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• They are stretched over 54 communities between New Mexico and Texas.
• Because it's literally the only life I know here in this legislature.
• That I've ever seen in this legislature, because you just are so clear where you stand on all of the
• And instead of going to Hobbs in five hours, we ended up in Texas.
• I can do all the things that I haven't been able to do while I've been in the legislature.

Bills: HB111 , HB108 , HB145 , HB164 , HB291 , HJR6 , HR1 , HB63 , HB64 , HB165 , HB184 , HB200 , HB4 , HB7 , HB20 , HB65 , HB66 , HB80 , HB88 , HB96 , HB166 , HB285 , HB295 , HB306 , SB29 , SB37 , HJM2 , HJM3 , HJM1 , HM7 , HM17 , HM4 , HM22 , HM23 , HM24 , HM26 , HM2 , HM16 , HM32 , HM13 , HM47 , HM20 , HM51 , HM1 , HM31 , HM35 , HM36 , HM46 , HM53 , HM54 , HM11 , HM14 , HM21 , HM34 , HM50

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• In the early 1990s, the Texas State Legislature passed a bill that was signed into law by the governor
• That law, which was passed by the Texas Legislature, is still on the books.
• The HUB program has existed for more than 35 years and was created by the Texas State Legislature to
• The strikingly utilized business program was created by the Texas Legislature, not by the elected official
• , by the Texas Legislature.

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• . programs prioritized by the legislature, including the Lone Star Stroke Initiative, the Texas Heart
• Texas economy.
• Texas Health and...
• We are grateful to the 77th Texas Legislature for creating mission-specific funding. recognize the patient
• Texas.

Committee: House Appropriations - S/C on Article III

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• Any members seeking recognition for the purpose of answering the roll?
• Any members seeking recognition? recognition? recognition?
• </c> other members seeking recognition? other members seeking recognition?
• Any members seeking recognition of this order of business? Sorry.
• </c> recognition of this order of business? recognition of this order of business?

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• The Senate of the Colorado legislature, The Senate of the Colorado legislature, convened<00:39:01.359
• Don's leadership has never been about recognition.
• Senate Resolution 005 by Senators Rich and Snyder concerning the recognition of Single Parent Day.
• And whereas single parents deserve respect and recognition for their dedication and achievements.
• for their dedication and and recognition for their dedication and achievements.<00:45:02.320><c> And

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• Committee appointed to notify Governor that the legislature is in session. >> Mr.
• Committee appointed to escort Governor to joint session of the legislature. >> Mr.
• Now therefore, be it resolved by the legislature of Alabama, both houses... ...has left a void in the
• Now therefore, be it resolved by the legislature of Alabama, both houses... ...spirit, and consistent
• as one of the city's most recognition as one of the city's most gifted<00:04:00.400><c> seamstresses

Summary: The Senate convened and quickly adopted several organizational resolutions: Senate Resolution 1 notifying the House that the Senate was in session, Senate Joint Resolution 2 appointing a committee to notify the Governor, and Senate Joint Resolution 3 appointing a committee to escort the Governor to the joint session. The chamber also recognized Delta Sigma Theta Sorority’s Founders Day and later adopted a resolution honoring the life of Dorothy Lee “Dot” Hatcher, mother of Senator Kirk Hatcher, after it was read at length. Senators offered personal remarks of condolence and support to Senator Hatcher and his family. The Senate then agreed, without objection, to allow bill introductions throughout the day until 4:00 p.m. It adopted Senate Joint Resolution 5 by Senators Jones and Sessions, which recognizes Pineywoods cattle as an official heritage cattle breed of Alabama. The resolution was taken up immediately and passed by voice vote. Additional floor remarks welcomed new Senator Matt Woods, thanked family members in attendance, and recognized Trip Gudger and the new chief of staff, Connie Row. The chamber also noted that the journal would remain open until 4:00 p.m. for first readings and then recess until the next day, with the session adjourned by voice vote.

