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• And then there's gun storage. You have to surrender your firearms to law enforcement.
• And then there's gun storage. You have to surrender your firearms to law enforcement.
• <00:56:54.160> communities,<00:56:55.200> loss in gun-related communities, loss in
• gun-related communities, loss opportunities,<00:56:56.720> social<00:56:57.119> isolation,<
• We have the increase in finances of gun storage and management.

Keywords: 981, all

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, approved the February 2, 2026 journal, and received committee reports. The Education Committee recommended Senate Bill 19 be amended and sent to the Committee of the Whole with a favorable recommendation, and also recommended confirmation of several appointments, including James JB Holston as Executive Director of the Department of Higher Education and two members of the Private Occupational School Board. The Judiciary Committee recommended Senate Bill 5 be amended and referred to Appropriations with a favorable recommendation. The chamber then moved out of order for resolutions and took up Senate Joint Resolution 7, recognizing February 2026 as Black History Month. The resolution was read at length and included extensive findings on Black history nationally and in Colorado, highlighting figures such as Barney Ford, Clara Brown, early Black legislators, and more recent Black civic and legislative leaders. Senator Exum said there were no additional comments and noted that remarks would be made later in the House. The resolution was adopted on a 33-0 vote, and the current roll call was added as co-sponsors. The Senate also considered Senate Bill 10 on the third-reading consent calendar, a bill clarifying definitions used in agricultural property taxation. It passed unanimously, 33-0. The body then took up Senate Bill 4, which would expand who may petition for an extreme risk protection order. Senator Sullivan and supporters framed it as a public safety measure, while Senator Minority Leader and Senator Zamora Wilson opposed it, arguing it could create administrative burdens, unintended consequences, constitutional concerns, and costs. The debate continued with extended opposition remarks, but the transcript ends before a final vote on SB 4 is shown.

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• ghost gun. ghost gun.
• <02:18:14.880> Gun to register their guns. Gun to register their guns.
• Less than 2% of those guns were surrendered.
• <02:56:57.120> were Less than 2% of those guns were Less than 2% of those guns were surrendered
• . surrendered. surrendered.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Bell Bondsmen in Harris County, they run to the court to surrender the bond.
• Because the bonding company wants to surrender the bond. Right. And are you defense counsel? Yeah.
• that they want to surrender the bond.
• And usually the basis for the surrender is because his client, the defendant, has absconded.
• What we call the ATGOB, the attempt to surrender the surety, or the principle by the surety.

Bills: HB47, HB1552, HB1686, HB1953, HB2151, HB2355, HB2582, HB2697, HB2895, HB3073, HB3418, HB47

Keywords: sexual assault, victim rights, forensic examination, medical care, trauma-informed care, crime victims compensation, evidence retention, child sexual abuse material, child pornography, digital services, reporting requirements, children's protection, sex offender registration, indecent assault, educator-student relationship, criminal justice, legislation, crime victims, compensation fund, information disclosure

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• This bill is all about ensuring timely and efficient processing of annuity contract exchanges and surrenders
• What it does effectively is define the surrender process and create a clear procedure for surrenders.
• Surrender forms must be provided as specified.
• What if, let's say, they get held up, and someone puts a gun in their face and says, "Give me your keys

Bills: HB106, HB144, HB145, HB252, HB1732, HB2221, HB2467, HB2468, HB2517, HB2518, HB2963, HB3016, HB3689, HB3960, HB4386, HB4490, HB4751, HB5247, HJR175, HB2213, HB106, HB144, HB145, HB252

Keywords: HB 106, oil and gas, Railroad Commission of Texas, overhead electrical lines, electrical distribution system, power line maintenance, administrative penalty, Natural Resources Code, oil and gas lease, well operator, energy safety, utility infrastructure, regulatory compliance, cleanup fund, oil and gas regulation and cleanup fund, production safety, leasehold operations, electric utility, distribution poles, inspection

