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• Natalie McDermott: Of course, Section 571.069 of the Government Code states that the Commission shall
• Gates: adjusted to say that those two sections also don't apply to a currently registered lobbyist.
• Natalie: This opinion is a revolving door opinion under section 572.069 of the Government Code.
• Chair: section 255.003 of the election code. Assistant General Counsel Carmen, thank you.
• B is impermissible under section 255.003 of the election code.

Summary: The Texas Ethics Commission convened at 9:03 a.m. and held an executive session, reconvening at 10:18 a.m. During the meeting, the Commission approved a settlement agreement with Michael Quinn Sullivan, ending ongoing litigation. The agreement involved Sullivan dropping his legal challenges regarding a civil penalty previously imposed by the Commission. The Commission also announced personnel changes, including the departure of the director of enforcement, Marie Prim, and the appointment of Jordan Hun as interim director. The Commission discussed outside counsel contracts, approving the addition of Bickerstaff, Heath, Delgado, Acosta LLP to their pool of qualified vendors. They scheduled their next meeting for September 23rd and approved minutes from previous meetings. The agenda included several rulemaking items, with three rules adopted and five proposed for publication in the Texas Register. Notably, amendments to Chapter 20 regarding reporting contributions and expenditures were approved, as well as changes to lobbyist registration thresholds in Chapter 34, which were proposed for publication. The Commission also addressed advisory opinions, adopting several, including one regarding political advertising by charter schools and another concerning the revolving door prohibition for former state employees. Appeals for administrative waivers and reductions of fines were considered, with several fines waived or reduced based on individual circumstances. Lastly, the Commission discussed policies related to alternative dispute resolution and clarified responsibilities between the Commission and staff, concluding the meeting at 11:15 a.m.

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• So that's the wording, which would be in this section.
• I don't have it right in front of you what section it is. Okay.
• I think the primary sections, just to draw your attention to, would be Section...
• I think the primary sections just to draw your attention to would be Section 33, which we talked about
• Those would be the two primary sections. Those would be the two primary sections.

Keywords: 908, all

Summary: The HR division continued work on the behavioral health budget, with members revisiting several funding items and generally agreeing to hold provider inflation increases until the full division picture is clearer. They tentatively supported additional funding for Community Connect and Free Through Recovery, as well as increases for the drug court program and peer support, while clarifying that some items were already in the House version and others were one-time or grant-related expenditures. The committee spent considerable time on a proposed $2 million behavioral health services program for nursing homes and basic care facilities. Senator Mathern brought revised language to describe a capitated payment model for training, consultation, and direct patient care for residents with medically based behavioral disorders and disruptive behaviors. Some members remained skeptical and wanted to see the amendment before deciding, but the discussion centered on whether the funding would help nursing homes accept patients who otherwise end up in state hospitals or acute care settings. Members also discussed several one-time funding items, including electronic health record and legacy system upgrades, network redundancy for the state hospital, partial hospitalization/intensive day treatment expansion, and a bathroom remodel at the Southeast Human Service Center. The committee restored the bathroom project to the original $972,000 estimate after concerns that the House reduction would not cover the needed ADA and plumbing work. They also debated a $12.96 million behavioral health facility grant for Altru in Grand Forks, with some members opposing it and others supporting it as a regional service expansion, but ultimately set it aside for later consideration. The meeting ended with staff flagging other sections of the bill, including the opioid settlement advisory language, the state hospital steering committee, behavioral health education grants, and the system of care grant. The chair announced that medical services would be taken up the next day, and members agreed to adjourn after planning to revisit unresolved behavioral health items and vote on the held bill later.

Transcript Highlights:

• Oh, no, that's a different section.
• different section. different section.
• line 28, section 2? line 28, section 2?
• >> So the financial disclosure section is >> So the financial disclosure section is RSA<01
• So, I think the heading of that section and then the title of that section, and then one other time in

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• Section six merely removes some redundant language.
• Section 17 is about funding operations and alternative pathways.
• <00:35:20.839> um<00:35:21.800> section<00:35:22.359> 7 thing for um in section
• um section 7 thing for um in section um section 7 getting<00:35:23.680> rid<00:35:23.880>
• Looking at section...

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• <00:05:21.199> to regulations amend various sections to regulations amend various sections
• <00:13:13.839> to regulations amend various sections to regulations amend various sections
• The staff-suggested amendment amends various sections to comply with KAR chapter 13A and amends Section
• The staff-suggested amendment amends various sections to comply with KAR chapter 13A and amends Section
• This is a section 2 subsection 1.

