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• Present in support, not wishing to speak: Rodney Braxton with the Louisiana Public Health Institute.
• Louisiana Public Health Institute. All right, any other comments? No, Mr. Chairman. Okay.
• We certainly don't want to jeopardize the integrity of the data.
• Somebody has to be keeping up with this data.
• And Jays with the Louisiana Public Health Institute. And Rich Mottay with CAGLA. All right.

Bills: SB25, SB132, SB155, SB157, SB202, SB237, SB250, SB433

Keywords: registrar of voters, parish registrar, chief deputy registrar, confidential assistant, election administration, elections, salary schedule, compensation, merit evaluation, population-based pay, census-based pay, Department of State, Secretary of State, State Board of Election Supervisors, redistricting, senate districts, Senate District 33, Senate District 34, Senate District 35, precincts

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• readily understood by the public. readily understood by the public.
• So that's a huge public subsidy.
• So that's a huge public subsidy. things. So that's a huge public subsidy.
• <00:23:14.000> Um at anything public or private. Um at anything public or private.
• of all four-year public uh universities. of all four-year public uh universities.

Bills: HF4362, HF4252, HF4440

Keywords: firearms, guns, gun rights, gun control, campus safety, public college, university, postsecondary institution, higher education, visitor carry, concealed carry, open carry, campus policy, Minnesota Statutes 624.714, petty misdemeanor, parking lot carry, firearm possession, public safety, college campus, student carry

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• sign; it also bases it on the importance of that needed category, such as teaching, education, and public
• colleges from prohibiting charging a student or student organization security fees based on their public
• I have two kids in public schools, but I have been involved in conversation, so I look at it from a clear

Bills: HB1937, HB2210, HB2398, HB3021, HB3129, HB3312, HB3557, HB4358

Keywords: HB1937, Oklahoma schools, student communications, electronic communication, digital communication, parent notification, legal guardian, school personnel, teachers, coaches, administrators, charter schools, public schools, administrative leave, corroborated report, investigation, employee file, discipline, termination, school board

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• stepped into public service for a stepped into public service for a reason.<00:13:17.440> So<00
• Public opinion is on our side.
• are an officer and it enhances public are an officer and it enhances public safety<01:18:15.679>
• trust and that public fear.
• trust and that advantage of that public trust and that public<01:40:10.800> fear.

Bills: HF3433, HF3402, HF3412, HF3405, HF3404

Keywords: assault weapons, semi-automatic rifle, military-style firearm, gun ban, firearms regulation, gun control, public safety, BCA, Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, background check, transferee permit, private gun sale, waiting period, felony possession, gross misdemeanor, AR-15, AK-47, Uzi, TEC-9, high-capacity magazine

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• there's a packet that should be with you all in a folder, and um I wanted to share a couple of pieces of data
• there's a packet that should be with you all in a folder, and um I wanted to share a couple of pieces of data
• there's a packet that should be with you all in a folder, and um I wanted to share a couple of pieces of data
• there's a packet that should be with you all in a folder, and um I wanted to share a couple of pieces of data
• there's a packet that should be with you all in a folder, and um I wanted to share a couple of pieces of data

Bills: HB187, HB98, HB360, HB394, HB398, HB388, HB187, HB98, HB360, HB394, HB398, HB388

Keywords: school safety, emergency response, training, public safety, Alyssa's Law, law enforcement, scholarship, tuition assistance, dependent education, Alabama, blackout license plate, HB360, Second Amendment Sales Tax Holiday, sales tax holiday, firearms, guns, ammunition, bullets, primers, gun accessories

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• This measure was heard uh public funds.
• :21.440> Utilities measure requires the Public Utilities measure requires the Public Utilities
• <00:13:00.000> this the testimony was made public this the testimony was made public this
• , public transportation transportation, public transportation because<00:22:23.600> they<00:22
• the public hearings in 269-12. the public hearings in 269-12.

