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• my daughter, who's an obstetrician, a very young woman, 30 years old, who's doing her residency in Texas
• , and in Texas... ...who's doing her residency in Texas.
• And in Texas, she risks going to jail and spending her life after years of college and medical school
• And so the idea that she has to do so worrying in Texas whether she's committing a crime, whether she's
• and statewide concern, to advance regional coordination, improve reliability and affordability of electricity

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• where</c><01:23:02.960><c> uh</c> spent nuclear fuel on where uh spent nuclear fuel on where uh electrical
• c> generation</c><01:23:04.239><c> is</c><01:23:04.480><c> being</c><01:23:04.719><c> taken</c> electrical
• I would argue that the cost of burning coal for electricity with or without carbon capture is higher
• </c><01:56:58.000><c> with</c><01:56:58.159><c> or</c> burning coal for electricity with or burning coal
• for electricity with or without<01:56:58.960><c> carbon</c><01:56:59.360><c> capture</c><01:57:00.320

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• with a Texas subpoena, which is what the original bill would have done.
• If she misstepped, she could go to jail in Texas.
• Texas in 1991 has the same gas tax they have today. I think it's 20 cents.
• And by the way, someone was talking about the population of Texas, Madam President.
• The population of Texas, Madam President, they're increasing dramatically in population.

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• We haven't seen the cost decrease specifically in the electrical energy and gas going towards Missourians
• That's an interesting concept because, you know, places like Texas export things like oil, and they have
• a good way of bringing in... ...places like Texas, they export things like oil, and they have a good

Committee: House Rules - Legislative

Summary: The Missouri House Legislative Rules Committee held a hearing on House Bill 2243, sponsored by Rep. Bryant-Wolfen, which would repeal a 2021 provision that exempted certain manufacturing and mining-related industries from local sales tax. The sponsor argued the change unintentionally stripped counties of revenue they had already approved through local votes, shifting the burden onto ordinary Missourians and leaving local governments without a replacement source of funding. Committee members questioned whether the bill would amount to a tax increase, whether a referendum or local voter approval should be required, and whether the measure could discourage investment or job growth. The sponsor said the bill simply restores local taxing authority and noted the fiscal note showed roughly $35 million in local revenue at stake statewide. Testimony in support came from local officials from Iron County, Adair County, and St. Genevieve County, including commissioners, a sheriff, and a 911 board official. They said the exemption reduced revenue for roads, ambulance service, law enforcement, and 911 operations, forcing service cuts and higher local levies. Iron County witnesses said the loss hit a county dependent on mining and reduced ambulance coverage and sheriff funding; Adair County officials said the exemption affected expected revenue from a large solar project and other energy infrastructure; St. Genevieve County officials cited sharp monthly declines in sales tax receipts and said inflation made the loss even more severe. Supporters emphasized that these were locally approved taxes and that the affected companies still benefit from county services. Opposition came from Associated Industries of Missouri, which argued the original exemption was part of Missouri’s effort to comply with the U.S. Supreme Court’s Wayfair decision and keep tax rules uniform for out-of-state sellers. The group warned that removing the exemption could make Missouri’s tax system less simple and potentially jeopardize local use-tax collections statewide, with a much larger possible revenue loss if the law were challenged. The committee chair said the hearing would continue with a hard stop for floor business, and at the end of testimony he indicated he planned to take executive action on the bill later in the week. No vote was taken during the hearing.

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• So, if it's carpentry, if it's welding, if it's HAC, if it's electrical, they're all growing pretty rapidly
• Are they being pulled into Texas and Arkansas and stuff like this?
• Arkansas may be one of our biggest competitors, but Texas for sure, as well as not so much in Kansas,

Committee: House A&B Education Subcommittee

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• </c> uh and all of the people in the Texas uh and all of the people in the Texas National<02:12:24.480
• Gentleman from Texas is recognized.
• </c> The gentleman from Texas is recognized. The gentleman from Texas is recognized.
• </c> Texas is recognized. Texas is recognized.
• And the refrain I heard one Texas.

