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• Water, uh, Development Board.
• That he wanted to develop, uh, a high-end property development.
• Texas Water Development Board.
• The big dense development that we're starting to see, you know, I've met with, uh, the developer, uh,
• The city of Decatur, the city of Bridgeport have multiple developments and developers they're working

Bills: HB 1520, HB 1525, HB 1530, HB 1535, HB 2068, HB 2091, HB 2347, HB 2372, HB 2805, HB 2815, HB 2867, HB 3154, HB 3482, HB 3483, HB 3663, HB 3781, HB 3901, HB 3915, HB 4135, HB 4153, HB 4158, HB 4329, HB 4331

Keywords: Angelina and Neches River Authority, river authority, Sunset Advisory Commission, Texas Sunset Act, Special District Local Laws Code, local government, natural resources, board of directors, director training, board governance, public testimony, open meetings, public information, conflict of interest, ethics, complaint system, general manager, board president, staggered terms, removal of director

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• In fact, a lot of times that term equates to sprawl development.
• How many units do we typically need to develop for it to pencil?
• We've seen infill developers do as little as two to four units.
• So, Madam Chair, is this for a development where now as a developer I'm going to build 100 homes or is
• Honestly, it was mostly an oversight as we were developing it.

Keywords: 996, all

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• So we developed these this course that was taught several times last year and in 2023.
• Leadership development and adaptive technical said assistance at the organizational level.
• It's really meant to develop the individually identified really meant to develop the individually identified
• professional development goals of that particular worker.
• We have 3 areas of focus for coaching professional development, competency and skill development and

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• <00:03:45.360> will ownership development program will ownership development program will
• ><00:12:36.240> and renters, homeowners, developers, and renters, homeowners, developers, and
• Since 2012, development of housing.
• affordable home ownership development affordable home ownership development program,<00:18:44.640
• <00:23:42.640> new fraction of what it takes to develop new fraction of what it takes to develop

Keywords: 1183, house

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• And can we develop a sustainable supply of water to that area?
• And with return of having irrigation and never has developed.
• , ecosystem, workforce development.
• Thank you. ...all ag technology research and development, ecosystem, workforce development, and projects
• It develops a scalar adjustment to damages, and it does that by basically...

Keywords: 908, all

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• Currently, if McNeese were to establish an economic development... wait, let me say this.
• So each economic development district would be required to have a board.
• So, like currently, the LSU Economic Development District, they have a board.
• It outlines that for these economic development district boards. Correct. Okay.
• She said it is a good partnership with workforce development and appreciated the bill. Rep.

Bills: HR175, HCR81, SB105, SB290, SB304, SB374, SB522

Keywords: TOPS, education funding, workforce development, postsecondary education, Louisiana Works, tech training, declining enrollment, public schools, school districts, Louisiana Department of Education, state superintendent, school closures, budget cuts, teacher layoffs, school consolidation, education policy, enrollment decline, birth rates, migration, private schools

Summary: The House Education Committee met on May 6 and began with a presentation from LSU leadership, including LSU System President Wade Roos and Chancellor Jim Dalton. They outlined LSU’s goals of building an “elite” flagship university while maintaining accessibility through transfer pathways from regional campuses, increasing research expenditures toward top-tier status, and keeping more Louisiana students in-state for college and jobs. Members responded positively, praising LSU’s leadership, workforce focus, and efforts to retain the state’s best and brightest students. The committee then considered several bills. SB 105, by Sen. Kathy, would reinstitute a TOPS Tech-related benefit for veterans using existing TOPS Tech funds, with no new money added; it was reported favorably. SB 374 would create a uniform framework for college economic development districts, allowing other institutions to establish districts with local government approval; Rep. Tarver offered and the committee adopted an amendment adding a legislator to each district board, and the bill was reported with amendments. SB 304 would let Louisiana institutions choose from a Board of Regents-approved list of accreditors recognized by the U.S. Department of Education, while preserving specialized accreditation; it was reported favorably. The committee also took up SB 522, which would allow vocational and technical charter schools to apply directly to BESE as Type 2 charters when supported by the State Board of Commerce and Industry. Rep. Taylor objected that the bill should apply equally to public schools and charter schools, but the committee ultimately voted 9-1 to report the bill favorably. SB 290, a cleanup bill on student exit codes and school accountability data, was reported favorably. H.R. 175, which would have asked for a study of TOPS Tech, was voluntarily deferred by the author. Finally, H.C.R. 81, by Rep. Freiberg, requested a Department of Education study on options for public school systems facing declining enrollment, including funding, staffing, closures, and consolidation. Caroline Romer of the Louisiana Association of Public Charter Schools supported the study, and Rep. Taylor asked whether charter schools should be included in the review. The resolution was reported favorably. The meeting ended with several members recognizing visiting mayors and other guests before adjournment.

