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• The House will be in order.
• It is now in order to consider amendment It is now in order to consider amendment number<01:33:20.080
• It is now in order to consider amendment It is now in order to consider amendment number<01:44:14.880
• <02:18:11.599> fix opinion that provided a temporary fix opinion that provided a temporary
• The ordered on the bill as amended.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Thursday, December 18, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• Without objection, so ordered.
• Without objection, so ordered.
• Without objection, so ordered.
• Without objection, so ordered.
• Without objection, so ordered.

Bills: HB103

Summary: The Senate Committee on Local Government heard a series of local and special-purpose bills, mostly with brief sponsor explanations and little or no public opposition. Topics included fireworks sales near the Texas-Mexico border for Cinco de Mayo (HB 1629), allowing larger counties to use their own inspectors for county buildings (HB 3234), updating governance and financial rules for the Wood County Central Hospital District (HB 5664), clarifying firefighter collective bargaining and impasse procedures (HB 3171), and exempting certain Fort Worth ETJ properties from release rules to protect infrastructure investments (HB 2512). The committee also heard bills on border subdivision rules in Cameron County (HB 3680), extending a property tax exemption to surviving spouses of certain veterans affected by the PACT Act (HB 2508/HJR 133), drainage district election timing and procedures (HB 5693, HB 2694), utility transparency for municipally owned systems (HB 1991), and management district and hospital district election or appointment changes (HB 5698, HB 2293). Another major bill, HB 1449, would expand a food truck permitting pilot program to counties over one million population; witnesses supported the concept but asked the committee to coordinate it with related fee and standards bills, and the bill was left pending for further work. The committee also heard HB 3732, which would let fire departments obtain extensions to comply with new NFPA protective equipment standards, and HB 5431, which would clarify that mayors and at-large council members do not need new elections after reapportionment; both were left pending after questions about their scope. Several transparency and tax-related bills were also discussed, including HB 103, creating a statewide database of local bond and tax election information, and HB 851, requiring reporting on homestead tax ceiling properties; both drew support and were later voted out. After testimony, the committee reported multiple bills favorably, often unanimously, and recommended many for the local and uncontested calendar. The committee also used procedural swaps to substitute House companions for Senate bills on several measures, then recessed with plans to return later to process additional bills.

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• The Committee on Government Efficiency will come to order. Madam Clerk, please call the roll.
• So the school board, rightfully so, said, well, we need to put a temporary levy on the ballot.
• Because my temporary was good through January, I think 18th or 19th. So I went back home.
• Will they have to have any kind of inspection in order to sell a vehicle off their lot?
• Inspection in order to sell a vehicle off their lot? I think, don't they still do? Yes. Yes.

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• You 10 11 12 13 The house will come to order. Members please register. Merry Christmas!
• Here's none, and it's so ordered. Mr. Hunter for a motion. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
• The chair hears none, so ordered. Following resolution. Clerk will read the resolution.
• So ordered. Chair recognizes Ms. Allen for recognition. Thank you, Mr.
• Chair, here's none, so ordered. Chair, here's none, so ordered. Thank you, members. Mr.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• <00:10:11.760> this<00:10:12.200> $672,000 authorized this $672,000 authorized this $672,000
• invoices are validated and authorized invoices are validated and authorized before<00:31:15.560>
• <00:51:09.640> commissioner stepped into the temporary commissioner stepped into the temporary
• <01:08:09.480> interim promoted to temporary interim promoted to temporary interim commissioner
• And right now in law that is a discretionary authority for OGM.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• The Committee on Natural Resources will come to order. The clerk will call the roll. Mr. Harris?
• The citizens gave the legislature the authority to create conservation districts, like the Natchez and
• I do think they have authority, more than some districts are doing.
• In order to get there, when I hear something...
• I think something on the order of 18 billion acre-feet of water in the ground.

Bills: HB24, HB27, HB24, HB27

Keywords: groundwater, conservation, water permits, sustainability, resource management, 997, house, all

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• temporary resident. temporary resident.
• permanent resident, or temporary permanent resident, or temporary resident. resident. resident.
• <00:23:20.400> a it out and it is you authorizing a it out and it is you authorizing a search
• permanent resident temporary. permanent resident temporary. >> Got<00:23:53.120> it.
• authorizes the search. authorizes the search. Further<00:27:49.039> questions?

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• Member, Senate Bill 174 by Senator Presley authorizes the transfer of certain state property in Caddo
• I will speak with the author about adding one additional, between here and the floor, adding something
• And we're happy to work with Representative Coates as well as the department in order to provide you
• Chairman, I just have more, another question for the author if he can answer on closing, if that don't
• And the location authorized by the subsection. Can y'all find that?

