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FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education Jan 15th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- The there was some time teaching and being a councillor in Alabama and then we'll move to Florida when
- There were some child care development funds one year when code during COVID that where we were able
- I fell in love with some children and adopted them.
- or ZIP code that all students are supported.
- If there's no objection, seeing no objection that Motion's adopted. We are adjourned.
AL
Transcript Highlights:
- There's three from Alabama, I guess, on hemp or whatever the...
- Alabama should follow suit.
- I'd love to see the data on how many cases there are in Alabama.
- So is your farm in Alabama or in St. Florian? Is your farm in Alabama or in St. Florian?
- I the amendments adopted. Do I hear a motion on the bill? Mr.
Keywords:
healthcare, advanced practice nursing, nurse collaboration, medical board, nursing board, committee structure, midwifery, licensed midwives, State Board of Midwifery, licensure fees, professional liability insurance, complaints investigation, emergency care plan, out-of-hospital care, hemp, hemp beverages, psychoactive cannabinoids, psychoactive hemp products, delta-8 THC, delta-9 THC
NM
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- You have to adopt. You have to adopt it first. Okay.
- We have to adopt it first, and then once we adopt it, then we have to pass it. All right.
- That's not what we adopted. We adopted... And then this is LFC notes recommendations.
- That's not what we adopted. We adopted the language.
- Yeah, so it'll be—if we go back to the language, you would not be adopting the LFC, but it would be adopting
Keywords:
child care, child care assistance, child care subsidy, early childhood education, early childhood care, daycare, preschool, pre-K, Head Start, Early Head Start, Children's Code, early childhood education and care department, ECECD, child care facilities, licensed child care, registered child care, copayments, waitlist, subsidy, federal poverty level
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- I'll move adoption of the amendment. Second. Okay.
- Any opposition to the motion for adoption of the amendments as presented? None?
- We want to adopt the pass a bill with a motion to adopt the amendments for a substitute bill.
- I move the adoption of the amendment.
- We have a motion to adopt the amendment by Senator Woods, second by Senator Gonzales.
Keywords:
child care, child care assistance, child care subsidy, early childhood education, early childhood care, daycare, preschool, pre-K, Head Start, Early Head Start, Children's Code, early childhood education and care department, ECECD, child care facilities, licensed child care, registered child care, copayments, waitlist, subsidy, federal poverty level
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- Seeing none, we'll show the amendment to the amendment adopted.
- The amendment is adopted. Now we are on the bill as amended.
- The amendment is adopted. We're back on the bill as amended. Yay? Any opposed?
- The amendment is adopted. We're back on the bill as amended.
- Seeing no objection, the motion is adopted. We are adjourned.
Keywords:
animal cruelty, reporting, veterinary, protection, liability, regulation, community association, management certification, Florida Statutes, certified manager, association governance, building permits, inspections, offsite construction, local government, housing, property regulation, construction standards, state of emergency, emergency response
Summary:
The committee heard and approved several bills. SB 468 would require veterinarians and veterinary technicians to report suspected animal cruelty to law enforcement or animal control and allow release of patient records in good faith; it was reported favorably with support from animal welfare groups. SB 1706 narrows eligibility for the My Safe Florida Condominium Pilot Program to buildings with at least 80% owner-occupied units and residents at or below 80% of area median income, and it also passed favorably. SB 1234 on building permits and inspections was amended extensively to clarify permit exemptions, private-provider rules, and timelines, then reported favorably as a committee substitute. SB 1260, dealing with building inspections after emergencies, was amended to require state-term contracts for inspection vendors and then passed. SB 822 would require professionally managed community associations above a budget threshold; an amendment raised the threshold to $750,000, added a parcel-count trigger, and allowed direct-hire credentialed managers, after which the bill was reported favorably. SB 1580 would increase penalties for illegal gaming operations, add enforcement tools, and clarify procedures for veterans organizations; after removing a fantasy sports provision, it also passed favorably.
The committee also heard from several appointees and reappointees to the Public Service Commission and Florida Gaming Control Commission. Public Service Commission nominees Anna Ortega and Robert Payne were questioned closely about utility hardening projects, ratepayer costs, and the role of the Office of Public Counsel. Gaming Commission reappointee Julie Brown and appointees William Spacola, John DeQuilla, Peter Cutterman, and Tina Rep discussed illegal gaming enforcement, audits, agency operations, and their backgrounds in law, regulation, law enforcement, and public service. Several members raised concerns about contract timing and evidence handling at the Gaming Commission, while others praised the nominees’ experience and service.
