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• They have different codes, they have different modifiers, they have different portals.
• His colleague that practices both in New Mexico and Texas shows his costs in Texas.
• For the Texas A&M University system, and you retired from the job after just...
• incentives, although the state has electrical power issues and water.
• Hamilton, thank you so much for coming all the way out here from Texas.

Keywords: 996, all

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• were three areas of change: technical changes from the Department of Revenue to align with existing code
• needs, removal of estimated tax payment language, clarification of the Alabama consolidated return code
• <00:06:58.240> It<00:06:58.479> provided lined up with existing code.
• It provided lined up with existing code.
• Uh, since there return by code section.

Bills: HB517, HB520, HB233, HB354, HB517, HB520, HB233, HB354

Keywords: underground damage prevention, one-call notification system, utility locating, excavation safety, dig safe, call before you dig, 811, utility lines, underground utilities, pipeline safety, gas pipeline, electric utility, telecommunications, water utility, wastewater, cable television, locate request, premark, tolerance zone, positive response

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• water tanks, the wells that the water water tanks, the wells that the water treatment<01:29:26.080
• the water system. the water system.
• needs uh for the appropriate uses water. needs uh for the appropriate uses water.
• is and water might not be.
• is and water might not be.

Bills: HB1721, HB1714, HB1718, HB1732, HB1740, HB1777, HB1842, HB1919, HB1701, HB1923, HB1741, HB1734, HB1739

Keywords: housing, expedited permits, insurance, indemnification, construction, affordable housing, executive compensation, Hawaii housing finance, legislative approval, low-income housing, moderate-income housing, mixed-use development, transit-oriented development, TOD, county powers, Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation, HHFDC, Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, DHHL, affordable housing credits

Summary: The House Housing Committee met on February 4 and heard testimony on several housing measures, beginning with HB1721, which clarifies insurance, indemnification, and certificate-of-occupancy requirements for expedited permits. Testimony on HB1721 was uniformly supportive from the American Council of Engineering Companies, the Grassroot Institute, and individual testifiers, who said the bill would fix insurance issues for design professionals and encourage more participation in the expedited-permit program. No opposition was heard and no questions were raised. The committee then heard HB1714, which would raise salary caps for the executive director and deputy executive director positions at the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation and allow more autonomy in personnel matters, including employment contracts. HHFDC supported the bill, saying greater flexibility is needed to recruit and retain staff and that current pay ceilings are not the main issue because the agency lacks operating funds to reach them. The Department of Human Resources Development offered comments and raised concerns about autonomous personnel authority and employment contracts, saying state personnel matters are governed by existing statutes and collective bargaining rules; the Hawaii Public Housing Authority also offered comments, and one board member and one individual opposed the measure. Members questioned whether performance-based pay or existing incentive policies could address retention instead of statutory salary changes. The committee also heard HB1718, which would make permanent county authority to facilitate mixed-use developments and issue county bonds for low- and moderate-income housing projects. Support came from OPSD, HHFDC, the City and County of Honolulu’s Department of Housing and Land Management, and Housing Hawaii’s Future, all emphasizing that permanent authority is needed to finance long-term mixed-use and transit-oriented projects. A member asked whether the sunset provision would make bonding impractical, and the city representative agreed that temporary authority would make financing difficult because development takes time. Later, the committee took up HB1732, establishing the Kamina Homes program to fund counties’ purchase of voluntary deed restrictions from eligible buyers. The Department of Taxation and several groups, including HHFDC, AARP Hawaii, the Tax Foundation of Hawaii, Hawaii Realtors, Holomua Collaborative, and others testified, with most supporting the bill as a way to help local families remain in Hawaii and age in place. Holomua said a recent survey found 75% of 3,200 working families were considering moving, and argued the bill could preserve housing for local residents. Members asked about the bill’s 8% cap on deed-restriction cost and why the program focuses on residency rather than resale restrictions; the bill’s proponents said the cap allows flexibility for county negotiations and that the measure is aimed at workforce preservation rather than land-trust-style appreciation limits. Finally, the committee heard HB1740, which would modify a prior HHFDC housing pathway by reducing the qualified-resident requirement from 100% to 80% and allowing more flexibility for long-term rental instead of owner occupancy. HHFDC and Holomua Collaborative supported the change, saying the earlier 100% requirement had produced no developments or applicants and that the revised standard would make projects more feasible while still preserving housing for local residents. The committee did not take final votes on these measures during the portion of the hearing provided.

