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• It actually maintains local control for our communities and it will be part of the permitting package
• Forest Service land, and some of those fires got out of control and caused severe damage to communities
• And we have a lot of acreage of public land controlled by the federal government.
• opportunities to to improve forest management, we are not holding CARB accountable to allow for controlled
• store as close as possible to its original makeup and it currently sits in Victor Heights on the border

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• What followed was a full-scale control.
• The freedom to control our own bodies.
• <03:01:12.720> 10 Wasserman Schultz, will each control 10 Wasserman Schultz, will each control
• Wasserman Schultz will each control 10 Wasserman Schultz will each control 10 minutes.<03:11:09.600><
• <03:14:38.720> crisis President Biden's open border crisis President Biden's open border crisis

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Wednesday, June 25, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• This is a very important bill, especially to our smaller communities toward the border.
• This is a very important bill, especially to our smaller communities toward the border.
• It's freedom that they have complete control over the curriculum and courses offered.

Keywords: 1182, all

Transcript Highlights:

• This is a very important bill, especially to our smaller communities toward the border. This now.
• This is a very important bill, especially to our smaller communities toward the border.
• It's freedom that they have complete control over the curriculum and courses offered.

Summary: The House convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, approval of the journal, guest introductions, and routine communications from the governor and Senate. Members then moved into multiple Committee of the Whole sessions to consider a large number of Senate bills and later House bills on final reading. Several measures were retained on the calendar, while many others advanced with or without amendments. The House also adopted a group concurrence motion on numerous Senate amendments to House bills and later took up third-reading votes on a series of House bills. Among the main committee actions, SB 1049, SB 1315, SB 1401, SB 1418, and SB 1540 were amended and recommended do pass; SB 1332 and SB 1538 also advanced, while SB 1016, SB 1519, SB 1624, SB 1627, SB 1723, and SB 1725 were retained. Debate centered on school safety and interoperability equipment in SB 1315, housing and zoning issues in SB 1118, and school discipline/bullying transparency in SB 1684. Members also discussed SB 1074 on student discipline notifications, SB 1275 on diversion program wording, and SB 1684 on bullying reporting and school liability, with supporters emphasizing safety, accountability, and clarity and opponents warning about unfunded mandates, litigation, and impacts on public schools. On final reading, the House passed a long list of bills, including HB 2032, HB 2035, HB 2109, HB 2120, HB 2176, HB 2189, HB 2195, HB 2203, HB 2342, HB 2383, HB 2423, HB 2428, HB 2439, HB 2440, HB 2573, HB 2594, HB 2621, HB 2641, HB 2673, HB 2693, HB 2752, HB 2756, HB 2875, HB 2895, HB 2916, HB 2923, HB 2946, and HB 2999, with recorded votes ranging from narrow to unanimous. HB 1118, dealing with municipal zoning and historic properties, failed on the floor after debate over housing policy and charter/public school issues, though a motion to reconsider was later made. The session ended with personal announcements, including recognition of Child Help, a memorial reading for Major General W. Bill Van Dyke, caucus meeting notices, a retirement reception reminder, an anniversary acknowledgment, and a Pride Month statement.

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• Just on the committee substitute, Senator Middleton, in reading subsection 12.023(a)(1), it states ‘borders
• It states ‘borders the Gulf of Mexico.’
• While modern vehicles are manufactured with better emission controls and are cleaner overall, there are

Bills: SB3074, HB49, HB2440, HB3556, HB3619, HB3866, HB4042, HB4112, HB4271, HB4413, HB4426, HB5033

Keywords: SB 3074, TCEQ, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Water Code, permit applications, environmental permitting, administrative record, ex parte communications, legislative communications, governor, lieutenant governor, state legislators, district projects, public records, recusal, conflict of interest, substantial interest, agency transparency, environmental regulation, permit renewal