At the end of the meeting, the committee voted to recommend confirmation of all appointees on tabs 1 through 7. Members then requested favorable placement on the record for specific bills, including SB 468, SB 1234, SB 1260, SB 1580, and SB 1706, and the committee adjourned.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- I think it's also going to take some of the anxiety out of the room because the adults are creating the
- That stress, as you reported, is coming from the adults in the buildings telling you to feel stressed
- So the consequences, the stress that is passed on to students sort of cascades down from the adults,
- So ultimately, if you believe that you should hold adults accountable for performance, there will be
- is violating the Education Code, there's a... whole host of mechanisms to resolve that problem.
Bills:
HB8
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
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- With adults, and that's... I mean, I just know that to be the case.
- I think the adults that have created a lot of the stress, including legislators, but absolutely including
- Life, to be a successful adult or a successful community member. I agree with that.
- The bill creates the advisory committee to advise the Commissioner and the agency regarding the adoption
- Now I know that we as adults, when we're stressed, it can affect the kids, but my stress was not solely
Bills:
HB8
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
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- But keep in mind this is not always what is about better for the adults, but this is what is best for
- I think it's also going to take some of the anxiety out of the room because the adults are creating the
- Um, I think it's also going to take some of the anxiety out of the room because the adults are creating
- Yeah, so not in this bill directly, but in the broader structure of the education code.
- is violating the education code, there's a whole host of mechanisms to resolve that problem.
Bills:
HB8
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
Summary:
The House Committee on Public Education met to hear House Bill 8, which would replace STAAR with a new assessment and accountability system beginning in the 2027-28 school year. The chair described the bill as reducing testing time, limiting benchmark tests, adding beginning-, middle-, and end-of-year assessments, requiring faster score turnaround, involving Texas teachers in test development, and tightening accountability timelines and transparency rules. Members also discussed provisions on A-F ratings, cut scores, CCMR, local accountability plans, and TEA reporting requirements.
Committee members and invited witnesses split sharply on the bill’s approach. Supporters, including the chair, TEA Commissioner Mike Morath, and Ed Trust’s Nicholas Munyon Penny, argued the bill would reduce high-stakes pressure, provide quicker and more actionable data, limit over-testing, and better align assessments to Texas standards while preserving criterion-referenced accountability. They said the new system would help teachers and parents intervene sooner and would improve transparency, including parent access to student responses and automatic rescoring in some writing cases.
Opponents, including Rep. Hinojosa and student witness Ella Moran, argued the bill still increases testing and replaces one high-stakes test with multiple TEA-created tests. Moran testified that STAAR creates anxiety, disrupts instruction, and does not reflect real learning, while Hinojosa said the House had previously passed a better bill based on a nationally norm-referenced model and criticized the new proposal as a concession to the Senate. Questions also focused on AI scoring of writing, rescoring rates, and whether the bill’s new accountability rules would be reliable and fair. The committee did not take a final vote during the portion provided, but the chair said a vote on HB 8 would be called after public testimony later in the day.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- The Transportation Code establishes the roads on which TxDOT may authorize the.
- The County Transportation Code establishes the roads on which TXDOT may authorize the Doublet County
- House Bill 3986 amends the Transportation Code to designate a portion of U.S.
- You all have heard of the Adopt-a-Highway program that TxDOT has had.
- House Bill 2560 is similar to the Adopt-a-County Road program.
Keywords:
memorial highway, U.S. Army, U.S. Marine Corps, Archer County, highway designation, vehicle weight, ports of entry, Texas Transportation Code, truck regulations, load limits, Adopt-a-County Road, funding, road maintenance, county partnership, public recognition, memorial designation, highway, Sergeant Mark Butler, transportation, Brazos County
TX
Keywords:
counter-unmanned aircraft systems, C-UAS, counter-drone, drone mitigation, unmanned aircraft systems, UAS, border security, U.S.-Mexico border, aviation safety, airspace regulation, federal preemption, Homeland Security, Department of Defense, Department of Justice, Department of Energy, FBI, state-local coordination, tribal and territorial partners, border patrol, cartels
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- QR codes on their transport documents represent all the things that we're hearing from DPS that were
- the ownership and sale have not occurred within Texas, that's still within the law of the Texas tax code
- on the 162 for the motor fuel tax code.
- That's totally fine within the tax code. But that's correct, sir. This is in line to provide...
