Bills: SB 2, SB 5, SB 10, SB 9, SB 7, SB 17, SB 4, HB17, HB7, HB7, HB15, HB15, HB27, HB1, HB7, HB15, HB18, SB9, SB7, SB17, SB4, HB17, HB27, HB1, SB8, HCR13, SB2, SB5, SB10

Keywords: disaster relief, flood preparedness, emergency funding, local government support, meteorological forecasting, school assessment, public education, accountability, transparency, education standards, STAAR, Texas Education Agency, TEA, public school accountability, school ratings, A-F ratings, assessment reform, student testing, benchmark tests, interim assessments

Bills: SB 2, SB 5, SB 10, SB 9, SB 7, SB 17, SB 4, HB17, HB7, HB7, HB15, HB15, HB27, HB1, HB7, HB15, HB18, SB9, SB7, SB17, SB4, HB17, HB27, HB1, SB8, HCR13, SB2, SB5, SB10

Keywords: disaster relief, flood preparedness, emergency funding, local government support, meteorological forecasting, school assessment, public education, accountability, transparency, education standards, STAAR, Texas Education Agency, TEA, public school accountability, school ratings, A-F ratings, assessment reform, student testing, benchmark tests, interim assessments

Bills: SB 2, SB 5, SB 10, SB 9, SB 7, SB 17, SB 4, HB17, HB7, HB7, HB15, HB15, HB27, HB1, HB7, HB15, HB18, SB9, SB7, SB17, SB4, HB17, HB27, HB1, SB8, HCR13, SB2, SB5, SB10

Keywords: disaster relief, flood preparedness, emergency funding, local government support, meteorological forecasting, school assessment, public education, accountability, transparency, education standards, STAAR, Texas Education Agency, TEA, public school accountability, school ratings, A-F ratings, assessment reform, student testing, benchmark tests, interim assessments

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• So that was going to be my first question, where these dollars already allocated.
• We do it all the time through Bond Commission and with LAC and others that utilize bonds. ...commission
• and with LAC and others that utilize bonds.

Summary: The committee first took up Senate Bill 105, which reinstates a sunset-expired TOPS Tech benefit for eligible veterans. Senator Kathy said the bill would use existing TOPS dollars, not new funding, and would help veterans stay in Louisiana and enter the workforce. After brief questions about eligibility and funding, Representative Marcelle moved the bill favorably, and it was reported favorably without objection. House Resolution 3, by Representative Newell, asked the Louisiana Housing Corporation to study whether vacant state-owned property could be repurposed for housing and rental assistance for cost-burdened state employees. Members discussed the high fiscal note and whether the work could be absorbed in existing budgets. Fiscal staff said LHC had requested a full-time position and four part-time positions for the study, but the committee also talked about narrowing the study’s scope. Representative Marcelle moved the resolution favorably, and it was reported favorably without objection. The committee then debated House Bill 189, which would extend supplemental pay to fire protection officers at the Lakefront Management Authority’s airport fire department. Representative Newell and airport representatives argued the firefighters perform specialized, hazardous ARFF duties and should receive the same supplemental pay as other qualifying public firefighters. Some members questioned whether the airport and its employees qualify under existing law and whether the supplement should be expanded further. After discussion, Representative Marcelle moved the bill favorably, but the motion failed on a roll call vote of 8 yeas to 10 nays. Later, Senate Bill 461, concerning Office of Group Benefits coverage for certain small employee groups, was reported favorably without objection. House Bill 623, creating a three-tier permitting system for vapor products, was amended to clarify direct-to-consumer shipment restrictions and then reported favorably as amended. House Bill 1222, creating a grocery initiative grants and financial support program through LED to address food deserts, drew extended debate over whether it would amount to government-run grocery stores; supporters framed it as an incentive and grant program for private grocers, while critics raised concerns about government involvement. After amendment, it was reported favorably as amended by a vote of 16 yeas to 2 nays. Finally, House Resolution 80, directing a comprehensive fiscal audit related to Board of Regents and university system spending on certain executive budget metrics, was amended into a substitute version. Members debated whether the resolution would require universities to do additional work and whether it belonged in Appropriations at all, especially since the fiscal note had been removed. The discussion also raised concerns about the listed schools and the resolution’s purpose in light of a federal civil rights investigation. The transcript ends while the committee is still discussing the resolution and related procedural motions.