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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• 2 3 The Committee on the Delivery of Government Efficiency will come to order.
• and kind of what those prior authorizations look like.
• In the base Bill, you all funded 642 temporary FTEs.
• You're absolutely correct, which is one reason we have temporary FTEs.
• If you're talking about the executive order.

Bills: HB150, HB869, HB876, HB 1043, HB1494, HB1522, HB150

Keywords: cybersecurity, state command, information resources, data protection, incident response, information technology, classification officer, job descriptions, state positions, competency-based, information sharing, government efficiency, public sector, private sector, distributed ledger, title registry, real estate, property liens, pilot program, healthcare

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• So this is really just a temporary provision that allows for a temporary removal again while the other
• We have to restore order in our classrooms.
• We have to restore order to our classroom.
• House Bill 6 is a step in the right order. To restore the order in the classroom.
• And we have to work with our parents. in order to patch this up.

Bills: HB6, HB27, HB 123, HB210, HB213, HB222, HB610, HB 1085, HB1481, HB6, HB27, HB123, HB210, HB213, HB222

Keywords: mental health, telehealth, public schools, discipline management, behavioral interventions, financial literacy, high school education, curriculum requirements, economics, personal finance, HB 123, kindergarten readiness, early literacy, early numeracy, reading screening, math screening, foundational literacy, foundational numeracy, dyslexia screening, reading intervention

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• I represent the beautiful 28th Legislative District and am commencing this meeting to order for the Joint
• What happened was that, in order to not fire people, they looked at vacancies and basically swept all
• those authorizations where we did not actually have somebody in position.
• Those authorizations have now gone away.
• But again, that will be somewhat temporary until whatever happens to the actual museum closer to 2027

Summary: The Joint Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs met to hear updates from Joint Base Lewis-McChord, the Washington Military Department, the Washington Department of Veterans Affairs, and the Department of Commerce on federal and state impacts affecting veterans, military families, and military installations. JBLM’s garrison commander said the base remains focused on housing, child care, and spouse employment, but is facing workforce reductions tied to federal personnel actions, especially in air traffic control, 911 dispatch, and firefighting. He also said JBLM is preparing for increased mutual-aid needs during fire season, and that the Army Transformation Initiative could change unit composition at JBLM over time without a major overall population shift. He confirmed that the Lewis Army Museum is on a closure list, but said the building will remain in use for training and that the base is exploring partnerships to keep museum functions operating, possibly with volunteers or local partners. The Washington Military Department reported about 400 Guard members deployed on federal missions and described ongoing state missions in cybersecurity and firefighting. The department said the Army National Guard’s 81st Stryker Brigade will transition to a mobile combat team, with associated changes in equipment, manning, and end strength. It also warned that continuing resolutions are delaying funding, limiting new military construction starts, and increasing costs. The Washington Department of Veterans Affairs outlined a $3.2 million reduction from the governor’s budget and related cuts affecting internships, vacant positions, outreach travel, claims support contracts, counseling and wellness, veterans’ innovation assistance, and the military transition and readiness council staff position. WDVA said it is ending or scaling back several programs, including in-house nursing assistant training, the veteran farm at Ordean, Vet Corps due to AmeriCorps funding changes, and the tobacco cessation program, while noting that the legislature funded about $23.7 million in capital projects for veteran homes, cemeteries, and transitional housing. The Department of Commerce presented on the Defense Community Compatibility Account, which funds projects that reduce conflicts between military installations and nearby communities. The program currently has 10 projects across five legislative districts, including school and child care improvements, water wells, land acquisition, and a joint firefighting training center in Everett. The presenter said the main challenge is that DCCA projects often need non-state funding secured before they can compete, which can make it hard to leverage federal Defense Community Infrastructure Program dollars; he recommended more flexible state timing to help projects qualify for federal funding. In closing discussion, members raised possible future agenda items including child care near bases, veteran homelessness, suicide prevention, Navy Day, military family housing, and a possible Department of Licensing issue involving guard and reserve designations on driver’s licenses. No formal votes were taken, and the meeting adjourned after members were invited to suggest topics for the October and December committee meetings.

