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• , a feasibility study, to see if there can be a proper contracting authority.
• Studies show that between 5 and 25% of adults have been the victim of drink spiking.
• The desire to make spaces safer, especially for women, queer folks, and other vulnerable communities,
• The desire to make spaces safer, especially for women, queer folks, and other vulnerable communities
• A forthcoming Little Hoover Commission study found that 40% of... This is not sustainable.

Summary: The Governmental Organization Committee heard a series of bills on holidays, procurement, public safety, and business regulation. AB 268 would add Diwali as an official state holiday and allow schools and state workers limited flexibility to observe it; supporters described it as a recognition of California’s large South Asian and Hindu communities, and there was no opposition. AB 770 would define “customary maintenance” for outdoor advertising displays to clarify what repairs and reinforcements are allowed; the bill was presented as a safety and consistency measure for the billboard industry. AB 783 would authorize the Department of General Services to negotiate bulk pricing for construction materials to help disaster-affected communities rebuild more affordably, with supporters from the housing and building sectors and some members raising concerns about state contracting, storage, and implementation. AB 381 would update state procurement rules to better prevent human trafficking and forced labor in supply chains, aligning state policy with federal standards and drawing support from anti-trafficking advocates, labor, and local government representatives. AB 668 would extend drink-spiking prevention measures to music festivals by requiring test strips, drink lids, and reporting procedures; supporters emphasized victim safety and underreporting, while venue operators opposed the bill unless amended, citing feasibility and cost concerns. AB 880 would require prompt payment and indirect cost coverage for nonprofits contracting with the state, with broad nonprofit support and no opposition. AB 989 would make California Native American Day a paid holiday, with tribal and allied support. AB 592 would extend and expand temporary outdoor dining and alcohol service flexibilities for restaurants, with strong support from restaurant and business groups and opposition from alcohol policy advocates who preferred a narrower or permanent grandfathering approach. Most bills advanced on committee votes, generally on party-line or broad bipartisan support. AB 770 was moved to Appropriations, AB 783 was passed as amended to the Assembly Committee on Emergency Management, AB 381 was sent to Labor, AB 668 and AB 880 were sent to Appropriations, AB 989 was sent to Public Employees and Retirement, and AB 592 was sent to Health. The committee also took up a consent calendar containing several additional bills, which was approved. The hearing ended with the roll left open for additional votes and adjournment at 3:17 p.m.

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• This bill is a reckless and clear attempt at targeting queer entertainers.
• For the first time, I got to see them experience joy in a setting that not only embraced us as a queer
• things he raised about electromagnetic pulses, I would mention that we've done a very extensive cost study
• Volunteer fire departments respond to these situations and establish a wildfire risk study that will
• I also like the study in section one that will allow us to analyze the regions of the state to assess

Bills: SB34, SB75, SB330, SB1535, SB18, SB 18, SB 34

Keywords: wildfire, wildfire mitigation, wildfire prevention, volunteer fire department, Texas A&M Forest Service, West Texas A&M University, prescribed burning, fuel loading, fuel reduction, firefighting equipment database, emergency communications, disaster preparedness, rural fire protection, asset hardening, natural resource management, emergency management, large wildfire risk, fire grant funding, fire suppression, Texas Legislature

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• In concentration camps, queer victims were kept in separate facilities for fear that homosexuality would
• During the Holocaust, homosexuals were forced to wear the pink triangle, or in cases of queer women,
• I've studied the Holocaust, but I saw images in that moment that have seared into my brain.
• At Stanford University, Willow is a fourth-year American Studies student. major with a concentration
• in post-Holocaust Jewish-American culture, and will be receiving a certificate in Jewish Studies.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• marriage and family therapist and the Director of Mental Health at the Gender Health Center, a trans, queer
• a federally qualified health center providing primary care and mental health services tailored to queer
• We are in a queer and trans public health crisis, and we need your help.
• We are the trans and queer suburbs of L.A. County. We cannot allow erasure to happen in California.
• We have yet to see trans and queer allyship reflected in our California budget.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• I am a black eldest daughter, queer first generation college student that works with folks on the ground
• I come before you today as a disabled veteran and a proud queer Texan.
• To set up this organized prayer or Bible study, uh, time period, is that, is that correct?
• So you could have one, Catholic student, uh, prayer, uh, or Bible study section.
• the, the school, uh, by extension, the government actually organizing prayer and organizing Bible studies

Bills: SB 6, SB 11, SB 33

Keywords: electric power, interconnection, utilities, ERCOT, large load customers, water supply, sewer service, demand management, school prayer, Bible reading, religious text, public schools, Texas Education Code, student prayer, silent prayer, meditation, religious liberty, First Amendment, Establishment Clause, church and state

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• I am a Black, eldest daughter, queer, first-generation college student that works with folks on the ground
• I come before you today as a disabled veteran and a proud queer Texan. I am here...
• require the schools in that district or the charter to set up this organized prayer or... ...Bible study
• You can have one Catholic student prayer or Bible study section, you can have another for Protestant
• Actually allowing prayer and allowing Bible study.

