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• You can look through some of the ways in which we communicate with our community.
• We've developed pacing guides.
• We've had some communication.
• problems to fix those community needs.
• We have communities up north where There are no amenities in the communities, so there's no access to

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• <00:04:10.879> very with companies who are developing very with companies who are developing
• Developers like Tract come in.
• new code, developing new software applications, other usages, research and development, can be located
• new code, developing new software applications, other usages, research and development, can be located
• and the way the most impacted Community and the way the most impacted Community was<01:41:29.360

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• This is a four-leaning community.
• The other main area is space industry development as a whole.
• , industry development.
• We can give water to the community if it's an emergency.
• And so, that is now open for aviation development activity.

Keywords: 914, all

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• Former government land going to the private sector to develop housing and help a community to grow right
• Former government land going to the private sector to develop housing and help a community to grow right
• Former government land going to the private sector to develop housing and help a community to grow right
• Former government land going to the private sector to develop housing and help a community to grow right
• Former government land going to the private sector to develop housing and help a community to grow right

Keywords: 916, all

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• IT BEGINS WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AS WELL AS LOCAL TECHNOLOGY PLANNING TEAMS, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS,
• IN WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AS WELL AS SECRETARY KELLY.
• THE MULTIPURPOSE COMMUNITY FACILITY PROGRAM IS A PROGRAM THAT HAS FUNDED OVER $86 MILLION TO 29 GRAMS
• THIS DICTATES AND SHOWS THE PRIORITY OF THE RURAL COMMUNITIES.
• WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDIZATION LEVERAGES EXPERTISE IN THAT AREA.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• <00:14:44.720> Uh Community Association in support. Uh Community Association in support.
• :14:46.800> Health National Association of Community Health National Association of Community
• , advancing professional development, advancing professional development, advocacy,<00:15:48.560>
• members be community health workers. members be community health workers.
• and development agency Dr. and development agency Dr.

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The Committee on Health met on April 11, 2025, and heard testimony on a series of Senate concurrent and Senate resolution measures focused on health system oversight, workforce standards, and access to care. Topics included an auditor study on mandated insurance coverage for intravenous ketamine therapy for depression (SCR 8 SD1), a working group on prior authorization reform (STR 10 SD2), a task force on minimum professional standards for community health worker training (STR 16 SD1), a pharmacy benefit manager reform working group (SCR 69 SD1), a pharmacy reimbursement working group (STR 70 SD1), an aeromedical services working group (STR 86 SD1), a catchment-water feasibility study for business use (STR 118 SD1), an auditor study on mandatory coverage for continuous glucose monitors (STR 120 SD1), and a resolution encouraging reduced use of disposable surgical equipment and more sustainable health care practices (STR 194 SD1). Testimony was generally supportive across the measures, with several agencies and organizations noting the need to address complex health policy issues and improve access, transparency, and sustainability. For STR 16 SD1, community health worker advocates strongly supported the resolution but asked for amendments to include the Hawaii Community Health Worker Association on the task force and to require that at least half of the task force members be community health workers. For the PBM-related measures, SHPDA said it was willing to convene the work group and described the issue as complex, while the Pharmaceutical Care Management Association asked that PBMs be included in the working group. For STR 10 SD2, SHPDA supported the effort to reduce prior authorization burdens and said the process is a "black box" that needs reform; the chair later noted the administration’s commitment to the issue. For STR 86 SD1, the Department of Health supported the aeromed working group, and the chair proposed a House Draft 1 with technical changes and added representation from independent provider operators. In decision making, the committee adopted the chair’s recommendations on all measures considered. SCR 8 SD1 was passed as is. STR 10 SD2 was deferred. STR 16 SD1, STR 70 SD1, STR 118 SD1, STR 120 SD1, and STR 194 SD1 were passed as is. SCR 69 SD1 was passed with amendments, and STR 86 SD1 was passed with amendments. The meeting concluded with adjournment after all votes were taken.

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• And really spend some time talking about how this has been truly a community-driven and community-centered
• communities, cultural, disability-specific, issue-specific communities.
• That document is being developed. We expect to get community input on it.
• How are we connecting with those communities to really build that workforce and develop that workforce
• in those communities?

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• And it's quite popular with communities.
• of pipeline development Process too.
• in prototype or in product development.
• We want this developed. We... I want this moving quickly.
• These companies are gonna have to develop the infrastructure.

