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• I'm trying to find my password.
• , to be able to apply for this tax.
• So that's the only change that it's doing is trying to empower our veterans, give them another tool,
• </c> right. Uh, you can do it right here. right. Uh, you can do it right here.
• trying to empower our that it's doing is trying to empower our veterans,<00:19:14.160><c> give</c><00

Bills: HB131 , HB77 , HB131 , HB77

Committee: House Military and Veterans Affairs

Keywords: Alabama Board of Athletic Trainers, diversity, government oversight, Sunset Law, congressional districts, HB77, absentee voting, absentee ballot, disabled voter, disability accommodation, voter assistance, ballot delivery, ballot application, designee, caregiver, election manager, vote by mail, mail ballot, ballot harvesting, voter access

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• ask the testifiers to try to keep their testimony between two minutes or so, right around that two-minute
• /c><00:39:50.000><c> the</c> tool we're trying to tailor it to the tool we're trying to tailor it to
• , what was always right to do, the right thing, and to save lives.
• , what was always right to do, the right thing, and to save lives.
• , what was always right to do, the right thing, and to save lives.

Bills: HF1355 , HF1469 , HF1768

Committee: House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy

Keywords: commercial diving, scuba diving safety, aquatic plant management, workplace safety, environmental regulations, HF1469, Minnesota, workforce development, job training, job skills training, reentry, reentry services, formerly incarcerated, ex-offenders, inmates, recently released inmates, felony conviction, felony-level offense, corrections, prison release

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• And Lord, we recognize that, as the scripture says, that those that try to build a government, try to
• It was created to celebrate the oyster industry and began to contribute to the economy of the city and
• Helena Parish, to require a local option election relative to term limits, and to specify the term limit
• House Resolution by Representative Wiley to memorialize Congress to take action necessary to issue the
• Act and the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court to restore rights of privacy protection against

Bills: HR19 , HR20 , HR21 , HR22 , HR23 , HR24 , HR25 , HR26 , HR27 , HR28 , HR29 , HR30 , HR31 , HR32 , HR33 , HR34 , HR35 , HR36 , HR37 , HR38 , HCR15 , HCR16 , HCR17 , HCR18 , HB115 , HB208 , HB465 , HB832 , HB964 , HB965 , HB966 , HB967 , HB968 , HB969 , HB970 , HB971 , HB972 , HB973 , HB974 , HB975 , HR14 , HR15 , HR16 , HR17 , HR18 , HCR14 , SCR4 , SCR7 , SCR8 , HB362 , HB963 , HB207 , HB300 , HB331 , HB428 , HB464 , HB587 , HB618 , HB629 , HB801 , HB853 , HB891 , HB78 , HB112 , HB148 , HB149 , HB190 , HB221 , HB346 , HB354 , HB355 , HB356 , HB358 , HB384 , HB427 , HB657 , HB675 , HB716 , HB901

Keywords: HR19, House Resolution 19, Louisiana Nursery and Landscape Association Day, LNLA, nursery industry, landscape industry, horticulture, green industry, environmental stewardship, beautification, sustainability, state capitol, special day resolution, commemoration, trade association, wholesale growers, landscape architects, grounds maintenance, interiorscapers, Louisiana agriculture

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• Making her job harder, which is, and so we're trying to just clean that up.
• Right, we've got House Bill 3383 with Representative Ranson. You're welcome to explain the bill.
• try to plug some of these holes to protect the people's tax dollars, provide...
• that what we're trying to highlight is the Vagueness is problematic and something that needs to be considered
• So, what we have before us right now is a bill that says that we're not going to use any state Dollars

Bills: HB3620 , HB3942 , HB3279 , HB3378 , HB3383 , HB3413 , HB3414 , HB3415 , HB3420 , HB3130

Committee: House General Government

Keywords: 2030 census, complete count committee, census outreach, decennial census, enumeration, population count, hard-to-count populations, hard-to-enumerate areas, State Data Center, Oklahoma Census, multilingual campaign, public outreach, school-based outreach, community organizations, minority groups, ethnic minorities, language minorities, self-response rate, census awareness, federal census

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• And I'm trying to figure out where they're coming from. Right, no, you're right.
• Right? And that's what we're trying to prevent. Yes, ma'am. Thank you.
• trying to address.
• want it, and if they can try to say they fit in, they will try to do that.
• It follows the model of the Texas Right to Try, established unanimously by the 84th legislature, and

Bills: SB670 , SB1388 , SB627 , SB912 , SB269 , SB528 , HB2711 , HB4819 , HB5248 , HB4175

Committee: House Public Health

Keywords: SB 670, investigational sun protection products, sun protection, sunscreen, FDA approval, clinical trial, phase one trial, patient access, informed consent, physician prescription, Texas Health and Safety Code, Texas Medical Board, compassionate use, experimental treatment, medical freedom, patient autonomy, healthcare regulation, dietitian, dietitians, licensed dietitian

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• I'll be the first one to sit and say I'm not trying to move this bill.
• It would be a nightmare to try and control, and we feel it's going to create a nuisance.
• I'm trying to keep it short. Thank you.
• They still have to obtain the permit, right?
• No, no, I was just trying to...