Bills: SB6, SB11, SB33

Keywords: electric power, interconnection, utilities, ERCOT, large load customers, water supply, sewer service, demand management, school prayer, Bible reading, religious text, public schools, Texas Education Code, student prayer, silent prayer, meditation, religious liberty, First Amendment, Establishment Clause, church and state

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• She is a sophomore at ASU studying film and also does some improv on the side.
• commonly recognized as indicating support for persons who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer
• In fact, there's a member in my district, a community member, who's the first queer Black doctor of the

Keywords: 1182, all

Summary: The House convened, approved the journal, heard the prayer and Pledge of Allegiance, and welcomed several guests and a Doctor of the Day. Members also adopted a proclamation honoring the people of Iran and heard a brief disturbance in the gallery that led to the sergeant-at-arms escorting a person out. The chamber then moved into Committee of the Whole to consider several Senate bills. In Committee of the Whole, SB 1166 received a do pass recommendation without debate. SB 1184, a bill concerning flags that homeowners and condominium associations may not prohibit, drew debate over a proposed floor amendment by Rep. Villegas to add the pride flag to the protected list; the amendment was defeated 21-32 after division, and the bill then received a do pass recommendation. SB 1252 also received a do pass recommendation. The House later adopted the Committee of the Whole report, placing SB 1166, SB 1184, and SB 1252 on third reading. An additional Committee of the Whole was then used to amend SB 1092, which was reported out as amended and deferred to engrossing. On third reading, SB 1020, a special license plate bill supporting the Arizona Space Commission and space-related education/workforce efforts, passed 35-21 with several members explaining votes in favor and against, including objections that a community college scholarship plate had not been heard. SB 1247, an emergency measure relating to health care institutions, passed 55-1 and met the two-thirds threshold. The House also concurred in Senate amendments to HB 2307, and later passed HB 2307 on final reading with the required emergency vote. The chamber also passed HB 2072 on final reading by a two-thirds margin after extensive debate over repealing Cesar Chavez Day in light of allegations of abuse and whether the day should instead be replaced with a farm worker recognition day. The House adjourned until Tuesday, March 31, 2026.

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• At night school, he studied design and engineering at West Coast.
• It was born in the margins, in the back rooms of black, brown, and queer clubs from Chicago to Detroit
• Our queer kids, immigrant kids, every kind of kid found a beat that spoke louder than the noise around

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• North Carolina research study found that teens who discussed young adult books with their families saw
• We know that 60% of picture book challenged and 70% of graphic novels challenged last year featured queer
• He did. sex studies on children that included infants through teens.
• That's a queer kid here.
• Study after study in real life show us conclusively. that pornography harms children.

Bills: HB256, HCR19, SB2101, SB2334, SB2633, SB2637, SB2713, SB2781, SB2782, SB3059, HB1130

Keywords: severe weather, adaptation plan, vulnerability assessment, environmental protection, state agencies, federal agents, transparency, law enforcement, identification, public trust, immigration enforcement, HCR 19, Texas concurrent resolution, federal immigration enforcement, masked agents, facial coverings, visible identification, uniforms, badges, name tags

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• Next, SCR 32, requesting the establishment of a marine life conservation district carrying capacity study

Bills: SCR173, SCR78, SCR114, SCR162, SCR48, SCR160, SCR87, SCR28, SCR74, SCR20, SCR32, SCR55, SCR69

Keywords: ticket scalping, task force, consumer protection, event accessibility, local economy, menstrual health, menstrual cycle, period education, period poverty, menstrual products, menstrual dignity, health education, sexual health curriculum, DOE, Department of Education, public schools, school health, reproductive health, puberty education, hygiene education

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• Section 11 also relates to human services background studies and is from the policy bill.
• and the most comprehensive study in the U.S. plans to prevent and end homelessness.
• So the Minnesota Homeless Study and companion Reservation Homeless Study are the most comprehensive data
• the Reservation Homeless Study.
• At this point, without significant support, we will likely have to sunset the study.

Bills: HF2115, HF2276, HF1644, HF99, HF2068, HF2707, HF2704, HF2406, HF1674, HF1579

Keywords: human services, aging services, disability services, behavioral health, long-term care, nursing home, nursing facility, assisted living, waiver services, medical assistance, Medicaid, case mix reimbursement, PDPM, RUG, direct care and treatment, developmental disabilities, day services, positive support, guardian, conservator

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• > for background study requirements for background study requirements for housing<00:21:15.280>
• The Minnesota Homeless Study and Companion Reservation Homeless Study are the most comprehensive data
• the Reservation Homeless Study.
• Study and the Reservation<00:30:57.120> Homeless<00:30:57.600> Study.
• About half were the study in 1991.

