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• They cannot possibly control what you do with the items that you bought.
• They cannot possibly control what you do with the items that you bought.
• And I say that because in my time, I came onto this scene in 2019.
• And I say that because in my time, I came onto this scene in 2019.
• And I say that because in my time, I came onto this scene in 2019.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The Finance Division 2 work session first took up HB 506, a bill dealing with the return of seized firearms. Members discussed how the measure would shift background-check processing for firearm returns through the Department of Safety, while the physical firearms would still remain with local police unless State Police had taken custody. The department said the bill would change which cases come to it, and members clarified that the bill concerns the background-check decision rather than possession of the firearms. The committee then voted OTP on HB 506 FN by a 7-0 roll call. The committee next discussed HB 671, establishing a kindergarten literacy readiness program. Department of Education staff explained that the bill grew out of a COVID-era Waterford contract that provided home-based early literacy support for families using federal relief funds, at a cost of about $600,000 per year, but that the program ended when those funds expired. Members raised concerns that the bill’s $1 appropriation was not realistic, that the prior program lacked sufficient outcome data, and that the references to ESSA tier-one benchmarks were unclear. The department said it was conducting a broader literacy needs assessment and updating the state literacy plan, including data from the zero-to-five range, K-5, and dyslexia-related work. Waterford representatives described the program as an early-literacy, pre-K readiness service for children ages zero to five, originally designed to work in homes with computers and internet provided where needed, and later expanded in some settings such as daycares and pre-K classrooms. They said the program used assessments at the beginning and end, had served hundreds of children, and was intended to support family engagement and kindergarten readiness. Despite that testimony, members remained concerned about funding and the lack of clear results, and one member moved to retain the bill for more information. The discussion ended with the bill retained rather than advanced.

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• And so there was work behind the scenes that was done in cooperation with the bankruptcy court to keep
• more resilient. ...funds like this and have looked at ways to make their funds more resilient by controlling
• Simply put, the spread of fire results from factors outside of any one entity or one sector's control
• It would merely reallocate the cost to parties who neither control utility operations nor contribute
• Strong accountability in the name of safety requires that those who control the risk exposure also bear

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• You need more money, but you can't control what you have now. And I'm looking at your revenues.
• that you would raise money, and people would give to an endowment at the school, and that would be controlled
• the program is supported by a substantial body of high-quality research, including statistically controlled
• 2025, six agencies and seven divisions were selected to participate in PIVOT: Inmate Management, Control
• For example, we had a truck driver on I-10 that hit our bridge and then fled the scene.

Keywords: 996, all

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• I would like to draw attention to the amount of time given to the people who've been in control of this
• Relatives of patients who have passed away may refill controlled substance medications.
• At least two were taken into hospitals, another was treated at the scene for visible injuries. both gaping
• We are not animals to be controlled by a powerful... government, and hospital, and structures that we
• it's only one layer and so it's the same reason We wash our hands and do all of the other infection control

Bills: SB500, SB719, SB912, SB1232, SB1467, SB1777, SB1864, SB2023, SB2119, SB2458

Keywords: SB 500, Texas adoption law, Family Code, DFPS, Department of Family and Protective Services, child-placing agency, prospective adoptive parents, adoption records, confidential information, nondisclosure agreement, child history report, health history, social history, educational history, genetic history, termination of parental rights, permanency plan, single source continuum contractor, privacy, redaction

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• head of a state department or state institution, or a member, regent, trustee or commissioner having control
• Or controlled, so that includes controlled as well.
• somebody up the government the city may own it but I but a business is operating it, but they have control
• taxes here, and I use the bathroom just like anyone else, quickly, quietly, and hoping no one causes a scene

Bills: SB240, SB1183, SB1184, SB1577, SB2043, SB2051, SCR42, SJR68

Keywords: biological sex, gender identity, public facilities, civil penalties, local government, EBT, electronic benefits transfer, food stamps, SNAP, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, TANF, temporary assistance for needy families, welfare benefits, benefit card fraud, fraud hotline, card replacement, photo ID, recipient photograph, HHSC, Health and Human Services Commission

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• head of a state department or state institution, or a member, regent, trustee or commissioner having control
• Or whatever to or controlled so includes controlled as well. Bye.
• somebody up the government the city may own it but I a business is operating it but they have to have control
• taxes here, and I use the bathroom just like anyone else, quickly, quietly, and hoping no one causes a scene

Bills: SB240, SB1183, SB1184, SB1577, SB2043, SB2051, SCR42, SJR68

Keywords: biological sex, gender identity, public facilities, civil penalties, local government, EBT, electronic benefits transfer, food stamps, SNAP, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, TANF, temporary assistance for needy families, welfare benefits, benefit card fraud, fraud hotline, card replacement, photo ID, recipient photograph, HHSC, Health and Human Services Commission

