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• dissemination of voting information to increase voter participation and confidence, voting system testing
• So each program increment is designed, developed, and user acceptance tested by the stakeholders, and
• So recently we brought them in to do user testing.
• volunteered to come in, and we set them up, we trained them, we assigned them a mentor, and they tested
• I think it was nine per week that came in and tested the system.

Summary: The Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 5 on State Administration heard a series of budget change proposals and trailer bill items, beginning with Housing and Community Development (HCD) requests. HCD sought permanent authority for seven existing temporary positions to support the HCD Connect IT system, and a separate proposal to fund implementation of eight 2025 housing-related laws with $4.2 million General Fund and 16 positions, plus $470,000 one-time General Fund. Members asked about how HCD Connect would interact with programs moving to the new Housing Development Finance Committee, and HCD also explained that the estimated cost to implement AB 1053 had been revised downward from about $6 million to $1.9 million because of shared implementation with CalHFA and the new committee structure. The committee also heard a Cal ICH proposal for $339,000 one-time General Fund to implement AB 678 on LGBTQ+ inclusive and culturally competent homelessness services, with testimony emphasizing data gaps and the need for a contract-based approach because HMIS cannot be changed unilaterally. The Department of Financial Protection and Innovation presented three continuation proposals: $15.34 million and 53 positions for the California Consumer Financial Protection Law program, $13.5 million and 51 positions for the Debt Collector Licensing Act program, and $49,000 ongoing for two positions in the broker-dealer/investment adviser education program. Members and the public raised concerns about the size and fairness of debt collector assessments and licensing fees, while DFPI explained the pro rata fee structure, the current license count, and how larger assessments fall on larger firms. Public testimony also supported retaining funding for the Student Loan Empowerment Network and requested funding for a franchise broker registration program. The committee also considered a mandate item involving suspension of a disclosure requirement related to property taxation, and trailer bill language from the Government Operations Agency to amend AB 91 on MENA demographic data collection, with the administration emphasizing data nondisclosure, protection of federal funding, and delayed implementation. The Secretary of State’s office then presented Help America Vote Act funding requests: $10.3 million for VoteCal maintenance and operations and $4.492 million for HAVA spending plans supporting voter education, training, accessibility, auditing, and county assistance. The office also requested $660,000 General Fund to implement AB 1392, which would make voter registration information for elected officials and candidates confidential, and explained the need to modify VoteCal and county election systems. The committee also heard requests to continue the Cal-Access Replacement System with $11.8 million General Fund and to continue the Notary Automation Program Replacement Project with $9.75 million from the Business Fees Fund. Members asked about total project costs, testing, data migration, and the expected November 2026 go-live date for Cal-Access replacement. Votes were taken on the vote-only items once quorum was established, and the committee approved the items considered. The final informational item was an overview from the California Arts Council, which highlighted the agency’s 50th anniversary, its statewide grantmaking, and the economic impact of arts funding. Council staff described Creative Corps, cultural districts, and the role of arts funding in local economies, while members and public witnesses urged increased support, including a request to raise local assistance grant funding to $50 million and to provide additional funding for cultural districts. Testimony emphasized the arts as economic infrastructure, community infrastructure, and a source of civic and cultural vitality across California.

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• MONDAY I HAVE A SECOND DEMONSTRATION OF THE PRODUCT AND WE HOPE TO BE ABLE TO LAUNCH IT AND START TESTING
• AND YOU ALSO MENTION THAT THERE WERE CERTAIN SCHOOLS THAT WERE CHOSEN FOR THE TESTING.
• DID YOU TEST? ARE ALL THE SCHOOLS THE SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED BY SCHOOL SAFETY PROGRAMS.
• WHERE THEY INCLUDED IN THE TESTING? HOW DID YOU CHOOSE WHICH SCHOOLS WILL BE PART OF THE TESTING?
• SO TO CHOOSE WHICH DISTRICTS ARE GOING TO PARTICIPATE INITIALLY THAT IS MERELY FOR THE TESTING OF THE