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• Getting guns out of the hands of violent criminals keeps us safer.
• GETTING GUNS OUT OF THE HANDS OF VIOLENT CRIMINALS KEEPS US SAFER.
• stop businesses from selling guns to criminals, cutting the workforce down to two-thirds.
• But I'm trying not to speak like a machine gun anymore; I'm trying to slow down.
• But I'm trying not to speak like a machine gun anymore; I'm trying to slow down.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, September 16, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• . gun. gun.
• I have met many responsible gun owners, and I respect gun ownership, safe gun ownership, and the deep
• and I respect gun ownership, safe owners and I respect gun ownership, safe gun<00:25:16.320> ownership
• shooting and gun violence daily. shooting and gun violence daily.
• that use guns to act out. Um, I think uh that use guns to act out.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• I've definitely heard of the gun buyback programs, but I always thought that those were programs that
• are capable of facilitating a gun are capable of facilitating a gun buyback<02:25:01.480> program
• If they choose to operate a gun buyback. Candidly, the research that I...
• enforcement agency operates a gun enforcement agency operates a gun buyback. buyback. buyback.
• will be destroyed or are surrendered will be destroyed or made<02:28:49.800> permanent.

Keywords: Senate streaming session for Tuesday, March 10, 2026, 960, senate, all

Summary: The Senate convened on March 10, 2026, established a quorum, and began with an invocation by Reverend Damien Flowers, which was journalized without objection. The chamber then recognized several guests and honorees, including Dr. Courtney Glickman for being named 2025 Play Therapist of the Year, Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Dr. Sonja B. Santelises for her leadership of Baltimore City Public Schools, students shadowing legislators, Navy Alliance representatives, the Maryland Alliance for Advocacy for Sickle Cell, and Ms. Kimberly Body for her lupus advocacy. The Senate also journalized prior remarks about the 6888 regiment. The Finance Committee report then moved several bills forward. Senate Bill 348 would allow hospitals and freestanding birthing centers to contact, rather than only call, patients after high-risk pregnancies; its amendments were adopted and the bill was ordered to third reading. Senate Bill 390 on Wicomico County liquor licenses was laid over under the rule. Senate Bill 492, addressing massage therapy advertising and prohibiting misleading sexual-service advertising, was amended and sent to third reading. Senate Bill 562, concerning pharmacist-prescriber agreements for opioid use disorder treatment, was amended and advanced. Senate Bill 773 would let pharmacists order certain vaccines, including intranasal flu vaccines, for self-administration and was advanced without amendment. Senate Bill 53, on Maryland Port Administration land acquisition notice in Anne Arundel County, was amended and advanced. Senate Bill 428 would bar cost-sharing for collaborative care model services under Medicaid and private coverage and was advanced without amendment. Senate Bill 473 would require human trafficking awareness training for for-hire and transportation network drivers; its amendments were adopted and it was sent to third reading. Senate Bill 585 would shift administration of the human relevant research fund from Health to Agriculture and was advanced. Senate Bill 606, the Easy Pass Commuter Fairness and Transparency Act, would require an MDTA report on commuter plans and unused trips; its amendment was moved as the transcript ended. During debate on Senate Bill 917, which would expand the definition of audiology practice to include certain screenings and non-radiographic imaging, a senator questioned whether the bill would make Maryland the only state restricting a health occupation from performing Medicare-required screenings. The floor leader said the committee had heard that claim in testimony but had not verified it, and the senator moved to special order the bill for amendment, which was granted without objection. Most other bills were reported favorably, with committee amendments adopted without objection and several bills ordered printed for third reading.

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• stores, gun shops that choose to gun stores, gun shops that choose to gun stores, gun shops that choose
• In order for the gun stores, and I've referred to the gun stores, and I've referred to the gun stores
• their gun or is it a combin they bring their gun or is it a combin they bring their gun or is it a combin
• This would simply say that gun back. This would simply say that gun back.
• Are we holding gun shop owners liable presently holding gun shop owners liable presently holding gun

Bills: HJR 4, HJR 6, HB 195, HB 13, HB 143, HB 135

Keywords: occupation tax, securities, financial regulation, tax exemption, legislative amendment, capital gains tax, realized gains, unrealized gains, investment income, asset sale, capital assets, wealth tax, estate tax, trust tax, tax limitation, constitutional amendment, Texas Constitution, Article VIII, property tax, sales tax

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• <00:23:09.600> gun like you do that responsible gun gun like you do that responsible gun gun
• . guns. guns.
• . guns. guns.
• Will we use our power to do something about gun violence, or will we surrender to its inevitability?
• Do you believe we can prevent gun violence, or that we should surrender to its inevitability?

