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• Then you have to engage in permitting, and we all know the nightmare that permitting is here on Oahu,
• Then you have to engage in permitting, and we all know the nightmare that permitting is here on Oahu,
• Then you have to engage in permitting, and we all know the nightmare that permitting is here on Oahu,
• Then you have to engage in permitting, and we all know the nightmare that permitting is here on Oahu,
• Then you have to engage in permitting, and we all know the nightmare that permitting is here on Oahu,

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• They also are able to, as permitted by law, use off-label...
• They also are able to, as permitted by law, use off-label prescription uses when they think it would
• Regulations may include specific permits or designated routes such as oversized or overweight corridors
• Or moving on a public highway, that is, one not included in the route designated under the permit under
• which the vehicle is moving, or two, without a permit authorizing the movement of the vehicle, exceeds

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, received the House message that HB 35 had passed, and heard a gubernatorial message submitting Trinity River Authority board appointments for Senate confirmation. The chamber also adopted a slate of Senate resolutions by voice vote and later postponed reading and referral of bills and resolutions until the end of the calendar. Several members introduced bills with brief explanations before the Senate took them up under suspension of the regular order. The body then considered and passed a series of measures, often by wide margins, including SB 2846 on wildlife disease control and quarantine authority; CS SB 1224 requiring school superintendents or directors to report certain employee misconduct to local law enforcement; CS SB 2310 on transparency for degree and transfer requirements at public colleges; SB 1502 limiting school districts’ ability to exceed voter-approval tax rates after a failed TRE; CS SB 1141 on notice requirements before full adversary hearings in child-protection cases; CS SB 2568 exempting certain flood-control reservoirs from TCEQ permitting; SB 1524 on confidentiality of information about weapons in foster homes; CS SB 2925 creating a task force on modernizing manufacturing; CS SB 2269 on dispute resolution and enforcement for long-term care facilities; CS SB 1266 on Medicaid provider enrollment and disenrollment notices; SB 243 on migrant labor housing standards; SB 2200 on overweight vehicles transporting hazardous materials; CS SB 2480 on the Texas Physician Health Program; CS SB 1585 restricting government contracts with companies tied to foreign adversaries; CS SB 2357 establishing maternal health training; and SB 1551 requiring accessible AED placement in public schools. The Senate also debated more contested bills. CS SB 2019, which would extend vaccine exemption rules to medical and veterinary students, advanced only partway after a divided vote. CS SB 1442, directing a study on veterinary telemedicine relationships, and CS SB 1241, which would allow the Higher Education Coordinating Board to study alternative college entrance exams, prompted extended questioning about agency authority and whether changes should return to the legislature before taking effect. CS SB 2753, which would integrate early voting and election day voting into a single in-person voting period, was amended and passed to engrossment despite opposition. CS SB 2201, dealing with gang and foreign terrorist organization intelligence databases, and CS SB 2514, creating a DPS hostile foreign adversaries unit, drew detailed debate over civil liberties and national security. CS SB 2422, aimed at limiting Texas Medical Board discipline related to COVID-19 treatments and practices, also advanced after lengthy discussion and a close vote.

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• It's regulated through the platting and permitting process, has nothing to do with the creation of a
• Um, as currently written, the bill prohibits cities from collecting permit fees for the redevelopment
• Without permit fees, cities are left without the resources needed to perform these critical reviews.
• So what was your all's take on the, the permitting fee waiver of the fee?
• Um, you asked about permit fees.

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• We issued our own permit to move forward on it, so that's a start. own permitting and its own planning
• You know, is our permit issued acceptable to insurance companies?
• You know, is our permit issued acceptable to insurance companies?
• You know, is our permit issued acceptable to insurance companies?
• You know, is our permit issued acceptable to insurance companies?

