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• Housing costs are up, child care is expensive, and utility bills are rising.
• Act, Congress authorized VA to utilize Act, Congress authorized VA to utilize critical<03:09:25.120
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• This bill would replace the terms employment handicap and serious employment handicap with employment
• c> the<03:46:56.239> terms This bill would replace the terms This bill would replace the terms

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, July 21, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• We're just utilizing it for the first time now.
• We're just utilizing it for the first time now in the May Revision.
• We need to lower utility bills in California.
• Overall, the electric distribution utilities, the electric utilities, we are getting 11% less than the
• Overall, the electric distribution utilities, the electric utilities, we are getting 11% less than the

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• industry transports so much freight that it would take over 20 million trucks on Texas highways to replace
• The four top reasons to utilize this delivery method are… control, aggressive delivery, innovation on
• I am from Houston, Texas, and I represent the AGC of Texas, Heavy Highways, Utilities, and Industrial
• It's funded by municipalities, municipal utility districts across unincorporated Harris County.
• They utilize the DART buses probably more than anyone.

Bills: HB2065, HB2462, HB2621, HB3187, HB3539, HB3563, HB3726, HB4164, HB4207, HB4368, HB4706, HB4916, HB4950, HB4967, HB5177, HB4429, HB5597

Keywords: commercial vehicles, parking regulations, residential areas, local governance, land use, traffic safety, high occupancy vehicle lane, pregnant operators, transportation, parental rights, motor vehicle regulations, live video feed, state agency, transparency, public safety, regional transportation, mobility program, sales tax, public infrastructure, local government

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• Break down the walls of our stubbornness and replace them with a humble spirit that is eager to learn
• When it comes to the rising costs of utilities, it has been enormous.
• Utility costs are hurting families right now, and we need to introduce that security.
• This bill is about lowering the costs, or at least holding steady, the costs of utilities.
• Increased their utility rates by no more than 12% over the last four years.

Keywords: 1182, all

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• based upon utilization.
• So those dollars were utilized for that. In addition to that, care coordination... ...services.
• So those dollars were utilized for that.
• You can call or text to be able to get access to care utilizing that function.
• You can call or text to be able to get access to care utilizing that function.

Summary: The Health Care Budget Subcommittee held a panel discussion on Florida’s mental health and substance abuse system, with representatives from DCF, AHCA, two managing entities, and two providers describing how the state’s behavioral health network is funded and operated. Members focused on the implementation of prior legislative investments, especially the $50 million in recurring funding from Representative Maney’s bill and the earlier $126 million community behavioral health appropriation. Witnesses said the newer funds were used mainly for crisis beds, discharge planning, outpatient services, regional collaboratives, and a USF Marchman Act report, while the larger behavioral health appropriation supported CAT, FACT, FIT, forensic teams, residential and outpatient services, and crisis care, with most dollars going directly to services and only a small share to administration. A major theme was access to crisis care and the role of mobile response teams, 988, and central receiving facilities in diverting people from Baker Act admissions and reducing readmissions. DCF and providers said mobile response teams have expanded, are being used to de-escalate crises and connect people to care, and have shown strong diversion results and reductions in Baker Acts in some regions. Members also asked about waitlists, children in crisis, and how to handle people without housing or support; providers said discharge planning is individualized but often constrained by homelessness, transportation, and a lack of safe placements, and several witnesses identified housing as one of the biggest barriers to recovery and stability. The committee also examined provider sustainability, reimbursement, and funding gaps. Witnesses described delays caused by contract timing, cost allocation rules, and Medicaid reimbursement rates that do not always keep pace with labor and operating costs, especially for smaller providers and rural networks. DCF and AHCA said managing entities can provide advances, retroactive rate adjustments, and technical assistance, and that Medicaid managed care plans have network standards and complaint/dispute processes. Members raised concerns about a reported $7 million loss in federal non-sustainable funds, provider closures, and whether there is a formal ombudsman process for disputes; DCF said the federal reductions were known and tied to one-time funds, and that the department generally handles provider issues informally while working with managing entities to preserve continuity of care.

