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• Montgomery County Inpatient Facility, Victoria County, and Beaumont Baptist.
• Yes, I understand and so for a county that doesn't have any any beds associated Like my county doesn't
• services to those for counties that don't have beds how do we provide services to those those counties
• Families qualify? We think there are about 3.7 million. in kids, I think, that would qualify.
• area and currently those counties surrounding Bexar County are covered by the model.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• And so, would they be employed by Kern County? No, they wouldn't be employed by Kern County.
• Kern County would just be administering the stipend program.
• The County Office of Education and Nonprofit. Which county of education?
• Priority will be given to the existing 11 county offices.
• I have 11 counties.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• of our 33 counties in the state.
• Also, it requires counties to have a 10 percent unemployment rate or higher for the county to receive
• Yeah, I think it was Sierra and maybe one other, so that's not too many... counties that would qualify
• What actually qualifies or doesn't qualify, like on your utilities, your rent, your household size, you
• People that do qualify and are not on their programs.

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• But it was county by county first, and that was the tradition. Counties always led the way.
• But it was county by county first, and that was the tradition. Counties always led the way.
• But it was county by county first, and that was the tradition. Counties always led the way.
• But it was county by county first, and that was the tradition. Counties always led the way.
• But it was county by county first, and that was the tradition. Counties always led the way.

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The Committee on Consumer Protection and Commerce met on January 29, 2025, and heard testimony on HB 108, which concerns intoxicating liquor and would expand direct-to-consumer shipping for beer and spirits. Supporters included representatives of Koloa Rum Company, Maui Brewing Company, and Ola Brew, who argued the bill would modernize alcohol laws, help small local producers compete, support jobs and local agriculture, and give consumers more access to Hawaii-made products. They also said Hawaii already has experience regulating direct wine shipments, with age verification and carrier-based delivery systems in place, and that direct shipping could help businesses reach visitors after they return home and diversify beyond tourism. Opposition came from the Hawaii Public Health Institute, whose representative said the bill could increase access for underage drinking, especially because liquor commissions do not currently conduct compliance checks on alcohol shipments and may lack capacity to do so. The group also raised tax-enforcement concerns, saying the existing three-tier system makes excise and sales tax collection easier, while direct shipping would require additional auditing. They urged the committee to oppose the bill or defer it until more research is done, and suggested a common carrier reporting requirement to help reconcile shipments. Committee members questioned both sides about whether current law already allows some alcohol shipments, whether a Kentucky distiller could ship directly to Hawaii, and how reciprocity with other states would work. Supporters said the bill is modeled on wine-shipping language and could be amended to clarify reciprocity, while opponents said the bill lacks a common carrier reporting requirement and would place a burden on county liquor commissions. No vote or final action on HB 108 was taken during the portion of the meeting provided.

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• for relief. ...County is also added as a county that would qualify if it meets the 10% threshold.
• Bobby Carroll, Commissioner of Lampasas County. And David Blackburn, County Judge of Bell County.
• by the DV tax exemption. ...And Bell County is one of those counties.
• In fact, no county in Texas is more disproportionately impacted than Bell County.
• My county has been made...

Bills: SB524, SB782, HB42, HB1056, HB2894, HB3033, HB3474, HB3594, HB4738, HB5246, HB42

Keywords: SB 524, Texas franchise tax, veteran-owned business, new veteran-owned business, business tax exemption, filing fee exemption, Tax Code Chapter 171, Business Organizations Code, Comptroller, small business, veterans, entrepreneurship, tax repeal, privilege tax, beginning date, franchise tax exemption, severance tax, oil, gas, restimulation wells

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• It's all county funded.
• It's all county funded.
• It's all county funded.
• It's all county funded.
• qualifications are less strict qualified qualifications are less strict qualified staff<00:42:03.800

