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• It provides for a five-year statute of limitations to prosecute a felony violation under the election
• same-day voter registration and a database that would clarify whether or not people with previous felony
• convictions have had their voting rights restored.
• roll up to date by using jury data to identify voters disqualified from jury service due to death, felony
• conviction, or non-citizenship.

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• tangible security measures, House Bill 2333 increases penalties from a gross misdemeanor to a Class C felony
• Knowingly providing false information on the declaration is a Class C felony.
• that some of the government's behavior I've been emailing and complaining about could be considered felonies
• Police later determined the caller was a convicted felon with a history of domestic violence and burglary
• He was later convicted and sentenced for criminal harassment.

Summary: The committee heard testimony on several bills, beginning with House Bill 2333, which would expand protections for elected officials, candidates, executive state officers, election officials, and criminal justice participants by allowing address confidentiality, redacting campaign and property records, increasing some penalties for threats, and authorizing security assessments and reimbursement for personal security measures. The prime sponsor and supporters described rising political violence and personal threats, while opponents and agency staff raised concerns about implementation, constitutional issues, public-records transparency, costs, and whether the bill would actually prevent determined actors from finding addresses through other sources. The Secretary of State’s office, county officials, and the Public Disclosure Commission said the bill would create major logistical and fiscal challenges, while prosecutors, judges, and advocacy groups testified that the protections were needed for safety and retention in public service. House Bill 2176 would make collaborative drug therapy agreements confidential under the Public Records Act except when the agreement is the basis for a disciplinary action, in which case only relevant information would be disclosed with personal information redacted. The sponsor and supporters, including pharmacists, physicians, and reproductive-health advocates, said the bill would protect clinicians from harassment and out-of-state targeting while preserving accountability for misconduct. News media representatives and open-government advocates said the underlying agreements should remain accessible only in limited circumstances and emphasized the balance between privacy and transparency. Committee members also discussed how the bill would affect access to the agreements and the scope of disclosure. House Bill 2120 would eliminate two JLARC reporting requirements: the biennial report on municipal lodging-tax revenues and the periodic evaluation of the training benefits program. The bill’s sponsor and JLARC leadership described it as a cost-saving measure that would free staff for other audits, while the hospitality industry supported tourism funding but warned that the lodging-tax report provides useful oversight and accountability. The committee also received staff briefings on House Bill 2244, which would implement multiple Public Records Exemptions Accountability Committee recommendations by changing confidentiality rules in 13 areas, including grand jury reports, accident reports, driver case records, certain health and social-service records, corporate interrogatories, family court files, and other records.

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• This now has a class six felony if this data is misused.
• Let's also look at the class six felony that was mentioned. So this says...
• The class six felony that was mentioned.
• Felony, the federal felony, things went away.
• Felony, the federal felony, things went away.

Summary: The Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, attendance, and a series of guest introductions recognizing judges, medical and mining guests, students, and Girl Scout Troop 6354. The chamber then moved into Committee of the Whole to consider a long calendar of bills, with most measures receiving committee amendments and do-pass recommendations. Bills discussed included SB 1272 on the Douglas port of entry, SB 1327 on Arizona Board of Regents restrictions involving foreign countries, SB 1400 on public safety employee information, SB 1519 on off-highway vehicles, SB 1627 on unmanned aircraft, SB 1630 on AHCCCS home and community-based services and mental illness, SB 1720 on parenting time, SB 1763 on school district finances, SB 1826 on rural wayfinding signs, and SB 1827 on vertiports/advanced air mobility. Several bills drew floor amendments and brief explanations, including changes to off-highway vehicle use, drone restrictions near schools, parenting-time standards, and school finance reporting. On third reading, the Senate passed SB 1272, SB 1327, SB 1400, SB 1519, SB 1627, SB 1630, SB 1720, SB 1763, and SB 1826. SB 1827 initially failed on a 15-15 vote. Members also debated SB 1111 on automatic license plate readers during a later Committee of the Whole session; supporters said it added guardrails such as warrant requirements, training, logging, and felony penalties for misuse, while opponents argued it still enabled broad surveillance and contained loopholes. The chamber adopted the Committee of the Whole report and then proceeded to third reading votes on the earlier bills. In the later session, the Senate considered SB 1111, SB 1214 on stem-cell/regenerative therapy, SB 1683 on foreign ownership/advisory limits for real property, SB 1686 on a memorial designation, and SB 1745 on local excise tax rate limits. SB 1214’s sponsor said the bill created a framework for regenerative medicine and medical tourism, while opponents said the policy was too significant for floor amendment and should be developed through stakeholder meetings. SB 1683 and SB 1745 were amended and advanced, and SB 1686 passed without amendment. The Committee of the Whole report was adopted, and the Senate then took up a motion to alter the report on SB 1111 to include the Hoffman amendment and exclude the Payne amendment, with debate centered on whether the bill was a necessary surveillance safeguard or an unconstitutional mass-surveillance measure.