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• The credit is equal to 70% of the property's tax attributable to repayment of capital improvement bonds
• of capital Improvement bonds of capital Improvement bonds section<00:21:59.760> two<00:22
• happy to hear that there's actually a state savings of a little less than $5,000 due to the school bond
• <01:00:40.400> egg $5,000 uh due to the school bond egg $5,000 uh due to the school bond egg
• Then the tax year impact is allocated to the following fiscal year, just to get those details out of

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• stormwater control; for natural resource projects, including flood control measures; issuance of local bonds
• their cash flow is, take into account what their debt service is, take into account what existing bonds
• So local voters have approved nearly 90% of their local tax and bond measures in recent years.
• Tax and bond measures in recent years.
• officials are unwilling to exercise financial prudence, then let the people decide how they wish to allocate

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• stormwater control; for natural resource projects, including flood control measures; issuance of local bonds
• their cash flow is, take into account what their debt service is, take into account what existing bonds
• So local voters have approved nearly 90% of their local tax and bond measures in recent years.
• Does this tax and bond measures in recent years.
• officials are unwilling to exercise financial prudence, then let the people decide how they wish to allocate

Keywords: 998, house, all

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• While disagreements are at times inevitable, help them to work toward unity and undo any unnecessary bonds
• relates to persons other than ministers who may perform rites of marriage, clerk issuance of order, and bond
• Clerk, issuance of order, bond requirement. Legislation passed the House passed.
• the SEC to ensure that certain costs associated with serving very large, high-load customers are allocated
• uncontested block is Senate Joint Resolution 12, relating to the portrait of the Honorable Yvonne Bond

Keywords: March 11, 2026 - Regular Session, 976, house, all

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• Some major areas we advocated for include municipal bonds and tax status through various coalitions that
• Then, once per year, 40% of the funds are allocated based on a hospital's performance on clinical quality
• We don't have an estimate for how much of that would come to New Mexico or how it would be allocated
• It talks about how it will be allocated amongst the states.

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• Senator Stewart: auspices of a municipality or county through the issuance of an industrial revenue bond
• figure out what it says the total assessment shall be approved each year, and the assessment shall be allocated
• Can you tell me, Representative, how today with the other states participate, how the commission allocates
• Then it goes on to say the assessment shall be allocated on a formula determined by the commission.

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• It would just be a portion of our day job to allocate the funding. Okay, seeing no more questions.
• and such in some state money bonds and such in some manner.<03:20:54.000> Um<03:20:54.399>
• allocated for state aid to education. allocated for state aid to education.
• the statutory net revenue allocation the statutory net revenue allocation formula<04:13:07.680><
• This is whether we want to subsidize them using government allocated and managed funds.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• Do you really think the debt markets, oh, we want to buy that much more U.S. sovereign bonds?
• So look, there's bills, notes, bonds. It's the hierarchy of a bill.
• If you need to know what others are, those are the inflation-adjusted bonds.
• Their 10-year bond sells cheaper than the United States.
• Greece today can sell a 10-year bond almost a full point cheaper than the United States.

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

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• We allocated 1.5 million in ARPA funds for culvert improvements throughout the City of Burlington.
• And lastly, we passed a bond. proposition for 20 million dollars This bond is known as prop a it's to
• In your testimony, you had some recommend bond issuance for $20 million of what y'all were doing with
• The bond initiative is a very unique one. You're a very conservative county that 80% Republican.
• But that bond passed like by 66%.

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

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• We're borrowing to fulfill our needs, using bonds to pay for some of our needs.
• Hawaiian by expanding the public land trust working group, funding for DHHL priority projects, and allocating
• Hawaii where our lands and waters are protected and well-managed through the first allocation of green

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• “But if we were to appropriate funding for this piece of legislation, would this be a one-time allocation
• There's one thing when we do RSA and we delegate the state's revenues and how those are allocated, and
• even though University of Arkansas is in front of our name, we don't receive tuition, we don't have bonding

Keywords: 1204, all

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• Uh, we have about $500 million in bonding capacity for that.
• Texas legislature must allocate dedicated state funding to the citrus budwood certification program to
• and H-2B program, which faces ongoing uncertainty due to federal policy changes and limited visa allocations

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• I cannot tax nor call a bond vote in order to address our facility needs.
• of various sizes and calculate the new allotment while we compare that to the district's current allocation
• risk of inadvertent errors, misclassification, and data inconsistencies that could impact funding allocations

Bills: HB2, HB2

Keywords: public education, teacher compensation, certification, funding, school finance, educator rights, education funding, charter schools, staff compensation, state aid, retention allotment, disaster preparedness, emergency management, flooding, mass fatality, mass casualty, fatality tracking, body recovery, autopsy, justice of the peace

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• $250,000 are considered public improvements and require the hiring of an architect and engineer, the bonding
• When we do a lot of the bond investigations for some of these fraud, these are almost always local governments
• are basic time-and-motion studies to determine where judges are needed and where they should be allocated
• To determine where judges are needed and where they should be allocated. to determine where judges are
• needed and where they should be allocated.

