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• This bill closes a loophole in the current victim notification process that does not require the proper
• , timely notification of scheduled Victim notification process that does not require the proper, timely
• notification of scheduled court proceedings.
• if the court finds that justice requires it.
• if the court finds that justice requires it.

Bills: HB115 , HB 115 , HB507 , HB1765 , HB1847 , HB2046 , HB2239 , HB2328 , HB2309 , HB2417 , HB2728 , HB2794 , HB3206 , HB3566 , HB3694 , HB3744 , HB4254 , HB4697 , HB4733 , HB4915 , HB5465 , HB2813

Committee: House Criminal Jurisprudence

Keywords: public funds, lobbying, political subdivision, government spending, transparency, HB 115, taxpayer-funded lobbying, local government lobbying, county association dues, municipal lobbying, lobbyist registration, Chapter 305, Government Code Section 556.0056, Local Government Code Section 89.002, county government, city government, injunctive relief, attorney's fees, state association of counties, sheriffs association

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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• The local boards of education are not required to spend their own funds to display the requirements.
• The key content of the sex education bill requires parent or guardian notification 14 days prior to any
• This bill would now require that the juvenile court provide written notification to the superintendent
• But this would just require that there be notification. just require that there be notification to the
• He said there were too many mandates and requirements that we could not be requirements that we could

Bills: SB166 , HB365 , HB272 , HB232 , HB234 , SB278 , SB277

Committee: Senate Education Policy

Keywords: Ten Commandments, public education, displays, funding, Alabama law, STEM, science education, technology education, engineering education, math education, workforce development, career pathways, Alabama STEM Council, Department of Workforce, education policy, higher education, community colleges, K-12 education, teacher pipeline, STEM careers

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• Local schools must have some latitude in their eligibility requirements now with their students.
• I would say it would be the same this way. ...eligibility requirements now with their students, I would
• And yes, the homeschoolers have to live up to whatever the requirements are.
• My only requirement is that you sign your name and date it. And I let kids read it.
• My only requirement is that you sign your name and date it, so when I'm 75 years old, I can look and

Bills: HB4491 , HB3240 , HB4146 , HB4158 , HB4159 , HB3718

Committee: House A&B Education Subcommittee

Keywords: extracurricular activities, charter schools, student eligibility, virtual education, Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association, prayer, religious freedom, public schools, consent, First Amendment, school policy, paid maternity leave, school employees, public health, childcare, work-life balance, education, family leave, tuition, grant

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• Alabama 811 is the state's one-call notification system. So, you dial 811 before you dig.
• So it's required of any sort of excavation, commercial excavation, construction.
• So it's required of any sort of excavation, commercial excavation, construction.
• So it's required of any sort of excavation, commercial excavation, construction.
• </c> clarifies that this law does not require clarifies that this law does not require any<00:14:20.800

Bills: SB205 , SB222 , SB205 , SB222

Committee: Senate Transportation and Energy

Keywords: appropriation, education funding, priority schools, Alabama education, State Department of Education, medical clinic board, clinic board, hospital bankruptcy, Chapter 11, bankruptcy, debt restructuring, municipal indebtedness, municipal bankruptcy, health care provider, acute care hospital, lease property, board immunity, director liability, civil liability, healthcare finance

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• by requiring legislators to opt in before receiving notice from TCEQ.
• Whereas the introduced version is... a blanket application requirement.
• Those requirements mandate that all risers have secondary restraints under them.
• Even though you don't have to get a permit, the statute requires, and the laws require, the rules require
• Currently, the law does not require the TCEQ to conduct periodical assessments.

