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• If you need any assistance with the registration process, please notify the committee staff.
• currently have or operate under. civil service, a bargaining or meet-and-confer agreement, or some other form

Bills: HB1654, HB1691, HB2545, HB2652, HB3799, HB4144, HB5008

Keywords: peace officers, firefighters, employment protection, worker's compensation, job security, maximum medical improvement, government employment, firefighter cancer benefits, emergency medical technicians, compensation claims, cancer exposures, firefighting hazards, workforce training, rural development, grant program, job-specific training, Texas Workforce Commission, child care, single-parent, subsidized

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• Butler. forms. By protecting our vulnerable forms.
• <03:03:22.800> requirements<03:03:23.279> for<03:03:23.520> firearm registration
• requirements for firearm registration requirements for firearm silencers<03:03:24.560> and<03
• <05:00:19.200> application through the DC registration application through the DC registration
• In fact, under the National Voter Registration Act of 1993, states cannot set a voter registration deadline

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, June 10, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• This bill, in its current form, does not provide a realistic solution to the challenges we face with
• All of our greater metropolitan areas are witnessing this form of extortion with increased frequency.
• You'll see, but no really, it's statutory forms so the public can access.
• The registration papers go home with the puppies' paperwork. Everything we do is for transparency.
• We show your registration. I'm still in. As you shall be...

Bills: HB74, HB175, HB460, HB576, HB2271, HB2294, HB2874, HB3016, HB3133, HB3191, HB3458, HB3929, HB4063, HB4115, HB4394, HB74, HB175

Keywords: Puerto Verde, Port Authority, eminent domain, bonds, tax assessments, economic development, infrastructure, transportation, public welfare, child care, certifications, Texas Rising Star Program, grant program, disability inclusion, family income, affordability, economic impact, state study, cost analysis, government support

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• these kinds of investments without the ability to recoup it, existing membership pays that in the form
• They could form a MUD of their own or an IOU. Mr.
• That, unless you can recall anything else, that sounds like what your answer was in a little simpler form
• And have you filled out registration as well?
• Authority and have you filled out registration as well? Yes, I'm sorry.

Bills: SB863, SB1190, SB1261, SB1413, SB1624, SB1662, SB1663, SB1855, SB1967, SB2124, SB2204, SB1623

Keywords: Edwards Aquifer, water conservation, reclaimed water, aquifer storage, environmental protection, water loss, municipally owned utilities, Texas Water Development Board, administrative penalties, water audit, water infrastructure, water supply, state water plan, water management strategies, water financing, municipal bonds, revenue bonds, public debt, obligations, TWDB

Summary: The Senate Committee on Water, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs heard several water-related bills, with testimony focused on drinking water quality, groundwater contamination notice, flood infrastructure funding, water rights conservation, and utility service areas. SB 1662 would limit TCEQ’s advance notice to public water systems to no more than 24 hours before testing after a consumer complaint, to reduce the chance of temporary treatment affecting results. SB 1663 would allow TCEQ to notify private well owners, groundwater conservation districts, and nearby residents by direct means about known groundwater contamination, rather than relying mainly on first-class mail and annual reporting. SB 2124 would move the deadline for publishing the Texas Groundwater Protection Committee’s annual report from April 1 to June 1. Witnesses on the first two bills described long-running water quality problems and delayed notice in their communities and supported the measures. No opposition was recorded, and each bill was left pending for a later vote. The committee also heard SB 1967, which would expand eligibility for Flood Infrastructure Fund financing to multipurpose projects that both reduce flooding and create water supply. Senator Hinojosa and Hidalgo County representatives described the Delta Reclamation Project as a shovel-ready example that would capture flood and drainage water, treat it, and produce new potable supply while also providing detention and flood mitigation. A Sierra Club witness also supported the bill, saying such projects could help manage floodwaters and reduce polluted discharges to bays and estuaries. The bill was left pending. A lengthy and divided discussion followed on SB 1413, which would expand the streamlined expedited release process for landowners seeking removal from a water or sewer CCN in additional counties. Senator Nichols said the bill was a property-rights measure aimed at legacy monopolies and bad actors who use CCNs to hold landowners hostage, while supporters described cases where developers could not get timely service, including fire flow, or were asked to fund infrastructure without reasonable recoupment. Opponents from rural water corporations and utility associations argued the bill would undermine investment in water infrastructure, strand debt, and weaken the return on planned expansion. PUC and TCEQ resource witnesses explained that compensation is handled case by case through appraisal and can include stranded costs, planning, design, construction, and some legal fees, but members noted the statute is unclear and discussed possible committee substitute language. Public testimony was closed with the bill left pending. Later, SB 1624 would allow the Texas Water Trust within the Texas Water Bank to hold donated water rights for conservation purposes and protect them from use-it-or-lose-it cancellation, and SB 863 would address Edwards Aquifer utilities that straddle the aquifer boundary by allowing them to continue using Edwards water within their certificated areas under specified conditions. Both bills were laid out, received no public opposition in the hearing, and were left pending.

