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• dads who have children in elementary school who are able to spend more time with them and have a more solid
• <00:50:45.680> more more time with them and have a more more time with them and have a more solid
• <00:50:46.240> family<00:50:46.480> environment<00:50:46.880> that's solid family
• environment that's solid family environment that's healthier<00:50:47.520> for<00:50:47.599><
• We're in no obligation to manage that bill until April 22nd, I believe.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• Solid waste. Aren't we all excited? about that. All right. about that. All right.
• Solid waste. Aren't we all excited?

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• Issue number 3 is chronic wasting disease.
• Adding this additional fleet manager will provide greater efficiency in the management of the fleet and
• Manager one, OK, that's what I saw too. I see fleet manager one.
• manager is charged with overseeing?
• Uh, moving on to chronic wasting disease. 594 Chronic wasting disease, specifically in high-fence ranches

Summary: The committee met with a quorum present to hear Article VI Natural Resources agency budget recommendations, beginning with the Railroad Commission. LBB staff summarized the commission’s 2026-27 base recommendation at $458.7 million, down from the prior biennium, with an increased FTE cap. The presentation highlighted reduced federal IIJA funding, volatility in oil and gas regulation account 5155, continued support for IT modernization, and rider changes. The commission’s major exceptional items were then presented, including requests for produced water and injection data reporting, an authorized pit registration system, regulatory filing/permitting upgrades, an underground injection well investigation team, site remediation support, and especially $100 million for orphan well plugging. Members asked about biennium-to-biennium comparisons, salary biennialization, the scale of orphan well risks, federal funding delays, bonding, and whether the state should rely more on industry or general revenue for plugging costs. Commission leadership explained that orphan wells can threaten water and public safety, that plugging costs have risen sharply, and that current funding is insufficient to keep up with emergency wells and the backlog; they also said the agency is moving to cloud-based systems with cybersecurity protections and that the proposed performance measure may need adjustment if funding does not increase. The Railroad Commission testimony was followed by LBB and agency testimony for the Texas Animal Health Commission. LBB described a $42 million recommendation for 2026-27, an increase overall, but with a reduced FTE cap due to turnover and salary reallocation. The recommendation maintained funding for cattle fever tick work, chronic wasting disease, lab testing through an MOU with Texas A&M’s veterinary diagnostic lab, and a new $5 million spay-and-neuter pilot program, while deleting a capital budget rider and adjusting riders tied to entry point inspection stations and clinical trials. Agency leadership then outlined the commission’s mission to protect livestock health and the state’s $22 billion animal industry, and described major disease threats including highly pathogenic avian influenza, cattle fever ticks, New World screwworm, and chronic wasting disease. Their exceptional items focused on recruiting and retaining veterinarians, replacing fleet vehicles, creating an ectoparasite identification lab, adding field staff and IT support, improving records and epidemiology reporting, strengthening central administration, supporting secure food supply planning, expanding chronic wasting disease work, and staffing the new spay-and-neuter program. Members asked about field identification of ticks, the use of disinfectants and PPE, fleet management, the scale of cattle fever tick risk, and chronic wasting disease; the agency explained its current inspection and lab-confirmation process, its reliance on field disinfecting and biosecurity, and the need for more staff and better data systems to keep pace with growing workloads and disease threats.

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• ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE A LOT OF THE FEEDBACK YOU GOT TODAY TO CONTINUE WORK ON THIS BILL SO WE CAN HAVE A SOLID
• WAS A KEY FLOOD AND PHILANTHROPIST PROVIDING A 20+ ACRE SITE FOR THE ROSEN COLLEGE OF HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• In my district, we have the most beautiful 10,000 acres called Guana River Wildlife Management Area.
• Representative Tant and I got together for a solid week. Thank you.
• In my district, we have the most beautiful 10,000 acres called Guana River Wildlife Management Area.
• Representative Tant and I got together for a solid week. Thank you. Guana River WMA.
• Representative Tant and I got together for a solid week, hunkering down, trying to put together our arguments