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• Goal as it removes a barrier within the systems of control that is negatively impacting hundreds of thousands
• Um, unlawful possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance or dangerous drug.
• Unlawful possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance listed in penalty group 1B under section
• lend, give away, distribute, transmit, show, or transmute, have in his or her possession, custody or control
• The organized crime element often returns to the scene within 24 to 48 hours after repair because the

Bills: HB316

Keywords: Medicaid, healthcare, affordable care act, medical assistance, federal funding

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• Passing a bill like HB 1414 gets us closer to that goal, as it removes a barrier within the system's control
• Sounds good, but it crosses through 5B with intent to deliver a controlled substance or dangerous drug
• Unlawful possession with intent to deliver controlled substance listed in penalty group 1B under Section
• Distribute, transmit, show, or transmute; have in his or her possession, custody, or control with the
• The organized crime element often returns to the scene. within 24 to 48 hours after repair because the

Bills: HB316, HB353, HB 1160, HB1414, HB1422, HB1443, HB1713, HB1789, HB1902, HB2073, HB2666, HB2695, HB316

Keywords: motor fuel, criminal offense, metering device, organized crime, Texas Penal Code, trespassing, school safety, day-care centers, education, trespass, public safety, utility employees, criminal penalties, assault, harassment, public duties, safety, law enforcement, driving offenses, license regulations

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• Um, not unlike when K2 and spice were brought onto the scene almost 20 years ago, they were legal until
• And every time something was put on the Controlled Substances Act, the recipe changed a little bit at
• "As far as what the federal government has done or tried to do, the DEA has not put it on the Controlled
• Not unlike when K2 and spice were brought onto the scene almost 20 years ago, they were legal until they
• And every time something was put on the Controlled Substances Act, the recipe changed a little bit at

Bills: SF0071, SF0088, SF0056

Keywords: homeland security, search and rescue, grants, emergency response, Wyoming, sex offender, child care facility, residency restrictions, public safety, criminal law, sex offenders, child care facilities, legislation, kratom, regulation, healthcare, age restrictions, manufacturing standards, 916, all

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• These outside relationships have complicated instruction, stripped teachers control of their classrooms
• It respects local control by allowing districts to set their own initial benchmarks based on their own
• Fan behavior has gotten pretty out of control, as you can imagine. Mr.
• So the teacher does not have control of whether this goes on the classroom wall.
• Just. like the school doesn't have control over the national motto. That's right.

Bills: HB4, HB54, SB 10, SB 24, HB4, HB54, HB775, HB850, HB 1122, HB 1249, HB1405, HB2336, HB2757, HB3372, HB3622, HB4442, HB4687, HB4893, HB5089, HB5515, HB5606, SB10, SB24, HB1573, HB3369

Keywords: district composition, congressional election, Texas, legislature, voting districts, citizenship, U.S. citizen, non-citizen, public office, advisory board, task force, state government, local government, political subdivision, commission board, appointment eligibility, officeholder qualifications, public service, naturalization, Texas Government Code

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• <00:27:25.440> substances, for controlled substances, for controlled substances, 6,42<00:27
• So to say that he has complete control is just simply not true.
• she didn't mention the right to control she didn't mention the right to control their<04:03:05.760
• That is not a majority, that is not giving the President unanimous control.
• That is not a majority, that is not giving the President unanimous control.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Thursday, May 21, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• So I wrote this poem called "The Sounds of Calvary" to help people imagine the scene.
• 00:02:52.480> people<00:02:52.800> imagine<00:02:53.760> the<00:02:53.880> scene
• to help people imagine the scene. to help people imagine the scene.

Keywords: 926, house, all

Summary: The House opened with a devotional and the Pledge of Allegiance, then moved through first readings and referrals of several bills. House Bill 950, the pay act for certain state employees, was read and referred to Appropriations, and House Bill 951, the government appropriations bill, was read and referred to Ways and Means. Senate bills referred included S. 138 on commercial property assessed clean energy projects, S. 181 on eliminating a pre-sentence investigation requirement for deferred sentences, S. 206 on licensure of early childhood educators, S. 219 on an energy navigator program report, S. 239 on the Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Working Group, and S. 291 on travel disclosures for legislators and certain executive officers, each sent to the appropriate committee. The chamber also read several House concurrent resolutions adopted on the consent calendar. These included resolutions congratulating Rice Memorial High School’s Division Two girls soccer team and Division One field hockey team, designating March 2026 as Athletic Trainers Month in Vermont, and remembering the 2011 Tohoku earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear disasters in Japan. The Japan remembrance resolution included a message from the Japanese consul general expressing gratitude for Vermont’s solidarity and friendship after the disaster. Later, members offered announcements recognizing guests in the gallery, including Rice Memorial athletes and coaches, representatives of the Vermont Association of Athletic Trainers, and students and teachers from Pondbrook and Sterling College. The House also heard a detailed floor speech in support of House Bill 861, which would establish a statewide Americans with Disabilities Act Coordinator. The sponsor described accessibility barriers faced by disabled Vermonters, argued that ADA responsibilities are currently uneven across state government, and said a coordinator would improve coordination, compliance, and access across agencies. The House then announced the order of upcoming bills, starting with H. 861 and H. 931, but no final vote on H. 861 was taken in the portion provided.

