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• The ayes have it, so ordered.
• Do you have it so ordered? Thank you. Senator, please come to order.
• And at least in H.R. 1, they're temporary.
• Senate will come to order. Message from the House.
• So ordered. We ...

Keywords: 1182, all

Summary: The Senate convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, attendance, and routine journal and guest items, then moved into the Committee of the Whole to consider bills on the calendar. The main substantive item was SB 1106, a tax conformity bill tied to federal tax changes. Senators debated it extensively, with supporters arguing it would provide tax relief, certainty for taxpayers filing returns, and pro-growth benefits for workers and businesses, while opponents said it would reduce state revenue, favor wealthier taxpayers and corporations, and should be handled in broader budget negotiations. Several senators also objected to provisions they said were added late, including child care, senior deductions, and education-related tax credit language. The bill was ultimately passed in open session by a vote of 17 ayes, 12 nays, and 1 not voting, and was transmitted to the governor. After SB 1106, the chamber adopted the Committee of the Whole report and then heard a proclamation in support of law enforcement, read by Senator Bolick and signed by Senate leadership. The proclamation cited officer safety, assaults, fatalities, and mental health concerns, and called for continued support, equipment, training, and resources for law enforcement. Senators spoke in favor of honoring police and “backing the blue.” The Senate also handled routine floor business, including a message from the House, transmission of SB 1106 to the governor, and a long list of first-reading bill introductions and committee references covering topics such as public safety, health and human services, education, finance, elections, immigration, border issues, and appropriations. The meeting concluded with committee announcements and adjournment until Tuesday, January 20, 2026.

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• The Senate will come to order.
• It is so ordered. No objection. It is so ordered. The Chair lays out the following resolution.
• To ask questions to the author of the amendment. Does the author of the amendment yield?
• I move at this time to suspend the regular order of business in order to take up and consider Committee
• President, members, I move to suspend the Senate's regular order of business in order to take up and

Summary: The Senate opened with an invocation, messages from the House, and several recognitions, including county day delegations from Fayette, LaSalle, Jim Hogg, Austin, and others, as well as a recognition of Rob Keppel for his career with the Texas District and County Attorneys Association. The chamber also adopted several resolutions, including SR 429 designating October 2025 as RET Syndrome Awareness Month and SR 432 honoring Rob Keppel. A doctor-of-the-day introduction and a public announcement about free skin checks were also made. The Senate then took up and passed several bills. SB 1152, creating the offense of continuous manufacture or delivery of a controlled substance, passed after suspension of the rules. SB 1868, regulating kratom and related substances, was amended to prohibit smokeable kratom products and kratom pills and to clarify THC variants such as Delta-8 and Delta-10, then passed. SB 1349, creating offenses for transnational repression and unauthorized enforcement of foreign law, drew debate over a failed amendment that would have added election misinformation and foreign meddling; the bill ultimately passed unanimously. SB 2037, expediting review of LNG environmental permits, passed after amendments clarifying fees and deadlines, with opposition focused on its energy-policy implications. SB 1164, addressing emergency detention and court-ordered inpatient mental health treatment, passed after a drafting-error correction and discussion of the bill’s basis in recommendations from the Texas Judicial Commission on Mental Health. The Senate also advanced SB 2743 on prosecution of certain election offenses, which would allow a court process to disqualify a local prosecutor who repeatedly refuses to prosecute election cases and appoint the Attorney General; it passed to engrossment amid questions about evidence and local discretion. SB 1299, protecting nonprofit members, supporters, volunteers, and donors from disclosure by public agencies, passed unanimously. SB 2349, exempting certain short-term leases and temporary tenancies from floodplain notice requirements, passed unanimously. SB 2788, adding PSAT and pre-ACT scores for Texas Success Initiative exemptions and clarifying dual-credit eligibility, passed unanimously after amendment. SB 843, creating a TEA database of school district bonds, taxes, and bond-related projects and adding charter schools, passed after amendments on funding and scope. Finally, SB 1832, allowing parents to transfer a student who was victimized by a public school employee to another campus, passed to engrossment after extended debate over whether the bill should also cover private schools and how it would interact with school choice and ESA policy. SB 39, revising the admission rule in commercial motor vehicle collision cases, was laid out and debated over its effect on negligent entrustment and related evidence, with the author emphasizing that the bill preserves the bifurcated trial structure and does not alter other admissibility rules.

