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Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence May 14th, 2025

Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence

Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm Guy Herman, presiding statutory probate court judge here in the state of Texas. Thank you.
  • Members, in 2023, the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services reported over...
  • elder abuse in Texas, up from 60,000 cases reported in 2022.
  • Get the Texas Rangers to investigate the probate mafia.
  • I have supervision status in Texas.
Bills: SB1015, SB2933
Summary: The Committee on Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence heard testimony on Senate Bill 1015, which would clarify that the comptroller is responsible for distributing excess judicial fund payments back to statutory probate courts. Judge Guy Herman testified in support, saying the bill would help ensure probate courts receive funding they are entitled to, while Ed Heimlich testified against the bill with broad criticism of probate courts and judicial practices. The committee then heard Senate Bill 2933, which would add elder abuse training to required judicial education for several categories of judges and judicial officers; Dr. Bruce Hargrave supported the bill, citing the prevalence and underreporting of elder abuse and the need for judges to recognize warning signs. No votes were taken on either of those bills, and SB 2933 was left pending. The committee then reconsidered Senate Bill 38, an eviction-related bill, and Vice Chair Hayes described two agreed floor amendments: one limiting the summary disposition procedure to forcible entry and detainer cases involving squatters, and another requiring a notice to pay rent or vacate for tenants who had been timely payers but missed a payment. After discussion, the committee voted 6-4 to report SB 38 without amendments. The committee also adopted or advanced a series of other bills and resolutions, including SB 293, SB 1141, SB 1448, SB 1536, SB 1558, SB 1838, SB 1940, SB 2127, SB 53, SB 251, SB 311, SB 387, SB 441 (with a substitute), SB 1164, SB 1335, SB 1574 (with a substitute), SB 1719, SB 1760, SB 1839, SB 1923 (with a substitute), SB 2807, and SJR 27 (with a substitute). Most measures were reported favorably on largely party-line or near-unanimous votes, with a few close votes on SB 942, SB 311, SB 2807, and SJR 27. SB 942, relating to retroactive child support beginning at conception, initially failed 5-5 but was reconsidered and then passed 6-5. The committee adjourned after completing its agenda.
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Texas 89th Regular

Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence May 14th, 2025

Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence

Transcript Highlights:
  • Guy Herman, presiding statutory probate court judge here in the state of Texas.
  • elder abuse in Texas, up from 60,000 cases reported in 2022.
  • Get the Texas Rangers to investigate the probate mafia.
  • I have supervision status in Texas.
  • This is Senator Hughes's bill relating to the writ power of the Texas Supreme Court.
Bills: SB1015, SB2933
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session Jun 1st, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • HCR 146, directing the Governor of the State of Texas to award the Texas Legislative Medal of Honor to
  • Texas can award to a service member of the Texas military forces.
  • HCR 140, non-directing the governor of the state of Texas to posthumously award the Texas Legislative
  • You and I represent rural Texas.
  • state of Texas?
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Business and Commerce Apr 24th, 2025

Business & Commerce

Transcript Highlights:
  • The Texas finance code have not been modified in nearly 25 years within the same.
  • Unless we verify it, we have collected Texas sales tax, Texas registration, Texas resident, and those
  • All Texas-based dentists, Texas licenses.
  • The Texas Academy of General Dentistry and the Texas Dental Association, which together have more than
  • Chapter 2301 of the Texas Occupations Code to create a definition of goodwill repair. parts and routine
Summary: The meeting of the Senate Business and Commerce Committee was marked by discussions on several significant bills, with a keen emphasis on legislative updates and committee substitutes. Notably, Senator Blanco presented a new committee substitute for SB2610, which modifies the employee cap from 100 to 250 and extends the update timeline for cyber security programs for small businesses. This substitute was adopted unanimously, reflecting a collaborative agreement among the committee members. Additionally, there were discussions surrounding SB1856 as Senator Crayton provided insights into how stakeholder feedback influenced the bill's committee substitute. The committee ultimately voted in favor, pushing it towards the local and contested calendar, indicating the bill's progression through legislative channels.
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  • Not ban or prohibit associations like Texas Association of Counties, Texas Municipal League.
  • First. the Texas Association of School Administrators, and the Texas Association of School Boards.
  • TASB, the Texas Association of School Boards.
  • I'm proud to say I'm vice chair of the Regional Transportation Council. Texas Cog.
  • It's just six hours, and we rely on Texas.
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  • code was in compliance with federal law before federal law changed and so senator 688 fixes this by
  • It will still be our electors, we choose, speaking for the people of Texas and I yield. Thank you.
  • Texas does it very well. Even the states that we may not agree with politically do it.
  • Constitution. of Texas and the United States.
  • Tom Glass, Texas Constitutional Enforcement, and we are in... favor of this bill.
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Texas 89th Regular

FinanceAudio only. May 27th, 2025

Finance

Bills: HB1057
Summary: The Senate committee met, established a quorum, and took up House Bill 1057, sponsored in the Senate by Senator Adam Hinojosa. Hinojosa explained that the bill would expand the amount of prior industry experience that can count toward TRS and salary step credit for career and technology education teachers, increasing the cap from two years to five years. He said the change is intended to help recruit and fairly compensate skilled professionals such as electricians, nurses, welders, and programmers, and to address teacher shortages beginning in the 2025-2026 school year. No members asked questions, and no one signed up to testify. The committee then voted to report HB 1057 favorably to the full Senate. The motion passed unanimously, 13 ayes and 0 nays, and the chair announced the committee would stand recessed subject to call.
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Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Human Services May 20th, 2025

Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • Uh, show you as Sarah Crockett with Texas COSA for the bill. Is that correct?
  • Uh, I'm the director of public policy for Texas COSA here in support of House or Senate Bill 2311.
  • Most res Residential treatment centers in Texas, um, do have a charter school on campus, um, but some
  • District, um, who is responsible for transportation, who, um, who do we call when the student is absent
  • For too many of our kids in Texas, once they come into care, they bounce from placement to placement,
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Human Services May 20th, 2025

Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • Show you, Sarah Crockett with Texas CASA for the bill. Is that correct?
  • I'm the Director of Public Policy for Texas CASA, here in support of Senate Bill 2311.
  • Most residential treatment centers in Texas do have a charter school on campus, but some do utilize the
  • For too many of our kids in Texas, once they come into care, they bounce from placement.
  • I've been practicing for almost 28 years, and I'm President of the Texas Association of Family Defense
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session Feb 24th, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Department of Transportation.
  • located in Austin, Texas.
  • Senate Bill 1016 by Blanco relates to student union building fees at the University of Texas at El Paso
  • other financial obligations. ...of revenue bonds for certain capital projects at the University of Texas
  • container tied to transportation.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Environmental Regulation May 1st, 2025

Environmental Regulation

Transcript Highlights:
  • The proposed amendments to Subchapter Chapter 382 of the Texas Health and Safety Code would establish
  • According to the Texas Commission of Environmental Quality, Texas leads the nation in the number of unauthorized
  • When those transporters are moving those tires, it can be linked back to the last transporter, not necessarily
  • The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality plays a critical role in managing Texas... ...environmental
  • Texas is home to 160 languages, and many communities in Texas speak languages other than English or may
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Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session Apr 7th, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Senate Bill 2812 by Alvarado, relating to a requirement for the Texas Department of Transportation to
  • Senate Bill 2899 by Cook, relating to design considerations of transportation projects by the Texas Department
  • of Transportation, to Transportation.
  • Senate Bill 2953 by Hagenbuch, relating to awarding of contracts by the Texas Department of Transportation
  • Code by the Comptroller, to Transportation.
Summary: The Senate opened with a quorum call, invocation, approval of routine motions, and the reading of gubernatorial nominations and several honorary resolutions. The chamber adopted resolutions recognizing Jack and Jill of America Day and DJ Daniel Day at the Capitol, with multiple senators offering remarks praising youth leadership, perseverance, and public service. The Senate also introduced the Doctor of the Day and then proceeded to a long series of floor actions on bills. A major focus was Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 568, which overhauls special education funding and services in public schools by moving from a placement-based model to an intensity-based system tied to student needs and IEPs. Senators Bettencourt, Creighton, and Menendez emphasized transparency, parent input, evaluation funding, dyslexia services, and better alignment of funding with actual services; Senator Hinojosa shared a personal story about dyslexia and the importance of early intervention. The bill was advanced on second and third reading and finally passed 30-0. The Senate also passed SB 1396 to prohibit national sex education standards in public schools, SB 2065 on the Texas Emergency Services Retirement System, SB 1664 requiring clearer public disclosure of transmission and distribution utility rate changes, SB 1029 on advertising certain used motor vehicles, SB 1120 expanding rights for family violence victims, SB 1036 regulating residential solar retail transactions, SB 464 creating school-proximity restrictions and penalties for tobacco and vaping sales, SB 1035 giving farmers and ranchers equitable relief from certain local agricultural regulations, SB 1610 addressing civil commitment facility safety and prosecution issues, SB 1197 extending drone restrictions to spaceports, and SB 1386 changing legislative witness immunity from transactional to testimonial immunity. Another major bill was Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 1188, which updates electronic health record requirements. Senator Kolkhorst said the bill builds on Texas medical privacy law by requiring U.S.-based storage of EMR data, prohibiting recording of voter registration status and credit score information, requiring provider verification and disclosure for AI-assisted diagnosis or treatment recommendations, preserving parental access to minors’ records until age 18, and ensuring EMRs can capture metabolic health and biological sex information. A floor amendment clarified the bill’s scope and enforcement, and the bill passed 23-7. Several measures drew debate, especially SB 414 on bond ballot transparency, where Senators Eckhardt and Menendez questioned whether requiring estimated interest and total debt cost on ballots could be misleading or difficult to implement because interest rates and financing terms can change before issuance or over time. The transcript ends during that discussion, with no final action shown on SB 414.
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Transcript Highlights:
  • All PBMs are operating the same way in Texas.
  • Those bills are now found in subchapters L and M of chapter 1369 of the Texas Insurance Code.
  • Our footprint is in northwest Central Texas.
  • My name is Sheila Hemphill with Texas Right to Know.
  • He's with the Texas Dermatology Society.
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Transcript Highlights:
  • CASA of West Texas has been involved... in West Texas together and the collaboration in this community
  • Sheila Hemphill with Texas Rate to Know.
  • The Texas Ambulance Association is a statewide organization across the state of Texas, and we appreciate
  • I'm the president and CEO of the Texas Association of Business. We're the Texas State Chamber.
  • So I represent Texas Oncology.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Health and Human Services (Part II) Mar 5th, 2025

Health & Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • Mostly it'll be a transportation issue.
  • Um, COSA of West Texas has been involved, um, in West Texas together and the collaboration in this community
  • Texas Ambulance Association is a statewide organization across the state of Texas, and we appreciate
  • As the president-elect of Texas EMS I'm here representing, uh, Texas I'm sorry, President-elect of Texas
  • I'm the president and CEO of the Texas Association of Business. We're the Texas state chamber.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session (Part I) Jun 2nd, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

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  • In Victoria, Texas.
  • Of the Texas Senate.
  • He's a champion for rural Texas.
  • He's stubborn as West Texas dirt.
  • , all rural Texas, and water.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session (Part II) Jun 2nd, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting