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• When all of that power is centralized into one office, it creates a bottleneck, and we as chairman have
• that they vacated the office.
• Thank you, and please reach out to my office and set... We'll do. Thank you, sir. Thank you.
• Chairman, as a passionate supporter of the Auditor General's office, I vote aye. Senator Cavanaugh?
• Chairman, as a passionate supporter of the auditor general's office, I vote aye. Senator Cavana?

Bills: SB1246 , SB1338 , SB1428 , SB1443 , SB1501 , SB1566 , SB1571 , SB1645 , SB1646 , SB1663 , SB1688 , SB1805 , SB1808 , SB1825 , SCR1023 , SCR1029 , HB2079 , HB2080 , HB2130 , HB2239 , HB2324 , HB2375 , HB2610 , HB2619 , HB2620 , HB2716 , HB2745 , HB2749 , HB2837 , HB2857 , HB2968 , HB4064 , HB4066 , HB4087 , HB4130 , HCR2048 , HCR2058

Committees: Senate Government , Senate Senate Government Committee of Reference

Keywords: homeowners associations, foreclosure, common expense liens, condominiums, special assessments, unit owner, public benefits, eligibility, immigration status, documentation, Arizona law, noise pollution, environmental nuisances, building permits, urban development, public health, administrative procedure, regulatory rights, small businesses, state agencies

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• </c> at that particular office has been cut. at that particular office has been cut.
• 18:05.359><c> Review</c> Congressional Budget Office of Review Congressional Budget Office of Review
• </c><02:34:12.160><c> of</c> provide full funding to the office of provide full funding to the office
• </c> qualifications and requires the office qualifications and requires the office to<02:44:49.840><c
• </c><03:58:13.680><c> We</c> office, we didn't need new laws. We office, we didn't need new laws.

Bills: HB4423 , HB5348 , HB4430 , HB4431 , HB4429 , HB3716 , HR225 , HB5349 , HB5346 , HB5345 , HB5284 , HB4313 , HR1262 , SB616 , HR176 , HB2159 , HB4323 , HB2066 , HB4549 , HB4495 , HB4491 , HB3174

Keywords: Burma, Myanmar, World Bank, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, IBRD, foreign aid, sanctions, military coup, democracy, development financing, multilateral lending, Treasury Department, Executive Director, international financial institutions, human rights, junta, national interest waiver, Social Security, SSN, Social Security number

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• duties of the offices of the Louisiana Department of Health, to provide for the executive office of
• They're going to bring this all under one office so that you won't be duplicating as many services.
• While... ...facilities have historically been distributed across multiple program offices.
• People started swarming to my office—people I'd never met.
• Andy Shealy, District Attorney's Office. Lacey Pete, Hearts of Hope.

Bills: HB414 , HB786 , HB1041 , HB1052 , HB1118 , HB1139 , HB1182 , HB1185 , HB1214 , HB1217 , HB1231 , SR63 , SCR27 , SB5 , SB194 , SB415 , SB433 , SB451 , SB462 , SB516

Committee: House Health and Welfare

Keywords: healthcare, criminal convictions, employment, background checks, prohibited offenses, Medicaid, claim payments, extrapolation, provider audits, medical freedom, discrimination, access, medical intervention, child protection, confidentiality, multidisciplinary teams, child advocacy centers, public records, investigations, hospital

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• I had the same reaction you did, because I called in my office. You're right.
• Abuse risk is minimal and unlikely, and can be handled administratively, managed by them and their offices

Bills: HB4338 , HB3977 , HB2100 , HB2975 , HB3056 , HB3406 , HB3720 , HB4316 , HB3405 , HB1907 , HB3142 , HB3173 , HB3270 , HB3728 , HB2440 , HB2596 , HB3466 , HB3469 , HB4338 , HB3977 , HB2100 , HB2975 , HB3056 , HB3406 , HB3720 , HB4316 , HB3405 , HB1907 , HB3142 , HB3173 , HB3270 , HB3728 , HB2440 , HB2596 , HB3466 , HB3469