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• Senate will be in order.
• Okay, seeing none, we'll continue with a regular order of business.
• That will be moving us to the special order calendar.
• Now we will take up the special order calendar. Please reread the first bill.
• It clarifies that a temporary certificate authorized in the bill is to be issued to the school district

Summary: The Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several recognitions, including state championship athletic teams, visiting chambers of commerce, apprentices, students, and other guests. The chamber then moved through a long third-reading calendar and special order calendar, with no committee reports or executive messages on the desk. A moment of silence was held for Walton County Deputy William Will May, who died in the line of duty. Among the major bills passed was SB 234, which strengthens restrictions on resisting law enforcement officers and increases penalties related to manslaughter of an officer; an amendment clarifying “good faith” in an officer’s duties was adopted, and the bill passed 37-0. The Senate also passed SB 7020 on open government review of certain cybersecurity information, SM 1488 urging Congress to create a U.S. sovereign wealth fund, SB 944 reducing the overpayment claim period for insurers/HMOs seeking reimbursement from licensed psychologists from 30 months to 12 months, SB 878 extending probation treatment options for misdemeanor offenses involving controlled substances, SB 538 updating the state court system, SB 480 expanding nonprofit agricultural medical benefit plans, SB 472 giving correctional education credit toward professional licensure, SB 86/House companion 421 expanding peer support for first responders to include support personnel, SB 164 on vessel accountability, SB 282 on warranty association financial requirements, SB 316 creating Series LLC rules, and SB 384 requiring notice to legislative delegations before municipal annexation of state-owned lands. The most debated measure was CS/CS/SB 56 on geoengineering and weather modification, which Garcia said would prohibit unauthorized atmospheric interventions, create reporting and enforcement mechanisms through DEP, and impose felony penalties; Polsky questioned the bill’s practicality, federal preemption issues, and agency capacity, while supporters said it would address public concerns and close loopholes. The Senate also passed CS/SB 166 on public school administrative efficiency after adopting several amendments affecting school purchasing timelines, third-grade retention exemptions, teacher contracts, certification, facilities planning, and an OPPAGA study of cost-per-student-station limits; senators debated testing, teacher evaluations, and school accountability. At the end of the day, the Senate waived rules to immediately certify all passed bills to the House, received budget process guidance from Appropriations Chair Hooper on SB 2500 and SB 2502 amendment deadlines, and then adjourned until April 9.

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• The speaker added that the district list is not by SEU numbers or alphabetical order; it is organized
• The speaker replied that the district is in alphabetical order and coordinated by the school.
• <00:31:48.919> it's district is in alphabetical order it's district is in alphabetical order
• You would need to be on the National School Lunch Program in order to qualify for eligibility for this
• We have no real authority over out-of-state placements, so it is what it is.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The Finance Committee Division II met with the New Hampshire Department of Education to review school nutrition programs and related funding. Department staff Melissa White and Kelly Rambo walked through a packet covering the National School Lunch Program, Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program, Community Eligibility (CEP), After School Snack Program, Child and Adult Care Food Program, and Summer Food Service Program, explaining that these are federally funded USDA programs, with some state supplemental funding in certain areas. They also reviewed reimbursement rates for lunch, breakfast, child/adult care, and summer meals, noting that summer rates follow calendar-year timing while most others follow the state fiscal year. Members asked several questions about how the funding works, especially the difference between federal reimbursements and the state match. Staff explained that the state lunch line in the budget is a fixed match amount tied to federal participation, while breakfast funding is broken out by meal type and reimbursement category. They also discussed why FY 2022 federal spending was much higher during COVID, when USDA covered meals at the free rate for all students, and why FY 2023 and FY 2024 dropped as normal income-eligibility rules returned. A committee member also asked about the “severe need lunch” two-cent rate, and staff said they did not know USDA’s formula. A substantial portion of the meeting focused on summer meals and the distinction between the Summer Food Service Program and Summer EBT. Staff explained that SFSP provides meals at approved sites, which can be open or closed sites, while Summer EBT is a separate DHHS-operated benefit program that provides funds to families. They said some schools or sites may not qualify under USDA rules, but eligible children can often use another nearby open site, and the department posts an interactive map and phone line to help families find locations. The committee also discussed the Community Eligibility Provision. Staff said New Hampshire currently has three CEP schools, that the eligibility threshold had recently been lowered from 40% to 25% identified students, and that the program allows participating schools to offer free meals to all students while the local district covers the non-federal share. Members asked whether any districts in the 25% to 40% range had joined; staff said no. The department offered to provide the eligibility report in Excel and noted that the CEP intent is to reduce application burden, though the lower threshold can make the local cost share harder for some districts to absorb.

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• explained in the permanent and temporary explained in the permanent and temporary rules<00:03:12.400
• <00:20:35.200> by<00:20:35.360> the tax was um, authorized by the tax was um, authorized
• Um, we do believe that we have budget authority within the next two fiscal years.
• Uh, this was a bill that I authored. Uh, Senator Dibble were the co-author.
• my co-authors and thanks for everybody<01:11:33.280> involved.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Kazowski being the author. Kazowski being the author.
• And it's reasonable to authorities.
• order to maintain this economy, in order order to maintain this economy, in order to<00:31:23.840
• to maintain the neighborhoods, in order to maintain the neighborhoods, in order to<00:31:25.760>
• next, even with work authorization. next, even with work authorization.

