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• Whether you're liberal or conservative...
• My Christian conservative values do not diminish my love for others, and they absolutely do not equate
• As it turns out, because I ran as a conservative, ...Republican, I did not bring religion into my campaign

Bills: SB2101, SB2334, SB2633, SB2637, SB2713, SB2781, SB2782, SB3059, HB1130, HB256, HCR19

Keywords: minors, sexually explicit materials, public libraries, age verification, civil penalties, library collection review, alcohol storage, airline permits, beverage regulations, airport, commercial flights, alcoholic beverages, local option election, zoning regulations, municipality control, land use, state law, social media, bot accounts, misinformation

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• I support components of this bill, and there is a smaller, more conservative version of it that might
• But the bill that we have in front of us here today, More conservative version of it that might have

Keywords: 970, all

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• This is paid by special revenues from conservation tax funding.
• This is paid by special revenues from conservation tax funding.

Keywords: 1204, all

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• Ken is dyed in the wool conservative, has had a longstanding interest in local politics, and is shadowing
• Conservative, has had a longstanding interest in local politics, and is shadowing me today.

Keywords: 1182, all

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• It creates the wildfire mitigation program revolving fund, and it also requires the Conservation Commission
• It also requires the Conservation Commission to develop a wildfire mitigation test pilot and refine fire

Bills: HB2989, HB3724, HB2992, HB3464, HB4246, HB3989

Keywords: high-demand facilities, electric utilities, public infrastructure, water management, taxpayer-funded subsidies, decommissioning plans, local control, citizen initiative, referendum, HB2992, Data Center Customer Ratepayer Protection Act of 2026, Corporation Commission, Oklahoma utilities, ratepayer protection, data centers, artificial intelligence computing, AI data centers, cryptocurrency mining, large load customer, electric rates

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• This legislation has conserved. approximately 1 trillion gallons of fresh water.
• Basically, we're just continuing to conserve and try to incentivize non-freshwater use in the fracking

Bills: SB1211, SB1574, SB2774, SB2873, SB2900, HJR4

Keywords: hydraulic fracturing, sales tax exemption, oil and gas, environmental impact, water reuse, justice, judicial council, centers of excellence, court operations, recognition program, franchise tax, retail trade, tax classification, business regulation, economic impact, SB 2873, Texas Tax Code, electronic filing, e-filing, tax reports

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• We know that the projections in the past have been very conservative in reality.
• another bed in the state of North Dakota. that the projections that in the past have been very conservative

Keywords: 908, all

Summary: The committee reconvened in the afternoon and took up only Senate Bill 2015, the Department of Corrections budget. Representative Steeman explained that the budget reflected major changes from the Senate version because bed contracts with Grand Forks and Burleigh-Morton were still unresolved when the Senate acted. He described rising inmate populations, added county/regional jail payments, deferred maintenance and repair funding, planning money for a new Missouri River Correctional Center, software and equipment upgrades, victims of crime grants, and a one-time diversion/deflection center grant for Fargo funded through the Community Health Trust Fund. He also outlined funding for body cameras, tasers, and protective vests, and a Native American reentry program/report provision, along with a legislative management study on sentencing, corrections, and parole oversight. Members asked about the possibility of private or design-build alternatives for the new Missouri River Correctional Center. After discussion, the committee adopted language directing the steering committee to oversee design and construction and to explore other options. There was also discussion of the importance of maintaining North Dakota’s correctional rehabilitation culture, the cost and availability of out-of-state placements, and the current number of inmates housed in regional, county, and interstate facilities. The committee adopted the amendment to engrossed Senate Bill 2015 and then approved the bill as amended on a 21-0 vote, with two members absent and not voting. Representative Steeman was designated as the carrier. The chair then thanked members for their work and announced the committee would reconvene the next morning to continue with remaining bills and budget work before adjourning.

