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• BENEFIT WOULD BE IN THE SENSE OF COST AND TIME BUT THERE IS NOT, NOT THAT I'M FAMILIAR WITH A ROI TRIGGER

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• I'm not saying that you're pulling the trigger, but Mr. Speaker, you're cocking the gun.
• I can count on one hand the number of fiscal bills that we've passed that weren't based on a federal
• body and the body to the left of me, the Senate, put ourselves in this spot by every time we made a fiscal
• Trump came in and made all of our fiscal Choices and then took them away. Let's get real.

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• REACTION WHICH CAN OCCUR RAPIDLY AND CAN BE FATAL IF NOT TREATED IMMEDIATELY AND IT'S TYPICALLY TRIGGERED
• INDETERMINATE BUT LIKELY INSIGNIFICANT TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS SO THIS POLICY SHOULD NOT HAVE A SIGNIFICANT FISCAL
• CONSEQUENCES THAT I BELIEVE THIS BILL HAS. 41, LIKE 594, TO BE HEARD TOMORROW AS HAS BEEN MENTIONED IN FISCAL
• YOU WILL HAVE A CHANCE TOMORROW IN FISCAL POLICY TO PICK UP SENATE BILL 1388, WHICH ALSO ADDRESSES IT

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• I appreciate that because this bill's got a pretty big fiscal note, is it? Pretty much everywhere.
• I appreciate that because this bill's got a pretty big fiscal note.
• “But I don't believe this bill would trigger anything related to such.
• legislature, the institution not be allowed to spend money appropriated to the institution for a state fiscal

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, heard an invocation, received a House message announcing passage of H.B. 500, and a gubernatorial nomination for the Upper Neches River Municipal Water Authority Board. The chamber adopted several resolutions, including SR 409 recognizing Blue Ribbon Lobby Day, SR 402 honoring the discovery of the woolly devil plant at Big Bend National Park, and recognitions for Operation Christmas RGV and Wilson County Day. The Senate also heard an announcement that the Committee on Senate Nominations action report had been placed on members’ desks. The body then took up and passed several bills. SB 2365 was passed to prohibit personal wireless communication devices by public school students during instructional time, with exceptions for health, special education, and safety needs. SB 1869 was passed to reaffirm the DSHS commissioner’s authority over controlled-substance schedule changes without rulemaking or judicial review. SB 1124 was passed to revise criminal discovery procedures in response to the Heath decision, with supporters saying it preserves exculpatory evidence protections while limiting suppression of inculpatory evidence when the defense already knew of it. SB 1758 was passed to create a Grayson County pilot study and temporary permitting hold concerning a cement kiln/quarry near a semiconductor wafer facility, and SB 2078 was passed to regulate composting in certain counties, after a clarifying amendment. The Senate also passed SB 33, barring governmental entities from transactions that support abortion assistance or out-of-state abortion procurement; SB 34, expanding wildfire preparedness measures, studies, equipment databases, and rural fire department funding; SB 1208, increasing the penalty for interference with public duties from a Class B misdemeanor to a state jail felony; SB 1030, removing the maintenance, repair, and overhaul tax for general aviation; SB 505, creating processes to address election irregularities; SB 2411, updating the Business Organizations Code and changing filing-method requirements; and SB 1333, addressing unauthorized entry, occupancy, sale, rental, lease, or conveyance of real property. Most measures advanced on voice vote or recorded roll call after motions to suspend the regular order and the constitutional three-day rule, with several members raising questions or objections, especially on the criminal justice, abortion, and public duties bills.