Bills: SB2033, SB2487, SB2497, SB2471, SB2829

Keywords: renewable energy, grid-ready homes, interconnection process, electric utility, energy independence, surcharge, customer access, energy storage, smart inverters, Public Utilities Commission, PUC, electric utility rates, ratemaking, performance-based regulation, performance-based incentives, performance incentive mechanisms, revenue adjustment mechanisms, cost control mechanisms, reward and penalty mechanisms, alternative ratemaking

Summary: The committee first reconvened on SB 2471 and SB 2829, both relating to the powers of artificial persons. After discussion with the Attorney General’s office and a prior Q&A period, the chair said the committee would defer decision-making again, with the intent to return with amended versions of both bills that could gain support from the administration and its lawyers. The measures were deferred to Tuesday, February 10, 2026, in Conference Room 229 at 9:30 a.m. The committee then took up SB 2180, relating to deposits of public funds. Members noted late testimony from the prior day’s joint hearing with the Housing Committee and moved to pass the bill out with amendments, including a defective effective date. The motion carried unanimously among those voting: the chair, vice chair, Senator Lamosao, and Senator Awa voted aye; Senator McKelvey was excused. The measure was adopted. A joint hearing followed on SB 2033, relating to renewable energy and a streamlined grid-ready homes interconnection process. The PUC supported the bill’s intent but raised concerns about the time, resources, and stakeholder input needed to establish the proposed process, and asked for clarification of terms such as “grid-ready homes” and the role of HERA. Hawaiian Electric said it supported the intent but opposed the proposed process and HERA funding use. The Hawaii Solar Energy Association strongly supported the bill, arguing that faster interconnection is needed to meet rooftop solar goals and lower costs over time. Testimony totaled 27 in support, two in opposition, and four with comments. Members questioned costs, consumer protections, and whether the bill would burden low- and moderate-income households; the bill’s supporters said amendments could clarify the definition of grid-ready homes and add guardrails, while acknowledging that upfront costs and interconnection costs would still need to be addressed.

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• Do they give us data? Yeah.
• So EarnIn is not public. Most of the companies in the space are not public yet.
• There are requirements for data, and if they're not reporting their data on a quarterly basis...
• So there are requirements for data, and if they're not reporting their data on a quarterly basis, there
• So reporting the data is to make sure that we're providing the public service that we're supposed to

Bills: HB2118, HB2181, HB2308, HB2309, HB2402, HB2476, HB2682, HB2698, HB2875, HB2877, HB2903, HB2910

Keywords: mobile food vendors, licensure, food safety, statewide regulations, health standards, zoning, temporary vendors, HB2181, death certificate, death certificates, vital records, funeral establishment, funeral home, human remains, medical certification of death, death registration, state registrar, local registrar, county medical examiner, alternate medical examiner

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• Charter schools are public schools. They're just not traditional.
• Order printed and referred to the House Consumer Public Affairs Committee, then the House Taxation and
• Education Department on enrollment data for each public school, and requiring the department to publish
• that data on the department's website, making conforming amendments.
• Your Consumer and Public Affairs Committee will meet at 1:30 today. Members take note.

Bills: HM3, HM11, HM14, HM15, HM21

Keywords: nurses, health care workers, healthcare workers, frontline workers, hospital staff, clinicians, allied health professionals, support staff, public health, workforce shortage, nursing shortage, safe staffing, patient safety, rural health care, frontier communities, behavioral health, mental health, substance use disorder, substance abuse, health care memorial

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• . >> Dixie Thomas with the Examiner's Public House. And Dixiey's here as a resource to us.

Bills: SB100, SB122, SB127, HB182, HB275, SB100, SB122, SB127, HB182, HB275

Keywords: property tax, ad valorem tax, real property assessment, assessment cap, county-wide reappraisal, CPI-U, Consumer Price Index, tax assessor, Class II property, Class III property, local government revenue, property tax relief, reappraisal, tax increment district, retroactive tax law, Alabama Code 40-7-2.2, appropriation, education funding, Southern Preparatory Academy, fiscal responsibility

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• This legislation, House Bill 19, seeks to require public and private...
• This will assist the public in identifying reputable organizations to which the public may donate. to
• It's trying to get the public informed.
• It builds a long-term partnership that makes our public dollars go farther.
• States collecting and reporting data regarding missing persons.