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• who are tackling residential development.
• And then on the development demand, I'll provide you with our development pipeline and the demand that
• Like if Marquita's doing development and Naira is doing development, what are those competitive deals
• And what—so it's, I want to see how that develops and how we develop that timeline.
• If you would also really think in terms of— So it's, I want to see how that develops and how we develop

Keywords: 996, all

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• Other developments can be seen on the next slide.
• I'm the current Secretary in Economic Development.
• for economic development.
• I think we can develop this infrastructure.
• I mean, economic development is important.

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• Local opposition continue to slow development.
• This policy would enable development or developers to withdraw cash from existing HCD projects to promote
• back to. original either local jurisdiction or developer or so forth.
• community development to align with the deadlines provided by Housing and Urban Development.
• It will lead to improved efficiency and housing development.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• Economic development. It is Monday, March 24th.
• the workforce development fund. the workforce development fund.
• workforce development development fund. workforce development development fund.
• <01:26:51.520> I workforce development in Oatana. I workforce development in Oatana.
• development while fostering development development while fostering entrepreneurship<01:47:53.920>

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• important,<00:23:00.000> but development is absolutely important, but development is absolutely
• 2027 from the workforce development 2027 from the workforce development fund.<00:56:20.079> Both
• fund one time to the agent development fund one time to the agent economic<01:07:15.440> development
• Minnesota D, this surge in development Minnesota D, this surge in development is<01:10:37.679>
• plus the Asian Economic Development plus the Asian Economic Development Association.<01:14:16.880

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• So the developer would, they would say to the developer, you owe us two million dollars because we're
• parcels or an adjacent development.
• Adjacent parcels or an adjacent development.
• It would have to be the development order, have the negotiations would have to take place, the development
• So explain to me with the Economic Development Agency...

Summary: The Senate convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, several introductions, and an announcement that there would be no conference that weekend. The chamber then took up a long special order calendar and passed a series of bills, often by substituting House companions. Early measures included trust law modernization to create a nonjudicial trustee discharge process, military affairs changes expanding leave and retirement-related provisions, a bill to prepare for the end of penny use by standardizing cash rounding, and a podiatric medicine bill regulating cellular or tissue-based products and informed consent. The Senate also approved veterans court expansion, RV park assessment clarification, alcohol-loss tax deduction authority, bail bond and pretrial release revisions, and a military-installation jurisdiction bill to allow juvenile cases on bases to be handled in state juvenile court under certain conditions. Most bills passed unanimously or near-unanimously, with the bail bond bill passing 36-1 after questions about charitable bail bonds and confirmation that existing law on return of charitable bail funds would remain unchanged. The chamber then paused for a lengthy farewell presentation honoring Senator Lori Berman, featuring a video, remarks from many senators, and Berman’s own closing speech reflecting on her 16 years of service, her legislative priorities, and her call for civility, bipartisanship, and continued support for issues such as school safety, Israel, anti-Semitism, and affordability. After the tribute, the Senate resumed and passed additional bills, including one expanding insurance coverage definitions for portable electronics and eyewear, a workforce and nursing education funding bill broadening support for health science programs, a recovery residences regulatory streamlining bill, a felony battery enhancement bill adding resisting an officer with violence as a qualifying prior offense, and a child welfare bill extending visitor thresholds in out-of-home placements, making the Step Into Success program permanent, and creating a best-practices program. The chamber also advanced a candidate qualification bill tightening party-affiliation requirements and adding a House provision on recent legal name changes; debate began on that measure as the transcript ended.

