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• The interplay between our own security concerns here in Texas and the federal government's Federal Committee
• Bill 2117 seeks to propose a complementary channel to resolve these security concerns by establishing
• CFIUS can negotiate mitigation agreements to reduce national security threats, and our constitutional
• Would you agree that it would be better to have a more secure election process?
• Mixed facilities are removed.

Bills: SB1065, SB2117, SB2217, SB2363, SB2533, SB2742, SB2743, SB2881, SB2964, SB3013, SB3014

Keywords: SB 1065, handgun carry, license holder, concealed carry, open carry, government contracts, governmental entity, property lease, state agencies, local government, higher education, university, Texas Government Code, Penal Code 30.06, Penal Code 30.07, Penal Code 46.03, Second Amendment, gun rights, firearms, civil penalty

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• We've just come leaps and bounds with safety, with security, with technology advancements, even with
• <00:01:08.880> with with safety with security with with safety with security with technology
• <00:01:26.520> safety<00:01:26.920> features more advanced security safety features
• more advanced security safety features there's<00:01:27.560> a<00:01:27.720> whole<00:
• Microsoft's actively working to repurpose that facility right now.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• of 26 institutions that rely on HEAF, we see this funding. is essential both for maintaining our facilities
• These funds will allow for expanded training of analysts, and expansion of our Security Operations Center
• The facility would improve mass casualty preparedness and planning for tactical operations. and response
• We're also requesting support of two facility projects to support our technical program expansions.
• the Texas government walks the talk when it comes to higher education. of its citizens and the facilities

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• And here, in interoperability, the security of our communities, security of our state, and our nation
• One is facilities.
• It's supposed to be a secure network.
• Us doing that in Sandy Creek, any security...
• There are so many places that we're trying to secure.

Keywords: flooding, emergency response, communication systems, first responders, disaster management, Texas Water Development Board, regional planning, public safety

Summary: The meeting primarily focused on discussions around the recent floods in Texas, specifically addressing emergency preparedness, response coordination, and recovery efforts. Officials from various agencies provided testimonies on the challenges faced during the emergency, including issues with communication systems among first responders. Notably, the need for improved inter-agency communication and technology integration was emphasized, with recommendations for establishing regional communications units for better coordination during disasters. The audience included local government representatives and emergency management partners, who shared insights and experiences from the recent flooding events.

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• or allowing existing facilities to upgrade equipment and increase generation.
• <00:06:55.160> would modified hydroelectric facility would modified hydroelectric facility
• that we have in existing facilities that we have in Minnesota<00:13:18.240> the<00:13:18.399>
• Turlo, what is our exposure to, like, EMPs or, you know, security hacking?
• cyber security cyber security issues<01:18:24.600> um<01:18:24.880> we<01:18:25.000

Bills: HF75

Keywords: HF75, earned incentive release credit, earned incentive credits, revocation, revocable credits, corrections, Minnesota Department of Corrections, prison discipline, incarcerated persons, inmate misconduct, facility rules, sentence reduction, supervised release, Minnesota Rehabilitation and Reinvestment Act, public safety, rehabilitation, prison credits, executed sentence, 1183, house

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• So this facility, we're going to preserve it.
• We have to travel to go to our medical facilities.
• But we have a lot of restrictions securing that facility funding.
• You guys didn't have a cafeteria in that facility.
• Because Los Alamos has job security.

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• To try and address the skilled workforce needs, the Chamber secured funding in partnership with the Department
• However, if we make key investments this session by passing SB 211, the quantum facility infrastructure
• tax credit, and SB 212, the quantum testing and evaluation credit, we will secure our leadership in
• think there are unique opportunities we have here to position ourselves on behalf of the national security
• a huge opportunity to now look at our digital content the same way that we look at our physical facilities

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• with safety, security, or we ask that you just take care of them.
• This amendment is a way to secure it.
• Sorry, could we please secure the chamber? Thank you.
• So if I'm building a government facility, say I'm building a facility through parks and recs in the local
• fails to locate the underground facility as required by state law.