Keywords: 1183, house

Summary: The Children and Families Committee met with a quorum, approved the January 21, 2025 minutes, and then focused on child care shortages and the pressures facing family child care providers across Minnesota, especially in Greater Minnesota. Chairing members noted the issue affects both rural and metro areas and introduced testimony from Cindy Cunningham, a St. Paul family child care provider and public policy chair for the State Association for Family Child Care. Cunningham argued that family child care is in crisis despite state investments, saying provider numbers continue to decline and that the system is not working. She raised concerns about food reimbursement tiers, special licenses that may not qualify for the family child care food program, the need for supplemental support for lower-tier programs, and the burden of upfront grant spending and delayed reimbursement. She also said providers receive little financial benefit for their own children in care and described a recent DHS decision affecting supervision of providers’ own children as an example of poor communication. Her broader message was that unclear, inconsistent, and poorly implemented licensing rules are driving providers out of the field. She recommended implementing the Office of the Legislative Auditor’s recommendations, improving DHS communication with both licensors and providers, updating public guidance and training materials, and considering more direct county funding and support for family child care. She also suggested reevaluating support for certified centers and other state-funded programs that she said operate under different standards. Committee members thanked her for the detailed testimony and said they wanted to follow up with her. The committee then moved on to letters and additional testimony from providers around the state, with members emphasizing the goal of identifying specific regulations that are hindering child care startup and continuation.

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• RAP payments that we pay to our federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics.
• Populations, including the cuts to PPS for federally qualified health centers and RHCs.
• Malik Bynum with the County Behavioral Health Directors Association.
• It's Brittany Brandon with SEIU 121 RN, and I'm also an RN in Los Angeles County.
• I am a registered nurse from Harbor UCLA in Los Angeles County.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• Montgomery County Inpatient Facility, Victoria County, and Beaumont Baptist.
• And so for a county that doesn't have any any beds associated...
• services to those for counties that don't have beds how do we provide services to those those counties
• Families qualify? We think there are about 3.7 million. in kids, I think, that would qualify.
• That is for the bearer County area and currently those counties surrounding Bexar County are covered

Keywords: budget, House Bill 1, public education, healthcare, border security, federal funding, spending limits

Summary: The meeting primarily focused on reviewing the proposed budget for the upcoming biennium, with substantial discussions around House Bill 1 and its implications for public education, healthcare, and border security. The Comptroller presented a revenue overview indicating a total of $194.6 billion available for general purpose spending, which reflects a slight decrease compared to previous years due to fluctuating economic conditions. Members raised questions regarding spending limits and the impact of federal funding on state programs, highlighting concerns about the sustainability of funding in light of potential changes at the federal level.

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• One member who is a county commissioner or a county employee who has expertise or experience in home
• qualified taxpayers that make contributions to the enterprise.
• So, as a county commissioner and as a past...
• , and... ...input from municipalities, counties, and fire districts.
• So, I am just curious because on one of the county roads that good representative county roads that good

Keywords: 981, all

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• Monroe County. Monroe County.
• County, Montgomery County, and Milbrook. County, Montgomery County, and Milbrook.
• Uh, Pickkins County, we've got Michelle Kirk, Pickkins County got Michelle Kirk, Pickkins County got
• Our counties in many cases are seeing every counties in many cases are seeing every counties in many
• Clair County. Thank you, sir. This this bill County. Thank you, sir. This this bill County.

Bills: HJR 4, HJR 6, HB 195, HB 13, HB 143, HB 135

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

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• government entities such as ours and the government, but a representative from the Association of Counties
• Chair: Next, HB 535, Candidate Chair: qualifying by Representative Benarroch, who is out for personal
• When we all qualify for office, everyone of us in this room, we have to pay a qualifying fee by drawing
• Jerry Holland: Jerry Holland, Duval County Supervisor of Elections.
• We had an election decided by eight votes in a primary in our county.