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• And Madam Secretary, am I permitted to make nominations for Vice Chair?
• And, Madam Secretary, am I permitted to make nominations for Vice Chair as chair?
• Am I permitted to do that? All right.
• And Madam Secretary, am I permitted to make nominations for Vice Chair?
• Am I permitted to do that? All right.

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• AB 1915, Gabriel, accelerated restaurant permitting.
• AB 1915, Gabriel, accelerated restaurant permitting, do pass out on an A roll call.
• AB 1915, Gabriel, accelerated restaurant permitting.
• AB 2051, Wicks, coastal resiliency permitting, do pass. That's out on a B roll call.
• AB 2051, Wicks, coastal resiliency permitting, do pass. That's out on a B roll call.

Summary: The Assembly Appropriations Committee held a suspense-file hearing on May 14, 2026, reviewing hundreds of Assembly bills and a few committee bills. The chair opened by explaining the committee’s budget constraints and the factors used in suspense decisions, including fiscal impact, return on investment, effects on constituents, and protection of the state’s social safety net. The agenda was organized alphabetically by author, and the committee noted that results would be posted later that day online. The committee then acted on a very large number of measures, sending many bills to the Assembly floor on do pass or do pass as amended motions, while holding many others in committee. Topics covered a broad range of policy areas, including housing, health care, education, labor, public safety, wildfire mitigation, water, energy, transportation, cannabis, immigration, and state governance. Many bills were amended to narrow scope, make implementation contingent on appropriations or existing resources, remove provisions, or clarify agency responsibilities; several bills were held without further action. Among the notable actions, the committee advanced bills on items such as Medi-Cal services, child care, wildfire-related programs, housing financing, school and college issues, public safety and criminal justice, environmental and energy policy, and various consumer and business regulations. Some measures were sent out on A or B roll calls, with Republicans often not voting on amended bills. The hearing concluded after the committee reported that a large number of bills had been moved to the Assembly floor, either as do pass or do pass with amendments, and the committee adjourned.

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• This bill contains an urgency clause and streamlines the permitting and planning...
• This bill contains an urgency clause and streamlines the permitting and planning processes for the Southern
• The Permit Streamlining Act rightly requires cities and counties to post this information online.
• We've streamlined the permitting process, we've increased density, we've created a by-right process,
• Senate amendments for technical and delayed implementation for a year to permit the Judicial Council

Summary: The Assembly convened after a quorum call, opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, welcomed visiting students from De La Salle High School and a guest for Assembly Member Kalra, and then moved through a lengthy concurrence and third-reading agenda. Early actions included concurrence on ACR 21 honoring fallen Galt Police Officer Herminda Grewal, followed by a series of mostly noncontroversial bills on utilities, reclamation districts, housing, wildfire relief, mobile homes, environmental quality, health care coverage, and local government. Several measures were presented as technical, clarifying, or urgency bills, and many passed with unanimous or near-unanimous votes; notable items included AB 238 (wildfire mortgage forbearance), AB 571 (Southern California Veterans Cemetery permitting/CEQA exemption), AB 574 (health care coverage), AB 696 (lithium-ion battery safety advisory group), AB 1150 (airport car rental facility maintenance), AB 1154 (ADU parking standards), and SB 499 (impact fee deferrals for emergency-related parkland and utility infrastructure). SB 499 drew the most debate, with supporters emphasizing disaster resilience and dual-use parkland and an opponent arguing it would worsen housing-related fee burdens; it ultimately passed after a call was lifted. The chamber also adopted SJR 4 urging restoration of NIH funding, and passed SB 230 expanding workers’ compensation presumptions to additional firefighters, SB 92 tightening density bonus law to curb loopholes, SB 782 creating disaster relief financing districts, SB 40 capping insulin copays at $35 and limiting step therapy, SB 362 strengthening small-business financing disclosures, SB 513 requiring workers access to training records, SB 489 requiring public agencies involved in housing approvals to post requirements online, SB 31 promoting recycled water use, SB 551 introducing normalization and dynamic security concepts in corrections, SB 639 extending flood-protection deadlines for Sacramento/Yuba projects, SB 653 defining environmentally sensitive vegetation management, AB 652 on air pollution, and SB 221 updating stalking law to include threats to pets. Several bills received recorded opposition or split votes, including SB 551, SB 439, SB 782, and SB 499, but most measures passed comfortably. The Assembly also concurred in Senate amendments on AB 516 and AB 1523, and later lifted the call on SB 499 to complete passage. The session included an adjournment in memory of Rick Bryson of Long Beach, with Assembly Member Lowenthal highlighting Bryson’s athletic, business, and civic contributions. The day ended with reminders to secure floor managers for pending bills, a notice of the next day’s 10 a.m. floor session, and adjournment until Thursday, September 4th.

