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• We've seen black authors pulled health.
• </c> outcome Congress has never authorized outcome Congress has never authorized and<00:31:00.799><c>
• That's what we're bipartisan budget.
• </c> of legislators and has been the author of legislators and has been the author of<07:19:47.040><c
• Carbajal. authority or regard for court orders, authority or regard for court orders, they<07:38:13.680

Bills: HR1005 , HB4305 , HB2965 , HR1049

Keywords: digital workers, creators, platform economy, independent contractors, portable benefits, income stability, transparency, algorithmic systems, small businesses, fair treatment, small business, regulatory burden, advocacy, government oversight, compliance assistance, Red Tape Hotline, regulatory budget, Small Business Administration, fiscal responsibility, rulemaking

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• The Water Project Fund changes on House Bill 109-8 temporarily allow the New Mexico Finance Authority
• to award funds without going through authorization by the legislature until December 2029. ...without
• going through authorization by the legislature until December 2029.
• And I did have a couple questions on this bill because we both sit on the Finance Authority Oversight
• And so this bill, it would make it easier for... ...the Finance Authority Oversight Committee.

Bills: HB111 , HB103 , HB109 , HB128 , HJM2 , HJM3 , HM7 , HM17 , HM4 , HM22 , HM23 , HM24 , HM26 , HM2 , HM16 , HM11 , HM14 , HM21 , HM34 , HM50 , HB49 , HB60 , HB108 , HB120 , HB124 , HB145 , HB154 , HB158 , HB164 , HB180 , HB291 , HJR6 , HJR7 , HR1 , HJM1 , HM13 , HM47

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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• If, during the appropriations or budget process, and that's where it will be.
• One member doesn't have any authority to distribute this money.
• So this is a tough, tough budget issue.
• And I think we should prioritize that in our budget.
• I think we need to have a broader budget. ...then that's not the way to do it.

Bills: SB1112 , SB1517 , SB1537 , SB1584 , SB1673 , SB1776

Committees: House Appropriations , House House Appropriations Committee of Reference

Keywords: mental health, hearings, acquaintance witnesses, patient rights, treatment evaluation, barbering, cosmetology, appropriation, funding, licensing, board operations, peace officer, training, public safety, traffic offenses, judicial system, corrections, recruitment, state budget, crime victims

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• Chair, if you're authorized.
• or criminal laws, but that authority is limited by the scope of the agency's authority.
• or criminal laws, but that authority is limited by the scope of the agency's authority.
• that authority.
• But if that authorizing entity did not have that authority, the Attorney General investigator's authority

Bills: HB1982 , HB2156

Committee: House Community Safety

Keywords: Indian rights, treaty rights, convictions, tribal members, criminal justice reform, Attorney General, AG investigators, limited authority peace officer, peace officer certification, economic crimes, financial crimes, white-collar crime, fraud investigation, search warrant service, electronic service, business records, law enforcement authority, criminal background check, training requirements, Washington RCW

Bills: SSB3001 , SF2464 , SF2191 , SF2140 , SF2085 , SF2317 , SF2363

Committee: Joint Ways and Means

Keywords: property tax, levy rate, school funding, budget modifications, exemptions for veterans, local government financing, education funding formulas, multiresidential property, disabled veterans, tax reform, health maintenance organization, HMO taxation, department of health and human services, taxpayer relief fund, state budget, medical assistance program, state finances, tax appropriations, real estate, transfer tax

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• Now it is a budget item, and I understand there are budget... ...for this.
• Now it is a budget item, and I understand there are budget concerns, dollar concerns, but let's take
• This will be a budget bill.
• The sponsor knows that there's no guarantee yet to be in the budget because we don't have a budget with
• reforms and do tighter budgets.

Bills: HB2063 , HB2271 , HB2416 , HB2478 , HB2593 , HB2692 , HB2813 , HB2992 , HB2993 , HB4044

Committees: House Appropriations , House House Appropriations Committee of Reference

Keywords: corrections oversight, appropriation, independent office, public safety, funding, firefighters, insurance rates, workers' compensation, firefighter cancer reimbursement, rate deviations, cost analysis, premiums, border security, drug trafficking, human smuggling, law enforcement funding, Arizona, immigration, education reform, K-12

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• Second, if you have things you want to talk to me about the budget, please do that sooner rather than
• </c><00:55:36.240><c> me</c><00:55:36.400><c> about</c><00:55:36.559><c> the</c><00:55:36.720><c> budget
• ,</c><00:55:37.119><c> please</c><00:55:37.359><c> do</c> talk to me about the budget, please do talk
• to me about the budget, please do that<00:55:37.680><c> sooner</c><00:55:38.079><c> rather</c><00:55

Bills: HB187 , HB341 , HB4 , HB175 , HB326 , HB187 , HB341 , HB4 , HB175 , HB326

Committee: House Ways and Means Education

Keywords: HB187, court fees, docket fee, sheriff's fund, sheriff's office, jail operations, law enforcement, county sheriff, court filing fees, Alabama Code 12-19-312, solicitor's fund, clerk's fund, forensic services trust fund, budget flexibility, public safety, municipal court, district court, circuit court, cosmetology, makeup application