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• This bill doesn't take into account how hospital blood tests are always falsely elevated.
• Just because you took a Xanax, you're still testing positive the next day, even though it's not psychoactive
• Just because you took a hydrocodone this weekend for knee pain, you're still testing positive today,
• cooperate, at that point I now... ...have a greater penalty than if I refuse to give a breath or a blood test
• of what now we lawyers are going to advise people on, whether you should give a breath or a blood test

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• Miller obscenity test. That bill tried to ban any performance that appealed to a prurient interest.
• found that to be broad and vague, so we'd have to really incorporate all of the elements of the Miller test
• But yeah, we would have to incorporate all three aspects of that Miller test. ...modified to minors.
• The 5th Circuit has said that you can tweak the test, but you have to evaluate art as a whole.
• Pass that test on this sixth time, and I thank Chair King for bringing this in a timely fashion.

Bills: SB34, SB75, SB330, SB1535, SB18, SB 18, SB 34

Keywords: wildfire, wildfire mitigation, wildfire prevention, volunteer fire department, Texas A&M Forest Service, West Texas A&M University, prescribed burning, fuel loading, fuel reduction, firefighting equipment database, emergency communications, disaster preparedness, rural fire protection, asset hardening, natural resource management, emergency management, large wildfire risk, fire grant funding, fire suppression, Texas Legislature

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• Applicants must pass the compelling factor test, where the agreement must be the compelling factor in
• facilities locate, it is difficult for dispatchable energy generators to pass the compelling factor test
• is that it amends section 403 to exclude electric generation facilities from the compelling factor test
• an important technical correction to the JEDI Act, exempting generation from the compelling factor test
• last session is that it was the intent to exempt dispatchable generation from the compelling factor test

Bills: SB913, SB1086, SB1087, SB1143, SB1534, SB1553, SB1718, SB1754, SB2004, SB2322, SB2448

Keywords: hotel occupancy tax, municipal revenue, tax code, local government funding, Texas legislation, county taxation, economic development, hotel industry, local government, counties, taxation, tourism, workforce development, youth programs, employment, education, technical training, health physics, higher education, nuclear energy

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• One is that if it's uneconomical, and there are already tests on whether it's uneconomical or not, according
• Is that what you're testing? Defining baseline.
• It requires... ...20 hours, that's it, and passing a test. I have a D-level license.
• And so once that quality for the water system is determined to be poor, or had failed tests a certain
• they're going to get them up to standards. ...even though they may or may not have failed any TCEQ testing

Bills: HB29, HB685, HB1633, HB1689, HB1690, HB1918, HB2010, HB2500, HB2608, HB2626, HB29

Keywords: water audit, water loss, water loss mitigation plan, municipally owned utility, municipal utility, water conservation, Texas Water Development Board, TCEQ, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, water leakage, leak detection, billing data accuracy, utility validation, water audit validation, water scarcity, water management, infrastructure, public utility, conservation plan, administrative penalty

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• This bill requires hospitals and campus emergency departments to test for fentanyl as part of any urine
• testing they conduct to treat individuals for possible drug overdose or poisoning.
• The bill will increase the frequency and efficiency of fentanyl testing, ensuring that patients receive
• This is a technical amendment to ensure that hospitals are performing the correct follow-up test that
• aligns with, in the event that they diagnosed fentanyl from the urine test, and that aligns with the

