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• Currently, wineries in Texas operate under a general G permit.
• That way, our small operators... I personally believe that this bill is perfect.
• We are still operating under what's called a farm winery permit.
• And we try to be good operators by minimizing any type of liability.
• tactical operations.

Bills: HB223

Keywords: municipal budget, county budget, local government finance, spending cap, expenditure limit, inflation plus population growth, taxpayer impact statement, budget transparency, property tax, fees, Legislative Budget Board, voter approval, disaster spending, fiscal restraint, Texas Local Government Code, city budget, county expenditures, 1185, senate, all

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• Tom Kirkland, an independent licensed optician who owns and operates Tom Kirkland Opticians on 8th Street
• school earn the heart-safe school designation from Project ADAM, and in 2023 she earned national certification
• location agents, other powers and duties of the Real Estate Board, licensure, and criminal history certification
• marijuana and hemp product sales and address the growth of illicit or unlicensed cannabis retail operations
• House Bill 756 relates to amending death certificates, petitions of the court to amend the electronic

Keywords: March 06, 2026 - Regular Session, 976, house, all

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• , disproportionate financial, operational, disproportionate financial, operational, and<00:19:02.400
• certificate could be issued at 60 days. certificate could be issued at 60 days.
• being able to operate within the state.
• Certification will cost $100 and will be valid for two years.
• Certification will cost $100 and will be valid for two years.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• It'll be I'll take that on and you and all of us who have election certificates can do that.
• It'll be I'll take that on and you and all of us who have election certificates can do that.
• It'll be I'll take that on and you and all of us who have election certificates can do that.
• all of us who have election certificates all of us who have election certificates can<00:31:54.320
• does the grant require us to operate does the grant require us to operate that<00:45:19.040>

Keywords: 1183, house

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• That's just an increase in the cost to operate.
• I believe it's two positions and standing up the operation.
• And if it's not, then they let the farms go back to normal operating.
• Why is it that you haven't requested, as a priority, to put in for operational?
• cost why wasn't the operational cost why wasn't the operational<02:43:04.680> cost<02:43:05.000

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The committee heard budget testimony first from the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Director Tommy Johnson outlined short-term goals to reduce overcrowding, improve living and working conditions, fill vacancies, expand mental health services, and update the correctional master plan. He said the department is still dealing with severe overcrowding at facilities such as OCCC and HCCC, with 947 people at OCCC against a design capacity of 628, and noted 938 inmates are currently housed on the mainland because of temporary repairs at Halawa. He also reported progress on staffing, saying the correctional officer vacancy rate has dropped from 34.3% to 24% through expanded recruitment. The department’s major budget request was $30 million for planning and design for a new Old Triple C project, along with other requests for re-entry services, identification documents, security systems, radios, sink-toilet modules, and trauma-informed care. Members asked about the timing and scope of the OCCC project, courtroom space in new facilities, and the department’s plan to use the funding to improve re-entry and reduce recidivism. The committee then heard from the Department of Law Enforcement on a wide range of priorities. The department described requests to expand agricultural crime enforcement, traffic enforcement, illegal fireworks enforcement, and facilities such as a police building at the DKI airport, a state training center, and new police facilities in central and Leeward Oahu. It also discussed a major IT request for a statewide law enforcement and critical infrastructure notification platform, plus funding for grants management, the Wahiawa Civic Center and court complex, the prescription monitoring program, narcotics enforcement operations, and the narcotics lab. A significant portion of the discussion focused on a proposed traffic enforcement program for commercial vehicle inspections, speeding, and DUI enforcement, which the department said would be funded with federal dollars and would operate concurrently with county police. Committee members questioned whether the effort duplicated county jurisdiction and how the program would be trained and staffed. Members also pressed the department on salary disparities for deputy sheriffs and related vacancies, and the department said the administration was working on a supplemental agreement and placeholder funding to address the issue. Additional discussion covered agricultural crime staffing, the Silver Alert program, and expansion of the forensic lab to handle explosives, firearms, and related evidence. No votes were taken in the portion provided, and the meeting moved from the corrections presentation to the law enforcement budget review with questions and answers throughout.

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• Um, And so when we wrote that statute, we said the certification board is created and administratively
• And the somehow the CEO of the certification board is like floating, but isn't the boss of the staff
• Or an employee of CYFD violated child's rights, operated with disregard for the health and safety of
• That was the operating money that was vetoed.
• So essentially, the operating money for the office in FY 26 was not. Vetoed, but for 27 was vetoed.