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• But I'm not sure that this bill in this form is exactly the way to get there.
• It imposes exorbitant licensing and registration fees for manufacturers and retail sellers. as well as
• However, I cannot support the legislation in its present form. Thank you.
• There is a reason that our governor put this on the call in the form of a request for a constitutional
• that's somewhat of a shield or a red herring looking to provide some misinformation regarding the formed

Bills: SB5, SB11, SB12, SB5, SB11, SB12

Keywords: hemp regulation, consumable products, cannabinoids, occupational licenses, criminal offenses, SB 11, Texas attorney general, election crimes, election law enforcement, criminal prosecution, Election Code, Government Code Chapter 402, local prosecutors, county attorney, district attorney, grand jury, probable cause reports, state election offenses, voter fraud, election integrity

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• Um, registration fees, Mr.
• Uh, it was formed in 2017. >> Senator Larson. >> Senator Larson.
• <00:09:40.160> Uh<00:09:40.399> it<00:09:40.560> was<00:09:40.720> formed

Bills: HB0105, HB0107, SF0002

Keywords: K-12 education, school facilities, security improvements, public funding, state appropriations, school construction, local government funding, sales tax distribution, municipal funding, economic equity, state revenue, Wyoming Legislature, legislative appropriations, Legislative Service Office, LSO budget, general fund, biennial budget, legislative branch, legislator travel, per diem

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• The committee will be utilizing the electronic registration system.
• The Industrial Development District created by House Bill 4308 is similar to a MUD, but in order to form
• Let's talk about this; now we're creating a completely new form of government.

Bills: HB1532, HB2731, HB3483, HB4308, HB4580, HB4582, HB5509, HB5663

Keywords: Lake Houston, dredging, maintenance district, flood control, environment, public works, HB 2731, roadside vendors, solicitors, county regulation, border counties, Mexico border, Transportation Code, unincorporated areas, right-of-way, public highway, parking lot, livestock sales, live animals, vendor regulation

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• times that in avoided find that at least there is a five to one return on such an investment in the form
• families, and low income individuals from excessive and hidden fees for DMV related services like car registration
• more than 5%. cost of $125,000 from the motor vehicle account to allow the DMV to update its website forms

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• That's all the cards we have, this is the last witness registration card that we have, so. Mr.
• I think that they just didn't, you know, fill out the proper forms or the proper documentation was not
• . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . that support transparency in the bill, and they'll report that on a form

Bills: SB260, SB263, SB293, SJR18

Keywords: school safety, Foundation School Program, education funding, student allotment, Texas education, SB 263, Texas franchise tax, cost of goods sold, COGS, broadcasters, television broadcasting, radio broadcasting, media tax, broadcast license, FCC, 47 C.F.R. Part 73, 47 C.F.R. Part 74, film production, television production, tax deduction

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• Uh, that's all the cards we have, this is the last, uh, witness registration card that we have, so Mr
• Fill out the proper forms or the proper documentation was not submitted, um, so I would say more of a
• And they'll report that on a, a form that is made by the OCA is going to set up they're going to set

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• interest either in in engaging in any sort of any sort of activity that would require lobbying registration
• You just have to have a registrant, a lobby registrant, be on the plane, and then that person would make
• It would be the registrant, but somebody on somebody's behalf has got to report it someplace.
• But the fact of his or her attendance at a reception under that wouldn't require his registration.
• So you have entity registration, then you have individual registration.

