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Texas 89th Regular

State Affairs Apr 25th, 2025

State Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • Flag Code. Which of the 27 versions is the correct one? Because under the U.S.
  • Flag Code, all 27 versions of any flag that is ever actively flown in the United States is an active
  • Flag Code, is the one that can make any changes to how U.S. flags are displayed. Thank you.
  • Tennessee, Utah, West Virginia, Wyoming, Iowa, North Dakota, Alabama, and Nebraska.
  • Your policies are in your school district code. This is what the state law says about them.
Bills: HB229 , HB229 , HB3990 , HB5082 , HB5510
Committee: House State Affairs
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Texas 89th Regular

89th Legislative Session Apr 28th, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • number 102 by Harris, urging Congress to preserve sections 45U, 45Y, and 48E of the Internal Revenue Code
  • just moves the removal of the redundant appeals process of the orders to cease from the government code
  • to the transportation code.
  • In property code, there are deadlines to file mechanics' liens.
  • Currently, the insurance code... Indemnity agreements with listed exceptions.
Bills: HJR98 , HJR8 , HJR133 , HB23 , HB33 , HB144 , HB 109 , HB 103 , HB148 , HB3809 , HB1686 , HB2217 , HB2156 , HB220 , HB2421 , HB2363 , HB3773 , HB421 , HB2584 , HB2615 , HB2455 , HB3711 , HB2559 , HB3747 , HB2775 , HB2886 , HB3126 , HB3666 , HB3595 , HB3260 , HB3506 , HB1638 , HB3376 , HB3826 , HB3628 , HB1349 , HB3770 , HB1831 , HB1762 , HB2614 , HB3113 , HB267 , HB322 , HB431 , HB869 , HB 1203 , HB 1201 , HB 1244 , HB1875 , HB1950 , HB2152 , HB2290 , HB2341 , HB2436 , HB2809 , HB2856 , HB3012 , HB2954 , HCR56 , HCR102 , HB 107 , HB1587 , HB3684 , HB658 , HJR99 , HB1399 , HJR5 , HJR2 , HJR6 , HJR31 , HB1971 , SJR3 , HB1775 , HJR72 , HB502 , HB3109 , HJR98 , HJR8 , HJR133 , HB 118 , HB388 , HB 114 , HB205 , HB2789 , HB2791 , HB499 , HB2960 , HB3163 , HB3135 , HB2427 , HB1618 , HB1672 , HB1722 , HB1338 , HB787 , HB2618 , HB879 , HB 1126 , HB4134 , HB3513 , HB718 , HB1536 , HB1445 , HB1640 , HB1893 , HB1734 , HB3229 , HB3306 , HB 1276 , HB3272 , HB3276 , HB3516 , HB4145 , HB1585 , HB4810 , HB2989 , HB2558 , HB3014 , HB2742 , HB1695 , HB23 , HB33 , HB144 , HB 109 , HB 103 , HB148 , HB3809 , HB1686 , HB2217 , HB2156 , HB220 , HB2421 , HB2363 , HB3773 , HB421 , HB2584 , HB2615 , HB2455 , HB3711 , HB2559 , HB3747 , HB2775 , HB2886 , HB3126 , HB3666 , HB3595 , HB3260 , HB3506 , HB1638 , HB3376 , HB3826 , HB3628 , HB1349 , HB3770 , HB1831 , HB1762 , HB2614 , HB3113 , HB267 , HB322 , HB431 , HB869 , HB 1203 , HB 1201 , HB 1244 , HB1875 , HB1950 , HB2152 , HB2290 , HB2341 , HB2436 , HB2809 , HB2856 , HB3012 , HB2954 , HCR56 , HCR102
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Texas 89th Regular

Pensions, Investments & Financial Services May 12th, 2025

Pensions, Investments & Financial Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • notes or short-term versions of bonds, and so they aren't covered under the same section of the tax code
  • Those are all under the Local Government Code 271.056, 1, 2, and 3, and it provides a fourth...
Bills: SB512 , SB1024
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Texas 89th Regular

