB 121, HB 206, HB 136, HB 3114, HB 2733, HB 1732, HB 3700, HB 467, HB 1130, HB 1846, HB 1442, HB 1147, HB 2176, HB 2701, HB 805, HB 2890, HB 1154, HB 1644, HB 2118, HB 1718, HB 2488, HB 2596, HB 2468, HB 484, HB 2578, HB 3204, HB 1041, HB 307, HB 685, HB 538, HB 2525, HB 3125, HB 2027, HB 2894, HB 3077, HB 106, HB 18, HB 11, HJR 72, HB 48, HB 27, HB 144, HB 37, HB 1481, HB 581, HB 1696, HB 2216, HB 1035, HB 1633, HB 742, HB 754, HB 1689, HB 1690, HB 2669, HB 391, HB 517, HB 1775, HB 1024, HB 1607, HB 252, HB 1716, HB 1562, HB 4116, HB 1866, HB 1741, HB 2103, HB 2637, HB 2884, HB 3707, HB 503, HB 1089, HB 1757, HB 2986, HB 972

Keywords: dementia, research institute, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, funding, grants, state health initiatives, research funding, state budget, prevention, healthcare, medical research, Dementia Prevention and Research Institute, licensing, reciprocity, regulation, Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, interstate agreements, tax exemption, intellectual disability

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• And so it's very explicit where they want the money to go. OK, and I get that.
• We have not had explicit.
• Transportation Committee Subcommittee on Economic development, public buildings, and emergency management conducted

Bills: HB19, HB30, HB851, HB1663, HB1681, HB1769, HB1937, HB1979, HB2428, HB2433, HB2825, HB3159, HB3424, HB3486, HB3487, HB3504, HB3605, HB3879, HB3994, HB4382, HB4752, HB5444, HB5446, HB5447, HB3199, HB4847, HB19

Keywords: local government debt, property tax, ad valorem tax, bond election, certificate of obligation, anticipation note, school district tax rate, voter-approval rate, debt service cap, municipal finance, county bonds, flood control district, hospital district, public works, tax transparency, property tax notice, November uniform election date, general obligation bonds, local debt reform, taxpayer notice

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• repeat that if we don't like how a rule is ended up, and we've done this many times, we can pass an explicit
• repeat that if we don't like how a rule is ended up, and we've done this many times, we can pass an explicit
• repeat that if we don't like how a rule is ended up, and we've done this many times, we can pass an explicit
• This amendment that was passed also clarifies that land use applicants cannot be required to conduct

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• What is conducted is a financial audit, an examination of accounting practices and financial controls
• Legislators have a right to know the information necessary to conduct meaningful oversight.
• Legislators have a right to know the information necessary to conduct meaningful oversight.
• <00:52:31.119> and<00:52:31.359> New to conduct meaningful oversight. and New to conduct
• <01:31:48.880> and violating a code of conduct and violating a code of conduct and potentially

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• It is just to allow for the OA to request the BCA to conduct fingerprints for them and when they request
• It is just to allow for the OA to request the BCA to conduct fingerprints for them and when they request
• They had a criminal investigation unit that was conducting searches and surveillance.
• starts on page 49. they were pretty uh damning and pretty they were pretty uh damning and pretty explicit
• And the whole uh email that explicit.

