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• He added that the dog must meet a certain standard of behavior for the bill to apply.
• ><00:06:25.039> certain dog has to has to meet a certain dog has to has to meet a certain standard
• 06:26.680> or<00:06:27.120> this<00:06:27.280> will<00:06:27.479> not standard
• of behavior or this will not standard of behavior or this will not apply apply apply have<00:06:29.960
• as well into economic development engine as well into the<00:32:35.320> community<00:32:36.320

Keywords: 1183, house

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• And then we also have the latest engineering techniques, so if a county commissioner has a potential
• Corps of Engineers, and you have to mitigate that.
• Next time it washed away, so we went in, did the design and engineering, the county did the work, and
• He and our engineer, rather Rogers, will actually look at it and see if it's something that...
• WIRE stands for Workforce Insights and Reporting Engine.

Summary: The meeting began with a budget presentation from the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry. Secretary Blaine Arthur and Deputy Commissioner Jan Lee described the agency’s divisions and recent efforts to improve efficiency, including expanded online licensing, electronic veterinary inspection certificates, and a new laboratory information system. They highlighted youth and workforce programs, local food initiatives for schools, market development efforts, and ongoing animal health concerns such as avian influenza, equine herpesvirus, and the threat of New World screwworm. They also discussed staffing, turnover, and uncertainty around federal cooperative agreement funding, while noting they were not requesting new or additional appropriations for the upcoming fiscal year. Members asked about meat inspection staffing, the use of one-time forestry firefighting funds, biosecurity and national security coordination, and agency staffing levels. The department said meat inspection was currently in good shape but dependent on federal funding stability, and explained that prior firefighting dollars had been used for equipment purchases. They also said they work with state and federal partners, including DHS and FBI, on threat preparedness and have reduced turnover by adjusting salaries and maintaining staffing at or below prior levels. The Oklahoma Conservation Commission then presented its budget and program overview. Staff described the agency’s long history and current work in water quality, flood control, soil health, unpaved roads, wetlands, and woody species control, especially eastern red cedar removal. They emphasized data-driven, voluntary conservation practices, citing stream cleanups, flood-control dam benefits, pond cleanouts during drought, and the Cherry-Peach watershed project as examples of programs that improve water resources and reduce wildfire risk. The agency said its workload has grown significantly and requested funding for critical dam repairs, local conservation district staffing, continued unpaved roads work, and expansion of woody species control statewide. Members asked about county matching for road and dam projects, who to contact about flooding roads, sediment removal from pond cleanouts, and the effectiveness of county training programs. Commission staff explained that county in-kind work can count as match, local conservation districts are the first point of contact, and the road training has produced measurable savings and better maintenance practices. They also clarified that “high hazard” dams are those where failure could threaten people or infrastructure downstream, not necessarily dams that are structurally failing.

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• <00:10:31.040> Standard<00:10:31.519> Baker<00:10:31.920> of<00:10:32.079>
• Standard Baker of Shelurn venerable J.
• And a lot of them had to do with logistics, with engineering, with armaments.
• And a lot of them had to do with logistics, with engineering, with armaments.
• And a lot of them had to do with logistics, with engineering, with armaments.

Keywords: 926, house, all

Summary: The House opened with a devotional reading, then proceeded to first readings and committee referrals for six bills: H.841 on miscellaneous animal welfare procedures, H.842 creating a commission on public school employee health benefits, H.843 on monitoring municipal wastewater discharges, H.844 on sales tax and a surcharge related to short-term rental and second-home properties, H.845 on an income tax deduction for snow tires, and H.846 on artificial intelligence and elections. H.611, a bill with an appropriation affecting the Department of Vermont Health Access, was also referred to Appropriations under House Rule 35A. The chamber also read HCR 175, a concurrent resolution honoring the life of J. Stannard Baker of Shelburne, highlighting his role in Baker v. State, his work in mental health and the Episcopal Church, and his death in June 2025. During announcements, members welcomed guests including Baker’s husband and sister, representatives of the Vermont Access Network, a devotional speaker, Human Rights Commission participants, and students from rural community schools visiting for Rural Schools Day. The House also heard remarks about the Human Rights Commission’s upcoming press conference and a caucus meeting on state permit reform. Later, the member from Georgia gave a lengthy historical reflection on Henry Knox and the Fort Ticonderoga cannon expedition, followed by a correction from the member from Stow noting that teams of oxen pulled most of the cannon. On the floor, the House considered H.648, the Department of Financial Regulation’s annual housekeeping bill on banking, insurance, and securities. Representative Olsen offered an amendment clarifying section 48 on federally exempt securities and state notice filings; the amendment was adopted by voice vote, and the bill then passed. The House then took up H.790, the fiscal year 2026 budget adjustment bill. Representative Shai offered an amendment reallocating $45,000 in HIV/AIDS funding among Vermont CARES, the AIDS Project of Southern Vermont, and the HIV/HCV Resource Center; that amendment was also adopted. The bill passed on a roll call vote, 133-0, and the House suspended rules to message its action to the Senate forthwith. The session ended with a motion to adjourn until Tuesday, February 3, 2026, at 10:00 a.m., which was put to the body.

