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• Equally passionate about crypto and blockchain and the potential it has when it comes to integration
• Hispanic widower in Orange County who sought assistance from the Public Law Center, a fellow legal aid

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• .in high-demand fields and ensures that these programs are affordable by capping the total cost to equal
• one, study the property value... ...studies, use, and effect on the distribution of state financial aid

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

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• The qualifying taxpayer may claim a supplemental tax credit rate for the tax due under chapter 290 equal
• The qualifying taxpayer may claim a supplemental tax credit rate for the tax due under chapter 290 equal
• meet and we will be taking up bills dealing with agriculture property tax and the fire and ambulance aid
• <01:27:18.320> fire<01:27:18.600> and<01:27:19.080> ambulance<01:27:19.679> Aid
• and ambulance Aid and on Thursday<01:27:21.639> some<01:27:21.960> Tiff<01:27:22.480><

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• divided and controlled by hour equally divided and controlled by the<00:27:04.480> chair<00:27
• And former presidential aide Elon Musk kicked off across-the-board staff cuts.
• And former presidential<00:35:26.240> aid<00:35:26.480> Elon<00:35:26.880> Musk<
• 00:35:27.680> kicked<00:35:28.079> off presidential aid Elon Musk kicked off presidential
• aid Elon Musk kicked off acrosstheboard<00:35:29.760> staff<00:35:30.160> cuts.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Thursday, April 23, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• allocate all which is pretty much just allocate all which is pretty much just allocate all the dollars equally
• based on how many the dollars equally based on how many the dollars equally based on how many heads
• let's let's look at the prek model where let's let's look at the prek model where they had teacher aids
• and let's put they had teacher aids and let's put they had teacher aids and let's put teacher aids in
• So we set teacher aids in these areas. So we set teacher aids in these areas.

Bills: HB 29, HB 125, HB 145, HB 171, HB 255, HB 50, HB 796, HB 363, HB 116, HB 491, HB 589, HB 1495, HB 368, HB 1285, HB 1905, HB 1360, HB 2002, HB 917, HB 2723, HB 2067, HB 1238, HB 2337, HB 745, HB 1188, HB 1606, HB 2003, HB 2147, HB 2391, HB 2355, HB 2546, HB 2495, HB 2818, HB 2249, HB 1749, HB 3109, HB 3228, HB 3240, HB 1507, HB 658, HB 1748, HB 1851, HB 1922, HB 2001, HB 2798, HB 107, HCR 29, SB 5, SB 262, HB 11, HJR 72, HB 106, HB 18, HB 48, HB 27, HB 37, HB 1481, HB 581, HB 1696, HB 2216, HB 1035, HB 1633, HB 742, HB 754, HB 1689, HB 1690, HB 2669, HB 391, HB 517, HB 1024, HB 1607, HB 252, HB 1716, HB 1562, HB 4116, HB 1866, HB 1741, HB 2103, HB 2637, HB 2884, HB 503, HB 1089, HB 2986, HB 972, HB 502, HB 29, HB 125, HB 145, HB 171, HB 255, HB 50, HB 796, HB 363, HB 116, HB 491, HB 589, HB 1495, HB 368, HB 1285, HB 1905, HB 1360, HB 2002, HB 917, HB 2723, HB 2067, HB 1238, HB 2337, HB 745, HB 1188, HB 1606, HB 2003, HB 2147, HB 2391, HB 2355, HB 2546, HB 2495, HB 2818, HB 2249, HB 1749, HB 3109, HB 3228, HB 3240, HB 1507, HB 658, HB 1748, HB 1851, HB 1922, HB 2001, HB 2798, HB 107, HCR 29

Keywords: water audit, water loss, water loss mitigation plan, municipally owned utility, municipal utility, water conservation, Texas Water Development Board, TCEQ, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, water leakage, leak detection, billing data accuracy, utility validation, water audit validation, water scarcity, water management, infrastructure, public utility, conservation plan, administrative penalty

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• Chairman, the language in the Constitution currently just says equal, and then it relies on a U.S.
• The districts will be closer, more equal in population difference between them.
• If you're concerned about the outcome of equality, I don't know what to say.
• If you're concerned about the outcome of equality, I don't know what to say.
• Aid for probation services. Heard on third reading, Senate Bill 1240.

