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• Have we got any money set aside for that? Mr.
• Last 2 years, New Mexico has set itself up for the future.
• I've seen other states—Arizona, for example—has an EV license plate. I want one.
• I want an EV license plate.
• They didn't have it set up; I don't know if they do now.

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• And we focused really just specifically on the K-8 license right now.
• It's actually usually called an elementary program, but it yields a K-8 license.
• For example, I got a K-8 license. I'm licensed to teach elementary school.
• I'm also licensed to teach English language arts or social.
• Setting.

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• To the Operation Game Theft fund when applying for a hunting or fishing license, Chair moves that House
• I can walk on the same bricks that slaves walked on and that were later set free on.
• Likewise, freshwater fishermen purchase a freshwater stamp with their license.
• Duck hunters purchase their state and federal duck stamps with their hunting license.
• Set a completion deadline of January 1, 2036.

Bills: HCR6

Keywords: Meals on Wheels, senior services, nutrition, community support, volunteerism

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• Going down further, licensing number one basically says you need a license if you're in the business
• You need to have a license from the state.
• the street But you don't need a license.
• , typically what you would do with any other license.
• , typically what you would do with any other license.

Keywords: 908, all

Summary: The committee met with a quorum and first took up Senate Bill 2276, which addresses water projects that cross county lines. Senator Larry Luick and Danny Quissel of the North Dakota Water Resource Districts Association explained that the bill would require joint boards for multi-county projects, with equal representation from each county, and would add a dispute-resolution process: mediation through the Agriculture Department, then appeal to the Department of Water Resources, and finally court if needed. An additional cleanup amendment was adopted to clarify that a district could proceed if a joint board or district refused to participate. Members raised concerns about possible county-versus-county litigation, but the committee approved the amendment and then passed SB 2276 as amended on an 11-0-2 roll call. The committee then heard the final bill of the day, Senate Bill 2267, on on-site wastewater treatment systems. DEQ Director Dave Glott presented a revised amendment reflecting prior discussion and input from local public health units and installers. The proposal would give the Department of Environmental Quality exclusive rulemaking authority, require public health units to inspect systems within 24 hours, allow MOUs with neighboring counties or health units, prohibit local rules that conflict with state standards, and create a state licensing system for installers while exempting homeowners working on their own property. It also set up permitting and appeals procedures, civil penalties for violations, and a $99,000 appropriation, with the department saying it would also rely on fee revenue and report back later on whether the program is working. Members asked about homeowner installation, local permitting, technical assistance, and whether the $99,000 appropriation and expected fees would be sufficient. Glott said homeowners could still consult with local health units and would likely still need permits, and estimated fees might be around $200 per year for installers, generating roughly $50,000 annually. The committee adopted the amendment and then passed SB 2267 as amended on a due-pass motion, with one no vote recorded. The chair then adjourned the meeting.

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• We're licensed under RSA 277-B.
• It is a statutory scheme set at 277b.
• to operate in the state must be licensed to operate in the state once<00:47:25.520> licensed<
• contracts and are replaced with set contracts and are replaced with set terms<01:04:12.720> and
• They make sure to set up the event.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• I think, to me, that's going to at least set a baseline for us.
• I'm also a licensed marriage and family therapist.
• I'm a licensed marriage and family therapist.
• Once they get into an acute setting, they try and stabilize them.
• Family foster care or in-home settings with treatment foster care.

Keywords: 996, all

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• They have their own boards and commissions, so they set their own rules.
• They have their own boards and commissions, so they set their own rules.
• They cannot get... ...call it, that they cannot get a driver's license.
• They cannot get an alcohol license to open a restaurant. They can't get a license.
• This fine is set by statute.