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• serve the Capitol Mall and the Capitol campus, and one of the main ideas is relinking the city street grid
• c><00:10:40.480><c> the</c><00:10:40.639><c> city</c><00:10:40.920><c> street</c><00:10:41.320><c> Grid
• </c> ideas is relinking the city street Grid ideas is relinking the city street Grid in<00:10:42.240>
• essentially, what's there right now, looking at a redevelopment component that would include, you know, a gridded

Committee: Senate State and Local Government

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• Examples of projects in our asset preservation requests include boilers, roofs, mechanical and electrical
• There’s security and electrical maintenance and everything else in there.
• and safety hazards creating electrical and safety hazards and<00:42:42.560><c> challenges</c><00:42:
• When you just think about 202 homes that have failing electrical grid beneath them, it's a pretty profound
• and new fire combination of electrical and new fire doors. doors. doors.

Committee: Senate Capital Investment

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• In addition to that, if you want to look at our Administrative Services list and you look at the grid
• in the CIP book and you look at the grid, this order is roughly the priority order.
• have electric or hybrid vehicles.
• I sometimes get questions from reps outside this committee who are curious about that. have electric
• or hybrid vehicles which have electric or hybrid vehicles which any<00:57:11.960><c> either</c><00:57

Summary: The Department of Administrative Services presented its capital budget process and priorities, explaining how agencies assess facility needs, rank projects, and submit requests to the governor’s office. DAS described its Plant and Property division, which maintains 96 state buildings, and Public Works, which develops detailed cost estimates for selected projects. Officials said the governor’s office has traditionally narrowed requests into priority tiers, but this year all projects were estimated, creating more work and less detail. They also emphasized that the capital budget book functions as legislative intent and can be binding on how approved funds are used. On the substance of the request, DAS highlighted several priorities: continued funding for the state ERP system upgrade to the cloud, with about $5 million requested for sustainability and related Treasury functions; emergency fund and annex renovation work; a sprinkler replacement at DMV; and elevator repairs at the main building. Karen Rocky also identified maintenance projects that rose in priority after a facility condition assessment, including HVAC work for Portsmouth Circuit Court and Coos County Courthouse, boilers and controls for Carroll County and Lebanon Circuit Court, brick repointing at the main building and annex, window replacement at Spalding, and Brown building elevator replacement. Officials noted that the governor’s proposed capital budget included fewer DAS projects than in past years and no projects for the Bureau of Court Facilities. The committee also discussed lapses and reprogramming of prior appropriations. DAS said the first eight projects approved in 2023 remain under construction and should be extended, while many 2021 projects are delayed because of ARPA-related workload and broader construction backlogs. Members reviewed a 2019 project list and agreed to lapse project number 49, the Spalding roof project, with about $81,000 remaining. DAS also said some small 2019 balances, including courthouse generators, a boiler, cooling and controls, roof and exterior repairs, and the State House Annex elevator, could be redirected through Capital Budget Overview toward the Hillsboro County South Cell Block project. The hearing ended with questions about project schedules, ARPA deadlines, and the division of authority between DoIT and DAS for the ERP system.

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• AB 706 supports getting more energy connected to the grid without adding additional cost to ratepayers