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The Administrative Regulation Review Subcommittee met in August with a quorum present and approved the prior meeting minutes without objection. The committee then reviewed several regulations, generally adopting staff-suggested amendments without objection, and heard brief explanations from agency representatives on each item. The Board of Pharmacy regulations would clarify what registered and certified pharmacy technicians may do under supervision and what certified technicians may not do, while updating registration applications. The Board of Cosmetology package included changes to executive director authority, licensure and reciprocity rules, school requirements, training hours, instructor ratios, sanitation and disease-related rules, complaint procedures, and permit terms; members asked about straight razor language and the increase in student-to-instructor ratios, and the board explained that cosmetologists are not permitted to use straight razors and that the higher ratio was intended to give schools flexibility, especially for part-time students and schools with wait lists. The Occupational Therapy emergency compact regulation added four compact rules adopted in April 2025, and Senator West raised a technical question about certification requirements under House Bill 6; the agency said it had been instructed to file the regulation as submitted. The Department for Fish and Wildlife Resources presented a package covering wildlife management area rules, a northern pintail bag limit increase, reportable disease reporting, and a repeal tied to boat registration fees. After a brief explanation of the new wildlife disease reporting rule, the agency requested and received a deferral of 301 KAR 2:031 to avoid a gap while replacement language is finalized. The Economic Development Finance Authority explained an emergency regulation for the Kentucky Entertainment Incentive Program, saying it was needed because the program had become oversubscribed and because administration was shifting to a new film office and council; members also asked about certification issues under House Bill 6, and the agency said it had filed the regulation as directed. The Department of Workplace Standards emergency PPE regulation was also discussed, with members asking about HB 6 certification language, and the agency gave the same response. The Department of Insurance regulation would create a $10,000 registration fee and a $1,000 annual licensing fee for pharmacy benefit manager licenses, with an agency amendment exempting PBMs that solely serve workers’ compensation plans. Members asked how many PBMs would be affected and why workers’ compensation PBMs were carved out; the agency said there were 70 registered PBMs total, four solely workers’ comp, and that workers’ comp rates are set by statute and could not absorb the fee. Finally, the Public Service Commission’s pole attachment regulation was summarized as a broadband-expansion measure that speeds application review, increases the number of poles allowed in a single application, and shortens dispute timelines; the commission explained it grew out of earlier legislative direction and subsequent emergency amendments, and the committee adopted the staff amendment.

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• Giannino of Revere moves to amend the bill in Section 40, in line 630, by striking out the figure 11
• Day of Stoneham moves to amend the bill in Section 19, in lines 402 and 403. Mr.
• Day of Stoneham moved to amend the bill in Section 9 by striking out, in lines 257 and 258, the words
• Gonzalez of Boston moves to amend the bill in Section 40 by striking out in Section 27 and Section 28
• In Section 40, by striking out in Section 27 and Section 28 in line 6902.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The House opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and welcomed students from the Frederick C. Murphy School in Weymouth, along with other guests introduced by members. The chamber then suspended Joint Rule 12 to allow several petitions to be referred, including proposals on alcohol labeling for beers consumed on premises, parity in funding for regional vocational and traditional public schools, and legal protections for victims of childhood sexual abuse. The main floor business was House No. 4187, An Act Modernizing the Commonwealth’s Cannabis Laws, reported by Ways and Means as a substitute bill. Members speaking in support described it as a comprehensive overhaul of the Cannabis Control Commission and the state’s cannabis and hemp regulatory framework. The bill would reduce and restructure the CCC, expand options for cannabis businesses and social equity operators, raise license and ownership caps, remove the vertical integration requirement for medical marijuana, and create stronger rules for hemp and CBD products, including a ban on unregulated intoxicating hemp products and a new regulatory structure for allowable hemp beverages and CBD items. Several amendments were offered and adopted by roll call, including changes narrowing the hemp beverage ban from 11 ounces to 7.5 ounces, requiring out-of-state testing labs to be certified in good standing with the commission, and other technical revisions. After debate, the House passed H. 4187 to be engrossed by a roll call vote of 153-0. The chamber also passed to be engrossed two sick leave bank bills, for Andrew Satara and Dana Johnson, and ordered House No. 1590, establishing a sick leave bank for Eric J. Wenaka, to a third reading. The House then adopted an order to meet the next day at 11 a.m. and adjourned.