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• I would like to welcome Representative Rung, a temporary replacement today for Representative Harvey
• <00:37:05.520> today<00:37:06.000> for um, a temporary replacement today for um, a
• temporary replacement today for Representative<00:37:07.280> Harvey.
• Uh again, I streets, and utilities.
• municipalities can properly um utilize municipalities can properly um utilize the<05:24:54.000><

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The Municipal and County Government Committee met in executive session on February 17, 2026, to act on a series of bills. Early in the meeting, members agreed that they could consult the online submission summaries rather than have changing submission counts read aloud. The committee then took up House Bill 1386, which would have allowed citizens in a municipality to vote to require a financial audit of a local school district. Members opposing the bill argued that school districts already have audit authority and reporting requirements under existing law, and that the proposal was unnecessary and potentially burdensome. The committee voted 17-0 to recommend the bill inexpedient to legislate, placing it on the consent calendar. The committee next considered House Bill 1181FN on public hearing notice requirements for zoning board of adjustment appeals. Members who opposed the bill said newspaper publication provides independent third-party verification and archival value, and that removing that requirement would weaken public notice. The committee voted 17-0 ITL and sent the bill to the consent calendar. It also voted 17-0 ITL on House Bill 1327, concerning the definition of commercially zoned land, largely because the sponsor was absent and members said they could not do due diligence without hearing from the sponsor. The committee then acted on House Bill 1473FN, concerning the use of agricultural fairground property, and House Bill 1147, concerning the use of capital reserve funds. In both cases, members cited the sponsor’s absence and the need for more information as reasons to recommend inexpedient to legislate; both votes were 17-0 and both bills were placed on the consent calendar. House Bill 1220, which would have allowed municipal governing bodies to review and approve school budgets, was also recommended ITL by a 17-0 vote after members raised concerns about local control, legal conflicts between separate entities, and technical drafting problems. The committee recommended ought to pass on House Bill 118, which raises the amount of money municipal treasurers may hold before depositing it in the bank, with supporters saying the higher threshold would reduce unnecessary trips to the bank and improve efficiency. It also recommended ought to pass on House Bill 1151, a housekeeping bill correcting statutory references related to conservation commission appropriations, and it approved House Bill 1309 as amended after adopting Amendment 2026-0411H to clarify town meeting warrant language. Finally, the committee considered House Bill 1385, prohibiting negative property tax rates in certain municipalities, and recommended ITL by a 17-0 vote after testimony indicated the practice at issue had already ended and that a blanket prohibition could create problems for municipalities with excess revenues. The committee also began work on House Bill 1369, relating to posting warrants for special town meetings, and discussed an amendment to preserve newspaper notice while also allowing website posting where available.

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• Um, and the state has some discretionary grants, including for the, to replace the Interstate 25 bridge
• And then when you start looking at these funds and replacing some of these funds, I mean.
• Um, in New Mexico, the program is called Turquoise Care, um, and that replaced several years ago, you
• So if you have high Medicaid utilization, meaning that you have a high number of patients who are on
• If you have lower utilization, you'll receive a lower amount.

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• For non-homestead properties, it replaces the 10 percent annual cap with a 15 percent cap over a three-year
• This bill takes that local judgment away and replaces it with a Nancy Bowen: one-size-fits-all approach
• Young: Things like rising personnel costs, health insurance premiums, pension contributions, fuel, utilities
• How are you replacing those dollars?
• this is much more cautious and I know what you're trying to do here but without identifying how you replace

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• Representative Drummond, replace lines...
• Representative Drummond, replace lines 61 through 62 on page three with the following: The department
• Replace line 64 on page three... ...comply.
• Replace lines 69 through 72 on page three with the following: A fine shall be...
• So, I know you'll utilize the break to continue to work on the bill.

Bills: SB140, HB235, HB276, HB317, HB340

Keywords: Coach Safely Act, youth athletics, noncompliance penalties, Department of Public Health, youth athlete, social media, age verification, minors, under 16, children online safety, online privacy, platform regulation, deceptive trade practice, Attorney General, civil penalties, punitive damages, consumer protection, account creation, algorithmic feeds, internet safety

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• If there is, you know, there needs to be public safety in this district, there needs to be utilities
• There needs to be utilities in this district.
• If there is, you know, there needs to be public safety in this district, there needs to be utilities
• There needs to be utilities in this district.
• You get enough members replaced on a city council that you now have a group, You get enough members replaced

Bills: SB1290, SB1530, SB1847, HR1050, SB169, SB1377, SB1990, SB1991, SB1778, SB1579, SB1992, SB3, SB2028, SB1928, SB2127, SB2117, SB1439, SB1930, SB330, SB1191, SB2110, SB2134, SB2069, SB2095, SB1613, SB1246, SB1976, SB1346, SB1509, SB2071, SB259, SB1314

Keywords: 2-1-1 services, revolving fund, Department of Human Services, crisis pregnancy, abortion, legal funding, research funding, development rebate, Oklahoma Department of Commerce, tax incentives, higher education partnerships, Medicaid, ADvantage Waiver, home-based services, eligibility criteria, healthcare, senior services, Taiwan, Oklahoma, sister-state relationship