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• Chair Davids, would you like to move the amendment coded A25-0075? So moved, Chair Norris.
• Next, we will move the author's amendment coded A25-0075, A1.
• Chair Davids, would you like to move the amendment coded A1?
• But then you've got Texas and Georgia at 50% and 75%.
• Sheila Vanney, I'm the Assistant Director with the Minnesota Association of Soil and Water Conservation

Bills: HF2730, HF2257, HF2768, HF1932, HF2437

Keywords: local government debt, municipal bonds, county bonds, capital improvements, public financing, bond issuance, public hearing, notice period, bond guarantee, Minnesota Public Facilities Authority, volume cap, private activity bonds, housing finance, residential rental bonds, LIHTC, low-income housing tax credits, redevelopment, courthouse financing, jail financing, law enforcement center

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• Next, we will move the author's amendment coded A1.
• But then you've got Texas and Georgia at 50% and 75%.
• <01:18:05.679> So, Texas and uh Georgia at 50 and 75%.
• So, Texas and uh Georgia at 50 and 75%.
• <01:20:43.520> clean<01:20:43.840> water, are coming to a close. clean water, are coming

Bills: HF2730, HF2257, HF2768, HF1932, HF2437

Keywords: local government debt, municipal bonds, county bonds, capital improvements, public financing, bond issuance, public hearing, notice period, bond guarantee, Minnesota Public Facilities Authority, volume cap, private activity bonds, housing finance, residential rental bonds, LIHTC, low-income housing tax credits, redevelopment, courthouse financing, jail financing, law enforcement center

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• He described being in the basement, seeing the water down there, and the impact it could have on the
• He described being in the basement and seeing the water that was down there, the impact it could have
• He described being in the basement, seeing the water that was down there, and the impact it could have

Bills: HF198, HF269, HF185, HF303, HF305, HF189

Keywords: HF198, shared time pupils, shared-time enrollment, nonpublic school, private school, public school, career and technical education, CTE, secondary credit, school funding, state aid, education finance, Minnesota Statutes 126C.01, compulsory attendance, school district, education policy, HF269, Spicer, Minnesota bonding bill, capital investment

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• The gentleman from Texas is recognized. Mr.
• before our committee to talk about fraud in Texas?
• I thank the gentleman from Texas.
• Gentleman from Texas... >> Gentleman yields. Gentleman from Texas is recognized. Mr.
• I defend Maxine Waters. I defend Vice... I defend Maxine Waters.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Thursday, June 11, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• soil of water. soil of water.
• Senator Waters. Waters. Waters.
• So you work with water treatment, correct? >> Water and wastewater.
• The water—I also work for the water guys, and they do a great job. The water is safe to drink.
• So Senator Waters. answered that. So Senator Waters.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• Water we have.
• Those regulations and rules about enough water in the stream and who gets the water.
• People wish they had river water, and the water in and of itself, the essence of the water, is different
• Sandoval County is forcing people to use water where they could use less water.
• Everywhere we can conserve water. We've been trying to conserve water.