Committees: House Energy , House Energy and Natural Resources Oversight

Keywords: HB4338, Oklahoma Brine Development Act, brine unitization, produced water, produced water unit, oil and gas wastewater, produced water recycling, reclaimed water, constituent elements, brine rights, solution gas, Corporation Commission, unitization, royalty interests, surface owner, oil and gas produced water, recycling and reuse, wastewater disposal, mineral extraction, lithium extraction

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• There is a receivership office, the Oklahoma Receivership Office, technically. It is funded by OID.
• It's got its own office expenses.
• OID just wants to move that office of receivership under its control.
• And then there's some cleanup language that kind of clarifies what that receiver office can do.
• The commissioner runs that office as it is today.

Bills: SB1969 , SB1953 , SB1277 , SB1287 , SB1061 , SB1916 , SB1589 , SB2178 , SB1444 , SB1438 , SB1501 , SB1873 , SB1364

Committee: Senate Business and Insurance

Keywords: massage therapy, licensing, multistate compact, regulation, healthcare, professionals, Employer Health Plan Transparency Act, health insurance, claims data, contract provisions, health care providers, auditable materials, HIPAA compliance, insurance regulation, unemployment benefits, employment security, work search, job search, reemployment, jobless benefits

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• How many officers do you anticipate you may need to at least organize?
• Galveston County Sheriff's Office.
• I've been employed the Sheriff's Office for the past 19 years and during my tenure the sheriff's office
• To have not been defeated for re-election to a judicial office, and to have not been removed from office
• In lieu of removal from office.

Bills: SB476 , SB664 , SB745 , SB826 , SB989 , SB1080 , SB1171 , SB1320 , SB1437 , SB1727 , SB1809 , SB2289 , SB2320

Committee: Senate Criminal Justice

Keywords: education, funding, school infrastructure, public schools, teacher support, intoxication manslaughter, criminal penalties, ignition interlock devices, youth offenders, vehicular homicide, Texas courts, judicial officers, associate judge, magistrate, master, referee, hearing officer, court administration, Government Code Chapter 54, Government Code Chapter 54A

Summary: The Senate Committee on Criminal Justice convened to address pressing issues surrounding oil field crime and safety on Texas highways. The meeting was initiated by Chair Flores, who emphasized the need for improved tools to combat repeat offenders having committed intoxicated driving, alongside tackling oil field theft that has escalated due to organized criminal activities. The committee heard public testimonies and engaged with various stakeholders, including law enforcement and industry representatives, who highlighted the complexities and dangers associated with these crimes. Notably, a significant focus was placed on Senate Bill 1320, which aims to establish a dedicated unit within the Department of Public Safety to investigate and address thefts specific to the oil and gas industry. This initiative seeks to strengthen coordination among various law enforcement agencies and improve training for local officers to combat these sophisticated theft operations more effectively.

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• The Comptroller's Office testimony last week, we were told that our $24 billion surplus, our carryover
• It's really hard to get a clear answer with the tax county office as to why we're paying more every year
• Make you aware that there is a resource witness from the Comptroller's office if anybody has questions
• I'll throw it out there for the comptroller's office to see if they want to take a stab at it.
• So, as was mentioned by the previous witness from the comptroller's office, when the tax rate comes back

Bills: HB8 , HB9 , HJR1 , HB22 , HB8 , HB9 , HJR1 , HB22

Committee: House Ways & Means

Keywords: HB 8, school finance, compressed tax rate, maximum compressed tax rate, MCR, PYMCR, property tax, school district taxes, Education Code, Tax Code, state aid, school funding formula, local school taxes, Texas school finance, tax rate compression, public education funding, ad valorem tax, tangible personal property, income-producing property, business personal property

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• People's lives as it relates to the Secretary of State's office.
• When I got into office, I had the crewer staff.
• I mean, the role is largely ministerial in the Secretary of State's office.
• I've seen that from the governor's office as well.
• And we need these officers out there. We've determined that long ago.

