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• A quorum is present.
• Johnson, a veteran of the Mexican War, a frontiersman, and a legislator. During its early years.
• By Noble relating to prohibiting a person required to register as a sex offender from serving as a member
• HB 33639 by a suit ruling to the treatment of a patient by a physical therapist without a referral for
• by a homebuyer, by a title insurance company, or a title insurance agent in connection with the closing

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• When a newer, updated system is installed, another total system test is conducted by the county.
• As a former county commissioner, I want to echo your comments about being a part of a canvassing board
• I think we are in a position where we can get to a place where we can have a 100% audit of every single
• Campaign finance fraud is a form of election fraud. So it's a large, it's a much larger umbrella.
• So it's a large, it's a much larger umbrella.

Summary: The Government Operations Subcommittee met to hear a lengthy presentation from Secretary of State Cord Byrd on Florida election administration, with a focus on how elections are handled during natural disasters, election security, and preparations for the 2026 cycle. Byrd described Florida’s response to hurricanes in 2022 and 2024, saying the state works directly with county supervisors of elections to tailor executive orders to local conditions, add or relocate polling sites, extend deadlines, and help displaced voters and emergency workers cast ballots. Members from affected areas echoed that local supervisors had managed storm disruptions well and that turnout remained strong despite major damage. A large portion of the meeting covered election integrity and security. Byrd emphasized Florida’s use of paper ballots, pre-election logic and accuracy testing, post-election audits, public canvassing, standardized voter-intent rules, and strict vote-by-mail request and signature-match requirements. He said the Department of State’s Office of Election Crimes and Security investigates complaints and refers matters to law enforcement, and that Florida has expanded access to the federal SAVE database to verify citizenship. Members asked about threats to election workers, staffing vacancies, cybersecurity, ballot design, vote-by-mail address changes, and how the state coordinates with county supervisors, emergency management, and other agencies. Several members raised questions about voter eligibility and returning citizens, and Byrd said the department provides free information to help people determine whether their rights have been restored, while noting that court and clerk reporting practices still create challenges. He also said the department is considering additional legislative proposals, including more safeguards tied to driver’s license and citizenship verification and a possible statewide 100% audit of races before certification. The meeting ended with the chair encouraging members to visit supervisors of elections offices and submit specific ideas for future elections legislation; no votes were taken and the committee adjourned.

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• In 2023, a group of school districts filed a suit against TEA, and they convinced a judge to enjoin public
• It's a, for practitioners, it's, it's a less clear defense.
• So I making these judges go to a two-hour classes is going to be a good thing. Um.
• A questioned a certain way, needs to be punished a certain way, and when we have this happening in our
• But some people like me, um, I think my mentor is in the room, Kathy Mitchell, um, it's like a, a, a

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• four classes four classes as<00:34:28.879> a<00:34:29.040> set<00:34:29.399> percentage
• to purchase a certain amount of renewable energy from different classes or different types of renewable
• Recently, Britain Lumber up in Bath, New Hampshire, installed a wood chip boiler to augment their operations
• <01:18:12.679> a<01:18:12.800> wood<01:18:13.040> chip Bath New Hampshire installed
• a wood chip Bath New Hampshire installed a wood chip boiler<01:18:14.120> to<01:18:14.679>

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee heard testimony on House Bill 224, which would redirect most money from New Hampshire’s renewable energy fund back to electric ratepayers. The bill sponsor argued the measure would lower energy costs, noting recent utility rate increases and estimating annual savings of roughly $2.5 million to $7.3 million for ratepayers. Supporters said the fund has accumulated money that should be returned to customers rather than used for subsidies, and they emphasized that the state has already rebated similar funds from RGGI for years. Opponents, including Rep. Kat McGee, argued the renewable energy fund is a successful, nonlapsing dedicated fund that supports local clean-energy projects, energy resilience, emissions reductions, and private investment. McGee said the fiscal note overstated the benefit of rebates and understated the loss of investment, claiming the average annual rebate would amount to less than $10 per customer while the program has helped leverage significant private dollars and nearly 10,000 projects. She urged the committee to reject the bill as a poor deal for the state and ratepayers. Committee members questioned the fiscal note, the size of the rebate, whether the bill would set a precedent for other dedicated funds, and whether the program’s incentives amount to picking winners and losers. The Department of Energy testified neutrally, explaining how the renewable energy fund works, including renewable energy credits, alternative compliance payments, and the fund’s use for renewable energy initiatives. No vote was taken in the portion of the hearing provided.