Bills: HB2, HB1, HB18, HB19, HB20, HB1, HB 2, HB18, HB19, HB20

Keywords: emergency communication, interoperability, grant program, first responders, state council, disaster response, emergency management, mass fatality, justices of the peace, training programs, emergency manager license, volunteer management, justice of the peace training, criminal history checks, state health services, broadband, public safety, disaster preparedness, funding, flood disaster plan

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• The public testimony is closed. I'm sorry, I'm actually... Ben Shepard, Mr.
• And their being non-public testimony is now closed.
• There being none, public testimony is closed.
• We have no one from the public registered to testify.
• There being no public testimony, the session is closed.

Bills: HB188, HB265, HJR35, HJR47, SB1901, HB188, HB265, HJR35

Keywords: Texas STRONG defense fund, severance tax revenue, oil and gas revenue, constitutional transfers, rainy day fund, economic stabilization fund, state highway fund, oil and gas production, qualifying county, county grants, water infrastructure, first responders, public safety, DPS staffing, commercial motor vehicle safety, gang violence prevention, human trafficking prevention, economic development, TxDOT grants, school districts

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• So, there could be a lag... ...in the data.
• So what we passed out are data by county, right?
• big repositories of all this data.
• a huge swath of data.
• I did want to talk about missing those two years of data, as it is pretty significant in our public policy

Bills: HB514, HB1652, HB2117, HB2298, HB3269, HB46, HB46

Keywords: maternal health, maternal care, pregnancy, labor and delivery, postpartum, doula, birth worker, midwife, obstetric care, women's health, rural health, health workforce, workforce development, trauma-informed care, public outreach campaign, health equity, minority health, underserved communities, Texas Department of State Health Services, HHSC

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• Um, anyone from the public wishing to testify on the matter before the committee, House File 2601 as
• There is some boilerplate language in the NAIC model law around confidential data.
• If members have questions or if there’s questions from the public today, thank you, Madam Chair.
• Do we have any public testifiers? Any public that would like to give their testimony to the DE2?
• Madam Chair, thank you, and members and those of the public.

Bills: HF2601, HF2607, HF2027, HF2608

Keywords: financial institutions, insurance regulation, insurance holding company, group capital calculation, liquidity stress test, NAIC, National Association of Insurance Commissioners, insurer solvency, affiliate transactions, groupwide supervision, internationally active insurance group, lead state commissioner, policyholder protection, hazardous financial condition, deposit or bond, contract for deed, conventional loan, cooperative apartment loan, mortgage interest rate cap, average prime offer rate

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• We analyze both historic data and ongoing trends.
• Let me share a little bit of data with you.
• What are the data breach risks of this new potential arrangement?
• Any type of recourse for data breaches.
• I am a policy analyst with the Texas Public Policy Foundation.

Bills: HB246, HB796, HB 1056, HB1544, HB1846, HB2001, HB2618, HB2625, HB2869, HB2898, HB3069, HB3114, HB3157, HB3228, HJR98, HB246

Keywords: federal directives, state authority, Tenth Amendment, government enforcement, local governance, gold standard, legal tender, currency, transactional currency, financial transactions, electronic payment systems, state finance, regulatory compliance, electric trucks, charging infrastructure, advisory council, transportation, sustainability, criminal penalties, official information

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• I'm Brent Bennett with the Life Care Campaign of the Texas Public Policy Foundation, testifying in support
• So, Adrian Shelley is representing Public Citizen for the bill, not testifying.
• For the driver, for our constituents, for just the public in general, is it safer to deliver at night
• instances of misuse of public information from a Class C misdemeanor to the same tiered felony charges
• We have a lot of data. Thank you for your testimony, Joe. If there are any questions, let us know.