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• The Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services will now come to order.
• It allows DOEA-authorized and certified staff to complete long-term care eligibility screenings used
• It authorizes DOEA to provide temporary direct services during declared emergencies or lead agency failures
• It authorizes DOEA to ...eliminating duplicative reassessment.
• It authorizes DOEA to provide temporary direct services during declared emergencies or lead agency failures

Bills: S0006, S0036, S0560, S0778, S0844, S0864, S1002, S1016, S1022, S1030, S1630

Keywords: child welfare, negligence, settlement, injury compensation, Department of Children and Families, nursing title, advanced practice registered nurse, advertising, professional standards, disciplinary action, psychotropic medication, community-based care, liability insurance, forensic services, defendants, mental health, judicial system, defense, legal definitions, sickle cell disease

Summary: The Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services heard and advanced a series of health, child welfare, aging, disability, and public records bills. CS/SB 1002, on child welfare and parental substance abuse, was described as clarifying that acute or chronic parental drug abuse can constitute harm or neglect when it creates an ongoing risk to a child; it passed after limited questions and supportive testimony from Florida Smart Justice Alliance. CS/SB 1630, a broad aging and long-term care modernization bill, would streamline eligibility screenings, allow temporary DOEA services during emergencies or lead agency failures, tighten oversight of area agencies on aging, permanently establish the Florida Alzheimer’s Care Center of Excellence, and expand guardianship training and enforcement tools; it drew support from AARP, area agencies, and the Alzheimer’s Association and was reported favorably. The committee also approved SB 1022 to add Bay County and Pompano to the Florida Children’s Initiatives, and CS/SB 1030, via strike-all amendment, to streamline regulation of substance abuse and behavioral health providers and clarify background screening and privacy rules. Several bills focused on health care practice and patient access. CS/SB 36, with an amendment, allows nurses with doctoral degrees to use appropriate titles while requiring clear identification as nurses and making misuse grounds for discipline; nursing organizations supported it and it passed. CS/SB 844 requires physicians and nurses to complete a one-time, board-approved continuing education course on sickle cell disease care management, with multiple patients and advocates testifying about delayed care, bias, and the need for better provider education; the bill was reported favorably after an amendment aligning it with the House version. CS/SB 560 streamlines procedures for psychotropic medication for children in DCF custody by reducing duplicative reports, clarifying evaluator qualifications, limiting repeated background checks, and simplifying consent documentation; an amendment removed postsecondary education language, and the bill passed. The committee also approved a public records exemption bill for a uterine fibroids research database (CS/SB 864). The committee also advanced measures affecting disability services and forensic care. SB 6, a claims bill, would pay $3.8 million to a trust for a child who suffered severe abuse-related injuries after DCF involvement; it passed without opposition. SB 778 updates the definition of forensic clients so certain individuals with intellectual disabilities or autism found incompetent to proceed can be housed in the same secure forensic setting, reducing duplicative staffing and space needs; it was reported favorably. CS/SB 1016 codifies the Working People with Disabilities Program, allowing eligible developmentally disabled adults to work while retaining Medicaid waiver benefits and requiring notice to enrollees; advocates described the bill as essential to employment and independence, and it passed. Throughout the meeting, most bills received supportive public testimony, few questions, and unanimous or near-unanimous favorable votes.