Summary: The Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several introductions and memorial remarks, including a moment of silence for service members killed in the conflict in Iran. The chamber then moved to special orders and took up a series of bills, with many measures passing unanimously after brief explanations and, in several cases, substitution of House companions. Early bills included CS/CS/SB 1062 on speech and debate education, which drew extensive supportive debate about the civic value of debate programs and passed 37-0, and SB 1072 on an anti-Semitism task force, which was amended to clarify that criticism of Israel is not prohibited and then passed 37-0. The Senate also approved CS/CS/SB 1230/HB 1019 on PFAS chemicals and firefighting foam, with discussion focused on phasing out AFFF, testing requirements, exceptions for federal aviation and military uses, and support for firefighters and water quality; the bill passed 37-0. Other measures passed without opposition included SB 1706 on the My Safe Florida Condominium Pilot Program, SB 186 on student health and safety and seizure response training, SB 598 on funeral and cemetery services, SB 990/HB 883 on protected cell captive insurance companies, SB 554 on nonprofit corporations, SB 560 on child welfare and foster care medication procedures, SB 684/HB 961 on electronic signatures for salvage titles, and SB 778/HB 569 on forensic client services. Two bills, SB 432 on intoxicating substances and SB 928 on dangerous crimes, were temporarily postponed. A major portion of the meeting was devoted to SB 1134 on official actions of local governments and DEI-related activities. The sponsor argued the bill would prevent counties and municipalities from funding or promoting DEI efforts he described as discriminatory or indoctrinating, while opponents offered amendments to narrow the bill to spending only, add an intent requirement for penalties, and preserve local proclamations and observances. Those amendments were debated at length but were not adopted. The sponsor then continued explaining the bill’s exceptions, including references to holidays, heritage sites, and the Pulse Memorial, and the chamber was still in debate on the underlying measure when the transcript ended.

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• I get that, but if we're going to follow people into the workforce, we have to be able to make secure
• Here to four, we expected that individual to go out and secure those credentials on their own as best
• We would have a lot of kids in cyber security, right?
• sort of retrofitting. facility support.
• They brought together the and the health care facilities in that region.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• And [snorts] I think having facility is.
• and using that distance facilities and using that distance designation<00:10:45.279> to<00:10
• SB 2905 increases the environmental response energy and food security tax, and the amount collected from
• tax and the energy and food security tax and the amount<00:13:15.519> collected<00:13:15.920>
• Moving on to SB 2905, increasing the environmental response energy and food security tax.

Bills: SB2699

Keywords: fare-free transit, youth transportation, environmental tax, transit equity, public transit, Hawaii, 912, senate, all

Summary: The committee reconvened and first addressed SB 2699 on public transit/free transportation for young people. Members noted that the Committee on Transportation had already deferred the measure, and this committee said it would defer it as well before adjourning that brief reconvened session. The hearing then moved to SB 2373, which would establish a state goal to strengthen nature-based carbon emissions reduction solutions and authorize the Hawaii State Energy Office to develop methods to quantify carbon reductions from marine ecosystem restoration. The Energy Office said marine carbon sequestration was outside its expertise and asked to be removed from that portion of the bill, while DLNR and OPSD offered comments and said the work fit better with their areas, with DLNR saying it could take it on if properly resourced. Testimony included support from environmental groups, and committee discussion focused on which agency should lead and whether existing methodologies could be used. Next was SB 21001 on organic waste reduction and diversion. The Department of Health supported the intent but raised implementation concerns. Hawaii Farmers Union strongly supported the bill, arguing it would help build compost supply, improve soil health, and give counties time to develop infrastructure; they cited Vermont as a model and said the bill could extend landfill life and reduce methane. Members asked about the Vermont approach and the need for infrastructure before household-level diversion. The committee also heard SB 2905, which would increase the environmental response, energy, and food security tax and direct more revenue to the electric vehicle charging system subaccount. The Energy Office, PUC, and Tax Department offered comments; youth and clean transportation advocates strongly supported the bill as a way to expand charging access and meet EV adoption goals. A member questioned whether the proposed increase would outpace the state’s ability to deploy chargers, and PUC staff said the current annual appropriation is about $750,000 and that they could provide more data on an appropriate funding level. Additional measures were briefly taken up: SB 3231 on condominium maps and county zoning certification in A districts drew support from the Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity and the Hawaii Farm Bureau; SB 2486 on climate change drew comments from the Energy Office, Climate Commission, and OPSD, who said it duplicated existing climate planning and should include adaptation language; and SB 2376 on the renewable fuels production tax credit drew support from industry and agricultural groups, while the Energy Office and Tax Department raised concerns about the rollover provision and the scale of the credit. No final votes were recorded in the excerpt beyond the earlier deferral of SB 2699.

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• On the requirements related to system privacy and security, we evaluated vendor-provided technical security
• Okay, my final question is: why aren't you Homeland Security certified?
• Department of Homeland Security as a qualified anti-terrorism technology.
• Chairman, ma'am, the opt-outs were school facilities that opted out? Yeah.
• The opt-outs were school facilities that opted out? Yeah.