Bills: SB 1

Keywords: campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards

Summary: The committee first heard the Legislative Budget Board and Secretary of State Jane Nelson on the Secretary of State budget. LBB said the recommendation would reduce the agency’s appropriation by about $40.3 million overall, with major changes including removing federal HAVA funding and one-time business system replacement money, adjusting the agency’s base request, deleting an outdated Interstate Crosscheck rider, and directing HAVA funds to be drawn down first. Secretary Nelson and staff defended the agency’s needs, emphasizing election security, business filings, international protocol, and the Texas Register, and requested additional staff, a new website, digitization of records, IT and cybersecurity upgrades, and renovation of the Rudder Building. Senators discussed voter-roll maintenance, cross-checking data, call-center response times, and the need for online voter registration and more efficient election administration. No votes were taken. The committee then took up the Office of the Governor and trustee programs. LBB outlined a $2.4 million decrease for the office proper and a much larger decrease in trustee programs, driven by unexpended balances and the removal of one-time federal and border-security items, while noting continued funding for disaster response, victim assistance, and $2.9 billion for border security at roughly the prior level. Governor’s staff said Texas remains focused on border security, economic development, and public safety, and discussed efforts to seek federal reimbursement for prior border spending. Members asked about the National Guard’s status, possible federal assumption of border costs, the music incubator program, the Semiconductor Innovation Consortium, the Governor’s University Research Initiative, defense economic adjustment grants, and a new $5 million nonprofit security grant proposal. Staff said the semiconductor program has 12 approved projects totaling about 948 jobs and $17 billion in capital investment, and that the nonprofit security request was added late to address threats to houses of worship and other nonprofits. No formal action was taken. Finally, the committee heard the Texas Facilities Commission and lease-payment recommendations. LBB said the Facilities Commission recommendation would reduce appropriations by about $2.0 billion, mainly by removing border wall construction funding and capital complex bond funding, while adding money for higher utility costs, Rudder Building refurbishment, and additional staff. The lease-payment recommendation would decrease general revenue by $9.3 million. LBB also noted new riders related to completing the State Library and Archives building, tenant communication during disruptions, and a space-utilization report. In agency testimony, members asked about border wall maintenance responsibility, total facilities-related debt, and the status of capital complex construction. The Rudder Building renovation and related security needs were repeatedly discussed as important one-time infrastructure investments.

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• criteria that we've actually already set criteria that we've actually already set forth<01:03:02.400
• state transportation goals already set state transportation goals already set forth<01:04:30.760
• doing the work, but really the licensed professional engineer signs off on every single set of plans
• <01:23:20.920> professional really the licensed professional really the licensed professional
• engineer signs off on every single set engineer signs off on every single set of<01:23:25.040>

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• New Mexico's Affordable Spay Neuter Law is set to expire on July 1st, 2026.
• We are regulated by federal regulations, thus the reason our FFL is a federal firearms license and not
• a federal, state, and local firearms license.
• Our business license, but you still are not authorized to inspect our federal documents.
• carry licenses, and the license, to the best of my knowledge, doesn't identify a particular weapon.

Bills: SB38, SB17, SB41, SB264

Keywords: SB38, pet food, registered pet food, registration fee, fees, sunset repeal, repeal of repeal, revenue, state fee, business regulation, animal feed, pet food registration, New Mexico, gun control, firearm safety, dealer regulation, illegal trade, background checks, sexual crimes, statute of limitations

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• Now there are a 3 full biological siblings with 3 sets of parents.
• license, but that's not what you're talking about.
• So we're not saying that it says individual or licensed organization.
• I can walk down the beach, but God forbid, I set this up. Your time's expired.
• It just sets up a judicial process.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• Obviously, we set this system up.
• It's specifically the interest rate set. That's, um...
• Funds—it's specifically the interest rate set.
• The Texas Forensic Science Commission provides enforcement of forensic licensing, analyst licensing,
• The Texas Forensic Science Commission provides enforcement of forensic licensing, analyst licensing,