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• learning about new and effective practices that enhance student outcomes along with guiding the legislature
• The kind of things we talk about when it comes to I I things like pattern recognition and making predictions
• part of something called the at Safe AI Alliance were part of the policy lab with one of 10 states, Texas

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• The Legislature is currently addressing just such an issue.
• Diversity shows itself in the state legislature.
• It's time that the legislature moves forward. I ask for your aye vote. Thank you.
• The author's rationale is that Eid deserves recognition because the legislature already recognized Diwali
• The author's rationale is that Eid deserves recognition because the legislature already recognized Diwali

Summary: The committee heard several bills, with testimony largely in support and some opposition on a few measures. AB 458 would direct the Department of General Services, in consultation with the Department of Justice, to develop model procurement guidelines for state purchases of firearms, ammunition, and accessories so agencies avoid vendors that violate gun laws; law enforcement and San Francisco representatives supported it, and members discussed adding oversight and vetting. AB 1729 would update state telework policy by requiring written telework plans for return-to-office decisions and restoring public reporting on telework savings; supporters cited cost savings, productivity, climate benefits, and worker flexibility, while the author clarified it would not alter collective bargaining under the Dills Act. AB 1754 would require post-completion reporting on bond-funded programs’ goals and outcomes; supporters framed it as a transparency and accountability measure, while counties and water agencies opposed it unless amended, warning of added bureaucracy, delays, and litigation risk. AB 1841 would create a paid state holiday recognizing California Native American Day, and AB 2115 would issue a formal legislative apology to California’s first peoples and install a commemorative plaque at the Capitol; both drew strong tribal and labor support and broad committee praise, with members emphasizing education, historical acknowledgment, and healing. AB 2211 would allow craft distillers to operate a satellite room and use certain alcohol modifiers on premises, and AB 1991 would authorize wineries, breweries, and craft distilleries to conduct sensory tastings for research with guardrails; both had industry support, with AB 1991 drawing one opposition voice from Alcohol Justice. AB 1578 would require elected officials to take anti-hate speech training as part of existing sexual harassment training; it drew sharp First Amendment objections from opponents and mixed committee views, but the motion to send it to Appropriations passed on a recorded vote. The committee also heard AB 1807, which would bar state-owned property from being used for federal immigration enforcement operations; the author and supporters argued it would protect communities and prevent state complicity in federal actions.

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• The Texas Water Fund Advisory Committee established within the bill will give the legislature meaningful
• You may recall decades ago, the Texas Legislature authorized Proposition 2, which provided property tax
• As the 89th Legislature contemplates making a Texas-sized generational investment in the water fund,
• If the Legislature proves and provides a generational investment in the Texas Water Fund, Texans deserve
• In 2023, Texas voters overwhelmingly approved the creation of the Texas Water Fund and the Legislature

Bills: HB16 , HB1618 , HB2692 , HB2712 , HB2970 , HB3609 , HB3628 , HB16

Committee: House Natural Resources

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• This petition was filed after careful review and in recognition of her decades.
• We respectfully urge the committee and the full legislature to advance this bill without delay.
• We believe operators deserve that same recognition.
• I just want to point out the law that was passed by the legislature.
• In 1950, the Legislature created the Plymouth County Bureau of Criminal Investigation.

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on Public Service

Summary: The Joint Committee on Public Service heard testimony on a wide range of retirement classification and benefit bills affecting municipal and state employees. Much of the hearing focused on proposals to move various workers from Group 1 to Group 2 or Group 4, including municipal building officials (H. 2776), MassDOT highway workers (H. 2908/Sousa’s Law), DCF attorneys (H. 2771), probation officers, licensed electricians, drinking water operators (H. 3000/S. 1834), MWRA non-clerical workers (S. 1803), transitional parole officers (H. 2878), Plymouth BCI criminal investigator officers (H. 2975/S. 1863), Beverly fire alarm operators/public safety telecommunicators (S. 1876), Massport pipefitters and refrigeration technicians (H. 2788/S. 1829), and other public safety or hazardous-duty classifications. Witnesses generally argued that their work is physically dangerous, understaffed, or comparable to already higher-classified employees, and several said the changes would help recruitment and retention with little fiscal impact because the affected groups are small. The committee also heard testimony on H. 4508, a home rule petition to grant a disability pension to Boston principal Patricia Lampron. Supporters, including Representative Dan Hunt, Boston city councilors, and Lampron herself, described a severe 2021 assault at the Henderson Inclusion School that left her with lasting physical and psychological injuries and forced her into early retirement. They urged the committee to advance the bill quickly. One witness, Pamela McLaughlin, testified in opposition, arguing the bill would set the wrong precedent and describing alleged prior misconduct by Lampron, and asked that the bill be sent to study. Several witnesses and committee members asked brief questions, mainly about the scope of the bills, whether certain workers were already in higher groups, and the fiscal or precedent concerns. No votes were taken during the hearing. At the end, the chairs announced that testimony was complete, asked whether anyone else wished to speak, and then the committee voted to adjourn.

