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• of federalism that spreads power between the states and the federal government.
• states would be few and defined, while the powers of the states would be numerous and indefinite.
• the constitutionality of the federal government, it has the power to do so.
• In addition, the current law is silent on the ability of the attorney general to defend a county attorney
• Um, and obviously, uh, Senator Cole, of course, worked with the Office of Attorney General on this.

Bills: SB 18, SB 19, SB 666, SB 688, SB 707, SB 888

Keywords: municipal libraries, state funding, gender identity, public events, children's literature, SB 19, Texas, political subdivision, local government, county, city, municipality, taxpayer-funded lobbying, lobbying ban, public funds, registered lobbyist, Chapter 305, Government Code, Local Government Code, county association dues

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• Attorney General at the Department of Justice.
• powers to say nothing of the rule of law itself simply can't afford.
• And Congress gets to limit Article 3 power, which is sort of, I think, one of the reasons. we're here
• Nationwide injunctions are... or an abuse of power.
• of powers that there would be a suspicion of partisan agendas among the people. our judges.

Keywords: universal injunctions, legislative reforms, judicial authority, executive power, balance of power, judicial overreach

Summary: During this meeting, the committee focused on the implications of universal injunctions, which have become a significant concern in recent years. The discussion centered around various legislative proposals aimed at addressing the perceived overreach of district judges who issue nationwide injunctions that affect policies across the entire country. Several members expressed the belief that such injunctions undermine judicial authority and disrupt the balance of power between the judiciary and executive branches. Expert witnesses testified about the historical context of universal injunctions and the necessity for reforms that would limit the power of courts to grant remedies benefitting non-parties.

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• most all of you were there for, with the exception of one of you.
• Subvert the public policy of the state of Texas, and I think Texans are weary of the devastation of abortion
• And the specific wording of the statute of the, of the resolution is contained in the body of, of the
• a policy of what that would be either through the Attorney General based on their recommendations or
• I forget the name of the case. City of Ocala.

Bills: SB 6, SB 11, SB 33

Keywords: electric power, interconnection, utilities, ERCOT, large load customers, water supply, sewer service, demand management, school prayer, Bible reading, religious text, public schools, Texas Education Code, student prayer, silent prayer, meditation, religious liberty, First Amendment, Establishment Clause, church and state

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• In support of Senate Bill 33, even though Texas has strong pro-life laws, tens of thousands of Texas
• The public policy of the state of Texas.
• Of where this bill would put the entire state of Texas.
• From the adoption of the policy, the state is liable for related costs only if the Attorney General is
• also requires you to adopt a policy of what that would be either through the Attorney General or through

Bills: SB6, SB11, SB33

Keywords: electric power, interconnection, utilities, ERCOT, large load customers, water supply, sewer service, demand management, school prayer, Bible reading, religious text, public schools, Texas Education Code, student prayer, silent prayer, meditation, religious liberty, First Amendment, Establishment Clause, church and state

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• They're both consuming the same, taking the same amount of power off the grid.
• Half of Powering Texans is neutral on the bill, is that correct? That is correct. Thank you.
• To be used in times of emergencies, typically when grid power is compromised.
• My name is Stacy Bennett, and I'm testifying on behalf of LS Power.
• LS Power is an owner, operator, and developer of more than 50,000 megawatts of competitive generation

Bills: SB6, SB11, SB33

Keywords: electric power, interconnection, utilities, ERCOT, large load customers, water supply, sewer service, demand management, school prayer, Bible reading, religious text, public schools, Texas Education Code, student prayer, silent prayer, meditation, religious liberty, First Amendment, Establishment Clause, church and state

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• Yep. 617 is one that would prohibit construction and operation of solar power facilities for one year
• The long-term approach is why we do not get ahead of our customers, in this case Alabama Power, by conducting
• our customers, in this case get ahead of our customers, in this case Alabama<00:28:35.200> Power,
• Alabama Power Company has discussed the importance of solar to economic development, stating in a PSC
• Now, Representative Smith mentioned one of our production—how would this affect such power and others

Bills: HB542, HB566, SB270, HB618, HB617, HB542, HB566, SB270, HB618, HB617

Keywords: HB542, district attorney, prosecutor, supernumerary district attorney, Employees' Retirement System, ERS, Alabama retirement, public employee retirement, pension, retirement benefits, post-retirement employment, salary cap, dual participation, double dipping, District Attorneys' Plan, assistant district attorney, deputy district attorney, state pension, survivor benefits, Office of Prosecution Services

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• That's always a fun way of making memories.
• That is the content of the A2. Okay. Thank you, Chair Cleaborn.
• The budget funds the offices of the Department of Labor, the Department of Commerce, Minnesota IT, which
• is commonly called Minute, the Department of Revenue, and the Department of Administration.
• Last day, thank you to all of our committee members.