Keywords: 1182, all

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• safe schools plan in their facilities safe schools plan in their facilities planning<00:01:26.360
• Thank you all. security throughout the entire building security throughout the entire building allow<
• updates to the facilities.
• This bill assumes security as a one-size-fits-all solution of target hardening and physical security
• This bill assumes security as a one-size-fits-all solution of target hardening and physical security

Keywords: 1183, house

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• knowledge and institutional connections mean stronger security.
• When our Communities are more secure, our entire nation is more secure.
• Securing the PILLAR Act is about public trust.
• SECURING THE PILLAR ACT IS ABOUT PUBLIC TRUST.
• Whether our children can grow up healthy and secure.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, November 17, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• 17 relative to institutions of higher education to create the Louisiana Higher Education Research Security
• The first one clarifies that the facility must meet all three requirements in the definition: location
• The process must be secure. As far as sharing the data, hold with me. I made the notes here.
• Process must be secure. issue and check exchange information with the office process must be secure and
• Members, this bill simply creates and establishes the Office of State Healthcare Facilities within the

Bills: SR125, SCR70, SCR12, HB4, HB251, HB623, HB819, HB944, HB986, HB1098, HB1222, HB1257, HB221, HCR58, SCR22, SCR24, SB29, SB30, SB32, SB41, SB42, SB43, SB47, SB84, SB93, SB113, SB192, SB199, SB219, SB220, SB221, SB222, SB241, SB253, SB255, SB289, SB292, SB306, SB314, SB351, SB399, SB404, SB14, SB102, SB133, SB151, SB165, SB169, SB170, SB200, SB217, SB280, SB291, SB300, SB303, SB330, SB449, SB489, SB521, SB45, SB156, SB181, SB203, SB274, SB304, SB379, SB396, SB410, SB425, SB427, SB436, SB424, SCR61, SCR9, SB35, SB65, SB215, SB246, SB249, SB269, SB282, SB296, SB323, SB363, SB369, SB474, SB490, SB492, SB500, HCR31, HB296, HB299, HB322, HB364, HB519, HB535, HB538, HB568, HB571, HB622, HB635, HB676, HB772, HB784, HB1006, HB1018, HB1043, HB1070, HB1134, HB1239, HB62, HB193, HB203, HB210, HB220, HB228, HB246, HB420, HB475, HB486, HB574, HB584, HB750, HB813, HB815, HB826, HB870, HB949, HB953, HB1045, HB1092, HB1151, HB1162, HB1176, HB1177, HB1196, HB1214, HB1241, HB22, HB28, HB33, HB41, HB47, HB87, HB115, HB162, HB195, HB214, HB217, HB233, HB283, HB290, HB319, HB324, HB345, HB362, HB363, HB368, HB377, HB380, HB382, HB386, HB392, HB406, HB431, HB441, HB466, HB503, HB533, HB559, HB575, HB590, HB593, HB618, HB636, HB655, HB664, HB685, HB692, HB707, HB715, HB732, HB738, HB741, HB748, HB776, HB807, HB822, HB856, HB860, HB868, HB887, HB888, HB905, HB908, HB961, HB980, HB990, HB992, HB999, HB1000, HB1010, HB1146, HB1157, HB1233, HB1236, HB1243, HB54, HB137, HB180, HB192, HB310, HB321, HB396, HB512, HB552, HB578, HB638, HB663, HB708, HB717, HB718, HB1009, HB1082, HB1104, HB1107, HB1198, HB1246, HB1250, HB17, HB36, HB73, HB119, HB126, HB129, HB133, HB140, HB159, HB166, HB211, HB226, HB245, HB271, HB280, HB337, HB351, HB354, HB399, HB677, HB712, HB723, HB726, HB728, HB759, HB789, HB844, HB850, HB966, HB1036, SB149, SB382, SB441, HB134, HB258, HB359, HB782

Keywords: SR125, Senate Resolution 125, MUSV, Medium Unmanned Surface Vessel, MASC, Modular Attack Surface Craft, Conrad Shipyard, Morgan City, Louisiana shipbuilding, U.S. Navy, Department of the Navy, unmanned naval vessels, autonomous ships, defense procurement, military contracting, shipyard jobs, maritime workforce, advanced manufacturing, robotics, software engineering