Bills: HB1

Keywords: feed bill, legislative appropriations, legislative branch, New Mexico Legislature, general fund, legislative council service, legislative finance committee, legislative education study committee, house chief clerk, senate chief clerk, per diem, mileage, session expenses, interim committees, district staff, capitol complex, capital outlay data system, legislative processing system, redistricting, census redistricting

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• starter homes can help our communities starter homes can help our communities flourish<00:08:07.080
• So today we do almost all residential development processes by planned unit development, PUD, and that
• 00:15:58.240> lot because these developers can earn a lot because these developers can earn a
• cities um out there for many developers cities um out there for many developers it<00:16:04.920>
• <00:22:42.320> to say Roso who can't get a developer to say Roso who can't get a developer

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Summary: The committee on Housing and Homelessness Prevention heard informational presentations from Housing First Minnesota and the Coalition of Greater Minnesota Cities on the state of housing in Minnesota. Mark Foster of Housing First Minnesota said the state has a severe housing shortage, with demand outpacing supply since the 2007-09 housing crash, and argued that Minnesota is nearly 100,000 units short of a healthy market. He said new homes are increasingly unaffordable, citing a median new single-family price above $530,000 and declining affordability in the Twin Cities metro, and he urged lawmakers to remove exclusionary zoning and other regulatory barriers that he said make starter homes and smaller-lot housing difficult or illegal to build in many growing cities. He also highlighted the group’s Housing for Heroes projects, including transitional housing for veterans and other crisis housing projects around the state. Members asked Foster about starter-home examples and his view that the committee’s top priority should be reforming residential development approvals. He said most new housing is negotiated through planned unit developments rather than built under base zoning, which he argued adds cost and reduces supply. The committee then heard from Elizabeth Wael of the Coalition of Greater Minnesota Cities, who said housing challenges outside the metro are different but equally serious. She said many Greater Minnesota cities face a lack of developers, inadequate infrastructure such as roads and utilities, and gaps in the housing continuum, especially starter workforce housing and senior housing. She thanked the committee for 2023 housing funding and said cities are contributing their own resources, updating zoning, reducing parking requirements, allowing ADUs, and partnering with developers and nonprofits. Wael also urged faster rollout of the Greater Minnesota infrastructure grant program and said the state should consider changes to the housing tax credit and housing TIF rules to make them easier to use. In response, senators said they shared frustration with the slow implementation of the infrastructure program and emphasized the need for state investment and locally tailored zoning reforms. No bills were heard and no votes were taken; the meeting was informational and focused on stakeholder testimony and committee discussion.

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• That means that every ASR project so far has been developed within the community that it benefits.
• That means that every ASR project so far has been developed within the community that it benefits.
• There will be communications and communities when you get forward. So that's my statement.
• are being developed?
• So we're going to develop supply. I just think we can develop without having harm. We too, Senator.

Summary: The committee met with limited attendance at first, then took up a series of water, agriculture, and rural affairs measures. HB 3898 would allow the Texas Water Development Board to provide financial assistance for brackish water desalination projects in certain border counties and related nonprofit suppliers even if the projects are not in the state water plan. Supporters said it is needed to address severe water shortages in places like Webb County and to support future planning; opponents, including the Texas Alliance of Groundwater Districts, argued it bypasses the regional and state water planning process. The bill was left pending after testimony. The committee also heard HB 5339, which would create a higher-education grant program for regenerative agriculture research. A rancher testified that regenerative methods improved soil health, water retention, and farm viability, while a senator noted existing university research but said better coordination could help. Public testimony was closed and the bill was left pending. Members then heard HB 1523, a temporary prohibition on TCEQ issuing Austin a Class 5 injection well permit for an aquifer storage and recovery project in Bastrop and Lee counties until December 2027. Local officials from Bastrop supported the pause, citing unanswered questions about water treatment, recovery rates, and impacts on the aquifer, while Austin Water opposed the substitute, saying the project is central to its long-term water plan and that stakeholder talks were already underway. TCEQ explained its ASR permitting process and said public participation is possible but not always used in the current authorization process. The bill was left pending. HB 5659, concerning the Northeast Texas Municipal Water District and requiring majority city-council approval before certain water sales or interbasin transfers, drew testimony from district officials who said the change could interfere with existing contracts and district authority, but the chair emphasized the need for local buy-in and said the stakeholders had reached a workable compromise; testimony was closed and the bill was left pending. The committee also heard HB 1690, which would expand notice requirements for groundwater export permits so neighboring landowners and potentially affected aquifer areas are informed by certified mail and publication. The sponsor tied the bill to impacts from the Vista Ridge project, and no one testified against it; it was left pending. HB 3333 would prohibit TCEQ from issuing new wastewater discharge permits directly into the Devils River in Val Verde County. The sponsor and a conservation witness said the bill protects one of Texas’s most pristine rivers and reflects a local stakeholder agreement, while TCEQ said it can ensure water quality but acknowledged the river’s unique sensitivity; the bill was left pending. The committee also heard HCR 108 urging continuation of the U.S.-Mexico tomato suspension agreement, with supporters warning of major Texas job and consumer-price impacts if it ends, and HCR 76 urging federal action on imported shrimp, citing public health and industry concerns; both were left pending. Additional measures heard and left pending included HB 4158 on compensation for Texana Groundwater Conservation District directors, HB 654 creating a dismissal path for certain first-time deer hunting violations after self-reporting and hunter education, HB 4530 requiring Texas Water Development Board review of groundwater rights placed in the Texas Water Trust, HB 2128 directing a study of rural versus urban firefighting and rescue disparities, and HB 278 requiring groundwater districts and management areas to track progress toward desired future conditions over shorter intervals. On HB 278, witnesses split over whether the bill’s interim tracking would improve accountability or create new triggers that could be used against local districts, but no final vote was taken and the bill was left pending.