Summary: The committee took up a large health policy agenda. SB 1568 on electronic prescribing was explained as a federal conformity measure, but members raised concerns about preserving patients’ ability to obtain paper prescriptions and about exemptions for emergency, hospice, and other situations. Emergency physicians testified in support of e-prescribing but asked for flexibility, and the bill was reported favorably despite Senator Harrell’s opposition. SB 1606 on patient access to records sought to standardize record-production timelines and require electronic delivery when available; after an amendment correcting a drafting error, the bill drew concerns about HIPAA, behavioral health confidentiality, and the distinction between personal and legal representatives, and it was reported unfavorably as a committee substitute. The committee then approved SB 1346 on fentanyl testing, with a technical amendment, to require hospitals and campus emergency departments to test for fentanyl in urine testing for suspected overdose or poisoning. SB 1224 on administration of controlled substances by paramedics was amended to clarify language and reported favorably. SB 656 on health care billing and collection activities was substantially revised by strike-all amendment to allow sale of medical debt to third parties under new limits, including no interest or fees and return of debt if charity care applies; it was reported favorably as a committee substitute. SB 68 expanded health facilities authority financing to include not-for-profit LLCs and parent companies, and SB 524 added Duchenne muscular dystrophy to the newborn screening panel; both were reported favorably. Later, the committee approved SB 1842 on out-of-network referrals after multiple amendments, requiring providers to verify network participation at the point of service and notify patients in writing, though several members and physicians warned it could burden providers and increase workload. The committee also advanced proposed committee bill SB 7028, which revises the Casey DeSantis Cancer Research Program, adds oversight and reporting requirements, creates a pediatric cancer research incubator, and establishes the Bascom-Palmer VisionGen initiative; cancer center representatives testified in strong support, and the bill was reported favorably as a committee bill. SB 172 on specialty titles and designations was amended to clarify enforcement and was reported favorably after supporters said it would prevent misleading use of specialist titles, while opponents argued it could confuse practitioners’ titles. Finally, SB 1690 on surrendered infants was reported favorably after supporters said it would codify and expand safe-haven baby box procedures and opponents raised safety concerns about the devices. The committee also noted SB 1606 remained pending for reconsideration next week before adjourning.

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• We must also strive to provide the testing that assists most in solving cases.
• In cold case testing identifying unidentified human remains, a missing persons such as familial searching
• offices that they do not cover to ensure the entire state has a friend of services needed alcohol testing
• program ensures the alcohol testing insurance used across the state by our law enforcement agencies
• , each case is unique and its complexity requires more attention to specific details and types of testing

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• We had posted all of our testing online, but the U.S.
• go onto our website and see the testing go onto our website and see the testing the<00:29:18.320
• Um this is a testing right now. Okay.
• use to ensure it's safe, not contaminated, and to test for THC levels.
• <01:00:33.520> as Hilo uh to be able to do this testing as Hilo uh to be able to do this testing

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• required more very very expensive tests required more very very expensive tests in<02:20:54.319>
• um more streamlined testing um more streamlined testing and<02:22:51.960> um<02:22:52.319
• Aspirin or small molecules are made in a test tube, if you will. They're made by chemicals.
• You look at animal testing; there are not differences there. They can be detected.
• And then the standard is clinical testing.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• true that the employer may substitute another person to perform your services, uh that's part of the test
• that's part to perform your services, uh that's part of<00:04:15.840> the<00:04:16.000> test
• <00:04:16.239> for<00:04:16.400> an<00:04:16.560> independent of the test for
• <00:32:01.600> in<00:32:01.840> another it's been tried and tested in another it's
• been tried and tested in another state. state. state.

Bills: HB0028, HB0080

Keywords: sexual exploitation, child protection, law amendment, explicit conduct, sex crimes, identification cards, nursing facilities, assisted living, renewal process, resident rights, 916, all

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• You know, there's a time-tested way to address coastal erosion, and it's with rocks and groins and things
• <00:50:52.000> there's<00:50:52.240> a<00:50:52.400> time-t<00:50:52.640> tested
• this there's a there's a time-t tested this there's a there's a time-t tested way<00:50:53.119><
• ><01:32:17.520> um<01:32:17.600> to<01:32:17.760> do licensed after I pass my test
• um to do licensed after I pass my test um to do properties<01:32:18.320> management.