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• This bill closes a glaring loophole by prohibiting individuals that are convicted of certain felonies
• This bill closes a glaring loophole by prohibiting individuals that are convicted of certain felonies
• According to a study by Inspectors General, of 550 felony fraud convictions involving pandemic-related
• </c><02:48:48.319><c> fraud</c><02:48:48.640><c> convictions</c> General, of 550 felony fraud convictions
• General, of 550 felony fraud convictions involving<02:48:50.160><c> pandemic</c><02:48:50.720><c> related

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, June 8, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• </c><03:56:46.399><c> level</c> um of commission of felony level um of commission of felony level obstruction
• </c><03:57:06.960><c> level</c> alleged to have committed felony level alleged to have committed felony
• </c><04:18:55.680><c> in</c> convicted been convicted or criminals in convicted been convicted or criminals
• I haven't motives and you let a lot of comments convictions members, convictions members, uh,<04:45:52.400
• ><c> arisen</c><04:59:52.000><c> from</c> Felony assault charges have arisen from Felony assault charges

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• In a moment where a citizen stands alone, guided by conscious conviction and belief, requiring party
• </c><03:06:22.399><c> and</c><03:06:22.640><c> belief</c> conscious conviction and belief conscious conviction
• </c><03:48:01.120><c> that</c> their beliefs, their convictions that their beliefs, their convictions
• And although we had hoped for a capital murder, we did get a conviction.
• , we did get a conviction, this<04:25:48.720><c> person</c><04:25:49.040><c> will</c><04:25:49.680><c

Keywords: 1136, house, all

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• We're worried about the convicted felons, juveniles, and other people who are unlawfully able to possess
• I see in the bill there's felony after felony after felony.
• I see in the bill there's felony after felony after felony.
• , except that they believe our unit is too small, and they're right, because we have been able to convict
• I'll just add, as somebody who prosecuted cases at the Attorney General's office years ago, I did felony

Bills: HF2354 , HF3407 , HF4359 , HF4192 , HF3356 , HF3695 , HF1597 , HF3155 , HF3871 , HF4437 , HF4446 , HF3990

Committee: House Public Safety Finance and Policy

Keywords: medical assistance, fraud prevention, subpoena authority, criminal penalties, consumer protection, ghost guns, unserialized firearms, 3D-printed guns, 3D printer firearms, CNC milling, home-built firearms, firearm serialization, serial numbers, unfinished frame, unfinished receiver, ghost gun ban, gun control, firearm design files, CAD files, digital gun blueprints

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• during my six years in the General Assembly: that we are holding people in jails who have not been convicted
• crime. ...six years in the General Assembly: that we are holding people in jails who have not been convicted
• And we have misdemeanors, we have felonies, we have, I mean, so it's a variety of different things.
• why that would make a difference is that that would allow our jail population, who has not been convicted
• So the 524 on the list, 401 of those are for non-dangerous felonies and 123 are for dangerous felonies

Committee: House Budget

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• it a felony to violate an injunction with only one prior conviction of a crime of domestic violence,
• It reduces the number of prior convictions for a violation of an injunction from one violation... ...
• It reduces the number of prior convictions for a violation of an injunction from two violations to one
• Child sexual abuse material offenses are reclassified to higher felony levels to ensure offenders face
• Child sexual abuse material offenses are reclassified to higher felony levels to ensure offenders face