Bills: HB246, HB796, HB 1056, HB1544, HB1846, HB2001, HB2618, HB2625, HB2869, HB2898, HB3069, HB3114, HB3157, HB3228, HJR98, HB246

Keywords: federal directives, state authority, Tenth Amendment, government enforcement, local governance, gold standard, legal tender, currency, transactional currency, financial transactions, electronic payment systems, state finance, regulatory compliance, electric trucks, charging infrastructure, advisory council, transportation, sustainability, criminal penalties, official information

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• Members should recall that two weeks ago we had a public hearing.
• I think one of the things that I heard at the public hearing a couple of weeks ago is that not necessarily
• They met only once per quorum back then, so the public could actually come to those rooms.
• He came back and became the first helicopter pilot for the Department of Public Safety when its aviation

Bills: SB67, HB295, SB104

Keywords: veterans affairs, Alabama Department of Veterans Affairs, State Board of Veterans Affairs, commissioner, Governor appointment, oversight board, veterans services, veterans benefits, state veterans homes, veterans cemeteries, Alabama Veterans Home Trust Fund, veteran service officers, district managers, assistant commissioners, county veterans offices, military veterans, disabled veterans, elderly veterans, veterans organizations, American Legion

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• I come to you today with HB114, and the examiners of Public Accounts did a tremendous job of examination
• Thomas here with the Public Accounts.
• I'll go ahead and tell you right Alright, now we're going to have a public hearing.
• It's about money and power, not public service.
• And I'm... ...expense of the public, and I'm talking about the amendments here.

Bills: HB159, HB110, HB114, HB115, HB116, HB123, HB125

Keywords: U.S. Space and Rocket Center, Alabama Space Science Exhibit Commission, public facilities, space exploration, education programs, bond issuance, Governor involvement, HB110, sunset bill, Alabama Sunset Law, State Board of Medical Examiners, Medical Licensure Commission, medical licensing, physician regulation, healthcare regulation, professional licensing, ethics law, state ethics code, public servants, board members

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• This is not any public testimony. We're going to give some... This is not any public testimony.

Bills: HB1, HB2, HB3, HB312, HB313, HB314, HB383, HB983, HB1126, HCR3

Keywords: state budget, appropriations, education funding, public health, social services, government operations, state institutions, capital outlay, budget, infrastructure, appropriation, general obligation bonds, bond authorization, capital improvement, financial management, state treasury, funding, state general fund, local government, fiscal year

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• I am North Branch Area Public Schools.
• millions in additional public revenue. millions in additional public revenue.
• that only those public entities will do. that only those public entities will do.
• <01:20:59.120> private we can build those public private we can build those public private
• what you're seeing from data. what you're seeing from data.

Bills: HF4862, HF4598

Keywords: apprenticeship, education, teacher training, grant program, labor and industry, workers' compensation, Minnesota workers' compensation, Workers' Compensation Advisory Council, reinsurance association, Workers' Compensation Reinsurance Association, WCRA, occupational disease, presumption, first responders, firefighter cancer, PTSD, post-traumatic stress disorder, police officer, paramedic, emergency medical technician

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• > health<00:02:53.280> and Whether that's public safety, health and Whether that's public
• Seeing none, public testimony is closed. Seeing none, public testimony is closed.
• responsible to provide and do that data responsible to provide and do that data and<01:15:36.800
• requires digitizing operational data. requires digitizing operational data.
• Seeing none, public testimony is closed. Seeing none, public testimony is closed.

Bills: HF4421, HF1937, HF4675, HF4715, HF4684

Keywords: county cost share, economically distressed county, human services finance, substance use disorder treatment, SUD services, civil commitment, state aid, county levy, poverty threshold, tax-exempt acreage, property tax exemption, Minnesota human services, county fiscal relief, local government finance, chemical dependency, behavioral health, PACE, elderly, Medicaid, health services