Criminal Jurisprudence May 13th, 2025

Criminal Jurisprudence

Transcript Highlights:
  • Specifically, it amends Sections 22.01(c) and (d) of the Penal Code to raise the classification of assault
  • This bill also expands Section 38.15 of the Penal Code, which pertains to interference with public duties
  • However, there is a current legal conflict in statute, Section 411.164 of the Government Code.
  • Meanwhile, in Code of Criminal Procedure Article 39.14, which relates to discovery, a pro se defendant
  • Senate Bill 1372 resolves this statutory inconsistency by striking the defendant from Government Code
Summary: The Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence met with a quorum and heard a series of Senate bills, generally receiving sponsor explanations and, in most cases, no public testimony. SB 2595 would create a Class B misdemeanor for harassing, threatening, or intimidating someone while intentionally concealing identity with a mask, with broad affirmative defenses for legitimate mask use; SB 1980 would increase penalties for assaulting peace officers, parole officers, and community supervision officers and add related presumptions and interference protections; and SB 1896 would require magistrates to issue emergency protective orders in certain family violence, sexual assault, stalking, and aggravated cases, with law enforcement required to provide needed information. All three were left pending. The committee also heard SB 955, which increases trafficking of persons from a second-degree to a first-degree felony when the victim was recruited from a correctional facility, and SB 614, which would let the Texas Forensic Science Commission refer dismissed complaints to the Office of Capital and Forensic Writs when they reference a prior FSC report; both were left pending. Members then heard several forensic and criminal procedure bills. SB 1372 would resolve a discovery/access conflict involving the DPS crime lab portal by limiting portal access to defense attorneys rather than defendants directly, prompting questions from members about access for pro se defendants; DPS’s chief crime lab witness testified neutrally. SB 1936 would change the LSD “abuse unit” definition for unmarked/unperforated paper from a square-measurement method to a 10-milligram weight standard, and SB 1937 would require a subject matter expert from the testing lab to participate in pretrial meetings in capital cases involving biological evidence to help identify viable testing and conserve resources. SB 2580 would lower the population threshold for sheriff’s departments to independently use tracking equipment and access certain communications from 3.3 million to 500,000, expanding the authority beyond Harris County; it was described as a public safety and emergency response measure and left pending. The committee also considered SB 2798, which would extend the statute of limitations for certain financial crimes from three years to seven years, with testimony from a Montgomery County assistant district attorney supporting the change because fraud is often discovered late. SB 1099 would increase penalties for felony offenses committed by undocumented or unauthorized aliens, but drew strong opposition from the Texas Civil Rights Project, which argued immigration is a federal matter and that the bill would create difficult and potentially unfair status determinations for local courts; members raised concerns about the lack of an expert-testimony requirement. SB 1278 would create an affirmative defense to prostitution prosecution for trafficking victims compelled by their traffickers to commit the conduct, and testimony from advocates and a member’s personal account emphasized the coercive, traumatic nature of trafficking; members discussed whether the defense should be narrower or framed as mitigation, and the bill was left pending. Finally, SB 127 would extend the statute of limitations for failure to report or conceal child abuse, with members discussing mandatory reporting duties and the need to allow more time for delayed discovery of cover-ups; it too was left pending before the committee adjourned.
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Texas 89th Regular

Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Apr 30th, 2025

Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence

Transcript Highlights:
  • If you would supplement your testimony with the indication so I can go look at the code to see that you
  • The bill will amend the Government Code and the Family Code.
  • and identified the following code.
  • All this is doing is simply trying to eliminate an unused and unnecessary code.
  • It's actually almost essentially the whole code has been eliminated except for one...
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Texas 89th Regular

Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs Apr 9th, 2025

Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • California, Colorado, Georgia, Hawaii, Iowa, Louisiana.
  • Chapter 32 of Texas Penal Code corruption has chapter 36.
  • error code: 520 Aye. Lauderback? Aye. Hoffman? Holt? Aye. Pierson? Aye. Heckland 9-2.
  • Okay, because you were quoting the Texas penal code, am I correct? Yes, sir.
  • Okay, Texas penal code 2205, it talks about the deadly conduct.
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Texas 89th Regular