Summary: The Senate began with opening prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and recognitions, including the doctor of the day and a lighthearted “Cannoli Day” introduction. The chamber then held an extended farewell celebration for Senator Joe Gruters, with numerous senators, colleagues, and family members praising his loyalty, political skill, family focus, and service in the Legislature and Republican Party. Gruters was presented with a commemorative gift recognizing his work on a 2019 public-safety and immigration bill that prohibited sanctuary cities and required local cooperation with federal immigration enforcement. The Senate adopted a motion to spread Gruters’s remarks upon the journal and then recessed briefly. After recess, the Senate returned to regular business and took up third-reading bills. Committee Substitute for Committee Substitute for Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 354, relating to blue ribbon projects, was temporarily postponed. The chamber then considered Committee Substitute for Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 1758, relating to public assistance, with Senator Gates explaining that it contained five reforms to the public assistance system discussed earlier in session. During debate on SB 1758, Senator Berman opposed the bill, saying he could not support it in its current form because he believed the Medicaid-related provisions would create a coverage cliff after the one-year transition period and could leave people without care while increasing costs to hospitals and taxpayers. He also said SNAP error reduction should be a priority, but argued the state should focus on fixing administrative errors and fraud rather than imposing a work requirement whose costs and effects were uncertain.

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• The firearm is for themselves, and they also acknowledge it's a federal felony if they have lied on the
• Were these people prosecuted and convicted under this law?
• Everytown USA also mentions that 60 percent of gun traffickers already are convicted felons.
• Yeah, to answer that question, in those cases the end user, the end possessor, was convicted.
• Madam Chair, Representative, I believe it's either a fourth-degree or third-degree felony.

Bills: SB48 , HB250 , SB17

Committee: House House Commerce & Economic Development Committee

Keywords: State Fairgrounds District, fairgrounds bonds, public financing, bond authorization, gross receipts tax, gaming tax, tax-backed bonds, infrastructure funding, Albuquerque fairgrounds, State Fair Tid, economic development, municipal bonds, revenue pledge, capital projects, New Mexico finance, technology, innovation, advisory board, entrepreneurial support, stakeholder representation

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• This is only for felonies.
• This is only for felonies.
• This is only for felonies.
• I think there were three separate charges that the spouse had been convicted of.
• I think there were three separate charges that the spouse had been convicted of.

Committee: Senate Judiciary

Keywords: 958, all

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• Second reading of bills: SB 1543, felony conviction sentence completion designation; SB 1546, religious

Keywords: 1182, all

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• SB 1543, felony conviction sentence completion designation. Judiciary and elections.

Keywords: 1182, all

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• member of the Texas Commission of Licensing and Regulation (TCLR) can serve if they have ever been convicted
• . ...of a felony or any crime of moral turpitude.

Bills: HB668 , HB677 , HB766 , HB3133 , SB3070

Committee: Senate State Affairs

Keywords: HB 668, Texas, handgun license, license to carry, LTC, concealed carry, open carry, firearm permit, gun license renewal, public safety, Department of Public Safety, DPS, Government Code Section 411.185, renewal fee, handgun permit, Second Amendment, carry permit, firearms regulation, HB 677, Texas Election Code

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• amendment requiring the denial of bail for an illegal alien charged with an offense punishable as a felony
• Alvarado relating to the prohibition on the possession of a firearm by a person following the person's conviction

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• Violation of supervised release conditions constitutes a new felony offense rather than a parole or probation
• Violation of supervised release conditions constitutes a new felony offense rather than a parole or probation
• in the venue where the jurisdiction of where the original crime was committed, to their original conviction
• Representative Bryant asked a question on the bill: Does it apply to convictions after a certain point
• , or to past convictions where they gave them credit?