Bills: HF2115, HF2276, HF1644, HF99, HF2068, HF2707, HF2704, HF2406, HF1674, HF1579

Keywords: human services, aging services, disability services, behavioral health, long-term care, nursing home, nursing facility, assisted living, waiver services, medical assistance, Medicaid, case mix reimbursement, PDPM, RUG, direct care and treatment, developmental disabilities, day services, positive support, guardian, conservator

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• Uh, I rise to request a yes vote on this DE11 amendment, and first to the queer, trans, trans, non-binary
• Remember when I said that a punch from a biological male in one study was 167% stronger than a female
• Remember when I said that a punch from a biological male in one study was 167% stronger than a female
• We are queer. We’re not going anywhere.
• We are queer. We’re not going anywhere.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• This bill, as currently amended, is critical legislation for queer and trans New Mexicans.
• Migration is a part of queer and trans culture and history.
• Using New Mexico to house queer and trans immigrants in atrocious conditions who have already experienced
• Our immigrant neighbors are our queer and trans siblings. Thank you.
• I'm also a first-generation queer, non-binary Mexican-American from a mixed-status family.

Bills: SB100

Keywords: burglary, aggravated burglary, dwelling, criminal law, property rights, 996, all

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• Each team member was given one minute to study a flight plan with five graded segments, where the students
• And I would submit, in clarification of the answer, that perhaps if we studied the Bible as heavily as
• we studied these other books, maybe this measure would not even be needed.
• I won't hold it up according to Senate rules, and it's called Gender Queer.
• dare not stand idle while graphic depictions of oral sex on strap-ons and page 167 of this gender queer

Bills: SCR17, SB2104, SB2155, SB1428, SB1250, SB1651, SB1794, SB444, SB1061, SB1327, SB1425, SB1455, SB1458, SB1460, SB1480, SB1530, SB1543, SB1555, SB1593, SB1209, SB1730, SB1733, SB1769, SB1805, SB2069, SB2095, SB1503

Keywords: trusts, Oklahoma Uniform Trust Code, trust administration, trustee, beneficiary, qualified beneficiary, nonjudicial settlement agreement, trust accounting, fiduciary duty, forfeiture clause, no-contest clause, in terrorem clause, certification of trust, trust property, district court jurisdiction, venue, surcharge trustee, trust protector, trust advisor, principal distribution

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• In concentration camps, queer victims were kept in separate facilities for fear that homosexuality would
• During the Holocaust, homosexuals were forced to wear the pink triangle, or in cases of queer women,
• And I've studied the Holocaust, but I saw images in that moment that have seared into my brain.
• And I've studied the Holocaust, but I saw images in that moment that have seared into my brain.
• Jewish American culture and will be receiving a certificate in Jewish studies.

Summary: The Assembly convened, established a quorum, and opened with a prayer and Pledge of Allegiance. Members then handled several procedural motions, including suspending rules to allow committee hearings and guest access, re-referring bills, and removing one bill from the consent calendar. The chamber also observed Holocaust Remembrance Day with a lengthy ceremony and remarks from many members across caucuses, emphasizing the importance of remembering the Holocaust, combating antisemitism and other forms of hate, and supporting survivors and descendants. ACR 59, the California Holocaust Memorial Day resolution, was adopted by voice vote after 76 coauthors were added. After the ceremony, the Assembly took up the daily file. AB 390, which strengthens California’s “slow down, move over” highway safety law, passed 64-0. AB 439, making small changes to the Coastal Act and reporting requirements, passed 44-11 after debate over Coastal Commission oversight. The body also approved a rules waiver to allow the Education Committee to meet on AB 1468. Later, AB 50, allowing Medi-Cal enrollees to access over-the-counter contraceptives without a prescription, passed 67-0 urgency and 67-0 overall; AB 55, streamlining alternative birth center licensing, passed 68-0; AB 596, protecting workers’ right to wear masks or respirators unless there is a direct safety hazard, passed 53-8; AB 631, requiring animal shelters to post intake and outcome data, passed 60-0; and AB 792, allowing consolidated negotiations for court interpreter contracts, passed 52-1. The Assembly also passed AB 867, banning cat declawing, by 68-0 after bipartisan support; AB 1089, expanding local permitting authority for Western Joshua Tree projects, by 16-0; and AB 1154, clarifying ADU rules, by 63-1. SCR 57, proclaiming Dolores Huerta Day, was adopted 66-0. The second-day consent calendar was then adopted 71-0. The session concluded with adjournment-in-memory remarks for Mary Hammer, a longtime San Lorenzo Valley community leader and environmental advocate, followed by recognition of her family and friends in the chamber.