Ways & Means Apr 7th, 2025

Ways & Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • We target areas that are in real need, specifically two zip codes.
  • House Bill 2508 is a narrowly focused bill that would update the tax code to require an exemption from
  • Then I applied for property tax relief under Texas Tax Code, Chapter 11, Section 11A.
  • respectfully and with all my heart to support House Bill 2508 and close this painful loophole in our tax code
  • Members, House Bill 4044 amends Chapter 172 of the tax code to reauthorize the participation of institutions
Committee: House Ways & Means
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  • Reshapes Chapter 37 in our education code, I want to make certain that we have different perspectives
  • Offenses is what we focus on, and we can look to that code and make sure that it's violent offenses.
  • I fully support the ability of teachers under current Texas Education Code 37.002 to formally remove
  • So in the code, there's no length of time for the committee.
  • We had protocols, we had student codes.
Summary: The committee heard a series of school safety and discipline bills, beginning with SB 870, which would codify an attorney general opinion allowing local school boards to decide whether school marshals may openly carry, conceal carry, or store a firearm in a secure safe on campus. The bill was laid out with no public testimony and left pending. The chair then moved to a combined discussion of SB 1871, 1872, 1873, 1874, and 1924, all focused on school discipline, teacher authority, and student safety. Senators Perry and Creighton described the package as a response to rising classroom disruptions, assaults on teachers, and concerns that districts lack effective tools to maintain order. SB 1871 would expand teacher removal authority, require return-to-class plans before a student removed for certain conduct can return, make some serious offenses mandatory for placement in juvenile justice settings, and provide telehealth mental health services through a consortium. SB 1872 would require expulsion to a JJAEP for assaults on teachers or school volunteers and extend certain expulsion-eligible conduct to off-campus offenses. SB 1873 would restore the prior understanding that in-school suspension is not subject to a three-day limit. SB 1874 would grant teachers immunity from disciplinary action for reporting discipline violations or acting in compliance with Chapter 37. SB 1924 would restore authority for local police and school district police to issue Class C citations for school offenses and require criminal referrals for students posing an imminent threat or assaulting a teacher, with a substitute clarifying referral rules when a citation has already been issued. The committee adopted the substitutes for the bills and moved them forward. Invited witnesses from teacher and administrator groups largely supported the overall goal of stronger discipline and safer classrooms, while asking for refinements. The Texas Classroom Teachers Association testified that teachers need more autonomy to remove disruptive or violent students and that classroom removals should not mean removal from learning. Superintendents from San Angelo, Grandview, and Wiley ISDs supported the bills’ emphasis on safety, expanded ISS flexibility, mandatory placement for serious offenses, and telehealth mental health services, but asked for more local control, flexibility for Districts of Innovation, more than one campus behavior coordinator in large districts, clearer timelines for return-to-class plans, and more precise definitions for disruptive conduct. Several witnesses stressed that teacher retention and student learning are being harmed by current discipline problems, while some members raised concerns about vague standards and the risk of overuse or public humiliation through citations and removals.
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Transcript Highlights:
  • administrative fee for non-real-property loans and secondary mortgage loans in an amount set by the Finance Code
  • administrative fee for non real property loans and secondary mortgage loans and amount set by the finance code
  • or by the Finance Commission rule for each fee collected The Finance Code or by the Finance Commission
Committee: Senate Finance
Summary: The committee heard Senator Flores lay out the committee substitute for HB 2894, which would expand state reimbursement eligibility for local governments disproportionately affected by the disabled veterans homestead exemption. Flores said the bill would add certain municipalities in Bell, Coryell, and Lampasas counties if lost ad valorem tax revenue equals or exceeds 10% of general revenue, while existing recipients would remain under the current 2% threshold. Lampasas and Bell County officials and the City of Killeen testified in support, describing significant revenue losses and urging adequate funding. One witness, Howard Avery, argued any reimbursement should be counted as property tax revenue for voter-approval rate purposes to avoid a windfall. The committee later adopted the substitute and reported the bill favorably, with one nay. The committee also heard SB 782, which would create a temporary severance tax exemption for restimulated inactive oil and gas wells, intended to encourage investment in mature wells. The Comptroller explained the revised fiscal note as effectively zero because the wells are currently marginal and not generating meaningful tax revenue, while industry witnesses said the bill could extend well life, support local economies, and reduce orphan-well liabilities. Public testimony was supportive, and the bill was left pending. Members then heard HB 3033, a DPS-related grant program funded by voluntary $3 donations on driver’s license and ID applications to support nonprofits aiding injured or fallen DPS officers and their families, including memorial highway signs. The DPS Officers Association supported the bill, citing existing foundation assistance and the need for a steady funding stream. The committee later reported the bill favorably. The committee also considered SB 524, which would permanently extend the franchise tax and fee exemption for qualifying veteran-owned businesses for their first five years; testimony from a veteran business owner and veterans advocates supported the measure, and the committee adopted the substitute and reported it favorably. Additional measures were laid out and left pending or voted out: HB 3594, a local San Antonio retiree health care fund bill with agreed changes for contributions, spouse benefits, and remarriage rules, was supported by stakeholders and reported favorably; HB 4738 would repeal small administrative fees tied to certain loans and was reported favorably; HB 42 on HEAF funding and HB 5246 on the Texas Space Commission were heard and left pending. The committee also reported HB 3474, a cleanup bill for the Pension Review Board’s investment performance review schedule, and HB 2802, the Austin firefighter retirement fund bill, both favorably. Finally, the committee took up HB 1056, which would allow gold and silver held in the Texas Bullion Depository to function as legal tender through debit-card transactions. Supporters framed it as a way to use hard assets and expand financial options, while bankers and some senators raised major operational, consumer-protection, tax, and constitutional questions; the bill remained under discussion as testimony began.
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Texas 89th Regular