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• In a 6-3 vote, the conservative court found that Coach Kennedy's post-game prayer on the 50-yard line
• The conservative majority also reaffirmed that the original intent, and where is Senator Middleton, because

Bills: SCR5, SCR13, SB3, SB6, SB10, SB12, SB13, SB15, SB17, SB18, SB19, SB24, SB35, SB57, SB65, SB112, SB284, SB290, SB388, SB400, SB402, SB412, SB495, SB499, SB502, SB509, SB621, SB706, SB740, SB815, SB842, SB854, SB875, SB893, SB917, SB974, SB1025, SB1061, SB1073, SB1106, SB1268, SB1281, SB1300, SB1362, SB1379, SB1447, SB1451, SB1555, SB1902, SJR36, SJR12, SCR13, SCR25, SCR5, SCR22, SCR12, SCR24, SB495, SB412, SB10, SB18, SB565, SB372, SB842, SB765, SB62, SB19, SB666, SB707, SB888, SB687, SB706, SB847, SB290, SB13, SB1248, SB740, SB14, SB1006, SB504, SB917, SB925, SB388, SB1902, SB1121, SB995, SB857, SB305, SB296, SB284, SB35, SB6, SB815, SB3, SB1281, SB1379, SB1300, SB1497, SB1499, SB1498, SB1451, SB1061, SB15, SB65, SB241, SB304, SB402, SB499, SB621, SB974, SB1023, SB1024, SB1025, SB1106, SB686, SB112, SB371, SB204, SB400, SB609, SB1447, SB670, SB502, SB427, SB850, SB854, SB413, SB1555, SB1362, SB1346, SB1033, SB1220, SB1073, SB810, SB987, SB1539, SB893, SB447, SB875, SB406, SB509, SB985, SB965, SB17, SB1119, SB1505, SB12, SB24, SB57, SB1194, SB1253, SB1215, SB1532, SB1268, SB1302, SB856, SB650, SB583, SB673, SB840, SJR57, SCR8, SB213, SB681, SB1172, SB1252, SB378, SB610, SB918, SB1343, SB608, SB487, SB955, SB957, SB988, SB990, SB1019, SB1021, SB1120, SB251, SB958, SB535, SB761, SB1, SB541, SB315, SB379, SB1018, SB1737, SB266, SB1415

Keywords: SCR 5, Senate Concurrent Resolution 5, Texas School for the Deaf, TSD, Robert Rives, gymnasium naming, building naming, honorary resolution, commemorative resolution, deaf education, hard of hearing, Gallaudet University, alumni hall of fame, football coach, school facility naming, education K-16, State Affairs, Texas Legislature, public school tribute, water rights

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• and border regions, as well as providing valuable research in the areas of water, wildlife, land conservation
• Water resources are inherently rare in West Texas, thus water conservation is particularly critical in

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• regions, as well as provide... providing valuable research in the areas of water, wildlife, land conservation
• Water resources are. inherently rare in West Texas, those water conservation is particularly critical

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• <01:08:18.560> Point<01:08:18.799> your<01:08:18.960> microphone conservation
• Point your microphone conservation land.
• <01:08:24.560> land earlier about the conservation land earlier about the conservation land
• <01:09:14.239> land<01:09:14.560> stewardship<01:09:15.159> program conservation
• land stewardship program conservation land stewardship program which<01:09:16.400> is<01:09:16.640

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• The local option design of this bill conserves the investment made by casino operators already involved
• /c><00:32:48.880> of<00:32:49.120> this<00:32:49.279> bill<00:32:49.600> conserves
• <00:32:50.159> the option design of this bill conserves the option design of this bill conserves
• last year for creating this program was Sarah Silk, and she was a selectwoman, a ZBA member, a conservation
• commission member um in the conservation commission member um in the town<01:23:14.159> of<01

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• If it's a water conservation issue, then, you know, I think we're all for it.
• Is it to offer other water uses for water conservation measures?
• Is it to offer other water uses for water conservation measures?
• Is it to offer other water uses for water conservation measures?
• A pest found on agricultural land will spread to residential or conservation lands and vice versa.