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• TSM came to us and said, “You know, for every electrical engineer we graduate from Grand Canyon or that
• My nephew is a Barrett scholar at Arizona State, majoring in electrical engineering.
• public records review standard. Government.
• public records review standard. Government.
• public records review standard. Government.

Keywords: 1182, all

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• has been called on your bill, Representative Butler, and we will not be voting on that today as is standard
• Stratospheric aerosol injection is a solar radiation management geoengineering or climate engineering
• And in 2022, the White House announced a new research initiative exploring solar engineering, which involves

Bills: HB248, HB311

Keywords: weather modification, atmospheric pollution, chemical dispersion, environmental law, public health, improvement districts, assessment collection, property taxes, local governance, foreclosure procedures, 1136, house, all

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• higher standards under EPA's areawide<00:16:17.199> optimization.
• state that are non-standard discharges. state that are non-standard discharges.
• They're not engineers like myself.
• <01:41:59.119> Um um they're not engineers like myself.
• Um um they're not engineers like myself.

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The meeting began with roll call, adoption of the minutes, and brief remarks, including birthday recognition for Representative Maseroni and a moment of reflection for a soldier who died during training at Fort Knox. The committee then heard a presentation from Tony Hatton, commissioner of the Department for Environmental Protection and acting director of the Kentucky Division of Water, with Amanda Lefer, deputy commissioner, on the state’s water and wastewater programs and planning. Hatton described Kentucky’s water resources and the Division of Water’s responsibilities, including watershed and nonpoint source work, KPDES discharge permitting, PFAS response, engineering review of water infrastructure, inspections, public outreach, and sampling. He said Kentucky has 428 public water systems, 263 water treatment plants, about 1.9 million service connections, and nearly 97% of the population has access to municipally treated water. He also noted that the state has 43 systems receiving awards for EPA areawide optimization and emphasized operator training, regionalization, and use of GIS mapping and Kentucky Infrastructure Authority data to support planning and funding decisions. Members raised concerns about aging infrastructure, water loss, staffing shortages, and wastewater problems in local systems. Representative Blandon described severe failures in a city system, including major water loss and sewer backups, and asked whether the state could intervene; Hatton said the division inspects treatment facilities and provides compliance assistance but is not authorized to manage delivery systems, though third-party help and emergency funding can be used in some cases. Senator Smith and others shared similar experiences with line loss and system failures, while Hatton pointed to regionalization and funding support as the main tools available. The discussion also highlighted PFAS as an emerging issue, with Hatton saying the department is working with systems to meet anticipated federal requirements by 2029.

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• going very well, but essentially it's to require street, highway, bridge, road, utility, and light engineering
• not have approved apprenticeship programs are still highly trained and are held to the same safety standards
• as all contractors, including state and federal safety standards.
• H is heavy engineering, your dams and such. They pay into it. C is your residential.

Keywords: 996, all

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• Development Board with coordination responsibilities, including the development of common technical standards
• The American Society of Civil Engineers just recently downgraded our drinking water and wastewater infrastructure
• That said, oversight and performance accountability standards within SB 7 are essential to any state
• proposed to be spent will yield water at the tap, water in the fields, and water to drive the economic engine

Bills: SB7

Keywords: water infrastructure, financial assistance, Texas Water Development Board, water supply, environmental sustainability, 1185, senate, all

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• <00:19:29.600> Um,<00:19:29.919> so standards for the for the camera.
• Um, so standards for the for the camera.
• and so that would then these standards and so that would then also<00:21:23.360> you<00:21:23.520
• As much as I would if I was driving a conventional internal combustion engine vehicle of a similar size
• think it is agnostic, honestly, of whether it is an EV or an ICE vehicle, an internal combustion engine