Criminal Jurisprudence May 6th, 2025

Criminal Jurisprudence

Transcript Highlights:
  • Like, we're changing the code of criminal procedure that has evidentiary effect or.
  • However, this change in the Code of Criminal Procedure was not placed in the Texas Family Code as a result
  • However, there is language in the Government Code in Chapter 56.
  • So, all this bill does is incorporate that language from the Government Code into the Code of Criminal
  • So those three exceptions are already in, as I say, in the Government Code.
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Texas 89th Regular

Criminal Jurisprudence Apr 29th, 2025

Criminal Jurisprudence

Transcript Highlights:
  • However, the Code of Criminal Procedure does not currently address this issue. require the trial court
  • The Code of Criminal Procedure sets out no limitations on a court's authority to grant or declare a mistrial
  • Is it in the code?
  • House Bill 3206 amends Article 35.23 of the Code of Criminal Procedure to modify jury sequestration practices
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Texas 89th Regular

Criminal Jurisprudence Apr 29th, 2025

Criminal Jurisprudence

Transcript Highlights:
  • Title V, Chapter 103 of the Civil Practice and Remedies Code, titled Compensation to Persons Wrongfully
  • There's already a provision in the business code that requires people that post arrest information to
  • been ordered to expunge, but you can't prove it, if we made, if we change the business and commerce code
  • This bill would allow this finding to be entered under any Penal Code offense.
  • the victims. ...financial crimes against the victims, and these are also in Title VII of the Penal Code
Summary: The Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence reconvened with a quorum present and announced it would likely not vote that night because of confusion over the bill list; members were told a definitive list would be circulated the next morning and a formal meeting would be scheduled later. The chair then heard a series of bills, generally taking testimony and leaving each pending without action. House Bill 1847 would set maximum caseload standards for private attorneys handling indigent criminal appointments through the Texas Indigent Defense Commission; House Bill 2417 would expand compensation eligibility for some wrongfully imprisoned people; House Bill 2813 would require earlier and more specific victim notice of scheduled court proceedings; and House Bill 2309 would expand state and local authority in certain civil asset forfeiture cases involving human trafficking, health care fraud, and organized crime. Each bill was laid out by its author or a member, with no opposition witnesses registered, and each was left pending. The committee also heard House Bill 4733, which would require sealing records for people acquitted of charges when they were not convicted on the related allegation; House Bill 2328, which would modernize expunction service by encouraging electronic notice, setting a standardized fee when electronic service is unavailable, extending clerk retention of expunction orders, and preserving certain mental health commitment orders; and House Bill 115, which would revise Texas’s “junk science” post-conviction writ law by providing counsel, changing the relief standard, requiring written decisions, and easing procedural barriers. Testimony on HB 2328 was mixed: county clerks supported the bill as a cost-saving modernization, while legal advocates warned that permanent retention of expunction orders could undermine true expunction and create privacy risks. HB 115 drew support from innocence and defense organizations, with some concern about a provision affecting subsequent writs. All were left pending after testimony. Later, the committee heard House Bill 2046, which would allow affirmative family-violence findings for any Penal Code offense rather than only Title V offenses; testimony from a Dallas County prosecutor and a committee member emphasized that family violence can involve arson, burglary, fraud, and other non-Title V conduct, and the bill was left pending. House Bill 1765 would tighten restrictions on no-knock warrants by requiring higher-level approval, judicial review, and identifiable officers; members discussed the dangers highlighted by the Harding Street raid and similar incidents, and the bill was also left pending. The meeting ended with the chair noting that some bills had been removed from the agenda at the author’s request and that members should be prepared to finalize the vote list the next day.
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Texas 89th Regular

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

S/C on Family & Fiduciary Relationships

Transcript Highlights:
  • The Family Code, as written, delegates to judges to rule, rebut presumptions.
  • The bigger concern, though, was subsection C, which is the good code...
  • The consequence is it's still excluded because there's another section under the Family Code?
  • So at the adversarial hearing, the code requires that they be told that the court...
  • Code, maybe other than parental consent on the abortion side. But this would be the first.
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Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Mar 26th, 2025

Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence

Transcript Highlights:
  • So I think the government code sort of delineates a lot of these situations and other pieces of the code
  • I'd rather us map what the government code has already thoughtfully done here.
  • If the government code already requires...
  • This is an extension, as I understand it, for three very specific parts of the code.
  • The first one, the building code, I think it was in the health and safety code or somewhere odd.
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Texas 89th Regular

Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Mar 26th, 2025

Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence

Transcript Highlights:
  • We have a provision in Chapter 311 of the Government Code called the Code of Construction Act that sets
  • House Bill 113 amends the Code of Construction Act and the construction of laws provisions to ensure
  • What code and what section of code would you amend to give them a better look at somebody before we just
  • With a health and safety code.
  • Chapter 752 of the Health and Safety Code was established more than 30 years ago, 36 years ago.