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• This is authorizes the payment of allowances for TRICARE, dental program, and vision coverage to all
• 00:02:54.959> is<00:02:55.280> authorizes<00:02:55.840> the<00:02:56.000> payment
• <00:02:56.400> of this is authorizes the payment of this is authorizes the payment of allowances

Keywords: 912, senate, all

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• end of their contractual agreement can either be rolled over into an IRA or can be just a lump sum payment
• An IRA or can be just a lump sum payment.
• That payment is a little bit different in that we assumed a rate of interest that we may or may not have
• Then we're paying our payments, we're doing the things we're supposed to do, so it goes back up.

Bills: SB45, SB73, SB169, HB243, SB177

Keywords: athlete agents, commission, state regulation, Alabama, higher education, athletics, membership diversity, catastrophe savings account, catastrophe fund, storm savings, disaster savings, hurricane, windstorm, floodwaters, hail, tornado, property insurance, homeowners insurance, insurance deductible, FORTIFIED

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• goons hacked into the treasury payment goons hacked into the treasury payment system<02:38:06.840
• potentially access data on the payment potentially access data on the payment systems<02:38:42.800
• He gives them access to the federal payment system.
• payment payment system<02:48:06.319> he<02:48:06.520> gives<02:48:06.880> them<
• Treasury Department's electronic payment Treasury Department's electronic payment systems<03:01:

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Thursday, February 13, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• In fact, committee staff continue to hear that some CDBG grantees remain locked out of their payment
• In fact, committee staff continue to hear that some CDBG grantees remain locked out of their payment
• In fact, committee staff continue to hear that some CDBG grantees remain locked out of their payment
• that includes your disability payment that includes your disability payment today<04:13:41.600><
• <04:20:39.319> financing ...critical balance of payments financing.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, February 10, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• So, if I one payment so far, yeah, one payment.
• So, if I one payment so far, yeah, one payment.
• So, if I one payment so far, yeah, one payment.
• So, if I one payment so far, yeah, one payment.
• So, if I one payment so far, yeah, one payment.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• <00:17:34.640> to<00:17:34.880> the<00:17:35.039> teachers behalf payments to
• the teachers behalf payments to the teachers retirement<00:17:36.080> system<00:17:36.720>
• Is there a cost-of-living adjustment or payment in lieu for the retirees in this budget?
• <00:56:58.559> in cost of living adjustment or payment in cost of living adjustment or payment
• use allowance payments in Bell County. use allowance payments in Bell County.

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The meeting opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, then moved into committee and floor reports. Several measures received favorable committee reports and were ordered to first reading and placed on the calendar, including Current Resolution 9, Senate Joint Resolution 23, House Bill 145, House Bill 567, and House Bill 506 with House Committee Substitute 1. The chamber also noted that House Bills 500 and 504 had already received two readings and were sent to the Rules Committee before House Bill 500 was brought up for final consideration. Most of the discussion focused on House Bill 500, the executive branch budget bill. Members described it as a “good first draft” and emphasized a budget process they said was more transparent than in prior years. The bill was presented as a restrained two-year operating budget with spending growth kept at a little under 2% annually, while setting aside about 2% of projected revenues, or roughly $614 million, in the Budget Reserve Trust Fund for future needs. The budget also used base reductions in some areas while exempting others such as Medicaid benefits, SEEK, corrections, behavioral health, and veterans programs. Subcommittee chairs then outlined major spending areas. Education provisions included a 2% annual increase in base SEEK funding, transportation funding held flat, equalization for recallable nickel funding, continued retirement contributions, and major support for postsecondary access, dual credit, asset preservation, and workforce training. Health and family services provisions held Medicaid steady while adding waiver slots, behavioral health and substance use support, public health investments, and funding for rural health and laboratory capacity. Other sections covered personnel and pensions, veterans services, infrastructure, public safety, economic development, tourism, and environmental projects. The only recorded action on the floor was adoption of House Committee Substitute 1 to House Bill 500, followed by a motion for final passage of the bill as amended. The transcript ends as discussion on final passage begins, before any final vote is shown.