Bills: HB3415 , HB2206 , HB3414 , HB3265 , HB3310 , HB3413 , HB4486 , HB1219

Committee: Senate Retirement and Government Resources

Keywords: state government, vendor contracts, subcontracting, public database, contract assessment, transparency, retirement, law enforcement, Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System, school resource officers, public safety, public finance, contract management, service-driven contracts, state accounting, intangible assets, Oklahoma Police Pension, disability benefits, mental health, retirement system

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• Second, it requires the Office of Equity to collaborate with certain groups to develop a proposal for
• And third, it provides that state agencies must report to the Office of Equity and the Office of Financial
• The amendment provides that if the only candidate to have filed for office is deceased, the office is
• The amendment provides that if the only candidate to have filed for office is deceased, the office is
• The office is not stricken from the ballot and instead allows for write-in candidates.

Bills: HB1759 , HB2417 , HB2632 , HB2249 , HB2574 , HB2309 , HB2235 , SGA9066 , SGA9246 , SGA9268 , SGA9267

Committee: Senate State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections

Keywords: designation, commemoration, December 12, local observance, cultural significance, military justice, victims' rights, militia, Washington code, legal protections, citizenship, immigration, terminology, rights, legal status, HB 2249, Washington Technology Solutions, WaTech, civil service, classified service

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• Insurance, Alice Kane, and Melissa Robertson, who is the head of the Property and Casualty Bureau in the Office
• And, you know, the state Office of Insurance, they've really helped our community.
• So are you saying that that would be your discretion in the Office of the Superintendent's side?
• So are you saying that would be your discretion in the Office of the Superintendent's side, whether to

Bills: SB154 , SB187 , SB193 , SM3

Committee: Senate Senate Conservation

Keywords: insurance, wildfire, flood damage, natural disasters, property coverage, water projects, appropriation, New Mexico, finance authority, infrastructure, New Mexico Finance Authority, funding, SB193, acequia, community ditch, irrigation works construction fund, water infrastructure, ditch infrastructure, irrigation, New Mexico water law

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• It also requires statewide election reports of the Office of the Secretary of State to include certain
• minimum fund balance level within their general fund and to submit certain financial data to the Office
• minimum fund balance level within their general fund and to submit certain financial data to the Office
• The amendment removes duplicative provisions for the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction

Bills: HB1295 , HB2262 , HB2551 , HB2593 , HB2594 , HB2636

Committee: House Education

Keywords: reading instruction, structured literacy, early literacy, dyslexia, phonics, phonological awareness, language comprehension, vocabulary, fluency, oral language, orthographic knowledge, multi-tiered system of supports, MTSS, screening assessments, intervention, reading intervention, elementary education, kindergarten, first grade, second grade

Bills: HB2065 , HB2066 , HB2071 , HB2106 , HB2237 , HB2258

Committees: House Rural Economic Development , House House Rural Economic Development Committee of Reference

Keywords: appropriation, housing, Apache Junction, affordable housing, rehabilitation, blight abatement, broadband, fiber optic, technology, connectivity, infrastructure, rural development, workforce hub, health services, transportation tax, county excise tax, regional transportation authority, public transportation authority fund, regional transportation fund, ADOT

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• I've got more of my office. I just like I've brought the one of the most.
• This is providing a pathway for us to get more peace officers.
• Departments need qualified officers.
• I respectfully ask for your support of the Military Police to Peace Officer Pathway.
• The office is housed in the AG's office.

Bills: SB1020 , SB1107 , SB1117 , SB1160 , SB1216 , SB1308

Committees: Senate Public Safety , Senate Senate Public Safety Committee of Reference

Keywords: special plates, Arizona Space Commission, transportation, funding, space exploration, peace officer certification, police certification, law enforcement licensing, Arizona POST, peace officer standards and training, military police, veterans, honorably discharged, veteran hiring, abbreviated academy, law enforcement recruitment, public safety, community policing, background investigation, psychological fitness

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• We gave our immigration officers the resources they need to properly enforce our immigration laws and
• It is vital that law enforcement officers and border patrol officers have the tools they need to hold
• </c><00:52:14.559><c> have</c> officers and border patrol officers have officers and border patrol officers
• In May, ICE officers in Utah apprehended and removed an illegal The gentleman is recognized. Mr.
• Peaceful protest is from the highest office in the United from the highest office in the United States