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• WHO QUALIFY QUOTE UNQUOTE PERMANENTLY IN THE FUTURE WILL BE DIFFERENT FROM THOSE WHO HAVE QUALIFIED
• FOR IT IN THE PAST AND THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE QUALIFIED IN THE PAST BUT DON'T QUALIFY IN THE FUTURE, THIS
• THERE IS NO SITTING POLICE DEPARTMENTS, NOBODY OUTSIDE OF THE COUNTY JAIL OPERATOR IN 67 COUNTIES, 57
• OF THE COUNTY JAILS OPERATED BY SHERIFFS, 10 ARE OPERATED BY COUNTIES.
• THE TWO COUNTIES HE'S SPEAKING OF OUR BROWARD AND DADE.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• The uplifts are the additional grants that a project could qualify for.
• In fact, we were so small that we did not qualify for the incentive in its current state.
• We saw this in Hico, from Parker County to Wise County to Erath Counties.
• If it’s just burning a hole in your pocket, there are a hundred counties in Texas that have subpar county
• That would make five million dollars per county to help install and fortify those roads.

Bills: SB22, SB 22

Keywords: Texas, moving image industry, incentive program, film production, grant funding, job creation, economic development, youth camp, summer camp, camp safety, emergency operations plan, emergency preparedness, evacuation drill, camp staff training, volunteer training, camper safety, lost camper, natural disaster, fire safety, mass casualty

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• eligibility of uh qualifying relatives. eligibility of uh qualifying relatives.
• All 87 counties receive it.
• All 87 counties receive it. the state. All 87 counties receive it.
• County program aid county program aid.
• statemandated spending for counties. statemandated spending for counties.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• and eligible power infrastructure at data centers located in counties with populations over 800,000
• and eligible power infrastructure at data centers located in counties with populations over 800,000
• At data centers located in counties with populations over 800,000 people.
• So that would be King, Pierce, and Snohomish counties.
• To qualify, the person with developmental disabilities whose legal representative makes this transfer

Summary: The Joint Legislative Audit and Review Committee met on September 17, 2025, in hybrid format. After roll call, the committee initially lacked a quorum and deferred approval of the July 15 minutes until Representative Berg arrived; the minutes were then adopted. Members also discussed the proposed 2026 JLARC meeting schedule, including possible changes to address crowded July meetings and the annual tax exemption review workload. Staff presented the annual lodging tax expenditures report, noting that 213 municipalities received distributions in 2024, with 91% reporting compliance, $114 million awarded for more than 1,700 activities, and no independent verification of the self-reported data. Several members questioned the value and usefulness of the report, and the executive committee indicated it may recommend removing the statutory reporting requirement. The committee then heard the preliminary performance audit of the Office of Privacy and Data Protection, which found the office meets its statutory responsibilities and has high user satisfaction, but recommended updating the statute to better match the office’s current capacity and focus and improving performance measures to reflect long-term privacy outcomes rather than outputs. Members asked about FERPA and other federal privacy laws, and OPDP staff said they provide general privacy training and consultation but not law-specific training unless requested. The committee adopted the final report on Washington State recreational boating programs without recommendation, after staff reported that boating revenues support both general government and boating activities and that no participating agencies submitted formal comments. Members asked about boater safety education and possible overlap among the six agencies involved; Parks staff said education has reached more than 500,000 boaters and that fatalities and incidents have declined. The committee also reviewed planned study questions for a JLARC review of Labor and Industries’ enforcement of farm worker laws, with members raising scope questions about the term “farm worker” versus “agricultural worker,” and for DNR’s Eastern Washington sustainable harvest calculation, which JLARC will review as DNR completes its recalculation. Finally, staff outlined the 2026 tax preference performance reviews covering seven preferences, and members asked about racial equity, environmental impacts, disclosure of beneficiary savings, and how the reviews will measure effectiveness; the meeting adjourned before noon.