Transcript Highlights:

• In the same section that you're Just being asked about Section O.
• with the second section in Section O.
• Also, in section two, you have a repealer.
• It's merging a duplicate version of this section so that we have it once versus twice.
• That question is in the same section of statute.

Bills: SB1220, SB1221, SB1239, SB1309, SB1349, SB1434, SB1516, SB1531, SB1538, SB1861

Keywords: memorial designation, interchange, Terry Walker, transportation, Oklahoma, driver license, tracking system, expedited delivery, Service Oklahoma, REAL ID, public safety, apportionment, state revenue, funding, vehicle registration, infrastructure, state roads, bridges, economic development, highway construction

Transcript Highlights:

• And there are a few sections where it's very obvious that we could combine them, but we would have to
• say this section was repealed. ...of the repealed chapter, it would generally just say this section
• The first is that each section that's in the disposition table...
• So each of the sections would, the repealed-by note...
• Similarly, I got legislation passed last year that repealed a lot of sections related...

Keywords: 904, all

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• In section two, it discusses In section two, it discusses universities<01:04:52.760> and<
• Section three is where I uh directory.
• > numerous Additionally, the section adds numerous Additionally, the section adds numerous offenses
• <02:48:34.560> actually<02:48:34.960> an Um section five um is actually an Um section
• Uh so, those are that's the section Uh so, those are that's the section dealing<03:17:12.720>

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• So, um that's an abominous section.
• included in the bill is to the section included in the bill is to the section of<01:58:07.440>
• I'm looking at House Bill 2 now, section 141, col. 431, and there are six Roman numeral sections there
• > 431, section 141 col 431, section 141 col 431, and<02:07:16.719> there<02:07:16.960><
• sections in HB2 now not be funded? sections in HB2 now not be funded?

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• Highmark's testimony, so I'm going to turn to page 8 of the DE 2 section 3 on line 2.
• Highmark's testimony, so I'm going to turn to page 8 of the DE 2 section 3 on line 2.
• Section 4 on line 18 repeals the housing support account.
• Then on the following page, page 9, line 1, that section would authorize payment or appropriate money
• Turning to Section 4 on the following page, beginning on line three, this section would modify the income

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• > it<00:09:44.240> protects Um under this section it protects Um under this section it
• And there we go to section And there we go to section 1-39-104. 1-39-104. 1-39-104.
• this section violated?
• having your rights of this section having your rights of this section violated?
• section.

Bills: HB0159

Keywords: student rights, free expression, K-12 education, speech protection, religious views, political speech, 916, all

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• B of this section do not apply. apply. apply.
• free expression under article 1, section free expression under article 1, section 20<00:16:18.320
• > apply<00:21:00.799> to this section shall not apply to this section shall not apply to
• So we would just request that exemption. committee several sections of the bill committee several sections
• It's it's uh section bill.

Bills: HB0076, HB0102, HB0115

Keywords: annexation, landowner rights, municipal law, city planning, property, local government, artificial intelligence, synthetic sexual material, child protection, self-harm, criminal liability, cardiac emergency, defibrillator, school safety, training, public health, 916, all

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• <00:18:10.799> is violation of this section is violation of this section is $150.<00:18:13.440
• That's the one section.
• That's the one section.
• That was the section I was looking for. Thank you, sir.
• extended to include the new section extended to include the new section created<01:52:51.360>

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• First, as far as funding goes, I'm going to go straight through the bill, and the first section of the
• <00:05:02.479> Uh<00:05:03.280> includes in section two of the bill.
• Uh includes in section two of the bill.
• Also in this bill, I think another very important section is on section 13, line 15.15.
• important uh, section is on is section important uh, section is on is section 13<00:09:05.040>

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• Instead 278718, do so in that section.
• Magistrates are different sections of the county.
• Constables usually focus on different sections of the county as well.
• <00:47:40.240> Constables sections of the county. Constables sections of the county.
• <00:47:42.880> of usually focus on different sections of usually focus on different sections

Keywords: 958, all

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• In other words, what does it have to do with dividing the city of Tampa into three sections?
• In other words, what does it have to do with dividing the city of Tampa into three sections?
• Recent legal reasoning makes clear that Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act must be understood.
• The SCOTUS case in Louisiana, it did not overturn Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.
• But the Supreme Court did not overturn Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.

