Transcript Highlights:

• you that may have seen our capital plan in the past, it'll look familiar because these are the big-ticket
• because these are it'll look familiar because these are the<00:43:18.000><c> big</c><00:43:18.160><c> ticket
• items</c><00:43:18.800><c> that</c><00:43:19.040><c> cabinet</c><00:43:19.440><c> deals</c> the big ticket
• items that cabinet deals the big ticket items that cabinet deals with<00:43:19.920><c> on</c><00:43:

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The Capital Planning Advisory Board met for its first meeting of the year, confirmed a quorum, approved the prior year’s minutes, and welcomed new co-chairs and members. The board reviewed the capital planning timeline and a list of agencies that submitted plans but would not testify. Members were reminded to keep presentations brief because of a packed agenda. The Cabinet for Health and Family Services presented first, outlining priorities centered on public safety, infrastructure preservation, and preventive maintenance. Its requests included a $21 million maintenance pool, phase two funding for a new state public health laboratory, construction of an 18-bed children’s psychiatric hospital, and several projects at Western State Hospital and Western State Nursing Facility, including HVAC work, cooling tower repair or replacement, and chiller plant repiping. Additional projects covered elevator upgrades at Hazlewood and phased cottage renovations at Oakwood. Board members asked about vacant buildings, the cost per bed for the youth psychiatric facility, and the relationship between the CHFS youth facility and a separate DJJ facility; CHFS said the youth facility would serve DCBS-involved youth and be separate from the DJJ project. The Kentucky Department of Education then described its state-operated facilities, including the Kentucky School for the Deaf, the Kentucky School for the Blind, and the FFA leadership training center. Its priorities included additional funding for the FFA classroom and activity building, a rewrite of the SEEK education finance application system, renovation and repair of the FFA swimming pool, electrical upgrades, campus education enhancements, safety and security work, door and window replacements, and HVAC maintenance. Members asked about student outcomes, the size and cost of the swimming pool project, and construction cost assumptions; KDE said it tracks student outcomes through special education staff and that current estimates reflect higher post-COVID construction costs. The Education and Labor Cabinet began its presentation with 12 priority projects, including a state labor exchange system, renovation of the McDow Vocational Rehabilitation Center, and a new adult education and family literacy management information system. The cabinet said the labor exchange would connect job seekers and employers at no cost, while the McDow renovation was needed because the 30-year-old facility faces safety and code concerns. The cabinet planned to continue through the remaining priorities and answer questions at the end of its presentation.

Transcript Highlights:

• Representative, do we know what income brackets make up the bulk of lottery ticket sales?
• Do we know what income brackets make up the bulk of lottery ticket sales?
• a four-year marketing campaign specifically targeting ethnic markets with high-dollar scratch-off tickets
• , $20, $50, even $100 games, predominantly sold Scratch-off tickets, $20, $50, even $100 games, predominantly

Summary: The House convened with prayer, pledges, and several ceremonial recognitions, including Wilson County Day, San Antonio Mission Indian Descendants Day, and Blue Ribbon Lobby Day, along with acknowledgments of visiting groups and a birthday greeting. The chamber also announced committee meetings and then moved into floor business, including conference committee action on Senate Bill 1, the state budget. A series of motions to instruct House conferees on SB 1 were debated and voted on. One motion sought to restore salary for Attorney General Ken Paxton after his impeachment-related suspension; it passed 88-56. Another, from Rep. Olcott, directed conferees to support amendments requiring data collection on the costs of undocumented immigrants in hospitals and prisons; after extended debate and a failed amendment from Rep. Martinez Fischer to also study immigrants’ economic contributions, the motion passed 86-61. The House also adopted instructions to eliminate Texas Lottery Commission funding, to support amendments restricting public education institutions from affirming gender identities inconsistent with biological sex, and to seek an additional $4 billion in property tax relief, with each motion passing on recorded votes. The House then took up a supplemental calendar and passed several bills, including HB 39 on veteran death data, HB 102 on priority registration for certain students entering military service, HB 126 on student-athlete compensation and representation, HB 290 on tuition and fee assistance for members of the Texas military forces, HB 300 on Texas Armed Services Scholarship Program updates, and HB 2143 naming a highway in honor of Army Specialist Joey Lins. The chamber also postponed consideration of HJR 2 and HJR 6. Later, the House considered HB 120 on career and technology education pathways and HB 20 on applied science pathway programs for high school students. HB 120 received a perfecting amendment and was advanced after discussion about workforce preparation. HB 20 prompted extensive questioning about transportation, costs, and how students would access partner campuses such as community colleges and TSTC sites; debate continued as the transcript ended, with members examining how the program would operate and whether approval authority would rest with TEA.

