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• understanding that an executive director, TexDC already has the discretion to waive tolls and facilitate mass

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• AG4413 by Paul Reliance of the Mass Balance to Renewable Biomass Feedstocks used to... produce renewable

Bills: HJR1, HJR2, HB9, HB22, HB908, HB1392, HB195, HB 13, HB143, HB135, HJR1, HJR2, HB9, HB22, HB908, HB1392

Keywords: constitutional amendment, property tax, ad valorem tax, tax exemption, tangible personal property, income-producing property, business personal property, equipment exemption, machinery, local government finance, school district revenue, county taxes, Texas Constitution, Article VIII, tax relief, commercial property, death tax, inheritance tax, estate tax, property transfer

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• And following that, there was a sort of mass realization of how lobbying laws apply at the local level

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• ...in across the state burn at adequate levels, they only represent less than 5% of the total land mass

Bills: HB139, HB1818, HB1942, HB1959, HB2221, HB2254, HB2563, HB2067, HB2275, HB3211, HB139

Keywords: HB 1818, Texas Insurance Code, Texas Department of Insurance, commissioner of insurance, health maintenance organization, HMO, insurer, utilization review, preauthorization, prior authorization, medical necessity review, health care services, medical care, insurance regulation, insurance examination, regulatory oversight, confidential records, public information exception, Chapter 843, Chapter 1301

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• Culture, Recreation, and Tourism, HCR 76 by Lauderback, urging the federal government to curb the mass

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• prepare for those evacuations as Hurricane Milton was approaching the state of Florida, we evacuated mass

Summary: The Natural Resources and Disaster Subcommittee met to continue its review of hurricane impacts and state response. The committee first heard from the Florida Division of Emergency Management, which described its four core functions—preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation—and highlighted its 24/7 State Watch Office, regional training efforts, and disaster assistance work. Deputy Executive Director Keith Pruitt detailed the state’s 2024 storm response, including Hurricanes Debby, Helene, and Milton, citing large-scale mission support, flood-control deployments, meal and water distribution, power restoration, debris removal, and billions in disaster funding and mitigation dollars. He also discussed debris management challenges and recommended that local governments update and exercise debris plans and maintain contingency contracts.

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• Will we ever hit a critical mass where we got it done? You're recognized.

Summary: The State Administration Budget Subcommittee heard presentations from the Department of Financial Services on the My Safe Florida Home program, the My Safe Florida Condominium Pilot, and the Florida PALM financial system replacement project. For My Safe Florida Home, Stephen Fielder explained the wind-mitigation grant program, including its inspection-first process, two-to-one matching grants for most homeowners, low-income exemptions from the match, and eligible improvements such as roofs, clips/straps, water barriers, and opening protection. He reported roughly 109,000 initial inspections, nearly 59,000 grants approved, 31,000 final inspections, 25,000 reimbursements, and about $240 million paid out through the end of 2024. Members asked about premium savings, contractor pricing, fraud, owner-builder eligibility, reimbursement timing, and whether the program should have a dedicated funding source; Fielder said the program is currently closed, more than 40,000 people have signed up for updates, and the office has seen some price-gouging and impersonation issues but no major fraud trend. The committee also discussed the new prioritization rules that took effect July 1, 2024, which direct grant awards by age and income. Fielder said the program used a survey of existing applicants to implement the new priority groups and that the first group was over age 60 and low-income. Members raised questions about how premium reductions are measured, whether insurance company changes or rising insured values affect the data, and whether the program can track long-term outcomes after reimbursement. Fielder said the office reports raw premium changes based on declarations pages, knows the insurer for participants, and has validated results with multiple insurers, but does not track homeowners after they leave the program or enforce continued insurance coverage. For the My Safe Florida Condo Pilot, Fielder said the program is modeled on the home program but uses association-level applications, a maximum grant of $175,000 per association, and a similar two-to-one match. He said the application window opened briefly in November and was closed quickly because available funding could be exhausted and the department is prohibited from creating a waiting list. He identified several needed statutory changes, including better distinguishing condos from single-family homes, adjusting roof requirements for flat concrete roofs, and revisiting the unanimous unit-owner vote requirement, which he said has been a major obstacle. Chair Lopez noted the pilot is intended to be a learning process and thanked DFS staff for identifying implementation issues. The final presentation covered Florida PALM, the state’s effort to replace the 40-year-old FLAIR accounting system with a PeopleSoft-based financial management system. Fielder and PALM Director Jimmy Cox said the project began in 2014, the state contracted with Accenture in 2018, cash management went live in 2021, and the project was paused in 2022 for legislative review and remediation. They said the system is expected to go live in 2026, possibly in July rather than January, and that the project has spent about $225 million to date, with a current-year budget of about $60.9 million and a projected next-year request of about $64 million. Members asked about cybersecurity, cloud hosting, project scope, and whether the system is unique to Florida; staff said the system is not Florida-specific, access is credentialed through agency identity management, and the cloud host location is confidential. After the presentations, Chair Lopez assigned members to work with specific agencies on budget review meetings, asked them to discuss agency structure, priorities, staffing, waste reduction, and other budget issues, and set a deadline to report findings in the first week of regular session. The meeting then adjourned without objection.

