Keywords: Oklahoma Legislature (SLIQ Harmony), https://sg001-harmony.sliq.net/00282/Harmony/en/PowerBrowser/PowerBrowserV3/20260116/-1/79998, 2026-07-05T07:21:21+00:00, 2.2, Data collected via generic collector engine, 914, all, 2.2.43, 2.1.47

Keywords: The Alabama Channel - Open Media Network, https://alabamachannel.ompnetwork.org/api-cache/site/1832/sessions?category[]=979, 2026-07-05T06:55:32+00:00, 2.2.24, Data collected via generic collector engine, 920, all, 2.2.43, 2.1.47

Keywords: KY LRC YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xd8OJZkKxZo, 2026-06-21T07:17:07+00:00, 2.2.24, Data collected via generic collector engine, The Committee will reconvene at 1:30pm, 958, all, 2.2.42, 2.1.47

Keywords: NH House of Representatives Committee Streaming, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTWVA-w4IFc, 2026-07-02T03:39:53+00:00, 2.2.24, Data collected via generic collector engine, Exec Sessions, 928, house, all, 2.2.42, 2.1.47

Keywords: KY LRC YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcfx9FuBRWE, 2026-06-21T07:17:04+00:00, 2.2.24, Data collected via generic collector engine, Kentucky Labor Market Update 00:02:18, 958, all, 2.2.42, 2.1.47

Keywords: NH House of Representatives Committee Streaming, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfFtfMm-__s, 2026-07-02T03:39:34+00:00, 2.2.24, Data collected via generic collector engine, HB 1431, 928, house, all, 2.2.42, 2.1.47

Keywords: NH House of Representatives Committee Streaming, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfFtfMm-__s, 2026-06-14T02:39:03+00:00, 2.2.23, Data collected via generic collector engine, HB 1431, 928, house, all, 2.2.40, 2.1.47

Keywords: NH House of Representatives Committee Streaming, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_NuqqAFs-A, 2026-07-02T03:39:34+00:00, 2.2.24, Data collected via generic collector engine, HB 1547, 928, house, all, 2.2.42, 2.1.47

Keywords: HI House YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wrt7CsihjVU, 2026-07-02T01:22:29+00:00, 2.2.24, Data collected via generic collector engine, Joint session with Committee on Health, 910, house, all, 2.2.42, 2.1.47

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• This data is meant to... to complement the current effective flood insurance rate maps (FIRMs).
• They use LIDAR collection and other GIS data to enhance our maps and improve those models.
• We put out data and mapping. Yes, I can appreciate that.
• As data is collected, it simply makes that dataset, those models, and those maps more robust and more
• Again, our weather data and historical flood event data—all that mapping and modeling informs the planning

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• This is E911 data.
• rely on this data, and our state and federal partners rely on this data.
• data and that kind of thing.
• How are we making sure that if one person has the data, the next person has the data?
• the MassGIS data comes into place, because they've gotten the data from MassGIS.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Senate Committee on the Census held a hearing on September 22, 2025 focused on preparations for the 2030 census, with an emphasis on Massachusetts’ role in building a complete address list and improving local participation in census-related address review programs. Chair Brownsberger and witnesses from the Secretary of the Commonwealth’s office, the UMass Donahue Institute, Watertown, and MassGIS described the importance of accurate address data for congressional apportionment, federal funding, and state and local planning. They also discussed the first major upcoming step, the Block Boundary Suggestion Project, and the later Local Update of Census Addresses (LUCA) process, both of which rely on municipalities reviewing and correcting census geography and address files. John Rosenberry of the Secretary of the Commonwealth’s office said outreach to cities and towns is beginning now, with a likely December start for the block boundary process based on the 2020 cycle. He stressed that local officials, clerks, building inspectors, housing authorities, and GIS staff should be engaged early, especially to capture new development and conversions created under the state’s housing policies. Susan Strait of UMass Donahue explained that LUCA allows local governments to compare their address lists with the Census Bureau’s master address file, and that Massachusetts had very high participation in 2020; she cited examples where local review added hidden or newly built housing units and noted that Boston later corrected a group-quarters undercount of about 6,000 students through a post-census review program. In response to questions, she clarified that those corrections affected annual estimates and funding formulas, but not the 2020 apportionment count. Watertown City Manager George Proakis described how local address review is complicated by accessory dwelling units, single-family to two-family conversions, and large multifamily projects, and urged continued state support for local governments doing this work. Dan Marrier of MassGIS then outlined the Massachusetts Master Address Database, explaining that it combines multiple sources, including E911, assessor, voter, and municipal data, to create a standardized residential address repository used for census preparation and other state functions. He said the database has helped improve census accuracy, including by updating more than one million Census Bureau address-point locations before 2020, and noted that local municipalities remain the final authority on addresses even as MassGIS standardizes and reconciles variants across the Commonwealth.