Summary: The committee heard and laid out several natural resources and environmental bills, with testimony focused on balancing development, public health, wildlife protection, and regulatory authority. SB 3074 would allow the governor, lieutenant governor, and legislators to communicate in writing with TCEQ about matters before the commission, with safeguards requiring the communication to be part of the record and allowing other parties to respond; a committee substitute narrowed it to written communications about permits only, limited legislator communications to facilities in their districts, and adjusted conflict-of-interest rules. HB 3556, as substituted, would require notice to Texas Parks and Wildlife for certain very tall structures in specified coastal counties and give TPWD a limited right to seek injunctive relief if mitigation is insufficient to prevent material harm to migratory birds; supporters said it would address ignored wildlife recommendations and protect key flyways, while opponents argued the bill was too broad, singled out wind energy, and gave one agency unusually strong enforcement power. HB 49 would expand liability protections for produced-water recycling and beneficial use; supporters said it would encourage reuse of a large wastewater stream and reduce disposal pressures, while opponents warned it could shield operators from responsibility before the science and standards are mature. HB 4413 would authorize mass-balance accounting for renewable biomass feedstocks, and HB 3866 would regulate intermediate bulk container recycling facilities near homes, with a committee substitute adding a grandfather clause and making implementation contingent on funding. The committee also heard bills affecting air and energy regulation. HB 5033 would create a trigger to end vehicle emissions inspections if federal law changes to allow it; the substitute removed a Supreme Court-related trigger, and the lone public witness opposed the bill, warning it would worsen air quality and harm nonattainment areas. HB 4112 would clarify that on-site storage of high-level radioactive waste is allowed at current and future nuclear reactors and university research reactors only for waste generated at that site; the substitute clarified the language and removed an inoperative permit condition, and witnesses from environmental and nuclear groups said the clarification was needed to prevent unintended restrictions while avoiding off-site storage. HB 2440 would prohibit state agencies from using air-quality rules to ban or restrict vehicles based on energy source, including internal combustion vehicles, and no public testimony was offered. HB 4271 would require TCEQ to hold public meetings on request for composting facility authorizations; the substitute limited the requirement to future applications and was presented as a transparency measure after a denied local request and extensive public comments. Additional bills addressed landowner protections and Railroad Commission oversight. HB 3619 would require the Railroad Commission to restore surface land after plugging or replugging operations and indemnify landowners from damages tied to authorized entry; a witness supported the bill but urged fixing a separate statutory loophole that he said allowed operators to enter unrelated tracts without notice. HB 4042 would extend Railroad Commission pipeline safety and fee provisions to propane distribution systems by removing the word “natural” from the relevant definitions. HB 4426 would set a 10-year permit term for commercial surface disposal facilities, allow renewal based on compliance history, and require renewal applications 120 days before expiration. The committee took no votes because a quorum was not initially present, and each bill was left pending after testimony and discussion.

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• The states are granted the authority to determine what generation is within their borders.
• Act is a national act that tries to make sure that everybody can have access to power across state borders
• And China, as you know, is seeking to get control of rare mineral supply chains around the world with

Keywords: nuclear energy, permitting process, energy production, public lands, national parks, uranium imports, legislative bills, infrastructure development

Summary: The committee meeting was dominated by discussions on a variety of legislative bills including major topics such as nuclear energy advancement, the effects of regulatory hurdles on energy production, and proposals to improve national park staffing and maintenance. Members expressed concerns over the federal government's handling of uranium imports and the necessity for maintaining a robust domestic nuclear supply chain. Efforts to streamline permitting processes to facilitate more efficient energy project development were also a focal point, alongside public testimony from stakeholders in the energy and environmental sectors. The meeting highlighted the urgent need for infrastructure development to meet rising energy demands while addressing climate change impacts.

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• Almost every service has air traffic controllers.
• They control, this industry will spiral.
• to border. housing shortage.
• <03:56:28.080> to<03:56:28.239> border.
• border.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• agricultural commodities, and this is a very high-risk pest that we have a lot of; it's threatening our borders
• I mean, if the manpower were like that, scanners like they have at Customs, at the border, I think it
• That's exporting during the day to add more PV that's not controllable at this point in time can cause
• At one point, we required additional PV to have controls, just as a safety feature, so that if there
• that's not controllable at this point<00:41:49.040> in<00:41:49.280> time<00:41:49.720