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• from Texas seek recognition? from Texas seek recognition?
• the budget committee from Texas, Mr. the budget committee from Texas, Mr. Arrington.
• In plain view, Texas. CMS That's fraud. In plain view, Texas.
• <02:09:50.239> Winds waters crusted above 30 feet. Winds waters crusted above 30 feet.
• funding to increase our state's water funding to increase our state's water supply<02:57:32.080>

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Friday, September 19, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• The bail unit is in Cleveland, Texas.
• It was a unit in North of Dallas, one in Dybal, Texas and one in Cleveland, Texas.
• Director for Texas Juvenile Justice Department.
• Exceptional item number four, the East Texas Regional Armory is a new concept that would move the Texas
• Government Code.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• In fact, Texas Penal Code Section 38.11 prohibits such things as alcohol, deadly weapons, cell phones
• Under Texas Penal Code Section 38.115, it is an offense to operate a drone below 400 feet on a correctional
• Under Texas Penal Code 38.115, it is an offense to operate a drone below 400 feet on a correctional facility
• And that individual has absolutely no authority to enforce the Transportation Code in Cedar Park, Texas
• We're out in West Texas, San Antonio, Central Texas.

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

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• Texas and New Mexico certainly stand out.
• Things like increasing water cut, so per each barrel of oil produced, potentially have increases in water
• Things like increasing water cut, so per each. perspective. Things like increasing water cut.
• and 30 days in prison in Century Code already.
• And kind of a dark horse when comparing Texas and Florida. and kind of a dark horse when comparing Texas

Summary: The Tax Reform and Relief Advisory Committee met with a quorum, approved the March 17, 2026 minutes, and heard a lengthy update from Tax Commissioner Brian Croshys on property tax relief programs. He reviewed the Homestead Property Tax Credit, Disabled Veteran Credit, and Primary Residence Credit, noting increased relief after House Bill 1158 and House Bill 1176, but also discussing how some households “income adjust out” of eligibility over time. Members asked about indexing income thresholds, expanding eligibility by age alone, simplifying administration, county-level notices, and whether the county and state systems could be streamlined. Croshys said the programs are heavily used, largely administered at the county level, and that the department is still refining compliance and reporting; he also said there were no material findings or overarching concerns in the latest review. The committee agreed more detailed PRC information would likely come back in a September meeting, and the chair announced an afternoon recess for lunch before later reconvening. Shelly Myers then presented the statewide property tax increase report, the zero-growth report, and a statistical report on property values and tax levies by class. She explained how county auditors report levy and valuation data, how increases and decreases are counted, and identified counties and cities with the largest percentage changes in growth or decline. She also summarized recent trends: agricultural values remain relatively flat, while residential, commercial, and centrally assessed values have risen over the last five years; in 2025, residential property accounted for the largest share of statewide property tax levies, followed by commercial, agriculture, and centrally assessed property. Committee members asked about unusual zero-growth figures, the effect of annexation and land-use changes, and whether the 3% levy cap was forcing political subdivisions to use reserves or defer spending. Myers said many counties complied by using reserves, delaying capital projects, or limiting increases, and that some counties had not used their full cap. The committee then moved to the stripper oil extraction tax exemption. Commissioner Croshys reviewed the state’s oil tax structure and estimated the revenue impact of keeping stripper wells exempt from extraction tax while still paying production tax. He said the exemption saves operators hundreds of millions of dollars over a biennium, while the state still collects production tax on those wells. He also discussed projected impacts if the exemption were changed for future wells and noted that future outcomes depend on oil prices, production declines, and technology such as CO2 enhanced oil recovery. Nathan Anderson of the Department of Mineral Resources briefly explained the historical difference between the 35-barrel and 30-barrel thresholds for certain wells, citing differences in completion costs and lateral lengths. The committee then heard from EERC CEO Charles Gorecki, who presented an analysis of oil well life cycles and said most oil is produced before wells reach stripper status, but that refracturing or other reinvestment can significantly extend production and keep wells above the threshold for years.

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• and a little faster moving water with some currents.
• By manipulating water quality, like water temperature or salinity or pH, some of these things that corals
• It's not just water temperature, but it's how long that water temperature is.
• And by surface water, I mean any water of the state, which is literally pretty much any body of water
• That's their technology that creates drinkable clean water.