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The committee heard testimony on several shoreline easement resolutions and a water-supply study resolution. For the easement measures, the Department of Land and Natural Resources supported each item, and testimony also came from affected landowners and community members. Members asked about why some easements were granted gratis to public agencies, with DLNR explaining that those cases involved public infrastructure such as stormwater management and did not require bonds or rent. For private properties, DLNR described the standard process of monthly rent during the legislative approval gap, followed by a one-time appraised payment for a 25-year easement once the appraisal is completed. A substantial portion of the discussion focused on shoreline erosion and whether hardened shoreline structures or seawalls were contributing to beach loss. On one measure, DLNR explained that a large sandbag shoreline structure was tied to a nearby boat harbor that had altered sand movement over time, causing flanking erosion on adjacent unarmored property. On another, DLNR said a wall built under a valid 1960s permit was originally a boundary or landscaping wall, but now functions as a seawall as the shoreline has migrated landward. Members raised concerns about fairness, public beach access, and whether adjacent owners should share costs, and DLNR responded that shoreline matters are handled parcel by parcel under existing statute. The committee also heard support for a resolution creating a task force or study on desalination. DLNR’s Commission on Water Resource Management supported the intent but asked for more time to complete a comprehensive report, noting the work would require substantial staffing and coordination. The Board of Water Supply and CARES also testified in support, with CARES emphasizing future water-supply needs, cultural and historic preservation concerns, and the importance of coordinating with other agencies. DLNR said it would rely on existing studies and work with county agencies and the Department of Health. No votes or final committee actions were taken during the portion of the hearing provided.

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• exists, but this bill really seeks to build on that and create a permanent structure to evaluate, test
• exists, but this bill really seeks to build on that and create a permanent structure to evaluate, test
• outreach and coordination program, which works with firefighters and innovators to identify problems, test
• It also ensures that taxpayer dollars are spent on technologies that have been rigorously tested, validated

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• It's also going to allow them to provide, you know, sell their products and at taste testings at wine
• /c><00:12:45.360> and<00:12:45.680> at<00:12:45.920> taste<00:12:46.240> testings
• <00:12:47.120> at products and and at taste testings at products and and at taste testings

Bills: SB265, HB593

Keywords: data processing centers, tax abatements, economic development, construction related taxes, energy infrastructure, small craft distilleries, wineries, alcoholic beverages, licensing, craft beverage industry, 1136, house, all

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• individual may need to take some sort of counseling or some sort of substance abuse or substance testing
• , I'm... ...some sort of counseling or some sort of substance abuse or substance testing.
• with all these providers that were taken out of business or their businesses suspended, a lot of the tests
• that they... ...their businesses suspended, a lot of the tests that they did were never uploaded, were

Bills: SB1110, SB1140, SB1234, SB1275, SB1426, SB1436, SB1470, SB1489, SB1512, SB1540, SB1556, SB1568, SB1569, SB1573, SB1585, SB1609, SB1627, SB1634, SB1635, SB1648, SB1654, SB1687, SCR1027, SCR1040

Keywords: home confinement, electronic monitoring, community supervision, criminal justice reform, recidivism, expungement, misdemeanor, criminal record, Arizona Revised Statutes, judicial process, record sealing, juvenile court, legal representation, appointed attorney, guardian ad litem, child welfare, veterans, mental health, criminal diversion, military service

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• I just think that, I mean, in Socorro County, I don't have to have an admissions test.
• Don't have to have an admissions test. Right?
• think it's going to be far more than because you can't go to an MVD and get this full diagnostic testing
• Just had my car emissions test done and actually it failed. It's a 2015 and it drives great.

Keywords: 996, all

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• When I got my certificate, you had to have a four-year degree, two years of experience to take your test
• experience<00:04:22.960> to<00:04:23.120> take<00:04:23.280> your<00:04:23.440> test
• experience to take your test, your CPA. experience to take your test, your CPA.