Bills: HB3944 , HB3486

Keywords: appropriations, military construction, veterans affairs, VA funding, USDA, agriculture appropriations, legislative branch appropriations, fiscal year 2026, omnibus, spending bill, rural development, rural housing, broadband, SNAP, WIC, school lunch, food safety, FDA user fees, veterans health care, toxic exposure

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• He said we have a trade office and can focus on how to develop new partnerships with other countries.
• a Ford dealership, two grocery stores, a barber shop, a cafe, a lumber yard, an elevator, a post office
• a Ford dealership, two grocery stores, a barber shop, a cafe, a lumber yard, an elevator, a post office
• a Ford dealership, two grocery stores, a barber shop, a cafe, a lumber yard, an elevator, a post office
• a Ford dealership, two grocery stores, a barber shop, a cafe, a lumber yard, an elevator, a post office

Bills: HF1704 , HF2052

Committee: House Agriculture Finance and Policy

Keywords: Minnesota agriculture budget, Department of Agriculture appropriation, Board of Animal Health, Agricultural Utilization Research Institute, Office of Broadband Development, farm bill, rural development, agricultural grants, soil health, livestock compensation, crop damage, meat inspection, poultry inspection, county agricultural inspectors, biofertilizer, nitrogen management, commercial nitrogen fertilizer, water quality, farm down payment assistance, beginning farmers

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• which as you all know is a office which as you all know is a legislative<00:02:07.880><c> uh</c><00:
• So in the bill, it's essentially set up exactly like the Legislative Auditor's Office.
• </c><00:10:27.800><c> so</c> classified service in that office so classified service in that office so
• </c><00:59:32.680><c> do</c> who've had Statewide office do who've had Statewide office do exist<00:59
• He said the state auditor's office is different than the legislative auditor.

Bills: HF1 , HF1384

Committee: House Children and Families Finance and Policy

Keywords: Office of Inspector General, inspector general, legislative audit, fraud prevention, waste and abuse, public funds, grant oversight, state grants, grant management, whistleblower protection, retaliation, subpoena power, data practices, government transparency, accountability, law enforcement referrals, sanctions, debarment, payment withholding, public assistance fraud

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• This House File 1 is essentially sets up an Office of Inspector General, merges the existing offices
• </c><00:01:46.079><c> of</c> uh essentially sets up um a office of uh essentially sets up um a office
• is</c><00:15:37.639><c> attempting</c> all aware and that office is attempting all aware and that office
• </c><00:29:22.640><c> of</c> discretion on what the office of discretion on what the office of Inspector
• or separate from the legislator's office or separate from the legislator's office<00:32:09.679><c> like

Bills: HF25 , HF1 , HF428

Committee: House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law

Keywords: pregnancy support, women's health, maternity homes, nonprofit organizations, grant funding, abortion, family services, Office of Inspector General, inspector general, legislative audit, fraud prevention, waste and abuse, public funds, grant oversight, state grants, grant management, whistleblower protection, retaliation, subpoena power, data practices

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• and within most of our agency offices.
• and within most of our agency offices.
• and within most of our agency offices.
• :04.679><c> offices</c><00:20:05.679><c> representative</c><00:20:06.159><c> Lee</c> our agency offices
• </c> maintain the Integrity of their office maintain the Integrity of their office and<00:20:29.480><

Bills: HF1 , HF779 , HF1034

Committee: House Education Finance

Keywords: Office of Inspector General, inspector general, legislative audit, fraud prevention, waste and abuse, public funds, grant oversight, state grants, grant management, whistleblower protection, retaliation, subpoena power, data practices, government transparency, accountability, law enforcement referrals, sanctions, debarment, payment withholding, public assistance fraud