Bills: HF2783

Keywords: state government finance, biennial budget, appropriations, Minnesota Management and Budget, Healthy Aging Subcabinet, Office of Healthy Aging, older adults, aging policy, long-term care, caregivers, public health, Medicaid fraud, medical assistance fraud, attorney general subpoena power, fraud enforcement, business filing fraud, Secretary of State, deceptive mailings, consumer protection, certified public accountant

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• The Attorney General's appropriation is on 3.13. The Secretary of State is on line 3.24.
• Council of Minnesota, Minnesotans of African Heritage, line 8.15.
• In light of that, I'd like to share a brief acknowledgment of the impact of the proposed budget in front
• of the committee.
• Because of the investment the legislature has made in recent years, the Attorney General's Office has

Bills: HF2783

Keywords: state government finance, biennial budget, appropriations, Minnesota Management and Budget, Healthy Aging Subcabinet, Office of Healthy Aging, older adults, aging policy, long-term care, caregivers, public health, Medicaid fraud, medical assistance fraud, attorney general subpoena power, fraud enforcement, business filing fraud, Secretary of State, deceptive mailings, consumer protection, certified public accountant

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• And that is the content of the A2. than the end of first quarter and you than the end of first quarter
• successfully raised uh the salaries of successfully raised uh the salaries of our<00:04:51.120><
• effectively in the state of Minnesota. effectively in the state of Minnesota.
• Thank you to both of our chairs and to all of our members and staff for making this all possible.
• because of it. Thank you. Thank you. because of it. Thank you. Thank you.

Bills: HF2783

Keywords: state government finance, biennial budget, appropriations, Minnesota Management and Budget, Healthy Aging Subcabinet, Office of Healthy Aging, older adults, aging policy, long-term care, caregivers, public health, Medicaid fraud, medical assistance fraud, attorney general subpoena power, fraud enforcement, business filing fraud, Secretary of State, deceptive mailings, consumer protection, certified public accountant

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• The Attorney General's appropriation is on 3.13. Secretary of State is on line 3.24.
• Council of Minnesota Motans of African heritage line 8.15.
• of Minnesota motans of 8.14 council of Minnesota motans of African<00:03:37.599> heritage<00:03
• In light of that, I'd like to share a brief acknowledgement of the impact of the proposed budget in front
• Because of the investment the legislature has made in recent years, the Attorney General's Office has

Bills: HF2783

Keywords: state government finance, biennial budget, appropriations, Minnesota Management and Budget, Healthy Aging Subcabinet, Office of Healthy Aging, older adults, aging policy, long-term care, caregivers, public health, Medicaid fraud, medical assistance fraud, attorney general subpoena power, fraud enforcement, business filing fraud, Secretary of State, deceptive mailings, consumer protection, certified public accountant

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• Members, this is the bill we heard previously that relates to the adoption of of revise of the revised
• OK, so right here it says the department shall on recipient of a report of receipt of a report suspected
• abuse or neglect immediately notify and it's, it's adding in a county instead of the district attorney
• is generated out of a receipt of a report.
• And I guess what would happen here, um, with the county or district attorney if all of those reports

Bills: HB 741, HB 1199, HB 2070, HB 2402, HB 2542, HB 2665, HB 2789, HB 3096, HB 3396, HB 3595, HB 3747, HB 4116, HB 4127

Keywords: child welfare, relative caregiver, monetary assistance, Department of Family and Protective Services, child custody, family law, emergency power, nursing facilities, assisted living, generator requirements, health and safety, emergency generators, power outage, emergency generator, assisted living facilities, power source, child abuse, neglect registry, court findings, Medicaid

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• Attorney for the District of Columbia.
• the economic power of the companies involved.
• And the federal government has a lot of power. We have a lot of laws.
• attorney, as a role of deputy attorney general.
• pricing power and abusing that pricing power at the expense of folks that all of us represent.

Keywords: nominations, Deputy Attorney General, Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice, Todd Blanch, Gail Slater, confirmation hearing

Summary: The meeting focused on the nominations of Todd Blanch and Gail Slater for the positions of Deputy Attorney General and Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust, respectively. The committee considered the qualifications of both nominees, with opening statements provided by the nominees themselves. There was an evident emphasis on the rigorous vetting process that nominees undergo before their selection, highlighting the importance of the roles within the Department of Justice. Members of the committee engaged in a structured question-and-answer session to further evaluate the nominees' capabilities and fit for the positions they were nominated for, with each member allotted seven minutes to pose questions.