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• They have no certificates of obligation.
• Maintenance and Operation (M&O) and Interest and Sinking (I&S).
• These funds are distinct from Maintenance and Operations tax revenues, which cover day-to-day operational
• Operating budget.
• Many also operate as behavioral health treatment sites and distribute resources.

Bills: SB604, SB843, SB1636, SB2395, SB571, SB1224, SB1832, SB2392, SB747, SB2623, SB2624, SB2185

Keywords: bonds, education funding, Texas Permanent School Fund, financial transparency, speculative rating, school funding, deferred maintenance, tax revenue, education budget, school districts, education, finance, Texas Education Code, misconduct, child abuse, educators, investigation, criminal offense, education law, suspension

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• which are not part of UK law and operate which are not part of UK law and operate as<03:33:23.760
• <03:42:19.760> Allies United States through Operation Allies United States through Operation
• in employers that use 14 certificates in employers that use 14 certificates does<04:19:45.600>
• 14C certificates. 14C certificates.
• always protect the 14C certificates. always protect the 14C certificates.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Friday, December 12, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• INCLUDES FUNDING FOR 44 IT PROJECTS TOTALING 238 MILLION TO STRENGTHEN OF THE STRUCTURE, STREAMLINE OPERATIONS
• EXTENDED FOSTER CARE AND MAINTENANCE ADOPTION SUBSIDY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, $170 MILLION TO SUPPORT OPERATIONS
• YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >> MY NAME IS SONDRA AND I IN A RECENTLY RETIRED OPERATING ROOM NURSE HERE DOES SPEAK
• IN STRONG SUPPORT OF SENATE BILL 152 OPERATING ROOM PERSONNEL ARE EXPOSED TO SURGICAL SMOKE 8 TO 12
• TO MEET THE NUMBER OF MONTHS OF HISTORIC OPERATION TO QUALIFY FOR FULL CERTIFICATION.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• Texas is operating through a loophole called the Right to Try Act.
• Texas is operating through a loophole called the Right to Triact.
• Once you get that certificate, you apply for your Medicare certification.
• This means that your facility is operating without any reimbursement.
• room access, staffing stability, and overall operations.

Bills: SB1052, SB1115, SB1118, SB1120, SB1121, SB1124, SB1171, SB1172, SB1174, SB1175, SB1214, SB1233, SB1235, SB1316, SB1345, SB1372, SB1399, SB1458, SB1494, SB1496, SB1564, SB1602, SB1621, SB1628, SB1630, SB1631, SB1668, SB1672, SB1814, SB1821

Keywords: assisted living, health care, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, physician orders, informed consent, AHCCCS, remote work, state agency, employment, public health, housing, zoning, middle housing, urban development, duplexes, triplexes, fourplexes, townhomes, historic preservation, radiation protection

Summary: The committee first heard Senate Bill 1121, which would prohibit hospitals from requiring lead aprons for cardiac catheterization staff when a radiation protection system is in place, while still allowing hospitals to require aprons outside the designated safety zone or when exposure levels warrant additional protection. An amendment added flexibility for radiation safety officers to require lead or other PPE if exposures approach occupational limits and removed expedited rulemaking language. Supporters, including the sponsor and interventional cardiologists, argued the devices reduce radiation and orthopedic injuries and improve recruitment and retention; hospital groups shifted to neutral after the amendment. The committee adopted the amendment and passed SB 1121 on a 9-2 vote. The committee then considered Senate Bill 1120, which would require hospitals performing cardiac catheterization procedures to equip at least 50% of those rooms with radiation protection systems by 2027. Supporters said the systems protect clinicians from radiation and long-term injury, while opponents, including hospital and radiology groups, argued the bill was overly prescriptive, could create a captive market, and might not fit all rooms or procedures. After adopting a children’s hospital exemption amendment, the committee passed SB 1120 on a 6-6 vote, with the chair breaking the tie in favor of the bill. Senate Bill 1118, an appropriation measure tied to the radiation protection system proposal, was also advanced after brief discussion, passing 6-5. The committee then took up Senate Bill 1214, which would create guardrails for non-FDA-approved stem cell and regenerative therapies, including provider standards, informed consent, advertising limits, reporting requirements, and a private right of action for violations. Supporters described it as a patient-protection and access bill, while testimony emphasized concerns about unregulated “bad actors” and patients traveling out of state for treatment. The committee adopted an amendment removing a reference to the National Law and passed SB 1214 on a 9-3 vote. The transcript then began discussion of SB 1630, which would create a Medicaid-funded home and community-based service benefit for adults with serious mental illness, with AHCCCS taking a neutral position and estimating a significant fiscal impact.