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• With severe weather events, such as the recent devastating LA County. wildfires this year, decimating
• And we serve 36 counties here and in full support for the bill of AB 265. Thank you.
• Eric Will with Rural County representatives of California in strong support.
• Those CRA dollars through the securities would then be allocated to qualified.
• Investment entities, which are qualified non-profit organizations in the community.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• THIS IS TYPICALLY WHERE YOU SEE THINGS USED AT THE COUNTY LEVEL.
• BILL TRUEX OWNER OF TRUEX CONSTRUCTION AND CHARLOTTE COUNTY COMMISSIONER.
• AT A COUNTY LEVEL THEY SCORE THEIR PROJECTS.
• YOU ARE LOOKING AT COUNTY OUTREACH AND I DON'T KNOW HOW 67 COUNTIES ARE GETTING IT DONE BUT WE'RE ROOTED
• BUT ADJACENT HOME COUNTIES AND THE COUNTY ADJACENT TO THAT.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• then Hawaii County is just Hawaii County.
• The resource officer is actually on neighbor island counties, so Maui County, Hawaiʻi Island County,
• and Kauaʻi County.
• Island counties so Maui County Hawaii Island counties so Maui County Hawaii Island<03:59:47.760>
• > County<03:59:50.000> they Island County and um Kawai County they Island County and um

Keywords: 912, senate, all

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• Harrison County.
• Engrossed Committee Substitute for House Bill 5063, to permit the county commission to appoint a county
• Engrossed Committee Substitute for House Bill 5063, to permit the county commission to appoint a county
• The bill allows the county commission of each of the counties that are included within the CVB's territory
• The county commission of each of the counties that are included within the CVB's territory may, if they

Keywords: 994, senate, all

Summary: The Senate met on March 11, 2026, with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, journal approval, and numerous guest and page introductions, including school groups, prayer caucus visitors, and advocates for Home Family Education Day and Women in Blue Day. The chamber then took up committee reports and a large number of House bills, most of them on third reading, along with several resolutions and referrals. Senate Resolution 62, designating March 12, 2026, as West Virginia Athletic Trainers Day, was adopted after remarks emphasizing the value of athletic trainers in preventing injuries and tragedies in school sports. Several other resolutions and concurrent resolutions were referred to the Committee on Rules or laid over under the rules. The Senate passed a wide range of bills addressing economic development, public safety, health, licensing, and state administration. Measures approved included bills on the West Virginia Collaboratory at Marshall University, the Business Ready Sites program, volunteer fire company spending authority, the Load Forecast Accountability Act, funeral service licensure, work zone fines, biennial business reporting, correctional officer retirement law, the Right to Try Act, quick claim deed tax exemptions, an ibogaine drug-development grant program, aggravated vehicular homicide sentencing, 529 savings plan definitions, opportunity zones, barber apprenticeship, municipal and county hotel occupancy fund uses, criminal-record licensing standards, intimate image disclosure remedies, executor training materials, contempt penalties, PEIA treatment flexibility, PANS/PANDAS information, the Respiratory Care Interstate Compact, capitation rate review expansions, convention and visitors bureau board membership, peer support services, cosmetology licensure compacts, natural resource police retirement, DNR fee indexing, ALS care services, the Neighborhood Investment Program, oil and gas well plugging and carbon capture-related provisions, DUI technical changes, abuse intervention program terminology, and a youth summer employment and career readiness program. Most bills passed overwhelmingly, with a few closer votes, including the Load Forecast Accountability Act and the DNR fee-indexing bill. Several bills were amended on the floor, including title amendments and strike-and-insert changes. The Senate also debated the work zone penalty bill, with supporters citing worker safety and fatalities and opponents arguing the bill increased fines too much without requiring removal of outdated work-zone signs. On the energy-related load forecast bill, senators discussed the inclusion of provisions from Senate Bill 420 and concerns about coal plant utilization and utility impacts. After debate, the Senate adopted amendments and passed the bill. In most cases, after passage the Senate ordered the bills communicated to the House, and for a few measures it also adopted title amendments or made bills effective from passage or on a specified date.

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• I mean, this is a very targeted program based on jobs ratio and qualified spend.
• We have a jobs ratio, and so we take the qualified rate wages that a project says that they want, that
• This includes qualified wages, non-qualified non-wages, non-qualified spend.
• They're all set in L.A., but I can't shoot them here because they won't qualify.
• County. Strong support.

Keywords: 988, house, all