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• I'm also the president. of the Texas Association of Family Defense Attorneys, which is a statewide association
• of attorneys who represent parents. children and CPS cases.
• Since 1998, I'm president of the Texas Association of Family Defense Attorneys, which was founded in
• had some sort of generator or backup power, and then a fairly high proportion of those had the ability
• Safety because of the Texas power backup power packages program to underline again. $1.8 billion in grants

Bills: HB741, HB 1199, HB2070, HB2402, HB2542, HB2665, HB2789, HB3096, HB3396, HB3595, HB3747, HB4116, HB4127

Keywords: child welfare, relative caregiver, monetary assistance, Department of Family and Protective Services, child custody, family law, emergency power, nursing facilities, assisted living, generator requirements, health and safety, emergency generators, power outage, emergency generator, assisted living facilities, power source, child abuse, neglect registry, court findings, Medicaid

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• Notify the appropriate county or district attorney without the request being made of the report of abuse
• A receipt of a report of suspected abuse or neglect immediately notify a county. or district attorney
• attorneys.
• neglect immediately notify It's adding in a county instead of the district attorney.
• And I guess what would happen here with the county or district attorney of all of those reports going

Bills: HB741, HB 1199, HB2070, HB2402, HB2542, HB2665, HB2789, HB3096, HB3396, HB3595, HB3747, HB4116, HB4127

Keywords: child welfare, relative caregiver, monetary assistance, Department of Family and Protective Services, child custody, family law, emergency power, nursing facilities, assisted living, generator requirements, health and safety, emergency generators, power outage, emergency generator, assisted living facilities, power source, child abuse, neglect registry, court findings, Medicaid

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• And it creates a public redress process through the Office of the Attorney General in the event a member
• And empowers the Attorney General to enforce the law on behalf of the people of Texas.
• of IBAT.
• And I've passed laws on behalf of the independent bankers of the state of Texas.
• We've kind of grown over the course of time.

Bills: SB231, SB584, SB600, SB668, SB841, SB986, SB1003, SB1244, SB1625, SB1960, SB1963, SB1964, SB2026, SB2056, SB2368

Keywords: temporary emergency electric energy facility, temporary generation, emergency power, backup generation, mobile generator, portable generator, grid resilience, power outage restoration, transmission and distribution utility, TDU, Public Utility Commission of Texas, PUCT, Utilities Code Section 39.918, competitive bidding, lease authorization, emergency procurement, bulk power system, locational marginal pricing, reliability model, black start

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• after the concerns of of the people of Texas.
• I'll call up Tamara Smith, Office of the Attorney General.
• I'm the division chair of the Open Records Division at the Attorney General's Office, and I'm happy to
• My attorney brought my situation to him after nine years of nothing. Knowledge, but yes.
• My attorney brought my situation to him after nine years of nothing. Knowledge, but yes, yes.

Bills: SB231, SB584, SB600, SB668, SB841, SB986, SB1003, SB1244, SB1625, SB1960, SB1963, SB1964, SB2026, SB2056, SB2368

Keywords: temporary emergency electric energy facility, temporary generation, emergency power, backup generation, mobile generator, portable generator, grid resilience, power outage restoration, transmission and distribution utility, TDU, Public Utility Commission of Texas, PUCT, Utilities Code Section 39.918, competitive bidding, lease authorization, emergency procurement, bulk power system, locational marginal pricing, reliability model, black start

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• after the concerns of the people of Texas.
• So I’ll call up Tamara Smith, Office of Attorney General.
• That's why the attorney—first of all, you have to provide notice, and I think the notice that's...
• My attorney brought my situation to him after nine years of nothing.
• My attorney brought my situation to him after nine years of nothing.

Bills: SB231, SB584, SB600, SB668, SB841, SB986, SB1003, SB1244, SB1625, SB1960, SB1963, SB1964, SB2026, SB2056, SB2368

Keywords: temporary emergency electric energy facility, temporary generation, emergency power, backup generation, mobile generator, portable generator, grid resilience, power outage restoration, transmission and distribution utility, TDU, Public Utility Commission of Texas, PUCT, Utilities Code Section 39.918, competitive bidding, lease authorization, emergency procurement, bulk power system, locational marginal pricing, reliability model, black start

