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• receipt of the transaction data from the escrow company, the system will match this data against any secure
• receipt of the transaction data from the escrow company, the system will match this data against any secure
• The system will match this data against any secure database owner information, triggering an alert if
• I am a retired Border Patrol agent.
• As you can see, our amendment only applies to city-owned property that borders city limits, so no private

Keywords: 1182, all

Summary: The committee heard HB 2842, a deed-fraud prevention bill that would create an early alert system for property owners when escrow is opened on their property. The sponsor and several witnesses, including a victim, an Attorney General investigator, and the Department of Real Estate commissioner, described widespread deed fraud and said the bill would provide proactive notice before a fraudulent transfer is completed. The committee adopted the Blackman amendment shifting the reporting entity from DIFI to the State Real Estate Department, then passed the bill with a due pass recommendation by a 7-0 vote. Members then considered HB 2667, which would require recipients of state first-time homebuyer or down payment assistance programs to be Arizona residents for two years and to occupy the home as a primary residence for two years, while barring out-of-state investors from using the homes as rentals. The sponsor said the bill was intended to help younger Arizonans and keep assistance focused on residents invested in the state. Opponents and other members raised concerns that the bill could conflict with existing federal and lender requirements and could reduce participation in local down payment programs; after discussion, the committee passed the bill 4-3. HB 2020 was heard next and would reduce certain school-disruption offenses to a class 1 misdemeanor for minors and narrow the definition of interference with an educational institution. The sponsor and a parent described a case in which a student was charged too harshly after a school altercation, while a public commenter urged case-by-case discretion and warned against saddling children with felonies. The committee passed the bill 4-3. The committee also advanced HB 2793, which streamlines annexation procedures for single-owner annexations and updates notice rules, including electronic newspaper publication. After adopting two amendments, members passed it 4-3. HB 2327, which allows eligible individuals to restrict public access to certain identifying information held by county recorders, assessors, and treasurers, passed unanimously. HB 2858, creating a 1% Arizona-bidder preference in certain state procurement ties, also passed unanimously after amendment. HB 2660, which adds procedural protections and oversight for health profession licensing board actions, passed 4-2 after testimony from the sponsor and a physician who said board actions had chilled speech and due process. Finally, HB 2063, appropriating $1.5 million for the Independent Correctional Oversight Office, passed unanimously after strong support from oversight advocates and former corrections stakeholders, and HB 2681, extending civil-service appeal deadlines from 10 calendar days to 10 business days, also passed unanimously. The committee then discussed HB 2812, which would raise the sick-leave payout cap for retiring state employees from $30,000 to $57,000; witnesses supported the increase and members began discussing a possible amendment to allow retirees to transfer the payout into a health savings arrangement, but the transcript ends before final action on that bill.

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• Long nights, many different issues were brought up, including election day security, border security,
• and working to end federal. overreach, securing our electric grid, but that entire time, I never heard
• preserved traditional leatherworking techniques and craftsmanship. ...that are so unique to Texas and our border

Bills: HB4568, HB5458, HB4543, HB2703, HB3728, HCR113, HCR126

Keywords: film industry, incentives, grants, Texas, moving image, economic development, production companies, content standards, HB 5458, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, TPWD, chronic wasting disease, CWD, cervids, deer, elk, moose, wildlife management, game animals, disease management

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• You've got these, you know, take the border of Vermont and Maine and the people that live on those borders
• You've got these, you know, take the border of Vermont and Maine and the people that live on those borders
• You've got these, you know, take the border of Vermont and Maine and the people that live on those borders
• You've got these, you know, take the border of Vermont and Maine and the people that live on those borders
• Take the border of Vermont and Maine and the people that live on those borders, right?