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• Working families need our support, but in order to do that, we need teachers.
• positions um with the these temporary positions um with the uncertainty<00:58:52.000> with<00
• temporary positions? temporary positions?
• <00:59:17.200> Was<00:59:17.280> it When did HEMA gain these 82 temporary positions
• <01:22:14.960> by or any other paid leave authorized by or any other paid leave authorized

Bills: SB3082, SB3110, SB3251

Keywords: military families, family leave, qualifying military exigency, Hawaii Revised Statutes, financial support, Hawaii National Guard, civil-military program, education, collective bargaining, exemption, SB3251, Hawaii public safety, ICE, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Border Patrol, law enforcement hiring, state employment ban, police powers, Department of Law Enforcement, DLNR

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• The Chair called this meeting of the Elections Finance and Government Operations Committee to order.
• Um, I'm going to take the nominees in the order in which they were appointed originally, starting with
• More recently, I've worked as a temporary administrative law judge, a half-time housing lawyer with the
• administrative law judge, a temporary administrative law judge, a half-time<00:10:57.839> housing
• Very early in my career, around 1990, I co-authored a peer-reviewed paper published in Economic Inquiry

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Orders of the day. Orders of the day.
• Subsection C, authorized use. This subsection outlines a limited, temporary exemption process.
• temporary exemption process. temporary exemption process.
• Again, this authority would be overruled by a court order ordering the release of the funds. beneficiary
• > of a court order ordering the release of a court order ordering the release of the<02:07:41.760

Keywords: 927, senate, all

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• The House will come to order. Members, please take your seats. Head page.
• Delegate Cohen, the clerk will announce the next order of business.
• The clerk shall announce the next order.
• This bill is the codification of Governor Northam's Executive Order 35.
• Next order of business. Mr.

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

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• in christian-based programming in order in christian-based programming in order to<00:15:57.839>
• /c> other future co-authors look forward to other future co-authors look forward to working<00:21:27.480
• just you know I was actually an author just you know I was actually an author of<00:31:15.360>
• reconsideration of a correction order reconsideration of a correction order has<00:44:00.599>
• make up 25% of the budget yet in order make up 25% of the budget yet in order we're<00:58:11.920

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• [Music] I'd like to call the meeting of the HHS working group to order.
• <00:10:49.920> in repealing the public option authority in repealing the public option authority
• <00:31:12.320> to technicians must meet in order to technicians must meet in order to provide
• It renames the authority as the Minnesota Health and Education Facilities Authority.
• Section 8 makes permanent the temporary Section 8 makes permanent the temporary staffing<00:36:47.200

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• In 2021, the administrative orders required the chief judge, such as myself, to issue an order by April
• cases were assigned to this temporary division.
• Second, there's a pre-filing order remedy.
• Ignoring a pre-filing order is punishable by contempt.
• The court's authority to seal records is limited.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• closure of the temporary disposal site. closure of the temporary disposal site.
• You can see the number of orders. Last year, over 105,000 orders were filled. They're very busy.
• <02:25:52.479> They've The units have been ordered. They've The units have been ordered.
• <02:33:36.399> positions We've got 78 of 99 authorized positions We've got 78 of 99 authorized
• Our third and fourth requests are actually converting a temporary position within ETS from temporary

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• Or do you all want to enact some temporary changes to statute to... potentially address those challenges
• to regulate what a school district does versus a charter school that is approved by a chartering authority
• LEAC is recommending a temporary revision to the SEG where a school district would not be able to generate
• LASC is recommending that you all enact a temporary revision to the SEG where a school district would
• A long way to go, but it gets you at your fingertips the data that you need in order to talk intelligently

Keywords: 996, all

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• mean, you know, so a lot of that stuff is going to be regulated by the law with the BME and the authorities
• the BME and regulated by the lure with the BME and and<00:08:50.080> the<00:08:50.640> authorities
• <00:08:51.519> who<00:08:51.760> regulate<00:08:52.240> the and the authorities
• who regulate the and the authorities who regulate the prescribers.<00:08:53.519> And,<00:08:53.680

Bills: SB309, HB192, SB178, SB179, SB237, HB10, HB107, HB189, HB37, HB226, SB309, HB192, SB178, SB179, SB237, HB10, HB107, HB189, HB37, HB226

Keywords: automated driving systems, oversized vehicles, transportation, regulations, permits, HB192, international wire transfer, wire transfer fee, remittance fee, money transmission business, Alabama Securities Commission, Department of Revenue, Education Trust Fund, ELL instructors, English Language Learner, ESL teachers, income tax credit, remittances, international money transfer, migrant families

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• The second meeting of the student Academic Success subcommittee will now come to order for the record
• to be issued either a temporary for a professional certificate.
• The of these this pathway, they are water temporary certificate.
• They need in order to continue to be great. Teachers.
• And that would be the subject area exam in order to reinstate the certificates.