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• this by doing something very simple but very important: removes the dependency on federal law and replaces
• it with clear state-level definitions. ...removes the dependency on federal law and replaces it with
• technology, but not manufacturing geothermal equipment in the state, so it wouldn't be able to be utilized
• Madam Chair, this credit, since we passed it in 2024, has had zero people utilize it.
• That is part of the reason that we started looking at it was to figure out how we can get people to utilize

Keywords: 996, all

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• Um, Senator Dibble will not be with us, and he will be replaced, um, we believe, by Senator Klein
• construction of adjacent public infrastructure, including but not limited to public parking, streets, and utilities
• limited to public parking,<00:10:45.120> streets,<00:10:45.440> and<00:10:45.680> utilities
• parking, streets, and utilities parking, streets, and utilities necessary<00:10:46.640> to
• Madam Chair, uh, the A6 would have replaced the A5. The A6. Okay. Thank you.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• district property taxes for certain projects, was allowed to expire in the 2021 session and was replaced
• gas generating plants, with a fourth in the permit stage, the largest... in Texas and two solar utilities
• Please be aware that Texas had installed... utility-scale solar capacity of 9.3 gigawatts in 2021 and
• have been dispatchable energy facilities so far, both of which were NRG facilities and were able to utilize
• So we had to start evaluating what sites, what cities, states, and regions really made sense to replace

Bills: SB913, SB1086, SB1087, SB1143, SB1534, SB1553, SB1718, SB1754, SB2004, SB2322, SB2448

Keywords: hotel occupancy tax, municipal revenue, tax code, local government funding, Texas legislation, county taxation, economic development, hotel industry, local government, counties, taxation, tourism, workforce development, youth programs, employment, education, technical training, health physics, higher education, nuclear energy

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• beyond the end of the school year when students are already gone from the classroom, that system is replaced
• What have the effect of limit limiting the overall utility of the progress monitoring data?
• be helpful if in follow-up we could put please provide what are the tools that teachers are using utilize
• What percentage of those students are utilizing our CLT testing?
• And so what are we seeing for those students versus the number of students that are utilizing the per

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• Community care under the Mission Act is meant to complement, not replace, the VA services, ensuring veterans
• For rural and underserved areas, community care should act as a force multiplier and not a replacement
• wanted to make: there are programs that don't involve opioid treatment, but the VA's tendency is to utilize
• So, my husband has utilized telehealth before in some of his... Referrals to community care.
• And that's what I have spent so much time trying to convince, in recent months, the VA to utilize the

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• And then when students came back into the school building, we just kind of continued to utilize these
• these devices, some of this utilize these devices, some of this online<00:03:29.080> curriculum,<
• be replacing. be replacing.
• One guiding question that we ask about technology is: what is screen time replacing?
• rich engagement with print, replacing rich engagement with print, language<00:14:14.600> exchange

Bills: HF3776, HF3557, HF3585

Keywords: screen time, preschool, kindergarten, early childhood education, digital media, tablets, smartphones, educational technology, EdTech, classroom devices, publicly funded preschool, school policy, child development, special education, IEP, 504 plan, IFSP, Minnesota education law, climate literacy, education

Summary: The committee first approved the previous day’s minutes, then took up House File 3776, as amended by the A2 amendment, which clarified how the bill would apply to students with IEPs and 504 plans. The bill’s author argued that Minnesota should address screen time for preschool and kindergarten students, saying current law is too broad, that young children are especially vulnerable to developmental and attention harms from screens, and that parents and teachers should have more control over device use. The bill was laid over after discussion. Testimony on HF 3776 was split. Amanda Faye of Minnetonka Public Schools opposed the bill as drafted, saying it would conflict with existing academic standards, READ Act screening requirements, accessibility tools, and local control, and would force districts back to paper-based screening. Katherine Myers of Live More Screen Less supported the bill, citing concerns about early childhood screen exposure and arguing that screen-free time supports child development. Members raised concerns about local control, parental rights, and how to protect students who need devices for accommodations; the author and nonpartisan staff noted that schools can already adopt cell phone policies, but exceptions may be needed for certain students and uses. After laying over HF 3776, the committee began House File 3557. Representative Craft introduced the bill as a voluntary program to promote practical science education and workforce development tied to climate literacy, including a proposed Minnesota Seal of Climate Literacy for high school students. The bill was only introduced before the transcript ended, with no vote or final action recorded on HF 3557.