Summary: The Texas Ethics Commission met on March 11, 2025, first in executive session and then in open session. The chair announced that, in light of Texas Attorney General Opinion KP-484, the commission would conform its practices to the opinion and move to repeal tolling rules for sworn-complaint deadlines. The chair also said the commission would dismiss 36 pending sworn-complaint cases in which the 120-day settlement deadline had been exceeded, even though the delay had been tolled under prior TEC rules. The commission then set future meeting dates for June 12 and September 17 and approved prior meeting minutes. The commission adopted a new criminal-referral rule clarifying that, once jurisdiction over a complaint is accepted, commissioners may vote to make a criminal referral. It also adopted revised advisory-opinion rules, with a clarifying amendment from a commenter, and republished proposed changes to the definition of “principal purpose” for political committees after staff recommended a 49 percent political-activity threshold and further public input. The commission published for comment proposed changes to ethics training rules, facial-compliance review procedures, late-filing waiver and reduction rules, and sworn-complaint procedures, including tighter discovery limits, a default-order set-aside process, and removal of tolling language inconsistent with KP-484. It also republished Chapter 28 rules on Speaker-candidate reporting. The commission adopted several advisory opinions. It declined to give an affirmative defense on whether certain school-district communications were political advertising because related litigation had already addressed the issue. It reaffirmed that a House member may use donated district-office space if it is not reimbursable with public funds and was accepted before the contribution moratorium. It also concluded that a judge may use political funds for travel to a Navy-hosted event as a local dignitary, that legislators’ use of a corporate aircraft for a border-region fact-finding trip could be permissible but would likely trigger reporting obligations, that a TCEQ commissioner’s revolving-door restrictions apply only to matters actually placed before the commissioner, and that a part-time legislative staffer may not take outside employment assisting a registered lobbyist. The commission then heard and acted on numerous fine-waiver appeals, granting several full waivers or reductions and approving staff recommendations on others, and terminated a number of inactive campaign treasurer appointments. Finally, the executive director briefed the commission on the 2025 legislative session, noting that staffing requests are tied to Sunset recommendations and that the House had preliminarily recommended about half of the commission’s appropriations requests.

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• So he said he started forming a little militia. No taxation without representation.
• /c><01:06:56.000> list<01:06:56.240> and<01:06:56.480> they're on the sex registration
• list and they're on the sex registration list and they're staying<01:06:56.960> away<01:06:57.200
• Family Members Not Taxable; and, if time permits, we will hear Senate File 107, Motor Vehicle Registration
• Registration and Plate issuance<01:30:23.360> System.

Keywords: 916, all

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• <05:04:32.480> um of forest land to other forms um of forest land to other forms um development
• Like you're thinking about registration numbers or a sticker or something like that?
• We have to, there's a registration fee.
• We have to, there's a registration fee.
• We have to, there's a registration fee.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• And then the commissioner would also adopt guidelines and forms to implement this section.
• um to adopt guidelines and forms um to implement<01:16:30.480> this<01:16:30.719> section.
• Emphasized that grants are preferable, but the combination of relief in the form of grants and loans
• This time they came without notice of inspection, and I just consider it as a form of harassment and
• from 115 unique countries. registrations from 115 unique countries.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Assembly Bill 2573 strengthens and clarifies California's confidential voter registration program for
• Violent felonies, sex offenses requiring registration, and DUIs are categorically excluded.
• That record follows them into every job application, housing search, and college form, often for life
• This bill seeks to crack down on a new and pernicious form of fraud by fake bail agents posing as bail
• This form provides victims with important notifications such as transfers or release, parole hearings

Summary: The Assembly convened, established a quorum, and proceeded through a large House of Origin floor file, with the Speaker repeatedly urging members to be at their desks and keep support bills brief. Early actions included dispensing with the journal, re-referring AB 2285 to the Banking and Finance Committee, and then taking up dozens of third-reading items, with many bills passed by voice or recorded vote and others passed temporarily or retained on file. The floor debated and passed a wide range of measures on land use, housing, labor, public safety, health care, utilities, taxation, and consumer protection. Among the bills approved were measures on land surveyor review (AB 1933), nurse midwife access for pregnant and postpartum patients (AB 1696), historic-district transit zoning flexibility (AB 2415), EV charging infrastructure fees and timelines (AB 1820), foreclosure bidding protections (AB 1957), tribal cannabis commerce (AB 2506), outdoor advertising permitting (AB 2024), commercial building permit timelines and third-party plan checkers (AB 2418), DUI penalties (AB 1685 and AB 1687), utility rate transparency (AB 1715), CalWORKs work-penalty changes (AB 1755), dynamic electricity rates (AB 1787), interior designer licensure (AB 1796), compost labeling and contamination rules (AB 1812), modular housing standardization (AB 1815), small claims limits for businesses (AB 1827), Native American Day as a paid state holiday (AB 1841), hospital staffing and maternity access bills (AB 1868 and AB 1882), protective orders tied to release dates (AB 1889), and a series of public health, missing persons, and teacher credentialing measures later in the file. Several high-profile bills drew extended debate. AB 2624, expanding Safe at Home privacy protections to immigrant service providers, prompted sharp disagreement over free speech and alleged limits on online posting, but supporters said it protected workers facing threats and doxing; it ultimately passed 49-19. AB 2023, creating a framework for regulating AI chatbots used by children, was framed as a child-safety measure after testimony about chatbot-related harms and suicide risks, and passed 58-8. Other notable votes included AB 2208 on Medi-Cal protections against federal cuts, AB 2299 on CalFresh/SNAP losses, AB 2115 apologizing to California Native peoples for historic state harms, and AB 2311 on public hospital physician employment; the transcript ends as the Assembly continues working through the remaining file.