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The committee first heard SB 252 on invasive species, which would broaden the Department of Agriculture’s authority to inspect items moved into or within Hawaii, prohibit the sale of pest-infested merchandise, and allow quarantine, treatment, or destruction of affected materials with clarified penalties. Testifiers from the Hawaii Invasive Species Council, the Coordinating Group on Alien Pest Species, the Farmers Union, and many others strongly supported the bill, emphasizing gaps in current inspection authority and the need to address high-risk non-agricultural commodities such as outdoor furniture and other cargo that can carry pests like red imported fire ants. Members raised concerns about staffing, inspection capacity, commerce impacts, and whether better manifest descriptions or scanners could help target higher-risk shipments. The chairs recommended passage with Department of Agriculture and technical amendments, and the committees adopted the recommendation. The joint CPN/EDT hearing then took up SB 148 on combat sports, which would create a Hawaii Combat Sports Commission and regulate combat sports while prohibiting no-rules contests. The Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs offered comments on effective dates and later said other jurisdictions generally use a single commission for boxing and MMA. Supporters, including a professional fighter and a longtime advocate, argued the bill would help revive the sport in Hawaii, improve local opportunities, and reduce costs associated with separate commissions; one testifier initially appeared opposed but clarified he was actually in support. Committee members asked about safety, medical coverage, staffing, vacancies, and whether separate commissions could share staff. The committees ultimately recommended passage with amendments, including an Attorney General effective-date amendment, amendments from the Hawaii Association of Professional Nurses to increase health-care coverage at fights, and DCCA’s recommendation to unify boxing and MMA under one commission; the effective date was deferred to July 1, 2050, and the recommendation was adopted. A later joint CPN/Housing agenda began with SB 69 on deposits of public funds, which would require the Director of Finance to consider the benefits of using in-state depositories, including favorable lending terms for affordable housing. The Department of Budget and Finance and the Hawaii Bankers Association offered comments, and no other testimony or questions were noted before the discussion moved on. The next measure introduced was SB 24 on limited profit housing associations, which would create a regulatory framework and a limited profit housing council; the transcript cuts off as testimony on that bill was beginning.

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• So what Clay County is doing is creating a border-to-border support for our littles who need the most
• little bit more because I'm a border little bit more because I'm a border city,<02:17:28.000>
• We're not shifting any cost to the counties that they cannot control.
• We are making adjustment to make sure that we control how they do their service.
• We're not shifting any cost to the counties that they cannot control.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• And we need to be honest: the state cannot control local politics.
• We control the look at those two factors.
• So I connect that because they control the inputs for our energy grid.
• Have it be somewhere else because we have more control over that.
• Like we have control back in our lives.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• I didn't know that the actual land where the Hilton were docked, come on lagoon, is actually BLNR control
• Ernie Border, Water Supply, we stand in support of this measure in addition to the study, including disposal
• thank you, Manager La, uh, thank you for your testimony on this, but also in follow-up to this is the Border
• to<01:18:39.639> this<01:18:39.840> is<01:18:40.000> the<01:18:40.080> Border
• <01:18:40.480> water in followup to this is the Border water in followup to this is the Border