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• THERE ARE CERTIFICATES OF NEED EXEMPTIONS.
• THERE IS AN ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING PROCEDURE ASSOCIATED ALSO WITH THE HEALTH FACILITIES AND CERTIFICATE
• NURSING HOME SERVICES, PAYMENT METHODOLOGY OR SERVICES THAT ARE NOT PUBLICLY OWNED AND NOT PUBLICLY OPERATED
• AS FOR EXCEEDING A GRANT OF RULEMAKING AUTHORITY THE SUNSET PROVISION DOESN'T OPERATE THAT WAY.
• IT WOULD FOLLOW THE OPERATING UNIFORMLY SUNSET THOSE RULES IT WOULD BE LEFT TO THE LEGISLATURE AS WELL

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• One of the most powerful and impactful programs CEDA has created and operates is the Rural Capacity Program
• and are ready to be able certification and are ready to be able to<00:42:05.359> help<00:42:05.640
• Today, Frontier Transportation employs over 110 people and has over 140 vehicles operating within the
• I was able to pass the workforce curriculum and gain my full hand certificate as well as interact with
• to see so many and impressive operation to see so many and I<01:15:45.199> mean<01:15:45.480>

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Many of the facilities are multi-generational run, uh, sawmills, and some are tribally owned and operated
• They are small independent operations that operate on the edge of profitability. 553 provides provides
• CID to make sure they wouldn't have to renew any building codes or anything once we had local certification
• our wood that was produced locally, and they have said that the bill complies with all of the certificates
• The difference is we would have local certification versus paying out of staters to come into New Mexico

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• The school funding formula pays for the operational pieces of schools.
• National board certification, which essentially awards additional units to a school district that has
• The next one, as I said, talks about the Staffing Multiplier and National Board Certification Units.
• program because those programs are more expensive to operate.
• Students would receive an industry-recognized credential or certificate.

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• certificate issued by the State Bureau of Vital Statistics, a certificate of birth abroad by the United
• States Department of State, a certificate of naturalization, a certificate of citizenship, a Social
• baptismal certificate from a church.
• concerning the birth certificate from them?
• They have nuclear operations here.

Summary: The committee first heard Senate Bill 319, which would tighten and standardize voter identification rules at polling places. Senator Presley and Secretary of State Nancy Landry said the bill replaces the current “generally recognized” photo ID standard with a specific list of acceptable IDs, removes the affidavit-only option, and allows voters without a photo ID to cast a conditional paper ballot at the registrar of voters office or during early voting if they later provide approved documentation within two days after the election. Supporters argued the bill improves consistency, election integrity, and poll-worker guidance while still preserving access through alternative documents and free state IDs; opponents warned it could create confusion and burden seniors, students, homeless voters, and others without easy access to the required documents. After debate, the committee reported SB 319 favorably by a 7-2 vote. The committee then approved Senate Bill 202, which adds one day of compensated meeting time for parish boards of election supervisors in certain elections, and Senate Bill 25, which revises the compensation schedule for registrars of voters and related staff. SB 25 was amended to remove outdated step references and make conforming technical changes, and supporters said the pay structure has not been updated since 2007 despite increased duties and workload. The committee also adopted and reported favorably Senate Concurrent Resolution 29, creating a legislative study committee on water quality in the Chafalalaya Basin, and House Concurrent Resolution 85, creating a task force on illegal dumping, both with technical amendments. In addition, the committee advanced Senate Concurrent Resolution 63, which asks the legislative auditor to review how fiscal notes are prepared during session, and Senate Concurrent Resolution 33, which creates a work-based learning coordination task force to improve alignment among education, workforce, and employer partners. SCR 33 was amended to change the appointing authority for two members. The committee also approved Senate Concurrent Resolution 5, establishing the Louisiana-Ireland Trade Commission, and House Resolution 196, which creates a study committee on the impact of fallen trees on residential property and insurance issues. Several of these measures were supported by agency representatives or outside groups, and the committee adopted technical amendments where needed before reporting the bills and resolutions favorably.

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• Specifically, this offense applies when the vehicle is operated or moving on a public highway.
• On the operation or movement of certain overweight vehicles transporting hazardous materials.
• State and Local Level from the People's Republic of China." of China's influence operations.
• Human flesh decay. 129 forged death certificates.
• Strangers poked and prodded his body like a live game of operation.