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• Such payment should be forwarded to the prior address of DRA over on Chanel Drive.
• Such payment should be forwarded to the prior address of DRA over on Chanel Drive.
• Such payment should be forwarded to the prior address of DRA over on Chanel Drive.
• Such payment should be forwarded to the prior address of DRA over on Chanel Drive.
• Open to discussion. payments to the Department of Revenue payments to the Department of Revenue Administration

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The Education Funding Committee met to review a large package of bills, with the first four—HB 717, 742, 773, and 603—focused on special education aid, formerly called catastrophic aid. Chair Ladin explained that the committee needed to move a special education bill forward by March 4 and was trying to determine which bill would serve as the vehicle. He described the current formula and the difficulty of estimating the fiscal impact of lowering the threshold from 3.5 times the statewide average cost per pupil to a lower level, noting that DOE did not have reliable data on how many students would fall into the lower-cost bands. The committee also noted that several other bills in the package addressed SWEP and adequacy issues, and that HB 510 dealt with due process rather than funding. Mark Mello of the Bureau of School Finance testified that the department only has reliable data for special education expenditures above $70,000 per student, since claims are submitted for reimbursement at that point. He said the bureau was trying to estimate how many students might fall between 2.5x and 3.5x or 3x and 3.5x the average cost, but that the basic answer was they did not know and that any estimate would be difficult. He explained that moving the threshold from 3.5x to 2.5x would create a minimum additional cost of about $13.6 million based on existing claims, not counting new students who would enter the range. Members discussed whether districts already had the underlying data, whether a survey should be required, and how districts know when to begin tracking costs for reimbursement. The committee also discussed proration and the state’s share of special education aid. Mello explained that the current 80% state share is modeled in the formula, but the actual payment has been prorated because appropriations have not matched the statutory liability; he said the state liability was about $50 million, while the budget had provided $34 million, resulting in a 68% payment rate. HB 742 was described as a bill that would eliminate proration by paying the liability directly from the education trust fund with an overflow mechanism. Members also discussed possible alternatives such as changing the state share, using a lower threshold in a transition period, or requiring districts to submit data. No votes or final actions were taken in the portion provided; the committee was still in discussion and considering which bills to advance.

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• and payment reform.
• Section three of the bill is designing payment amounts or payment methodologies, or both, for primary
• <01:38:33.040> amounts<01:38:33.640> or<01:38:33.840> payment designing payment
• amounts or payment designing payment amounts or payment methodologies<01:38:35.640> or<01:38:
• S. 202, payment reform for primary care.

Keywords: 927, senate, all

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• I'm very proud today to present Senate File 1714, also known as the Payment Transparency Bill.
• And when a public agency, we payments.
• transparency in public requiring payment transparency in public contracts. contracts. contracts.
• But in many cases, you have no way of knowing when that contractor above you has received payment.
• And this bill at has received payment.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• They're never seeing a payment on a per-unit basis for a credit.
• Um, we don't do advance payment, we don't buy timber carbon rights.
• <01:50:53.960> um carbon payments into accounts um carbon payments into accounts um and and
• Um that's payments to help support that.
• being able to utilize um carbon payments being able to utilize um carbon payments or<01:52:32.000

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Summary: The meeting began with introductions, approval of the March 6 minutes as amended to add an attendee list, and a brief overview of the day’s agenda. The committee heard two presentations from carbon project developers, with the first from Dylan Jenkins of Finite Carbon. He described Finite Carbon’s work in improved forest management projects, its role in developing carbon methodologies and protocols, and its experience with projects in New England, Appalachia, Alaska, and Canada. He also outlined the difference between compliance and voluntary carbon markets, the role of registries and intermediaries, and the types of buyers in the market, including large corporate buyers and long-term off-take partners. A major focus of the presentation was how forest carbon projects are structured and how credits are monetized. Jenkins distinguished between removals and reductions, explaining that removals come from new forest growth while reductions are tied more closely to baseline assumptions and standing stock. He said improved forest management projects can generate both types of credits, and that removals generally command higher prices because they are easier for buyers to understand and verify. He also emphasized that carbon project commercialization can occur before, during, or after credit issuance, and that landowners may be paid through a variety of structures, including leases, advance fees, per-unit payments, or off-take agreements. Jenkins then addressed the committee’s tax-related questions, saying House Bill 123 appeared intended to treat carbon credit sales similarly to timber sales for local tax purposes. He argued that carbon credits are a forest product and that taxing them can be reasonable in principle, but he stressed that lawmakers should distinguish between commoditization and commercialization when deciding what event to tax. He noted that credits may be created but never sold, and that in some programs landowners retain timber and carbon rights while in others the developer has deeper control over those rights. In response to questions, he said the industry uses protocols, verification, and third-party oversight to address baseline and quality concerns, but acknowledged that baseline setting remains a major point of debate in the market.

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• Consumer protection, retail transaction for essential consumer goods, cash payments.
• Uh, the floor leader indicated that payment could be made in specie.
• Uh the floor leader indicated<00:20:46.520> that<00:20:46.880> payment<00:20:47.280>
• <00:20:55.880> for<00:20:56.040> goods<00:20:56.520> or gold bars in payment
• And once again, I would payments."