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• the surrounding communities.
• <03:27:53.600> development,<03:27:54.239> and<03:27:54.640> economic Community development
• reliable energy to American communities. reliable energy to American communities.
• communities, cultures, and economies. communities, cultures, and economies.
• and communities in northeastern Montana. and communities in northeastern Montana.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, June 2, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• Basically, what the Community Benefit Fund does is it creates an overlay that involves the community
• development.
• , in my community of Shiprock.
• That's where the Seed Community Energy Efficiency Development Grant is housed.
• workforce development and economic development.

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• We're on to SB 2001, SD1 HD1, relating to the Banyan Drive Community Development District.
• SB 3029 SD1 HD1, relating to community development.
• So developing community placements, we're creating incentives for people in the community to take these
• So, so developing community placements, we're creating incentives for people in the community to take
• Okay, now we have SB 3029 SD1 HD1 relating to community development.

Bills: HCR93, HCR14, HR85

Keywords: image-based sexual abuse, working group, gender-based violence, Hawaii Commission on the Status of Women, prevention efforts, survivor protections, new technologies, legal reform, HCR14, House Concurrent Resolution, perpetual easement, non-exclusive easement, state submerged lands, submerged lands, shoreline easement, drainage outfall, stormwater outfall, lagoon outfall, pipelines, Kahala Hotel & Resort

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• Enabling the Department of Housing and Community Development to recycle their property.
• Further, CEQA does not hold back development.
• Is that really helping our community? It isn't.
• Workforce development.
• They should have the right to live in the communities in which they work and the communities in which

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• The developer develops the land, gets them prepped for the elementary school or the high school that
• What about the develop? You guys... Them. What about the developer? You guys understand?
• c> a Development Corporation to develop a Development Corporation to develop a plan<00:48:54.240>
• Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation<00:49:
• Um having oriented development.

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The committees heard several housing-related bills and resolutions. HB 1298 HD3 would create a government employee housing revolving fund and a government employee 99-year leasehold rent-to-own program; testimony was generally supportive from HHFDC, labor groups, and the Maui Chamber, with the Tax Foundation and Budget and Finance raising concerns about the revolving fund. The committees recommended passage with non-substantive amendments for clarity and consistency, and the motion was adopted. HB 741 H2, which would exempt certain affordable housing projects financed by a certified nonprofit CDFI from prevailing wage requirements, drew support from housing advocates and opposition from several construction unions; the chairs said they were concerned about the labor objections and deferred the measure, with the labor committee agreeing to defer it as well. The housing committee then took up HB 417 HD1, which creates a housing efficiency and innovation subaccount in the rental housing revolving fund and allows HHFDC to transfer funds between the subaccount and the main fund without legislative approval. Testimony was largely supportive. The chair described a series of amendments, including changing the funding-efficiency standard, adding perpetual affordability language, allowing any land tenure type, broadening eligible financing tools, adding priority criteria for mixed-income projects and government-employee projects, and inserting blank appropriations tied to a requested $75 million per year and a $75 million subaccount appropriation for the HCDA 99-year leasehold project. The committee recommended passage with amendments, and the recommendation was adopted. HB 422 HD1, which would repeal school impact fees and move remaining balances to the school facilities special fund, drew broad support from housing and taxpayer groups and opposition from the Department of Education and some individuals. The School Facilities Authority and DOE argued the current system had not produced enough usable land or school sites and suggested narrowing the exemption to government housing projects’ construction costs instead of repealing the fee entirely. Members pressed DOE and SFA on how much land had actually been obtained and whether the fee had been effective; the discussion highlighted concerns about unused balances, school overcrowding, and the role of the Land Use Commission and county zoning in securing school sites. The committee did not take final action on the bill in the portion shown. The committee also heard STR 60/SR 45, urging HHFDC to develop a plan to meet housing demand, and STR 77/SR 60, addressing continued eligibility for housing credits for certain projects after repeal of Act 31; both sets of resolutions had HHFDC support, with DHHL supporting STR 77/SR 60 and Johnny May Perry opposing both.

