Bills: SSB3035 , SF2099 , HF523 , HF108 , HF1036 , HF908 , HF452 , SF2070 , SSB3087 , SSB3088 , SF2001

Committee: Joint Judiciary

Keywords: controlled substances, drug scheduling, penalties, Iowa law, substance abuse, animal welfare, animal abuse, torture, legislation, HF 523, House File 523, Acts Chapter 1080, Iowa domestic abuse, domestic violence, emergency protective order, protective order petition, peace officer, law enforcement, victim safety, present danger

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• We are in opposition to S. 3082, an act relative to animal telehealth, which would allow veterinarians
• I am here to testify in support of Senate 3082 and an act relative to animal telehealth.
• I am here to testify in support of Senate 3082 and an act relative to animal telehealth.
• Age 5445 is a petition that acts to let the city of East Hampton give out more alcohol licenses.
• I'm here today to urge you to support two bills, Senate Bill 3090 and House Bill 5114, an act relative

Bills: S3082 , S3090 , H5425 , H5130 , H5114

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure

Keywords: animal telehealth, veterinary telemedicine, veterinary telehealth, veterinarian-client-patient relationship, VCPR, animal health, pet care, companion animal, livestock, remote veterinary care, synchronous audio-video, telemedicine, prescription drugs, antimicrobial drugs, controlled substances, xylazine, compounding pharmacy, veterinary practice, Massachusetts Controlled Substances Act, animal owner

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• That's required under the Underground Injection Control Act. And that's what we.
• Do we follow that act and other than the current water sources for the city of Austin, what would be
• So House Bill 3525 seeks to amend the Enabling Act for North Texas Groundwater Conservation District.

Bills: HB1523 , HB2109 , HB2694 , HB3525 , HB3898 , HB4646 , HB5188 , HB5219 , HB5320 , HB5651 , HB5655 , HB5659 , HB5662 , HB5672

Committee: House Natural Resources

Keywords: aquifer conservation, Class V injection well, environmental regulation, groundwater protection, municipal water supply, temporary prohibition, water management, reservoir construction, state water plan, Texas Water Code, environmental impact, Brazoria Drainage District, commissioners, elections, vacancies, resignation, HB 3525, North Texas Groundwater Conservation District, groundwater permit, permit amendment

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• It's an element from the Clean Water Act, I believe, of 1964. Don't quote me on the date.
• In the code that prevents a zone from even being designated in an area with certain Chapter 27 injection
• production in these zones would be permitted by GCDs in an expedited manner with proper monitoring under Chapter
• solution and instead slow down, make this an interim charge, reopen brackish permitting rules under Chapter

Bills: HB1523 , HB2109 , HB2694 , HB3525 , HB3898 , HB4646 , HB5188 , HB5219 , HB5320 , HB5651 , HB5655 , HB5659 , HB5662 , HB5672

Committee: House Natural Resources

Keywords: aquifer conservation, Class V injection well, environmental regulation, groundwater protection, municipal water supply, temporary prohibition, water management, reservoir construction, state water plan, Texas Water Code, environmental impact, Brazoria Drainage District, commissioners, elections, vacancies, resignation, HB 3525, North Texas Groundwater Conservation District, groundwater permit, permit amendment