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, received an opening prayer from Pastor Elizabeth Ali Frank, and adopted the journal. The chamber then handled a large number of messages, committee reports, resolutions, and House bills, including several ceremonial resolutions and many House measures returned with amendments. Notable resolutions included recognition of World Preeclampsia Awareness Day, commendations for Louisiana sports honorees, and a resolution urging higher reimbursement rates for behavioral health crisis centers, which was adopted. The Senate also concurred in SCR 22 on opioid settlement fund reporting, with Senator Myers explaining the House changes were technical and improved the reporting deadline and detail. A major portion of the meeting was devoted to concurrence or rejection of House amendments on Senate bills. The Senate concurred in several bills involving telehealth, prenatal bereavement care, official journals, ambulance Medicaid coverage, insurance and licensing disclosures, peptide regulation, psychosocial rehabilitation services, university records confidentiality, the Inspector General, religious exercise protections, child care assistance, eye care coverage, teacher retirement, and electronic service of pleadings. The chamber rejected House amendments to SB 42 on AI-created child sexual abuse materials and SB 43 on psychedelic-assisted therapy, and also rejected amendments on SB 29 and SB 32 before later concurring in many other technical or clarifying House changes. Several members explained that the House amendments were mostly technical, clarified effective dates, or adjusted definitions and contact information. The Senate then took up numerous House bills on final passage. Bills passed included measures on inmate workforce development cleanup, jury bond filing by mail, free transcripts for victims testifying before pardon/parole hearings, public awareness on illegal firearm discharge, special masters in complex litigation, paternity acknowledgments in hospitals, juvenile court filing fees in East Baton Rouge Parish, drug-free school zone penalties, criminal history record confidentiality, body brokering/fraudulent patient referrals, bail notice and residence requirements, sex offender registration updates, parish court jurisdictional amounts, court technology fees, deferred retirement options, shared custody standards, women’s policy and research commission membership, sickle cell and uterine fibroids commission membership, child exploitation reporting on online platforms, recreation of the state civil service department, children’s cabinet membership, DCFS employee background checks, AI disclosure in health care visits, the psychology inter-jurisdictional compact, mental health advisory board updates, foster children’s rights, automatic renewal contract disclosures, Orleans sheriff term alignment, access to death records for financial institutions, insurance referral disclosures, radiologist assistant regulation, plumbing licensure reforms, legislative auditor thresholds, developmental disabilities office renaming, insurer investment rules, Medicare Advantage coverage for integrative care services, and more. Some bills were returned to the calendar for further work, including HB 571, HB 475, HB 750, and HB 1162, and HB 490 was set aside after extensive debate on private-use electrical networks and data-center power arrangements. The most prominent floor action was final passage of HB 636, the Caleb Wilson Hazing Prevention Act, which Senator Boudreaux described as a comprehensive response to hazing tragedies on Louisiana campuses. He said the bill was developed by a task force that included the Wilson family and would strengthen education, reporting, accountability, and penalties, including permanent banishment for organizations involved in hazing deaths. After the bill passed 37-0, the Senate recognized the Wilson family and presented flags in Caleb Wilson’s honor. Throughout the day, many bills passed overwhelmingly, though a few drew dissent, including HB 296, HB 538, HB 568, HB 635, and HB 784. The meeting ended with continued consideration of additional House bills and unfinished items returned to the calendar for later action.

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• And it's not just our kids' kids' school at stake, it's also our state's financial security right now
• So if, as a trustee in an ISD, if we want to build a new facility, we have to designate our plan and
• This is a national security threat. Great. Thank you.
• We host district facility tours, open community dialogue sessions, and survey the public, but the work
• We began that process of facility planning committee in 2019 and then the voters were finally able to

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• I just don't want to give a false sense of security by making people feel safe if we can't afford to
• the same as the detention facilities.
• from the state, and now every child falls under the detention facilities.
• Facilities.
• So, I think we're going by that related to security.

Keywords: 1136, house, all

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• an additional 10 million in and securing an additional 10 million in funding<00:20:43.280> we
• They are on a fixed income with Social Security.
• The average Social Security income in Virginia is $15,942 per year, and that's equivalent to $1,329 a
• income in Virginia is $1 social security income in Virginia is $1 15,942<00:43:09.960> per<00
• <00:43:42.640> in<00:43:42.760> Minnesota<00:43:43.440> is security in Minnesota

Keywords: 1183, house

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• So, on the next slide, which is 1, safety, security, and stability. 1.2 support small businesses.
• I will also quickly say that these are not like 'anybody can come' type of facilities.
• Senator Gallegos: ...congregate model facilities. Has that ever been done and has that money...
• With regard to, are there any facilities that don't ask people to leave?
• The childcare facility loan fund, they've helped advise on our regulations.

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• or reuse facility or transfer station to get the waste to a landfill or a waste-to-energy facility.
• A household hazardous waste facility or recycling facility is a 50/50.
• or reuse facility or transfer station to get the waste to a landfill or a waste-to-energy facility.
• A household hazardous waste facility or recycling facility is a 50/50.
• imperative that we continue to secure imperative that we continue to secure steady<01:06:36.480>

Keywords: 1183, house

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• disability insurance income above the maximum monthly Supplemental Security Income as determined by
• the Social Security... ...above the maximum monthly Supplemental Security Income as determined by the
• Social Security Administration.
• But looking for a presentation on transition coordination from nursing facilities or other institutions
• Okay, colleagues, you'll be getting an email with dates so we can secure the times.

Keywords: Disability Commission, 976, house, all