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TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

S/C on Family & Fiduciary Relationships Apr 7th, 2025

S/C on Family & Fiduciary Relationships

Transcript Highlights:
  • Over 41,000 of those marriages were here in Texas.
  • Uh, those are the stats for Texas. Uh, uh, uh, yes. Oh, those are the stats for Texas.
  • Texas should reassert its place as a leader.
  • I'm from Houston, a water drop in the bucket.
  • after Texas established its minimum age for marriage.
Bills: HB168
TX

Texas 89th Regular

State Affairs (Part II) May 25th, 2025

State Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • This bill simply states that if a vaccine manufacturer chooses to advertise in the state of Texas, they
  • In Texas.
  • bill holds manufacturers accountable, not for making a vaccine, but for advertising in the state of Texas
  • I'm with Texas Constitutional Enforcement and we're in favor of this bill.
  • But, uh, so, but this is a fantastic way for the people of Texas to start reclaiming a little bit of
TX

Texas 89th Regular

State Affairs (Part I) Apr 24th, 2025

State Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • So if Texas had been a state that a future convention gets called, but we weren't one of the applicants
  • Roger Abshire. ...political member of the political science faculty at Texas University.
  • This has been a very common practice among states, including Texas.
  • Okay, hi, Cindy Castillo, Texas Eagle Forum. We're opposed to SJR54.
  • Oglesby both traveled here from northeast Texas. Beautiful Senate District 1.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

State Affairs (Part II) Apr 24th, 2025

State Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • And as this committee is aware, testimony before the Texas Senate is important. It matters.
  • I move that the State I move that the State Affairs Committee of the Senate of the State of Texas, under
  • It's not lightly used, but when the state But when the state of Texas needs testimony from entities,
  • and the state of Texas in this case is the client, those entities cannot lightly refuse testifying before
Summary: The Senate Committee on State Affairs was called to order and a roll call showed most members present, with one absent. The chair explained that the committee had arranged witnesses for a later meeting but had received responses from some parties declining to testify, prompting Senator Bettencourt to offer a written motion for subpoenas. The motion authorized the committee chair, under Senate Rule 11.20, to issue subpoenas to BlackRock, State Street, or other financial services companies affecting Texas public pension investments, along with their subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, employees, agents, or representatives. The subpoenas would require testimony and production of records concerning investment practices, the impact on Texas public pension funds, and any investments intended to further political or social causes. Members discussed the importance of obtaining testimony and the limited but necessary use of subpoena power. The committee then voted, with 10 ayes, no nays, and one absent, to adopt the motion. With no further business, the committee recessed until the call of the chair, planning to return after the local calendar.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

State Affairs (Part III) Apr 24th, 2025

State Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • The common-sense provisions in this bill would go far in protecting the Texas economy and Texas companies
  • Texas is that in Texas access to capital must be based on merit, not ideological conformity.
  • We have proof right here in Texas, in particular, the University of Texas, Texas A&M, companies from
  • We have proof right here in Texas. in particular, the University of Texas, Texas A&N, Right here in Texas
  • economy, to Texas energy, and the Texas retirees.
Summary: The committee heard Senate Bill 945, 946, 2044, 2819, 2403, 2337, and 312, with all bills left pending after testimony. SB 945 would restrict insurance companies from denying or limiting coverage based on oil and gas activity or ESG-related goals, and supporters argued it would protect Texas energy producers from politically motivated shareholder activism and insurance discrimination. SB 946 would bar creditors from using social credit, ESG, DEI, or religious/political affiliation as a basis for denying or limiting credit; witnesses said it would prevent viewpoint-based financial discrimination and protect access to capital for Texas businesses. SB 2337 would require proxy advisory firms to disclose when recommendations are based on non-financial factors or when they give conflicting advice to different clients; supporters said the measure would increase transparency and curb ESG-driven influence over shareholder voting. SB 312 would direct public retirement systems to focus on financial returns rather than social or political objectives, with the author saying the bill responds to activist pressure on pensions and would reinforce fiduciary duty. The committee also took up election and ethics measures. SB 2044 would strengthen electioneering restrictions for publicly funded education institutions and personnel, prohibiting use of official resources to promote political agendas; testimony focused on alleged school district electioneering in bond and tax elections. SB 2819 would prohibit county elections administrators from holding certain officer positions appointed by elected officials, addressing potential conflicts of interest. SB 2403, the Texas Ethics Commission sunset bill, would restructure complaint handling with a three-tier violation system, risk-based complaint prioritization, longer response times, bipartisan preliminary review panels, and expanded hearing options; members discussed amendments aimed at dismissing minor complaints, clarifying categories, and adjusting lobbying and penalty provisions, but the amendments were withdrawn during committee consideration. Across the ESG and finance bills, invited witnesses from the American Energy Institute, Heartland Impact, Consumers Research, ADF Action, Texas Civil Justice League, and related groups generally supported the measures, arguing that banks, insurers, proxy advisors, and asset managers have used ESG or reputational-risk standards to discriminate against energy, agriculture, firearms, and religious organizations. No opposition testimony was presented in the excerpt, and the committee closed public testimony on each bill and left them pending.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Health and Human Services May 20th, 2025