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• So what are we... ...do as citizens if we don't have the state of Texas and the legislature to help us
• The Texas Legislature was the very last legislative body in the country to convene once COVID-19 reached
• member of the Legislature to directly file suit at the Texas Supreme Court, which shall have original
• However, these thresholds are set high enough to ensure that the Texas legislature does not become a
• So members, currently under the Texas Constitution, every bill enacted by the legislature must be.

Bills: SB31 , SB33 , SB510 , SB871 , SB1868 , SB2024 , SB2166 , SB2309 , SB2880 , SJR27 , SJR39 , SJR40 , SB 31 , SB 33

Committee: Senate State Affairs

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• Any member seeking recognition for the purpose of answering the roll?
• </c> &gt;&gt; See no other person seeking recognition &gt;&gt; See no other person seeking recognition
• Aye. >> Any member seeking recognition to cast, "Any member seeking recognition to cast, change, or explain
• Any member seeking recognition to speak on the motion.
• Prior to that, are there any members seeking recognition?

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• Recommendations and to advise the Legislature so that we can create broader rules.
• It was adopted in 1986 when the legislature saw fit to exempt ticket. in 1986 when the legislature saw
• In addition to emotional recognition, gait recognition and other biometric AI tools are being used in
• Member noted how gait recognition and its impact on workers, and, of course, facial recognition continues
• So there's other uses of facial recognition.

Committee: House Privacy and Consumer Protection

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• Of the 89th Legislature of the state of Texas. And will to the best of my ability.
• Of the 89th legislature of the state of Texas, and will to the best of my ability preserve, protect,
• 9B and 11, Article 3, Texas Constitution, the House of Representatives as the 89th legislature shall
• . the office of Speaker of the House of Representatives of the 89th Legislature of the State of Texas
• Let us make the 89th session of the Texas Legislature one to remember—for its decorum, for its effectiveness

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• They are spread over 54 communities between New Mexico and Texas. They employ 3,644 New Mexicans.
• Herrera is retiring after eight years of exceptional service in the legislature and after more than 50
• Herrera is retiring after eight years of exceptional service in the legislature and after more than 50
• And instead of going to Hobbs in five hours, we ended up in Texas.
• I can do all the things that I haven't been able to do while I've been in the legislature.

Bills: HB111 , HB108 , HB145 , HB164 , HB291 , HJR6 , HR1 , HB63 , HB64 , HB165 , HB184 , HB200 , HB4 , HB7 , HB20 , HB65 , HB66 , HB80 , HB88 , HB96 , HB166 , HB285 , HB295 , HB306 , SB29 , SB37 , HJM2 , HJM3 , HJM1 , HM7 , HM17 , HM4 , HM22 , HM23 , HM24 , HM26 , HM2 , HM16 , HM32 , HM13 , HM47 , HM20 , HM51 , HM1 , HM31 , HM35 , HM36 , HM46 , HM53 , HM54 , HM11 , HM14 , HM21 , HM34 , HM50