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• size, scale, and spacing via conditional use permits, shelters could be forced into incompatible areas
• Chair, the A1 amendment allows for the creation of a conditional use permit or a special use permit to
• This is why a conditional use permit for residential licensed facilities and other facilities that are
• The thing I know about conditional use permits, or whatever else, is that they are being used, and we
• In a slightly different form, if you open up all of these areas as a permitted use without any ability

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• The gentleman from Green: So for permitting?
• You have to permit, so water reclamation facilities do need permits.
• Correct, so that is a permitting environment in order to do that.
• So a data center could contract and get a permit from the U.S.
• You still are within your rights with your permit. Okay.

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• House Bill 916 relates to concealed handgun permit demonstrated competence.
• House Bill 916 relates to concealed handgun permit, demonstrated competence.
• process guidance memo to consider how to assess the cumulative impacts of certain permits.
• process guidance memo to consider how to assess the cumulative impacts of certain permits.
• process guidance memo to consider how to assess the cumulative impacts of certain permits.

Keywords: March 11, 2026 - Regular Session, 976, house, all

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• Advanced notifications required<00:13:49.279> when<00:13:49.519> permitted<00:13:50.000
• > exterior required when permitted exterior required when permitted exterior applications<00:13
• The permit guidelines that we have, the air resources are not mandated.
• The permit guidelines that we have, the air resources are not mandated.
• Um the permit these uh situations.

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• The bill focuses on identifying permitting requirements and building codes that may impede rebuilding
• a declared disaster; a CSLB contractor's license is required to perform the debris removal; and a permit
• And it does not circumvent environmental review or local permitting requirements.
• , the bill mandates in statute a specific backup cooling system be in place before a new building permit
• the organizations' members, who comply with a myriad of federal, state, and local regulations, permitting

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• If you have a quota permit under DAX, so you're an actual bar and you have a quota permit.
• Months later, many of them were still waiting for permits and were often forced to pay for them.
• This bill seeks to alleviate that pain and make the permitting and inspection process more efficient
• This bill will expand options for temporary qualified personnel to supplement permitting and inspection
• departments and local governments. personnel to supplement permitting and inspection departments and

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• The bill also creates a hemp research permit that allows universities and nonprofit research entities
• to obtain hemp research permits.
• Hemp research permits, which I just touched on. It would also enforce more licensing and penalties.
• Permits cover the costs of the program, or do they exceed them, or do we not know?
• And also, those violations do eventually go against the holder of those permits.

Bills: HB147

Keywords: government contracting, business program, discrimination, state procurement, equity, underutilized businesses