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• access, accessibility, and fiscal access, accessibility, and fiscal responsibility. responsibility
• so as not to change make any fiscal so as not to change make any fiscal impact.<01:59:59.040>
• fiscal note, but I'd like that, too. fiscal note, but I'd like that, too.
• bill, will we get a fiscal note? bill, will we get a fiscal note?
• uh, does not have a fiscal cost. uh, does not have a fiscal cost.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• H.R. 3419 reauthorizes critical telehealth programs through fiscal year 2030 so patients in underserved
• H.R. 3419 reauthorizes critical telehealth programs through fiscal year 2030 so patients in underserved
• H.R. 3419 reauthorizes critical telehealth programs through fiscal year 2030 so patients in underserved
• , and triggered a global fuel<06:24:07.520> crisis.
• for fiscal year 2027 appropriations<06:33:18.160> and<06:33:18.400> I<06:33:18.558>

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, April 21, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• It actually is a road map for moving forward on the fiscal year 25 budget.
• Indiana is also one of the few trigger Indiana is also one of the few trigger States<07:27:32.760
• That is not fiscal responsibility.
• That is not fiscal responsibility.
• That is not fiscal responsibility.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Wednesday, February 26, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• :29.280> could conditions of confinement which could conditions of confinement which could trigger
• <01:02:30.000> Department<01:02:30.400> of<01:02:30.559> Justice trigger Department
• of Justice trigger Department of Justice intervention.<01:02:32.000> Thank<01:02:32.160> you
• I support this bill for medical, humanitarian, and fiscal reasons.
• I support this bill for medical, humanitarian, and fiscal reasons.

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The House Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs heard testimony on two immigration-enforcement bills: HB 1886 HD1 and HB 2540 HD1. HB 1886 would limit state and federal collaboration in immigration enforcement, require visible identification and restrictions on facial coverings for law enforcement officers, and create offenses for improper masking, lack of identification, and unauthorized civil immigration interrogation, arrest, or detention. HB 2540 would also limit state and federal collaboration, require law enforcement agencies to adopt and publicly post written civil immigration enforcement policies, prohibit stops or arrests based solely on immigration status, and restrict state and county participation in civil immigration enforcement in certain places. Most testimony supported both measures. The Office of Hawaiian Affairs, the Office of the Public Defender, the ACLU of Hawaii, the Hawaii Coalition for Immigrant Rights, the Legal Clinic, and several private individuals said the bills would increase transparency, accountability, and community trust, and would help protect constitutional rights and reduce fear among immigrants and other community members. Several testifiers emphasized Hawaii’s history and the need to keep local law enforcement separate from federal immigration enforcement, while others said the bills would help people feel safer going to court, school, work, or public protests. A retired police officer also supported visible identification and uniform standards for officers, including federal agents operating in Hawaii. A few testifiers opposed the use of masked or unidentified officers and argued that local police should not be diverted from ordinary public safety duties to immigration enforcement. One ACLU witness noted that the federal government has increasingly used local and state agencies to expand immigration enforcement, and said the task-force provisions in the bills are important to prevent blurred lines between agencies. The committee did not take a final vote in the portion of the meeting provided, but it recorded very large numbers of supportive testimonies for both bills, with only a small number in opposition.

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• . $40 million cut because people are triggered by adults having the freedom to choose what they want
• But this is $40 million in jobs for hardworking people in my community because you're triggered.
• ><02:28:41.600> are $40 million cut because people are $40 million cut because people are triggered
• adults<02:28:43.600> having<02:28:43.920> the<02:28:44.240> freedom triggered
• by adults having the freedom triggered by adults having the freedom to<02:28:44.800> choose<02

Keywords: 916, all

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• That's a trigger for them.
• <00:20:28.799> That's<00:20:28.960> a<00:20:29.200> trigger<00:20:29.520>
• That's a trigger for them. If of time. That's a trigger for them.
• Um, some of those states said if you triggered a Paris alert or you haven't had any medical services
• in a while, those things are triggers which shift you over to the fee-for-service system as opposed to