Bills: HB456 , HB482 , HB1463 , HB1682 , HB1949 , HB5549 , SB763

Committee: House Environmental Regulation

Keywords: translation, environmental quality, complaints, accessibility, multilingual, TCEQ, environmental justice, environmental complaints, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, language access, public information, Texas Commission, multilingual access, administrative actions, environmental regulations, state representatives, state senators, penalty notice, Water Code, legislative notification

Bills: SB1265 , SB1198 , SB2046 , SB1415 , SB1714 , SB1962 , SB26 , SB172 , SB260 , SB264 , SB1525 , SB1332 , SB1998 , SB1378 , SB1771 , SB1919 , SB2018 , SB1936 , SB1612 , SB1543 , SB1260 , SB1988 , SB1859 , SB2041 , SB1257 , SB1726 , SB1236 , SB1633 , SB1413 , SB1317 , SB1360 , SB1342 , SB1477 , SB1189 , SB1546 , SB1524 , SB1338 , SB1193 , SB1812 , SB1617 , SB1638 , SB504 , SB2072 , SB1283 , SB1216 , SB1655 , SB2011 , SB1643 , SB1446 , SB1256 , SB1258 , SB1441 , SB1224 , SB1448 , SB1496 , SB1597 , SB1621 , SB1827 , SB2066 , SB2104

Keywords: municipal ordinances, local government, ordinance publication, posting requirement, public notice, municipal law, city ordinances, town ordinances, county government, newspaper publication, effective date, Oklahoma statutes, 11 O.S. 14-106, ordinance notice, government oversight, healthcare authority, property lien, county treasury, Oklahoma, municipalities

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• Less than two years of English language learning or students that are on IEPs where they are not required

Bills: HB1675 , HB3242 , HB1739 , HB3320 , HB3047 , HB4434 , HJR1089 , HB4432 , HB3718 , HB3705 , SR43 , HB1933 , HB4248 , SB1847 , SB1778 , HJR1086 , HB3001 , HB3002 , HB3003 , HB3004 , HB3005 , HB3007 , HB3008 , HB1590 , HB1242 , HB3818 , HB4305 , HB1979 , HB1225 , HB3931 , HB4454 , HB3849 , HB1746 , HB3720 , HB4275 , HB4300 , HB3586 , HB2268 , HB3755 , HB4117 , HB4294 , HB3650 , HB4298 , HB3270 , HB3145 , HB3056

Keywords: emergency management, severe weather, youth camp, summer camp, overnight camp, day camp, outdoor education, adventure camp, wilderness program, campground safety, tornado preparedness, flooding, flash flood, high winds, hail, lightning, extreme heat, extreme cold, wildfire smoke, evacuation plan

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• You're also required to have a social security card. That is also required.
• You're also required to have a social security card. That is also required.
• You're also required to have a social security card. That is also required.
• You're also required to have a social security card. That is also required.
• Another requirement. You're also required to have a social security card. That is also required.

Bills: HB274 , HB287 , HB301 , HB157 , HB254 , HB88 , HB274 , HB287 , HB301 , HB157 , HB254 , HB88

Committee: House Public Safety and Homeland Security

Keywords: Crenshaw County, county board of education, school board, board of education, term limits, term length, elected officials, local constitutional amendment, Alabama Constitution, education governance, local legislation, November 2026 election, ballot measure, constitutional amendment, school board elections, law enforcement, transparency, reporting, public safety, regulation

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• However, effective communication and establishing expectations are merely guidance and not a requirement
• So, SB 2311... ...strengthens the current educational planning requirements to require a written agreement
• Current law requires that the Department of Family evaluates several factors when considering foster
• One key HHSC recommendation was to require boarding homes to report specific data.
• SB 1681 would require local governments regulating boarding homes to report to HHSC their facility standards

Bills: SB2041 , SB1777 , SB1681 , SB2311

Committee: House Human Services

Keywords: child welfare, foster care, Department of Family and Protective Services, DFPS, Family Code, conservatorship, placement selection, contract residential care, kinship care, relative placement, designated caregiver, best interest of the child, least restrictive setting, placement stability, child protective services, residential treatment, group home, family reunification, Texas foster system, residential care

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• If you require assistance with the registration or the testimony process, please consult with the committee
• They would be required to take the training that DPS provides. ...offers. Good.
• Correct, there's no notification that goes out on the purging due to the validation process.
• So, Texas does not yet possess the infrastructure required to operationalize this intelligence at scale
• There's no requirement for intent, concealment, or financial gain elements we usually associate with

