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Texas 89th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to the purchase or acquisition of an interest in real property by certain aliens or foreign entities; creating a criminal offense; providing a civil penalty. [SB-17]
[Real Estate ]
[Immigration ]
Relating to the purchase or acquisition of an interest in real property by certain aliens or foreign entities; creating a criminal offense; providing a civil penalty.
Sponsored by: Sen. Lois Kolkhorst
Signed By The Governor on 06/20/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT proposing to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to prohibited criminal acts. [HB-753]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Safety ]
Propose to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky to prohibit child pornography and any form of federally defined racketeering in this state and establish penalties for violations; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.
Sponsored by: Rep. T.J. Roberts
To Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (h) on 02/27/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to elections. [HB-699]
[Elections ]
Amend KRS 118.176 to require the county board of elections or the State Board of Elections to notify a candidate and the appropriate certifying authority that the candidate fails to meet the jurisdictional or party affiliation requirements for the office sought; require that the notification be made by the first Friday after the candidate filing deadline; require that the certifying authority shall not certify any candidate that fails to meet requirements; provide that a candidate whose bona fides are questioned may appeal a certifying authority's
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Sponsored by: Rep. DJ Johnson
Taken From The Orders Of The Day on 03/04/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to state personnel. [HB-738]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Agriculture ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Public Safety ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 64 to allow the State Treasurer, Auditor of Public Accounts, Secretary of State, Commissioner of Agriculture, and Attorney General to employ persons exempt from approval requirements the classified service as necessary for advice and to carry out policy; permit the State Treasurer, Auditor of Public Accounts, Secretary of State, Commissioner of Agriculture, and Attorney General to increase, by executive order the salary of any classified employee with status to the midpoint of the grade of the employee's classification.
Sponsored by: Rep. Thomas Huff
Received In Senate on 03/12/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to state government. [HB-666]
Amend KRS 56.020 to insert gender-neutral language.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steven Rudy
To State Government (h) on 02/26/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT proposing to amend Section 172B of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to property exempt from taxation. [HB-797]
[Property Tax ]
[Taxes ]
Propose to amend Section 172B of the Constitution of Kentucky to expand the freeze on an assessment or reassessment moratorium to include the development of property and to remove the five-year expiration date for the moratorium; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jared Bauman
To Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (h) on 02/27/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT proposing an amendment to Section 145 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to voting rights. [HB-773]
[Voting Rights ]
[Elections ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
Propose to amend Section 145 of the Constitution of Kentucky to automatically restore the voting rights of persons convicted of certain felonies upon completion of their imprisonment, probation, or parole and automatically restore their civil rights five years after completion of their imprisonment, probation, or parole; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.
Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
To Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (h) on 02/27/2025
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Texas 89th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to automatic recounts of certain elections. [SB-1439]
[Elections ]
Relating to automatic recounts of certain elections.
Sponsored by: Sen. Paul Bettencourt
Read First Time on 03/06/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT proposing to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky related to reproductive rights. [HB-751]
[Reproductive Rights / Abortion ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
Propose to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky to establish an individual right to reproductive freedom; allow the Commonwealth to regulate abortion after fetal viability, but not prohibit if medically needed to protect a pregnant patient's life or physical or mental health; forbid discrimination in enforcement of this right; prohibit prosecution of an individual, or a person helping a pregnant individual, for exercising the right to reproductive freedom; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.
Sponsored by: Rep. Daniel Grossberg
To Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (h) on 02/27/2025
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Texas 89th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to renaming the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America. [SB-1410]
Relating to renaming the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America.
Sponsored by: Sen. Donna Campbell
Not Again Placed On Intent Calendar on 04/29/2025
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Texas 89th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to the reapportionment of state legislative, congressional, and judicial districts and the functions and duties of the independent redistricting commission. [HB-3031]
[Elections ]
Relating to the reapportionment of state legislative, congressional, and judicial districts and the functions and duties of the independent redistricting commission.