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The committee first approved the minutes and then approved an agency amendment to a health and family services regulation. The amendment reversed a prior change so that neonatal ICU beds would remain subject to regular review rather than nonsubstantive review. The remaining administrative regulations were then reviewed without objection. The main presentation was from State Auditor Allison Ball on a report finding $836 million in concurrent Medicaid capitation payments from 2019 through 2022, involving individuals enrolled in Kentucky and at least one other state. Ball said Kentucky relied on the PARIS system, which has limitations because it is updated quarterly and depends on voluntary state participation, while a better federal data source, T-MSIS, was not fully available to the state. She said the audit found weak internal controls, siloed processes, outdated guidance, and a low-priority attitude toward residency checks, all of which contributed to missed alerts and improper payments. She also said the report identified additional problems, including payments made after beneficiaries died and cases involving multiple states paying for the same person. Ball recommended better access to federal data, stronger MCO contract provisions, and more active oversight by the Department for Medicaid Services and managed care organizations. She said the contracts reviewed did not provide a clear way to recoup the improper payments, though she and her counsel suggested possible equitable legal theories might be explored. Members expressed concern about the scale of the waste and the lack of contract enforcement, and asked whether any money could be recovered. Ball said the audit did not identify a clear contractual path to recoup the funds.

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• Sometimes, because I have a background in mental health, I say it's triggering for some families.
• Sometimes, because I have a background in mental health, I say it's triggering for some families.
• Sometimes, because I have a background in mental health, I say it's triggering for some families.
• 52.960> it's background in mental health I say it's background in mental health I say it's triggering
• for some families you have triggering for some families you have families<00:39:55.359> who<00

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• We'll have the fiscal and walk-through from here.
• million per year from the general fund, and that's a net savings versus the base of $4 million in fiscal
• being carried over into fiscal year 26. being carried over into fiscal year 26.
• <00:10:20.640> year of just over $2 million in fiscal year of just over $2 million in fiscal
• Um, but it was triggered by federal changes affecting the energy assistance program last week.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• <00:14:47.600> responsibility sought to balance fiscal responsibility sought to balance fiscal
• <00:15:06.040> constraints recognizing the fiscal constraints recognizing the fiscal constraints
• office for example it facilities fiscal office for example it facilities fiscal talent<00:18:31.919
• <00:19:23.320> uh uh let's see it's basically a fiscal uh uh let's see it's basically a fiscal
• speak on behalf of office of fiscal speak on behalf of office of fiscal Services<01:28:12.520>

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The Committee on Finance received an informational briefing from the Department of Education on its budget request for the upcoming fiscal year. The Superintendent and staff described the department’s mission, enrollment and staffing scale, recent gains in NAEP reading and math, persistent attendance problems since the pandemic, and the need for resources to support student recovery, middle school math, and other strategic priorities. The department said its proposal is intended to be aligned with its 2023–2029 strategic plan, fiscally balanced, and reliable for schools, while also addressing inflation, workforce needs, and uncertainty in federal funding. Assistant Superintendent and CFO Brian Hallet reviewed federal grants, non-general funds, and the budget development process. He said federal funds make up about 11% of the department’s FY25 appropriation and warned that House budget proposals could threaten predictable funding for core programs. He also explained that the department began its biennial budget work in April 2024 and used an internal review group to identify possible reallocations. The department characterized its request as a “flat” budget proposal overall, with a large share devoted to continued funding for existing recurring needs, and noted challenges including a projected state funding decline, inflation, lingering pandemic impacts, recruitment and retention, and uncertainty about future federal support. A major topic was the department’s capital improvement program. DOE officials argued for a risk-based, proactive approach using lump-sum “buckets” to manage facilities and deferred maintenance across more than 21.5 million square feet at 268 sites. They said this would allow more efficient prioritization of projects and better coordination with complex area superintendents, principals, and legislators. Members asked about how legislative priorities would fit into the bucket system, county-versus-state property jurisdiction issues affecting school facilities, enrollment decline and staffing ratios, and how the department plans to adjust facilities and human resources to shifting enrollment patterns. DOE said it is studying enrollment trends, will brief the Board of Education next month, and is willing to provide further briefings to legislators. No votes or formal actions were taken during the informational briefing.