Bills: SB215 , SB1104 , SB1351 , SB1931 , SB2245 , SB2589 , SB2707 , SB2807 , SB1423 , SB1568

Committee: Senate Transportation

Keywords: education, funding, school districts, local control, equity, digital identification, identity verification, Department of Public Safety, Texas legislature, wireless communication, Texas, technology, identification program, fee structure, wireless devices, public safety, hunting license, handgun license, fingerprinting, dealer license

Summary: The Senate Committee on Transportation heard several bills, mostly local memorial highway designations and transportation-related regulatory measures. Senator Hinojosa presented SB 1351 to designate part of US 281 in Hidalgo County as the Jose Rodriguez Lua Memorial Highway in honor of a Border Patrol processing coordinator killed by a drunk driver; a family member testified emotionally in support, and the bill was left pending. The committee also heard and left pending SB 2245 on bonded titles for vehicles when a lienholder has gone out of business, SB 1568 on animal-friendly specialty license plates with a second “spay, neuter, adopt” plate, SB 2589 on handling closed county roads in Webb County, SB 1104 on allowing large retailers to use one fingerprinted employee of record across multiple Texas locations, SB 1423 naming the Bill Stout Parkway in Longview, and SB 1931 naming part of US 83 the Rodolfo Valdez Memorial Highway. Most of these bills drew supportive testimony or were presented as local measures with no opposition. The committee also took up broader policy bills. SB 215 would create a digital identification program for Texas driver’s licenses and certain other licenses, but the sponsor said he was mainly laying the bill out for discussion and study; testimony was limited and the bill was left pending. SB 2707 would clarify that government entities such as TxDOT and the military remain exempt from fees on oversized/overweight permit authority, though a county commissioner raised questions about road-use impacts and fee revenue. SB 2807 drew the most discussion: it would prevent a motor carrier’s use of safety technology, training, and related practices from being used as evidence that an independent contractor is actually an employee. Supporters said the bill would encourage adoption of safety tools like cameras and braking systems without increasing misclassification risk, while opponents from the trial lawyers’ side warned the wording could conflict with existing labor-code definitions and create litigation. The sponsor and committee members discussed possible clarifying floor amendments. After public testimony, the committee voted on the pending bills. All measures were reported favorably on 6-0 votes, with committee substitutes adopted where applicable. SB 1351, SB 1423, SB 1568, SB 1931, SB 2245, SB 2589, SB 2707, SB 2807, and SB 2841 were all sent to the full Senate, and several were recommended for the local and uncontested calendar. The committee recessed subject to the call of the chair after completing the votes.

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• ><00:36:26.240><c> in</c> that my my intent is to try to put us in that my my intent is to try to put
• </c><00:36:32.720><c> try</c><00:36:32.880><c> to</c><00:36:33.040><c> to</c><00:36:33.359><c> try</c
• </c><00:36:34.480><c> Um</c><00:36:34.800><c> when</c> wants to try to to try to fill.
• Um when wants to try to to try to fill.
• Um, Hennepin is a bit of a — I’m trying to focus this bill, um, you know, again, on trying to do what

Bills: HF3439 , HF3763

Committee: House Health Finance and Policy

Keywords: Medical Assistance, Medicaid, MNsure, MinnesotaCare, disability determination, expedited eligibility, state medical review team, compassionate allowance, rare disease, home and community-based services, long-term care, managed care, county-based purchasing, eligibility redetermination, periodic data matching, death master file, Social Security Administration, program integrity, income eligibility, asset test

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• We're trying to bring him over. Trying to bring him over. Okay, please go ahead.
• I'm trying to keep us going. Yes, and I'll go quickly.
• And then we are trying to ask those choosing to testify online to please advance: Zora Oppenheimer, Michael
• the lost revenue to local prosecutors in an attempt to try to keep our programs whole.
• So we want to work with all parties to try to get that right as the bill moves forward. Thank you.

Bills: HB1316 , HB2401 , HB2557 , HB2720 , HB1073 , HB2685 , HB2640 , HB2403

Committee: House Appropriations

Keywords: postsecondary education, homelessness, foster youth, education access, support programs, commission, gender equity, boys, men, advocacy, state policy, special education, parental rights, educational access, evaluation reports, disability services, behavioral health, emergency services, health insurance, provider access

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• For a constituent he wouldn't try to help.
• Government efficiency is a good thing, but there's a right way to go about it, a legal way to go about
• Government efficiency is a good thing, but there's a right way to go about it, a legal way to go about
• A mom who spent her life working in our national parks and is trying to send her kids to college, does
• It takes a while to get the right-of-ways purchased.