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: The House convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and a quorum present. The journal was approved as corrected, several Senate files were given second reading, and House files 5099 through 5102 were introduced. The Rules and Legislative Administration report placed a large group of bills on the May 4 calendar with pre-filing requirements for amendments. The first major floor bill was House File 3426, the annual LCCMR bill appropriating about $102.036 million from the Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund for 108 projects, including a new community grants program. Members spoke in support, emphasizing natural resources, outdoor recreation, and added integrity safeguards; the bill passed 117-15. The House then passed House File 4151, a bipartisan occupational licensing bill for private detectives and protective agents. It ends partnership detective licenses and requires background checks for controlling officers and qualified representatives, while preventing licensure of people with disqualifying offenses from other states or federal law. The bill passed 133-0. After that, the chamber took up Senate File 4760, a public safety package incorporating multiple previously heard House bills and additional provisions. The package included items on recognizing Canadian protective orders, sextortion penalties, gift card fraud, firearm age restrictions, restitution, juvenile detention licensing, corrections data and terminology, chemical irritant disclosure, victims’ rights, BCA fraud statutes, and the private detective bill. Several amendments to Senate File 4760 were adopted, including one inserting House language, one changing the effective date for public-employer discretion provisions, one allowing the Office of the Legislative Auditor to request BCA fingerprints for federal tax information compliance, and one clarifying jail medication provisions. Another amendment, A3, drew a roll call after Representative Duran argued it would keep the current juvenile delinquency age and allow more time to build infrastructure; Representative Feist urged a no vote, citing opposition from other stakeholders. The transcript ends during discussion of that roll call, before the final outcome on A3 or the overall public safety package is shown.

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• He said that regardless of the hydraulic conductivity, if the landfill is being sited in such a way that
• the issue of this hydraulic conductivity the issue of this hydraulic conductivity discussion<03:
• conductivity is whether it's<03:50:06.080> 10us<03:50:06.720> 4th<03:50:07.040> or<
• c> more >> like make it more >> like make it more >> more<04:37:54.639> explicit
• >> more explicit >> more explicit >> uh<04:37:56.080> then<04:37:56.480

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• And so this amendment would add an explicit requirement that district screening programs used to identify

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Senate first handled a House petition from John H. Rawlers and others seeking eminent domain authority for a parcel in Norwood; Joint Rule 12 was suspended and the matter was referred to the Committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight. The chamber then resumed debate on the literacy bill, with Senator Tarr offering a series of amendments focused on school district funding, teacher competency, reporting, waivers, and curriculum implementation. Most of Tarr’s amendments were rejected, but one requiring written, appealable denials of district waivers was adopted by roll call, and another amendment on reporting from the Early Literacy Fund, including provisions for English language learners and special education educators, was also adopted. A separate amendment extending the timeline for DESE to publish high-quality curricula was adopted, while several other amendments were withdrawn or defeated. The Senate also considered and adopted an amendment from Senator Comerford addressing rural and regional equity in education funding. That amendment expanded eligible uses of the Early Literacy Fund to include screening assessments, required DESE to prioritize geographic and funding equity, mandated a public hearing in Western Massachusetts before final grant criteria were finalized, and directed technical assistance to rural districts. Senators from across the chamber spoke in support, emphasizing chronic underfunding, declining enrollment, minimum-aid pressures, and the need for a broader review of the Chapter 70 formula and a Foundation Budget Review Commission. The amendment passed unanimously. Later, the Senate took up an amendment from Senator Moore on children’s vision care, which would have created a registry for vision screening and expanded eye exam requirements, but it was withdrawn after supportive debate. The chamber then adopted the Ways and Means redraft, ordered the bill to third reading, and passed An Act relative to teacher preparation and student literacy to be engrossed by a unanimous roll call. Final passage was also achieved for a separate House land-taking bill allowing the town of Hingham to use municipal property for a center for active living, which passed by the required two-thirds vote and was enacted. The Senate then adopted an order to meet again the following Monday and adjourned in memory of Donna Goldstein.

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• My understanding is that without it being explicit, that that could happen.