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• Please pass HB 1263 to allow the possibility to entertain other solutions that are more fiscally responsible
• rhetoric around civil rights issues, because that's often where the consent decree comes in, it's triggered
• c><02:11:54.880> comes<02:11:55.119> in<02:11:55.360> it's<02:11:55.559> triggered
• consent decree comes in it's triggered consent decree comes in it's triggered by<02:11:56.239>
• That also may trigger a separation of powers violation.

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The Public Safety Committee held a hearing on House Bill 433, which would appropriate $4 million for Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation re-entry services to connect offenders with community-based services. Director Tommy Johnson said the department supports the bill’s intent but noted the governor’s executive budget already includes $4 million for the same purpose and asked that the measure defer to that budget. Supporters, including the Hawaii Correctional System Oversight Commission, Community Alliance on Prisons, and the ACLU, backed the funding but urged that it be tied to a clear re-entry plan, performance measures, transparency, and regular reporting to the legislature. They emphasized that re-entry should begin at intake and involve community partnerships, housing, treatment, employment, and family reunification services. Committee members questioned the department about current re-entry services, pre-trial detainees, and how the new funds would be used. Johnson said the department’s current statewide re-entry budget is about $1.5 million to $1.7 million, separate from the larger Corrections Program Services Division budget for in-facility programs. He described the proposed $4 million as supporting a mix of services, including a pilot apprenticeship program, substance abuse treatment, navigator or warm-handoff services, and short-term transitional housing. He also said the department already tracks performance outcomes in its annual report and can provide a matrix showing the intake-to-discharge process, program contracts, and volunteer organizations. The discussion also covered pre-trial detainees, electronic monitoring, and mental health services. Johnson said the department has limited jurisdiction over pre-trial detainees but works with courts to seek supervised release when possible; he noted that many requests are denied, though electronic monitoring has improved release rates somewhat. On mental health, he said the jail is not an ideal therapeutic setting for people found unfit to proceed and suggested a secure community-based step-down facility run by the Department of Health for those needing care above what the jail can provide but below forensic-level treatment. No vote or final action on the bill was taken during the hearing.

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• The fiscal health of the state and our counties could use a shot in the arm.
• And so they wouldn’t, even if you were aggregating things, none of that would be triggered until you

Summary: The committee heard several bills focused on energy, public safety, and environmental cleanup. House Bill 455 would create a historic preservation license plate to raise funds and awareness for Delaware preservation efforts, and House Bill 471 would tighten rules and penalties for off-highway vehicles on shared private roads, with golf carts excluded. House Substitute No. 1 for House Bill 439, the Truth in E-Bike Marketing Act, would require clearer disclosures when selling electric mopeds and electric motorcycles so consumers understand classification, power, and licensing/insurance requirements. House Substitute No. 1 for House Bill 407, related to the Hazardous Substance Cleanup Act and brownfields, would shift funding for brownfield cleanup from the original realty transfer tax approach to a dedicated share of the hazardous substance cleanup fund and raise civil penalties for fraudulent acts. The committee also approved the June 18, 2026 minutes once quorum was reached. Most of the meeting centered on House Substitute No. 1 for House Bill 233, as amended, a large-load/data center bill intended to protect ratepayers from costs tied to massive new electricity users. The sponsor and Public Advocate said PJM’s warnings about a coming reliability backstop auction made it urgent to establish a Delaware framework now, requiring large energy users to sign utility agreements, cover their share of transmission, distribution, and capacity costs, and comply with curtailment and other protections. Supporters from environmental groups and some labor and business voices said the bill was needed to prevent cost shifts to households and small businesses, while opponents argued it was being rushed, could deter investment, and might unintentionally affect other industries; several asked for more time and clearer definitions. No vote was taken in the portion provided. The committee also took up House Bill 470, which would authorize Delmarva Power, with PSC approval, to build and operate utility-owned battery storage and spread costs across the customer base. The sponsor and Delmarva said the bill would improve reliability quickly and help avoid outages, while the chair expressed concern that the state had not yet fully studied whether utility-owned or competitively procured storage is the best model, noting a recent SEU storage study and broader policy questions. Supporters said utility storage could be deployed faster and help with peak shaving, while others urged a competitive process; the transcript cuts off before any final action on HB 470.