Summary: The House opened with prayer, a moment of silence for the Reverend Jesse Jackson and Joseph Di Alessandro, the Pledge of Allegiance, and announcements confirming a quorum. Members also adopted the special order report and recognized several guests in the gallery, including former Speaker Dan Webster and law enforcement and civic visitors. The chamber then moved through a long special-order calendar of bills, mostly on third reading, with several measures passing unanimously or by wide margins. Among the bills considered were measures on civil procedure and estates, including C.S. HB 1407 on commencement of civil actions, HB 895 on trustee settlement and discharge, C.S. HB 1337 on estates, HB 131 on curators of estates, and C.S. HB 351 on concurrent legislative jurisdiction over military installations. The House also passed C.S. HB 441 on conservation lands, which would lengthen notice and increase transparency for land swaps involving conservation property, and C.S. CS HB 919 on commercial service airports, which created a statutory definition for major airports and preempted local naming authority for several airports. HB 919 drew extensive debate over the proposed naming of Palm Beach International Airport after President Donald J. Trump, with amendments to delay or alter the naming failing before the bill passed. Other bills approved included HB 409 requiring K-12 schools to observe Veterans Day, CS HB 461 allowing certain students to volunteer at polling places for community service hours, CS HB 1115 creating grants for genetic counseling education, HB 569 revising forensic client services, CS HB 505 regulating virtual currency kiosks to address fraud, and HB 271 on foreign and alien bail bond insurers. The House also passed HB 191 on re-employment assistance eligibility verification after extended questioning about its effects on benefits, appeals, and suitable work standards. One bill, CS HB 243 on electric bicycles, was temporarily postponed, and CS HB 1073 on school districts was also postponed.

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• I appreciate Representative Stevenson working with me to put together a pretty solid bill.
• working with me uh to put together<00:14:06.000> a<00:14:06.320> pretty<00:14:06.560> solid
• <00:14:08.000> And<00:14:08.399> there together a pretty solid bill.
• And there together a pretty solid bill.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• students still get the practical, timely information they need to access their course materials and to manage
• just want to be clear, so if you're able to, if that's able to be crafted in a way that you think is solid
• Many Californians rely on relevant offers, discounts, and promotions to manage everyday costs.
• very high bar given the inalienable constitutional right for consumers to be able to choose how to manage
• So with that, we have Right for consumers to be able to choose how to manage their own data.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• We believe that this is a solid way forward in the making.
• I'm the managing partner of Calibers Indoor Shooting Ranges.
• And there's no way that the state can manage that kind of bill.
• Madam Chair, committee members, I am Tom K., manager at Right to Bear Arms, Gun Store Albuquerque, and
• I am urging you here today not to waste the money defending this unconstitutional bill in court, but

Bills: SB48, HB250, SB17

Keywords: State Fairgrounds District, fairgrounds bonds, public financing, bond authorization, gross receipts tax, gaming tax, tax-backed bonds, infrastructure funding, Albuquerque fairgrounds, State Fair Tid, economic development, municipal bonds, revenue pledge, capital projects, New Mexico finance, technology, innovation, advisory board, entrepreneurial support, stakeholder representation

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• there is an unprovoked shark attack in close proximity to a shoreline or coastline, the emergency management
• They will be in charge with both local officials and emergency management professionals.
• We have managed to coalesce our history around that. But I'm just talking about realities now.
• Things are being done and said happening with no solid research, no background for it.
• attempts to enforce immigration law create complications. enforce immigration law create confusion, waste

Keywords: 1136, house, all

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• Through Governor Healey's Future Tech Act, EEC is developing a new family portal and case management
• to something that they can't manage.
• Beyond direct care, we manage Child Care Circuit, one of the state's regional child care resource and
• Whether it be safe drinking water, solid waste management, road and bridge maintenance, protecting public
• To manage this widening gap, the city has increased property taxes by 14% over the last two years.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The hearing was a Joint Committee on Ways and Means budget session held in Lawrence focused on the governor’s proposed FY27 education and local aid budget, with remarks from legislative co-chairs, local officials, and education agency leaders. Acting Mayor Giovanni Rodriguez and Superintendent Ralph Carrero emphasized Lawrence’s high-need student population, the importance of Chapter 70 and Student Opportunity Act funding, and the impact of state aid on schools serving many English learners and low-income families. Carrero highlighted Lawrence High School programs such as early college, dual degrees, career pathways, and early childhood classrooms embedded in the high school, while lawmakers introduced themselves and noted the importance of the hearing to their districts. Acting Secretary of Education Amy Kershaw, Commissioner of Higher Education Noi Ortega, Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education Pedro Martinez, and Commissioner of Early Education and Care Amy Kershaw outlined the administration’s FY27 priorities. They described investments in literacy initiatives, universal school meals, student mental health, early college and career pathways, higher education affordability, community college and university student-success supports, preschool expansion, child care subsidies, and workforce supports for early educators. The commissioners also discussed federal funding threats, equity gaps, and the administration’s efforts to improve outcomes for Black and brown students, multilingual learners, students with disabilities, and low-income students. Members questioned the panel about the local contribution formula study, the final year of Student Opportunity Act implementation, and the need to revisit Chapter 70 funding to better address rising costs such as special education, transportation, and health care. Officials said the local contribution study report is expected by the end of June, with a draft to be shared after data analysis and public comment. Commissioner Martinez said the Student Opportunity Act narrowed funding gaps but more work is needed, and he pointed to a proposed Accelerating Achievement Initiative to support the highest-need schools. Senator Oliveira also raised concerns about Chapter 70 disparities and asked about partnerships with libraries to support literacy, prompting discussion of broader early literacy collaboration.