Summary: The Committee on Environment and Natural Resources heard a series of presentations focused on coral reef restoration, artificial reefs, biosolids management, and a proposed biosolids processing facility. Mote Marine Laboratory described the severe decline of Florida’s coral reefs, its restoration methods using microfragmentation, genetic banking, selective breeding, nurseries, and outplanting, and asked for a long-term state commitment to help restore reef areas. The Keys Marine Laboratory and Florida Institute of Oceanography highlighted their role as a hub for coral rescue, holding, propagation, and research, including emergency response during the 2023 bleaching event. The Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission discussed the scale of reef loss, the state’s coral rescue and propagation efforts, and the economic and habitat value of artificial reefs, while noting permitting delays and material-selection concerns for reef projects. The committee then received a DEP update on the Osborne Reef tire cleanup. DEP explained that the original tire reef was a failure, that nearly 500,000 tires had been removed by 2024, and that the current effort is funded at $5 million for the fiscal year, with cleanup now shifting from large tire clusters to more difficult individual tires and coral relocation. Members asked about the future of the site after cleanup; DEP said that phase two decisions, such as whether to restore or monitor the area, have not yet been made. DEP also presented on biosolids rules, explaining that the 2021 rule tightened nutrient management, groundwater, and surface water protections, reduced the number of active land-application sites, and contributed to a shift away from Class B land application toward Class AA, landfill, or out-of-state disposal. Senators raised concerns about PFAS, nutrient loading, and the loss of disposal options, and a public speaker warned of a statewide septage disposal crisis. Finally, Sedron Technologies presented its VARCOR system and a planned Indiantown facility that would process dewatered biosolids into clean water, ammonia, and a dry Class AA product or fuel, with the company saying the process can destroy PFAS and help relieve regional disposal pressure. Senators expressed support for the technology as a potential solution to Florida’s biosolids challenges. No formal votes were taken on the presentations themselves, and the only action at the end of the meeting was adjournment after Senator Polsky moved to do so.

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• the water rights settlements to protect the water rights of<00:13:09.760> 15<00:13:11.040>
• Regional Water Quality Control Board. Regional Water Quality Control Board.
• <03:53:08.800> Fishers estuaries for clean water. Fishers estuaries for clean water.
• water reliability for southern neadans. water reliability for southern neadans.
• every background, of every zip code. every background, of every zip code.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, December 15, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• And so the argument that I am trying to make is if you have concerns about water consumption of data.
• Why are we not utilizing produced water from an oil and gas well water that is currently back.
• Why are we not studying how that produced water could be used as a cooling source when you look.
• I thought I had filed an amendment to get rid of Texas A&M on this. I am not seeing an amendment.
• Texas is still involved. We will declare your bill out of committee.

Bills: HB2445, HB2123, HB3048, HB3176, HB3239, HB3263, HB3794, HB3796, HB4265, HB4266, HB4317, HB4321, HB4322, HB3673

Keywords: HB2445, Route 66, Oklahoma Route 66 Centennial Forward Commission, centennial, historic highway, preservation, tourism, historical society, scenic byway, National Historic Trail, Route 66 Alliance, Route 66 Association, Oklahoma Historical Society, Oklahoma Department of Transportation, Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department, historic preservation, heritage tourism, public-private partnership, sunset extension, commission extension

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• That the FAA Airport Code, PBI, for Palm Beach International, remain unchanged.
• Reagan National Airport has the code letters DCA, which were their original code letters, and George
• MCO is a code for McCoy Air Force Base. It doesn't represent Orlando.
• And they did the code change from IDL to JFK.
• Trump Airport, we say, hey, by the way, Texas got a box. President Donald J.