Bills: HB59, HB128, HB59, HB128

Keywords: early voting, electoral participation, voting centers, Alabama elections, absentee ballot, HB128, Alabama Board of Nursing, Sunset Law, sunset review, nursing board, nurse licensure, registered nurse, RN, licensed practical nurse, LPN, advanced practice nursing, certified registered nurse anesthetist, CRNA, consumer member, board appointments

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• It will require, based on the Supreme Court four-part test, a detailed analysis to decide whether or
• It will require, based on the Supreme Court four-part test, a detailed analysis to decide whether or
• <00:58:26.119> testimony there in dlr's written test testimony there in dlr's written test
• There isn't a huge number of species they have to test; it's only a few.
• There isn't a huge number of species they have to test; it's only a few.

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The joint committees first heard SB 1146, which would appropriate funds to the University of Hawaiʻi to develop an action plan and pre-engineering concept plan for debris management and water quality control in the Ala Wai Watershed. Testimony was largely supportive from DLNR, a UH student, and a special improvement district representative, while one speaker suggested the work should be coordinated with existing efforts to avoid duplication. Committee discussion focused on the multi-jurisdictional nature of the watershed, existing debris-trap work that captures only about 20 to 30 percent of debris, the role of the university in capstone projects and recommendations, and the relationship to the existing Geni project and other community efforts. Members also asked about costs, tracking progress, and the difference between water-quality improvements and the larger debris problem. The committees then voted to pass SB 1146 with amendments, including blanking out the appropriation and deferring the effective date to July 31, 2050. The motion passed in both committees, with votes recorded in support and no opposition noted during the decision-making. The committees also heard SB 321, which would deem certain fee simple privately owned lands transferred to adjacent property owners or community associations if specified conditions are met. Testimony was in support from several individuals, but members raised concerns about the lack of input from counties and the state, and about how the bill might affect roads already used by the public or maintained by local governments. After discussion, the committees voted to advance SB 321 unamended to the next committees, with the measure adopted in both committees despite one recorded no vote in the Water and Land committee.

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• through postconviction DNA testing through postconviction DNA testing involve<03:22:37.920> false
• was not as advanced and being able to be tested much later.
• > Pennsylvania<03:39:52.239> because testing actually in Pennsylvania because testing actually
• And so he need for DNA testing."
• advanced and being able to be tested advanced and being able to be tested much<03:40:35.600>

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• only two people who had test only two people who had test ified<00:06:31.120> so<00:06:31.360
• These tests, as you heard, can cost thousands of dollars.
• in because commissioning is the testing in because commissioning is the testing of<05:18:37.798>
• We test for structural issues, we test for smoke, we test for many, many things.
• We're going to put a vapor barrier on and not test for it at all, so we would advocate that testing should

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee first took up House Bill 216, which Representative Carol Maguire described as a fix to a workers’ compensation/retirement “glitch.” The bill would remove the current limit that only one year of workers’ compensation time can be credited as retirement service time. Maguire argued the limit is arbitrary and affects only a very small number of grievously injured workers, while committee members asked about the fiscal impact, available data, and whether the change could affect workers’ compensation rates or incentives. Mark Kavar of the New Hampshire Retirement System said Labor could not provide data on how many people exceed a year on weekly indemnity benefits, so the fiscal note used a conservative estimate that could be scaled down; he also explained that workers’ comp is not earnable compensation, which is why service credit stops after a year, and noted that many long-term cases move into disability retirement or lump-sum settlements. The committee closed the hearing, entered executive session, and voted ought to pass on HB 216 by a 13-0 roll call, sending it to consent and noting it would also go to Finance. The committee then acted on House Bill 85, adopting Amendment 0037 and then voting ought to pass as amended by another 13-0 roll call. The bill was described as allowing second-year respiratory therapy students to work under supervision using the skills they have already learned, with support from the Hospital Association and no opposition noted. Finally, the committee took up House Bill 267, the animal chiropractors bill. Members said the bill had been approved previously but was vetoed because of a defect; the problem has now been corrected, and the bill is intended to reduce delays caused by requiring veterinary referrals before chiropractors can treat animals. The committee voted ought to pass 13-0 and placed the bill on consent.