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• So my role is to encourage transmission development, right?
• That can't unduly affect any of our communities.
• I want to switch gears entirely now to technology development and talk about the technology development
• It's the beginning of the technology development pathway.
• It's about starting the process of technology development.

Keywords: 908, all

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• And we engage communities through leadership development, economic opportunity, business development,
• the communication, leadership, develop the communication, leadership, and<00:42:58.800> teamwork<
• , and community resource development.
• development, and community resource<00:47:28.720> development.
• , agriculture, community development, and family well-being.

Keywords: Call to Order and Roll Call – 0:00:00 Workforce Pell Grant Update – 0:03:30 Extension Office Update – 0:33:25 Kentucky Academic Standards for Social Studies – 1:07:08 Early Literacy Outcomes – 1:32:20 Consideration of Referred Administrative Regulations – 1:58:30 Adjournment 2:13:13, 958, all

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• Our agents also make a power. impact on community health and youth development.
• You know, they're working in ag and natural resources, community health, youth development.
• of the development right here in Texas.
• . resilient Texas communities.
• TEEX will develop an emergency preparedness exercise program for community leaders and first responders

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• to reiterate that we have been actively working to get our communities and local economic developers
• working to get communities and local economic developers to the table so their voices are heard.
• They are just working with boots-on-the-ground local economic developers and communities, trying to strategize
• As a recovering economic developer, I can tell you that infrastructure dollars are key to both our communities
• As a recovering economic developer, I can tell you that infrastructure dollars are key to both our communities

Keywords: 916, all

Summary: The joint Minerals Committee met to select interim topics and announced its meeting dates for April 27-28 in Casper, June 4-5 in Casper, and August 27-28 in Cheyenne. Members heard public testimony on several economic development and minerals-related topics and were asked to identify their top priorities for later ranking and consensus. No formal votes were taken during this portion of the meeting. A major topic was removing obstacles to energy development in Wyoming, including possible regulatory, bonding, and permitting barriers. Testimony from the Mining Association and Energy Capital Economic Development supported revisiting barriers to development, similar to the earlier Regulatory Reduction Task Force. Another related topic was industrial siting exemptions on coal mine property, with testimony arguing that mineral-related projects such as rare earths, uranium conversion, and ferroalloys should not have to go through the full industrial siting process when communities have already dealt with similar development. Members also discussed industrial siting bonding requirements, including whether bonding or advance payments should be used to cover impacts on local services and emergency response, especially for projects like solar farms or battery storage. The committee also discussed coal bed methane industrial sovereign zones, tied to House Bill 120, with testimony seeking to include coal bed methane in value-added manufacturing zones. The sponsor said the goal was to create industrial zones that support economic development while protecting scenic values and limiting industrial sprawl. Another topic was sourcing curling stones in Wyoming, which was presented as a lighthearted but potentially useful way to promote Wyoming stone and broader dimension-stone quarrying; a state geologist testified that Wyoming has granite with similar mineralogy to stone used for curling stones elsewhere. Child care as an economic driver was withdrawn. The committee also heard support for a Business Council restructure review, though several members said the Minerals Committee should do the substantive review because the Business Council falls within its jurisdiction, while still coordinating with Appropriations. Finally, the committee heard a proposal for a domestic preference in residential general service contracts, extending Wyoming preference concepts beyond construction into goods and services, with testimony emphasizing local economic multipliers and possible exceptions for federal funding or other procurement limits.

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• I work for a merge community development and a subsidiary, Second Chance Recycling.
• reduce the urgency of developing reduce the urgency of developing communities<00:55:33.200> to
• communities.
• My background is in housing, mixed-use development, and larger-scale master plan communities primarily
• My background is in housing, mixed-use development, and larger-scale master plan communities primarily

Keywords: 1187, senate, all