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• Next order of business is the orders of the day. Gentleman from McCracken.
• Without objection, so ordered. Without objection, so ordered.
• Without objection, so ordered. Without objection, so ordered.
• Next order of business.
• Next order of business. Next order of business.

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The House convened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, established a quorum with 95 members present, excused absent members, and adopted a legislative citation honoring Dave Buzz Baker for his long career with WKYT and the UK Sports Network. The Senate clerk then reported several Senate bills passed by the Senate and requested concurrence. The House approved the journal and received committee reports advancing a wide range of bills on agriculture, banking and insurance, judiciary, licensing and regulations, education, and information technology, covering topics such as agricultural procurement, pesticide labeling, vehicle financial protection products, proxy advisory services, financial exploitation, status offenses, firearms liability protections, school administrator salaries, sick leave, school safety, and data privacy. The chamber then considered House Bill 468 on civil rights. The bill would update the Kentucky Civil Rights Act to align the definition of disability with the federal ADA, and it would remove the Kentucky Human Rights Commission’s adjudicative powers over employment and public accommodations disputes while preserving investigative functions. House Floor Amendment 1 was adopted; it removed language barring attorney’s fees, preserved local commissions’ investigative powers, authorized local commissions and private plaintiffs to file civil actions in circuit court, and extended the probable-cause determination period from 30 to 180 days. The bill, as amended, passed 72-22. House Bill 757, the session’s revenue bill, was then debated. Its sponsor described provisions including moratoriums on certain local school district taxes, Internal Revenue Code conformity, new taxes on data brokering, fantasy contests, and predictive markets, EV charging station inspection fees, elimination of some tax expenditures, Department of Revenue cleanup provisions, and process changes for inheritance tax, property tax delinquencies, and other measures. Members raised concerns that the bill would limit local school boards’ taxing options and could affect bonding and school construction; the sponsor said TIF-related provisions would sunset future participation, not existing projects, and that the bill had been developed with agency input. House Bill 757 passed 69-18. The House also passed House Bill 727, creating the Kentucky Education Placement Service System for teacher applicants and district job postings, by a vote of 94-0. The chamber then took up House Bill 776, a modernization of the Dental Practice Act, with changes to board authority, licensure renewal, hygienist and assistant rules, and telehealth standards; the sponsor noted an ownership-related issue and presented House Floor Amendment 1 for consideration, but the transcript cuts off before final action on that amendment and the bill.

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• It was changed to temporary.
• four the following any temporary four the following any temporary circumstance<01:16:43.360>
• emergency, but it's just temporary. emergency, but it's just temporary.
• and what you need to take away in order and what you need to take away in order to<05:15:23.120>
• the next bill on the special order the next bill on the special order calendar calendar calendar

Keywords: 1136, house, all

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• Order. Madam Clerk, next bill.
• Madam Clerk, open the machine for co-authors. Members, vote on the machine for co-authors.
• We have eight co-authors. Okay, members, we're getting into Senate bills now. Regular order six.
• Without objection, so ordered. Madam Clerk, open the machine for co-authors.
• McMakin moves without objection to order. So, order. Madam Clerk?