Summary: The Senate convened in special session and took up Senate Bill 8D / House Bill 1D, which would establish Florida’s congressional districts. The sponsor, Sen. Gates, explained that the Governor had transmitted a redistricting plan two days earlier and argued that mid-decade redistricting is legally permissible, citing population growth and the Governor’s view that race-based districting is unconstitutional. Much of the floor time was spent in extended questioning about the process, the lack of public hearings compared with prior redistricting cycles, the use of population estimates from the Census/EDR/ACS, compactness scores, and whether the Governor’s office used partisan data or outside consultants. Gates repeatedly said he was relaying the Governor’s proposal and legal theory rather than offering his own legal opinion, and he said any constitutional challenge would be for the courts. A major portion of the debate focused on the U.S. Supreme Court’s newly issued Calais decision and its implications for the Fair Districts Amendment and the Voting Rights Act. Senators questioned whether the decision struck down Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, whether it affected Florida’s constitutional ban on partisan gerrymandering, and whether the Legislature should postpone action to review the ruling. A motion to temporarily postpone the bill failed by voice vote and then by recorded vote, 12 yeas to 23 nays. Senators also raised concerns that the proposed map cracked minority communities, including Latino and Black populations in Central Florida and Tampa Bay, and that it would produce a heavily Republican-leaning map despite the state’s voter registration mix. After debate on the Senate bill, the chamber substituted the identical House companion bill, read it a third time, and proceeded to final debate. Opponents argued the map was an illegal partisan gerrymander, was based on assumptions rather than verified data, and would likely lead to litigation. Supporters maintained that the Governor had authority to propose a congressional map, that the plan was race-neutral, and that the Legislature could accept, reject, or amend it. The transcript ends during continued debate on House Bill 1D, with no final vote shown in the excerpt.

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• Continuing with the block, we come to Senate Bill 260, legislation to amend and reenact a section of
• It is legislation to amend and reenact a section of the Code of Virginia related to impersonation of
• This legislation amends sections of the Code of Virginia relating to the Brown v.
• It makes it a Section 1 bill that DMAS has and already currently performs.
• It makes it a Section 1 bill that DeMass has and already currently performs.

Keywords: March 11, 2026 - Regular Session, 976, house, all

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• That entire section was taken out.
• I have are on the specific sections, and I want to make sure we all follow through.
• Moving to Section 5, this is on the Office of Civil Rights.
• And so let me begin with Section 7, and this is a section where it begins by Section 51500.
• 7, new Section 7, discriminatory Section 7, new Section 7.

Summary: The Assembly Education Committee held an informational hearing on AB 715, followed by discussion of SB 48. AB 715 was presented by Assembly Members Zbur and Addis as a response to rising anti-Semitism in California schools. They described incidents involving harassment, swastikas, biased classroom materials, and students feeling unsafe, and said the bill would create an Office of Civil Rights with coordinators to address anti-Semitism and other forms of discrimination, provide prevention resources, and support school districts. Witnesses in support, including a rabbi and a student who described personal experiences with anti-Semitic harassment, urged immediate action to protect Jewish students. Opposition testimony came from the California Teachers Association, county superintendents, school board groups, labor organizations, civil liberties advocates, ethnic studies educators, and many community members. Their main concerns were that the bill was rushed, had not been fully vetted in the Assembly Education Committee, and could chill classroom speech or create constitutional problems, especially around language requiring instruction and materials to be “factually accurate” and not based on advocacy, bias, or partisanship. Several opponents argued that anti-Semitism should be addressed through education, training, and restorative practices rather than new statutory restrictions. Some witnesses also raised concerns about the bill’s impact on ethnic studies and free speech. Committee members then debated the bill’s process and substance at length. The authors said the bill had been narrowed through negotiations with education stakeholders and the Senate, that some disputed provisions would be revisited in cleanup language, and that the urgency of anti-Semitic incidents required action now. Several members expressed support for the bill’s goal but criticized the late release of the final language and the lack of consultation with the Assembly committee. Others emphasized the need to protect Jewish students immediately and argued the bill was a necessary response to a real crisis. The transcript does not show a final vote on AB 715 in the portion provided.

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• On line three, you can see that section On line three, you can see that section two<00:04:45.520
• And I'd like to delete section three and renumber as appropriate.
• And on page one, delete section three. Senator Howe, well, Mr.
• <00:20:24.320> three on page one, delete section three on page one, delete section three on
• <00:21:49.039> three, in special education in section three, in special education in section

Keywords: 1187, senate, all