Summary: The committee heard several energy-related bills, with the chair announcing AB 2200 would be taken on consent. AB 353, by Assembly Member Boerner Horvath, would convert the CPUC’s internal audit office into an Inspector General office to improve transparency and oversight; it drew support from some local and consumer groups and opposition from the California Water Association. AB 706, by Assembly Member Aguiar-Curry, would create a fund to support projects that use forest biomass from wildfire mitigation efforts, with broad support from forestry, labor, local government, and energy groups, and opposition from environmental organizations that argued biomass electricity is costly and polluting. Members asked about the bill’s transparency and ratepayer impacts, and the author said she would work with opponents. Assembly Member Rogers presented AB 1761, which would increase transparency around the PCIA “exit fee” charged to community choice aggregators and other load-serving entities. Supporters said the bill would help CCAs forecast rates and audit calculations, while Southern California Edison and San Diego Gas & Electric opposed it, citing market-sensitive data concerns and CPUC oversight. Rogers also presented AB 2369, aimed at improving transmission planning for energy-only projects in rural areas by allowing the CPUC to begin planning before a project is formally proposed; it drew support and no opposition at the hearing, with members noting the need to break the “chicken-and-egg” problem in transmission development. Assembly Member Pacheco presented AB 2124, the Ratepayer Protection Act, which would require the California Council on Science and Technology to evaluate the cost and efficacy of proposed legislative mandates affecting utility bills before committee votes. Utilities and labor supported the bill as a way to inform lawmakers about rate impacts, while members questioned the analysis process and timing. Assembly Member Schultz presented AB 1787, which would require investor-owned utilities to offer dynamic electricity rates to customers after smart meter upgrades, with supporters saying it could lower bills and improve grid use; utilities opposed parts of the bill over cybersecurity and cost-shift concerns, though some CCAs moved to neutral after amendments. Finally, Assembly Member Zbur presented AB 2383, a data center rate bill intended to ensure new large loads pay their fair share and do not shift costs to other ratepayers; supporters included labor and oversight groups, while opponents said the bill still lacked key protections on clean energy procurement, transmission costs, demand response, and treatment of existing data centers. The committee also heard AB 2493, by Assembly Member Cardenas Norris, which would impose deadlines, audits, remedial action, and return-on-equity consequences to speed grid interconnection work; clean energy and environmental groups supported it, while utilities opposed it as duplicative and costly, though they said they were willing to keep working on amendments.

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• Michael Grid-Ove, sorry, folks. I'm the same. I'm just observing today. Thank you.

Summary: The meeting began with quorum being established and the group approving the minutes from the April 27 public hearing and the April 7 working group meeting. Both sets of minutes were accepted by roll call vote without objection. The chair then moved to the main agenda items, which focused on final recommendations from subcommittees related to youth sports policy. The working group reviewed and adopted a health and safety protocol recommendation from the children’s subcommittee. The updated language broadened the earlier concussion-focused proposal to authorize the state to establish protocols for injuries and health risks generally, including weather-related issues such as heat and stroke, and it was noted that this could also cover emergency action planning. The recommendation was approved by roll call vote and accepted into the full working group’s final set of recommendations. The group then considered two recommendations from the parents, money, and sports/facilities subcommittee. The first would prohibit facilities or organizations from banning parents or family members from recording youth sports events, responding to concerns about private streaming restrictions. The second would direct the state agency overseeing youth sports to work across state government on a grant program offering low- or zero-interest capital funding for organizations or facilities that meet youth sports access benchmarks. Both recommendations were discussed as promoting family access and equitable participation, and both were adopted by roll call vote. After a brief public comment period in which no one testified, members were told the subcommittees did not expect further work before the next meeting, when the full group would discuss the final report and could still consider feedback. The meeting concluded with a motion to adjourn, which passed unanimously.

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• Michael Grid-Ove. Sorry, folks, I'm the same. I'm just observing today. Thank you.

Summary: The Massachusetts Youth Sports Working Group held a public hearing and working group meeting focused on finalizing recommendations for youth sports regulation. Members first approved the minutes from the April 27 public hearing and the April 7 working group meeting by roll call votes. The group then discussed and approved a health and safety protocol recommendation from the children’s subcommittee. The updated language broadened the state’s authority from concussion-specific rules to protocols covering injuries and health risks more generally, including issues such as heat and related emergency responses. Members noted that this could also encompass emergency action plans for sports events. The recommendation passed by roll call. Next, the group considered two recommendations from the parents, money, sports, and facilities subcommittee. The first would prohibit facilities or organizations from banning parents or family members from recording youth sports events, reflecting concerns about private streaming requirements. The second would direct the state agency to work across government on a grant program offering low- to zero-interest capital funding for organizations or facilities that meet youth sports access benchmarks. Both recommendations were approved by roll call. No public testimony was offered beyond a few attendees indicating they were only observing, and the meeting adjourned after a final call for comment.

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• House Bill 585 by Business Committee regarding electrical, plumbing, and HVAC inspections.
• We were going up and down the river with the Texas Rangers. It was absolute chaos.
• doing this and have had a modest growth in their ag economy, they've deferred to other states like Texas
• Texas and Idaho are up 30-some percent.

