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TX

Texas 89th Regular

Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Apr 9th, 2025

Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence

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  • To address judicial compensation as well as judicial transparency, accountability, and efficiency.
  • our judicial system...
  • Finally, the bill has several provisions relating to judicial efficiency.
  • First off, you all have judicial conduct rules that prevent you from fighting back.
  • Judicial conduct prevents us from commenting on any of our decisions.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/10/2026 - House Natural Resources, Energy & Water

Natural Resources, Energy & Water

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  • The bill also expands the definition of plant as it relates to the power plant and transmission line
  • We have an issue in 2016 where the power is unreliable on the San Carlos Reservoir. ...is unreliable
  • Russell Smolden on behalf of the Arizona Municipal Power Users Association.
  • If, as Representative Lopez knows, who actually is within the boundaries of that system, if the power
  • If, as Representative Lopez knows, who actually is within the boundaries of that system, if the power
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Transportation Mar 20th, 2025

Transportation

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  • This bill relates to sunscreening devices installed on a motor vehicle displaying a judicial specialty
  • Committee sub for HB 1126 amends Section 547.613B of the Transportation Code, allowing vehicles with judicial
TX
Bills: SB9, SB7, SB17, SB4, SB1, HB4
Summary: The Senate briefly convened and received a message from the House stating that the House was taking a vote. No bills, motions, or substantive policy matters were discussed in the exchange. Pursuant to a previously adopted motion, the Senate then adjourned until 7 p.m. on Thursday, August 21.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Judiciary Jan 27th, 2026

Judiciary

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  • requires the same disclosure of dual citizenship for candidates seeking nomination or election to judicial
  • requires the same disclosure of dual citizenship for candidates seeking nomination or election to judicial
  • And so— If you could—yes, yes, I appreciate it, yep—so to protect the integrity of Florida’s judicial
  • matters not just for history, but for the present, because we are reminded even now that when government power
  • time, we'll turn to tab one, and we'll take up Senate Bill 144 on public records related to the Judicial
Summary: The Senate Judiciary Committee met with a quorum present and first postponed SB 532. It then heard and approved SB 620, which requires candidates for federal, state, county, district, judicial, and school board office to disclose any citizenship other than U.S. citizenship. The bill drew one waiver in opposition from Common Cause and passed 8-0. The committee also heard SB 1396 on litigation financing consumer protection. Supporters said it would add transparency, limit funder control over litigation, and require disclosure of foreign entities involved in funding; opponents argued it would create strategic advantages for defendants and could burden plaintiffs. The bill passed 7-2. The committee later approved SB 192, repealing a $1,500 cap on patient funds held in trust by chiropractic physicians, and SB 888, extending limits on indemnity and insurance requirements for design professionals in private contracts; both passed unanimously among those voting. The committee also approved several Judiciary-related measures. CS/SB 332, as amended, creates a narrow temporary public meetings/public records exemption for certain pre-suit Burt Harris litigation strategy discussions by local governments, and passed 7-0. SB 820, which strengthens quarterly reporting requirements for problem-solving courts, passed 10-0. SB 1500, implementing probate process recommendations to raise small-estate thresholds, clarify access to safe deposit boxes, and improve enforcement in uncontested probate, also passed 10-0. SB 144, creating a public records exemption for personal information of current and former Judicial Qualifications Commission employees and their families due to harassment concerns, passed 9-1. The committee then approved CS/SB 1224, as amended, making it a third-degree felony to fraudulently obtain possession of a rental unit through false written statements, counterfeit documents, or impersonation; the bill passed 10-0. SB 1000, setting a floor and ceiling for interest rates on law firm trust accounts tied to the Wall Street Journal prime rate, passed 10-0 after testimony from banking and credit union representatives and support from Senate leadership. Finally, CS/SB 694, providing compensation to the descendants of the Groveland Four, was heard with emotional testimony from family members and advocates describing the wrongful convictions, killings, and decades-long effort for redress; an amendment specified equal shares for the four families, and the bill passed 10-0. Several members requested to be recorded as voting in the affirmative on specific bills before the committee adjourned.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/25/2026 - House Appropriations

Appropriations

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  • name is Carrie Gerst, and I am here as someone who has lived both the pain of incarceration and the power
  • front of incarcerated men and women and help them begin the same healing journey that had such a powerful
  • impact on... ...and help them begin the same healing journey that had such a powerful impact on me.
  • entirely by incarcerated women, and we concluded the day by participating in the Art of the Soul, a powerful
  • And so I saw the impact that it made with inmates in London, and your testimony here was so very powerful
TX
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  • However, the problem is that the current statute lags behind technological innovation and leaves AI-powered
  • The House passed House Bill 1510, which permitted electric utilities outside the ERCOT power region to
  • say that the Illinois law prevented or significantly interfered with federally authorized banking powers
  • Walmart doesn't have this problem; I mean, they have big buying power.
  • What we're talking about is that small, and 40 stores is not small, but you have no negotiation power
TX
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  • preparations and grid resiliency to prevent customers from ever being unfairly charged for backup power
  • the hospitals or to power a neighborhood or other essential services.
  • If a TDU lacks the least generation capacity necessary to aid in restoring power to customers during
  • Big buying powers.
  • What we're talking about is that small—40 stores is not small—but you have no negotiating power.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Business and Commerce (Part I) Apr 3rd, 2025