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The Finance Division 2 work session first took up HB 506, a bill dealing with the return of seized firearms. Members discussed how the measure would shift background-check processing for firearm returns through the Department of Safety, while the physical firearms would still remain with local police unless State Police had taken custody. The department said the bill would change which cases come to it, and members clarified that the bill concerns the background-check decision rather than possession of the firearms. The committee then voted OTP on HB 506 FN by a 7-0 roll call. The committee next discussed HB 671, establishing a kindergarten literacy readiness program. Department of Education staff explained that the bill grew out of a COVID-era Waterford contract that provided home-based early literacy support for families using federal relief funds, at a cost of about $600,000 per year, but that the program ended when those funds expired. Members raised concerns that the bill’s $1 appropriation was not realistic, that the prior program lacked sufficient outcome data, and that the references to ESSA tier-one benchmarks were unclear. The department said it was conducting a broader literacy needs assessment and updating the state literacy plan, including data from the zero-to-five range, K-5, and dyslexia-related work. Waterford representatives described the program as an early-literacy, pre-K readiness service for children ages zero to five, originally designed to work in homes with computers and internet provided where needed, and later expanded in some settings such as daycares and pre-K classrooms. They said the program used assessments at the beginning and end, had served hundreds of children, and was intended to support family engagement and kindergarten readiness. Despite that testimony, members remained concerned about funding and the lack of clear results, and one member moved to retain the bill for more information. The discussion ended with the bill retained rather than advanced.

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• water desalination to a county with a population greater than 250,000, located on an international border
• That's the case in Webb County and other counties along the border that are relying on the Rio Grande
• We will enhance water security for the region.
• But when it comes to trade in produce, it does very well for our border communities. Yes.

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

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• It's kind of our wish that borders on the memorial language, right?
• Faced the critical threat of the flesh-eating New World screwworm on our southern border.
• practices, reinforcing our agricultural economy while keeping our livestock industry competitive and secure
• I serve as the co-director of the Southwest Border Food Protection and Emergency Preparedness Center.

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• Clinics are facing higher costs for security, staffing, and compliance amid escalating threats and harassment
• ICE and Border Patrol tactics.
• And Border Patrol tactics.
• As a Navy veteran, he was especially committed to secure, accessible elections, including for active-duty
• At a time transparent, secure, accessible, and accurate.

Summary: The Assembly convened after a quorum call, completed the roll, and opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several guest introductions recognizing visitors, students, and a long-serving committee secretary, Tabitha Volga-Sang, who was honored for 32 years of service. Members also took up a procedural motion by Assembly Member DeMaio to immediately consider ACA 14, the Taxpayer Protection Act, without reference to file; that motion failed on a 14-44 vote. The main policy debate centered on SB 106 by Senator Laird, a budget appropriation to provide $90 million in one-time funding for Planned Parenthood and related women’s health and family planning services after federal cuts. Assembly Member Tangipa offered amendments arguing the money should be directed more broadly to women’s health and hospitals, but the Assembly voted 41-13 to lay the amendments on the table. Supporters, including Gabriel, Sharp-Collins, Gibson, Krell, Bonta, and others, said the bill was needed to preserve access to cancer screenings, contraception, STI testing, and reproductive care, especially in rural and underserved communities, and to offset the effects of federal defunding. Opponents, including Johnson, DeMaio, Patterson, and Tangipa, criticized the bill as lacking transparency, favoring a politically connected organization, and diverting attention from hospital funding and other health needs. After extended floor debate, SB 106 passed the Assembly 55-10 and was transmitted immediately to the Senate. The chamber then took up H.R. 84, a resolution condemning racism after President Trump circulated racist imagery depicting former President Obama and Michelle Obama. Members from the Black, LGBTQ, Latino, AAPI, Jewish, Native American, and other caucuses spoke in support, saying the post normalized dehumanization and had real-world consequences; Assembly Member Tangipa also stated the post was wrong and apologized on the record. The transcript ends during continued debate on H.R. 84, before a final vote is shown.

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• We remember those who came before us, who crossed oceans and borders, carrying their families, their
• These simple measures will provide a lever of security to further ensure the safety of the participants
• Until finally, they were able to secure services three minutes closer to home.
• Until finally, they were able to secure services three minutes closer to home.
• Assembly Bill 771 by Assembly Member Macedo, an act relating to secured transactions.