Bills: SB 1

Keywords: campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards

Summary: The Senate Finance Committee convened for its first hearing of the 89th regular session, confirmed a quorum, adopted committee rules by a 15-0 vote, and began review of Senate Bill 1, the state budget for fiscal years 2026-27. Chair Huffman outlined the committee’s organization, introduced staff, and described the budget as conservative and focused on one-time investments. She highlighted major SB 1 priorities including property tax relief, full funding for public education formulas, teacher pay, school safety, border security, Medicaid growth, dementia research, energy and water infrastructure, transportation, wildfire suppression, and other capital and public safety needs. Comptroller Glenn Hager presented the biennial revenue estimate, saying the state has $194.6 billion available for general-purpose spending in 2026-27, with a projected $23.8 billion ending balance from the current biennium. He cautioned that revenue growth is returning to more normal levels and that lawmakers should avoid committing short-term surpluses to ongoing expenses. He also explained that the Economic Stabilization Fund is projected to hit its constitutional cap, meaning an estimated $5.6 billion in severance tax and related revenue would remain in general revenue in the upcoming biennium rather than flow into the fund. Senators discussed whether to raise or rename the fund and the implications of keeping more severance-tax revenue in general revenue. The Legislative Budget Board then gave an overview of SB 1 and the budget’s major funding changes. LBB staff explained that the bill is essentially flat at $332.9 billion in all funds, but includes large method-of-finance shifts and major property tax relief. They detailed how prior property tax relief enacted in the 88th Legislature grew from an estimated $18 billion to $22.7 billion because of higher property values and hold-harmless provisions, and said SB 1 continues that relief with a total of $51 billion in ongoing and new property tax support. Members asked extensive questions about the automatic growth in school tax compression, the constitutional homestead exemption, COVID-era federal funding, Medicaid assumptions, and the sunset of the non-homestead circuit breaker. No additional votes or final budget actions were taken beyond adoption of the committee rules.

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• And at R32, license applications.
• for a limited license.
• Um and then on R31 limited license.
• of renewal licenses.
• of renewal licenses.

Keywords: 918, senate, all

Summary: The conference committee received a nonpartisan walkthrough of the House and Senate side-by-side for higher education-related legislation, with staff identifying Senate-only, House-only, identical, and technical-difference provisions. Topics included paid blood donation leave for Minnesota State employees, a revised higher education attainment goal, athletic fee restrictions, developmental course disclosures, American Indian Scholars Program eligibility, protections and definitions for pregnant and parenting students, online program management contracts, student aid reporting, work-study and dual training grants, private and out-of-state postsecondary education regulation, private career school licensing and data privacy, college savings plan changes, and several University of Minnesota-related provisions. House-only items also included an unemployment insurance aid adjustment, a $1.5 million ongoing appropriation for an identity verification system to combat enrollment fraud, and $5,000 for Bemidji State University reforestation; Senate-only items included Board of Regents appointment language, limits on for-profit control of medical school curriculum, and reporting on for-profit funding in medical education. After the walkthrough, the committee moved to adopt the same and similar provisions and direct staff to make technical corrections. A senator asked about proposed adjustments to the pregnant and parenting student language, and the chair said amendments would be considered after adopting the same and similar provisions. The motion to adopt prevailed. During public testimony, Sydney Spre of the Minnesota Association of Professional Employees supported the Senate’s paid blood donation leave language, saying it would create parity for Minnesota State employees and encourage blood and plasma donation. Commissioner Dennis Olsen of the Office of Higher Education thanked the committee for adopting most of the agency’s proposed language and said he was available to help clarify remaining differences. In response to questions, he explained the Senate’s higher education attainment goal proposal, saying it would extend and broaden the existing goal, raise the target from 70% to 75%, expand the age range, and use additional metrics and partner agencies; he also said the overall attainment rate had been 63.5 under the prior goal. The transcript ends as the commissioner was being asked whether the proposal would require additional appropriations.

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• We can't mutual domestic, we just don't have that skill set and we're good at giving away money.
• We don't have a set student housing location.
• I hope the regulation and licensing department digitize all of their applications, over 550,000 license
• types and issued licenses.
• Was that, were these people not allowed to get a license or what was the concern? Mr. Moss: Mr.