Business & Commerce

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  • the hospitals or to power a neighborhood or other essential services, that that would have been a great
  • the hospitals or to that you can hitch to a trailer and pull up to a site to power the hospitals or
  • to power a neighborhood or other essential services, that that would have been a great help.
  • If the TDU lacks leased generation capacity necessary to aid in restoring power to customers during a
  • capacity necessary to aid in restoring power to customers during a significant power outage.
Summary: The Senate Committee on Business and Commerce met with a quorum and first took up several pending and uncontested bills. It favorably reported SB 1405, SB 1762, SB 1977, SB 2077, SB 2148, and SB 1968, and also moved SB 2321 to the local and uncontested calendar. The committee then heard SB 819, which would change how the Public Utility Commission reviews proposed utility-scale solar and related interconnection projects. The committee substitute would shift the default so interconnection is allowed unless the PUC affirmatively prohibits it within 180 days, limit denial to cases where harm substantially outweighs benefits, remove public meeting requirements, retain setback and financial assurance provisions, add optional application materials such as national security and environmental information, and restore local control over county tax abatements. The substitute was adopted and SB 819 was favorably reported to the full Senate on a 7-3 vote. The committee then took up SB 231, focused on CenterPoint’s use of large emergency generators after Hurricane Beryl. Senator King explained that the original bill was intended to prevent customers from being charged for non-mobile generators that were leased at great cost and did not match the bill’s emergency-response purpose. CenterPoint’s Jason Ryan apologized for the company’s communication failures and said the company would make customers whole through a combination of rate reductions, foregone storm-cost recovery, and a donation of the 15 large generators to ERCOT for about two years to address a San Antonio-area reliability issue, with the company absorbing the associated costs. PUC Executive Director Connie Corona said the commission could enforce the agreement through its contested-case process. Public testimony included consumer and reliability advocates, one of whom argued utility-scale microgrids should be preserved as a policy option. SB 231 was left pending. The committee also heard SB 986, which would create an alternative process for routine Public Information Act requests so local governments can make initial redactions without sending every routine exception to the Attorney General, while preserving an appeal path and training requirements. Supporters said it would reduce backlog and speed access to records; opponents argued it would shift the burden to requesters and encourage delay. The AG’s office testified that the process could improve efficiency and still fit within current timelines if used promptly. SB 986 was left pending. Finally, SB 584 was briefly laid out to require consumer reporting agencies that buy data from others to ensure the information complies with Texas law on excluded items such as bankruptcies, judgments, and tax liens, and SB 600 was heard on heir property. SB 600’s substitute would strengthen notice, require an attorney ad litem, add an heir’s bill of rights, allow settlement conferences, and require fair-market-value sales protections; supporters said it would curb predatory partition practices, while opponents warned some provisions could burden or diminish minority heirs’ property rights. SB 584 and SB 600 were left pending after testimony.
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • 00:03:05.120> highly First on the agenda today is Bo Craycraft, Executive Director of the Judicial
  • My name is Bo Craycraft, and I'm the executive director over at Judicial Form Retirement System.
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  • <00:03:35.040> Form director over at Judicial Form director over at Judicial Form Retirement
Summary: The meeting opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and prayer, followed by a roll call confirming a quorum and approval of the prior minutes. A special guest, Dave Eager, was welcomed before the committee moved to presentations from retirement system officials. Bo Craycraft, executive director of the Judicial Form Retirement System, gave a quarterly update on investment performance, asset allocation, and cash flow. He said the plans had held up well amid market volatility, with fiscal year-to-date returns above benchmark and long-term returns remaining strong. He explained that the plans are targeted to a 70% equity/30% fixed-income allocation, that some cash is being held for cash-flow management, and that negative cash flow is expected because of funding and contribution levels. He also said Senate Bill 183, dealing with proxy voting and economic analysis for certain votes, was not expected to materially affect the plans because of their small number of holdings and Bear Trust’s long-term investment approach. Ryan Barrow and Erin Surrod then presented for the Kentucky Pension Authority. They reported positive quarterly performance across the retirement and insurance funds, though results varied by period and remained tied to broader market conditions. They said recent asset-allocation changes had been completed and the funds were now within target ranges. On cash flow, they noted some plans remained negative or near zero, with one plan benefiting from a large appropriation. In the legislative update, they described House Bill 30 as codifying an exclusion from pension-spiking calculations for across-the-board raises, and Senate Bill 10 as increasing retiree health insurance subsidies and changing employee health insurance contribution rules for certain CERS members beginning in 2026. They also said Senate Bill 183 would likely have limited impact, though the agency would review voting policies and incorporate any required economic-analysis procedures.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session Aug 19th, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

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  • Stewart from Round Rock. ...159th Judicial District, Angelina County, District Attorney, the Honorable
  • Well, that's interesting when you take away the AG's power to prosecute.
  • Here's another instance of this body arrogating the powers that properly lie with city officials.
TX
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  • I'm here first as a mother who has lived the devastating reality of unchecked judicial power, and as
  • I need that fearlessness when the system bends to the powerful instead of the truth.
  • That's Senator Parker's bill about the powers.
  • The ballot box is raw power.
  • So why is the storm-hybrid mode so powerful here in the discussion?