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• House Bill 4135, amending the Town Manager Act of Arlington relative to the appointment and management
• An act amending the Town Manager Act of Arlington relative to the appointment and management of the town

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The House first adopted a Rules Committee resolution congratulating the Sport Fish Restoration Program on its 75th anniversary. It then suspended Joint Rule 12 to allow a Senate petition for a sick leave bank for Carlos Borges, a Department of Corrections employee, to be referred to the Committee on Public Service. The Steering, Policy and Scheduling Committee reported several local bills for consideration, including measures for Quincy, Arlington, Maynard, and Hudson. The House suspended Rule 7A, took the bills through second reading, and ordered them to a third reading. The bills included a Quincy lease extension, an Arlington town clerk appointment and management change, and additional alcohol license authorizations for Maynard and Hudson. The House also took up House No. 801, a bill relative to the town of Cheshire’s special election, and passed it to be engrossed. Finally, the House adopted an order to meet again Monday at 11:00 a.m., and then adjourned to that time in informal session.

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• Business on the President's desk: appointments by the President.
• I am appointing Senator Kavanagh as temporary President pro tempore for Tuesday, May 5, 2026.

Summary: The Senate met to handle adjournment business and related constitutional consent requests. A motion was made for the Senate to request House consent to adjourn after completing its work on May 5, 2026, until May 11, 2026, with authority for the President to call members back earlier on at least 72 hours’ notice. The motion passed by voice vote, and the Senate then recessed. After reconvening, the President announced Senator Kavanagh as temporary President pro tempore for May 5, 2026. The House message was read requesting consent for the House to adjourn after completing its work on May 5 until June 1, 2026, with similar authority for the Speaker to recall members on 72 hours’ notice and permission to adjourn for more than three days during the interim. The House also informed the Senate that it had granted the Senate’s adjournment request. Senator Gowan moved that the Senate accede to the House’s adjournment request, and the motion carried by voice vote. Finally, Senator Gowan moved that the Senate adjourn until Monday, May 11, 2026 at 1:15 p.m., and that motion also passed. The Senate then adjourned.

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• Business on the President's desk: appointments by the President.
• I am appointing Senator Kavanaugh as temporary President pro tempore for Tuesday, May 5, 2026.

Keywords: 1182, all

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• First off, I'd like to thank Senator Peterson for carrying the nomination and Governor Sitt for the appointment
• So, I had reached out to Tori Brule, who I think you probably all know, who works on appointments from

Keywords: 914, all

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• Members, Tab 1 through 4 will be working on the confirmation hearing for appointments, unless the senator
• We're working on the confirmation hearing for appointments.

Summary: The Senate Committee on Education Postsecondary met briefly, confirmed that a quorum was present, and welcomed visiting students from the College of Central Florida and other counties. The committee then took up confirmation hearings for appointments on Tabs 1 through 4, with Senator Simon moving to recommend confirmation of all appointees and the motion seconded. The roll call vote was favorable, and the appointees were reported favorably. After the vote, members offered remarks thanking committee staff for their work and praising Florida’s higher education system, state colleges, and universities. Chair Calatayud noted this was the committee’s final meeting and encouraged the visiting students to stay engaged in advocacy and public service. Senator Harrell also commended the committee’s policy work and funding support for higher education. With no further business, Senator Simon moved to adjourn. There was no objection, and the committee adjourned.

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• What it does is it takes the power of appointing from the City Council.
• City Airport, what it does is it takes the power of appointing from the City Council.

Summary: The Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee met with a quorum present and considered two local bills. Rep. Trabulsy presented HB 4011, which would expand the St. Lucie County Mosquito Control District service boundary by 326 square miles, subject to a referendum. The bill received supportive public testimony from Ken Pruitt on behalf of St. Lucie County, drew no amendments or opposition, and was approved favorably by a 15-0 vote. Rep. Botana presented HB 4005 concerning the City of Naples Airport in Collier County. The bill would shift appointment authority from the City Council to a voter-approved structure with three members from Naples and two from the county. Joseph Salzberg, representing the City of Naples, testified that the city was respectfully opposed while it continued reviewing possible unintended consequences, though he said discussions with the sponsor were ongoing. There was no further public testimony or debate, and the committee passed the bill favorably by voice vote.

