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TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Ways & Means May 5th, 2025

Ways & Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm an associate legislative director for the Texas Farm Bureau, and I'm testifying in support of House
  • The store must be located in a food desert as determined by the Texas Department of Housing and Community
  • House, JR 119 is a constitutional amendment enabling House Bill 2032 that will allow Texas voters to
  • Uh, I'm here to present on House Bill 4270, which offers, uh, Texas communities a new tool to revitalize
  • House Bill 5217 is left pending. Chair lays out House Bill 5478.
Bills: SB 4, SB 23, SJR 2
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

Senate in Special Session B Jan 28th, 2025

Florida Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Messages from the House of Representatives? None on the desk.
  • Some of the people in charge didn't vote for it either when they were in the House.
  • I do special session as a member of the House. something related to Disney.
  • I voted against the bill when I was in the House, and I will tell you why.
  • I would leave my kid at your house. They would talk crap about the Democratic dad.
Bills: SJR36, SR8, SR14, SR15, SR17, HCR54
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session Jan 28th, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • President, I am directed by the House to inform the Senate that the House has taken the following action
  • The House has passed the following measures. Mr. President there's a message from the House.
  • President I am directed by the House to inform the Senate that the House has taken the following action
  • , and certainly the Texas Senate.
  • He'd served in the Texas House. He never stopped serving.
Bills: SJR36, SR8, SR14, SR15, SR17, HCR54
TX

Texas 89th Regular

S/C on Defense & Veterans' Affairs Apr 22nd, 2025

S/C on Defense & Veterans' Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • promise that we've made to the veterans and their tax exemption, and also support the communities that house
  • The Chair lays out House Bill 3815 and recognizes Representative Orr to lay out the bill.
  • The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles currently issues several specialty license plates related to military
  • House Bill 3815 creates two specialty license plates for our U.S.
  • I think also this is a way that Texas can show appreciation.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • killed over... 135 people, not the first order of business of this special session for the Texas House
  • on the floor of the Texas House.
  • The House studied the current Texas Congressional District.
  • Or pulled off of before being assigned to surveillance of members of the Texas House?
  • In 1972, Barbara Jordan ran for Congress in Texas House District 18.
Bills: HB4, HB 4
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • You you The House will come to order.
  • Honor the Texas flag.
  • The House will come to order.
  • Honor the Texas flag.
  • The House stands adjourned.
Bills: HB4, HB 4
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • The house will come to order.
  • Chairman Geren of the House has also contacted the Sergeant-at-Arms of the Illinois House of Representatives
  • Gregg Bonney will file House...
  • The call of the House remains in force. Under House rules, the House may adjourn from day to day.
  • Chair hears none, and the House stands. adjourned
Bills: HB4, HB 4
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • The House will come to order.
  • Honor the Texas flag; I pledge allegiance to thee, Texas, one state, under God, indivisible, for the
  • Members, the call of the House remains in force.
  • Under the House rules, the House may adjourn from day to day.
  • There being none, the House stands adjourned.
Bills: HB4, HB 4
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • The House will come to order, Mr. Speaker. Storekeeper. Mr.
  • I'm directed by the Senate to introduce into the House SCR number one.
  • The House stands adjourned until 3 p.m. today.
Bills: HB4, HB 4
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Members, the House will come to order.
  • And the pledges of allegiance to the United States and Texas flags.
  • Texas flag. I pledge allegiance to thee, Texas, one state, under God, one and indivisible.
  • House, thank you.
  • Chair hears none, and the House stands adjourned.
Bills: HB4, HB 4
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Congressional Redistricting, Select Aug 1st, 2025

Congressional Redistricting, Select

Transcript Highlights:
  • But in the Texas House, your deskmate may be a Republican.
  • In the Texas House, regardless of our differences, guess what?
  • I'm not a member of the Texas House, but that would be the goal, yes.
  • The maps for Texas House, Texas Senate, and Congress do not accurately reflect the current... state of
  • Texas was allocated three new seats in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Bills: HB4
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Insurance May 20th, 2025

Insurance

Transcript Highlights:
  • Rates are regulated in Texas.
  • Floyd, we show you as Executive Director of Texas Watch for SB 1643. That's not you? Texas Watch?
  • Respect my esteemed friends from Texas. Right here.
  • Texas has a competitive market.
  • Nothing at all to do with Texas.
Bills: SB1642, SB1643, SB2530
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Higher Education May 13th, 2025