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The committee first took up SB 534, a measure concerning development in Kakaʻako Makai involving the Hawaii Community Development Authority and the Office of Hawaiian Affairs. The chairs explained that the hearing was decision-making only and no testimony would be accepted, though members could ask clarifying questions. The chair outlined amendments to clarify HCDA’s approval process, require an environmental impact statement before residential development proposals are submitted, require Department of Health documentation on hazardous substances, and specify that only OHA-owned parcels would be eligible for certain residential development with a 400-foot height limit and maximum floor area ratio of 10.0. The amendments also addressed affordability, owner-occupancy, association fees, and a special fund, while noting Attorney General concerns that the fee could be construed as a tax and suggesting further review by Judiciary and Ways and Means. Members discussed the affordability threshold, with one senator suggesting 160% AMI instead of 140% due to high housing costs and concern that essential workers could be priced out. Others raised concerns about Native Hawaiian affordability, the long-term effect of perpetuity restrictions, and whether the process would protect OHA’s interests. An HCDA representative said 140% AMI was used in existing reserve housing rules and that lower thresholds could make development economically infeasible. OHA and other supporters said the proposal was still early in planning and emphasized the need for public hearings, community input, and compliance with environmental and remediation standards. The committees voted to pass SB 534 with amendments: Water and Land approved it 4-1, and Hawaiian Affairs also adopted the chair’s recommendation, with one member excused and one voting no. The meeting then moved to SB 3, relating to water resource management. The bill would authorize the Commission on Water Resource Management to retain independent legal counsel, create an executive director position, allow challenges to emergency orders under certain conditions, establish fines for water use offenses, and revise emergency and shortage declaration procedures; Red Hill-related provisions were noted as removed from this version. Testimony was largely supportive, including from DLNR, the Board of Water Supply, OHA, and Sierra Club, with OHA stressing the measure’s importance to Native Hawaiian water rights and past litigation. A Department of Hawaiian Home Lands representative supported the bill with amendments and recommended explicit language directing the commission chair or designee to advocate for water rights and reservations for homelands. The chair indicated the committees would use the prior Senate-passed version as the basis for further action, and the discussion then moved on to SB 130, a search-and-rescue reimbursement bill.

Transcript Highlights:

• When control is relaxed for even a short time, they bounce back with a vengeance and inflict major harm
• Lakes and bodies of water that border eight states and two countries are a great example of where the
• federal government must take control. laid off but who also participate in the laid off but who also
• is relaxed for even are um when control is relaxed for even a<00:37:08.400> short<00:37:08.760
• and I am this is just must take control and I am this is just one<00:37:53.920> of<00:37:54.119

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• As the committee chair, I control the room with excellent staff.
• health professionals, have been working for many months with legislators to draft a bill that will control
• the use of artificial that will control the use of artificial intelligence<00:20:22.559> in<00
• Even coming from a border community like I do and a lot of the care that my constituents get are from
• <01:24:08.400> community<01:24:09.120> like Even coming from a border community like

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: The committee first approved the March 11, 2026 minutes, then heard House File 4048, which would exempt chiropractors from Minnesota’s provider tax if they are no longer eligible to provide chiropractic benefits under Medicaid/MinnesotaCare. Representative Robbins said the bill corrects an unfair situation because chiropractors still pay the tax even though the benefit was eliminated. Testifiers from the Minnesota Chiropractic Association and a longtime chiropractor supported the bill, arguing that most chiropractors are small-business owners and should not pay a tax for services they can no longer provide. Several members said they supported restoring chiropractic coverage instead of changing the tax, and there was discussion about whether the tax applies to all providers and whether it is effectively passed on to patients. The committee adopted a motion to recommend HF 4048 to the Committee on Taxes. The committee then took up House File 3893, as amended, a bill to restrict artificial intelligence from engaging in psychotherapy or counseling with humans. The author and supporters said the bill is intended to prevent AI chatbots from posing as therapists or counseling vulnerable people, citing reports of suicides and other harms linked to chatbot interactions. The A2 amendment was adopted; the author said it reflected stakeholder concerns and added informed-consent language. Testifiers in support, including a psychologist and a suicide-prevention nonprofit leader, urged strong safeguards and said AI should not replace licensed professionals in crisis settings. Other testimony raised concerns about overbreadth and unintended effects. TechNet and a rural mental health provider said the bill should be narrowed so it applies to clinical therapy rather than wellness or educational tools, and should allow supervised AI uses such as transcription and administrative support. Members discussed rural access, existing licensing-board authority, privacy laws, and whether the bill should target AI companies directly rather than licensed clinicians. The transcript ends during continued discussion of HF 3893, with no final committee action shown in the excerpt.