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• I ask all our members to pray for the officer involved, his family, and all the officers who are on the
• , juvenile probation officers, and certain retired law enforcement officers, and to criminal liability
• This is that juvenile probation officer bill and retired police officers so they can carry like all the
• other licensed officers.
• HB1695 by Canales relating to the relocation adjustment and ownership of commercial signs relocated in

Bills: HJR98 , HJR8 , HJR133 , HB23 , HB33 , HB144 , HB 109 , HB 103 , HB148 , HB3809 , HB1686 , HB2217 , HB2156 , HB220 , HB2421 , HB2363 , HB3773 , HB421 , HB2584 , HB2615 , HB2455 , HB3711 , HB2559 , HB3747 , HB2775 , HB2886 , HB3126 , HB3666 , HB3595 , HB3260 , HB3506 , HB1638 , HB3376 , HB3826 , HB3628 , HB1349 , HB3770 , HB1831 , HB1762 , HB2614 , HB3113 , HB267 , HB322 , HB431 , HB869 , HB 1203 , HB 1201 , HB 1244 , HB1875 , HB1950 , HB2152 , HB2290 , HB2341 , HB2436 , HB2809 , HB2856 , HB3012 , HB2954 , HCR56 , HCR102 , HB 107 , HB1587 , HB3684 , HB658 , HJR99 , HB1399 , HJR5 , HJR2 , HJR6 , HJR31 , HB1971 , SJR3 , HB1775 , HJR72 , HB502 , HB3109 , HJR98 , HJR8 , HJR133 , HB 118 , HB388 , HB 114 , HB205 , HB2789 , HB2791 , HB499 , HB2960 , HB3163 , HB3135 , HB2427 , HB1618 , HB1672 , HB1722 , HB1338 , HB787 , HB2618 , HB879 , HB 1126 , HB4134 , HB3513 , HB718 , HB1536 , HB1445 , HB1640 , HB1893 , HB1734 , HB3229 , HB3306 , HB 1276 , HB3272 , HB3276 , HB3516 , HB4145 , HB1585 , HB4810 , HB2989 , HB2558 , HB3014 , HB2742 , HB1695 , HB23 , HB33 , HB144 , HB 109 , HB 103 , HB148 , HB3809 , HB1686 , HB2217 , HB2156 , HB220 , HB2421 , HB2363 , HB3773 , HB421 , HB2584 , HB2615 , HB2455 , HB3711 , HB2559 , HB3747 , HB2775 , HB2886 , HB3126 , HB3666 , HB3595 , HB3260 , HB3506 , HB1638 , HB3376 , HB3826 , HB3628 , HB1349 , HB3770 , HB1831 , HB1762 , HB2614 , HB3113 , HB267 , HB322 , HB431 , HB869 , HB 1203 , HB 1201 , HB 1244 , HB1875 , HB1950 , HB2152 , HB2290 , HB2341 , HB2436 , HB2809 , HB2856 , HB3012 , HB2954 , HCR56 , HCR102

Keywords: Article V, federal government, fiscal restraints, constitutional amendment, term limits, nuclear energy, electric generation, funding, Texas nuclear development fund, advanced reactors, HJR 133, Texas constitutional amendment, ad valorem tax, property tax exemption, homestead exemption, surviving spouse, veteran, veterans benefits, service-connected death, presumed service-connected condition

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• She asked whether this is $600 per month per officer for nine officers, and the answer was yes, ma'am
• And this is $600 per month per officer for nine officers, correct? Yes, ma'am.
• Office. Hi, Catherine Grangay with the Legislative Fiscal Office. Thank you.
• We have something called the Attorney General's Office, correct?
• that office looking after this consortium.

Bills: HR3 , HR80 , HB4 , HB172 , HB189 , HB623 , HB944 , HB1185 , HB1199 , HB1222 , SB105 , SB125 , SB461

Committee: House Appropriations

Keywords: housing assistance, state-owned property, cost-burdened, state employees, affordable housing, fiscal audit, higher education, public funds, underrepresented minorities, Board of Regents, Louisiana legislation, constitutional convention, Louisiana constitution, electoral process, government structure, delegate elections, airport authority, fire protection, supplemental pay, public safety