Keywords: Senate streaming session for Friday, April 10, 2026, 960, senate, all

Summary: The Senate reconvened with a quorum and began by reading House messages and first-reading bills, including SB 8 on identity fraud and deepfakes and HB 145 on election misinformation and deepfakes, which was referred to Rules. The chamber then handled several concurrence and conference matters. On HB 154, the Open Meetings Act bill for county boards of education, the Senate initially moved to recede from its amendments and accept the House version, but debate centered on a Senate transparency amendment limiting school boards’ ability to censor recordings. A motion to reconsider the amendments was laid over for 15 minutes. On SB 514, a third-degree assault bill, the House refused to recede and a conference committee was appointed. A guest introduction also welcomed a 10-month-old visitor to the gallery. In second-reader business, the Senate adopted committee amendments and advanced SB 504, which strengthens data privacy protections and limits use of personal data for immigration enforcement, and SB 790, the Public Health Reform Act, which revises the Commission on Public Health, updates the Maryland Medical Reserve Corps, adds health equity review processes, and makes related administrative changes. Both bills were reported favorably with technical and conforming amendments and ordered printed for third reading. The chamber then took up HB 191, which would require merchants to accept cash for essential consumer goods and set related rules and exceptions; members questioned its scope, exemptions, and enforcement, and the bill was laid over pending clarification about whether stadiums are covered. Finally, HB 564 on pet cremation and burial services added consumer protection and disclosure requirements for pet cremation providers; its technical amendment was adopted and the bill was ordered passed for third reading.

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• We can stop payments, disqualify people, establish overpayments.
• We can stop payments, disqualify people, establish overpayments.
• We can stop payments, disqualify people, establish overpayments.
• Um, that's another reason why we might stop payment immediately and open an investigation.
• We stopped payments uh at action.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• relating to an alternative volumetric tax on natural gas throughput, relating to agreements and a payment
• gas throughput, relating to a municipal impact grant program and fund, relating to agreements and a payment
• relating to an alternative volumetric tax on natural gas throughput, relating to agreements and a payment
• throughput; relating to a municipal impact grant fund program and fund; relating to agreements and a payment

Keywords: 905, all

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• This strike-all amendment removes the following from the bill: the Most Favored Nation Upper Payment
• This bill creates an efficient statewide mechanism to resolve payment disputes by allowing either party
• This bill will allow providers and payers to go to the federal process to determine a fair rate for payment
• a very small amount in most instances, forcing the providers to go into litigation to get a fair payment

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• First, by consolidating payments, the program aims to lower administrative costs and reduce overall costs
• Bundled payment plans further encourage providers to work collaboratively, ensuring that all necessary
• To give more detail, the program ensures that a single payment covers all fees related to a surgical
• Under this program, our employees would not be required to pay deductibles, co-payments, co-insurance

Bills: HCR141, SB438, SB1495, SB1964, HB 1225

Keywords: HCR 141, House Concurrent Resolution, NASA, Houston, Space City, Johnson Space Center, Mission Control, Apollo 11, moon landing, aerospace, commercial space, space exploration, Texas Space Commission, space policy, federal resolution, memorial resolution, Congress, Washington D.C., headquarters relocation, space industry

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• Senate Bill 1058 by Parker, relating to the exclusion of certain securities transaction payments from
• Senate Bill 1066 by Perry, relating to requiring payment and performance bonds for certain public works
• Senate Bill 1129 by Middleton, relating to credit against required recapture payments for school districts
• Senate Bill 1129 by Middleton relating to accredit against required recapture payments for school districts

Summary: The Senate met briefly and referred a large number of first-reading bills and resolutions to standing committees. The measures covered a wide range of topics, including hemp regulation, dementia research funding, parental rights and public education, municipal library funding, tax and local government issues, criminal justice, health care, education, transportation, natural resources, and election law. Several constitutional resolutions were also referred, including proposals related to the Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of Texas and a severance tax revenue fund. Most of the transcript consists of the reading of bill captions and committee referrals, with no substantive debate or testimony recorded. The listed measures included proposals on school uniforms, charter schools, Medicaid fraud remedies, insurance practices, occupational licensing for people with criminal convictions, water and sewer utility cybersecurity, agricultural protections, public meeting broadcasting, and various local and state governance matters. No votes were taken on the bills in this segment. The only formal action reflected was referral of the bills and resolutions to the appropriate committees, followed by adjournment of the Senate until the next scheduled meeting.

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• THE GAMING COMPACT REVENUE ARE REFLECTED IN THE CHART AND THERE WAS A PERIOD OF ACTIVITY THAT THE PAYMENTS
• THERE ARE FEES AND GRANTS AND THERE ARE SETTLEMENT PAYMENTS AND THERE IS ALL KIND OF THINGS THAT GO INTO
• THE REVENUE PAYMENT.
• THE SEVERANCE TAX REVENUE AND SOME OTHER TRANSFERS AND PAYMENT. >> Sen. Bernard: PERFECT.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• And that is a differential payment. >> Yes, I believe so.
• <01:11:34.480> or differential for the the rent payment or differential for the the rent payment
• Um what is it under payments.
• So any provide relocation payments.
• And that is a differential payment. And that is a differential payment.