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• I'm Elizabeth McGreevy, born in Houston, a sixth-generation Texan and a Texas A&M graduate of A&M, 9,
• a, a, a district.
• Uh, when you hold up a book and say you're class of '93, that does make me feel old as class of 80, but
• I can't start a fire during a burn ban.
• A not a, not a supermajority but a simple majority. Yes sir.

Bills: SB 434, SB 844, SB 898, SB 1177, SB 1214, SB 1454, SB 1920, SB 1927, SB 1935, SB 1965, SB 2010, SB 2046, SB 2068, SB 2073, SB 2183, SB 2260, SB 3034, SB 907

Keywords: SB 434, Harris County Hospital District, hospital district police, peace officers, commissioned officers, law enforcement authority, Health and Safety Code, Code of Criminal Procedure, public safety, hospital security, county hospital district, local government, Texas criminal procedure, district police, armed security, SB 898, low income housing tax credits, LIHTC, affordable housing, Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs

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• Did you hear a question? There isn't a precedence on that.
• A motion, do we have a second? I have a motion from Ashlyn, a second from Mary. Roll call, please.
• They're going to go from a four-seat to a six-seat with anticipation of a 1f% call. Increase.
• a much higher chance of falling for a phishing attack.
• Mrirman, I do have a little bit more to go. There are GIS classes available.

Keywords: 914, all

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• Um, it could, it could be a whole, it could be a number of things.
• My grandson is a man of a 2 year old or 3 to 4 years old.
• He never broke into a house.
• Well, it's a novel program. I look forward to working with you on it. Sounds like a great idea.
• I did a presentation for my 6th through the 6th grade class last year, and over half of them came up

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• He never broke into a house.
• Well, it's a novel program. I look forward to working with you on it. Sounds like a great idea.
• My dad was in a horrific wreck.
• It gives a dopamine rush.
• I did a presentation for the 6th grade class last year.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• class 6 road or a portion thereof.
• Now, I have a summer house on a lake, and it's on a Class 6 road.
• Now, I have a summer house on a lake, and it's on a Class 6 road.
• class 6 road that has a something on a class 6 road that was<01:32:47.280> built<01:32:47.760>
• <01:44:04.239> What on a class five or better road. What on a class five or better road.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• What about the other classes? No, sir. So this would be the only class with a grant program?
• This is only for Class 3 short line. This would be the only class that has a grant program.
• What about the other classes? No, sir. So this would be the only class with a grant program?
• Are we setting up a set up an exception for this class is not available for the other class?
• So I'm not against those Class 1 guys, but that's a question.

Summary: The Senate Transportation Committee heard several bills focused on transportation infrastructure, public safety, and local commemorations. SB 2841 would clarify the overweight corridor designation for the Port of Brownsville so all three statutorily approved bridges are treated uniformly for northbound and southbound overweight traffic; the Port of Brownsville testified in support, and the bill was left pending. SB 39 would restore the commercial motor vehicle “admission rule” framework in collision cases; Senator Birdwell explained the committee substitute, and the bill was later reported favorably. The committee also heard and later advanced SB 682, SB 1369, and SB 1422, which rename stretches of highway or a bridge in honor of fallen firefighters and military service members, with no opposition testimony and all left pending before final votes. The committee also heard SB 2366, which would create a grant program for short-line railroad projects through rural rail transportation districts for track, bridge, capacity, and restoration work. Senator Hughes and several witnesses from rural rail districts and rail advocacy groups supported the bill, while TxDOT explained current rail funding is limited and that the bill would be the first such grant program for Class 3 short lines; members discussed that the bill would need a floor amendment because state funds cannot be paid directly to railroads. SB 1013 would expand crosswalk protections under the Lisa Torrey-Smith Act to include certain driveway curb cuts along sidewalks; it was supported by the author and left pending before later being reported favorably. The committee also considered SB 2080, which would modernize port and navigation district rules by easing records and procurement requirements, exempting certain security and cybersecurity discussions from recording, and expanding some operational authority. Port Houston and the Texas Ports Association supported the bill, while the City of Corpus Christi raised concerns that the language could expand port economic-development authority beyond navigation purposes and affect local tax bases; the Port of Galveston also noted concerns about the filed version but supported the bill as presented, and the committee substitute was later reported favorably. SB 2001 would create specialty license plates and related parking/toll benefits for permanently disabled peace officers; SB 2705 would codify registration exemptions for certain farm equipment and some specialty plates. Both were supported by witnesses, adopted with committee substitutes where applicable, and reported favorably. Final votes on the reported bills were largely unanimous or near-unanimous, and the committee recessed after leaving some motions open briefly.