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• It would be to, um, you know, progressive remedies are used, for example, in Medicaid managed care to
• we don't have enough time to successfully transition from one provider to the next. 180 days is a solid
• Statute does not grant DFPS the ability to act swiftly, intervene, or resume placement and case management
• House Bill 4131 allows DFPS to petition a court of competent jurisdiction to appoint a receiver to manage

Bills: HB 1531, HB 2667, HB 2809, HB 2865, HB 3589, HB 3151, HB 3748, HB 3750, HB 4419, HB 4643, HB 3597, HB 4129, HB 4130, HB 4131

Keywords: workplace violence prevention, health and safety code, Chapter 331, facility definition, home and community support services agency, home health agency, home health care, nursing staff, registered nurses, health care workplace safety, hospital, nursing facility, ambulatory surgical center, freestanding emergency medical care facility, mental hospital, Texas health care regulation, provider compliance, occupational safety, senior living, referral agencies

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• I have next on the list Cibola County Manager Ms. Fletcher. Is that right? Yes.
• Hello, my name is Kate Fletcher, and I am the Cibola County Manager. All right.
• I'm actually the village manager.
• In a climate crisis, local law enforcement is responsible for management.
• the town, the village manager, they were promised a lot of things.

Bills: SB100

Keywords: burglary, aggravated burglary, dwelling, criminal law, property rights, 996, all

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• Demand management. What is demand management? Making it so you can't afford power when you need it.
• Demand<03:13:10.000> Demand<03:13:10.400> management. Demand Demand management.
• Demand Demand management.
• Making it so What is demand management?
• Members on both sides of the aisle have expressed concern over DOC management.

Keywords: 981, all

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• Tony Hackett from Californians Against Waste in support.
• It seems like a waste of government resources, a waste of government funds.
• They don't manage forests.
• We run a lot of local household hazardous waste management programs and small business recycling programs
• waste management disposal requirements, and so I think we need to take a closer look at some of our

Summary: The committee hearing centered first on AB 1243, the Polluters Pay Climate Superfund Act of 2025, which would direct CalEPA to identify major fossil fuel companies, study California’s climate damages, and assess fees on the largest polluters to fund resilience, recovery, and related projects. The author and supporters argued the bill would make polluters help pay for climate harms, protect taxpayers, create jobs in construction and clean energy, and dedicate at least 40% of funds to disadvantaged communities. Support testimony came from environmental justice groups, labor, youth advocates, health organizations, and many individual witnesses, while opponents from the building trades, chambers of commerce, petroleum, and business groups warned it would raise fuel and consumer costs, threaten refinery jobs, and create legal and economic uncertainty. Committee members debated the bill’s impact on affordability, jobs, refinery closures, and whether cap-and-trade already addresses climate funding needs. The committee ultimately voted to give AB 1243 a due pass recommendation to the Judiciary Committee, with the roll left open. After AB 1243, the committee moved to another bill on wildfire mitigation and related resilience work. The author said the measure addresses a long-running wildfire problem and accepted committee amendments, describing the bill as a response to increasingly severe wildfire seasons and the need to help communities stay safe and rebuild after disasters. The transcript cuts off as that presentation begins, so no final action on the second bill is shown in the excerpt.

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• Number two, case management system. Dollars last session on some technology upgrades.
• And that will be the basis of this case management system. OK.
• It states case management system 3.9 million for the legal, office of policy and docket management, compliance
• And as a matter of additional context, that case management system.
• biennium. waste, fraud, and abuse in the last two years?