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• Chairman, members of the committee, my name is Jenna Morales, and I'm representing the National Electrical
• The state that comes to the top of my mind is Texas.
• Texas has put a ridiculous amount of resources towards development in this sector, and their commission
• out nationally to let people know that they are very interested in commercial space development in Texas

Bills: SB241 , SB145 , HB2

Committee: House House Appropriations & Finance

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• Chairman, members of the committee, my name is Jenna Morales, and I'm representing the National Electrical
• The state that comes to mind is Texas.
• Texas has put a ridiculous amount of resources toward development in this sector, and their commission
• out nationally to let people know that they are very interested in commercial space development in Texas

Summary: The committee first heard House Bill 7, the Apprenticeship Assistance Act, which would keep apprenticeship trust fund distributions at $2.5 million rather than reducing them and remove a reference to the tobacco settlement permanent fund. Labor, construction, business, and environmental groups testified in support, emphasizing workforce development, retention of workers in New Mexico, and expansion of apprenticeship opportunities. The bill was moved and adopted without opposition. Members then considered House Bill 66, as amended, to increase funding for health professional loan repayment and related workforce supports. The amendment struck an appropriation because the funding was already included in House Bill 2. Testimony from health care providers, chambers of commerce, social workers, and physical therapy advocates supported the bill as a way to address provider shortages and improve recruitment and retention. After questions about eligibility, repayment terms, and overlap with similar Senate bills, the committee voted to do pass the bill as amended. House Bill 96, creating a working group to study a possible New Mexico Space Commission, was also amended to strike an appropriation. Support came from the chamber, Virgin Galactic, and aerospace advocates, who said a commission could help coordinate economic development and workforce efforts in the space sector. Members asked about other states’ commissions, workforce pathways, and the working group’s timeline, and the sponsor agreed to add clearer dissolution language later. The committee then passed the bill as amended. The committee then took up House Bill 80, a committee substitute to redirect more of the oil and gas conservation tax to the reclamation fund for orphan well plugging and site remediation. Supporters from industry, environmental groups, tribal advocates, and chambers said the bill would better align the tax with its original purpose and provide stable funding for cleanup, while an opponent argued the bill shifts costs from industry to the public and should instead raise the tax or bonding requirements. After discussion of backlog, phase-in timing, and procurement reforms, the committee voted do pass. The committee also heard House Bill 4, as amended, which phases in a larger share of premium surtax revenue to the Health Care Affordability Fund over three years. Supporters said it would sustain BeWell enrollment and affordability programs, while opponents questioned the burden on private payers and the size of the general fund impact. The committee adopted the substitute and then passed it on a 10-7 vote. Finally, the committee approved House Bill 65, as amended, creating a Foster Care Plus pilot project for children in CYFD custody, with testimony both supporting the need for better services and cautioning that implementation should respect tribal law, cultural practices, and family reunification. The committee also tabled House Bill 68 at the sponsor’s request. The transcript then began discussion of House Bill 88, which would make minor changes to the land grant assistance fund, including capturing reverted payments that currently go back to the general fund.

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• I can call Director James Chavez up to give us a specific breakdown of how many electric vehicles we
• move forward, I just want to suggest to the colleagues here that as we move forward, you know, in Texas
• under the Department of Transportation, they have a very effective campaign called "Don't Mess with Texas
• It's kind of a Texas thing that we need as a state to take a more serious, almost like a big ad campaign

Committee: Senate Senate Finance

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• follow-up would be: would you look at past programs that we've discontinued, perhaps like, say, a salary grid
• Maybe it would cover what you're looking for in, like, the salary grid. Last question.

Bills: HB1796 , SGA9249 , SGA9269 , SGA9244

Committee: Senate Early Learning & K-12 Education

Keywords: school construction, contract indebtedness, school districts, bonding authority, education funding

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• At the end of it, we are trying to get some enhanced grid resiliency.
• So this... statute and rules allow for interconnection equipment as well to get onto the grid, and it'll

Committee: House New Mexico Finance Authority Oversight Committee

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• It would eliminate references to specific chapters and articles of the National Electric Code, or NEC
• performing electrical work.
• This will allow Electric Code or NEC.
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• </c> exemption when performing electrical exemption when performing electrical work. work. work.

Committee: Senate Labor