Bills: SB659 , SB1585 , SB2201 , SB2514 , SB2569

Committee: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs

Keywords: smuggling, human trafficking, criminal penalties, felony offenses, law enforcement, foreign adversary, foreign-owned company, scrutinized company, China, national security, cybersecurity, information technology, communications technology, ICT, critical infrastructure, state contracts, government procurement, vendor certification, debarment, civil penalty

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• Please contact committee staff if you require assistance in registering or just give us a wave and we'll
• And just real quickly, I'm trying to look at the committee substitute, but so the bill requires each
• Members, I like to emphasize that each of these professions requires at least a master's degree.
• We were in hopes that by requiring the mental health professionals who participate in this program to
• do not require or attempt to require students to adopt beliefs or ideologies. is so broad that it would

Bills: HB2476 , HB2893 , HB4848 , HB5062 , SB37 , SB60 , HB2860 , HB4930 , SB646 , SB 37

Committee: House Higher Education

Keywords: living expenses, higher education, student support, homeless students, financial aid, grant program, baccalaureate degrees, junior colleges, workforce development, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, competency-based education, baccalaureate degree, cost of attendance, dual credit, computer science, course credit, foreign language requirement, curriculum review, governing board, faculty council

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• If you require assistance in registering or testifying, please contact committee staff.
• The DPS and Secretary of State should be required to check voter data against other states and legislation
• Texas law currently imposes different administrative requirements on political parties depending on how
• So if the third parties just wink-wink and don't require the funds.
• to be required to play the same game.

Bills: HB2139 , HB2253 , HB3632 , HB4171 , HB4309 , HB4508 , SB760 , SB1470

Committee: House Elections

Keywords: voting access, polling place, disability, caretaker provisions, ballot delivery, election code, HB 2253, Texas Election Code, bond election, bond issuance, local government, election cancellation, disaster declaration, natural disaster, emergency election, county election officer, polling place notice, open meeting, election workers, voter safety

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• If you require assistance to register or testify, please contact committee staff.
• It also requires them to indicate...
• Which established the requirements for what has become Form 765 prescribed by the Secretary.
• Early post-Civil War iterations of absentee voting universally required receipt by Election Day.
• There's no statement in this bill that would require a person to sign a statement that...

Bills: HB2139 , HB2253 , HB3632 , HB4171 , HB4309 , HB4508 , SB760 , SB1470

Committee: House Elections

Keywords: voting access, polling place, disability, caretaker provisions, ballot delivery, election code, HB 2253, Texas Election Code, bond election, bond issuance, local government, election cancellation, disaster declaration, natural disaster, emergency election, county election officer, polling place notice, open meeting, election workers, voter safety

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• The bill allows that person to sue the physician and requires the court to award specified damages.
• So this is an appropriation that we have to make because it's constitutionally required.
• The notification fund is desperately needed across Arizona.
• Right now, notifications coming from the various agencies statewide are disjointed.
• Chair, members, the strike-everything for Senate Bill 1139 and your name requires... Mr.

Bills: SB1092 , SB1094 , SB1139 , SB1239 , SB1240 , SB1248 , SB1326 , SB1502 , SB1512 , SB1540 , SB1616 , SB1635 , SB1669 , SB1673

Committees: House Judiciary , House House Judiciary Committee of Reference

Keywords: probation, dangerous crimes, children, Arizona Revised Statutes, criminal justice, juvenile offenses, rehabilitation, gender reassignment, civil liability, minors, medical consent, detransition, family court, therapeutic intervention, expert testimony, parenting time, child development, sex offenders, statute of limitations, prosecution

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• Protect Girls in Sports in Arizona Act, is subject to voter approval and modifies the statutory required
• Protect Girls in Sports in Arizona Act is subject to voter approval and modifies the statutory requirements
• to designate an interscholastic or intramural athletic team or sport based on sex by statutorily requiring
• The resolution determines that the requirements relating to the designation of sports or teams based
• It doesn't impose some, you know, night-of requirement the teachers have to follow.