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• From my time as a for over a decade.
• , a fighter, a leader, a Torresidalgo, a fighter, a leader, a devoted<00:32:00.480> daughter,<
• a comma in a afraid of even changing a comma in a bill<03:10:38.160> because<03:10:38.560>
• And if we can take a half a step today And if we can take a half a step today and<03:14:54.319><
• /c> you want to pay a fourth more for a you want to pay a fourth more for a refrigerator<04:57:45.200

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, February 24, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• I myself worked on a house at the university that we installed large bladders that collected the water
• I myself worked on a house at the university that we installed large bladders that collected the water
• I myself worked on a house at the university that we installed large bladders that collected the water
• I myself worked on a house at the university that we installed large bladders that collected the water
• I myself worked on a house at the university that we installed large bladders that collected the water

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• >> Spell a and I have a whole stack of >> Spell a and I have a whole stack of business<00
• <00:12:18.160> rate nuclear from a factory at a faster rate nuclear from a factory at a faster
• First of all, there is one system that was just installed about a month ago, a digital INC control system
• be a uh a a stations, there's going to be a uh a a boost<00:38:34.560> or<00:38:34.720> an<
• And I bet nobody knows he exists, but you open those doors and it's a world-class facility and he, um

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• lot and a hard and that you've learned a lot and a hard and that you've learned a lot and a lot of discipline
• I've got a a resolution, please, you. I've got a a resolution, please, you.
• a new find a new find a new job.
• I had a a nephew of mine's a a head football a nephew of mine's a a head football a nephew of mine's
• I think there's a that was a there's a I think there's a that was a there's a I think there's a that