Summary: The Assembly met in session, established a quorum, and opened with an Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month ceremony. Members adopted House Resolution 35 recognizing May as AAPI Heritage Month, with extensive floor remarks from caucus leaders and members highlighting AAPI history, contributions, and solidarity with other communities. The chamber then honored 14 AAPI honorees from across the state, including public servants, advocates, artists, health professionals, and community leaders, before moving to the regular file. On the floor, the Assembly passed a series of bills on social media harms to minors, labor privilege, foster care family-finding, low-impact camping areas, student body association governance, drink-spiking prevention at music festivals, behavioral health access, greenhouse gas recapture, physical therapy access, housing enforcement, insurance licensing, density bonus clarification, water district proxy voting, park district updates, secured transactions, and property tax relief during emergencies. Most measures passed with broad or unanimous support; notable votes included AB 2 on social media platform accountability passing 59-0, AB 1109 on union communications privilege passing 45-4, AB 409 on student body association open meetings passing 55-6, AB 518 on low-impact camping passing 55-0, AB 668 on drink-spiking protections passing 72-0, AB 348 on behavioral health access passing 69-0, AB 663 on HFC recapture passing 71-0, AB 574 on physical therapy access passing 68-0, AB 712 on housing enforcement passing 57-1, AB 943 on insurance pre-licensing reform passing 63-0, AB 87 on density bonus law clarification passing 63-0, AB 523 on Metropolitan Water District proxy voting passing 62-1, AB 769 on park district code cleanup passing 68-0, AB 771 on secured transactions passing 69-0, and AB 1416 on property tax installment deferrals passing 66-0. The Assembly also took up AB 446, the Surveillance Pricing Protection Act, which would prohibit businesses from using personal data to charge different prices for the same product or service. Supporters described the practice as predatory and discriminatory, while noting ongoing concerns about preserving legitimate discounts and loyalty programs. The bill was presented as a consumer protection measure aimed at preventing hidden price discrimination and reducing cost-of-living pressures. The transcript ends amid repeated and partially duplicated readings of AB 446, without a final vote shown for that item.

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• Department of State and then they show up at the border and they are granted entry by the Customs and
• <02:02:45.119> and then they show up at the border and then they show up at the border and
• and that is a really extra security and that is a really great<03:01:39.279> thing.
• <03:12:01.359> And as they're just securing the scene.
• And as they're just securing the scene.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• <00:03:01.040> region's about today is a border region's about today is a border region's
• Craig Mson. security and so where does this rank in security and so where does this rank in your<00:22
• again uh identity proofing is a security again uh identity proofing is a security measure<00:26:
• fulfilling and economically secure fulfilling and economically secure lives.<00:46:39.599> And
• types of basic needs and security types of basic needs and security related<01:07:33.520> to<

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• years and many bills ago,<00:42:43.760> like<00:42:44.000> passing<00:42:44.480> secure
• <00:42:44.880> storage<00:42:45.119> laws ago, like passing secure storage laws ago
• , like passing secure storage laws with<00:42:45.599> harsh<00:42:45.839> penalties<00:
• <02:35:53.840> in your girlfriend over the border in your girlfriend over the border in Massachusetts
• the border with that magazine,<02:36:08.479> it's<02:36:08.800> a<02:36:09.040> 10-

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• you work for the city of Manchester or NSHA, whether you're an officer on the seacoast or on the border
• c><01:07:01.839> the officer on the sea coast or on the officer on the sea coast or on the border
• of Vermont, whether you're up by border of Vermont, whether you're up by Canada<01:07:04.720> or<
• identifying information, social security identifying information, social security numbers,<02:39
• <02:57:06.720> numbers, including social security numbers, including social security numbers