Summary: The Senate convened with an opening prayer, pledge, and several introductions recognizing visitors, students, local officials, and professional groups in the gallery. The chamber then took up a report from the Ethics and Elections Committee confirming 42 executive appointments; the report was adopted by a vote of 36-0. The Senate also adopted a resolution honoring the Ripple Project for childhood cancer awareness and funding. The bulk of the meeting was spent on special-order bills, many of them open-government sunset review measures and policy bills. The Senate passed bills preserving or updating public records exemptions for aquaculture records, trade secrets, and cybersecurity information; a child-abuse reporting statute of limitations bill; a commercial driving schools bill; a human trafficking training requirement for nursing graduates; a new injunction for protection against serious violence by a known person and its companion public-records bill; a nature-based coastal resiliency bill with an amendment restricting dredge-and-fill in Terra Ceia Aquatic Preserve; a chiropractic patient-funds bill; specialty license plate legislation; a one-time waiver for late financial disclosure fines; public school personnel compensation changes; the Florida Farm Bill with amendments protecting Everglades lands and technical corrections; homestead exemption clarification for long-term leaseholders; disability presumption clarifications for firefighters and law enforcement; reinsurance intermediary manager conformity changes; patriotic displays in public schools; ADS-B aviation fee restrictions; autism-related law enforcement training and a blue envelope program; public post-secondary safety policy requirements; and a bill allowing licensed agents to market health care sharing ministries. Several bills were temporarily postponed, including local vessel restrictions, temporary certificates for practice, and domestic animals. Members debated a number of measures, especially the health care sharing ministries bill, where opponents raised consumer-protection and commission concerns and supporters argued for free speech, religious liberty, and expanded consumer choice; it passed 32-5. Other debated bills included the autism law enforcement bill, the school athletics bill addressing coach support for student-athletes, and the Farm Bill, where senators discussed surplus land safeguards and biosolids timing. Most bills passed overwhelmingly, often 37-0 or 38-0, with a few closer votes such as the patriotic displays bill (36-2) and the health care sharing ministries bill (32-5).

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• , Texas Tech University and Texas State University.
• Texas.
• and Urban Water Sustainability Project. is a joint effort with West Texas A&M, we're going to continue
• Texas is, has our emergent, we have our flagship universities, University of Texas, Texas A&M, but we
• of Texas, you know, without water... the Texas quote-unquote miracle comes to a grinding halt, and if

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• River, river, water, water is what has brought everybody here to this area.
• Again, because water is life and water is gold here, that reservoir is very important.
• Lake Farmington provides 49% of that water for the city; 51% is contracted out and supplies water all
• Of the water runs through San Juan County.
• It was in between numbers used in Texas, a study of Texas State Parks, and Arizona State Parks, so we're

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• Texas DPS system.
• is the penal code is the penal code.
• West Texas is running out of water, which makes diversifying vitally important to the next generation
• and to the citizens of Texas, And yet do our duty to the state of Texas and to the citizens of Texas
• Let's give Texans the opportunity and freedom to succeed and grow Texas hemp on Texas land for Texas

Summary: The House Committee on Public Health heard House Bill 5, a proposal to ban THC products outside the Texas Compassionate Use Program while allowing non-intoxicating CBD and CBG products under tighter regulation. Chair Van Deaver gave a lengthy background on the 2018 federal Farm Bill and Texas’s 2019 hemp law, arguing that the lack of guardrails allowed a large, unregulated THC market to develop. HB 5 would impose licensing fees, product registration, testing and inspection requirements, and restrictions intended to keep products away from children. Invited witnesses from law enforcement strongly supported the bill. Steve Dye of the Texas Police Chiefs Association and Brian Hawthorne of the Sheriffs’ Association of Texas argued that THC consumables are widely mislabeled, often far more potent than advertised, and linked to youth access, impaired driving, and organized crime. Both said regulation would be ineffective and would amount to legalization, while a ban would be easier for officers to enforce. They also emphasized support for the Texas Compassionate Use Program and said medical THC should remain available. Dr. Peter Stout of the Texas Association of Crime Lab Directors and Alice Amelot of Texas DPS testified as resource witnesses about forensic testing. They said current lab resources are already stretched thin, that quantitative testing for THC and related cannabinoids is expensive and time-consuming, and that a ban would simplify enforcement because labs could focus on presence/absence testing rather than concentration. Amelot said DPS labs are neutral on the bill but explained that mislabeled products and inaccurate certificates of analysis are common. Committee members asked about traffic safety, impairment, youth use, and the costs of enforcement and lab testing; witnesses repeatedly said the bill would reduce complexity for law enforcement but that any approach would still require more resources for labs.