Transcript Highlights:

• We know that a union card and prevailing wage is and always will be a ticket to the middle class.
• always</c><01:05:05.839><c> will</c><01:05:06.000><c> be</c><01:05:06.160><c> a</c><01:05:06.319><c> ticket
• </c><01:05:06.559><c> to</c> wage is and always will be a ticket to wage is and always will be a ticket

Committee: Senate Capital Investment

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• potential defense or loophole for traffickers who may extend loans to potential victims for plane tickets
• money to the other, they both participate in prostitution, and then one repays the other for plane tickets
• understanding that the person will be repaid through prostitution. one repaid the other for plane tickets
• one repaid the other for plane tickets and<00:42:22.720><c> things</c><00:42:22.960><c> of</c><00:42

Committee: Senate Judiciary

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The Judiciary Committee heard testimony on several bills. SB 335 would route objections by political party officers to candidate nomination papers through the Office of Elections. The State Election Director testified that his office was not the right venue for party-membership challenges because it could create conflicts and force the Attorney General to represent the chief election officer in court; members discussed whether all objections should instead go directly to Circuit Court, but no action was taken. SB 280 would expand first-degree negligent injury to cover injuries negligently caused by intoxicated drivers. The Public Defender opposed the bill as too harsh and urged either a lower penalty or clearer statutory definitions of “under the influence,” while the Prosecuting Attorney supported it as a needed increase in accountability for drunk drivers who actually injure someone. Committee members raised concerns about overlap with existing offenses, proportionality, and whether the change would increase jury-trial volume; the prosecutor responded that the bill would apply to a smaller subset of cases involving actual injury and would help ensure more serious treatment of those cases. The committee also heard SB 292, establishing Safe Harbor protections for survivors of sexual exploitation who seek medical or law enforcement assistance, with testimony in support from the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, HPD, U Alliance, and others, and no opposition. SB 31, concerning an additional penalty for dog owners whose dogs destroy property on agricultural land, drew only supportive testimony. SB 356 would require restitution in the form of financial support to the minor children of victims killed or disabled by an intoxicated driver; the Public Defender opposed it as better suited to civil court and questioned enforcement after probation, while the Prosecuting Attorney supported it and said courts can issue enforceable restitution orders. Testimony also strongly supported SB 1284, a proposed constitutional amendment prohibiting discrimination based on ethnicity, age, disability, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, and pregnancy outcomes, with supporters arguing it would strengthen protections in response to current political conditions. No votes or final committee actions were taken in the excerpt.

Transcript Highlights:

• adopting, noting that if we as drivers may not be the owner of a vehicle, if someone is getting a ticket
• someone is owner of a vehicle that if someone is getting<01:02:29.119><c> a</c><01:02:29.240><c> ticket
• </c><01:02:29.599><c> they're</c><01:02:29.720><c> not</c><01:02:29.880><c> letting</c> getting a ticket
• and they're not letting getting a ticket and they're not letting us<01:02:30.279><c> know</c><01:02:

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The House Transportation Committee met on February 6, 2025, and heard testimony on several transportation-related bills. HB 667 would require DOT or county departments to scan deceased cats or dogs found on public roadways for microchips, record information, and report it to county animal services. DOT said it supported the bill, and the Hawaiʻi Humane Society and others strongly backed it, describing it as important for grieving pet owners. A private citizen also testified in support, saying the measure could help families learn what happened to missing pets. The chair noted there were nine supporters. The committee then heard HB 230 on sending a carbon copy of traffic citations to vehicle owners, followed by HB 77, which would make civil identification cards free to issue or renew. The Attorney General’s office said it had already submitted comments on HB 77, DOT opposed it, and a private citizen supported it as a way to reduce barriers to basic services. HB 668, which would make license suspension mandatory for operating a vehicle without insurance, drew opposition from the Office of the Public Defender and DOT. The Public Defender argued current law already allows suspension and that a mandatory rule would discourage people from obtaining insurance, increase court burdens, and disproportionately affect indigent drivers; the chair emphasized that driving is a privilege and raised concerns about uninsured driving in rural areas. The Public Defender also said it would look into whether state insurance options could help people who cannot get traditional coverage. The committee also took up HB 12, which would bar inspection certificates for mopeds or vehicles modified to increase NOx emissions. DOT offered comments, Citizens Against Noise supported it, and the Motorcycle Industry Council opposed it; the chair noted six additional supporters and ten opponents. HB 169 would raise the minimum age for moped operators from 15 to 16 and increase the helmet requirement age from 18 to 21; DOT supported it, while Moped Doctors, Moped’s Direct, and seven individuals opposed it. HB 220 would require moped operators to carry insurance under motorcycle/motor scooter insurance laws; DCCA offered comments, DOT supported it, and Moped Doctors and ten individuals opposed it. Finally, the committee heard HB 277, which would establish a statewide vehicle pursuit policy for law enforcement agencies. The Policing Project at NYU and the ACLU of Hawaiʻi supported the bill, citing national data on deaths and injuries from pursuits and arguing for a baseline limit on pursuits for minor offenses; the Hawaii Police Department and Maui Police Department opposed it. The committee also heard HB 54, which would make a third or subsequent excessive speeding offense a Class C felony and allow vehicle forfeiture. DOT supported it, while the Public Defender opposed it, arguing the bill was overly harsh, internally inconsistent, and likely to strain courts, law enforcement, and probation systems by turning a traffic offense into a felony with prison exposure and jury-trial rights. No votes or final actions were taken on the measures in the portion of the meeting provided.

Transcript Highlights:

• Um, when I got a parking ticket in Burlington, Vermont, at the ...
• But every time you get a parking ticket, a speeding ticket, a decision from a land use board, you have
• I don't know if that's the case for a parking ticket, for instance, or a speeding ticket.
• , for instance, or a a parking ticket, for instance, or a speeding<00:57:27.680><c> ticket.
• Um I don't know that speeding ticket.

Committee: House Municipal and County Government

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• advocates, and I would say that the venues are open to monitor that behavior, which is selling scam tickets
• ><00:13:00.560><c> is</c><00:13:00.760><c> selling</c><00:13:01.760><c> scam</c><00:13:02.160><c> tickets
• </c> behavior, which is selling scam tickets behavior, which is selling scam tickets outside<00:13:03.040
• listen to the third reading of the bill. >> H. 512, an act relating to the regulation of the event ticket
• market. >> H. 512, an act relating to the regulation of the event ticket market. >> The question is,

Keywords: 927, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• That's a $700,000 ticket this year. On page six, uh, Absaroka front sheet grass project.
• That's a $700,000 ticket this year. On page six, uh, Absaroka front sheet grass project.
• That's a $700,000 ticket this year. On page six, uh, Absaroka front sheet grass project.
• That's a $700,000 ticket this year. On page six, uh, Absaroka front sheet grass project.
• That's a $700,000 ticket this year. On page six, uh, Absaroka front sheet grass project.

Keywords: 916, all

Transcript Highlights:

• That’s not the ticket to get more applicants. The ticket would be if everybody had to produce it.
• That's<00:29:23.039><c> not</c><00:29:23.200><c> the</c><00:29:23.440><c> ticket</c><00:29:23.840><c>
• to</c><00:29:24.159><c> get</c><00:29:24.320><c> more</c> That's not the ticket to get more That's not
• the ticket to get more applicants.<00:29:25.600><c> The</c><00:29:25.840><c> ticket</c><00:29:26.159