Sponsored by: Rep. Donna Howard
Read First Time on 03/20/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the selection and oversight of Article V convention commissioners. [HB-634]
[Elections ]
[Ethics ]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 6 providing for the selection and oversight of Article V commissioners if an Article V Convention is called and the Commonwealth is a participant; define terms; require the General Assembly to pass a commissioning resolution naming five commissioners to represent the Commonwealth in the convention; include in the resolution the commission, limitations, and allow the General Assembly to provide additional instructions; direct requirements for the commissioners; require the commissioners to execute an oath and the
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Sponsored by: Rep. Walker Thomas
To Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (h) on 02/26/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to jailer service cards issued by the Secretary of State. [SB-193]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 14 to provide for the issuance of jailer service cards by the Secretary of State to jailers who are currently serving or have previously served as jailers in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
Sponsored by: Sen. Rick Girdler
3rd Reading, Passed 34-0 on 03/07/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT proposing an amendment to Section 145 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to voting rights. [SB-225]
[Voting Rights ]
[Elections ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
Propose to amend Section 145 of the Constitution of Kentucky to automatically restore the voting rights of persons convicted of certain felonies upon completion of their imprisonment, probation, or parole and automatically restore their civil rights five years after completion of their imprisonment, probation, or parole; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.
Sponsored by: Sen. Keturah Herron
To State & Local Government (s) on 02/20/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to election districts and making an appropriation therefor. [HB-628]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Ethics ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 5 to establish the Advisory Redistricting Commission, which shall be composed of members appointed by the General Assembly and members of the public at large; define terms; establish commissioner pay, conditions, powers, and duties; provide that commissioners' terms correlate with obligations of each census cycle; establish the conditions, powers, and duties of the commission; require the commission to draft redistricting plans for legislative and congressional districts, with parameters prescribed; establish standards
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Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Donworth
To Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (h) on 02/26/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to elections. [HB-684]
[Elections ]
[Education ]
[Voting Rights ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
Amend KRS 117.045 to allow a lesser number of precinct officers when the State Board of Elections has approved a county board of elections' precinct consolidation plan; amend KRS 117.065 to require the county board of elections to notify local boards of education of its intent to use school buildings as voting places by December 1 of each year; require the county board of elections to specify which school buildings will be used; amend KRS 117.066 to conform; allow a county board of elections to request an amendment to its previously submitted precinct
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Sponsored by: Rep. Jennifer Henson Decker
Delivered To Secretary Of State (acts Ch. 125) on 03/28/2025
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Texas 89th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to elimination of the countywide polling place program. [HB-2990]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
Relating to elimination of the countywide polling place program.
Sponsored by: Rep. Joanne Shofner
Read First Time on 03/20/2025
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Texas 89th Legislature Regular Session
Applying to the Congress of the United States to call a convention under Article V of the United States Constitution for the limited purpose of proposing one or more amendments to the constitution to impose fiscal restraints on the federal government, to limit the power and jurisdiction of the federal government, and to limit the terms of office of federal officials and members of Congress. [SJR-54]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Taxes ]
[Funding ]
[Elections ]
[Ethics ]
Applying to the Congress of the United States to call a convention under Article V of the United States Constitution for the limited purpose of proposing one or more amendments to the constitution to impose fiscal restraints on the federal government, to limit the power and jurisdiction of the federal government, and to limit the terms of office of federal officials and members of Congress.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Birdwell
Scheduled For Public Hearing On . . . on 04/24/2025
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Texas 89th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to single-family homes held by corporate owners for rental purposes; requiring information by and registration of certain corporate owners; authorizing a fee and civil penalty. [HB-2968]
[Real Estate ]
[Housing ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Property Tax ]
Relating to single-family homes held by corporate owners for rental purposes; requiring information by and registration of certain corporate owners; authorizing a fee and civil penalty.
Sponsored by: Rep. James Talarico
Read First Time on 03/20/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Commercial Law - Voice and Visual Likeness - Digital Replication Rights (Nurture Originals, Foster Art, and Keep Entertainment Safe Act - NO FAKES Act) [SB-1025]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Arts and Culture ]
Establishing that each individual and a certain right holder have the right to authorize the use of the voice or visual likeness of the individual in a digital replica; providing that the right does not expire on the death of the individual and is transferable or licensable in a certain manner; providing that the right terminates after a certain period of time; requiring an online service to designate an agent for certain purposes; requiring the Secretary of State to maintain and make available certain information; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Johnny Mautz
Hearing 3/11 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/04/2025