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• Currently, our registrars are responsible for managing over 3.7 million voter files, and many live below
• Rolling deadlines make them more solid by giving basically three different things.
• That's a known thing across law enforcement; that's solid. enforcement. That's solid.

Keywords: 1136, house, all

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• challenging items in the waste stream. challenging items in the waste stream.
• Or as stretched thin waste systems.
• I'm the general manager at Second Chance Recycling.
• So, gets through the entire waste cycle.
• ,<00:52:00.880> conservation,<00:52:01.640> and management, conservation, and management

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• And I'd like to also welcome Senator Becadol, who has joined us today from legislative management.
• Some managed Medicaid pay for treatment without transport.
• For the record, my name is Darren Hanson, Homeland Security and Emergency Management.
• In emergency management, we have a six-week plan right now to go...
• Next is the records information management and the filing of reports.

Keywords: 908, all

Summary: The committee was called to order, a quorum was established, and the minutes from the prior meeting were approved. The first major presentation came from Montana Public Employees Retirement System executive director William Hollahan, who gave an overview of Montana’s Volunteer Firefighters’ Compensation Act plan. He explained that the plan covers volunteer firefighters in unincorporated areas, is funded by 5% of state fire insurance premium taxes, and currently serves 228 departments with about 2,936 active members and 1,242 retirees. He described eligibility rules, annual training and reporting requirements, benefit levels for partial and full pensions, disability, death, medical, and funeral benefits, and said the plan is actuarially sound with roughly $60 million in assets and a funded ratio slightly above 100%. Committee members asked about prior-service credit, whether EMS personnel are included, the effect on recruitment and retention, and whether expanding coverage would require a funding analysis; Hollahan said prior service is not credited, EMS is not currently included, and any expansion would need financial review. Tim Walleen of Workforce Safety and Insurance then presented a draft North Dakota workers’ compensation solution for volunteer firefighters and volunteer EMS personnel. He explained that volunteer responders are already covered by workers’ comp for medical and wage-loss benefits, but the proposal would set a minimum annual wage of $30,000 for calculating wage-loss benefits for qualifying volunteers, with the benefit paid at two-thirds of that amount. Representative Porter suggested tying the volunteer definition to existing code rather than a fixed dollar amount, and Walleen agreed. Questions focused on whether search and rescue or other volunteer emergency services could be included, whether departments would face new paperwork, and whether volunteer organizations can already elect coverage; Walleen said there would be no additional paperwork and that volunteer coverage is already available. The committee also heard from volunteer fire service representatives and the state fire marshal. An Oakes-area firefighter, Mr. Olson, testified that small departments are struggling with retention, communication, and administrative burdens, especially around separate bookkeeping and funding rules for donated or fundraising money, and he said departments need clearer guidance from the state. State Fire Marshal Dr. Matthew Clark introduced himself and outlined a broader effort to improve education, support, and coordination for fire departments, including a planned 10% audit of certificates of existence beginning in 2027, more outreach through his office, and better assistance with training, reporting, and grant access. He said his office is authorized under current law to provide these services, but the role has been vague and underused. Finally, Arnagard Rural Fire District Chief Rick Schreiber testified in favor of new recruitment and retention ideas, including retirement-style benefits, health insurance, tax incentives, scholarships, grants, and more remote or regional training. He said volunteer departments are losing members, that local tax and donation funds are already stretched, and that any new retirement or incentive program should be sustainable and likely involve a mix of state and local support.

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• I'm the business manager and the food service director for Sheridan 3.
• That's how much waste we cut down because of the... ...much waste we cut down because of the not being
• So, that kind of helped us with waste, too, and things like that.
• I'm the business manager in Dubois, and I...
• I represent Uinta County 6 in Lyman, Wyoming, as the business manager.

Keywords: 916, all

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• and General Services, overseen by the State Construction Manager, to organize, manage, and oversee designs
• office of the state construction manager office of the state construction manager within<00:12:08.560
• Establishes the design review manager.
• > dedicated professional managers and dedicated professional managers and dedicated inspectors
• >> or No, not I'm not saying it's a waste >> or No, not I'm not saying it's a waste

Bills: SB2198, SB2140, SB3055, SB3090, SB3091, SB3092, SB2761

Keywords: workforce development, craftspersons, skilled trades, artisan, craftsmanship, trade recognition, award program, DLIR, Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, Meilleur Ouvrier de France, vocational education, career pathways, cultural preservation, workforce excellence, apprenticeship, Hawaii trades, economic diversification, public nominations, governor awards, historically significant venue