Keywords: 1182, all

Summary: The Senate convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, roll call, guest introductions, and approval of the journal before moving through multiple Committee of the Whole calendars. Early action included approval of several bills and resolutions, with amendments adopted on measures such as SB 1515, SB 1678, and SCR 1023. SCR 1023, which would change Independent Redistricting Commission membership and require a two-thirds vote for map approval, drew extended debate over nonpartisanship, geographic diversity, and population deviation; the amendment and the resolution both advanced on voice votes. The body also approved SB 1399, SB 1507, SB 1564, SB 1621, SB 1629, and SB 1811, generally after committee amendments and brief explanations from sponsors. The Senate then considered another calendar featuring SB 1365, SB 1416, and SCR 1049. SB 1365, relating to the Williams Citrus, Fruit, and Vegetable Trust Fund, was amended and advanced. SB 1416, dealing with missing and kidnapped children reporting requirements and the Seek and Find Alert system, was amended to shift training from biannual to every two years and to require documentation of media/social media disclosure decisions; the bill passed as amended. SCR 1049, a constitutional referral on capital punishment, would add a firing-squad option; supporters said it would provide another execution method amid drug shortages, while opponents objected to expanding the death penalty. It also passed as amended. On later calendars, the Senate approved SB 1134, SB 1489, SB 1725, SCR 1048, SB 1012, SB 1573, SB 1661, SB 1662, SB 1569, SB 1634, SB 1647, SCR 1005, SCR 1027, SB 1065, SB 1156, SB 1157, and SB 1213, with several amendments adopted. Topics included political signs, ballot-measure circulator disclosures, marijuana smoke as a nuisance, concealed weapons notice and appeal, paternity, probation conditions, voter registration and signature handling, foreign contributions, election dates, veterans’ hyperbaric therapy funding, border-related appropriations, and immigration enforcement notification. SB 1213 prompted notable debate over a Miranda amendment requiring law enforcement officers to visibly display identification and prohibiting facial coverings during duties, with supporters citing community safety and opponents arguing it would constrain enforcement; the transcript cuts off during that discussion.

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• Increased state aid would have to follow year after year after year.
• increase funding in increase state aid increase funding in state<00:43:32.240> aid<00:43:32.760
• and spending to buy down that state aid and spending to buy down that local<00:43:35.640> property
• would have to follow year state aid would have to follow year after<00:44:10.119> year<00:44:
• Committees will now be co-chaired by Democrats and Republicans, with equal numbers of members on both

Keywords: 1183, house

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• They're equal. Thank you. Thank you. Any questions? Thank you.
• This collaboration is essential to balance the need for survivor privacy with the equally critically
• It's going to correct the dangerous assumption that staying and struggling doesn't equal neglect.
• We are not equally difficult.
• I attended the school on generous financial aid, so I avoided what I heard to be rumors and focused on

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on the Judiciary held a lengthy hearing on a wide range of bills involving domestic violence, sexual assault, child sexual abuse, trafficking, victim compensation, and related criminal justice reforms. Testimony focused on measures to support survivors and close perceived legal gaps, including bills to protect domestic violence survivors in child welfare proceedings, expand victim compensation for homicide families and trafficking survivors, create a DNA exception to the rape statute of limitations, eliminate or extend statutes of limitations for child sexual abuse, and strengthen laws on upskirting, sexual abuse by adults in positions of authority, and sexual assault by rideshare drivers. Several speakers also addressed bills concerning vulnerable adults, harassment and custody-related abuse, and early evidence kits. Witnesses included legislators, prosecutors, advocates, and many survivors who described personal experiences with abuse and barriers to justice. Supporters argued that current laws often leave survivors without meaningful remedies, especially where consent, reporting requirements, evidentiary rules, or statutes of limitations prevent prosecution or compensation. Prosecutors and advocates said the bills would clarify vague statutes, increase penalties in some cases, and better reflect the realities of coercion, grooming, trafficking, and delayed reporting. Some testimony also urged amendments, including changes to victim compensation reporting rules and clarifications to avoid unintended conflicts with other wage-recovery laws. No committee votes or final actions were taken in the hearing itself. The chairs emphasized strict time limits, respectful conduct, and the submission of written testimony, and several witnesses were called out of order to accommodate the large number of speakers.