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The Education Funding Committee met in executive session on a bill concerning school meal access and reimbursement. The bill would address local school districts’ responsibility to provide meals during school hours, reimburse schools for meals served at no cost, and make an appropriation. The committee first moved to retain the bill, with supporters saying it was complex, had uncertain fiscal impacts, and should be considered alongside other related meals bills. Opponents argued the committee already had enough information, that the bill served a small number of students at relatively low cost, and that delaying action would harm children who need food to learn. The committee also heard from Tim Roar, a Keene school business administrator and co-designer of the bill, who explained that the proposal was intended to be an opt-in program for districts, with rulemaking to set participation requirements. He said the bill was meant to target aid to students between 175% and 200% of poverty, reduce bad meal debt, and avoid spending taxpayer money on families who could afford to pay. He estimated the state cost at about $250,000 in year one, with local taxpayer costs around $8,500 for Keene, and said some districts already have systems for online applications while others do not. Committee members questioned him about meal debt, online application software costs, and how districts handle students who reach debt limits. Roar said districts still feed students who are hungry, but use other resources and family outreach when meal debt is capped, and he argued that parents should be responsible for providing lunch when they can afford it. Other members pushed back, saying they had seen students go hungry and that teachers sometimes pay for lunches themselves. One member noted the bill would increase eligibility, make it easier to apply, strengthen personal responsibility, and was not a mandate. The discussion ended without a recorded final vote in the excerpt, though the retain motion remained the central action under debate.

Transcript Highlights:

• really helping with enforcement, have done a good job with enforcement, and actually we're seeing less tickets
• really helping with enforcement, have done a good job with enforcement, and actually we're seeing less tickets
• really helping with enforcement, have done a good job with enforcement, and actually we're seeing less tickets
• really helping with enforcement, have done a good job with enforcement, and actually we're seeing less tickets
• And actually we're seeing less tickets.

Committee: Senate Energy and Natural Resources

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• ..move to facial recognition as your way to get into their ball games, and that when you buy your ticket

Committee: House State Affairs

Keywords: 989, all

Transcript Highlights:

• People are getting tickets and things as they drive through.

Committee: House Judiciary

Keywords: 959, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• WE TRIED TO GET THE AVERAGE TICKET VALUE OVER $100 TO TRY TO GET THE CONSUMER TO HAVE A TINCTURE OR HAVE

Transcript Highlights:

• And I know this is something that's gotten some attention already today, which is the proposed 5% surcharge
• So if we were to receive a surcharge, besides the fact that it would violate the federal statute, it
• So if we had a change or a surcharge in that program, it may diminish access to funds to serve those
• I didn't call them out specifically in the surcharge slide.
• and others, and that would be another place that we would be looking for an exemption from that surcharge

Committee: Senate Finance

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• If I knew what the future held, I'd go buy a lottery ticket. I wouldn't be standing here today.

Transcript Highlights:

• I cannot give you a winning lottery ticket, and you sit there and not cash it.

Committee: Senate Senate Finance

Transcript Highlights:

• MAYBE WILL ALLOW THEM TO CROSS AT A 90° ANGLE TO GET FROM ONE SHOULDER TO ANOTHER, DON'T WRITE PEOPLE TICKETS

Keywords: 999, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• /c><00:15:15.600><c> not</c><00:15:15.760><c> a</c><00:15:16.000><c> traffic</c><00:15:16.399><c> ticket
• </c><00:15:16.720><c> to</c><00:15:16.959><c> his</c> or more and not a traffic ticket to his or more
• and not a traffic ticket to his name.<00:15:18.000><c> More</c><00:15:18.320><c> importantly,</c><00
• </c><01:10:34.320><c> for</c><01:10:34.560><c> running</c><01:10:34.719><c> a</c> people who got tickets
• for running a people who got tickets for running a stop<01:10:35.199><c> sign</c><01:10:35.440><c> when

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Friday, June 27, 2025, 1012, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• that I know exactly what's happening on every file any more than a police chief would know every ticket
• that I know exactly what's happening on every file any more than a police chief would know every ticket
• that I know exactly what's happening on every file any more than a police chief would know every ticket
• that I know exactly what's happening on every file any more than a police chief would know every ticket
• Know every ticket that was issued in a given year. It's just not possible to know.

Committee: House Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• By way of volume and budget, we handle 38,000 tickets a month, which is quite significant.
• 48.559><c> and</c> budget uh just by way of like volume and budget uh just by way of like volume and tickets
• tickets tickets 38,000<00:29:50.720><c> uh</c><00:29:51.000><c> tickets</c><00:29:51.440><c> a</c><00
• c> month</c><00:29:52.279><c> uh</c><00:29:52.440><c> which</c><00:29:52.559><c> is</c> 38,000 uh tickets
• a month uh which is 38,000 uh tickets a month uh which is you<00:29:52.840><c> know</c><00:29:53.080

Committee: Senate State and Local Government

Keywords: 1187, senate, all