Bills: HR818 , HR832 , HR825 , HR828 , HR804 , HR754 , HR788

Keywords: impeachment, judge, criminal conduct, judicial behavior, Supreme Court, assassination attempt, sentencing, ideology, National Chemistry Week, education, STEM careers, science promotion, public engagement, government transparency, communication, House of Representatives, appropriations, furlough, Federal agencies, military service

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• I'll reserve your right to close. There's no witnesses, right?
• We'll reserve your right to close.
• We just need to make sure we put together the right skill sets and the right resources to ensure that
• And we will reserve your right to close.
• I'm happy to answer any questions and reserve the right to close.

Bills: HB937 , HB2078 , HB2080 , HB3322 , HB3350 , HB4212 , HB4630 , HB4896 , HB4951 , HB5348 , HB5675 , SB565 , SB971 , SB1662 , SB2124

Committee: House Natural Resources

Keywords: special districts, notice requirements, Water Code, government transparency, public meetings, meeting notice, transparency, public engagement, notice, elections, groundwater management, water conservation, joint planning, environmental impact, desired future conditions, groundwater, conservation district, environmental quality, regulatory review, water utility

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• Honestly, it was put into SJR 5 to try to basically tighten up the rights of the accused.
• to bail, prior to what you're trying to do here today?
• Right, which would absolutely make what you're trying to do here moot, obsolete, repetitious, redundant
• right to bail.
• And if so, is that enough to deny someone a right to a trial or a right to bail?

Bills: SB664 , SB40 , SB9 , SJR1 , SJR5 , SB27 , SB207 , SB2938 , SB1901 , SB1227 , SB1248 , SB912 , SB1321 , SB2143 , SB2145 , SB1497 , SB1239 , SB2180 , SB1388 , SB1762 , SB1662 , SB1951 , SB1537 , SB493 , SB378 , SB1020 , SB1018 , SB992 , SB958 , SB920 , SB1350 , SCR25 , SB687 , SB1332 , SB2185 , SB552 , SB664 , SB40 , SB9 , SJR1 , SJR5 , SB458 , SB482 , SB927 , SB984 , SB651 , SB1620 , SB2124 , SB2448 , SB841 , SB843 , SB402 , SB2662 , SB2053 , SB2332 , SB2112 , SB745 , SB1247 , SB1789 , SB27 , SB207 , SB2938 , SB1901 , SB1227 , SB1248 , SB912 , SB1321 , SB2143 , SB2145 , SB1497 , SB1239 , SB2180 , SB1388 , SB1762 , SB1662 , SB1951 , SB1537 , SB493 , SB378 , SB1020 , SB1018 , SB992 , SB958 , SB920 , SB1350 , HCR76 , HCR127 , HCR9 , HCR40 , HCR118 , HR559 , HCR59 , HCR135 , HCR141 , HCR46 , HCR109 , HCR10 , SCR25 , HB2525 , HB142 , HB140 , HB29 , HB451 , HB3809 , HB3307 , HB 1130 , HJR1 , HB9 , SB17 , SB260 , SB509 , SB1506 , SB1637 , SB2308

Keywords: Texas courts, judicial officers, associate judge, magistrate, master, referee, hearing officer, court administration, Government Code Chapter 54, Government Code Chapter 54A, bail training, Article 17.024, Article 15.17, local administrative judge, State Commission on Judicial Conduct, Office of Court Administration, county courts, criminal justice, criminal jurisprudence, judicial qualifications

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• But I will try to come back as fast as I can.
• No one's going to be coming trying to sue you. You can't give away a good idea.
• No one's going to be coming trying to sue you.
• And we've been able to do yeoman's work to try to figure out how to connect these two communities, Memorial
• of transportation when it comes to trying to figure out food and security and trying to get to a place

Bills: S3022 , H5187

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on Community Development and Small Businesses

Keywords: ENOUGH Act, ENOUGH fund, anti-poverty, poverty reduction, community development, place-based grants, distressed neighborhoods, economic mobility, housing and livable communities, community schools, cradle-to-career, child poverty, intergenerational poverty, social services, workforce development, education equity, public health, behavioral health, mental health, affordable housing

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• So we did not try to call the ball on exactly what those projects would look like.
• So we really are trying to be as open and creative as possible to... ...really are trying to be as open
• Give us the time to actually plan the right repair at the right time versus being reactive.
• So areas where we have the ability to pursue some federal dollars, FRA grants, we're doing that right
• I'll turn to you. And I'm just going to go around to all right.

