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TX
Transcript Highlights:
- I work in government relations for the Texas Association of School Boards.
- Kelly and someone want you to look at it; it's Texas property.
- But to actually start running people to these Texas Property Tax.gov sites by county, that's the way
- And I do want to make a point to everyone that when we started Texas Property Tax, we did do postcards
Committee:
Senate Local Government
Keywords:
property tax, school funding, enrollment changes, inflation adjustment, tax rate notice, property tax exemption, ad valorem tax, Texas Tax Code, nonprofit corporation, charitable organization, educational nonprofit, scientific nonprofit, agriculture support, youth programs, community education, county population threshold, large county, local government revenue, leasehold interest, possessory interest
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- The Texas Press Association? Yes, sir.
- The great state of Texas safe.
- Texas Public Policy Foundation.
- I represent the Texas Public Policy Foundation.
- In Texas, you have that data mapped out for you.
Committee:
House Ways & Means
Keywords:
property tax, school funding, enrollment changes, inflation adjustment, tax rate notice, property tax exemption, ad valorem tax, Texas Tax Code, nonprofit corporation, charitable organization, educational nonprofit, scientific nonprofit, agriculture support, youth programs, community education, county population threshold, large county, local government revenue, leasehold interest, possessory interest
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Texas is maxed, Texas A&M is maxed, Texas TIC.
- These students, our students, have gone to Texas schools, played Texas sports. participated in Texas
- They've gone to Texas schools. played Texas sports, participated in Texas churches, and consider themselves
- The Texas Dream Act was approved by a Republican legislature and signed into law by Governor Rick Perry
- And coordinate our education committee that at that time was a Latina member of the Texas legislature
Bills:
HB232
Committee:
House Higher Education
Keywords:
disaster recovery, natural disaster, weather disaster, emergency relief, flood relief, hurricane relief, storm damage, wildfire, tornado, hail, windstorm, extreme heat, ice storm, snowstorm, property damage, personal injury, temporary housing, relocation assistance, lost wages, state emergency management
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Texas Impact Network, which is a non-profit joint venture of Educate Texas and the Commit Partnership
- and Educate Texas.
- So, we're working with districts in the Panhandle, in South Texas and the Valley, West Texas, East Texas
- We thank you for your commitment to Texas teachers and, in turn, Texas students.
- I am a Texas School Counselor representing the Texas Counseling Association, testifying on SB 26.
Committees:
Senate Education , Senate Education K-16
Keywords:
teacher compensation, education funding, public school educators, teacher retention, teacher designation, SB 26, Texas Property Code, colonia, colonias, Spanish translation, bilingual contract, real estate contract, executory contract, residential property, border county, international border, economically distressed area, consumer protection, language access, translator certified in Spanish
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session Mar 5th, 2026
Washington House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- One of the qualifications for running for legislature is just that we are elected by the people.
- Speaker, in our constitutional republic, the judiciary, the legislature, and the executive are co-equal
- Maybe there didn't have to be a half a million people to sign a petition to the legislature to end it
- The elected official that the legislature could not impair his ability to perform the duties of sheriff
- That means that it's not subject to change by a majority of the legislature without a prior change to
Bills:
HB2720 , HB2073 , HB2487 , SB5816 , SB5919 , SB5831 , SB6137 , SB6244 , SB5420 , SB5868 , SB6044 , SB6132 , SJM8002
Keywords:
behavioral health, emergency services, health insurance, provider access, mental health funding, premium assistance, funding, healthcare, subsidies, insurance tax, state regulation, insurers, taxation, budget impact, juice grapes, agriculture, commerce, market access, fire safety, insurance incentives
Summary:
The House took up Second Substitute Senate Bill 5974, a bill modernizing and strengthening laws concerning sheriffs, police chiefs, volunteers, youth cadets, and related law enforcement roles. Members first considered a striking amendment and then a series of floor amendments, with debate repeatedly focusing on sheriffs as elected constitutional officers, the scope of state authority over local law enforcement, and whether the bill would create unfunded mandates or practical problems for counties. Supporters of the bill and many amendments argued for clarifying language, local flexibility, and state payment for new requirements; opponents generally warned the bill would weaken elected sheriffs, impose costs on counties, or overreach into local control.
Amendment 2343, which would have added intent language emphasizing that sheriffs are directly accountable to the electorate, was debated at length and defeated on a roll call vote, 41 yeas to 56 nays. Amendment 2373, shifting background-check costs to the state through the Washington State Patrol, was also defeated, 44 yeas to 53 nays. Amendment 2374, narrowing provisions affecting private security and specially commissioned officers, failed 41 to 56. Amendment 2369, clarifying rules for volunteers and youth cadets, failed 41 to 56. Amendment 2371, limiting surveillance-related provisions to situations requiring a warrant, failed 42 to 55. Amendment 2372, clarifying that only non-public information would be restricted from disclosure, also failed 41 to 56.
Later, Amendment 2370, which would have aligned the bill’s definition of volunteer law enforcement officers with existing statute, was defeated 42 to 55. Finally, Amendment 2352, which would have exempted current sheriffs from the bill’s new decertification rules, was debated as a protection against changing the rules midstream but was opposed on the grounds that the bill already grandfathered in the one sheriff who did not meet the new experience requirement; the amendment’s vote was not completed in the excerpt provided. The transcript also begins with the Speaker signing several bills, including Substitute House Bill 1570 and Substitute Senate Bill 6248.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- John Esparza here on behalf of the Texas Trucking Association.
- Look at design-build in Texas.
- And so, yes, they buy from Texas dealers.
- Major Omar Villarreal, Texas Department of Public Safety.
- This bond and title process can be reviewed by the Texas DMV.
Committee:
House Transportation
Keywords:
transportation, TxDOT, Texas Department of Transportation, road projects, highways, infrastructure, bridge construction, interchanges, corridor improvements, road widening, railroad grade separation, sound barrier, unified transportation program, legislative notice, project prioritization, capital projects, state highway system, Farm-to-Market Roads, San Antonio, Harris County
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
Senate Corporations, Elections & Political Subdivisions Committee, February 27, 2026
Corporations, Elections & Political Subdivisions
Transcript Highlights:
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- Those are things we're going to have to work out should this be the will of the legislature.
- Those are things we're going to have to work out should this be the will of the legislature.
- Those are things we're going to have to work out should this be the will of the legislature.
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
House Corporations, Elections & Political Subdivisions, February 27, 2026
Corporations, Elections & Political Subdivisions
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Chamber Meeting Jan 21st, 2026
NM
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Chamber Meeting Jan 20th, 2026
NM
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Appropriations and Finance Jan 17th, 2026
House Appropriations & Finance
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Legislative Finance Nov 18th, 2025
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Water and Natural Resources Nov 17th, 2025
Water & Natural Resources Committee
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
Senate - Health and Public Affairs Oct 1st, 2025
Senate Health & Public Affairs
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Courts, Corrections and Justices Aug 25th, 2025
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Legislative Finance Aug 20th, 2025
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Legislative Finance Jun 25th, 2025
NM