Bills: SB 66, SB 317, SB 393, SB 397, SB 456, SB 614, SB 628, SB 629, SB 636, SB 715, SB 731, SB 801, SB 872, SB 905, SB 986, SB 1012, SB 1013, SB 1015, SB 1032, SB 1113, SB 1181, SB 1212, SB 1241, SB 1250, SB 1278, SB 1285, SB 1376, SB 1444, SB 1449, SB 1524, SB 1525, SB 1528, SB 1556, SB 1588, SB 1660, SB 1704, SB 1708, SB 1802, SB 1833, SB 1844, SB 1854, SB 1863, SB 1957, SB 1959, SB 1965, SB 1999, SB 2035, SB 2056, SB 2082, SB 2119, SB 2138, SB 2165, SB 2199, SB 2201, SB 2203, SB 2245, SB 2284, SB 2419, SB 2422, SB 2452, SB 2487, SB 2523, SB 2529, SB 2533, SB 2541, SB 2586, SB 2595, SB 2605, SB 2615, SB 2675, SB 2690, SB 2717, SB 2753, SB 2778, SB 2835, SB 2841, SB 2891, SB 2929, SB 2933, SB 3016, SB 3039, SB 3044, HB 912, HB 2525, SJR 3, SB 5, SB 29, SB 326, SB 494, SB 530, SB 769, SB 783, SB 963, SB 1238, SB 1271, SB 1786, SB 1967, SB 2312, SB 72, SB 616, SB 1143, SB 1172, SB 1267, SB 1273, SB 1506, SB 1759, SB 2361, SB 1, SB 260, SB 1637, SJR 36, SJR 50, SJR 63, SJR 59, SCR 12, SCR 39, SCR 48, SCR 19, SB 2023, SB 1524, SB 2422, SB 2119, SB 2753, SB 1863, SB 62, SB 666, SB 847, SB 284, SB 854, SB 1073, SB 810, SB 1505, SB 583, SB 507, SB 1434, SB 1376, SB 1772, SB 2016, SB 1163, SB 1122, SB 731, SB 397, SB 508, SB 1436, SB 287, SB 261, SB 1882, SB 393, SB 1791, SB 209, SB 2429, SB 1999, SB 511, SB 2309, SB 510, SB 1085, SB 1975, SB 2717, SB 1262, SB 636, SB 2056, SB 884, SB 517, SB 1200, SB 1845, SB 2681, SB 2199, SB 2458, SB 801, SB 2533, SB 3014, SB 3013, SB 758, SB 1013, SB 2797, SB 2076, SB 2876, SB 2284, SB 2929, SB 2595, SB 715, SB 1640, SB 1241, SB 2538, SB 1449, SB 2529, SB 986, SB 1181, SB 1359, SB 2245, SB 410, SB 1234, SB 456, SB 1012, SB 2926, SB 2138, SB 2615, SB 2972, SB 2841, SB 3016, SB 1856, SB 2035, SB 1528, SB 1373, SB 672, SB 2891, SB 1854, SB 317, SB 2539, SB 2532, SB 1250, SB 2082, SB 2203, SB 1285, SB 1959, SB 1454, SB 2520, SB 2541, SB 1708, SB 1237, SB 1844, SB 1586, SB 3039, SB 2819, SB 66, SB 629, SB 1015, SB 2342, SB 2903, SB 2933, SB 1965, SB 2477, SB 3029, SB 2605, SB 2419, SB 1957, SB 375, SB 250, SB 777, SB 628, SB 2523, SB 2367, SB 2703, SB 2608, SB 2778, SB 3044, SB 2965, SB 2521, SB 865, SB 1032, SB 2165, SB 2501, SB 2675, SB 2452, SB 2835, SB 872, SB 1212, SB 1278, SB 1588, SB 1602, SB 1704, SB 1723, SB 1833, SB 1858, SB 1946, SB 2009, SB 2177, SB 2460, SB 2785, SB 2373, SB 1660, SB 614, SB 867, SB 1608, SB 1525, SB 905, SB 640, SB 2487, SB 1698, SB 383, SB 705, SB 748, SB 1113, SB 1117, SB 1802, SB 2340, SB 2586, SB 2680, SB 2690, SB 2994, SB 2747, SB 1950, SB 913, SB 1071, SB 1086, SB 1087, SB 1483, SB 1444, SB 1553, SB 1556, SB 1703, SB 2133, SB 2297, SB 2298, SB 2622, SB 2955, SB 3059, SB 2782, SB 2781, SB 2637, SB 2633, SB 2337, SB 2334, SB 1861, SB 2043, SB 1367, SB 946, SB 945, SB 2857, SB 128, SB 571, SB 1263, SB 3058, SB 612, SB 2221, SB 2587, SB 2044, SB 2363, SB 2713, HB 1109, HB 1392, HB 22, HB 2525, HB 3093, HB 517, HB 912, HB 1130, HB 142, HB 1689, HB 2018, SB 2311, SB 1986, SB 2565, SB 2943, SB 1888, SB 2417, SB 3048, SB 3052, SB 3053, SB 3036, SB 3057, SB 3056, SB 3043, SB 3037, SB 3050, SB 3063, SB 3047, SB 3035, HJR 98, HJR 99, HB 136, HB 2884, HB 1393, HB 2730, HB 1399, HB 1244, HB 467, HB 331, HB 2559, SB 66, SB 456, SB 628, SB 1012, SB 1015, SB 1032, SB 1241, SB 1376, SB 1708, SB 1959, SB 1965, SB 2035, SB 2199, SB 2245, SB 2284, SB 2419, SB 2523, SB 2529, SB 2541, SB 2595, SB 2605, SB 2778, SB 2933, SB 3039, SB 3044, SB 1524, SB 1863, SB 2119, SB 2422, SB 2753, SB 1844, SB 2533, SR 417, SR 500, SR 501, SR 502, HCR 128, HB 23, HB 45, HB 104, HB 519, HB 748, HB 791, HB 1056, HB 1481, HB 3181, HB 3211, HB 4044, HB 4290, HB 23, HB 45, HB 104, HB 519, HB 748, HB 791, HB 1056, HB 1481, HB 3181, HB 3211, HB 4044, HB 4290

Keywords: disability, supported decision-making, legal assistance, confidentiality, access to justice, autonomy, civil rights, advocacy, monuments, memorials, public property, historical significance, civil penalties, local governance, SB 393, Sparks, Middleton, local government, political subdivision, public securities

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• /c> are a company that was originally a are a company that was originally a landfill<00:23:11.440>
• The center has grown into a world-class applied engineering research center focused on distributed energy
• The center has grown<00:38:12.960> into<00:38:13.119> a<00:38:13.280> world-class
• ><00:38:13.839> applied grown into a world-class applied grown into a world-class applied engineering
• of a uh for the installation of a groundwater-based<00:52:53.440> geothermal<00:52:54.240>