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• I hereby appoint the honorable Cliff Bence to act as Speaker ...to act as Speaker pro tempore on this
• Earning an appointment is no small feat.
• Walker was appointed In 1966, Mr.
• Angel Cabrera on his appointment as the next president of the Aspen Institute.
• Cabrera on this well-deserved appointment and wish him continued success in this next chapter. Mr.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, June 29, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• Um, I have a question specifically about the attorneys appointed to a panel to represent.
• They're appointed to these panels.
• > a<00:07:37.800> panel<00:07:38.240> to<00:07:38.560> rep attorneys appointed
• to a panel to rep attorneys appointed to a panel to rep Um<00:07:41.040> we<00:07:41.200>
• their own businesses they're appointed their own businesses they're appointed to<00:08:11.520>

Keywords: 958, all

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• He hasn't appointed anybody for several years. So we'll change that to one appointment.
• He hasn't<00:48:28.000> appointed<00:48:28.480> anybody<00:48:28.880> for<00:48:
• 29.119> for<00:48:29.520> several hasn't appointed anybody for for several hasn't appointed
• So we'll change that to one employ<00:48:32.160> one<00:48:32.480> appointment.
• And um the um we employ one appointment.

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The committee heard testimony from Rep. Ashley Tacket Laferty on a bill to expand minimum hazardous-duty retirement and health benefits for certain public safety workers injured in the line of duty. She used a video and examples from Floyd County to describe officers and an emergency management director who were catastrophically injured but did not qualify for existing hazardous-duty coverage because their employers had enrolled them in non-hazardous retirement plans. The bill would provide a minimum benefit of 25% of pay, plus 10% for dependent children and limited health coverage, for eligible workers who cannot return to hazardous work. Laferty said the proposal would apply retroactively through a five-year window, estimated to affect a limited number of workers statewide, and would be funded by small increases in employer contribution rates. Committee members questioned how many former employees might qualify, how the bill interacts with the pension system, and who would pay the added cost. Discussion also noted that local governments choose whether to place employees in hazardous or non-hazardous coverage, largely based on cost. The sheriff’s association was present online in support, and no vote was taken. The committee then heard Rep. Daniel Gber present a revised bill allowing teachers and school district employees to use accumulated sick leave to observe religious holidays not already on the school calendar, if they provide a personal statement and sufficient advance notice. He said the measure is intended to address the rigid school calendar and the difficulty teachers face in observing non-school holidays without losing service credit toward retirement. He noted that the earlier version of the bill had allowed make-up work time, but the current draft is shorter and focused on sick leave use. He also referenced a supporting letter from a constituent who could not attend because of weather. The bill was presented for discussion only, with no committee action reported.

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• been concerned about how our state dollars are being used, and we want to rethink legislatively appointed
• But there are a few that have been base funding that were legislatively appointed versus competitive
• <00:05:10.080> Most<00:05:10.320> of legislatively appointed grants.
• Most of legislatively appointed grants.
• <00:05:17.919> versus legislatively appointed versus legislatively appointed versus competitive

Bills: HF1049

Keywords: school library aid, education finance, school districts, charter schools, funding eligibility, 1183, house

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• What is the purpose behind changing the FCOR appointment process to remove the requirement that the Parole
• The goal is to make sure that there's no vacancies and that we fill the appointments as fast and efficiently
• We fill the appointments as fast and efficiently as possible. Senator Rouson.
• Senators, tomorrow I will be taking up a list of executive appointments for your consideration.
• The report contains 189 names of nominees appointed to various state, regional, and local offices, boards