Health & Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • I live in Abilene, Texas.
  • Yeah, I came to Texas when I was seven months pregnant. Why did you come to Texas?
  • As the only program of its kind in Texas, this bill ensures that it can continue to operate and serve
  • I am the Vice President of Public Policy for the Texas Assisted Living Association, testifying in support
  • That was in Texas. This was in Texas. Yes. Yes, ma'am. This was in Texas, and they left.
Summary: The committee met without a quorum at first, then established a quorum with five members present. Members heard and left pending several House bills, including HB 4743 on allowing hospitals to license mobile stroke units under a hospital license, HB 4129 on earlier DFPS enforcement tools for single-source continuum contractors in community-based foster care, HB 4903 creating a Quad Agency Child Care Initiative to coordinate child care regulations across state agencies, HB 3812 revising the gold card/prior authorization process for physicians, HB 4535 requiring written informed consent before COVID-19 vaccination and a standardized state information sheet, and HB 4666 reducing the frequency of some HHSC reports to the legislature. The chair also noted HB 35 would be voted on later after a subcommittee back was received, and that a large number of bills would be heard the next day. Most of the testimony focused on HB 4535 and HB 4730. On HB 4535, supporters argued the bill would strengthen informed consent for COVID vaccination by requiring written consent and clearer state-level information about risks, manufacturer liability protections, and adverse-event reporting; opponents, including a pediatrician and medical groups, said existing federal and state informed-consent materials already cover these topics and warned the bill could create duplicative paperwork and penalties. On HB 3812, the Texas Medical Association supported changes that would extend the gold-card evaluation period to one year, raise transparency, and make prior authorization exemptions easier to administer, while health plans said they were neutral and viewed the bill as a balance between reducing burden and preventing fraud or unsafe care. HB 4730 drew extensive testimony from adoption professionals, birth mothers, adoptive parents, and child welfare advocates. The bill would require DFPS to create a relinquishment form, train child-placing agency staff, and extend the minimum waiting period for voluntary relinquishment from 48 hours to seven days. Supporters of the current law argued the 48-hour period aligns with hospital discharge, allows informed decisions, and helps birth parents and adoptive families begin healing and bonding without pushing children into foster care or creating legal and Medicaid complications. The author said the bill would be revised and that the seven-day provision was a work in progress. No votes were taken on the bills during the meeting; each bill was left pending after public testimony closed.
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Summary: The House convened, completed the roll call, prayer, Pledge of Allegiance, and recognized Eileen Cooper Grubbs as Nurse of the Day. The chamber then took up several procedural items, including second-reading referrals of Senate Joint Resolutions 50, 52, and 53 to Administrative Rules. Speaker Hilbert also announced the House would continue working despite uncertainty about action in the other chamber, and members were told dinner had been ordered for a long day of floor work. On legislation, the House rejected Senate amendments to House Bill 1728 and House Bill 3021 and requested conference on both. It adopted Senate amendments to House Bill 2137, a criminal procedure bill, and then passed the bill. The House also approved a motion by Speaker Hilbert to override the governor’s veto of House Bill 4432, with a recorded vote of 68-15, allowing the bill to become law notwithstanding the governor’s objections. The House then adopted House Concurrent Resolution 1028, which authorizes the House or Senate to modify legislative deadlines for the remainder of the 60th Legislature. Members discussed that the change was intended to keep legislation moving while the Senate was not meeting and to preserve the ability to hear bills and return them between chambers. The resolution passed after a recorded vote of 77-4. Finally, the House suspended certain rules for the rest of the session by a 68-15 vote and recessed until 1 p.m., with a reminder that the rural caucus would meet in Room 206.
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Transcript Highlights:
  • As with any program that we've passed in this body, when programs are successful, and this one has been
  • program at Clinton Nance Elementary.
  • As you know, this bill is the rural district attorney loan repayment assistance program.
  • They have different programs, and we'll make funds available to those programs.
  • Senate Bill 1425 repeals sections of the Health Care Workers and Educators' Assistance Program and the
Summary: The House recognized several visitors and groups during the day, including the Norman North High School Cheer and Stunt Team, a student page, Bartlesville Day at the Capitol, and Leadership Elk City. The chamber then took up a long series of Senate amendments and final passage votes on a wide range of measures, with most amendments adopted without objection and many bills passing by wide margins. Topics included advanced health care directives, the Oklahoma Rural Jobs Act, motor vehicle and insurance changes, food truck fire suppression, foreign adversary land ownership restrictions, plumbing licensing reform, probate procedure, financial institutions, riots, Medicaid, court reporters, public finance, district attorney recruitment incentives, child care, the Oklahoma Brine Development Act, adjunct teachers, workers’ compensation, and other technical or policy updates. Several bills drew substantive debate. The Oklahoma Rural Jobs Act prompted questions about the additional $15 million funding tranche, return on investment, and the use of out-of-state fund managers; supporters said the program had created thousands of jobs and generated strong tax revenue, while opponents criticized the lack of independent ROI data and transparency. House Bill 3500 on probate procedure also drew questions about a nine-month deadline for successor affidavits, with the author saying the change would prevent a “gotcha” that could defeat a decedent’s wishes. House Bill 3660 on natural organic reduction was the subject of extended debate, with supporters arguing for personal freedom and rejecting claims about misuse of the resulting material, while opponents raised concerns about the practice and its regulation. The House passed most measures by comfortable margins, including bills on advanced health care directives, professions and occupations, motor vehicles, Medicaid, insurance, child care, court reporters, public finance, and criminal law. A few measures failed or were reconsidered: Senate Bill 1916 initially failed on a 46-39 vote, but the House later voted to reconsider and then passed it on reconsideration. Several bills also carried emergency clauses, which were adopted where required by two-thirds votes. The session ended with the House still considering debate on House Bill 3660 after the chamber had recessed and returned to order.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Edfin Committee Meeting - 2025-04-28