Bills: H4987 , S2905

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on Transportation

Keywords: transportation bond bill, municipal roads, municipal bridges, Chapter 90, road aid, highway funding, bridge repair, pavement, MassDOT, MBTA, rail reliability, commuter rail locomotives, Fair Share surtax, Commonwealth Transportation Fund, infrastructure financing, bond authorization, deferred maintenance, climate resilience, parkways, DCR

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• There used to be a report that was produced annually that had that, and I'm trying to remember what that
• That would be helpful to refer back to. Okay. Thank you so much. Thank you. All right.
• All right. Now I think. to refer back to. Thank you so much. Thank you. All right.
• All right, so we're going to turn to executive session now, and we've got two bills we're going to consider
• All right, so we're going to turn to executive session now and we've got two bills we're going to consider

Bills: SB6258 , SB5963

Committee: House Postsecondary Education & Workforce

Keywords: Washington Medical Commission, medical license, license relinquishment, voluntary surrender, nondisciplinary pathway, physician regulation, health professional licensing, disciplinary database, National Practitioner Data Bank, license renewal, license reinstatement, medical board, professional discipline, credential surrender, healthcare regulation, SB 5963, passport to careers, Washington College Grant, financial aid, higher education

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• So we'll try to bring you one in in time. Mr.
• Anybody want to volunteer? Okay, you've been appointed. Right there.
• to lower-end situations that we're trying to make better?
• And as we're trying to meet, you know, the governor's mission to meet our next level of energy generation
• And they were trying to get me to be involved and to... Go after the installer.

Bills: SB101 , SB58 , SB55 , SB101 , SB58 , SB55

Committees: Senate Senate Finance , Senate House Appropriations & Finance

Keywords: SB 101, Health Care Delivery and Access Act, repeal of repeal, sunset repeal, delayed repeal, health care, healthcare, access to care, medical services, provider regulation, state health law, New Mexico, SB58, metropolitan redevelopment, redevelopment property, property tax exemption, payments in lieu of taxes, PILOT, municipal redevelopment, local government

Bills: SF487 , SSB3003 , SSB3005 , SSB3007

Committee: Joint Workforce

Keywords: unemployment insurance, recordkeeping, employer audits, labor law, employee remuneration, unemployment benefits, claim process, fact-finding, worker rights, employer responsibilities, disabilities, vocational rehabilitation, employment, work search requirements, junior firefighter, junior fire fighter, firefighter I certification, fire service training bureau, career and technical education, CTE

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• you to try to get into what you're talking about.
• I'm trying to better understand that.
• outside, like impacted stakeholders, but I'm just trying to find that section right now.
• try to make this efficiency change.
• So what we're asking for is really more about trying to right-size the workload for the remaining staff

Bills: HB1544 , HB2219 , HB2253

Committee: House Early Learning & Human Services

Keywords: child welfare, risk assessment, investigation, child abuse, neglect, HB 2219, child care licensing, early learning, DCYF, Department of Children Youth and Families, Washington child care, preschool licensing, family child care, child care centers, nature-based child care, outdoor preschool, mixed-age ratios, staff-to-child ratio, group size, zero tolerance

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• So we're just trying to prevent that. That's much... So the current law...
• But the animal would have to know who its owner is, right? Exactly.
• I agree with you, but enforcing that is going to be... that's where you're right.
• I said, okay, I'm trying to take them to the shelter, but the shelter...
• We're trying to prevent that first instance of abandonment completely.

Bills: SB64 , HB249

Committee: House Agriculture and Forestry

Keywords: SB64, Alabama, state waters, public waters, aquatic plants, aquatic vegetation, lake management, waterway maintenance, environmental regulation, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, DCNR, commercial contractors, vegetation removal, mowing aquatic plants, uprooting plants, Class C misdemeanor, fine, water quality, invasive species, lakes

Bills: HCR11 , HCR181 , HCR187 , HCR47 , HCR44 , HCR161 , HCR102 , HCR107 , HCR118 , HCR42 , HCR176 , HCR84 , HCR94 , HCR195 , HR14 , HR171 , HR177 , HR43 , HR40 , HR151 , HR94 , HR99 , HR110 , HR38 , HR166 , HR76 , HR86 , HR185

Committee: Senate Education

Keywords: charter schools, facilities, school funding, education, Hawaii, student enrollment, policy change, HCR181, House Concurrent Resolution, Department of Education, DOE, temporary positions, position renewal, superintendent-level positions, legislative intent, statutory interpretation, budget accountability, fiscal oversight, government transparency, state employment

Bills: SSB1098 , SSB1058 , SSB1009 , SSB1051 , SSB1126 , SSB1097

Committee: Joint Judiciary

Keywords: open container, THC beverage, tetrahydrocannabinol, hemp beverage, hemp products, cannabis beverage, motor vehicle, passenger area, traffic safety, roadside enforcement, simple misdemeanor, scheduled fine, Iowa Code 321.284, Iowa Code 321.284A, alcohol open container, hemp-derived THC, public safety, assault, law enforcement, health care