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• Fifty people at a queer nightclub dancing, murdered instantly.
• 50<00:52:06.120> people<00:52:07.040> at<00:52:07.160> a<00:52:07.240> queer
• 50 people at a queer nightclub Right?
• 50 people at a queer nightclub dancing,<00:52:08.880> murdered<00:52:09.960> instantly.
• people who were there. 50 dancing queer people who were having<00:58:10.280> the<00:58:10.400

Keywords: 1183, house

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• California serves as a case study for the severe consequences of policies like this.
• Cruel policies like the one proposed here simply create a culture of fear among trans children, queer
• children, and girls who happen a culture of fear among trans children, queer children, and girls who
• You can't tell who among us is queer or trans or intersex just by looking.
• While many may try to argue that this bill is unnecessary or extreme, one study shows that 91% of people

Bills: SB240, SB1183, SB1184, SB1577, SB2043, SB2051, SCR42, SJR68

Keywords: biological sex, gender identity, public facilities, civil penalties, local government, EBT, electronic benefits transfer, food stamps, SNAP, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, TANF, temporary assistance for needy families, welfare benefits, benefit card fraud, fraud hotline, card replacement, photo ID, recipient photograph, HHSC, Health and Human Services Commission

Summary: The committee first heard Senate Bill 1183, by Senator Creighton, which would require Lone Star Cards used for SNAP and TANF benefits to display the recipient’s name and photo, add fraud-reporting information, and require HHSC to track replacement-card requests. Creighton argued the bill would reduce fraud and protect taxpayer dollars, citing Texas SNAP theft and overpayment data. HHSC testified that photo IDs on the card are technically possible and explained how authorized secondary users are added. Dr. Amber O’Connor of Every Texan testified against the bill, saying SNAP fraud is a small share of expenditures, that the proposal would be costly and ineffective, and that federal rules limit mandatory photo requirements. Public testimony closed and SB 1183 was left pending. The committee then heard Senate Bill 1184, also by Senator Creighton, which would lower from 20 years to 10 years the minimum age of collectible wine that Texas collectors may sell to permitted restaurants. Supporters said the change would help Texas restaurants access desirable vintages, keep collectible wine in-state, and align with market demand; invited witnesses from the wine industry testified in favor. No opposition was heard, public testimony closed, and SB 1184 was left pending. Next, Senator Birdwell laid out Senate Bill 2051 and Senate Joint Resolution 68, both aimed at revising Texas impeachment procedures in response to issues identified during the 2023 impeachment process. The measures would clarify constitutional and statutory impeachment authority, require sworn testimony, extend review periods for House members, address conflicts of interest and presiding officers, require cost reporting, and modify rules for impeaching the governor or lieutenant governor. A committee substitute added protections for the accused, longer review periods, and a fallback presiding-officer option. Witnesses generally supported stronger accountability but raised questions about whether the language should also cover retired or visiting judges. Both measures were left pending after testimony. The committee also heard Senate Bill 1577, which would expand Texas Motor Speedway’s alcohol sales authority to include distilled spirits and remove certain event and concession limits; the Speedway’s representative supported the bill and it was left pending. Later, the committee heard Senate Concurrent Resolution 42 and Senate Bill 240, which would recognize only two sexes and restrict access to sex-designated private spaces in public facilities based on biological sex. Supporters argued the measures were needed to protect women’s privacy and safety, including in schools and shelters, while opponents warned about enforcement problems, privacy concerns, and impacts on transgender Texans and others who do not fit stereotypical sex traits. After extensive testimony, both measures were left pending. The committee then took up multiple pending bills and reported several favorably, including SB 511, SB 33, SB 510, SB 871, SB 2024, SB 2166, SJR 27, SJR 40, SB 1313, SB 1314, SB 1316, SB 1541, SB 2420, SB 1999, SB 2309, SB 1860, and SB 2429, with some also certified for the local and uncontested calendar.

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• While studying at UNH, I have Hampshire.
• All it will do is prevent educators from supporting queer and trans kids.
• Live queer or die.
• <01:33:02.639> and educators from supporting queer and educators from supporting queer and
• Live queer or die. I'm happy to child. Live queer or die.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• Department and the Commission on the Status of Women to conduct a comprehensive study into the history
• I've been to the U N in 2019, asking for a study, but COVID happened.
• I'm a UNM International student double majoring in international studies and women's gender sexuality
• studies.
• By formally acknowledging this history and directing a comprehensive study of the forced sterilization

Bills: SM14

Keywords: forced sterilization, coerced sterilization, Indigenous women, Native American women, women of color, reproductive justice, reproductive sovereignty, truth and reconciliation commission, memorial, trauma-informed care, reparative justice, human rights, bodily autonomy, Indian Health Service, Indian affairs, Commission on the Status of Women, survivor testimony, reproductive health access, genocide, transitional justice