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• /c><00:35:12.280> and other um clients both in msop and other um clients both in msop and Security
• <00:35:12.839> Council<00:35:13.359> or<00:35:13.680> security<00:35:14.119>
• Hospital Security Council or security Hospital Security Council or security Hospital many<00:35:15.000
• is<00:55:58.960> that The director said that often drugs will come up from the southern border
• is an aspect where they know what is going on within their community and what is going on in the borders

Bills: HF696, HF1429, HF1379

Keywords: HF696, rural EMS, ambulance, emergency medical services, uncompensated care, payment pool, rural health, Office of Emergency Medical Services, public safety answering point, PSAP, nontransport, unpaid ambulance calls, EMS reimbursement, rural ambulance provider, general fund appropriation, Minnesota health finance, specialized life support, metropolitan counties, emergency response funding, HF1429

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• The committee on military Veterans Affairs, space and domestic security is now come to order was please
• National Guard has 3 primary missions to provide highly trained units and personnel to support national security
• Coast Guard securing Florida's southern border, providing 400 service members and 4 aircraft conducting
• Florida Guardsman continue support of ICE, transportation, detention and security operations as well
• We help them build the security gate to allow access between Leonardo helicopters and Nas Whiting Field

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• JANUARY 20TH, 2025 AND SUBSEQUENTLY ENACTED SEVERAL EXECUTIVE ORDERS RELATED TO IMMIGRATION, INCLUDING SECURING
• OUR BORDERS AND PROTECTING THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AGAINST INVASION.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• But we're going to damn well Security.
• And being a border within this state.
• messing up the social security system. messing up the social security system.
• So, people who rely on social security So, people who rely on social security system<01:29:39.040
• <01:31:44.679> argument not the the the social security argument not the the the social security

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• So the first, and you heard, if you were there this morning, you heard about the $760 million for border
• security costs.
• That is totally a discretionary decision on behalf of the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security
• Chair, I have a question on the border funding that is a few slides back.
• I believe that our borders need to be protected. Our elections need to be safe.

Bills: SB1024, SB1032, SB1059, SB1062, SB1064, SB1097, SCM1001, SCR1004

Keywords: roadable aircraft, registration, vehicle title, license plates, aviation safety, corrections oversight, funding, state budget, criminal justice, reform, appropriation, Department of Transportation, right turn lane, traffic improvement, infrastructure funding, transportation funding, authorization, road improvements, intersection safety, transportation

Summary: The committee began with a JLBC presentation comparing the baseline budget to the governor’s proposal. JLBC said the baseline shows a positive cash balance in each year, with about $577–$578 million available above statutory formulas, but that major items such as tax conformity, state employee health subsidies, school repairs, SNAP administrative changes, and possible SNAP error-rate costs are not fully funded. JLBC also reviewed executive revenue and spending proposals, including border-security funding, sports betting tax changes, data-center tax changes, short-term rental and water surcharges, and several one-time items that JLBC said appear to be ongoing in practice. Members questioned SNAP error rates, Medicaid/Access enrollment and costs, possible fraud involving Access-to-Marketplace shifting, prison receivership risk, and the need for more oversight of waste and fraud. The committee then heard and passed SB 1032, which appropriates $1.5 million to fund the Independent Correctional Oversight Office created last year. The sponsor and several advocates said the office is needed to provide independent oversight, improve transparency, help whistleblowers, and reduce the risk of federal receivership over the prison system. Testimony from advocacy groups and former incarcerated individuals strongly supported the bill, and the committee approved it 10-0. Next, the committee considered several transportation appropriations. SB 1064 would provide $3 million to Flagstaff for improvements along U.S. Route 66; the mayor and local planning officials described safety problems, congestion, and housing growth along the corridor, while some members objected to using general fund dollars for roads instead of HURF and to bypassing the normal transportation board process. The bill passed 7-3. SB 1059 would appropriate $9.2 million for a right-turn lane at SR 87 and SR 260 in Payson, and SB 1062 would appropriate $1 million for a left-turn lane at US 60 and Superstition Mountain Drive in Gold Canyon; both were supported by local witnesses citing congestion and safety concerns and both received do-pass recommendations, 7-3 and 6-4 respectively. The committee also began hearing SCR 1004, a voter-referral measure to prohibit photo enforcement systems, with the sponsor and public commenters arguing that photo radar is unconstitutional, abusive, and tied to ticket revenue, but the transcript cuts off before any committee action on that measure.