Education Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • In Section 122A-77, the second renames to be the Educator Tuition Assistance Program. Mr.
  • Section 15 relates to dual language immersion programs.
  • The second column is the program information.
  • Line 14 is for the Minnesota Association of Alternative Programs STARS program.
  • Line 19 shows the reduction to the STAR Base Minnesota program.
Bills: HF1388
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Education Policy Committee 3/18/25

Education Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • site assessment program, the state Superfund program, the federal Superfund program, and the voluntary
  • investigation and cleanup program.
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  • We provide technical assistance.
  • We provide technical assistance.
Bills: HF1124, HF1457, HF1803
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House State Government Finance and Policy Committee 2/26/26

State Government Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • :48.560> this [clears throat] So, this program, this [clears throat] So, this program, this new
  • group insurance program.
  • proposes to build a parallel program with that would be a very costly program as alluded to.
  • proposes to build a parallel program, which would be a very costly program as alluded to.
  • budgets and programs that are provided. budgets and programs that are provided.
Bills: HF3422, HF3461, HF2904
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate Chamber Feb 19th, 2026 at 08:53 am

New Mexico Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • House Bill 200 creates the new homes program within MFA.
  • President, Senator, through a program from the Mortgage Fund.
  • How will people know that the program exists? Mr.
  • Our analysis predicts that there'd be 200 households assisted with... Mr.
  • If I had a deep well, I could raise up the water and store it above.
Bills: SB273, SB37, SB100
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Appropriations and Finance Jan 27th, 2026 at 04:11 pm

House Appropriations & Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • We can go by the programs in Northern.
  • Do we want to be known for our programs here?
  • Do they all have these programs that will...
  • program, whether or not that funding can be used for that program, that very important program that
  • of that program that worked their way up through master's and Ph.D. programs.
Bills: SB37, SB29
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Finance Jan 27th, 2026 at 09:18 am

Senate Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • Programs.
  • training program.
  • So it's a very important program.
  • So we started, and we developed the program; we're administering the program.
  • So really important programs.
Bills: SB37, SB29
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Education Jan 23rd, 2026 at 08:35 am

Senate Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • I was able to be at a place where the woman who ran the whole program talked about how hard it was.
  • Teachers, whether they're in a dual language or bilingual program, or a straight English program, can
  • Early literacy programs have been proven to be so successful.
  • First, we appreciate the bill's clear alignment of educator preparation programs with the science of
  • I saw phonological awareness intentionally taught through research-based programs.
Bills: SB29, SB37
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 3/27/25

Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
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  • business assistance partnership program has<00:03:29.360> been<00:03:29.519> help<00:03
  • I urge you to support House File 1965 and the Small Business Assistance Partnership Program.
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MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Education Finance Committee 3/18/25

Education Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • that they want to develop. law for education innovation programs. law for education innovation programs
  • And it allows for other program.
  • measure of success for our our programs. measure of success for our our programs.
  • would have a website of all the programs would have a website of all the programs that<00:54:12.640
  • Um and and I can creative programs.
Bills: HF630, HF1435, HF1607
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Chamber Meeting Feb 14th, 2026 at 01:49 pm

New Mexico House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • It in no way ends it; it preserves it, whether it's a district program, a charter school, or a program
  • Whether it's a district program, a charter school, or a program within a school. So thank you, Mr.
  • Does the apprenticeship program not have enough money?
  • Speaker, generally, there are 75 certified programs. Mr.
  • Are those facilities similar to qualified residential treatment programs?
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee 3/26/25

Children and Families Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • So I'll kind of run through those. this program is if the data is public or this program is if the data
  • great start compensation program great start compensation program restates<00:23:05.679> existing
  • program and in the medical assistance program.
  • assistance. So, for what that's worth. assistance. So, for what that's worth.
  • There are chemical dependency programs and things that go through SSIS and through other programs.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Capital Investment Committee 3/25/25

Capital Investment

Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:04:38.639> that Development rental assistance that Development rental assistance that
  • <00:10:09.959> rental preserve federally assisted rental preserve federally assisted rental
  • <00:15:51.560> system and uh connected the city water system and uh connected the city water
  • programs.
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