Summary: The Senate convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several recognitions, including remarks from Senator Berman outlining Democratic priorities such as education, health care, environmental protection, and opposition to rollbacks on child labor, book access, and gun safety. The chamber also recognized military guests and an intern before moving to the special order calendar. Several bills were temporarily postponed, including measures on human trafficking, waste management, Bright Futures, Medicaid oversight at one point in the flow, and mammogram coverage, though the Medicaid oversight bill was later taken up and passed. The Senate passed a series of bills, often after substituting House companions and adopting technical amendments. Among the major measures approved were the dangerous dogs bill (the Pam Rock Act), which tightened penalties and procedures after fatal attacks; a local government land regulation bill that streamlined comp plan review and defined impact-fee circumstances, though members raised concerns about quasi-judicial hearing limits and local costs; a vessel-related bill combining boating safety and voter-freedom provisions; a blood clot screening and treatment bill creating the Emily Adkins Family Protection Act; fleeing and eluding penalties; concealed carry and firearm possession rules for certain officers and service members; timeshare management reforms; and public education on background screening requirements. The chamber also approved bills on disability history and awareness instruction, manufacturing and a related fee bill, utility service restrictions, educational opportunities for military children, health facilities authorities, and veteran and spouse nursing home beds. The disability instruction bill drew extended debate about the use of the term “disability,” inclusion, and whether the measure was consistent with broader DEI debates; it passed unanimously after emotional testimony from the sponsor and families. The manufacturing and utility bills focused on statewide economic policy and preemption of local restrictions, while the military children bill was presented as a student-driven proposal. Most measures passed with strong bipartisan support, with recorded votes ranging from unanimous to 33-3 on the firearm bill and 26-8 on the land regulation bill.

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• And in that time, we appointed the ombudsman for tribal consultation.
• tribe that you want to get a different person in, let me know and let the Speaker know so we can appoint
• And also the Senate will be appointing the new senators.
• It's subsection B, which says that the states may appoint a committee, an advisory committee.

Keywords: Commission on Updating Virginia Law to Reflect Federal Recognition of Virginia Tribes, 976, house, all

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• a concept amendment, I'm sorry, to add a member, a representative from Keep Louisiana Beautiful, appointed
• So I'm looking through all of the people to be appointed.
• Okay, well, it says appointed by the director—who's the director?
• other than to encourage that the scope of this task force, presumably you will be the representative appointed

Keywords: 965, house, all

Summary: The committee took up a series of natural resources, wildlife, environmental, and infrastructure measures. HCR 79 by Chairman Butler, which memorializes Congress and the U.S. Forest Service to allow dog hunting in Kisatchie National Forest, drew testimony in support from hunters and a former NRCS official describing it as a rural Louisiana tradition, and opposition from the Louisiana Wildlife Federation, which said it supported hunting with dogs generally but opposed the deer/hog hunting portions while favoring the recovery-of-wounded-deer component. The committee reported HCR 79 favorable. It also reported favorable on SB 419, allowing pre-charged pneumatic devices for deer during primitive firearms season, and on SCR 29, creating a study committee on Atchafalaya Basin water quality and sediment impacts, and SB 111, setting black bass and crappie bag and size limits in the basin, with Wildlife and Fisheries saying it would monitor the effects through sampling and creel data. Several resolutions and bills focused on environmental management and state property. SB 174 authorized transfer of certain state property in Caddo Parish from Louisiana Tech University to the Caddo Parish School Board and was reported favorable. SB 189, a preemptive ban on intentional release or dispersion of fuels or chemicals to affect temperatures, was also reported favorable after discussion of geoengineering-related additives. SB 99, which updates DEQ communications to allow optional electronic notices for permits and public notifications, was supported by DEQ and reported favorable. HCR 104, from Rep. Coates, asked the Department of Conservation and Energy and the Louisiana Geological Survey to study and recommend improvements to subsurface data collection and access; testimony described efforts to modernize core and well-log records and build a statewide 3D subsurface model, and the resolution was reported favorable. The committee also considered river, boating, and wildlife-related measures. SB 331 would temporarily remove portions of the Louisiana Scenic Rivers Act for five years to allow work on the lower Pearl River, including dredging and channel realignment, while prohibiting commercial development and reservoir construction; environmental groups opposed it as a bad precedent and urged a shorter sunset, but the bill was reported favorable. HCR 54 urged a federal study of flooded corn and migratory waterfowl behavior and was reported favorable after support from the Flyway Federation and Louisiana Wildlife Federation. HCR 94 would require annual Wildlife and Fisheries reports on boating safety data, and HCR 87 expressed support for a U.S. senator’s correspondence on migratory flyways; both were reported favorable. SB 505, dealing with the Motor Fuels Underground Storage Tank Trust Dedicated Fund, was reported favorable after testimony that it would expand grant capacity, create a two-cycle application process, and address LLC-related issues. The committee also advanced several measures on public policy and cleanup issues. HCR 85 created a task force on illegal dumping; after amendments added Keep Louisiana Beautiful and the Louisiana Police Jury Association, members discussed statewide tire dumping problems, DEQ staffing, and cleanup funding, and the resolution was reported favorable as amended. HR 216, as substituted, was changed from a repudiation of the Louisiana Climate Action Plan to a resolution authorizing the committee to hold a hearing and receive input from agencies and stakeholders on the plan; after reconsideration and adoption of the substitute amendment, it was reported favorable. One item, SB 243, was voluntarily deferred.