Bills: HB2020 , HB2032 , HB2033 , HB2249 , HB2313 , HB2318 , HB2378 , HCR2003

Committees: Senate Education , Senate Senate Education Committee of Reference

Keywords: interference, disruption, educational institutions, public order, conduct rules, statewide assessment, student testing, academic standards, third grade reading, reading retention, promotion and retention, school accountability, assessment window, testing window, test scores, school report cards, nontest data, graduation rates, dropout rates, education data privacy

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• </c><00:00:58.879><c> if</c><00:00:59.120><c> you</c> may be required for re-entry. if you may be required
• There's some technical required.
• </c><00:37:38.880><c> intelligent</c> Speeders bill and require intelligent Speeders bill and require
• </c><00:45:33.680><c> a</c> requirements, a requirement to have a requirements, a requirement to have
• That's why the the requirement that.

Bills: HF3429 , HF3418 , HF3431 , HF1597

Committee: House Transportation Finance and Policy

Keywords: intelligent speed assistance, transportation, speeding offenses, public safety, license restrictions, speed control, pedestrian safety, traffic safety, roadway improvements, nonmotorized transportation, crosswalks, sidewalks, bike lanes, complete streets, Vision Zero, Toward Zero Deaths, MnDOT, Department of Transportation, Department of Public Safety, local road authority

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• Requiring updates would require a cost, which I'm very sad about.
• This would be yet another requirement.
• This would be yet another requirement.
• This year, in order to fulfill my graduation requirements, I was required to take English 12, even though
• to meet the graduation pathway requirement.

Bills: HB1295 , HB2007 , HB2262 , HB2636

Committee: House Education

Keywords: reading instruction, structured literacy, early literacy, dyslexia, phonics, phonological awareness, language comprehension, vocabulary, fluency, oral language, orthographic knowledge, multi-tiered system of supports, MTSS, screening assessments, intervention, reading intervention, elementary education, kindergarten, first grade, second grade

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• We have passed legislation that requires the state to conduct... ...do.
• We have passed legislation that requires the state to conduct the primaries.
• “But in present law, they're not required to disclose any of that.
• There's currently disclosure requirements in our campaign finance statute.
• And it's required our boards to be a little bit more creative in their thinking. ...it's required our

Bills: HB9 , HB177 , HB181 , HB202 , HB225 , HB398 , HB459 , HB540 , HB906 , HB1052 , HB1057 , HB1245

Committee: Senate Senate & Governmental Affairs

Keywords: HB 9, HB9, Act 527, Shreveport, Stuffed Shrimp Capital, state symbol, Louisiana symbols, municipal designation, honorary title, cultural designation, tourism, local pride, seafood, shrimp, stuffed shrimp, cuisine, city branding, Louisiana Revised Statutes 49:170.26, court reporter, official court reporter

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• Senate Bill 1181 revises the requirements for certification of public accountants.
• Section 604 discusses the required contents of the assignment agreement and the effect of the ABC, and
• Section 607 requires that the assignor cooperate and assist the assignee with its duties.
• Arizona company adjusters didn't require a license to work here.
• Arizona company adjusters didn't require a license to work here, and some states required licenses, some

Bills: SB1181 , SB1252 , SB1254 , SB1415

Committees: House Commerce , House House Commerce Committee of Reference

Keywords: certified public accountants, CPA certification, accounting regulations, professional standards, continuing education, assignment for benefit of creditors, ABC act, insolvency, creditor claims, debt liquidation, business wind-up, receivership, liquidation, secured creditors, unsecured creditors, proof of claim, voidable transactions, fraudulent transfer, wage claims, priority claims

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• , and instead adding a requirement that continuing education sessions satisfy the recertification requirement
• Work 276, also by Representative Keaton, Require Work 276, also by Representative Keaton, requires each
• Requiring school districts to implement minimum general fund balance requirements by the 2031 school
• It requires the council to...
• It requires the council to meet at least three times each year rather than quarterly, and it requires

Bills: HB1295 , HB2262 , HB2551 , HB2593 , HB2594 , HB2636

Committee: House Education

Keywords: reading instruction, structured literacy, early literacy, dyslexia, phonics, phonological awareness, language comprehension, vocabulary, fluency, oral language, orthographic knowledge, multi-tiered system of supports, MTSS, screening assessments, intervention, reading intervention, elementary education, kindergarten, first grade, second grade