Keywords: 994, senate, all

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• I mean, it's explicit in statute that we have to make a payment by September for us by November. 1st,

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• law allows them to change their spending plans, but the city of Bloomington insisted that it be explicit

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• ACCOMPLISH AND THAT IS THIS, WE KNOW THERE ARE BAD ACTORS ONLINE TARGETING MINORS WITH SEXUALLY EXPLICIT

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• The testing was conducted by Kate Ziegler using funding provided by Mora County and private donors.
• So in the grid modernization policy, there isn't explicit reference to integrating wildfire risk or having
• The cooler colors indicate areas with conductive materials, which could be brackish or clay.
• Based on what we learned from that, we can go back and conduct more detailed surveys.
• One of our purposes, as we're funded into the future, is to conduct tests of those evaluations and see

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• Rules of conduct by members of the public include no engaging in conduct that disrupts, disturbs, or
• otherwise impedes the orderly conduct of this hearing, engaging in personal attacks of members of this
• visits authorized was 3.8 when done via a computer program, but over 10 visits when reviews were conducted
• Just this year, United Healthcare has implemented ...were conducted by a health care professional.
• They currently have the authority to conduct an impact analysis prior to transaction, but today they

Summary: The Assembly Health Committee met on April 22 and took up a special order of bills focused largely on prior authorization and utilization management in health care. The chair framed the discussion as part of a broader legislative effort to reduce delays and barriers to care, especially in behavioral health, chronic disease management, cancer treatment, and rehabilitation services. AB 384 by Assembly Member Connolly would prohibit prior authorization for inpatient mental health or substance use emergency admissions and related physician care; supporters said it would prevent dangerous delays in crisis care, while insurers and health plans warned about fraud, abuse, and ambiguity around residential treatment facilities. The bill was moved on a due pass as amended motion and passed the committee on a party-line style vote, with Republicans largely absent or not voting. The committee then heard AB 510 by Assembly Member Addis, which would require health plans, upon request, to provide a peer reviewer of the same or similar specialty when a treating provider appeals a prior authorization denial or modification. Supporters argued that specialty-matched review would make appeals fairer and more clinically informed; opponents said the requirement was too rigid and that timelines and electronic submission rules needed changes. After discussion about the need for timely, specialty-specific review, the bill was approved on a due pass as amended motion and placed on call. AB 539 by Assembly Member Schiavo would extend prior authorization approvals to one year or the duration of the physician’s prescribed treatment for chronic conditions; supporters cited repeated denials and treatment interruptions, while opponents raised concerns about overbreadth, fraud, and the need for shorter validity periods. The bill was also passed as amended and placed on call. The committee next considered AB 669 by Assembly Member Haney, which would bar concurrent and retrospective review for the first 28 days of medically necessary substance use disorder treatment and limit prior authorization for related outpatient medications. The bill was presented with a powerful personal story from Ryan Matlock’s mother about her son’s death after an insurer cut off treatment early; supporters said the measure would keep patients in care long enough to stabilize, while opponents argued it would reduce oversight and could allow lower-quality or non-evidence-based care. The bill was moved on a due pass as amended motion and placed on call. Finally, AB 512 by Assembly Member Harabedian would shorten prior authorization response times to 24 hours for urgent requests and 48 hours for non-urgent requests; supporters said delays can worsen outcomes, while opponents warned the timelines were unrealistic and could increase administrative burdens and safety issues. The bill was approved as amended and placed on call. AB 574 by Assembly Member Mark Gonzalez was then heard; it would allow up to 12 medically necessary physical therapy sessions for a new episode of care without prior authorization, with supporters emphasizing stroke and neurological recovery and opponents warning of reduced oversight and unnecessary care. The transcript ends during testimony on AB 574, before final action is shown.

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• The language in this bill would grant law enforcement explicit permission to use this critical tool to
• And so, under the current law, officers and deputies can only conduct training flights over public areas
• /c><01:06:48.600> only<01:06:48.920> how<01:06:49.200> they<01:06:49.360> conduct
• handle cases, not only how they conduct handle cases, not only how they conduct the<01:06:49.960
• the ability to conduct a fair hearing. the ability to conduct a fair hearing.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• And what I will say is to your point of how fast they go and what they weigh are the explicit things
• And what I will say is to your point of how fast they go and what they weigh are the explicit things
• what they weigh how fast they go and what they weigh are<03:21:51.040> the<03:21:51.359> explicit
• things<03:21:52.319> that<03:21:52.640> define<03:21:53.040> the are the explicit
• things that define the are the explicit things that define the safety<03:21:54.160> factor<03