Bills: HF3919, HF3791, HF1781, HF3908, HF4233, HF3966, HF3430

Keywords: veterans benefits, Secret War, Laos veterans, eligibility process, burial fees, veteran designation, security, protective services, state officials, Capitol complex, state patrol, public safety, legislative protection, threat assessment, transportation, electronic attestation, traffic signals, accident reporting, legislative routes, agricultural aircraft

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• to be able to work with a company and find a sulfide standard that works.
• <00:03:59.360> These specific standard for sulfides.
• These specific standard for sulfides.
• <00:04:12.799> has long time. a sight specific standard has long time. a sight specific standard
• company and and find a sulfide standard company and and find a sulfide standard that<00:04:31.040

Keywords: 1183, house

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• adequacy standards. adequacy standards.
• . standards. standards.
• , in our design standards.
• , engineers, engineers, the<03:41:08.600> facility<03:41:09.120> director.
• ,<03:42:58.440> West the ball uphill with engineers, West the ball uphill with engineers,

Keywords: 916, all

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• And so we should think about standards. Other than move paper.
• And so we should think about standards.
• that it meets the standards of the city for eventual annexation.
• And review of development applications to the city to their standards.
• You know, similar things with sidewalks and street standards you heard about.

Keywords: 904, all

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• The testimony today seems to set a pretty darn low standard.
• Absolutely unacceptable if that is our standard. Privacy.
• Absolutely unacceptable if that is our standard.
• I urge this committee to set a high standard. The voters are watching. Thank you.
• The same standard should apply here. AB 1560 is a targeted, timely step to address that.

Summary: The Assembly Elections Committee met on March 25, 2026, with nine measures on the agenda and three bills taken on consent. The committee approved the consent calendar for AB 1736, AB 1853, and AB 2153. The committee also heard several election-related bills, including AB 1993 on ballot-envelope privacy, AB 1788 on nonprofit disclosure of travel payments for elected officials, AB 1560 on barring people convicted of public corruption from lobbying, AB 1539 on presidential and vice-presidential ballot eligibility certifications, AB 1919 on Santa Cruz Metro local tax initiative procedures, and AB 1562 on county selection of poll workers. The chair also noted membership changes and welcomed new and returning members and staff. AB 1993 drew the most debate. The author argued it was a common-sense safeguard to prevent voters’ choices from being visible through ballot-envelope holes, citing a Sacramento County incident and public concern about ballot privacy. County election officials, the Secretary of State’s office, and Disability Rights California opposed the bill, saying the holes also serve accessibility and processing functions, that existing voter instructions already address privacy, and that the measure would create implementation problems and an unfunded mandate. After extended discussion, the committee voted the bill out on a 2-6 roll call and it failed. AB 1788 was supported by the FPPC and the League of Women Voters and passed as amended to Appropriations, with members emphasizing transparency while seeking to avoid unintended coverage of organizations like NCSL and CSG. AB 1560 passed 6-0 despite the Secretary of State’s implementation concerns about how the office would learn of relevant convictions. AB 1539, which would require party representatives to certify presidential and vice-presidential nominees’ constitutional eligibility, passed 7-0 as amended. AB 1919, which would clarify procedures for a Santa Cruz Metro voter initiative to place a transit tax on the ballot, passed 6-2, and AB 1562, which would allow counties to randomly select poll workers, passed 7-1 after discussion about civic engagement, guardrails, and election administration. The committee then completed roll-call adjustments for absent members and adjourned.

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• The renewable portfolio standard, just one section of that standard, was identified as beneficial for
• Clearly maybe an engineer or something like that.
• or mechanisms to assure compliance with privacy standards by third parties.
• or mechanisms to assure compliance with privacy standards by third parties.
• standards assure compliance with privacy standards by<01:36:17.040> Third by Third by Third parties

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• By including good faith in the definition, we set a standard and that is important.
• SB 56 reflects our responsibility to protect the public from unauthorized geo-engineering and weather
• This ensures that taxpayer dollars are used responsibly following goals for legal standards.
• kids who made it through public school, I always thought there was too much emphasis placed on standardized
• The fact that there is so much stress and anxiety around the standardized tests, particularly the two

Keywords: 998, house, all

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• locally administered state transportation funding programs by Mister Rudy Powell, who is the chief engineer
• My name is Repo and I'm the chief engineer of operations for the Florida Department of Transportation
• The FAA just came out with some fur deport standards in addition to pilot information, but we still have
• You have small standard aviation have commercial liners.
• You have EV small standard aviation have commercial liners. You have EV toll aircraft.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• It has to the same standard.
• It has to the same standard.
• So, we had already done a site plan, traffic flow, worked with our own engineers, but because of what
• Is there any difference in the safety standards?
• standards? standards?