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• That is set up on the state under the state water plan and the Texas Water Development Board.
• They must require that if the builder developer is going to use groundwater as a supply of water.
• I'm vice, vice president of Land Development for the Howard Hughes Holding Company.
• Um, I'm owner of Ellison Development.
• There are also, uh, issues to the challenge to the landowner who may be developing the land.

Bills: HB24

Keywords: groundwater, conservation, water permits, sustainability, resource management

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• It's a developing human being.
• Here's the bottom line: If we can teach how frogs develop, we can teach how a human being is developed
• If we can teach how frogs develop, we can teach how a human being is developed.
• Human fetal development is a core part of human development as a whole, teaching students how a human
• , prenatal development, as explained as a science.

Keywords: 1182, all

Summary: The committee heard testimony on House Bill 2076, which would create a reimbursement program for school safety training and equipment, maintain an approved list of training programs meeting AZPOST standards, and allow eligible schools to adopt policies permitting certain employees to carry concealed firearms on campus if they complete approved training and meet notification/confidentiality requirements. The sponsor, Rep. Bliss, framed the bill as an optional, fiscally responsible medical-response measure meant to help school employees stop bleeding and save lives in emergencies, emphasizing that no school would be required to participate and that no new state appropriation was needed. Opponents, including Giffords, Arizona for Gun Safety, and the Arizona Education Association, argued the bill would normalize armed staff in classrooms, create confidentiality problems for parents and law enforcement, and expose students and staff to additional risk. They also said teachers are not trained as trauma responders and that the bill’s immunity and secrecy provisions could reduce accountability. Supporters, including Arizona Citizens Defense League and other proponents, said the bill adds guardrails to existing law, focuses mostly on first aid and de-escalation training, and gives schools an option to prepare staff for emergencies. After debate, the committee voted 6-5-1 to give HB 2076 a do pass recommendation. The committee then took up House Bill 2830, which directs the State Board of Education to adopt science standards requiring instruction on fetal and prenatal development and specifies that the instruction is not sex education. Opponents, including the Arizona Education Association and Reproductive Freedom for All, said the bill politicizes science, creates fragmented instruction, and could lead to questions that inevitably touch on sex education while failing to address broader student health needs. Supporters, including Arizona Right to Life, a school board president, and a biology teacher, argued the bill is simply about age-appropriate, medically accurate science and parental transparency. The committee approved HB 2830 on an 8-4 vote.

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• It aims to enhance certainty and speed for development.
• I think it also undermines local decision-making by prohibiting quasi-judicial review of development.
• Gary Hunter, Florida Association of Community Developers, waves in support. Thank you.
• We recently had a county that had inadvertently collected impact fees from a developer than a 55-plus
• This is more on the front end, even obviously before it's been constructed or developed.

Bills: S0014, S0016, S0024, S0168, S0288, S0548, S0686, S0830, S1138, S1234

Keywords: negligence, settlement, police conduct, municipal liability, personal injury, compensation, injuries, Miami-Dade County, rural electric cooperatives, energy production, Florida law, energy tariffs, regulation, impact fees, transportation capacity, local government, interlocal agreements, growth management, community planning, extraordinary circumstances