Summary: The Committee on Natural Resources heard House Bill 2109, which would remove certain long-proposed reservoir projects from the state water plan after 50 years without progress. Chairman Van Deaver and many landowners, local officials, timber interests, and conservation advocates testified in support, arguing that the Marvin Nichols Reservoir has burdened Northeast Texas landowners for decades with the threat of eminent domain, depressed property values, and uncertainty over homes, farms, ranches, schools, churches, and cemeteries. Supporters also said the project would flood tens of thousands of acres, require extensive mitigation, harm timber and agriculture, and that Texas now has better alternatives such as conservation, reuse, aquifer storage and recovery, and desalination. Several members expressed sympathy for the affected families and questioned whether a project could remain in the plan indefinitely without progress. Opposition came from North Texas water interests, including the North Texas Commission, Tarrant Regional Water District, and the Texas Water Association, who argued that the bill would interfere with the state’s long-term water planning process and remove needed future supply options for a fast-growing region. They said Region C faces major projected shortages by 2070, that conservation and reuse have already delayed the need for new supplies, and that reservoirs remain one tool in the state’s water-planning toolbox. TWDB staff explained the existing inter-regional conflict process and noted that the substitute would affect several unique reservoir sites, not just Marvin Nichols. After testimony, Chairman Van Deaver closed by urging passage of the bill, but the committee withdrew the substitute and left HB 2109 pending. The committee then took up House Bill 5188, a brackish groundwater bill. The author said the bill would reduce permitting burdens for wells in designated brackish groundwater production zones, and the committee substitute added requirements on monitoring, groundwater-rights ownership, and allocation of pumpage limits while removing some exclusions and export-fee provisions. Texas Wildlife Association testified against the bill, warning that the exemptions could weaken groundwater conservation districts’ ability to protect freshwater resources and surface-owner rights. San Antonio Water System testified in favor, saying brackish groundwater is a key future supply and that the substitute would help speed development of desalination and brackish projects. The Texas Alliance of Groundwater Districts testified neutrally but raised concerns about reduced district oversight, especially around injection-well exclusions and the loss of export fees, and said discussions on the bill were ongoing.

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• King's bill about investigations and actions brought by the AG under the Free Enterprise and Antitrust Act

Bills: SB 18 , SB 34 , SB82 , SB1807 , SB2254 , HB 119 , HB 130 , HB581 , HJR98 , SB1988

Committee: Senate State Affairs

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

Summary: The Senate Committee on State Affairs met to consider several pending measures and adopted committee substitutes on multiple bills before voting them out. Senate Bill 2403, Senate Bill 1888 (jury wheel procedures in certain counties), Senate Bill 2417 (Attorney General actions under the Free Enterprise and Antitrust Act), Senate Bill 2459 (personal identifying information for judiciary employees), and Senate Bill 2943 (discrimination involving occupational licenses) were each reported favorably to the full Senate, with most passing unanimously and SB 2943 passing on a 10-1 vote. The committee also certified SB 1888, SB 2417, and SB 2459 for the local and uncontested calendars, and later did the same for SB 2943. The committee then considered House Joint Resolution 98, the Convention of States resolution, which was reported favorably to the full Senate on an 8-3 vote. House Bill 1393, dealing with daylight saving time and keeping the state on daylight saving time year-round, was also reported favorably, with the committee noting it heard the House bill rather than a Senate companion. House Bill 2884, concerning financial relationship disclosures for defense contractors, was likewise reported favorably, with the final tally announced as 11 ayes and 1 nay. No testimony was taken in the excerpt, and no substantive debate was recorded beyond brief clarifications about the bills and their companions. After completing the votes and calendar motions, the committee recessed.

Bills: SB206 , HB554 , SB206

Committee: House Military and Veterans Affairs

Keywords: codification, laws, Alabama Code, Secretary of State, technical corrections, legislative acts, license plate, military, combat veterans, criminal penalty, distinctive tags, veterans benefits, advising, deceptive trade practices, accreditation, compensation

Bills: HB207 , HB235 , HB324 , HB449 , HB463 , HB502 , HB 1121 , HB1445 , HB1465 , HB1778 , HB1977 , HB2000 , HB2066 , HB2596 , HB207 , HB235

Committee: House Criminal Jurisprudence

Keywords: child protection, sexual offenses, obscenity laws, visual material, anatomically correct dolls, mannequins, robots, criminal offenses, sexually explicit material, minors, artificial intelligence, sexually explicit, doll, mannequin, robot, law enforcement, healthcare, insurance, affordable care, access

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• Bad acts or prior crimes or bad acts can be offered in the open part of the case.
• If the acts that you are referring to are other sexually violent acts, yes.
• You're talking about the Michael Warren Act? Yes, sir. And so...
• You lost because you didn't get in extraneous act evidence.
• documented was a part of a continuous set of violent acts.