Higher Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • , Texas A&M, and Texas Tech University.
  • The Texas Success Initiative Assessment (TSIA) is a test designed to help guide Texas public institutions
  • Sir, I have you registered as Jack Todd, representing Texas.
  • This is a cleanup bill for the Texas Leadership Scholars Program.
  • This bill would open it to all qualifying Texas institutions.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Feb 4th, 2025

Alabama Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Senate Resolution Number One by Senator Wagner, notifying the House of Representatives of the convening
  • Now therefore be it resolved by the legislature of Alabama, both houses thereof concurring, that Abby
  • Alabama will not end when he crosses the. will not end when he crosses the threshold of the State House
  • Therefore be it resolved by the legislature of Alabama, both houses. legislature of Alabama, both houses
  • room earlier, and it was on my notes to make sure that everybody knew that we have a celebrity in the house
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session Feb 4th, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • The Senate and House of Representatives of the 89th Texas Legislature.
  • To the Senate and House of Representatives of the 89th Texas Legislature Regular Session, I, Greg Abbott
  • submit the following. message to the Senate and House of Representatives of the 89th Texas Legislature
  • . and the state of Texas.
  • Texas at Dallas.
Bills: SB2, SJR36, SB2, SR19, SR27, SR30, SR32, SCR11
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • The House version did several things differently.
  • It's still the Texas Water... All of these decisions are within the Texas...
  • So, in the House version, it was...
  • We prefer the original language passed by the House, which gives the Texas Water Development Board broader
  • I am testifying on House Joint Resolution 7. In February, ASCE Texas released the 2020 report.
Bills: HB3077, HJR2, HJR7, HJR7
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs Aug 22nd, 2025

Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • Representatives from the Texas Jail Project.
  • Alicia Castillo, representing the Texas Civil Rights Project.
  • That would be wholly untenable in the state of Texas, that somebody...
  • of Texas, in rural Texas, is that public corruption, public investigation, public integrity role when
  • They can utilize the Texas.
Bills: SB 15
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Culture, Recreation & Tourism May 15th, 2025

Culture, Recreation & Tourism

Transcript Highlights:
  • The Alamo stands as one of the most iconic landmarks in Texas and America.
  • As the site of the pivotal 1836 Battle for Texas Independence, it continues to draw millions of visitors
  • Thank you for your passion for the project as well and for this great Texas site.
  • DeAyala, we are voting on House Bill 4543 by Chairwoman Orr, which is a companion to Senate Bill 2031
  • The chair moves Senate Bill 2031 with that amendment to be reported favorably to the full House with
Bills: SB3059
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • rail facilities here in Texas.
  • House Bill 483 is the key to unlocking the future of Texas. Thank you.
  • It's a Texas problem.
  • Texas is a massive state, and we want to cut that connection time and make Texas.
  • for that modern, big Texas.
Summary: The meeting was a press event in support of House Bill 483 and its Senate companion, SB 424, which would repeal the current state ban on high-speed rail investment and direct TxDOT to partner with a private entity to develop a Dallas-Austin-San Antonio rail line along the I-35 corridor. Rep. John Bucy, County Judge Andy Brown, Rep. Rafael Anchia, Rep. Ray Lopez, and Sen. Sarah Eckhardt all argued that Texas’ population growth and highway congestion make passenger rail a necessary transportation alternative and a long-term economic development tool. They emphasized benefits such as reduced commute times, improved mobility, lower congestion and emissions, stronger workforce access, and better connections between major metro areas. Testimony focused on the Texas Triangle as a strong candidate for high-speed rail because of its population density, flat geography, and existing growth patterns. Speakers cited examples from other places, including Florida’s Brightline and rail systems in other countries, to argue that Texas is behind and could catch up through public-private partnerships. They also discussed transit-oriented development, last-mile connections through local systems like DART and Austin’s Project Connect, and the possibility of future expansion beyond the initial corridor. In response to questions, Bucy said the bill would allow TxDOT to seek bids and keep costs flexible, that the line would likely require dedicated high-speed track, and that express service could reduce Austin-San Antonio travel time to roughly 30 minutes and Austin-Dallas to under an hour and a half, though no launch date was set. No formal vote or committee action was taken in the transcript. The event ended with Bucy saying the bill was a positive step and could become a bipartisan effort to build a more connected Texas.