Summary: The committee met with a quorum present and took up a series of local claims, public records, growth management, permitting, and nuisance bills. It first heard and approved SB 16, SB 14, and SB 24, all uncontested claims bills providing relief related to injuries or settlements involving the City of St. Petersburg and Miami-Dade County. The committee also approved SB 288 on rural electric cooperatives, which narrows statutory language to protect co-op decisions on generation and power purchases while preserving consumer protections, and SB 830, which creates a public records exemption for certain personal information of county and city managers and their families due to reported threats against local officials. Members then considered SB 1138 on qualified contractors and development review, which would create a registry of licensed professionals to help local governments process pre-application reviews and plats more quickly. Local government groups raised concerns about preemption and preserving quasi-judicial authority, while private-provider supporters backed the bill; Senator Sharief voted no, and the bill was reported favorably. The committee also approved SB 168, expanding public nuisance law to include gambling houses and increasing penalties, and SB 686 on agricultural enclaves, which revises the enclave process, adds a public hearing path, limits it to certain residential projects in urban service areas, and was amended to change a date to June 30, 2026 before being reported favorably. The committee next approved CS for SB 548 on growth management and impact fees, which clarifies plan-based methodology, extraordinary circumstances, interlocal agreements, and refund procedures for improper fee collections. Testimony reflected support for clearer standards but also concerns about fee increases and refund administration. Finally, SB 1234 on building permits and inspections was reported favorably; it would extend permit validity, exempt some low-value work from permitting, create a statewide residential permit form, speed review timelines, and expand private-provider use, drawing opposition from a Miami-Dade building official who argued for continued local oversight and support from private-provider advocates. Senator Jones requested to be recorded as voting affirmatively on several tabs and negatively on tab 9, and the committee adjourned after all bills were disposed of.

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• PART OF IT WAS TO DEVELOP NEW REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGIES, DEVELOPED A HIGHLY SKILLED HIGH WAGE WORKFORCE
• ONE OF THIS IS AN ANTICANCER AGENT THAT WAS IN DEVELOPMENT I THINK FOR 15 YEARS.
• SO AGAIN THIS IS SHOWING TREMENDOUS POTENTIAL IN TERMS OF DEVELOPMENT OF NEW DRUGS.
• ONE OF THE AREAS I TALKED ABOUT WAS THIS DEVELOPMENT OF IMAGING TECHNOLOGY.
• THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, THESE ARE CHANGING CAREER OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE STUDENTS.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• Welcome to the Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee here.
• Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee hearing today.
• I mean, this. in the same development project? No.
• We developed these plans.
• And usually it was against a development at that point, and still can be.

Summary: The committee heard a long agenda of housing-related bills, beginning with AB 249, which would require youth-specific coordinated entry assessments for homeless services. The author and supporters from Larkin Street Youth Services and the California Coalition for Youth argued that current vulnerability tools are adult-focused and can disadvantage young people; the bill was described as a developmentally appropriate fix to better connect youth to housing and prevention services. There was no opposition, and the bill passed 7-0 to Human Services. Members then heard AB 239 and AB 1206. AB 239 would create a state-led disaster housing task force, a state disaster housing coordinator, and regular legislative reporting to speed recovery after disasters; it passed 7-0 to Emergency Management. AB 1206 would let local agencies pre-approve plans for single-family and small multifamily homes of up to 10 units to reduce permitting delays and costs; the League of California Cities opposed it unless amended, citing local variation and staffing concerns, but the author and supporters said it would preserve local control and help speed housing production. The bill passed 9-0 to Local Government. The committee also took up AB 57, which would reserve at least 10% of California’s home purchase assistance funds for descendants of formerly enslaved people. Supporters framed it as reparative justice and a way to address longstanding racial disparities in homeownership, while Pacific Legal Foundation argued it likely violated constitutional limits on race-based government action and urged a race-neutral approach. After discussion about reparations criteria and the bill’s intent, it passed 6-0 to Judiciary. The consent calendar, including AB 480, AB 726, and AB 1154, was approved 8-0. Later, AB 282 was heard to allow housing providers to prefer applicants who participate in rental assistance programs, such as Housing Choice Vouchers, despite existing source-of-income discrimination law. Supporters said it would help voucher holders find units and improve affordable housing operations; no opposition testified, and the bill passed 6-1 to Judiciary. AB 1229 followed, restructuring the adult reentry grant program to focus on permanent housing for people leaving prison by moving administration to HCD and using regional administrators; supporters emphasized the link between housing stability and reduced recidivism, and the bill passed 7-0 to Public Safety. The committee then approved AB 670, which would let local governments count preservation of naturally occurring affordable housing toward housing element goals and require better demolition reporting, and AB 750, which would strengthen oversight and reporting for homeless shelters after a prior reporting law saw very low compliance. AB 670 passed 8-0 to Local Government, and AB 750 was presented with testimony from a shelter resident describing abuse and lack of accountability in shelters.