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• their respective high personal standards their respective high personal standards and<00:12:15.360
• <00:31:37.919> medicine<00:31:38.799> cannabis<00:31:39.360> policy engineering
• medicine cannabis policy engineering medicine cannabis policy impacts<00:31:40.880> policy<00:
• <00:45:48.560> around<00:45:49.520> uh current industry standards around uh current
• industry standards around uh issues<00:45:50.000> like<00:45:50.240> disclosure<00:45:

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• We have just been growing and expanding the tourism economic engine in Central Florida. 25 percent of
• So we are talking about an economic engine in work and tourism, that's what being on the CRA does.
• The Florida Labor Standards Act is in place as well as state law.
• Who will be held accountable if those standards are violated?
• With Florida's education standards, and that is the bill, Mr. Speaker. Questions of the sponsor?

Bills: HB 118, HB 388, HB 114, HB 205, HB 2789, HB 2791, HB 499, HB 2960, HB 3163, HB 3135, HB 2427, HB 1618, HB 1672, HB 1722, HB 1338, HB 787, HB 2618, HB 879, HB 1126, HB 4134, HB 3513, HB 718, HB 1536, HB 1445, HB 1640, HB 1893, HB 1734, HB 3229, HB 3306, HB 1276, HB 3272, HB 3276, HB 3516, HB 4145, HB 1585, HB 4810, HB 2989, HB 2558, HB 3014, HB 2742, HB 1695, HB 29, HB 125, HB 145, HB 171, HB 255, HB 50, HB 363, HB 116, HB 491, HB 1495, HB 368, HB 1285, HB 1905, HB 2002, HB 917, HB 2723, HB 2067, HB 1238, HB 745, HB 1188, HB 1606, HB 2003, HB 2147, HB 2355, HB 2546, HB 2495, HB 2818, HB 2249, HB 3228, HB 3240, HB 1507, HB 658, HB 1748, HB 1851, HB 1922, HB 2798, HB 107, HB 1587, HB 3684, HB 118, HB 388, HB 114, HB 205, HB 2789, HB 2791, HB 499, HB 2960, HB 3163, HB 3135, HB 2427, HB 1618, HB 1672, HB 1722, HB 1338, HB 787, HB 2618, HB 879, HB 1126, HB 4134, HB 3513, HB 718, HB 1536, HB 1445, HB 1640, HB 1893, HB 1734, HB 3229, HB 3306, HB 1276, HB 3272, HB 3276, HB 3516, HB 4145, HB 1585, HB 4810, HB 2989, HB 2558, HB 3014, HB 2742, HB 1695, HB 609, HB 630, HB 420, HB 767, HB 1708, HB 1404, HB 2457, HB 140, HB 227, HB 913, HB 2198, HB 2763, HB 1261, HB 1135, HB 1318, HB 2358, HB 2765, HB 2735, HB 3307, HB 1242, HB 2842, HB 333, HB 201, HB 694, HB 2415, HB 155, HB 272, HB 405, HB 519, HB 1136, HB 1275, HB 1437, HB 1532, HB 1675, HB 1868, HB 1888, HB 1990, HB 2286, HB 2523, HB 3129, HB 3251, HB 3354, HB 3479, HB 3803, HB 3804, HB 3805, HB 3806, HB 3887, HB 4163, HB 4238, HB 1240, HB 1842, HB 2029, HB 2622, HB 3255, HB 654, HB 4643, HB 4945, HB 3611, HB 3724, HB 3623, HB 3810, HB 4127, HCR 78, HCR 12, SB 767

Keywords: HB 388, HB388, coordination of benefits, COB questionnaire, health benefit plan, health insurance, insurance commissioner, Texas Department of Insurance, uniform form, primary payer, secondary payer, multiple coverage, dual coverage, Medicaid, CHIP, managed care, HMO, small employer health plan, school district health coverage, self-funded plan

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• Higgins, who's the principal transportation engineer for Caltrans District 7.
• But my name is Tasha Higgins, principal engineer.
• Higgins, who's the principal transportation engineer for Thank you. We'll next go to Ms.
• Higgins, who's the principal transportation engineer for Calatans District 7.
• But my name is Tasha Higgins, principal engineer.

Keywords: 987, senate, all