Bills: SB66, SB243, SB250, SB317, SB393, SB397, SB456, SB628, SB629, SB636, SB715, SB731, SB801, SB865, SB1012, SB1013, SB1015, SB1032, SB1141, SB1181, SB1224, SB1241, SB1242, SB1250, SB1266, SB1285, SB1376, SB1442, SB1449, SB1502, SB1524, SB1528, SB1551, SB1585, SB1640, SB1708, SB1844, SB1854, SB1863, SB1959, SB1965, SB2035, SB2082, SB2119, SB2138, SB2199, SB2200, SB2201, SB2245, SB2269, SB2284, SB2310, SB2357, SB2419, SB2422, SB2480, SB2514, SB2523, SB2529, SB2533, SB2541, SB2550, SB2568, SB2595, SB2605, SB2608, SB2615, SB2717, SB2721, SB2753, SB2778, SB2841, SB2846, SB2891, SB2925, SB2929, SB2933, SB3016, SB3029, SB3039, SB3044, SJR3, SJR18, SB5, SB326, SB494, SB530, SB767, SB769, SB783, SB914, SB963, SB1035, SB1197, SB1271, SB1415, SB1437, SB1619, SB1637, SB1786, SB1806, SB2312, SB29, SB1238, SB1967, SB1, SB260, SB1637, SJR36, SJR50, SJR63, SJR59, SCR12, SCR39, SCR48, SCR19, SB2023, SB62, SB666, SB847, SB284, SB854, SB1073, SB810, SB1505, SB583, SB1502, SB507, SB1434, SB1376, SB1585, SB1772, SB2016, SB1163, SB1122, SB731, SB397, SB508, SB1436, SB287, SB261, SB1882, SB393, SB1791, SB209, SB2429, SB1999, SB511, SB2309, SB510, SB1085, SB1975, SB2717, SB1262, SB1524, SB636, SB2056, SB884, SB517, SB1200, SB1845, SB1863, SB2681, SB2200, SB2199, SB2458, SB2201, SB801, SB2533, SB3014, SB3013, SB758, SB1013, SB2797, SB2119, SB2076, SB2876, SB2284, SB2929, SB2595, SB715, SB1640, SB2514, SB2753, SB1241, SB2538, SB1449, SB2529, SB2846, SB986, SB1181, SB1359, SB2550, SB2245, SB410, SB1234, SB456, SB1012, SB2926, SB2138, SB1242, SB2615, SB2310, SB1224, SB2972, SB2841, SB3016, SB1856, SB2035, SB1528, SB1141, SB1266, SB1373, SB2269, SB2480, SB672, SB2891, SB2422, SB1854, SB317, SB2539, SB2532, SB2925, SB1250, SB2082, SB2203, SB2357, SB2721, SB243, SB1285, SB2568, SB1959, SB1442, SB1454, SB2520, SB2541, SB1708, SB1237, SB1844, SB1586, SB1551, SB3039, SB2819, SB66, SB629, SB1015, SB2342, SB2903, SB2933, SB1965, SB2477, SB3029, SB2605, SB2419, SB1957, SB375, SB250, SB777, SB628, SB2523, SB2367, SB2703, SB2608, SB2778, SB3044, SB2965, SB2521, SB865, SB1032, SB2165, SB2501, SB2675, SB2452, SB2835, HB1109, HB1392, HB22, HB2525, HB3093, SB872, SB1212, SB1278, SB1588, SB1602, SB1704, SB1723, SB1833, SB1858, SB1946, SB2009, SB2177, SB2460, SB2785, SB2373, SB1660, SB614, SB867, SB1608, SB1525, SB905, SB640, SB2487, SB1698, SB383, SB705, SB748, SB1113, SB1117, SB1802, SB2340, SB2586, SB2680, SB2690, SB2994, SB2747, SB1950, SB913, SB1071, SB1086, SB1087, SB1483, SB1444, SB1553, SB1556, SB1703, SB2133, SB2297, SB2298, SB2622, SB2955, SB3059, SB2782, SB2781, SB2637, SB2633, SB2337, SB2334, SB1861, SB2043, SB1367, SB946, SB945, SB2857, SB128, SB571, SB1263, SB3058, SB612, SB2221, SB2587, SB2044, SB2363, SB2713, HB517, HB912, HB1130, HB142, HB1689, HB2018

Keywords: disability, supported decision-making, legal assistance, confidentiality, access to justice, autonomy, civil rights, advocacy, migrant labor housing, migrant housing, farmworker housing, migrant agricultural worker, agricultural labor, farm labor contractor, Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs, TDHCA, civil penalty, housing code enforcement, sanitation, occupancy standards

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• Our one staff member who works in the Office of Alzheimer's is currently set to get her certification
• Certification to others in the community. Thank you very much, Madam Secretary.
• So, five dementia care specialists, as well as the training, and then we also have the operating costs
• And their operating costs on a regular basis.
• We work with the UNM EMS Academy for that certification; we don't have our own licensing.