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• Prime farmland has an explicit definition that NRCS, Natural Resources Conservation Service, I guess,
• Is the same issue out there with the federal and state wildlife conservation easements, or are the companies
• I know there are some long-term federal and state wildlife conservation leases out in our area, in our
• Indigenous farmers or ranchers will sign a long-term federal conservation leases.
• Farmers or ranchers will sign a long-term federal conservation lease easement.

Summary: The committee met at the Coteau Freedom Mine in Mercer County, approved the June 2 minutes, and heard an overview of the mine from Coteau Properties president Andrew Hawbaker. He described the Freedom Mine as the largest lignite mine in the United States, supplying coal to Dakota Gasification, Antelope Valley Station, and Leland Olds Station. He emphasized the mine’s scale, safety record, reclamation work, workforce needs, community involvement, and economic impact, including payroll, taxes, royalties, scholarships, and local hiring. Members asked about how long land stays in production, how quickly it returns to agriculture after reclamation, labor shortages, and how mining affects groundwater and water wells. Hawbaker said most tracts are mined for about three to five years, reclamation is coordinated with landowners, and the company continues to struggle to find electricians, welders, mechanics, operators, and engineers. The committee then heard from Public Service Commission Chairman Randy Christman on coal mining reclamation and permitting. He reviewed North Dakota’s coal mining history, the state’s reclamation laws, federal Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act primacy, bonding, permit renewals and revisions, prohibited mining areas, inspection and enforcement, and contemporaneous reclamation requirements. Christman stressed that North Dakota’s program is professional and thorough, with frequent inspections, financial assurance, and a 10-year revegetation monitoring period before bond release. He also discussed federal coal ownership issues that can delay mine plans, the treatment of prime farmland, and how reclamation differs for wind and pipelines. In response to questions, he said one challenge is sometimes releasing land too soon before long-term compaction issues are fully understood, and he noted that data centers do not currently have a comparable reclamation model because they typically own the land. In the afternoon, the committee received an update from Lignite Energy Council president Jonathan Fortner on the lignite industry. He said North Dakota’s lignite sector supports five commercial power plants, four mines, about 12,000 direct and indirect jobs, and more than $5.5 billion in economic activity, while helping keep the state’s electricity rates among the lowest in the nation. Fortner reviewed coal severance and conversion tax revenues, the lignite research fund, federal regulatory rollbacks, carbon capture policy, and the industry’s legal costs fighting federal rules. He also highlighted a study on large-load development, saying new data centers and critical mineral processing facilities could create major local tax revenue and help justify new baseload generation. Members asked whether new gas pipelines would crowd out coal plant development and whether the economic study included jobs and broader local impacts; Fortner said the industry sees room for both and that the study did include construction, operations, jobs, and tax effects.

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• The next goal was gaining a conservative board of trustees in CISD so we could could align schools with
• , I sit before you. as the president of the only all-female, now I get a little emotional. all conservative
• Tolerance is a pro-business policy and bigotry is an anti-business policy, so it's not a conservative
• In an effort to conserve and embrace critical thinking, the only thing failing education is failing the
• who believe these books should not only be provided to students, but should be celebrated. us conservative

Bills: SB12, SB1565, SB13, SJR12, SB686, SB371, SB204, SB609, SB112, SB400, SB813, SB 12, SB 13

Keywords: parental rights, education, social transitioning, diversity, equity, inclusion, school policy, student clubs, school district, grievance procedure, public education, diversity and inclusion, funding penalties, school libraries, library advisory councils, library materials, educational content, challenging materials, constitutional amendment, school choice

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• program energy conservation standards for consumer gas-fired instantaneous water heaters.
• program energy conservation standards for consumer gas-fired instantaneous water heaters.
• prohibitive energy conservation prohibitive energy conservation standards<00:18:52.559> for
• program energy conservation standards for consumer gas-fired instantaneous water heaters.
• <00:56:25.920> program conservation program conservation program energy<00:56:27.640> conservation

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• work to restore, conserve, or return more<02:25:26.479> water<02:25:26.960> than<02:25
• That means that for the water we do consume, we invest in projects that restore, conserve, or return
• That means that for the water we do consume, we invest in projects that restore, conserve, or return
• That means that for the water we do consume, we invest in projects that restore, conserve, or return
• that is a very conservative estimate. that is a very conservative estimate.