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• We're not even at, you know, an equal percentage between the richest and poorest among us paying an equal
• poorest among us paying an equal poorest among us paying an equal percentage<00:25:22.960> of
• Rather than dividing the population into 10 equal groups of people, you can do it in 10 equal groups
• Those are equal groups of total income.
• the top six um the top six% of um equal the top six um the top six% of uh<00:31:36.240> or<00

Bills: HF331, HF916

Keywords: school supplies, sales tax exemption, use tax, sales and use tax, back-to-school, classroom supplies, education tax relief, tax holiday, retail exemption, Minnesota sales tax, school materials, binders, calculators, notebooks, pencils, backpacks, book bags, local tax revenue, taxable sales base, income tax

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• Through state general aid funding and universal high-quality education, we equalize educational opportunities
• Through state general aid funding and universal high-quality education, we equalize educational opportunities
• Thank you. prosperity, but they will also help to prosperity, but they will also help to equalize<00:
• 33:26.440> our<00:33:26.640> enormous<00:33:27.280> wealth equalize our enormous
• wealth equalize our enormous wealth inequalities,<00:33:28.280> which<00:33:28.480> are

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: The committee heard presentations on two tax bills: House File 4123, by Representative Agbaje, would expand Minnesota’s net investment income tax to include certain business income, especially income from S corporations and LLCs not subject to federal self-employment taxes, while keeping the current rate and million-dollar threshold; she said it would raise an estimated $88.7 million next year. House File 4616, by Chair Gomez, would impose a 1% annual tax on fortunes above $10 million. Gomez framed the bill as a response to growing wealth inequality and argued that wealthy households and large fortunes should contribute more to public services, while Agbaje said her bill would broaden the tax base and help meet state needs. Public testimony was sharply divided. Supporters, including Nan Madden of the Minnesota Budget Project, Erica Mominee of the Minnesota Association of Professional Employees, Lauren Richards, and teacher Kristen Sinicariello, said the bills would help address wealth and income inequality and provide needed revenue for public health, education, and other public services. They pointed to federal tax cuts for high-income households, cuts to Medicaid and SNAP, and strains on state agencies and schools. Richards said small businesses already pay more than large corporations like Amazon, and Sinicariello argued that higher revenue would support classrooms and help equalize opportunity. Opponents, including Brian Cook of the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce, Dalton Danielson of the Minnesota Business Partnership, and John Beschi of NFIB Minnesota, warned that both bills would hurt business competitiveness and investment. They argued that HF 4123 would effectively create a new higher tax tier for pass-through businesses and that HF 4616 would be difficult to administer, could force sales of illiquid assets, and could discourage entrepreneurship and capital investment. No votes or final committee action were taken in the portion of the meeting provided; the committee moved through bill presentations and public testimony before member discussion.

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• I notice you've got the very first appropriation, the city aid to the aged, blind, and disabled.
• What are we doing to try to make equalization in the salaries for teachers that have, I can cite you
• This is their aid to local public libraries. It's in the manual on page 243 and page 4 of packet C.
• Revenue and money for this appropriation is used to provide aid to local libraries and library systems
• These are the public school funds that they receive to provide vocational center aid, career coaches,