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• This bill allows for similar exploration, delineation, and potential development into the Bakken and
• Three Forks formations, including and potential development into the Bakken and Three Forks formations
• It was that development. It was that proving up of this new resource, which I...
• It was that development.
• This is some areas that we haven't seen any development ever in.

Keywords: 908, all

Summary: The Finance and Tax Committee met to consider Senate Bill 2397 and a proposed amendment creating a development incentive well program for North Dakota oil and gas production. Representative Dockter explained the amendment as a way to encourage exploratory and innovative drilling in light of the state’s financial outlook and the growing share of stripper wells. Department of Mineral Resources Director Nathan Anderson and DMR geologist Timothy Nashim presented background on the Bakken and Three Forks formations, with Nashim describing research showing that Middle Three Forks second-bench development can add reserves in some areas but not others, and that roughly 600 additional wells in the strongest area could yield about 250 million barrels of oil. Continental Resources representatives William Houser and John Argo supported the amendment. They said the bill would give a temporary oil extraction tax exemption for certified development incentive wells, limited to 36 months or 300,000 barrels, and would also update tax treatment for gas used in enhanced oil recovery and on-site electric generation. They argued the measure would encourage new technology and testing in existing spacing units, complementing House Bill 1483, which they said focused on geographic expansion into non-Bakken and non-Three Forks areas. Argo said Continental still invests heavily in North Dakota but is shifting rigs elsewhere because of economics, and he urged incentives to spur exploration and preserve the basin’s long-term future. North Dakota Petroleum Council executive director Ron Ness also supported the concept, calling it a targeted, low-risk way to encourage innovation and future barrels. Committee members asked about royalty treatment, the difference from House Bill 1483, pressure maintenance, and how the program would be administered. DMR said the amendment should clarify that the operator bears the burden of proving a well qualifies and that only one incentive well per stratigraphic interval should be certified. No vote was taken; the committee paused to work on revised language and indicated the bill would likely need further adjustment, possibly in conference committee.

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• Our barrier islands cannot handle more development.
• And all this is encouraging for developers to hand them a gift.
• The witness continued that developers would make taxpayers pay for developers' costs, and said citizens
• the size or type of development.
• They were developed and built after World War II.

Summary: The committee heard five housing- and resilience-related bills. HB 793 would create an International Aerospace Innovation Fund administered by Space Florida to support aerospace research, workforce development, and commercialization; it was amended with a clarifying change and passed unanimously. C.S. for HB 411 would extend an affordable housing property tax exemption to certain nonprofit projects on leased land through a housing finance authority, such as Habitat for Humanity projects; it also passed unanimously. HB 701 would require local housing assistance plans to allow mobile home owners on leased land to seek help with lot rent, and it passed unanimously after an amendment and testimony from mobile home advocates and AARP in support. The committee also considered C.S. for HB 393, which expands the My Safe Florida Condominium Pilot Program to help eligible condominiums fund hurricane mitigation projects, including roof-related work, with added eligibility and inspection requirements. The bill drew support from condo and housing groups and passed unanimously with committee substitute. The final and most extensive measure, HB 943, would significantly revise state land-use and development rules to promote affordable housing by limiting local restrictions, changing zoning and approval standards, adjusting parking and impact fee rules, and expanding accessory dwelling unit and mixed-use provisions. It generated extensive testimony, with many local officials, city and county groups, and preservation advocates opposing it as overly broad and preemptive, while housing and business groups supported it. HB 943 was amended several times during the meeting, including changes related to church-owned property, parking, historic landmarks, manufactured homes as accessory dwelling units, and fair housing language. The sponsor repeatedly said the bill was a work in progress and that additional changes would be made. After debate from members emphasizing both the need for more housing and the need to preserve local control, the committee approved HB 943 on a 14-1 vote, with Rep. Casello voting no.

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• burdens on small developers. burdens on small developers.
• same resources which large developers same resources which large developers have<00:19:09.200>
• <00:24:37.440> is<00:24:38.240> fraudulently a developer is fraudulently a developer
• Uh, representing developers.
• <00:52:58.960> where development. um where the develop where development. um where the develop

Keywords: 1191, senate, all