Summary: The House Committee on Agriculture and Livestock met with a quorum present and heard several bills, all of which were left pending. HB 1113, by Rep. Cain, would update Texas hemp law to keep state rules aligned with federal changes, require timely rule amendments by the Department of Agriculture, and create hemp research permits for universities and nonprofits. Supporters from the Texas Hemp Coalition said it would improve research, licensing, testing, and enforcement while helping the industry stay compliant and competitive; the author said the bill was intended to reward good actors and deter bad ones. HB 1203, by Rep. Gonzalez, would create an Office of Food System Security and Resiliency within the Department of Agriculture to address food insecurity and coordinate local food access efforts. Gonzalez said the office would build on a prior Department of Agriculture study and help connect farmers, agencies, schools, and local governments; members asked about the fiscal note, consumer costs, and whether the office would overlap with existing programs. HB 1269, HB 1276, and HB 1277 focused on plant disease and pest prevention, including a grant program and studies to identify gaps and track outbreaks. Gonzalez emphasized the need for a more intentional state response, citing crop losses from pests and a recent cotton disease outbreak in his district. HB 1437 would create a pollinator task force to address threats to Texas honeybees and related pollination industries. A Texas Beekeepers Association witness described major recent colony losses, emerging threats such as mites and hornets, and the need to bring agencies and researchers together; Gonzalez noted prior work adding a bee specialist at AgriLife Extension. Finally, HB 147, by Chairman Guillen, would modernize cattle brand registration by moving it to an electronic system at the Texas Animal Health Commission while keeping county clerks involved. Supporters said it would improve efficiency, accuracy, and access for ranchers and law enforcement, while an opponent warned about possible electronic tracking implications and costs for small producers. The committee took no final votes and adjourned after leaving HB 147 pending as well.

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• This will allow for the distribution of 900 permit allocations for vacant and buildable lots.
• It does address, you know, several of the permitting, planning and training and things like that.
• What are we permitting here on this line? Senator Martin. Thank you, Mr. President.
• Has it expanded and been issued a previous permit? Is that correct? Senator McLean, thank you, Mr.
• So the amendment also permits the Board of Nursing and DOH...

Summary: The Senate convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several introductions, then moved into special order and returning messages. Early floor action included passage of HB 6503 (relief for Mandy Penny Lamon by Sarasota County), HB 1123 (sewer collection systems), HB 211 (farm products), and a joint resolution on ad valorem tax exemption for agricultural tangible personal property, all approved without opposition. Several other measures were temporarily postponed before the chamber recessed and later returned to messages from the House. The Senate then took up a series of House amendments and conference-style motions on major bills. SB 180 on emergency preparedness and response was amended and concurred in after debate over hurricane recovery, local government moratoriums, evacuation timing in the Keys, and property tax and redevelopment provisions; it passed 34-1. CS/HB 1609 on waste incineration and auxiliary containers was heavily debated over plastic and polystyrene preemption, local beach and park regulations, and landfill/incinerator provisions, then passed 26-10. CS/HB 1205 on citizen initiatives was amended to allow volunteers to carry up to 25 petitions without registration/training and passed 28-9. The Senate also refused to concur in a House amendment to SB 234 on offenses against law enforcement, and in SB 116 on veterans, seeking to restore funding for veteran suicide prevention. Later, the chamber approved or advanced several education and health-related bills. CS/HB 1255 on education was amended and passed, with changes to school readiness and other education provisions. CS/HB 875 on educator preparation passed after discussion of cognitive science, classroom management, teacher excellence programs, and the phaseout of the general knowledge test. CS/HB 1105, a large education package, passed after debate over charter school conversions, cell phone restrictions, and other school governance changes. In health care, CS/HB 1427 was introduced as a comprehensive package combining multiple health-related provisions, though the excerpt ends before final action on that bill. Throughout the day, the Senate also concurred or refused to concur in various House amendments on mental health, financial institutions, land development, brownfields, and out-of-network provider legislation, with votes generally recorded and several measures passing on divided but mostly favorable roll calls.

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• is the permit system. is the permit system.
• Allows the suspension or revocation of a permit to operate for unsafe behavior.
• modifying a plan and a permit. modifying a plan and a permit.
• <00:16:00.800> or<00:16:00.880> imposing requiring permits or imposing requiring permits
• Um and we uh further a permit process.