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• And then when it comes to that, I'm sure there's a fiscal impact on that.
• But there are measures and triggers, whether it's a bond or fundraising or raising tuition fees; they

Bills: HB111, HJR1, HB61, HB8, HB30, HB43, HB156, HJM2, HM7, HM17, HM4, HM22, HM23, HM24, HM26, HM2, HM16, HM11, HM14, HM21, HM34, HM50, HB70, SB3, HJM3

Keywords: water law, state engineer, civil penalty, compliance order, water rights, overdiversion, illegal diversion, groundwater storage and recovery, well license, permit violation, water enforcement, New Mexico water code, irrigation district, conservancy district, water diversion, unauthorized water sales, measuring device, district court appeal, water resources, water compliance

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• Simply put, this removes any authority to determine the fiscal position and any financial... justification
• These counties have cited no specific triggering incident.

Bills: HB240, HB2097, HB2731, HB3087, HB3234, HB3319, HB3394, HB3687, HB4105, HB4205, HB4350, HB4462, HB4642, HB4801, HB5403, HB240

Keywords: quorum, tax levy, county governance, local government, population regulations, quorum requirement, Texas counties, population threshold, deputy sheriff, civil service, law enforcement, appeals process, sheriff's department, HB 2731, roadside vendors, solicitors, county regulation, border counties, Mexico border, Transportation Code

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• The most recent stop analysis does not show fiscal impact.
• They need to know how much the fiscal impact is. You are recognized.
• Cutting funding without a plan for the future is fiscal negligence.
• We have 29 fiscally constrained counties, and as many of us know.
• We have a formula and statute to fund fiscally constrained counties.

Bills: HB 118, HB 388, HB 114, HB 205, HB 2789, HB 2791, HB 499, HB 2960, HB 3163, HB 3135, HB 2427, HB 1618, HB 1672, HB 1722, HB 1338, HB 787, HB 2618, HB 879, HB 1126, HB 4134, HB 3513, HB 718, HB 1536, HB 1445, HB 1640, HB 1893, HB 1734, HB 3229, HB 3306, HB 1276, HB 3272, HB 3276, HB 3516, HB 4145, HB 1585, HB 4810, HB 2989, HB 2558, HB 3014, HB 2742, HB 1695, HB 29, HB 125, HB 145, HB 171, HB 255, HB 50, HB 363, HB 116, HB 491, HB 1495, HB 368, HB 1285, HB 1905, HB 2002, HB 917, HB 2723, HB 2067, HB 1238, HB 745, HB 1188, HB 1606, HB 2003, HB 2147, HB 2355, HB 2546, HB 2495, HB 2818, HB 2249, HB 3228, HB 3240, HB 1507, HB 658, HB 1748, HB 1851, HB 1922, HB 2798, HB 107, HB 1587, HB 3684, HB 118, HB 388, HB 114, HB 205, HB 2789, HB 2791, HB 499, HB 2960, HB 3163, HB 3135, HB 2427, HB 1618, HB 1672, HB 1722, HB 1338, HB 787, HB 2618, HB 879, HB 1126, HB 4134, HB 3513, HB 718, HB 1536, HB 1445, HB 1640, HB 1893, HB 1734, HB 3229, HB 3306, HB 1276, HB 3272, HB 3276, HB 3516, HB 4145, HB 1585, HB 4810, HB 2989, HB 2558, HB 3014, HB 2742, HB 1695, HB 609, HB 630, HB 420, HB 767, HB 1708, HB 1404, HB 2457, HB 140, HB 227, HB 913, HB 2198, HB 2763, HB 1261, HB 1135, HB 1318, HB 2358, HB 2765, HB 2735, HB 3307, HB 1242, HB 2842, HB 333, HB 201, HB 694, HB 2415, HB 155, HB 272, HB 405, HB 519, HB 1136, HB 1275, HB 1437, HB 1532, HB 1675, HB 1868, HB 1888, HB 1990, HB 2286, HB 2523, HB 3129, HB 3251, HB 3354, HB 3479, HB 3803, HB 3804, HB 3805, HB 3806, HB 3887, HB 4163, HB 4238, HB 1240, HB 1842, HB 2029, HB 2622, HB 3255, HB 654, HB 4643, HB 4945, HB 3611, HB 3724, HB 3623, HB 3810, HB 4127, HCR 78, HCR 12, SB 767