Summary: The House spent much of the meeting on recognitions and tributes, including remarks supporting New Mexico’s dairy industry, honoring Gadsden Independent School District educators and students, recognizing Broadband Day at the Capitol, and celebrating the retirement of Representative Susan Herrera. Members from both parties praised Herrera’s long public-service career, especially her work on water, acequias, land grants, rural communities, modernization, early childhood, and predatory lending reform. Herrera thanked colleagues and said she was leaving to spend more time with family, grandchildren, and personal pursuits. The chamber also received a Senate message on House amendments to Senate Bill 3, with the Senate concurring in most items and asking the House to recede from two provisions. Committee reports were then adopted on a series of bills and resolutions, including House Bills 99, 206, 213, 250, 267, 270, 322, and 323; Senate Bills 17, 48, 55, 104, and 193; House Joint Resolution 5; and House Memorial 39. Most reports were adopted without objection, while some bills were advanced with committee substitutes or referrals to other committees. On third reading, the House passed several measures. House Bill 63, funding New Mexico Finance Authority water projects, passed 66-0; House Bill 64, appropriating about $13.25 million for PPRF-related funds, passed 67-0; House Bill 285, refining the disabled veteran property tax exemption, passed 67-0; House Bill 165, expanding C-PACE economic development uses, passed 67-0; House Bill 184, consolidating legacy fund investment accounts, passed 67-0; and House Bill 200, appropriating $10 million for the New Homes for New Mexico starter-home program, was debated at length and then passed. House Bill 291, the tax cleanup bill, drew a failed floor amendment that was tabled 41-24 before the bill passed 59-8. The debate on HB 200 focused on whether the program would help smaller builders and rural communities, while the HB 291 amendment debate centered on adding broader tax provisions and concerns about fiscal impact and policy scope.

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• Office of Motor Vehicles, in conjunction with other offices, to study differences between Louisiana, Texas
• Would everybody who is with the Youth Legislature please stand?
• House Resolution 105 by Representative Martinez to commend Youth Legislature Louisiana and recognize
• To adopt joint rules of the joint rules of the House and Senate provide for sessions of the legislature
• Therefore, be it resolved that the Louisiana Legislature does hereby designate Wednesday, April 8, 2026

Bills: HR112 , HR113 , HR114 , HCR51 , HCR52 , HR94 , HR95 , HR96 , HR97 , HR98 , HR99 , HR100 , HR103 , HR104 , HR105 , HR106 , HR107 , HR108 , HR109 , HR110 , HR111 , HCR46 , HCR47 , HCR48 , HCR49 , HCR50 , SCR25 , SB17 , SB300 , HCR35 , HB51 , HB82 , HB143 , HB145 , HB160 , HB180 , HB192 , HB393 , HB430 , HB445 , HB506 , HB515 , HB521 , HB565 , HB590 , HB614 , HB638 , HB647 , HB670 , HB672 , HB685 , HB692 , HB752 , HB773 , HB781 , HB799 , HB839 , HB860 , HB873 , HB874 , HB887 , HB917 , HB937 , HB956 , HB965 , HB972 , HB977 , HB982 , HB1006 , HB1010 , HB1044 , HB1072 , HB1088 , HB1157 , HB1179 , HB1200 , HR15 , HR20 , HCR14 , HCR6 , HCR19 , HCR10 , HR74 , HCR26 , HCR45 , HB54 , HB67 , HB73 , HB125 , HB133 , HB158 , HB168 , HB169 , HB191 , HB195 , HB245 , HB280 , HB283 , HB296 , HB319 , HB339 , HB399 , HB407 , HB448 , HB550 , HB591 , HB826 , HB995 , HB1085 , HB1086 , HB98 , HB108 , HB131 , HB151 , HB161 , HB288 , HB294 , HB305 , HB310 , HB320 , HB336 , HB380 , HB392 , HB403 , HB420 , HB459 , HB476 , HB540 , HB615 , HB631 , HB637 , HB648 , HB665 , HB682 , HB789 , HB813 , HB815 , HB835 , HB870 , HB905 , HB915 , HB933 , HB938 , HB987 , HB1040 , HB827 , HB953 , HB796 , HB352 , HB463 , HB735 , HB780 , HB882 , HB81 , HB400 , HB140 , HB750 , HB911 , HB961 , HB401 , HB901 , HB9 , HB52 , HB58 , HB154 , HB193 , HB284 , HB410 , HB570 , HB577 , HB582 , HB605 , HB733 , HB868 , HB952