Transcript Highlights:

• use has been shown to affect brain development in areas such as emotional regulation and impulse control
• ><00:31:30.960> instead<00:31:31.279> of<00:31:31.440> taxing across the the border
• instead of taxing across the the border instead of taxing the<00:31:31.919> very<00:31:32.159
• ,<01:18:15.520> parks<01:18:15.760> and libraries, flood control, parks and libraries
• , flood control, parks and trails<01:18:16.159> to<01:18:16.400> regional<01:18:16.719>

Keywords: 1183, house

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• not focused on you know organizational behavior that we're trying to affect, like good financial controls
• I was under the understanding that there are some bordering counties from other states that we allow
• What we're trying to do here is to afford employees or more individualized control over their healthcare

Bills: SB1726, SB1236, SB1633, SB1413, SB1317, SB1360, SB1342, SB1477, SB1189, SB1546, SB1524, SB1338, SB1193, SB1812, SB1617

Keywords: higher education, graduate instructors, training program, academic integrity, First Amendment rights, administrative reporting, education, consolidation, board, public schools, resident tuition, Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, state scholarships, financial aid, immigration status, undocumented students, noncitizen students, lawfully present, postsecondary education benefits, college tuition

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• Last year we had a record year, I think 285,000 acres that we burned of your state forests, controlled
• We've done 285,000 acres that we burned of your state forests, controlled burns, but we do about 2 million
• else coming across our Came in from Asia but could have come in from anywhere else coming across our border

Summary: The Florida Senate Committee on Agriculture convened with a quorum present and heard two presentations. Commissioner Wilton Simpson, head of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, outlined department accomplishments and funding needs, including IT modernization, expansion of the Rural and Family Lands program, updated best management practice manuals, growth of the Fresh From Florida marketing campaign, hurricane recovery loans for farmers, clearing concealed-weapons permit backlogs, construction of the Conner Complex headquarters, forestry equipment upgrades, and youth agriculture programs such as FFA and 4-H. Senators asked about water policy, citrus greening, FAMU partnerships, staffing efficiencies, and interdiction stations used to stop invasive species, stolen goods, and diseased or banned agricultural products from entering the state. Dr. Krista Court of the University of Florida/IFAS presented a preliminary economic assessment of the 2024 hurricane season’s agricultural impacts from Hurricanes Debby, Helene, and Milton. She explained that the estimates are based on wind, rainfall, flooding, crop location, and survey data from extension agents, industry groups, FDACS, and producers, and that the figures do not include many asset losses, supply-chain effects, forestry losses, or some insurance-covered damages. Her preliminary estimates placed total 2024 agricultural production losses between about $402.3 million and $975.8 million, with the hardest-hit commodity groups including field and row crops, vegetables, melons, potatoes, greenhouse/nursery products, and animals and animal products. Members discussed the importance of accurate survey participation and baseline data, including use of USDA Farm Service Agency information, to improve future disaster estimates and federal relief decisions. Several senators emphasized agriculture’s importance in their districts and statewide. No bills were considered and no formal votes were taken; the only action was adjournment by motion of Senator Burton.

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• the border all the time and vice versa. the border all the time and vice versa.
• <02:21:56.080> and when most people come to the border and when most people come to the border
• And we've had 20 million people come across the border.
• Most of them come across the border.
• didn't like people waiting at the border didn't like people waiting at the border and<02:52:18.880

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• WE'VE GOT A TROPICAL STORM PARTY, TEXAS BORDER SUPPORT, HURRICANE IDA.
• GET THINGS STABILIZE WHATEVER THAT THING IS REALLY GET IT UNDER CONTROL AND THEN WE CAN SLOW DOWN BUT
• WE HAVE NOT HAD A SIGNIFICANT WILDFIRE ISSUE, THEY WERE ABLE TO DO PRESCRIBED BURNS FROM THE AIR, CONTROL
• IT WILL BE DIFFERENT FROM CONVENTIONAL AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SO WE WILL BEGIN WORKING ON THAT THROUGH RESEARCH

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• You know, during the interim last year, we went down to the border.
• We toured all along the border into Texas, all across New Mexico, and had several stops there.
• Down to the main border patrol station, and we talked to law enforcement all along the border.
• They told us that one of their greatest tools in fighting crime there along the border was license plate
• kids kidnapped in Texas, and they picked them up on a license plate reader right there along the border

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• For us, for me, primarily it's about flood control and flood mitigation.
• That includes water quality objectives at the international border.
• They claim the project provides flood control and ecological conservation.
• The project is not intended to be justifiable, as the flood control benefit is minimal.
• The project is not tempted to play justifiable as the flood control benefit is minimal.