Bills: HR1016 , HCR68 , HB6359 , HB7148 , HB7147 , HR375 , HR1014

Keywords: corrections, Department of Homeland Security, legislative process, engrossment, military intervention, Venezuela, Congress, war powers, foreign policy, pregnant students, pregnancy accommodations, college pregnancy, higher education, Title IX, student rights, campus resources, student health center, counseling center, orientation materials, student handbook

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• Its authority without Mr. Speaker, Mr.
• Its authority without accountability.
• ,</c> direction and checking the Biden budget, direction and checking the Biden budget, chucking<02:26
• It was directed at the budget.
• It was directed at the budget. raises. It was directed at the budget.

Bills: HB7006 , HR992

Keywords: appropriations, national security, foreign aid, transparency, democracy, House Resolution 992, H.Res. 992, HR 992, rule resolution, procedural rule, Rules Committee, Committee of the Whole, previous question, motion to recommit, waiver of points of order, closed rule, structured rule, FY2026 appropriations, consolidated appropriations, federal spending

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• </c> budget committee, Mr. Arrington. budget committee, Mr. Arrington.
• </c> budget amendment. I yield back. budget amendment. I yield back.
• </c> the budget. the budget.
• budget.
• </c> budget amendment before. budget amendment before.

Bills: HJR139 , HB1958 , HR556

Keywords: balanced budget, federal government, amendment, taxation, government spending, impeachment, federal judge, judicial misconduct, abuse of power, high crimes and misdemeanors, Charles R. Breyer, Judge Breyer, Northern District of California, U.S. District Court, House resolution, National Guard, Los Angeles, executive power, separation of powers, constitutional crisis

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• , Lower Natchez Valley Authority, Trinity River Authority of Texas, and the Texas Ethics Commission.
• For the Angelina and Natchez River Authority, Lower Natchez Valley Authority, Trinity River Authority
• We will begin with the Angelina and Natchez River Authority and Lower Natchez Valley Authority.
• or the Lower Natchez Valley Authority.
• That concludes the voting on these two river authorities.

Keywords: Sunset Advisory Commission, Texas Ethics Commission, recommendations, Angelina River Authority, Natchez Valley Authority, public testimony, legislative session

Summary: The meeting of the Sunset Advisory Commission served as a concluding assembly for the current biennium, where various agencies were reviewed. Notably, the Commission focused on staff recommendations and modifications regarding the Angelina and Natchez River Authority, Lower Natchez Valley Authority, and Texas Ethics Commission. After discussing various modifications, the members voted unanimously on multiple recommendations aimed at improving operational efficiency and accountability within these agencies. The Chair emphasized the collaborative effort of the Commission members and staff, acknowledging their hard work throughout the biennium.

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• </c> budget is what I'm talking about. Okay. budget is what I'm talking about. Okay.
• We tried to pull them in the budget.
• So, you know, we'll have the budget on the floor.
• I don't know least the budget bills.
• </c> about the first two, but the budget about the first two, but the budget bills<01:08:41.359><c> will

Bills: HB517 , HB98 , HB235 , HB236 , HB237 , HB238 , HB239 , HB240 , HB241 , HB242 , HB565 , HB517 , HB98 , HB235 , HB236 , HB237 , HB238 , HB239 , HB240 , HB241 , HB242 , HB565 , SB380

Committee: Senate Finance and Taxation Education

Keywords: underground damage prevention, one-call notification system, utility locating, excavation safety, dig safe, call before you dig, utility lines, underground utilities, pipeline safety, gas pipeline, electric utility, telecommunications, water utility, wastewater, cable television, locate request, premark, tolerance zone, positive response, contract locator

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• </c><00:34:00.799><c> in</c> homebased instruction as authorized in homebased instruction as authorized
• If, before you stand up, we'll talk budget and budget timing.
• Chairman Garrett, we'll have the budget up here next week, and then, as you know, we'll have spring break
• So I would see us have it taken up, the budget, most likely the week we come back in April, the first
• So, my request of you all as committee members is this: when the House has its budget out next week,

Bills: HB125 , HB116 , HB183 , HB342 , HB341 , SB280 , SB245 , SB159 , HB125 , HB116 , HB183 , HB342 , HB341 , SB280 , SB245 , SB159

Committee: Senate Finance and Taxation Education

Keywords: HB125, sunset law, Alabama Sunset Committee, Alabama State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners, veterinary medical examiners, veterinary board, veterinary licensing, veterinary regulation, professional licensing board, state board continuation, sunset review, regulatory board, animal health, veterinarians, disciplinary authority, HB116, Alabama Sunset Law, sunset bill, Alabama Professional Bail Bonding Board, bail bonding