Bills: HR112 , HR113 , HR114 , HCR51 , HCR52 , HR94 , HR95 , HR96 , HR97 , HR98 , HR99 , HR100 , HR103 , HR104 , HR105 , HR106 , HR107 , HR108 , HR109 , HR110 , HR111 , HCR46 , HCR47 , HCR48 , HCR49 , HCR50 , SCR25 , SB17 , SB300 , HCR35 , HB51 , HB82 , HB143 , HB145 , HB160 , HB180 , HB192 , HB393 , HB430 , HB445 , HB506 , HB515 , HB521 , HB565 , HB590 , HB614 , HB638 , HB647 , HB670 , HB672 , HB685 , HB692 , HB752 , HB773 , HB781 , HB799 , HB839 , HB860 , HB873 , HB874 , HB887 , HB917 , HB937 , HB956 , HB965 , HB972 , HB977 , HB982 , HB1006 , HB1010 , HB1044 , HB1072 , HB1088 , HB1157 , HB1179 , HB1200 , HR15 , HR20 , HCR14 , HCR6 , HCR19 , HCR10 , HR74 , HCR26 , HCR45 , HB54 , HB67 , HB73 , HB125 , HB133 , HB158 , HB168 , HB169 , HB191 , HB195 , HB245 , HB280 , HB283 , HB296 , HB319 , HB339 , HB399 , HB407 , HB448 , HB550 , HB591 , HB826 , HB995 , HB1085 , HB1086 , HB98 , HB108 , HB131 , HB151 , HB161 , HB288 , HB294 , HB305 , HB310 , HB320 , HB336 , HB380 , HB392 , HB403 , HB420 , HB459 , HB476 , HB540 , HB615 , HB631 , HB637 , HB648 , HB665 , HB682 , HB789 , HB813 , HB815 , HB835 , HB870 , HB905 , HB915 , HB933 , HB938 , HB987 , HB1040 , HB827 , HB953 , HB796 , HB352 , HB463 , HB735 , HB780 , HB882 , HB81 , HB400 , HB140 , HB750 , HB911 , HB961 , HB401 , HB901 , HB9 , HB52 , HB58 , HB154 , HB193 , HB284 , HB410 , HB570 , HB577 , HB582 , HB605 , HB733 , HB868 , HB952

Keywords: commendation, community service, religious leadership, New Orleans, anniversary, Martha's Vineyard, African-American Film Festival, Black excellence, cinema, cultural celebration, Black voices, film industry, Hannuh Ray, Louisiana, youth development, pageant, leadership, community, recognition, compensation

Summary: The House met with a quorum, opened with prayer and the pledge, and received several Senate messages and enrolled resolutions. The chamber also recognized visiting groups and guests, including a guest minister, the Joe Burrow Foundation, Youth Legislature participants, children’s advocacy center representatives, Alzheimer’s advocates, Delta Sigma Theta members, Kappa Alpha Psi members, Big Brothers Big Sisters, and City Year AmeriCorps. The House adopted a series of commemorative and awareness resolutions, including measures for Sanfilippo Syndrome Awareness Day, Alzheimer’s and Related Dementia Awareness Day, Knock Knock Children’s Museum Day, Big Brothers Big Sisters Day, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Day, Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Day, My Sister’s Keeper Day, Youth Legislature recognition, and several commendations and condolences. It also concurred in SCR 25 and received Senate resolutions and bills, including measures on commercial driver’s licenses, Medicaid eligibility during redetermination, postsecondary support fund use, juvenile traffic violations, background checks, and explosives regulation. The House then considered and advanced a long list of bills, largely on criminal justice, education, public safety, transportation, and administrative procedure. Notable measures included bills on parole and probation alternatives, supervised release venue for sex-offender violations, jail-credit limits on consecutive sentences, medical parole notice, juvenile parole eligibility cleanup, teacher and school employee battery penalties, inmate workforce cleanup, re-entry programming for female parolees, extradition costs for probation/parole violators, and a bill allowing public postsecondary institutions to permit self-defense chemical sprays. Other bills addressed protected personal information for certain public officials, the M.J. Foster Promise Program eligibility age, scholarships for spouses of firefighters and police officers, compensation for parish board commissioners, paid family leave insurance as a voluntary private-market product, insurance referral practices, and vehicle inspection sticker requirements. Several bills were amended and passed, often with strong or unanimous support, while a few were recommitted or returned to the calendar. The House passed HB 504 on parole violations as alternatives to revocation by a vote of 88-0; HB 73 on electronic voting in public meetings by 88-0; HB 125 on supervised release venue by 91-0; HB 67 on protected information records by 98-1; HB 133 on assault and battery penalties for teachers by 96-0; HB 158 on probation technical violations by 92-3; HB 168 on a female parolee re-entry program by 95-0; HB 169 on extradition costs by 92-3; HB 191 on overlapping jail credit by 88-5; HB 195 on self-defense chemical sprays on campus by 93-0; HB 245 on medical parole notice by 95-0; HB 280 on juvenile parole eligibility cleanup by 93-0; HB 283 on sick leave and discipline rules for attacked school employees by 97-1; HB 296 repealing inactive inmate workforce provisions by 88-5; HB 319 on civic education commission quorum by 98-0; HB 339 on protected information for police officers and retired judges by 97-0; HB 407 on the M.J. Foster Promise Program age reset to 21 by 94-2; HB 448 on scholarships for spouses of firefighters and police officers by 95-0; HB 550 increasing parish board commissioner pay from $50 to $100 per day by 91-2; HB 591 creating a voluntary paid family leave insurance product by 95-0; and HB 826 modernizing insurance referral rules by 93-0. HB 1085, a major proposal to eliminate traditional vehicle inspection stickers and replace them with a new sticker/QR-code system tied to registration, drew extensive questioning about costs, enforcement, local parish programs, and where the fee revenue would go; the debate was ongoing in the portion provided.