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• Uh, I just looked into your state about hunting license because I want to get a hunting license, deer
• up um is is really about is setting up um is setting<02:47:24.240> up<02:47:24.479> a<
• more than the pistol licenses.
• pistol licenses more than the<03:41:35.200> pistol<03:41:35.520> licenses.
• >> Um, we are all set. Thank you very much. >> Um, we are all set.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• Uh it gives licenses within 12 months.
• <00:09:29.680> moratorium the commission a licensing moratorium the commission a licensing moratorium
• <00:09:45.200> Uh licenses where they suspected fraud.
• Uh licenses where they suspected fraud.
• So, I don't have good systems set up.

Bills: HF2433, HF2434

Keywords: education funding, children with disabilities, transition aid, special education, school district consolidation, healthcare, personal care assistance, worker retention, disability services, state funding, 1183, house

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• I just have a quick question when it comes to the emergency manager license.
• Uh, real quick to, uh, the licensing portion of it, will the county judge have to also be licensed in
• Is that in the licensing piece or is that in the volunteer management piece? Good question.
• I believe the intent behind that was to be for the licensing of the emergency manager.
• I don't know that we need to do the license, the fingerprints for the volunteers.

Bills: HB1, HB 2, HB18, HB19, HB20

Keywords: youth camps, emergency preparedness, safety standards, health regulations, camp licensing, disaster preparedness, emergency management, flooding, mass fatality, mass casualty, fatality tracking, body recovery, autopsy, justice of the peace, medical examiner, county judge, sheriff, mayor, emergency coordinator, emergency manager license

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• <01:10:46.400> and<01:10:46.640> the cost of the licensing and the cost of the licensing
• When we license Darcy, we license it to the entire county, so not to an individual organization or to
• So, you know, say to help people set up.
• It will that we set inside of our line.
• <02:04:16.480> up system is a program that's set up system is a program that's set up through

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The task force met with a quorum, approved the August meeting minutes, and heard a presentation from Dr. Jerry Brosky of the Kentucky Mesonet and Kentucky Climate Center. He described the Mesonet’s statewide weather network, now with 84 stations in 78 counties, real-time data used by the National Weather Service, mobile apps, and more than a billion observations. He said recent legislative funding has allowed upgrades such as soil temperature and moisture sensors, cameras at every site, and improved communications and power systems, and has enabled expansion into new counties. He also highlighted products used for flooding, drought, and heat safety, including a wet bulb globe temperature tool being developed with the Department of Public Health. In response to questions, he said counties interested in a station should contact his center, that a station typically costs about $50,000, and that the program is already considering a second Pike County site. The committee then heard from Ryan Drain of Blue Skies and Chris McGee of the American Red Cross on long-term disaster recovery and a software platform called Darcy, short for Disaster Aware and Ready Communities Initiative. McGee explained the Red Cross’s long-term recovery work, including support for recovery groups, direct financial assistance, grantmaking, and coordination with local and federal partners. He emphasized that disasters are occurring more frequently and with repeated impacts, and shared examples from Kentucky and other states showing the need for organized recovery and storm shelter support. Drain said Darcy was developed after the 2021 Mayfield-Graves tornado recovery to replace fragmented spreadsheets and PDFs with a centralized, survivor-led system for preparedness, response, and recovery, designed to improve coordination, reduce duplication, and shorten recovery time. No votes or formal actions were taken beyond adoption of the minutes.

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• We have a hearing set.
• They have a return hearing set as soon as they are committed.
• They have a return hearing set as soon as they are committed.
• I see this bill as an opportunity to set I see this bill as an opportunity to set up<00:59:36.240
• <01:08:40.159> locations licenses is only a th license locations licenses is only a th license