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• reinsurance broker, and the Conservation reinsurance broker, and the Conservation Law<01:41:00.400
• Thank you. >> We're all set. >> Uh, Tom Irwin from Conservation Law Foundation. when you presented in
• <01:51:42.639> Law >> Uh, Tom Irwin from Conservation Law Foundation.
• I direct the New Hampshire Office of Conservation Law Foundation.
• the New Hampshire Office of Conservation the New Hampshire Office of Conservation Law<01:52:01.040

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• to reside in a guardian or conservator to reside in the<00:51:44.799> assisted<00:51:45.240><
• And, you know, we did have a conversation earlier about requiring a guardian or conservator.
• I I just that is guardian or conservator I I just that is not<02:41:40.880> um<02:41:41.840><
• play have uh a guardian or a conservator play a<02:42:35.000> role<02:42:35.640> and<02
• as a condition to admission conservator as a condition to admission I<02:45:10.439> believe<02

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• Next, Grant Seore of the American Bird Conservancy on Zoom.
• I'm speaking today on behalf of the American Bird Conservancy and our members.
• would would conservation Community would would strongly<01:32:54.719> oppose<01:32:55.360>
• We're proud to stand with our conservation colleagues in support of this measure.
• acknowledge um the conservation acknowledge um the conservation interests<01:35:01.719> in

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Summary: The committee met on February 12 at 2 p.m. and heard several measures related to corrections, re-entry, law enforcement, retirement benefits, and gun violence prevention. On HB 10002, which would extend the Hawaii Correctional System Oversight Commission coordinator’s term and clarify unannounced inspection authority, the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said it had no objection to the term length or to 24/7 unannounced access. The commission’s chair, Commissioner Mark Patterson, asked for a longer term, saying the commission needs more time and stability to manage reform efforts after years without staff during COVID. Community Alliance on Prisons and Carolyn Eaton also supported a longer term, with both suggesting six years would better insulate the position from politics. The chair noted he had asked Chair Bot for background on the prior committee’s changes and said that could be discussed during decision-making. The committee then heard HB 67, which would require DCR to help inmates obtain civil identification documents such as IDs, birth certificates, and Social Security cards as soon as practicable, including for people in furlough or community placement programs. DCR said it supported the bill and described ongoing work with the city and county on ID machines and with agencies on certificates and Social Security cards. The Office of Hawaiian Affairs, the Oversight Commission, Community Alliance on Prisons, and the Office of Public Defense all supported the measure, emphasizing that identification is essential for housing, employment, and successful re-entry and noting the disproportionate impact of incarceration on Native Hawaiians. On HB 1183, which would classify certain law enforcement administrators and Department of Law Enforcement employees as Class A members for retirement purposes, the Department of Human Resources Development, the Employees’ Retirement System, and the Department of Law Enforcement all supported the bill. DHRD said it would help recruitment and retention, ERS said it had technical amendments to suggest, and DLE said the change would help with succession planning and allow the governor to appoint the most qualified leader. The committee also heard HB 1045, an emergency appropriation bill to cover payroll fringe benefits for Department of Law Enforcement personnel after salary funding had been shifted to other departments; Budget and Finance and DLE explained the need for the supplemental funding, and no opposition was noted. Finally, the committee took up HB 664, which would create an Office of Gun Violence Prevention, a grant program, a resource bank, and a special fund. The Attorney General recommended adding standards for grant awards and warned of overlap with the existing Gun Violence and Violent Crimes Commission, suggesting consolidation and repeal of the older commission to avoid duplication. Supporters included the Brady Campaign, Everytown for Gun Safety, Moms Demand Action Hawaii, a physician, and an Army veteran, who argued the office would centralize data, coordinate prevention efforts, and help secure outside funding. Testimony was mixed, with the chair noting 37 supporters, nine opponents, and three commenters, but no vote was taken during the hearing.