Bills: HB1721, HB1714, HB1718, HB1732, HB1740, HB1777, HB1842, HB1919, HB1701, HB1923, HB1741, HB1734, HB1739

Keywords: housing, expedited permits, insurance, indemnification, construction, affordable housing, executive compensation, Hawaii housing finance, legislative approval, low-income housing, moderate-income housing, mixed-use development, transit-oriented development, TOD, county powers, Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation, HHFDC, Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, DHHL, affordable housing credits

Summary: The House Housing Committee met on February 4 and heard testimony on several housing measures, beginning with HB1721, which clarifies insurance, indemnification, and certificate-of-occupancy requirements for expedited permits. Testimony on HB1721 was uniformly supportive from the American Council of Engineering Companies, the Grassroot Institute, and individual testifiers, who said the bill would fix insurance issues for design professionals and encourage more participation in the expedited-permit program. No opposition was heard and no questions were raised. The committee then heard HB1714, which would raise salary caps for the executive director and deputy executive director positions at the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation and allow more autonomy in personnel matters, including employment contracts. HHFDC supported the bill, saying greater flexibility is needed to recruit and retain staff and that current pay ceilings are not the main issue because the agency lacks operating funds to reach them. The Department of Human Resources Development offered comments and raised concerns about autonomous personnel authority and employment contracts, saying state personnel matters are governed by existing statutes and collective bargaining rules; the Hawaii Public Housing Authority also offered comments, and one board member and one individual opposed the measure. Members questioned whether performance-based pay or existing incentive policies could address retention instead of statutory salary changes. The committee also heard HB1718, which would make permanent county authority to facilitate mixed-use developments and issue county bonds for low- and moderate-income housing projects. Support came from OPSD, HHFDC, the City and County of Honolulu’s Department of Housing and Land Management, and Housing Hawaii’s Future, all emphasizing that permanent authority is needed to finance long-term mixed-use and transit-oriented projects. A member asked whether the sunset provision would make bonding impractical, and the city representative agreed that temporary authority would make financing difficult because development takes time. Later, the committee took up HB1732, establishing the Kamina Homes program to fund counties’ purchase of voluntary deed restrictions from eligible buyers. The Department of Taxation and several groups, including HHFDC, AARP Hawaii, the Tax Foundation of Hawaii, Hawaii Realtors, Holomua Collaborative, and others testified, with most supporting the bill as a way to help local families remain in Hawaii and age in place. Holomua said a recent survey found 75% of 3,200 working families were considering moving, and argued the bill could preserve housing for local residents. Members asked about the bill’s 8% cap on deed-restriction cost and why the program focuses on residency rather than resale restrictions; the bill’s proponents said the cap allows flexibility for county negotiations and that the measure is aimed at workforce preservation rather than land-trust-style appreciation limits. Finally, the committee heard HB1740, which would modify a prior HHFDC housing pathway by reducing the qualified-resident requirement from 100% to 80% and allowing more flexibility for long-term rental instead of owner occupancy. HHFDC and Holomua Collaborative supported the change, saying the earlier 100% requirement had produced no developments or applicants and that the revised standard would make projects more feasible while still preserving housing for local residents. The committee did not take final votes on these measures during the portion of the hearing provided.

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• <01:19:57.440> were came out, it said the payments were came out, it said the payments were
• So, payment was going to be that high.
• So, it's an after-the-act payment based on their volume.
• <01:38:28.239> back get a 5 cent per gallon uh payment back get a 5 cent per gallon uh payment
• <01:38:37.440> um So, it's an after the-act payment um So, it's an after the-act payment um

Bills: HF3898, HF3957, HF4372, HF4350, HF3692, HF4085

Keywords: pesticides, wild rice, environmental protection, agriculture, water quality, pollinators, training, management plan, fertilizer research, education grants, Minnesota Agricultural Council, technology transfer, agricultural productivity, HF4372, Minnesota agriculture, meat processing, meat processing training, retention incentive grants, grant extension, project deadline extension

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• So, if we could just look at that, maybe not 10% of your Medicaid payments.
• So, if we could just look at that, maybe not 10% of your Medicaid payments.
• But we saw a vulnerability when we had that little payment lag.
• But we saw a vulnerability when we had that little payment lag.
• We saw a that little payment lag.

Bills: HF3423, HF2354, HF3634

Keywords: healthcare, provider enrollment, medical assistance, legislation, state funds, fraud prevention, subpoena authority, criminal penalties, consumer protection, service verification, Medicaid, human services, electronic documentation, 1183, house