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• He showed a beautiful mountain scene with a meadow and a stream.
• He showed a<00:35:22.320> beautiful<00:35:22.640> mountain<00:35:22.960> scene<00
• :35:23.200> with<00:35:23.359> a<00:35:23.520> meadow a beautiful mountain scene
• with a meadow a beautiful mountain scene with a meadow in<00:35:23.920> a<00:35:24.079> stream

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: House File 3435 was moved before the committee and, after an author’s DE1 amendment was offered and adopted, the bill was sent to the general register. The bill, as described by Co-Chair Jordan, would limit immigration enforcement on school grounds unless agents present a judicial warrant, identification, and notify school leadership; supporters said it is intended to create clear separation between ICE/DHS activity and schools while preserving local law enforcement responses to other emergencies. Testimony was overwhelmingly in support of the bill. School leaders, teachers, union representatives, and Education Minnesota’s general counsel argued that immigration enforcement near schools has caused fear, absenteeism, disrupted operations, and serious mental health harms for students and staff. Several witnesses described students carrying passports or birth certificates, families keeping children home, and schools shifting large numbers of students to virtual learning. Speakers from districts in the Twin Cities and greater Minnesota said the presence of ICE or federal agents near schools and bus stops has undermined attendance, trust, and the ability to teach and learn. Witnesses also emphasized that the bill would provide needed clarity for educators and administrators about how to respond if federal agents come to school property. Some speakers framed the issue as protecting all children and families, including immigrant and refugee communities, and said schools should remain safe, stable places focused on education rather than immigration enforcement. No opposition testimony or committee vote beyond adoption of the DE1 amendment and the motion to place the bill on the general register was shown in the transcript.

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• God, we pray for those who are working behind the scenes, upholding these leaders and empowering them
• are working God, we pray for those who are working behind<00:01:15.360> the<00:01:15.640> scenes
• ,<00:01:16.640> upholding<00:01:17.119> these behind the scenes, upholding these behind
• the scenes, upholding these leaders<00:01:17.920> and<00:01:18.400> empowering<00:01:19.040

Keywords: 1183, house

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• you all know is as you're adopting amendments in the committee, we're stringing together behind the scenes
• :13:33.120> together<01:13:33.520> behind<01:13:33.840> the<01:13:34.000> scenes
• <01:13:34.480> and stringing together behind the scenes and stringing together behind the
• scenes and then<01:13:34.960> sharing<01:13:35.280> them.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• Behind the scenes, Mrs.
• Behind the scenes, Mrs. Harvey socially. Behind the scenes, Mrs.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Thursday, May 8, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• people behind... ...to be a part of this process, either as elected, but also as the people behind the scenes
• I'm losing control of this floor. Hold on.
• consistently push for rulemaking oversight within the legislative body, from constitutional amendments to controlling
• Anything over from constitutional amendments to controlling rulemaking.

Bills: HB111, HJR1, HB61, HB8, HB30, HB43, HB156, HJM2, HM7, HM17, HM4, HM22, HM23, HM24, HM26, HM2, HM16, HM11, HM14, HM21, HM34, HM50, HB70, SB3, HJM3

Keywords: water law, state engineer, civil penalty, compliance order, water rights, overdiversion, illegal diversion, groundwater storage and recovery, well license, permit violation, water enforcement, New Mexico water code, irrigation district, conservancy district, water diversion, unauthorized water sales, measuring device, district court appeal, water resources, water compliance

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• The school was little to no help as they said it was out of their control.
• We were altered by the harsh reality of social media's control.
• So, stronger parental control—you're taking away all the 24/7. That's somebody else's problem.
• and whoever the perpetrator is is out of the school, sometimes there's, you know, just behind the scenes

Bills: SB604, SB843, SB1636, SB2395, SB571, SB1224, SB1832, SB2392, SB747, SB2623, SB2624, SB2185

Keywords: bonds, education funding, Texas Permanent School Fund, financial transparency, speculative rating, school funding, deferred maintenance, tax revenue, education budget, school districts, education, finance, Texas Education Code, misconduct, child abuse, educators, investigation, criminal offense, education law, suspension

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• We run across these things all the time, but who controls the airspace?
• And there's different mechanisms of control.
• NORTHCOM and NORAD's Aerospace Control Alert mission.
• So we brought span of control under control by doing that compression study.
• the was an arm of the President to command and control over all of the federal functions.