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• So, utilized in expansion of programming in support of opioid use disorder treatment.
• So school-based health centers can never replace school nurses or counselors.
• So those are things that school-based health centers can't replace.
• There's been this trend upward in both visits and patients utilizing the school-based health centers.
• And they utilize primary care about 3 times or more, or if they use primary care visits, primary care

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• and Veterans Affairs, HB 2471 by Simmons relating to the security deposits collected by a municipal utility
• HB 2500 by Spiller relating to the certain proceedings of the Public Utility Commission of Texas regarding
• HB 2506 by Derasio relating to the rates of sewer utility provided by certain municipal owned utilities
• HB 2546 by TEPA relating to vehicles eligible for replacement under the Clean School Bus Program, refer
• Transportation funding HB 2561 by Pearson relating to the meeting place of a board of a municipal utility

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• They have a better level of utilization of rail systems in Europe.
• It's more of utilizing that with a northbound flow.
• It's more of utilizing that with a northbound flow.
• It's more of utilizing that with a northbound flow.
• It's more of utilizing that with a northbound flow.

Summary: The Economic Infrastructure Subcommittee held a panel discussion focused on Florida seaports and their role in the state economy. Florida Ports Council CEO Mike Rubin opened with statewide figures from a 2023 economic impact study, saying Florida seaports support about 1.2 million jobs, generate roughly $195 billion in economic value, and produce about $7.4 billion in state and local taxes. He emphasized that ports are critical for fuel, food, medical supplies, construction materials, and hurricane response, and argued that continued state and federal investment is needed to expand capacity and move projects forward faster. PortMiami Director Heidi Webb described Miami’s cruise and cargo operations, noting the port generated about $61 billion in economic impact and 334,000 jobs. She highlighted record cruise activity, major private investment by cruise lines, the launch of shore power at cruise terminals to reduce emissions, and ongoing capital projects including a new Royal Caribbean terminal, berth reconstruction, and an inland port concept to reduce congestion. Members asked about security, hurricane procedures, AI use, infrastructure planning, collaboration among ports, and smuggling prevention; Webb said the port uses layered security with local law enforcement, CBP, Coast Guard, and radiation monitors, and that hurricane planning is coordinated in advance with county and federal partners. Port Tampa Bay’s Raul Alfonso said Tampa is the state’s largest port by land area and a major energy hub for Central Florida, with an estimated $34.5 billion economic impact. He discussed diversification into containers, food distribution, fertilizer, and construction materials, along with major needs such as a deep-dredge project and more warehouse space. He also addressed resilience and fuel distribution during hurricanes, and said the port is preparing for future LNG and alternative-fuel demand through partnerships, land planning, and education. Jaxport’s Nick Primrose then described Jacksonville’s container, auto, breakbulk, aggregate, military, and LNG businesses, including 1.3 million TEUs last year, major state-funded crane purchases, harbor deepening, auto-processing expansion, and its role as a strategic military port. He said Jaxport is a leader in marine LNG and has trained all employees on human trafficking awareness. The discussion ended with Port Panama City being introduced as a smaller but important Panhandle economic engine, with Rubin noting its cargo, manufacturing, and infrastructure projects and its continued need for state and federal support.

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• Chairman, Member, House Resolution 282 by Representative Henry creates a task force on utility terrain
• Was there any benefit to utilizing this method to assist with getting projects through the process in
• And so this has been utilized in the private world, which was our very first concept.
• And so this has been utilized in the private world, some underground pipe.
• And so this has been utilized in the private world, which was our very first concept.

Summary: The House Transportation Committee met on May 26 and considered several resolutions and one Senate bill dealing with transportation project delivery, vehicle safety, school-zone safety, flooding, and highway signage. The committee first took up SCR 64, which creates a task force to study construction management at risk (CMAR) for public works. An amendment added representatives from Louisiana Associated General Contractors and Associated Builders and Contractors to the task force, and the resolution was reported with amendments. The committee also heard HR 282, which creates a task force to study utility terrain vehicles with Louisiana State Police and other stakeholders; an amendment added the State Fire Marshal, and the resolution was reported with amendments. The most extensive discussion centered on SB 513, which addressed public works project delivery methods and included a proposal for an average-bid award method as well as design-build authority for airports and vertiports. Testimony from a Reason Foundation policy analyst and a Louisiana Associated General Contractors representative opposed the average-bid concept, arguing it lacked U.S. precedent, could encourage collusion, and could raise costs, while airport-related design-build provisions were supported. The committee adopted an amendment in concept to remove the average-bid language, then reported SB 513 with amendments by a vote of 11 yeas and 4 nays. The committee also reported SCR 62 favorably, which urges DOTD to evaluate all school zones on state highways in response to safety concerns and near misses involving crossing guards and distracted driving. In addition, HCR 112 was reported favorably to study flooding on Louisiana Highway 1 in Shreveport, and HR 275 was reported favorably to study an interstate highway signage maintenance and reporting program. The meeting concluded after all items were acted on and the committee adjourned.