Keywords:
LP-gas, property owner notice, natural resources, gas installations, safety notification, motor fuel, fuel transport, fuel export, transloading, export fuel transloading facility, fuel terminal, terminal operator, comptroller, Texas Tax Code, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, TCEQ, Department of Public Safety, DPS, border security, ports of entry
TX
Texas 89th Regular
S/C on Defense & Veterans' Affairs Apr 22nd, 2025
S/C on Defense & Veterans' Affairs
Keywords:
specialty license plates, military honor, Texas Homeland Defense Service Medal, Texas Superior Service Medal, Texas Outstanding Service Medal, Texas Medal of Merit, military honors, Lone Star Distinguished Service Medal, veterans, Texas Homeland Defense Medal, military, commemorative recognition, transportation code, claims assistance, disability benefits, court representation, legal services, naming, commemoration, local honor
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- adopt a resolution to request request a full reappraisal.
- HB 4744 changes the tax code.
- So we believe that this bill is contrary to other tax code provisions.
- The first two have been in the tax code for decades. decades.
- I studied the Texas property tax code.
Keywords:
county appraisal district, board of directors, governance, taxing units, public representation, penalty, property report, taxation, timely filing, chief appraiser, appraisal district, ad valorem tax, property appraisal, tax protests, unequal appraisal, property rights, property tax, public employees, protest leave, appraisal review board
TX
Bills:
SB 623, SB 1266, SB 1310, SB 1373, SB 1580, SB 1952, SB 2032, SB 2269, SB 2544, SB 2653, SB 2796
Keywords:
pharmacist, vaccine administration, COVID-19, exclusive authority, healthcare, Medicaid, provider enrollment, credentialing, administrative burden, Texas Health and Human Services, senior retirement communities, emergency response, residential safety, contract provisions, health and safety regulations, medical staff privileges, hospital administration, healthcare regulation, Texas Health and Safety Code, consistency in privileges
TX
Texas 89th 2nd C.S.
S/C on County and Regional Government Apr 14th, 2025
S/C on County & Regional Government
Keywords:
transportation, infrastructure, funding, state budget, public safety, child welfare, county boards, membership, local governance, public welfare, government service, social services, Texas Family Code, regulation, vendors, solicitors, roadside sales, county authority, Sweeny Hospital District, board of directors
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Part of my district is unincorporated, so the city doesn't have any regulatory codes.
- The chair moves that the substitute to HB 3229 be adopted. Is there any objection?
- There being no objection, the substitute is adopted.
- Under the rulemaking in the administrative code, TCEQ may already require a permit holder requesting
- You know, if you're within—I don't know what the safety code is on nuclear waste—but maybe it's a mile
Keywords:
environmental enforcement, legislative oversight, inspection, concrete plants, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, environmental product declaration, grant program, ready-mixed concrete, manufacturers, sustainability, concrete plant, concrete batch plant, wet batching, dry batching, central mixing, standard permit, TCEQ, environmental regulation, air quality, construction permit
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Water, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs Mar 31st, 2025
Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs
Bills:
SB 34, SB 119, SB 261, SB 532, SB 1035, SB 1245, SB 1247, SB 1267, SB 1442, SB 1930, SB 1948, SB 2078, SB 2112, SB 2143, SB 2155
Keywords:
mRNA vaccine, food labeling, health and safety, consumer rights, transparency, consumer information, mRNA, vaccine labeling, food safety, consumer protection, health regulations, vaccine, labeling, public health, cell-cultured protein, lab-grown meat, young farmers, grant program, agriculture, financial support
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- For example, Texas property codes.
- For example, the 2021 International Property Maintenance Code, if adopted by a city, requires a bedroom
- We heard from code enforcement.
- Adoption of the committee substitute, the chair hears none, and the substitute is adopted.
- Heard from code enforcement.
Keywords:
zoning, public notice, local government, residential development, protests, water conservation, municipal utility districts, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, environmental regulation, groundwater management, nonconforming uses, zoning regulations, land use, property rights, municipal authority, municipal moratorium, development moratorium, property development, subdivision, site plan
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- itself into the problem that you have here using codes.
- Okay, so this is not code violations; it's just that they've been outdated so that...
- Currently under the Dallas City Code, we...
- This is based on the Dallas City Code, and most cities are generally the same.
- It is not meant to create a structured code enforcement.
Keywords:
zoning, public notice, local government, residential development, protests, water conservation, municipal utility districts, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, environmental regulation, groundwater management, nonconforming uses, zoning regulations, land use, property rights, municipal authority, municipal moratorium, development moratorium, property development, subdivision, site plan
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Well, a big impediment was a lack of the data, and that changed in 2020. 21 when the state adopted the
- provided I can I can provide you to your office things that are in we're currently in the ICD 10 level coding
Keywords:
health impact analysis, cost analysis, coverage mandates, health insurance, legislative analysis, health care data, education, funding, classroom resources, teacher support, student outcomes, health benefits, provider dentists, payment reimbursement, insurance code, noncontracting, dental care, reimbursement, health benefit plans, noncontracting providers