Summary: The committee met on May 26, 2026, and first approved the minutes from the May 22, 2025 meeting. The main topic was the Northwest Louisiana earthquake cluster, with testimony from Louisiana Department of Conservation and Energy staff, LSU and Tulane geoscientists, and later LSU law professor Keith Hall. Witnesses said the cause of the swarm has not been definitively identified, but induced seismicity from wastewater injection or hydraulic fracturing remains a concern. They described 50 earthquakes reported by the USGS in Red River, Bienville, DeSoto, and Natchitoches Parishes, including a magnitude 4.9 event on March 5, 2026, and explained that Louisiana’s sparse seismic network limits detection and depth/location estimates. C&E said it inspected Class II injection wells within 12 miles of the events, found no violations, now requires more frequent injection reporting, and is working with researchers and LSU on a possible state monitoring network and future policy changes. Committee members asked about injection depths, fault locations, whether the activity could be natural, and whether Louisiana should adopt stronger monitoring or a traffic-light regulatory system like other states. The witnesses said more data is needed before firm conclusions can be drawn, but that denser monitoring can detect smaller quakes and help identify patterns. Professor Hall summarized responses in other states, including more frequent reporting, increased monitoring, injection reductions, moratoria, and traffic-light systems in Oklahoma, Kansas, Texas, Ohio, and Illinois. Members also discussed whether operators should share more seismic and geologic data, and several said the state should avoid jumping to conclusions while still improving oversight. The committee then heard from William Berger, a Texas geoscientist, who described using AI and operator data to model wastewater injection and seismic risk, and said broader data sharing would improve forecasting and siting decisions. He and another witness emphasized that many earthquakes arise from clusters of wells rather than a single well, and that proprietary concerns limit voluntary disclosure. The committee also received a brief update from GOSEP and the Louisiana National Guard on the Barksdale Air Force Base drone incursions. GOSEP said it logged the incident in WebEOC and shared releasable information, while State Police and the FBI said they were limited in what they could disclose. Officers said a task force has been formed, some personnel have received federal drone-mitigation training, and House Bill 940 is intended to mirror the task force MOU. Finally, Major General Thomas Friloux and Brigadier General Jason Maffus updated the committee on the merger of GOSEP into the Louisiana Military Department. They said the merger has reduced GOSEP from seven divisions to three, brought back employees to in-person work, modernized the state’s common operating picture, and produced about $10.5 million in first-year cost avoidance through staffing and contract changes. They also noted the planned transfer of the Louisiana Center for Safe Schools to the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement, ongoing hurricane preparedness, and continued coordination with parish emergency managers. No votes were taken on the substantive topics, and the meeting ended with the committee moving through its agenda items and receiving informational testimony.

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• accomplice liability and you talk of individuals that were involved, perhaps driving someone to the scene
• I point to Perhaps driving someone to the scene of a crime.

Summary: The Senate returned from recess and first handled routine calendar matters, laying several bills on the table or over in their order without objection. The chamber then took up Senate Bill 1400, which addresses sentencing for second-degree murder in response to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s Commonwealth v. Lee decision. Senator Street offered an amendment to replace mandatory life without parole with parole eligibility after 25 years and individualized review, but the Senate tabled the amendment by a 26-24 roll call. The bill then advanced to final passage after extended debate over whether it adequately met the court’s constitutional ruling and how it would affect victims, culpability, and retroactivity. It initially passed 31-19, then after reconsideration and a correction to one member’s vote, passed 30-20 and was sent to the House. The Senate next considered Senate Bill 1212, which tightens the handling of sexual assault evidence kits by removing discretionary language that had contributed to inconsistent testing practices. Supporters said it would improve statewide consistency, preserve a survivor’s right to decline testing, and help reduce the rape kit backlog. The bill passed unanimously, 50-0, and was sent to the House. The chamber then moved through additional calendar items, including re-referrals of several House bills to Appropriations and multiple bills being passed over. Later, the Senate took up House Bill 1667 on a supplemental calendar after suspending the rules. The bill became the vehicle for several amendments tied to affordability and tax policy. Senators adopted a back-to-school sales tax holiday amendment, a data-center tax exemption repeal amendment, and a school-choice-related amendment transferring EITC provisions and increasing scholarships by $25 million. Other proposed amendments, including a digital advertising tax and a combined reporting corporate tax reform, were tabled. After further debate on the bill’s impact on electric bills, data centers, and the state budget, House Bill 1667 was agreed to as amended and the Senate recessed.