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• a map.
• We demand maps that reflect reality. Maps rooted in census data and our community. Thank you.
• I am against the maps.
• those maps, correct?
• I went ahead and, having looked at the map, thought it was a good map.

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

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• We put out data and mapping.
• Do you gather that data and then have it mapped out?
• And so, is that mapping part of that, or how does that work? So there are data gaps.
• But as data is collected, it simply makes that data set, those models, those maps more robust, more clear
• The BLA's internal data is used to map hazard areas.

Keywords: 997, house, all

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• We are in the business of collecting data. Right. And so with that data goes...
• That includes satellite data, radar data.
• who uses data what they use the data and where does the data And I'm going to share from my understanding
• Synoptic houses TWDB data, partner data, and data from other public and private entities.
• , and data feeds.

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• That includes satellite data, radar data, weather balloon data, surface observations, and other types
• , who uses data, what they use the data for, and where does the data come from?
• Synoptic houses TWDB data, partner data, It also contains active radar precipitation visuals and data
• Synoptic houses TWDB data, partner data, and data from other public and private entities.
• Our data, at least talking about the Tex-Mesonet data...

Summary: The joint Senate and House disaster preparedness hearing convened in Kerrville with quorum, public testimony limited to three minutes and invited testimony to 10 minutes. Leaders from both chambers, along with the lieutenant governor and speaker, framed the hearing as an unprecedented joint effort focused on learning from the July 4 flood, honoring victims, and identifying actions to reduce future loss of life. The committee also heard opening remarks about decorum, logistics, and the intent to continue work in future sessions. The first panel included Kerr County Judge Rob Kelly, Sheriff Larry Leitha, Emergency Management Coordinator William B. Thomas IV, Kerrville Mayor Joe Herring Jr., Kerrville City Manager Dalton Rice, Upper Guadalupe River Authority representative William Rector, Kendall County Judge Shane Stolarczyk, and Real County Judge Bella Rubio. They described the flood as sudden and catastrophic, with Kerr County reporting 108 deaths and two missing. Local officials emphasized that they received no timely warning of the scale of the event, that responders and volunteers acted heroically under extreme conditions, and that communications, cell coverage, and rural emergency resources were strained. Several witnesses said the county’s existing alert systems were limited by geography, sparse broadband, and the speed of the flood. Testimony focused on possible improvements, including real-time flood gauges and predictive monitoring, stronger rural emergency management staffing and training, better interoperability and alerting tools such as IPAWS, CodeRED, WENS, and sirens, and expanded broadband and radio coverage. Kerrville asked for a flood warning system before next summer and state help for stormwater, floodplain, and disaster recovery funding. UGRA described its past and current flood-warning and mitigation efforts, including gauge funding, a new software-based flood prediction project, and consideration of additional retention dams. Kendall and Real counties highlighted successful or needed alerting and evacuation practices, while also stressing the difficulty of funding and maintaining such systems in small rural counties. Members asked detailed questions about the timeline of the flood response, low-water crossings, communications failures, sirens, bridges, and whether regional consolidation or additional infrastructure could improve future preparedness.

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• We canvassed a wide variety of environmental resource data primarily through public data sets.
• did the mapping.
• And as you might expect, real close to our data centers.
• And using this map to look at how this applies, this is a map from CRITFC, which is the Columbia River
• There was also retail scanner data that was not available.

Summary: The committee held a work session on state environmental policy act (SEPA) implementation and carryout bags. Ecology staff Diane Buterak described the Clean Energy Programmatic Environmental Impact Statements (PEISs) completed for utility-scale solar, onshore wind, and green hydrogen, plus a new PEIS underway for sustainable aviation fuel. She explained that PEISs provide broad planning-level analysis to help developers and agencies avoid or mitigate impacts, but do not replace project-level review. Members asked about permitting timelines, greenhouse gas emissions from different hydrogen production methods, water use, agricultural land conversion, battery fire risk, and tribal consultation. Buterak said the PEISs identify potentially significant impacts and mitigation measures, including fire response planning, early tribal outreach, and agrovoltaics as an option for solar projects. EFSEC’s Amy Hofkimer then presented the transmission-facility programmatic EIS required by SB 5165 for 230 kV and higher transmission projects. She said the statewide review covers new lines and certain upgrades/modifications, analyzes impacts to water, cultural and tribal resources, habitat, and other areas, and uses general measures, design considerations, avoidance criteria, and sensitivity maps to guide siting and corridor planning. She said the final document would be issued in early October. Questions focused on reconductoring, tribal lands, scenic areas, and whether the review could affect existing lines crossing tribal lands. A Grant County planning director, Jim Anderson Cook, said Ecology’s PEIS would help with cumulative impacts for clustered solar projects, but noted tight local review timelines and the need for strong pre-application coordination, especially on cultural resource studies and decommissioning plans. Yakama Nation attorney Shona Leverett argued SEPA is only an assessment tool and said tribes face barriers from short comment periods, limited confidential tribal input, weak cumulative impact analysis, and challenges in the FSEC process; she urged better upfront developer diligence and more effective tribal coordination. Puget Sound Energy’s Sarah Leverett said the utility needs efficient and predictable permitting to meet clean energy mandates while maintaining reliable service and aging infrastructure. She described the scale of needed clean energy and transmission buildout, including a 10-year process for the Energize Eastside transmission rebuild, and said more consistent SEPA and PEIS processes could help. Members asked about future generation sources, reliability, and hydropower as a firming resource; she said PSE is pursuing an “all of the above” approach and would welcome more firm, dispatchable clean energy options. The committee then shifted to carryout bags. Staff Jacob Lipson and Tracy Taylor reviewed Washington’s bag law, its preemption of local ordinances, the current 8-cent charge, the scheduled increase to 12 cents, and the 2025 change delaying the 4-mil thickness requirement until 2028 while adding a temporary 4-cent penalty for thicker bags. Ecology’s Peter Lyon said the agency emphasizes education and complaint-based enforcement, has received 872 reports, and has not yet imposed any fines. Commerce’s Kirk Esmond summarized a WSU study finding fewer plastic bags distributed but more plastic by weight, and said Commerce and Ecology support keeping the 2.25-mil standard and not allowing thinner single-use bags again. Retail industry testimony from Brandon Housekeeper said grocers comply with the law but oppose the added 4-cent penalty and thicker-bag requirement, citing higher costs and confusion in the policy changes.