Summary: The committee heard budget presentations and took executive recommendations on several Department of Human Services divisions, including Aging, Adult and Behavioral Health Services; Children and Family Services; County Operations; Developmental Disability Services; and Medical Services, with most divisions showing little or no significant change in total appropriations. Staff and agency witnesses repeatedly explained that many large appropriations are maintained for flexibility, federal matching requirements, or contingency needs, even when actual spending is much lower than the authorized amount. Members also raised concerns about staffing vacancies, long-vacant budgeted positions, and the use of excess appropriation authority across DHS. In Aging, Adult and Behavioral Health, members questioned federal funding levels for mental health and substance abuse grants, the status of senior centers and Meals on Wheels, the Medicaid tobacco settlement program, community alcohol safety grants, and the veterans mental health grant. Agency officials said federal block grants are largely committed, that senior center funding had been delayed by shutdown timing but was now back on track, that the tobacco settlement program had been moved internally within DHS, and that the veterans mental health appropriation remains unfunded. Senators also criticized the adequacy of support for seniors and asked for more detail on how transportation, meal services, and local contributions are funded. In Children and Family Services, members asked about rising appropriation levels, foster care and adoption subsidies, professional fees, the number of children in foster care, and the Children’s Trust Fund. DHS said increases reflect added flexibility for residential treatment, adoption subsidies, and prevention services, while the foster care population has remained fairly steady at about 3,400 children. The Children’s Trust Fund was described as supporting primary prevention programs such as Baby and Me and community schools, and members asked whether it could be administratively combined with other efforts. Questions also covered TANF subgrants, with DHS explaining that it had reduced outside subgrants after discovering over-obligation and was rebuilding reserves. In County Operations, members focused on the summer EBT program, SNAP employment and training, the farmer’s market program, and the state’s TANF reserve position. DHS said summer EBT is still being funded through temporary appropriations because it is a newer program, SNAP employment and training is largely federally funded and may expand under a pending policy change, and TANF reserves were drawn down after prior over-obligation but are now being stabilized. In Developmental Disability Services, members asked about vacancies, human development center staffing, facility construction funds, and the Booneville work program, and DHS said the program has reopened and staffing recruitment continues. In Medical Services, members asked about FMAP, the Our Kids B CHIP program, school-based Medicaid reimbursements, nursing home distress funds, and several large appropriation lines that far exceed actual spending; DHS said these are maintained for claims payment, nursing home receivership contingencies, and other flexibility needs. Each division reviewed was adopted by executive recommendation after questions concluded.

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• Senator Scott, Senator, Madam Chairman, I can't hear you even with my hearing aids. Okay.
• , where it talks about and says that it's a misdemeanor to engage in the practice of pharmacy or to aid
• and abet someone of pharmacy or to aid and abet someone in<00:15:21.040> the<00:15:21.120>
• practice medicine<00:15:24.639> or<00:15:24.880> aid<00:15:25.040> and<00:15
• and abet someone in the medicine or aid and abet someone in the practice<00:15:26.320> of<00:

Bills: HB0143, HB0129

Keywords: health care providers, free speech, discrimination, governmental agencies, civil remedies, physician access, internationally trained physicians, medical licensing, provisional license, healthcare workforce, 916, all

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• So >> basically, if you're aiding abetting, if you're allowing this type of sex trafficking to exist
• listening to us before that more people die from venous blood clots each share than those with HIV AIDS
• CS for SB 1156, home health aides for medically fragile children program by Senator Harrell.
• compare hospitalization rates of children cared for by AIDS and nurses versus parents.
• It's a minimum of $25 per hour and allows the home health aide to work in 12 hour shifts rather than

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• 2023 LRIP competitive solicitation process, with $13 million available in the program, MnDOT state aid
• , MIDOT state aid received 378 applications<00:12:56.639> from<00:12:56.880> road<00:12
• cities<00:14:44.720> on<00:14:44.959> the<00:14:45.040> state<00:14:45.279> aid
• <00:14:45.600> system<00:14:45.920> alone cities on the state aid system alone cities
• on the state aid system alone which<00:14:47.120> does<00:14:47.279> not<00:14:47.440>