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• <00:29:13.279> and begin looking at some permitting and begin looking at some permitting and
• treatment plant permits.
• preview their permit before it goes on public notice.
• While some types of environmental permits can be controversial, permits for wastewater treatment plants
• established under the revised permit. established under the revised permit.

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• Signs and place cards are not permitted in the hearing room.
• are not permitted in the hearing<00:01:44.000> room.
• . permits. permits.
• wastewater treatment uh facility permit. wastewater treatment uh facility permit.
• We also permit has an industrial limit.

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• They've applied for permit after permit. They've rezoned and rezoned.
• These include permit waivers, categorical exclusions, expedited approvals, and more.
• I just want to point out one... ...getting to the point where we can actually permit occupancy.
• New York and Seattle have permitted six-story single-stair buildings for several decades.
• Culver City already moved to permit six stories before the AB 130 code freeze.

Summary: The committee heard a long housing agenda with several bills presented before quorum was established. AB 1725, as amended, would require disclosure of nearby oil wells and methane monitoring issues in a specific district; the author and community witnesses described serious health and safety risks in Vista Hermosa Heights, while the California Apartment Association, California Building Industry Association, and California Chamber of Commerce opposed, arguing the bill targeted the wrong industry and that the state should instead fix abandoned wells directly. AB 2110, a local finance tool to create tax increment districts for workforce housing for education, health care, manufacturing, and public safety workers, drew no witnesses in support or opposition and was presented as a way to help workers live closer to jobs. AB 1732 would expand CEQA streamlining for public university and college housing projects; UC and several housing and labor groups supported it, while housing advocates raised concerns about amendments affecting existing 100% affordable housing exemptions. AB 1771, amended into a study bill, would direct HCD to report on the long-standing resident manager requirement for apartment buildings with 16 or more units; the rental housing industry supported studying the issue, while the chair emphasized the need to consider tenant protections and the impact on current resident managers before changing the law. The committee also heard AB 2185, which would direct state affordable housing programs to update guidelines to better support factory-built housing; it drew broad support from housing, labor, technology, and local government groups, with no opposition. AB 2748 would delay new EV-readiness requirements for 100% affordable housing developments, keeping the prior 40% standard through 2035; supporters said the higher standard would add significant costs and threaten project feasibility, while clean air and transportation advocates argued the code changes are modest, important for equity, and should not be rolled back. Members split along those lines, with some emphasizing housing production and others urging more public subsidy for EV infrastructure rather than delaying the code. SB 417, a proposed $10 billion affordable housing bond for the November ballot, received extensive support from housing organizations, local governments, labor, and business groups, but Habitat for Humanity and the Los Angeles mayor’s office asked for specific allocations for CalHome and interim housing; the bill was ultimately moved to Appropriations on an 8-0 vote, with members noting ongoing negotiations over funding priorities. Finally, AB 1740 would create an urban multimodal community designation for Santa Monica, allowing local approval of certain low-impact coastal-zone activities—such as some housing, bike and bus lanes, outdoor dining, and building changes—without Coastal Commission review. The author and Santa Monica officials said the bill would reduce delays and uncertainty for infill housing and local economic recovery while preserving protections for sensitive coastal resources; supporters included housing, business, and city groups. The Coastal Commission and environmental organizations opposed, saying the bill would carve out broad exemptions, weaken public access and appeal rights, and bypass the local coastal program process that Santa Monica has not completed. Committee members debated the Commission’s role, with some criticizing it for opposing legislation and others arguing the bill was a common-sense way to modernize coastal permitting. A motion and second were made on AB 1740, and the bill was left pending with the committee’s action to be taken when appropriate.

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• with the wetlands permitting process. with the wetlands permitting process.
• <00:41:09.359> screening used for the the permitting screening used for the the permitting
• , our alteration of terrain permits, and through the DOT driveway permits, we would take responsibility
• , our alteration of terrain permits, and through the DOT driveway permits, we would take responsibility
• condition of the permit being issued. condition of the permit being issued.

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