Keywords: 908, all

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• But here we are with a $10 million allocation in this bill, SB 155, for propaganda, state-run propaganda
• Importantly, this bill allocates over $3.2 billion in Proposition 4 bond funding for a variety of important
• with that thanks and with appreciation for all of the important investments in Prop 4 and the climate bond
• So in Senate Bill 105, the state budget is allocating $35 million to crack down on fraud, to reduce our

Summary: The Assembly met in session, established a quorum, and opened with a prayer and Pledge of Allegiance recognizing 9/11. Members then moved through a long daily file and concurrence calendar, with many items passed without debate or temporarily retained. The chamber also took procedural actions, including re-referring AB 1152 to the Public Safety Committee, suspending rules for guest access and file-item handling, and later taking a roll-call vote to allow a late-filed journal letter request. Among the major Senate bills taken up on third reading, the Assembly approved SB 385 on peace officers’ rights, SB 753 on shopping cart recovery, SB 838 on housing and hotel projects, SB 643 on carbon dioxide removal grants, SB 645 on jury peremptory challenges in civil cases, SB 761 on CalFresh access for students, SB 774 on real estate licensing sunsets, SB 400 on renewable energy labor tax incentives, SB 24 on utility spending transparency, SB 37 on attorney advertising ethics, SB 258 on spousal rape involving disabled spouses, SB 364 on outdoor advertising near new freeways, SB 403 removing the sunset from medical aid in dying, SB 770 on HOA barriers to EV charging, and SB 22 on gift certificate cash redemption values. Most of these measures passed with little or no opposition; SB 403 and SB 770 drew more divided votes, while SB 24 was briefly delayed by a call before passing. The Assembly also concurred in numerous Senate amendments on Assembly bills covering a wide range of topics, including service of process (AB 747), local clean energy planning (AB 39), firearms (AB 1078), workers’ compensation (AB 1336), public health (AB 1487), survivor leave protections (AB 406), solid waste (AB 70), water reporting for data centers (AB 93), Diwali recognition (AB 268), wildfire workforce recovery (AB 338), educational equity (AB 419), civic education (AB 422), office-to-housing conversions (AB 507), cannabis tax relief (AB 564), privacy/browser opt-out rules (AB 566), housing element transparency (AB 610), tenant appliance requirements (AB 628), code enforcement penalties (AB 632), homelessness and LGBTQ-related policy (AB 678), energy (AB 740), DEIA review in state government (AB 766), inmate firefighter wages (AB 247), children’s health (AB 798), real estate (AB 851), COVID-era rehiring protections (AB 858), hazardous materials (AB 961), real property and housing covenants (AB 1050), aging (AB 1069), health care facilities (AB 1172), endangered species protections (AB 1319), CalWORKs modernization (AB 1324), cannabis access for seriously ill patients (AB 1332), foreign labor contractors (AB 1362), and downtown revitalization financing (AB 1445). Several of these passed overwhelmingly, while a few drew notable opposition, including AB 93, AB 403, AB 770, AB 851, AB 1050, and AB 1319. The transcript also included extended debate on SB 34, which was presented as a compromise measure on air pollution and port operations in the San Pedro Bay area. Supporters said it narrowed the scope to protect union jobs while preserving AQMD authority, while opponents and supporters alike noted the underlying distrust between labor and environmental stakeholders. The Assembly passed SB 34, SB 515 on disaggregated demographic data collection, and then began taking up AB 495 on immigration, with the sponsor describing family separation and immigration enforcement trauma before the transcript cuts off.

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• Uh, we're not requiring a bond or payment; we give these gratis to public agencies.
• Uh, we don't charge and we don't require a removal bond. Thank you. Thank you, Chair.
• And I'm uh set up a bond and insurance.
• . bond. bond.
• It's not saying that we're approving a structure or an allocation of...

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The committee heard testimony on several shoreline easement resolutions and a water-supply study resolution. For the easement measures, the Department of Land and Natural Resources supported each item, and testimony also came from affected landowners and community members. Members asked about why some easements were granted gratis to public agencies, with DLNR explaining that those cases involved public infrastructure such as stormwater management and did not require bonds or rent. For private properties, DLNR described the standard process of monthly rent during the legislative approval gap, followed by a one-time appraised payment for a 25-year easement once the appraisal is completed. A substantial portion of the discussion focused on shoreline erosion and whether hardened shoreline structures or seawalls were contributing to beach loss. On one measure, DLNR explained that a large sandbag shoreline structure was tied to a nearby boat harbor that had altered sand movement over time, causing flanking erosion on adjacent unarmored property. On another, DLNR said a wall built under a valid 1960s permit was originally a boundary or landscaping wall, but now functions as a seawall as the shoreline has migrated landward. Members raised concerns about fairness, public beach access, and whether adjacent owners should share costs, and DLNR responded that shoreline matters are handled parcel by parcel under existing statute. The committee also heard support for a resolution creating a task force or study on desalination. DLNR’s Commission on Water Resource Management supported the intent but asked for more time to complete a comprehensive report, noting the work would require substantial staffing and coordination. The Board of Water Supply and CARES also testified in support, with CARES emphasizing future water-supply needs, cultural and historic preservation concerns, and the importance of coordinating with other agencies. DLNR said it would rely on existing studies and work with county agencies and the Department of Health. No votes or final committee actions were taken during the portion of the hearing provided.