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: The House took up a motion to suspend the rules so House File 5140 could be recalled from committee, given second and third readings, and placed on passage. Representative Long and Representative Greenman argued the bill was an urgent, comprehensive gun violence prevention package that had already passed the Senate and should be acted on immediately in response to recent shootings, including Annunciation School, Burnsville, and Accent Signage. They said families, students, survivors, doctors, and community members had been pressing legislators to act, and Greenman described the bill as including mental health, intervention, anonymous threat reporting, bans on weapons of war, ghost guns, and binary triggers. Representative Heintzeman opposed the urgency motion and focused on specific bill language, arguing that parts of the proposal were unclear or overly broad. He questioned whether the language on protruding grips would effectively ban all handguns, whether the penalties section could turn lawful gun owners into felons for possessing multiple noncompliant items, and whether the firearms assembly language could criminalize routine cleaning and reassembly of guns. He said these issues should have been addressed in committee and argued members needed clearer answers before voting on urgency. Greenman responded that the language was intended to target additional protruding grips, not ordinary handgun grips, and said she was willing to adopt an amendment to clarify that point. On the penalties and assembly questions, she said the bill was aimed at certifying existing weapons, banning ghost guns, and preventing harm, and repeatedly urged members to vote for the urgency motion so the full bill could be considered. The exchange remained focused on the motion to suspend the rules and on the substance of the gun violence prevention package; no final vote or other action is shown in the transcript excerpt.

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• Um, we have had a rise in gun violence.
• Um we have had a rise in<01:15:40.560> gun<01:15:40.800> violence.
• I know in Louisville um in gun violence.
• We shall never surrender until in God's good time, the new world with all of its power and might steps
• :02.320> God's<01:33:02.800> good never surrender until in God's good never surrender until

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The Senate convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, roll call, and a declared quorum. The chamber excused an absent senator, approved the prior journal, received House communication that the House had passed HB 168, 185, 249, and 455 and requested concurrence, and heard committee reports advancing SB 37 and SB 214 from Agriculture, SB 157 and SB 189 with a committee substitute from Banking and Insurance, and SJR 54 with a committee substitute from Families and Children. The Senate also introduced SB 226 on pre-need burial contracts and SR 113 honoring Robert Connley Young. The main floor debate centered on SB 101, an act relating to children, which would require a mandatory 12-month expulsion for students in grades 6-12 who assault a school employee, with exceptions for certain students with disabilities under an IEP and for incidents involving provocation by a school employee. The bill also creates a mandatory reporting requirement for assaults and penalties for intentionally failing to report them. The sponsor argued the measure responds to widespread, underreported assaults on teachers, citing 25,000 reported incidents since 2021 and sharing testimony from a teacher whose career ended after repeated assaults. Supporters said the bill would improve school safety, accountability, and classroom control, while opponents argued it is too harsh for children, could permanently remove students from school, and should leave more discretion to principals and districts. After debate, the Senate adopted Senate Committee Substitute 1 for SB 101 and then proceeded to final passage. Several senators spoke for and against the bill during roll-call explanation, with supporters emphasizing teacher safety, parental responsibility, and consequences for repeat offenders, and opponents warning about lost educational opportunities and the need for second chances. The transcript cuts off during the roll call, but the chamber had already adopted the committee substitute and moved to vote on SB 101 as amended.