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• a concept amendment, I'm sorry, to add a member, a representative from Keep Louisiana Beautiful, appointed
• So I'm looking through all of the people to be appointed.
• Okay, well, it says appointed by the director. Who's the director?
• other than to encourage that the scope of this task force, presumably you will be the representative appointed

Summary: The House Natural Resources Committee met with a quorum and took up a series of hunting, wildlife, environmental, and property measures. It reported favorably HCR 79, which urges Congress and the U.S. Forest Service to allow deer hunting with dogs in Kisatchie National Forest, after testimony emphasizing the cultural importance of dog hunting and opposition from the Louisiana Wildlife Federation, which supported only the wounded-deer recovery component. The committee also reported favorably SB 419 on using pre-charged pneumatic devices during primitive firearms season, SCR 29 creating a study committee on Atchafalaya Basin water quality, and SB 111 setting black bass and crappie bag and size limits in the basin, with the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries saying it would continue sampling and monitor impacts. Members then approved SB 174 transferring state property in Caddo Parish from Louisiana Tech University to the Caddo Parish School Board, SB 189 prohibiting intentional release of fuels or chemicals for temperature-affecting purposes, and SB 99 modernizing DEQ communications to allow optional electronic notices. They also reported favorably HCR 54 requesting a federal study of flooded corn and migratory waterfowl behavior, and HCR 94 requiring annual boating safety reports from Wildlife and Fisheries; witnesses supported the reporting idea and suggested adding a 10-year average for context. The committee next approved HCR 104, which asks the Department of Conservation and Energy and the Louisiana Geological Survey to study collection and access to subsurface data, with LSU’s Greg Upton describing ongoing modernization of core samples, well logs, and 3D subsurface mapping. It also passed SB 331, which temporarily removes a section of the Louisiana Scenic Rivers Act for five years to allow work on the lower Pearl River; conservation groups opposed the bill, warning about precedent, flooding, erosion, and habitat impacts, while the author said the measure was narrowly tailored to address severe silting and channel problems. Finally, the committee created a task force on illegal dumping in HCR 85 after amending its membership, adopted a substitute for HR 216 to authorize a committee hearing on the 2022 Louisiana Climate Action Plan, and reported favorably HCR 87 supporting a U.S. senator’s migratory flyway correspondence and SB 505 revising the Motor Fuels Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund grant process and related tank requirements.