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• The prosecutor must ask for an Annia's law hearing if they're charged with one of the Class A felonies
• This bill would amend the habitual offender law, saying that prior convictions include both in-state
• This bill would amend the habitual offender law, saying that prior convictions include both in-state
• </c><01:00:13.760><c> So</c><01:00:13.920><c> it</c> similar to every other conviction.
• So it similar to every other conviction.

Keywords: 1136, house, all

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• such as murder, kidnapping, sexual assault, and robbery while still protecting victims who were convicted
• Somebody who owns a $10,000 home that has been absconded with via deed fraud faces the same felony charges
• If I steal Representative DeRazio's property via deed fraud, that is one felony.
• But if I then take that property that I stole and convey it again, that's a second felony, because it
• Are you saying there's a conviction every six weeks? Is that your time? Mr.

Bills: HB8 , HB12 , SB 3 , HJR1 , SB 11 , SB 16 , SB 14 , HB 8 , HB 12 , SB 3 , HJR 1 , SB 11 , SB 16 , SB 14

Keywords: HB 8, Texas public school accountability, school accountability, public school transparency, STAAR, state assessments, instructionally supportive assessment program, Student Success Tool, Texas Education Agency, TEA, accountability ratings, A-F ratings, through-year assessment, benchmark testing, norm-referenced assessment, college career military readiness, CCMR, local accountability plan, school district performance, campus turnaround

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• So if somebody owns a $10,000 home that has been absconded with via deed fraud, that is the same felony
• If I steal Representative Dorazio's property via deed fraud, that is one felony.
• But if I then take that property that I stole and convey it again, that's a second felony.
• Chairman: Are you saying there's a conviction every 6 weeks? Is that your statement?
• Shaheen: A conviction? Member: Mr. Speaker, Parliamentary Inquiry. Speaker: State your inquiry.

Bills: HB8 , HB12 , SB 3 , HJR1 , SB 11 , SB 16 , SB 14

Keywords: HB 8, Texas public school accountability, school accountability, public school transparency, STAAR, state assessments, instructionally supportive assessment program, Student Success Tool, Texas Education Agency, TEA, accountability ratings, A-F ratings, through-year assessment, benchmark testing, norm-referenced assessment, college career military readiness, CCMR, local accountability plan, school district performance, campus turnaround

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• </c> something that resulted in a conviction something that resulted in a conviction of<00:51:24.280>
• of a felony in certain states.
• A wrongful conviction occurs when an innocent person is convicted of a crime they did not commit.
• </c><01:12:01.719><c> occurs</c> Rosenwald a wrongful conviction occurs Rosenwald a wrongful conviction
• </c> of their life to a wrongful conviction of their life to a wrongful conviction over<01:12:23.480>

Committee: Senate Judiciary

Keywords: 1191, senate, all