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• of a person charged with a the surrender of a person charged with a crime<02:20:13.920> the<02
• so that statute currently surrendered so that statute currently exists<02:20:30.960> in<02:20
• Puerto Rico tried to extradite the individual back to Puerto Rico, the state refused to surrender them
• It indicates that there is a report as to whether he ought to be surrendered or not, I suppose.
• Is that... surrendered surrended or not I suppose surrendered surrended or not I suppose is<02:30:45.880

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• <01:03:31.200> I<01:03:31.359> do himself with the stepfather's gun.
• I do himself with the stepfather's gun.
• Uh, and our agenda that day will focus on reducing gun violence.
• Uh, and our agenda that day will focus on reducing gun violence.
• Uh, and our agenda that day will focus on reducing gun violence.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• These young innovators have tackled critical issues ranging from mental health and gun violence to climate
• of an offense involving family violence or a person who is the subject of a protective order to surrender
• Creation of criminal offenses concerning firearms sales at gun shows for of the Committee on Homeland

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• We want to ride to the sounds of the guns. That's what you want your military people to be.
• <01:03:42.960> some<01:03:43.200> of anyone signs up, they surrender some of anyone
• signs up, they surrender some of their<01:03:43.520> personal<01:03:43.920> sovereignty.
• We want to ride to the sounds<01:04:20.079> of<01:04:20.160> the<01:04:20.400> guns.
• That's what you want sounds of the guns.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Found one of their dad's gun was playing back and forth with it.
• Didn't have any concept of that weapon or that gun.

Bills: HB3312, HB3700, HB2981, HB2961, HB3016, HB4478, HB4326, HB3025, HB3710

Keywords: firearm safety, public schools, education policy, student safety, gun control, opt-out option, grading system, student assessment, academic integrity, state funding, opinion conduct, open meetings, school boards, transparency, public access, education governance, HB2961, TSgt Marshal Dakota Roberts Gold Star Survivor Act, Gold Star family, Gold Star recipient

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• Before I was ever taught to shoot again, I was taught how to get bullets out of a gun.
• So, I think, should a child walk up onto a gun, they might just be part of it.

Bills: HB1937, HB2210, HB2398, HB3021, HB3129, HB3312, HB3557, HB4358

Keywords: HB1937, Oklahoma schools, student communications, electronic communication, digital communication, parent notification, legal guardian, school personnel, teachers, coaches, administrators, charter schools, public schools, administrative leave, corroborated report, investigation, employee file, discipline, termination, school board

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• And we've had incidents throughout the entire state where there are so many guns on campuses and kids
• And we've had incidents throughout the entire state where there are so many guns on campuses and kids
• And if I might say, most of these killings are done by guns that are not bought legally. >> Right. >>
• <00:09:43.040> that<00:09:43.200> are these killings are done by guns that are these
• killings are done by guns that are not<00:09:43.519> bought<00:09:43.839> legally.

Bills: HB187, HB98, HB360, HB394, HB398, HB388, HB187, HB98, HB360, HB394, HB398, HB388

Keywords: school safety, emergency response, training, public safety, Alyssa's Law, law enforcement, scholarship, tuition assistance, dependent education, Alabama, blackout license plate, HB360, Second Amendment Sales Tax Holiday, sales tax holiday, firearms, guns, ammunition, bullets, primers, gun accessories

Bills: SB5, SB11, SB12, SB41, SB43, SB49, SB5, SB11, SB12

Keywords: hemp regulation, consumable products, cannabinoids, occupational licenses, criminal offenses, SB 11, Texas attorney general, election crimes, election law enforcement, criminal prosecution, Election Code, Government Code Chapter 402, local prosecutors, county attorney, district attorney, grand jury, probable cause reports, state election offenses, voter fraud, election integrity

Bills: SB 18, SB 34, SB82, SB1807, SB2254, HB119, HB130, HB581, HJR98, SB1988

Keywords: Texas Water Code, TCEQ, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, water permit, water appropriation, dam permit exemption, reservoir, flood control, floodwater control, erosion control, sediment control, watershed protection, flood prevention, Natural Resources Conservation Service, NRCS, USDA, local sponsor, district, authority, water infrastructure

Transcript Highlights:

• My child has been brutally killed and gunned down. This is a serious matter.
• If you committed a crime with a gun, you would be... ...with a gun, you would be held depending on what
• His brother got killed from gun violence, and his mama was battling with some counseling issues.
• We've seized 157 illegal guns, and we've made 44 drug arrests.
• We just limited it to just the FFL's (Federal Firearm Licensed) dealers—gun shop owners.

Keywords: 1136, house, all