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• With respect to the following appointment to be a member of the Commission on Judicial Conduct: Sylvie
• Members, the State Commission on Judicial Conduct is the commission created to protect the public and
• Impartiality of the judiciary encourages judges to maintain high standards of conduct.
• The joint resolution would also remove the ability of the State Commission on Judicial Conduct to issue
• The state commission on judicial conduct increases public membership to seven, with no more than two

Bills: SJR27, SJR39, SB22, SB33, SB34, SB37, SB209, SB310, SB326, SB505, SB605, SB618, SB732, SB762, SB769, SB783, SB819, SB825, SB870, SB964, SB1030, SB1080, SB1085, SB1099, SB1124, SB1208, SB1233, SB1314, SB1320, SB1333, SB1398, SB1405, SB1541, SB1567, SB1596, SB1598, SB1625, SB1646, SB1662, SB1750, SB1758, SB1791, SB1804, SB1810, SB1818, SB1838, SB1855, SB1869, SB1951, SB2024, SB2077, SB2078, SB2252, SB2253, SB2368, SB2411, SB2420, SB2425, SB2569

Keywords: judicial conduct, state commission, judicial misconduct, commission membership, constitutional amendment, veto override, legislature power, governor, Texas Constitution, Texas, moving image industry, incentive program, film production, grant funding, job creation, economic development, wildfire, wildfire mitigation, wildfire prevention, volunteer fire department

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• of a public schools or public institution of higher education student code of conduct was motivated
• and you suspect that that code of conduct violation may have been motivated by bullying you're going
• Student Code of Conduct was motivated by anti-sympathism. The following amendment. floor.
• in question was a violation of the school's code of conduct.
• The unit will provide specialized training to local. law enforcement agencies conduct public outreach

Bills: SJR27, SJR39, SB22, SB33, SB34, SB37, SB209, SB310, SB326, SB505, SB605, SB618, SB732, SB762, SB769, SB783, SB819, SB825, SB870, SB964, SB1030, SB1080, SB1085, SB1099, SB1124, SB1208, SB1233, SB1314, SB1320, SB1333, SB1398, SB1405, SB1541, SB1567, SB1596, SB1598, SB1625, SB1646, SB1662, SB1750, SB1758, SB1791, SB1804, SB1810, SB1818, SB1838, SB1855, SB1869, SB1951, SB2024, SB2077, SB2078, SB2252, SB2253, SB2368, SB2411, SB2420, SB2425, SB2569

Keywords: judicial conduct, state commission, judicial misconduct, commission membership, constitutional amendment, veto override, legislature power, governor, Texas Constitution, Texas, moving image industry, incentive program, film production, grant funding, job creation, economic development, wildfire, wildfire mitigation, wildfire prevention, volunteer fire department

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• :40.080> be concentrations of power back in and be concentrations of power back in and be explicit
• 41.360> which<01:57:42.080> frankly<01:57:42.480> I<01:57:42.639> think explicit
• about it which frankly I think explicit about it which frankly I think would<01:57:42.960> make
• This has been a very busy day and, with conducting the two full committee work sessions, it took a lot
• , I'd like to thank everybody, the committee members, for hanging in and working so diligently to conduct

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• House Bill 10, sexually explicit materials and libraries requirements, sponsored by Judiciary.
• House Bill 10, sexually explicit materials and libraries requirements, sponsored by Judiciary.
• House Bill 10, sexually explicit materials and libraries requirements, sponsored by Judiciary.

Keywords: 916, all

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• think it would be comforting to have that language back in there just so that it's really clear and explicit
• think it would be comforting to have that language back in there just so that it's really clear and explicit
• 01:18:18.440> really<01:18:18.920> clear<01:18:19.400> and<01:18:19.679> explicit

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