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• previously included in our operating previously included in our operating budget<00:05:09.440>
• We don't operate or run that.
• governing structures and and operations. governing structures and and operations.
• partnership<00:41:51.280> with So we've operated in partnership with So we've operated in
• <00:51:46.079> of appropriation debt, certificates of appropriation debt, certificates of

Keywords: 1183, house

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• We have shifted during operation surge.
• Another brings her birth certificate to school in case she is questioned.
• school in case she birth certificate to school in case she is<00:21:58.960> questioned.
• Now, a Dakota girl carries her birth certificate back and forth to school in a Ziploc bag.
• Indeed, it does not regulate federal operations at all.

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: House File 3435 was moved before the committee and, after an author’s DE1 amendment was offered and adopted, the bill was sent to the general register. The bill, as described by Co-Chair Jordan, would limit immigration enforcement on school grounds unless agents present a judicial warrant, identification, and notify school leadership; supporters said it is intended to create clear separation between ICE/DHS activity and schools while preserving local law enforcement responses to other emergencies. Testimony was overwhelmingly in support of the bill. School leaders, teachers, union representatives, and Education Minnesota’s general counsel argued that immigration enforcement near schools has caused fear, absenteeism, disrupted operations, and serious mental health harms for students and staff. Several witnesses described students carrying passports or birth certificates, families keeping children home, and schools shifting large numbers of students to virtual learning. Speakers from districts in the Twin Cities and greater Minnesota said the presence of ICE or federal agents near schools and bus stops has undermined attendance, trust, and the ability to teach and learn. Witnesses also emphasized that the bill would provide needed clarity for educators and administrators about how to respond if federal agents come to school property. Some speakers framed the issue as protecting all children and families, including immigrant and refugee communities, and said schools should remain safe, stable places focused on education rather than immigration enforcement. No opposition testimony or committee vote beyond adoption of the DE1 amendment and the motion to place the bill on the general register was shown in the transcript.

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• certification who will continue<00:44:31.040> to<00:44:31.280> refer.
• also involve surgery in the operating also involve surgery in the operating room<01:02:36.319>
• >> Well, it is the post-operative care where we are involved.
• well, it is the uh uh the post-operative well, it is the uh uh the post-operative care<01:13:09.840
• <01:14:24.000> room surgeries in the operating room surgeries in the operating room procedures

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The subcommittee first took up House Bill 525, which would have transferred administration of the program for the deaf and hard of hearing and the related board to OPLC. The chair said the sponsor was no longer interested in moving forward, and Representative Schmidt moved ITL. The motion passed 14-0 with two members absent, and the bill was placed on the consent calendar. The committee then considered Senate Bill 182 on the maternal mortality review committee. The chair described a narrower amendment that would keep the name change, clarify operations so recommendations are returned to the appropriate entities, and expand contact with family members and close contacts, while dropping a proposed addition of a Department of Corrections member. The amendment was adopted unanimously, and the bill was then moved ITL and placed on the consent calendar. Senate Bill 185, dealing with OPLC investigations and backlog reduction, received an update from OPLC General Counsel Nicholas Fry. He described efforts to improve public communication, clear the complaint backlog, standardize intake and expert review, add automated responses and website updates, use weekly legal-viability reviews, create preliminary investigation protocols, and establish a process for law-enforcement referrals. Members asked about board involvement and criminal-conviction cases; Fry said boards are kept informed and that such matters can proceed either through complaints or application/background-check processes. Representative Groa requested a follow-up update in January, and the committee agreed to an oral report then if needed. The bill was then voted ITL unanimously and placed on the consent calendar. Finally, the committee heard House Bill 349 on optometrists performing ophthalmologic laser procedures. Dr. Angelique Sawyer testified in support, saying the amendment adds more specific proctoring and qualification requirements, based on language requested after earlier hearings, and that similar systems exist in other states. Representative Sers confirmed that the new sections were the key additions, while Representative Schmidt said he remained open to the concept but wanted a thorough review and asked about a subcommittee. The discussion was still ongoing when the transcript ended, with no vote recorded on HB 349.