Summary: The House met with a quorum, opened with prayer and the pledge, and received several Senate messages and enrolled resolutions. The chamber also recognized visiting groups and guests, including a guest minister, the Joe Burrow Foundation, Youth Legislature participants, children’s advocacy center representatives, Alzheimer’s advocates, Delta Sigma Theta members, Kappa Alpha Psi members, Big Brothers Big Sisters, and City Year AmeriCorps. The House adopted a series of commemorative and awareness resolutions, including measures for Sanfilippo Syndrome Awareness Day, Alzheimer’s and Related Dementia Awareness Day, Knock Knock Children’s Museum Day, Big Brothers Big Sisters Day, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Day, Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Day, My Sister’s Keeper Day, Youth Legislature recognition, and several commendations and condolences. It also concurred in SCR 25 and received Senate resolutions and bills, including measures on commercial driver’s licenses, Medicaid eligibility during redetermination, postsecondary support fund use, juvenile traffic violations, background checks, and explosives regulation. The House then considered and advanced a long list of bills, largely on criminal justice, education, public safety, transportation, and administrative procedure. Notable measures included bills on parole and probation alternatives, supervised release venue for sex-offender violations, jail-credit limits on consecutive sentences, medical parole notice, juvenile parole eligibility cleanup, teacher and school employee battery penalties, inmate workforce cleanup, re-entry programming for female parolees, extradition costs for probation/parole violators, and a bill allowing public postsecondary institutions to permit self-defense chemical sprays. Other bills addressed protected personal information for certain public officials, the M.J. Foster Promise Program eligibility age, scholarships for spouses of firefighters and police officers, compensation for parish board commissioners, paid family leave insurance as a voluntary private-market product, insurance referral practices, and vehicle inspection sticker requirements. Several bills were amended and passed, often with strong or unanimous support, while a few were recommitted or returned to the calendar. The House passed HB 504 on parole violations as alternatives to revocation by a vote of 88-0; HB 73 on electronic voting in public meetings by 88-0; HB 125 on supervised release venue by 91-0; HB 67 on protected information records by 98-1; HB 133 on assault and battery penalties for teachers by 96-0; HB 158 on probation technical violations by 92-3; HB 168 on a female parolee re-entry program by 95-0; HB 169 on extradition costs by 92-3; HB 191 on overlapping jail credit by 88-5; HB 195 on self-defense chemical sprays on campus by 93-0; HB 245 on medical parole notice by 95-0; HB 280 on juvenile parole eligibility cleanup by 93-0; HB 283 on sick leave and discipline rules for attacked school employees by 97-1; HB 296 repealing inactive inmate workforce provisions by 88-5; HB 319 on civic education commission quorum by 98-0; HB 339 on protected information for police officers and retired judges by 97-0; HB 407 on the M.J. Foster Promise Program age reset to 21 by 94-2; HB 448 on scholarships for spouses of firefighters and police officers by 95-0; HB 550 increasing parish board commissioner pay from $50 to $100 per day by 91-2; HB 591 creating a voluntary paid family leave insurance product by 95-0; and HB 826 modernizing insurance referral rules by 93-0. HB 1085, a major proposal to eliminate traditional vehicle inspection stickers and replace them with a new sticker/QR-code system tied to registration, drew extensive questioning about costs, enforcement, local parish programs, and where the fee revenue would go; the debate was ongoing in the portion provided.

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• We have 44,000 active nurses working in New Mexico, as they could obviously go to Texas, Colorado, or
• And if there's something that the legislature needs to do, we can absolutely do it.
• So one of my missions is to give the legislature some power so that we can get what we need to do our
• So with that, I think, well, I will ask you: do you see the legislature passing bills to mandate data
• Then we do something called street on courtroom knowledge symptoms recognition.

Committee: House Legislative Health & Human Services Committee

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• Texas asked them, and they said that the Texas legislature did not pass race-based electoral districts
• He would only say in his letter to the DOJ that the Texas legislature has led the nation. in rejecting
• I live in CD35, and I am so tired of the Texas Legislature wasting our time.
• In that case, our claims include that the Texas legislature in 2021 did not draw a sufficient number
• Honorable members of the Texas Legislature.

Committee: House Congressional Redistricting, Select

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• And then you get a pound of ground beef and some Texas toast.
• But I had a visible career and name recognition, and they needed someone to get indoors.

Committee: House Veterans and Armed Forces

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• of Alabama that on this day legislature of Alabama that on this day legislature of Alabama that on this
• I arise this afternoon to recognition I arise this afternoon to recognition I arise this afternoon to
• Mr recognized thank for recognition Mr recognized thank for recognition Mr Speaker under current law
• members House Bill 212 this recognition members House Bill 212 this recognition members House Bill 212