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• Being here today, we will move on to our last panel of the day for mapping program and water data act
• data model, so we want data providers to control their own data.
• the Water Data Catalog.
• Data. We have close to 300 data sets from over 60 organizations.
• We go out and visit once a year and collect data, making that data available for mapping and interpretation

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• coming up from their systems, and then we would take that data into the mapping part of it."
• systems and then we would take that data systems and then we would take that data and<00:12:35.279
• and into the mapping part of it. and into the mapping part of it.
• on a regular forth sharing that data on a regular basis. basis. basis.
• <00:13:57.760> and is going to help with the mapping and is going to help with the mapping

Bills: HB97, HB455, HB97, HB455

Keywords: absentee ballot, voting, elections, voter registration, electoral process, defective affidavit, voting rights, HB455, Clarke County, coroner, coroner's office, county commission, local act, local legislation, mileage reimbursement, county vehicle, office expenses, operating expenses, retroactive ratification, remedial and curative

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• On its website, the Climate Impacts Group advises users of their mapping tool not to use the maps at
• On its website, Climate Impacts Group advises the users of their mapping tool not to use the maps at
• You have maps and, um, You have maps, and if you're looking at the wildfire urban interface area, for
• or they see geological hazard mapping.
• But in essence, it sounds to me like you're saying you do need the mapping.

Summary: The Joint Legislative Audit and Review Committee I-900 Subcommittee heard JLARC’s annual update on the status of legislative implementation of State Auditor recommendations, followed by two State Auditor performance audits. JLARC staff reported that for the 2024 review period there were three new legislative recommendations and three unresolved older recommendations. They said the legislature did not convene a work group on civil asset forfeiture, and no formal action was taken on two water-use-efficiency recommendations. Two recommendations related to concurrent Medicaid enrollments were addressed in a bill introduced this session, but that bill was not adopted. The first audit examined how Washington can ensure climate-resilient electricity infrastructure. The State Auditor found the state has opportunities to better adapt new energy infrastructure by using more site-specific climate information, broader collaboration, and vulnerability assessments. The report recommended expanding climate analyses through the University of Washington Climate Impacts Group if funding is available, using forecasted information in DNR wildfire maps, designating a non-regulatory office to coordinate siting and conflict resolution, and expanding vulnerability assessments in Ecology and Commerce processes. Agency witnesses generally agreed resilience is important but emphasized existing efforts, the need to avoid duplicative requirements, the importance of affordability and efficiency, and the role of current forums such as the Clean Energy Siting Council and SEPA processes. The second audit reviewed fines for human trafficking and related sexual exploitation crimes. Auditors found courts assessed fines inconsistently, collection rates varied, some revenues were sent to the wrong local government, and some jurisdictions did not use the money as required for enforcement, prevention, or survivor services. The audit recommended courts work with prosecutors to improve awareness of mandatory fines, and that King and Pierce County improve coding, templates, and tracking so revenues are routed and used correctly. King County testified that it appreciated the audit and described its existing prevention and survivor-support work. The committee took no votes or formal actions and adjourned after the presentations and testimony.

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• Adam Kincaid and the fact that he drew the maps in 2021, and from what I understand, drew the map that
• On that map.
• , he drew some different maps.
• I just don't see the harm in inviting somebody who drew a map and asking, How and why they do the map
• I might, if we get a good report on the map from council, then I might take that map and file it.

Keywords: 1185, senate, all