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• Which is that it still has the law enforcement and still has the appointment piece that came out of the
• has law enforcement and still has the has law enforcement and still has the the<00:13:59.640> appointment
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Keywords: 1183, house

Summary: House Republican leaders unveiled their “North Star Comeback” budget plan, describing it as a focused effort to make Minnesota more affordable, reduce government waste, and strengthen the economy. They said the package would include a $3.8 billion tax cut proposal with one-time property tax relief, elimination of taxes on tips and overtime, childcare relief, lower car tab fees, and funding for schools through scholarship-granting organizations. They also framed the plan as a response to rising costs for groceries, housing, energy, insurance, and childcare. A major emphasis of the rollout was government accountability, especially a strong Office of Inspector General bill and IT modernization to reduce fraud. Leaders said the OIG proposal had moved out of committee and was now in Ways and Means, with a working group continuing to reconcile House and Senate differences. On IT modernization, Chair Paul Torkelson said the plan would likely use a two-pronged approach, with about $15 million for near-term needs and a longer-term fund for ongoing technology upgrades; he said many such investments could qualify for federal matching dollars. The leaders also highlighted Medicaid conformity, saying Minnesota should align with federal changes to avoid losing funding, and they discussed a property tax rebate proposal as a one-time $1 billion return to taxpayers to offset higher property taxes. In response to questions, they said many of the budget items were still moving through the process and some had not met finance deadlines, while others were already in bills. They repeatedly criticized House Democrats for blocking or delaying Republican proposals and said they wanted bipartisan cooperation to pass the plan this year.

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• Our members are appointed by the governor, um, and every DD council must have over 60% of its council
• funded, so we pay for, um, legal services to, uh, the only way to get a guardian is to have a court appointed
• Uh, appointed as an emergency guardian, you could do whatever you wanted.
• How many are on each of those are appointed?

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• ...similar to what we do in criminal courts and make sure that an attorney is appointed to represent
• There are resources that are generally available, and I'm very aware that judges can also appoint people
• whether or not the parent is able to afford an attorney, and if not, make certain an attorney is appointed
• I would want to make sure that fits into whatever current framework exists for appointing counsel, right

Bills: HB1022, HB2856, HB3114, HJR5, HB6, HB120, HB210, HB1458, HB1188, HB3126

Keywords: HB 1022, Sul Ross State University, Rio Grande College, Texas State University System, Education Code, higher education, course levels, upper-level college, lower-division courses, community college-style courses, Del Rio, Eagle Pass, Uvalde, Board of Regents, academic programs, university expansion, HB 2856, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, clinical training placements, clinical rotations

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• It guarantees elected or appointed members of governing boards the right to see the public records they
• acting in their own interest, and they have the opportunity to delay, deny, and defy an elected or appointed
• drafting, and this was a non-legislative council draft that we have through. together after I was appointed
• As I just mentioned, I was honored to be appointed by Governor Abbott to co-chair the Governor's Small

Bills: HB565, HB3743, HB4310, HB5083, HB5129, HB5195, HB5331, HB5469, SB21, HB3185, SB 21

Keywords: constitutional amendment, fiscal impact, state budget, ballot measure, transparency in voting, management-to-staff ratio, state agencies, employee regulations, government efficiency, workforce management, public information, governing board, transparency, confidentiality, access rights, privacy, identifying information, state agency, consent, occupational license

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• subject matter contained in the House or Senate versions of the bill for which the conference was appointed
• subject matter contained in the House or Senate versions of the bill for which the conference was appointed
• subject matter contained in the House or Senate versions of the bill for which the conference was appointed
• Contained in the House or Senate versions of the bill for which the conference was appointed, or like

Keywords: 1183, house

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• He was appointed by Governor Clements as Texas' 59th Secretary of State in 1979 and was elected chairman
• district or district campus to which a conservator management team or board of managers has been appointed
• employment practices of the Texas Juvenile Justice Department and the eligibility of a person to be appointed
• availability on the internet of a candidate's application for a place on the ballot and campaign treasurer appointment

Bills: HJR4, HJR6, HB195, HB 13, HB143, HB135

Keywords: occupation tax, securities, financial regulation, tax exemption, legislative amendment, capital gains tax, realized gains, unrealized gains, investment income, asset sale, capital assets, wealth tax, estate tax, trust tax, tax limitation, constitutional amendment, Texas Constitution, Article VIII, property tax, sales tax