Bills: HB207 , HB235 , HB324 , HB449 , HB463 , HB502 , HB 1121 , HB1445 , HB1465 , HB1778 , HB1977 , HB2000 , HB2066 , HB2596 , HB207 , HB235

Committee: House Criminal Jurisprudence

Keywords: child protection, sexual offenses, obscenity laws, visual material, anatomically correct dolls, mannequins, robots, criminal offenses, sexually explicit material, minors, artificial intelligence, sexually explicit, doll, mannequin, robot, law enforcement, healthcare, insurance, affordable care, access

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• Under current law, when a municipality acts to disannex territory from an ESD, notification of intent
• When the ESD receives that notice, the ESD is required to disanticipate. acts of territory and cease
• House Bill 5437 is a cleanup bill that proposes to validate the creation of, and subsequent acts of,
• recognizes and has no objection to the district. opposition to the validation of the district and its acts
• Specifically, House Bill 5437 validates prior acts of the legislature which would recognize the district's

Bills: HB447 , HB897 , HB993 , HB2673 , HB3671 , HB3680 , HB3897 , HB4506 , HB4753 , HB4812 , HB4894 , HB5148 , HB5437 , HB5650 , HB5652 , HB5654 , HB5656 , HB5661 , HB5665

Committee: House Land & Resource Management

Keywords: traffic impact studies, municipal utility district, bonds, road projects, eminent domain, HB 897, Texas land sale, state property, Austin real estate, Travis County, General Land Office, Texas State Library and Archives Commission, HHSC, Health and Human Services Commission, state records facility, archives building, library funding, capital improvements, lease of state land, public land disposition

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• This is a loophole unless we act now and we act responsibly and we fix what happened from before because
• The most important thing is to look at Chapter 713.
• Instead of them exercising their right under Chapter 713, where they're right under Chapter 713, where
• House Bill 3680 makes changes to Chapter 232 of the Local Government Code by simply creating a new chapter
• the Texas Uniform Condominium Act.

Bills: HB447 , HB897 , HB993 , HB2673 , HB3671 , HB3680 , HB3897 , HB4506 , HB4753 , HB4812 , HB4894 , HB5148 , HB5437 , HB5650 , HB5652 , HB5654 , HB5656 , HB5661 , HB5665

Committee: House Land & Resource Management

Keywords: traffic impact studies, municipal utility district, bonds, road projects, eminent domain, HB 897, Texas land sale, state property, Austin real estate, Travis County, General Land Office, Texas State Library and Archives Commission, HHSC, Health and Human Services Commission, state records facility, archives building, library funding, capital improvements, lease of state land, public land disposition

Bills: SB200 , SB206 , SB200 , SB206

Committee: Senate State Governmental Affairs

Keywords: accountability courts, drug offenders, mental health, substance abuse, veterans, court reform, recidivism reduction, treatment programs, veterans benefits, advising, deceptive trade practices, accreditation, compensation, minority affairs, civic engagement, Alabama office, community outreach, government affairs, codification, laws

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• those defective acts.
• those defective acts.
• That drafting committee takes two to three years to put together a single act, and that act is worked
• In Minnesota, we have enacted many uniform acts. We're considered a leader in uniform acts.

Bills: HF747 , HF360

Committee: House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law

Keywords: corporate governance, shareholder rights, beneficial ownership, defective corporate acts, Minnesota Business Corporation Act, trusts, Uniform Trust Code, probate, estate planning, trust protector, directed trust, investment trust advisor, distribution trust advisor, excluded fiduciary, decanting, power of appointment, revocable trust, irrevocable trust, uneconomic trust, rule against perpetuities

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• The committee sub to HB 3420 modifies several provisions related to the Oklahoma Central Purchasing Act

Bills: HB3057 , HB3279 , HB4428 , HB3420

Committee: Senate Retirement and Government Resources

Keywords: government reporting, information technology, child welfare, environmental policy, state agency compliance, employment restrictions, state officers, prohibited acts, government contracts, public service, public finance, pension, pension fund, retirement system, board of trustees, proxy voting, proxy proposal, shareholder vote, shareholder activism, fiduciary duty

Bills: SB198 , SB179

Committee: House Military and Veterans Affairs

Keywords: Alabama National Guard, National Guard legal services, legal assistance program, judge advocate, staff judge advocate, paralegal, military justice, military law, legal aid, preventive law, notary, notarial acts, Adjutant General, State Military Department, Office of General Counsel, Army Regulation 27-1, Army Regulation 27-3, Air Force Instruction 51-304, Air National Guard Instruction 51-504, Title 31

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• House Bill 1570 applies the Public Employees Collective Bargaining Act to...
• The bill also creates a non-appropriated Spark Act grant program account.
• Chair, and thanks to the committee for reigniting the SPARC Act.
• This committee should move forward with the Spark Act.
• The Spark Act can help make sure that's the case.