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• We're right now installing three or four million dollars' pieces of equipment in a 1905... specifically
• It's it's now a na a like to do? No.
• Uh, but a lot of people who actually manage to get into our classes now have become more sophisticated
• , it's a it it's a kind of an So, it's a it it's a kind of an eyeopening<00:30:53.840> thing,<
• , meant, what was a loan versus a grant, meant, what was a loan versus a grant, how<01:15:54.400>

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• It is a team effort, and Denmark's response to a U.S. sailor in distress is a powerful example of how
• It's a great bill. I'm a co-sponsor myself.
• A college diploma is a prerequisite for economic opportunity.
• For example, we expect a doctor to have a medical degree, but only a small fraction of Federal contract
• A U.S.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, February 23, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• Broadband is a complicated topic. a set of endeavors that has changed over time.
• This provides a decent signal.
• slide a little later that can explain a little bit about why speed matters.
• I think a lot of us who use broadband have a feel for what a good connection is and what a bad connection
• I'm sure some of them are here in the room because they realize that every installation is a little bit

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• Please join me in a moment of reflection.
• Mead said it was a huge femur, a thigh bone. Then asked why?
• She was a mother of two, a grandmother of six, and a dear mentor to many, including myself.
• These places remind us that nature should not be a privilege, but a promise.
• Additionally, a project east of Collinsville in my district is being explored as a potential site for

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• SB 2617 by Creighton relating to the installation of a treatment system by certain public drinking water
• What this would do is take the penalty, where the penalty right now sits in the amendment as a class
• It would drop that to a class C on a first offense.
• class C offense that is And I'll tell you why that's important, because if you leave it as a Class A
• not a Class A misdemeanor for a minor.

Bills: SB31, SB33, SB20, SB217, SB264, SB269, SB650, SB681, SB528, SB502, SB740, SB916, SB995, SB10, SB2581, SB2570, SB3031, SB24, SB379, SB1171, SB1121, SB1120, SB1061, SB1036, SB1019, SB890, SB11, SB868, SB1188, SB1254, SB2778, SB2543, SB2443, SB1333, SB1259, SB1401, SB1404, SB2139, SB2165, SB2237, SB2268, SB1202, SB1198, SB1212, SB1451, SB1470, SB1498, SB965, SB1547, SB1667, SB1818, SB1902, SB2129, SB2078, SB2069, SB1737, SB1589, SB1318, SB387, SB1150, SB1574, SB2127, SB3034, SB860, SB1278, SCR5, SCR32, SB4, SB23, SB1762, SB34, SB60, SB706, SB1814, SB1220, SB523, SB565, SB1253, SB840, SB764, SB2383, SB2155, SB1535, SB1423, SB1566, SB1804, SB1728, SB1816, SB1952, SB75, SB2068, SB1455, SB213, SB627, SB2037, SB670, SB896, SB917, SB1184, SB971, SB1255, SB1261, SB1283, SB991, SB1733, SB21, SB231, SB739, SB1252, SB1371, SB646, SB3, SCR27, SB552, SB1405, SB1948, SB243, SJR1, SB31, SB33, SB20, SB217, SB264, SB269, SB650, SB681, SB528, SB502, SB740, SB916, SB995, SB10, SB2581, SB2570, SB3031, SB24, SB379, SB1171, SB1121, SB1120, SB1061, SB1036, SB1019, SB890, SB11, SB868, SB1188, SB1254, SB2778, SB2543, SB2443, SB1333, SB1259, SB1401, SB1404, SB2139, SB2165, SB2237, SB2268, SB1202, SB1198, SB1212, SB1451, SB1470, SB1498, SB965, SB1547, SB1667, SB1818, SB1902, SB2129, SB2078, SB2069, SB1737, SB1589, SB1318, SB387, SB1150, SB1574, SB2127, SB3034, SB860, SB1278, SCR5, SCR32, SB546, SB647, SB648, SB1493, SB1709, SB2001, HB5669, HB3115, HB5655, HB5675, HB5689, HB5690, HB5653, HB3228, HB2802, HB45, HB1318, HB5560, HB2894, HB4344, HB2775, HB33, HB 12, HB148

Keywords: SB 31, Life of the Mother Act, Texas abortion law, medical emergency, reasonable medical judgment, pregnancy complications, maternal health, life-threatening condition, ectopic pregnancy, spontaneous abortion, miscarriage, unborn child, abortion exception, abortion ban, physician liability, health care liability claim, aiding and abetting, Texas Medical Board, State Bar of Texas, continuing medical education