Summary: The Senate Committee on Business and Commerce met with a quorum and first took up several pending and uncontested bills. It favorably reported SB 1405, SB 1762, SB 1977, SB 2077, SB 2148, and SB 1968, and also moved SB 2321 to the local and uncontested calendar. The committee then heard SB 819, which would change how the Public Utility Commission reviews proposed utility-scale solar and related interconnection projects. The committee substitute would shift the default so interconnection is allowed unless the PUC affirmatively prohibits it within 180 days, limit denial to cases where harm substantially outweighs benefits, remove public meeting requirements, retain setback and financial assurance provisions, add optional application materials such as national security and environmental information, and restore local control over county tax abatements. The substitute was adopted and SB 819 was favorably reported to the full Senate on a 7-3 vote. The committee then took up SB 231, focused on CenterPoint’s use of large emergency generators after Hurricane Beryl. Senator King explained that the original bill was intended to prevent customers from being charged for non-mobile generators that were leased at great cost and did not match the bill’s emergency-response purpose. CenterPoint’s Jason Ryan apologized for the company’s communication failures and said the company would make customers whole through a combination of rate reductions, foregone storm-cost recovery, and a donation of the 15 large generators to ERCOT for about two years to address a San Antonio-area reliability issue, with the company absorbing the associated costs. PUC Executive Director Connie Corona said the commission could enforce the agreement through its contested-case process. Public testimony included consumer and reliability advocates, one of whom argued utility-scale microgrids should be preserved as a policy option. SB 231 was left pending. The committee also heard SB 986, which would create an alternative process for routine Public Information Act requests so local governments can make initial redactions without sending every routine exception to the Attorney General, while preserving an appeal path and training requirements. Supporters said it would reduce backlog and speed access to records; opponents argued it would shift the burden to requesters and encourage delay. The AG’s office testified that the process could improve efficiency and still fit within current timelines if used promptly. SB 986 was left pending. Finally, SB 584 was briefly laid out to require consumer reporting agencies that buy data from others to ensure the information complies with Texas law on excluded items such as bankruptcies, judgments, and tax liens, and SB 600 was heard on heir property. SB 600’s substitute would strengthen notice, require an attorney ad litem, add an heir’s bill of rights, allow settlement conferences, and require fair-market-value sales protections; supporters said it would curb predatory partition practices, while opponents warned some provisions could burden or diminish minority heirs’ property rights. SB 584 and SB 600 were left pending after testimony.

Keywords: KY LRC YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3WLVtunniQ, 2026-06-21T07:17:04+00:00, 2.2.24, Data collected via generic collector engine, Meeting Start 00:00:00 Attendance Roll Call 00:00:38 Referred Administrative Regulations 00:01:44 Discussion of the Cancellation of the Proposed Sale of Kentucky Power from American Electric Power to Liberty Utilities 00:02:14 Adjournment 01:03:02, 958, all, 2.2.42, 2.1.47

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• of Kentucky Power.
• I spent about a third of my power.
• Uh, Kentucky Power and Wheeling Power, of which Kentucky Power has no ownership of Wheeling Power, each
• , of Uh Kentucky Power and Wheeling Power, of which<00:15:31.720> Kentucky<00:15:32.120> Power
• 34.480> Power, of Wheeling Power, of Wheeling Power, each<00:15:35.720> own<00:15:35.880

Keywords: Meeting Start 00:00:00 Attendance Roll Call 00:01:28 Introduction of Guests 00:02:08 American Electric Power and Kentucky Power Presentation 00:03:31 SB 89 Discussion 00:53:55 SB 89 Roll Call Vote 01:07:46, 958, all

Summary: The committee met for an initial natural resources hearing with a quorum present and introductory housekeeping, including prayer, roll call, and recognition of guests. Chair Smith outlined ground rules for questions and then invited Kentucky Power and American Electric Power representatives to the table to discuss a proposed plan involving the Mitchell Power Plant and future generation needs in Eastern Kentucky. Witnesses Cindy Wiseman, Alex Vaughn, and AEP CEO Bill Fehrman said the company’s goals are to stabilize and lower rates, reduce rate volatility, and expand generation in the Commonwealth. They explained that Kentucky Power seeks legislative authority to securitize its 50% interest in the Mitchell coal plant, describing securitization as a refinancing mechanism that would lower annual plant costs by about $34 million and help offset roughly one-third of the expected cost of adding new generation in Kentucky. They emphasized that the proposal is not intended to close Mitchell, and said Kentucky Power currently has no plan to divest its interest; the company still needs the plant to serve customers while it pursues additional dispatchable generation in Kentucky. Members pressed the witnesses on the plant’s book value versus fair market value, whether the Mitchell interest had ever been assigned a nominal value, how any divestiture proceeds would be handled, whether Kentucky Power owns Wheeling Power, and how long Mitchell can continue operating. The company said it values Mitchell at net book value for accounting purposes, not fair market value, and explained that Wheeling Power is a separate AEP affiliate and that West Virginia affiliates have already proposed securitization of their share. Witnesses said Kentucky Power’s interest cannot technically operate past 2028 without additional environmental control investment, while the West Virginia side is depreciating through 2040. They also described the financing timeline, saying securitization would require enactment of legislation, a PSC financing order, bond issuance, and then parallel work to acquire or build new generation, with any reinvestment terms to be addressed through the regulatory process.

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• He believes in freedom of expression, equal rights, and the power of public spaces like libraries to
• These kinds of things. I had a discussion with an attorney recently earlier today.
• and out of the pocket of Austin middlemen.
• the state of. of the association president.
• of them.

Bills: SB 18, SB 19, SB18, SB19, SB666, SB688, SB707, SB888

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