Bills: HB1170 , HB1570 , HB1834

Committee: House Appropriations

Keywords: artificial intelligence, AI, generative AI, AI-generated content, deepfake, synthetic media, content provenance, provenance data, metadata, watermarking, disclosure, transparency, consumer protection, unfair or deceptive acts, unfair competition, Washington RCW, Title 19 RCW, platform regulation, AI detection tool, media authenticity

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• </c><00:10:25.920><c> of</c> Revision Temporary Amendments Act of Revision Temporary Amendments Act of
• The dominance act under a closed rule.
• </c> passed the Trump Tax Cuts and Jobs Act passed the Trump Tax Cuts and Jobs Act in<00:18:58.080><c
• ><c> with</c> are witnessing agencies act with are witnessing agencies act with impunity.<00:24:17.120
• </c> Multigenerational Family Tax Credit Act. Multigenerational Family Tax Credit Act.

Bills: HB7194 , HB3377 , HB7211 , HB7148 , HR1032

Keywords: Medal of Honor, valor, Army, Nicholas Dockery, military service, James Capers Jr., Vietnam War, acts of valor, military recognition, military valor, John W. Ripley, Marine Corps, appropriations, omnibus, consolidated appropriations, fiscal year 2026, FY2026, federal spending, budget bill, defense appropriations

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• Certain types of systems are exempt from the act, including video games and other types of interactive
• Lastly, the bill's requirements are enforced by the Attorney General under the Consumer Protection Act
• Now is the time to act. Thank you. Thank you. Any questions of the testifier? Go ahead, please.
• We'd like to see AG enforcement through the Consumer Protection Act included.
• plaintiffs to meet the threshold provisions of the Consumer Protection Act for harm.

Bills: HB1170 , HB2157 , HB2225

Committee: House Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans

Keywords: artificial intelligence, AI, generative AI, AI-generated content, deepfake, synthetic media, content provenance, provenance data, metadata, watermarking, disclosure, transparency, consumer protection, unfair or deceptive acts, unfair competition, Washington RCW, Title 19 RCW, platform regulation, AI detection tool, media authenticity

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• This is another NAIC model act. This makes modifications to chapter 60D.
• </c><00:10:10.240><c> by</c> long-term care insurance model act by long-term care insurance model act
• Uh, article five is to chapter 60D.
• Uh, article six is garnishment act.
• ><c> will</c> some changes in chapter 342 which will some changes in chapter 342 which will be<00:21:

Bills: HF1545 , HF2426 , HF1615 , HF2403

Committee: House Commerce Finance and Policy

Keywords: medical cannabis, cultivation, cannabinoid products, plant canopy, Minnesota statutes, cannabis, hemp, lower-potency, edibles, regulations, licensing, local control, consumer safety, age restrictions, commerce policy, financial institutions, insurance regulation, limited long-term care insurance, Medicare supplement, health insurance

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• But we already know that state programming, like the Match Act, will be wholly necessary.
• ourselves to take advantage of that effort, but we already know that state programming, like the Match Act
• We strongly support the bipartisan House Bill 2186, Match Act, as the legislation is known, and I'm not
• We strongly support the bipartisan House Bill 2186, the Match Act, as the legislation is known.
• Law Enforcement Act. understood. Life safety comes first. Property protection follows.

Bills: HB2186 , HB2351 , HB1170

Committee: House Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans

Keywords: economic development, federal funds, state funding, infrastructure, grants, local government, emergency responders, emergency response, disaster response, obstruction of law enforcement, gross misdemeanor, public safety, incident command system, emergency operation zone, emergency management, law enforcement restrictions, warrant requirement, search and seizure, civil liberties, due process

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• Members, House Bill 3498 is a modernization of the Oklahoma General Corporation Act and our state's LLC

Bills: HB3081 , HB3127 , HB3128 , HB3498 , HB2035

Committee: House Business

Keywords: fire extinguisher, licensing, public safety, age qualification, State Fire Marshal, medical marijuana, employment rights, safety-sensitive positions, workplace policies, public assistance, workforce development, economic competitiveness, task force, apprenticeships, training programs, training barriers, business growth, industry coordination, business entities, corporation law