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• Subsequently, increasing the annual electric vehicle registration fee to $150 would only contribute an
• transportation revenues to help us achieve a cleaner and healthier Minnesota, but increasing EV registration
• <00:14:31.040> fee annual electric vehicle registration fee annual electric vehicle registration
• 15:20.079> but<00:15:20.519> increasing<00:15:21.040> EV<00:15:21.440> registration
• Minnesota but increasing EV registration Minnesota but increasing EV registration fees<00:15:22.279

Keywords: 1183, house

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• concentrated CBG CBN um and these are in concentrated CBG CBN um and these are in concentrated forms
• of cultivation sites that registration of cultivation sites that have<01:13:46.360> to<01:13:
• We would prefer patients' enrollment or registration with a program to be based on a conversation between
• fees that are higher annual registration fees that are passed<02:03:44.880> on<02:03:45.280><
• <02:07:00.719> fees atcs in terms of their registration fees atcs in terms of their registration

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• Chair, I think if the department could pull those registration licenses, we could get that information
• could get pull those um registration could get pull those um registration licenses,<00:34:42.320
• <01:01:27.359> of typically in the form of typically in the form of >> paper<01:01:28.640
• persists sort of in any form or fashion. persists sort of in any form or fashion.
• in some form or fashion moving<01:29:48.719> forward,<01:29:49.360> uh,<01:29:49.440><

Bills: HF3642, HF2700, HF3615

Keywords: virtual currency, kiosks, prohibition, customer payouts, cryptocurrency regulation, consumer privacy, data privacy, health data, sensitive data, Minnesota Consumer Data Privacy Act, personal data, data broker, targeted advertising, geofencing, location tracking, health care privacy, patient privacy, consent, minor privacy, children's privacy

Summary: The Commerce Finance and Policy Committee met on House File 3642, which would prohibit virtual currency kiosks in Minnesota. The bill was laid over, and the committee adopted a DE1 author’s amendment. Chair Kaggel and Representative Perryman described the measure as a response to widespread scams using crypto kiosks, especially against older adults and other vulnerable people, and said they would continue working with the Department of Commerce and other stakeholders. Testimony from law enforcement and advocates strongly supported the ban. A St. Cloud police sergeant and a Woodbury detective described cases in which victims lost large sums, said the current safeguards and refund rules are being bypassed, and argued that the kiosks are difficult to investigate because funds move quickly and often overseas. An AARP Minnesota volunteer also supported the bill, saying kiosks are a preferred tool for scammers and that existing protections have not kept pace with the problem. The Department of Commerce said it strongly supports the bill and reported that it has received 120 complaints over three years involving nearly $1 million in reported losses, with 2025 the worst year so far. The main opposition came from CoinFlip’s general counsel, who argued that the problem is fraud generally, not kiosks themselves, and said Minnesota already has consumer protections, including refunds for eligible victims. He urged stronger regulation rather than a ban, citing blockchain analytics, hold periods, and 24-hour customer service as alternatives. Committee members then asked questions about how long kiosks have operated in Minnesota, how many there are, who owns them, and the scale of losses; Commerce said there are hundreds statewide, operated by a variety of companies, and that reported losses are likely undercounts.

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• Well, you know, the industry is contracting in the form of fewer independent public accounting firms
• I do know that one in ten of Our newly registered voters or same-day registration.
• This should give context to the LFC's recommendation in a more visual form. If you'd go to.
• We have other attorneys that were On behalf of the agency, that are paid in the form of a contingency
• Some of it is in the form of different forms of settlements, but the bulk of the money recovered goes

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• While that registration was later terminated, the statute does not make legality depend on current registration
• > later While that registration was later While that registration was later terminated,<00:04:
• legality depend on current registration legality depend on current registration status.<00:04:05.480
• But, as has been outlined, that registration was terminated. I am no longer a lobbyist.
• I am no registration was terminated.

Keywords: 1183, house