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• <03:45:41.040> under than treating individuals equally under than treating individuals equally
• I think the United States had settled on equal opportunity.
• <04:09:13.680> We<04:09:14.000> we had settled on equal opportunity.
• We we had settled on equal opportunity.
• have equal access to vote on voting day. have equal access to vote on voting day.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee first considered House Bill 66, a right-to-know measure that would broaden access from “citizen” to “person,” including out-of-state requesters. Members also adopted an amendment removing the current no-filing-fee provision for appeals of unfavorable right-to-know ombudsman rulings, citing budget concerns. The bill was then reported ought to pass as amended on a 16-9 vote, with a minority report requested. House Bill 187, which would let a parent or guardian seek a protective order on behalf of a minor alleging abuse by someone outside the family or household, was described as a narrow fix with little fiscal impact. It passed unanimously, 25-0, and was placed on the consent calendar. House Bill 215, requiring landfill permit applicants to submit a report on potential harms and benefits, was retained because its policy had been folded into House Bill 2; the committee voted 25-0 to retain it. House Bill 219, dealing with renewable portfolio standard changes and lower renewable energy certificate values, drew opposition from members who said it would weaken renewable energy development and raise concerns about energy costs, but the motion to retain was adopted 14-11, allowing the bill to be moved into House Bill 2. The committee then retained House Bills 365, 552, 566, 572, 607, 611, and 624, all by unanimous or near-unanimous votes, generally because the relevant policy or funding had been incorporated into House Bill 2 or because the bills were viewed as technical or low-impact. HB 566 was described as a landfill leach-management bill with a fiscal note under $10,000 annually and was sent to consent. HB 572 and HB 607 were retained because their money components were moved into HB 2, though one member objected that HB 607 represented an unfunded mandate for the Hampton Beach Area Commission. House Bill 511, concerning ICE detainers and county detention practices, generated the most debate. Supporters said the amendment clarified how long counties may hold detainees without a federal contract and compared the detention period to existing bail rules; opponents argued the bill could sanction detention of people not charged with crimes and raised due-process concerns. The committee adopted the amendment 14-11 and then reported the bill ought to pass as amended on another 14-11 vote, with a minority report requested. House Bill 639, involving securities and digital currency issues, was also reported ought to pass after members noted unresolved concerns but said the Secretary of State’s Securities Division was willing to continue working on it in the other body; the vote was 16-10.

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• persons within your definition of low-income or all of them. them equal.
• Are they treated equally? They are. And they are because process.
• Requires equal educational opportunities. It has a mandate for us to do that. And.
• You know, we brought up the tuition equalization grants earlier. I'm glad you did that.
• But at 16, I would. would agree that that is total aid.

Bills: SB2, SJR36, SB2, SB2, SR29, SB2

Keywords: Maverick County, recognition, economic development, Texas Senate, community celebration, 1185, senate, all

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• sports stadiums, all of the theaters, the performing arts centers, combine all of those, it would equal
• sports stadiums, all of the theaters, the performing arts centers, combine all of those, it would equal
• sports stadiums, all of the theaters, the performing arts centers, combine all of those, it would equal
• sports stadiums, all of the theaters, the performing arts centers, combine all of those, it would equal
• sports stadiums, all of the theaters, the performing arts centers, combine all of those, it would equal

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Next, tax aids and credits.
• Next, tax aids and credits.
• Next, tax aids and credits.
• Next, tax aids and credits.
• Aid government Aid and County program Aid can<01:35:27.280> be<01:35:27.600> its<01:35

Keywords: 1183, house

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• <00:05:19.680> allocated parties with time equally allocated parties with time equally allocated
• courage and dedication deserves equal courage and dedication deserves equal recognition.<04:27:15.359
• <07:22:53.440> shares eliminate chaos and it equally shares eliminate chaos and it equally
• Speaker, to say that education remains a great equalizer in our society.
• Education is the great equalizer.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, April 7, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• access promotes the protection of public resources or promotes the integrity of public programs or aids
• We request that apology letters be treated equally to other victim notifications.
• > to<01:26:20.480> other<01:26:20.719> victim be treated equally to other victim
• be treated equally to other victim notifications. notifications. notifications.
• When divided by the three plan review staff, that equals 133 to 140 plan reviews per person each year

Keywords: 1187, senate, all