Bills: HR192, HR193, HR194, HCR80, HCR81, HCR82, HCR83, HCR84, HCR85, HR188, HR189, HR190, HR191, SB134, SB140, SB281, SB331, SB384, SB389, SB415, SB451, SB458, SB479, SB504, SB523, HR38, HR96, HR160, HCR31, HCR61, SCR19, HB316, HB549, HB578, HB646, HB748, HB798, HB824, HB988, HB989, HB1001, HB1032, HB1081, HB1108, HB1129, HB1140, HB1157, HB1186, HB1192, HB1195, HB1198, HB1222, HB1244, SB73, SB89, SB128, SB149, SB191, SB196, SB238, SB318, SB340, HB225, HR1, HR17, HCR5, HCR4, HCR47, HCR32, HB362, HB893, HB990, HB1007, HB1153, HB1243, HB12, HB42, HB205, HB222, HB267, HB324, HB325, HB350, HB478, HB610, HB617, HB745, HB749, HB752, HB797, HB807, HB821, HB896, HB979, HB992, HB1000, HB1024, HB1050, HB1166, HB1172, HB1173, HB1207, HB1218, HB1223, SB162, SB349, SB350, SB382, SB383, SB127, SB244, SB256, HB911, HB306, HB366, HB1161, HB1230, HB59, HB481, HB772, HB897, HB1003, HB1008, HB1112, HB1180, HB1189, HB181, HB1118, HB901, HR20, HR74, HB284, HB393, HB458, HB459, HB525, HB577, HB582, HB605, HB614, HB682, HB733, HB773, HB864, HB996, HB1035, HB1058, HB1082, HB1113, HB1234, HB1240

Keywords: ACOG, maternal health, healthcare professionals, patient-physician relationship, obstetrics, gynecology, condolences, military service, veteran, community, memorial, visual acuity, student health, de-identified data, longitudinal analysis, education policy, property rights, carbon dioxide sequestration, expropriation, Landowner Bill of Rights

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• The House will come to order. Reports of standing committees and divisions. Thank you.
• Before the author explains the bill, we do have that amendment.
• In order to be partners, we have to... ...move constraints.
• The President ordered an executive order to dismantle the Department of Education.
• "I do not have a temporary job. I have an important and essential job.

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• Uh, the hour of 4 p.m. having arrived, I'll call this meeting of the Tax Committee to order for Monday
• This bill reneges on the 2023 law in multiple ways and makes inequities in authority over transit revenue
• That's a temporary measure, but it's an effective measure.
• That's a temporary<00:26:48.720> measure,<00:26:49.200> but<00:26:49.440> it's<00
• :26:49.600> an<00:26:49.760> effective temporary measure, but it's an effective temporary

Bills: HF2438

Keywords: transportation finance, transportation policy, MnDOT, Minnesota Department of Transportation, Department of Public Safety, Metropolitan Council, highway funding, trunk highway fund, county state-aid highway fund, municipal state-aid street fund, state aid roads, local roads, bridge funding, road construction, transit funding, passenger rail, freight rail, aviation, airport development, safe routes to school

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• The Temporary Committee on Rules reports under the provisions of House Rule 7B and 7C an order relative
• The Temporary Committee on Rules to whom was referred the order filed this day by Mr.
• The Temporary Committee on Rules to whom was referred the order filed this day by Mr.
• The Temporary Committee on Rules to whom was referred this day the order filed by Mr.
• The Temporary Committee on Rules to whom was referred this day the order filed by Mr.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The House met briefly, opened with the Pledge of Allegiance, and recessed several times while the Temporary Committee on Rules reported out a series of orders. The chamber adopted two commendatory resolutions: one recognizing the AdMe-Tech Foundation’s 16th annual Prostate Cancer Awareness Day and another honoring the Ludlow Community Center/Randall Boys and Girls Club on its 75th anniversary. Members then took up special procedures for considering House and joint rules for the 194th General Court, governing the 2025-2026 legislative session. The House adopted the special-procedure orders for both the House rules and joint rules. The rules committee also reported that the permanent House rules and permanent joint rules orders ought to be adopted; after suspension of the rules, the House postponed consideration of the permanent rules matters until tomorrow at 1 p.m. Finally, the House adopted an order to adjourn to meet the next day at 11 a.m., with formal session and roll calls at 1 p.m. The House then adjourned, and members were notified of a Democratic caucus at noon in Room A1.