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The joint Health and Human Services and Judiciary meeting heard testimony on several measures, with most of the discussion focused on SB 709 and SB 955. On SB 709, relating to mental health data and related appropriations, the Department of Health supported the bill’s intent and said the funding would help maintain a data dashboard and positions, though it had no suggested amount for one blank appropriation. Members also discussed whether sections of the bill were duplicative of existing data reporting. The committees later recommended SB 709 be passed with amendments, including technical changes, deferring the date to December 31, 2050, and blanking out the appropriation for later clarification. SB 955, relating to fitness to proceed, drew mixed testimony. Judiciary opposed portions of the bill, saying some changes could have unintended practical consequences. The Office of the Public Defender supported the bill’s intent but urged keeping a three-member evaluation panel rather than reducing it to two, warning that a two-panel process could create delays if a third evaluator had to be added later. A former Hawaii State Hospital clinician said the bill placed too much blame on the courts and should address institutional and administrative problems at the hospital more directly. The Department of Health supported the intent and said it appreciated efforts to address overcrowding. After discussion about examiner shortages and status hearings, the committees recommended SB 955 be passed with amendments reducing the number of qualified examiners from three to one and making related technical changes. The committee also heard SB 1228, a child welfare services measure creating a working group related to youth legal representation and child welfare reform. DHS requested adding a Child Welfare Services representative to the work group, and multiple advocates, including the National Center for Youth Law and Hawaii Youth Services Network, testified in strong support, emphasizing the need for youth voice and implementation of Malama Ohana recommendations. Members asked whether this working group overlapped with another recently passed working group bill; testimony indicated the two measures addressed different issues. The meeting then recessed and later resumed for decision-making on the 9 o’clock calendar, where SB 709 was adopted with amendments and SB 955 was adopted with amendments.

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• And because of this emergency setting.
• President, I move for final passage of SB 249 using previous roll. distinctive license fire plate license
• distinctive license fire plate license and<01:52:22.800> then<01:52:22.960> it<01:52:23.440
• If you want that distinctive license<01:53:00.800> plate<01:53:01.480> tag, license plate
• uh meet up to the standards that we set uh meet up to the standards that we set down<03:18:51.080

Keywords: 920, all

Summary: The Alabama Senate convened with prayer, the pledge, and a quorum present, then quickly handled routine motions to excuse absent senators, dispense with the prior journal, and allow bills and committee reports throughout the day. The chamber first took up House amendments to Senate Bill 19 on insurance, including a changed start date and a bill name honoring David McHanie and Roy Johnson. On a long roll, the Senate concurred 22-0 with one abstention. Senator Singleton then used personal privilege to present a Black History observance highlighting Nat King Cole, Louis Armstrong, Benjamin O. Davis Sr., and Mahalia Jackson. Committee reports followed, with the Senate confirming Brandy Williams to the Alabama Fire College and Personnel Standards and Education Commission and Lynn Brewer to the Alabama Board of Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Contractors. Senator Singleton spoke at length in support of the trades-related confirmation, emphasizing the importance of skilled labor, contractor oversight, and workforce training, while also discussing the need to support such professions and the role of boards in protecting consumers. The Senate also received favorable reports from Judiciary, Education Policy, Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development, Tourism, and Local Legislation on a range of bills, many with amendments or substitutes, and placed them on the next day’s calendar. In motions and resolutions, Senator Elliott recommitted Senate Bill 310 to local legislation and introduced Senate Joint Resolution 50 honoring Coach Tim Carter, which was sent to rules. The Senate adopted Senate Joint Resolution 51 mourning Junior Harold Sorrells and several House resolutions from the Rules Committee, including recognitions for the Alabama State Games, Mack McCutcheon’s retirement, the Black pioneers of Macon County, Alicia Cannon, Joseph William Jones Jr., and Louis Vuitton the Pitbull Day. The chamber also recognized several school leaders in the gallery and then moved into local bills, beginning with Senate Bill 266, a proposed constitutional amendment regarding Covington County, for which a bill reading was requested using the previous roll.

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• Early Childhood teacher or by a licensed Early Childhood teacher or licensed<00:32:01.519> parent
• early childhood teacher, and parent and caregiver discussion led by a licensed parent educator.
• child interaction time led by a licensed child interaction time led by a licensed Early<00:33:24.919
• caregiver discussion led by a licensed caregiver discussion led by a licensed parent<00:33:30.840
• <01:33:33.360> the school 2023 the legislature set the school 2023 the legislature set the

Keywords: 1187, senate, all