Bills: HF3403, HF3410, HF3424

Keywords: HF3403, emergency rental assistance, rental aid, homelessness prevention, housing crisis, imminent risk of homelessness, eviction prevention, county aid, Tribal governments, local government aids, general fund appropriation, Minnesota revenue commissioner, poverty level, low-income housing, housing stability, family homeless prevention and assistance, emergency housing assistance, eviction, rent, redemption

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• 2510 order.
• So, executive order 2510 order.
• We've used this authority to issue temporary immediate suspensions, as well as application denials for
• We've utilize this authority<00:43:34.720> to<00:43:34.880> issue<00:43:35.200> temporary
• <00:43:35.680> immediate authority to issue temporary immediate authority to issue temporary

Keywords: 1183, house

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• [music] The House will come to order.
• Uh getting order to to hit quotas.
• orders today, May 1st, at 10:52 a.m. orders today, May 1st, at 10:52 a.m.
• Come back to order. The request is out of order. So to the bill. Representative DeGraff. Okay.
• The request is out come back to order. The request is out of<03:44:52.000> order.

Keywords: 981, all

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• Those who wish to speak on bills will be invited to do so in the order they are listed.
• And so what we wanted to be able to do back with that last bill was to give the county the authority
• So specifically, it gives authority to the school districts in New Castle County to adjust and reset
• Specifically, it gives authority to the school districts in New Castle County to adjust and reset their
• This is only intended to be temporary while we additionally look at the larger issues that have caused

Summary: The Senate Education Committee met with enough members present to conduct business and approved the June 17 minutes. It first heard HB 459 with House Amendment 1, which would prohibit the sale of energy drinks on public middle and high school campuses during school hours or school events. The sponsor and Department of Education explained that the bill targets beverages containing caffeine and marketed as energy drinks, not ordinary soft drinks or coffee/tea products. Public testimony from the Medical Society supported the bill on health grounds, while the beverage industry said its companies already voluntarily limit school offerings and that the bill does not reflect current practice. No vote was taken in the transcript. The committee then heard HB 461, a follow-up to prior legislation on New Castle County property reassessment and school tax rates. Senator Cruz said the bill would let New Castle County school districts adjust and reset tax rates to reflect reassessment changes without increasing projected operating revenue, and that it includes a sunset. DSEA supported the measure, saying fair property values are important to public education funding. The committee also heard HB 452, which would require additional background checks and training for DIAA sports officials and strengthen DIAA enforcement procedures. Members questioned how checks would be handled, who would see the results, and who would provide training; the DIAA compliance coordinator said the checks would be maintained through the state process and that associations would verify eligibility. The bill’s sponsor and DIAA said the goal was to align officials with existing child-safety standards. Next, the committee considered HS1 for HB 425, which raises the salary supplement from 6% to 12% for nationally certified school counselors, nurses, and school social workers, and allows DOE to identify additional qualifying positions by regulation. Supporters, including school social workers, nurses, and DSEA, argued the change would improve retention and recognize advanced credentials. Senator Hansen raised concerns that school psychologists were not included; sponsors said a broader study and possible future legislation or budget language would address other nationally certified school-based professionals. The committee then heard HS1 for HB 358 on student elopement notifications, inspired by Ace’s Law, but administrators and the chair raised concerns that the bill may be too prescriptive and difficult to implement in practice, especially when schools may not immediately know a student has left campus. Finally, the committee discussed HB 379 on the comprehensive school discipline improvement program; DOE said the substitute was intended to consolidate prevention and intervention supports and avoid competition for funding, while DASA asked that the bill be paused or tabled. The meeting ended before action on the remaining bill, and HB 443 was deferred to a future executive meeting.

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• We're that order Madam Majority Flley.
• <01:08:53.199> at since there was an executive order at since there was an executive order
• There is just rulemaking authority.
• authority. the rulemaking authority<01:12:57.679> created<01:12:58.080> what<01:12:58.239
• We're at that order of business.

Keywords: 916, all

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• So, grade separations are constructed and funded by the road authority.
• The substitute gives the authority to authorize the issuance of the permit to the Texas Department of
• or joint authors.
• The Chair recognizes our authors to close. Thank you, Speaker Craddick.
• It's a bipartisan bill with joint authors, Vice Chairman Rep.

Bills: HB341, HB791, HB1564, HB1695, HB1722, HB1729, HB1772, HB2003, HB2954, HB2989, HB3084, HB3134, HB3135, HB3309, HB3611, HB3679, HB3727, HB3832

Keywords: affordable housing, zoning, development, community support, local regulations, bicycle lanes, traffic collisions, Texas Department of Transportation, study, public safety, bicycles, electric bicycles, scooters, road safety, transportation study, HB 791, Central Catholic High School, San Antonio, specialty license plate, specialty plates