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• One thing I learned yesterday, by the way. and border.
• Energy of the Northern Border natural gas pipeline.
• We'll secure that and we'll keep working on.
• be able to secure land rights. ...to do that we need to do as developers to be able to secure land rights
• It takes a long time to be able to secure land rights.

Keywords: 908, all

Summary: The Energy Development and Transmission Committee met in interim session and approved the November 6 minutes. Chair Novak outlined the committee’s study agenda, including large energy users such as data centers, geothermal, landowner relations, wind and solar, and other energy topics across the state. The meeting was framed as informational only, with no bills or formal legislative action taken beyond the minutes approval. Testimony focused first on landowner relations. Oliver County Commissioner Dave Berger described the county’s energy history and local support for coal and related development. North Dakota Farmers Union President Matt Perdue emphasized proactive, face-to-face communication with landowners, respect for property rights, and the need for developers to be transparent about tradeoffs; he also discussed insurance and liability concerns tied to easements. Committee members asked about eminent domain, local versus state authority, and how communities can better understand the revenue and infrastructure implications of energy development. Department of Agriculture Deputy Commissioner Tom Bodine then described the department’s ombudsman programs for pipeline restoration and reclamation, wind restoration, and royalty oversight. He said the programs provide confidential, third-party assistance on reclamation and royalty disputes, but do not provide legal advice. Senators raised concerns about post-production deductions in royalty leases and whether the ombudsman can explain them; Bodine said the program can clarify statements and deductions but cannot resolve legal disputes. He also said the department has not received requests related to fiber lines. Representatives from Grid United and One Oak described their project development and landowner engagement practices. Grid United’s Brent Johnson discussed the North Plains Connector transmission project, its route selection process, voluntary acquisition approach, and efforts to avoid eminent domain by working closely with regulators, counties, townships, and landowners. One Oak’s Danette Welsh and Tom Giltner described the company’s midstream operations, extensive North Dakota footprint, and emphasis on direct landowner communication, consistent local regulation, careful construction practices, and post-construction reclamation. Members asked about setbacks, zoning consistency, invasive species prevention, outside advocacy groups, and eminent domain use; One Oak said it has not used eminent domain on its North Dakota projects, largely because most gathering lines are negotiated easements.

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• Louis County statutes that relate to the lay members appointed to a border commission by the St.
• <00:57:24.640> commission members appointed to a border commission members appointed to a
• border commission by<00:57:25.119> the<00:57:25.280> St.
• assessments um because website security assessments um because those<01:04:18.000> initial<01
• Um, there's language related to early voting officials that requires them to remove, secure, and

Keywords: 1183, house

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• What does the committee think about designating these Virginia opossums found within our borders as New
• It's going to say official state marsupial, and those our borders... All right. All in favor? Aye.
• jobs at colleges they go work security jobs at colleges that<01:06:44.079> provide<01:06:44.480
• It's made up of a wide variety of stakeholders from each hospital, so one hospital might have security
• and security Personnel that help<01:43:59.400> support<01:44:00.400> um<01:44:00.599><

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• He walked himself to the hospital, and he was trained by five security guards.
• So, you know, it's very secure when somebody goes in there.
• Many of my clients maintain their T-Cup endorsement for their job security.
• We're right on the border with Mexico.
• You can feel safe, feel secure... You know what you're getting.

Bills: SB 3, HB28, SB3

Keywords: flash flood, flood warning, outdoor warning siren, emergency alert, disaster preparedness, flood mitigation, Hill Country floods, Texas Water Development Board, municipalities, counties, local government mandate, public safety, grant program, backup power, weather siren, emergency management, flood-prone area, warning system, hemp regulation, consumable products