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• And so it's not in the current budget.
• Is that good budgeting practice, Ms. Speaker and gentlelady? Mr.
• And we were... 12 years ago, we were in a budget crisis.
• She came in with a $6 billion budget this year. Our House 2 budget.
• She came in with a $6 billion budget this year, our House 2 budget, you know, we're going to be spending

Bills: HM3 , HM11 , HM14 , HM15 , HM21 , HM25 , HB9 , SB2 , SB19

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

Bills: SB2969 , SB3263 , SB2602 , SB3229 , SB3199 , SB2550 , SB2877 , SB3325 , SB2024 , SB2614 , SB2613 , SB3063 , SB2319 , SB2800 , SB2892 , SB2321 , SB2407 , SB2805 , SB2153 , SB2595 , SB2781 , SB3233 , SB2360 , SB1432 , SB2543 , SB2599 , SB3053 , SB2001 , SB2041 , SB3247 , SB3253 , SB2401 , SB2673 , SB3067 , SB411 , SB2934 , SB3219 , SB2919 , SB2239 , SB2532 , SB2601 , SB1032 , SB2446 , SB2152 , SB2721 , SB3076 , SB3140 , SB2671 , SB2338 , SB2268 , SB99 , SB2930 , SB3069 , SB3096 , SB3097 , SB3090 , SB2060 , SB3028 , SB2544 , SB2069 , SB2552 , SB3218 , SB3022 , SB148 , SB2259 , SB2578 , SB2928 , SB2816 , SB2580

Committee: House Finance

Keywords: SB2969, Maui wildfire, Maui wildfires, wildfire exposure, Maui Health Registry, University of Hawaii, public health, biomonitoring, medical screening, mental health services, trauma recovery, disaster recovery, first responders, kupuna, children's health, medically vulnerable, environmental exposure, toxic exposure, respiratory illness, community health

Bills: HB567 , HB776 , HB2 , HB568 , HB619

Keywords: open records, public access, transparency, government accountability, public agency, dental practice, licensing, administrative regulations, dental assistants, supervision, Medicaid, community engagement, healthcare, managed care, eligibility, public assistance, insurance, public adjuster, claim process, contract requirements

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• Second update is that House Bill 2158 authorizes an electronic records notary public to administer an
• The bill authorizes a notary public to take an acknowledgment of a signature on that tangible record
• repeals that requirement because since 2015, the legislature has directed the state treasurer, in budget
• I'm here solely to address Section 6 and to express our disappointment in Section 6, which would authorize

Bills: HB2158 , HB2178

Committee: House Civil Rights & Judiciary

Keywords: electronic signatures, notary, digital transactions, authentication, legal documents, court rules, court procedure, civil infractions, notice of civil infraction, malicious mischief, physical damage, computer crime, digital property damage, electronic records, data destruction, computer programs, cyber damage, default judgment, payment plan, restitution

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• For example, the Harris County CSCD has over 30 detailed budgets.
• When the bill was laid out, it has 30 budgets; that's one county.
• Dallas County is the same size; it probably has 30 budgets too.
• If each one of those has ten budgets, that's an additional 80 budgets, bringing the total to 140 budgets
• The budgets are very complicated, not just in Harris County.

Bills: SB663 , SB958

Committee: House Corrections

Keywords: community supervision, budget approval, corrections department, strategic plan, judicial oversight, SB 958, Texas Government Code, nondisclosure, order of nondisclosure, criminal history record information, trafficking of persons, human trafficking, compelling prostitution, survivor rights, record sealing, expunction, deferred adjudication, prostitution, controlled substances, theft

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• Members, any discussion to the A1 to get the bill in the shape the author would like?
• Um, I would also like to thank Representative Nadeau for being a co-author.
• Question to the author or the testifier. Uh, you're um, probably the testifier.
• of a federal budget, um, and we anticipate cuts to Head Start federally.
• </c> uh a leveling of a federal budget. uh a leveling of a federal budget.

Bills: HF1660 , HF1824 , HF1926 , HF1002 , HF994 , HF1915 , HF1336

Committee: House Children and Families Finance and Policy

Keywords: children, youth programming, needs assessment, community engagement, state funding, education, funding, school districts, state budget, rural schools, food support, Greater Minneapolis Council of Churches, food shelves, grant funding, Minnesota FoodShare, early childhood, Head Start, education funding, developmental programs, literacy

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• We're getting close, ladies and gentlemen, on the budget coming up from the house. Um, yeah, so...
• Speed, and um, Miss Asia has reminded me that should y'all have a budget request, now's the time to start

Bills: SB208 , SB216 , HB187

Committee: Senate Finance and Taxation General Fund

Keywords: Montgomery, retirement system, employees, constitutional amendment, city council, retired law enforcement, retirement benefits, employment, firemedics, salary cap, HB187, court fees, docket fee, sheriff's fund, sheriff's office, jail operations, law enforcement, county sheriff, court filing fees, Alabama Code 12-19-312