Keywords: HB 388, HB388, coordination of benefits, COB questionnaire, health benefit plan, health insurance, insurance commissioner, Texas Department of Insurance, uniform form, primary payer, secondary payer, multiple coverage, dual coverage, Medicaid, CHIP, managed care, HMO, small employer health plan, school district health coverage, self-funded plan

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• I assume that there's a fiscal note, Mr. Chair. I saw that as well. All right, thank you, sir.
• I assume that there's a fiscal note, Mr. Chair. I saw that as well. All right, thank you, sir.
• I assume that there's a fiscal note, Mr. Chair. I saw that as well. All right, thank you, sir.
• going to be laid over if it has a fiscal going to be laid over if it has a fiscal note<01:32:27.560
• There is no fiscal note. Representative M, thank you, Mr. Chair.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• new stadium, so to speak, at the campus was just basically fortifying Ching Field, would an EIS be triggered
• same sentiment that upfront losses have a long-term reinvestment, that there's not necessarily a fiscal
• There's always that upfront fiscal investment that's going to occur, but the fact that there's over,
• :04:31.440> always<01:04:31.640> that<01:04:31.839> upfront<01:04:32.359> fiscal
• there's always that upfront fiscal there's always that upfront fiscal investment<01:04:33.160>

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The House Committee on Higher Education heard several measures focused on health, environment, and research. HB 970 would allow chiropractic students to participate in clinical practice under direct supervision; the Hawaii Board of Chiropractic offered comments and asked for a delayed implementation date until July 2027 to allow time to adopt rules, while the Hawaii State Chiropractic Association supported the bill. Members also discussed that there are currently no chiropractic schools in the state. The committee then heard HB 1185, which creates a plant-based building materials working group, and HB 1337, which establishes an endemic plant seed bank pilot program. Supporters of HB 1185 said the bill could help create green jobs and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by developing materials such as bamboo, hempcrete, and bio-cements, with questions raised about in-state processing. For HB 1337, witnesses supported the goal of preserving endemic species but said a large-scale refrigerated storage and seed-production facility would be needed; one witness estimated startup costs of about $6 million for one island and noted existing seed banks are small-scale and not designed for reforestation. HB 1300 would fund a University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center multi-ethnic cohort study on cancer disparities among Native Hawaiians, Pacific Islanders, Filipinos, and Asians, including environmental and social factors such as proximity to landfills. The Cancer Center, ACS CAN, and labor representatives supported the bill, emphasizing health disparities and concerns about landfill exposure; committee members asked about federal funding, and the Cancer Center said it would pursue NIH, private, and foundation support, with the state share described as $500,000 per year for two years. HB 736 would create a wastewater technology testing pilot program at the Water Resources Research Center; supporters said it could help certify cheaper alternatives to costly cesspool and septic upgrades, and the Department of Health supported the measure. The committee also heard HB 531, which authorizes special license plates for the Cancer Center; supporters said it would raise visibility and funds, and the Cancer Center estimated revenue would likely be under $100,000. No votes or final actions were taken in the portion of the meeting provided.