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• to oppose the legislation, saying that what it was going to—that all you needed to do to stop these mass

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• , there's some Habs deadly to rich, which you are like pilot in in and look, for example, and the masses

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• these historic investments in our manufacturing sector, unstable and erratic tariff policies, and mass
• :57:05.600><c> tariff</c><02:57:06.160><c> policies,</c><02:57:06.960><c> and</c><02:57:07.200><c> mass
• </c> erratic tariff policies, and mass erratic tariff policies, and mass elimination<02:57:08.479><c>
• 03:21:52.399><c> in</c> federal research programs, engages in federal research programs, engages in mass
• firings of cr of crucial experts mass firings of cr of crucial experts and<03:21:56.000><c> engages<

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, June 23, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• , what it does is it requires social media companies to report to the BCA when there are potential mass
• 00:01:40.240><c> there</c><00:01:40.400><c> are</c><00:01:40.560><c> potential</c><00:01:40.880><c> mass
• </c> when there are potential mass shootings. when there are potential mass shootings.
• legislation about guns that they would object to Meta reporting to the BCA when it sees a potential mass
• If you wanted to create a bill that would speed up the consolidation of agriculture and create mass migration

Keywords: 1183, house

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• probably also have to get some other states in the Northeast United States before we could get a critical mass
• probably also have to get some other states in the Northeast United States before we could get a critical mass
• probably also have to get some other states in the Northeast United States before we could get a critical mass
• probably also have to get some other states in the Northeast United States before we could get a critical mass
• moving block of the areas of both New York City and Boston were included, which would create a critical mass

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• When digital technology enters the classroom and mass learning skills development go down.
• Um, the real introduction of edtech in mass happened when Microsoft invented a laptop that didn't sell
• Um, the real introduction of of edtech<01:28:34.560><c> in</c><01:28:34.800><c> mass</c><01:28:35.760
• ><c> happened</c><01:28:36.080><c> when</c><01:28:36.320><c> Microsoft</c> edtech in mass happened when
• Microsoft edtech in mass happened when Microsoft invented<01:28:37.440><c> a</c><01:28:37.600><c> laptop

Keywords: 958, all

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• At that point, we had the engineers review the entire land mass of 11 communities in Vermont.
• c><00:32:46.559><c> the</c><00:32:46.880><c> entire</c><00:32:47.440><c> land</c><00:32:47.679><c> mass
• </c><00:32:48.000><c> of</c> engineers review the entire land mass of engineers review the entire land
• mass of 11<00:32:48.720><c> communities</c><00:32:49.279><c> in</c><00:32:49.760><c> Vermont.
• 02.640><c> one</c><00:59:02.880><c> of</c><00:59:03.040><c> my</c> Um, one of my projects, the land mass

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• with a bill that includes a price tag, but I guarantee that it would be far less than the cost of the mass
• with a bill that includes a price tag, but I guarantee that it would be far less than the cost of the mass
• with a bill that includes a price tag, but I guarantee that it would be far less than the cost of the mass
• with a bill that includes a price tag, but I guarantee that it would be far less than the cost of the mass
• I guarantee that it would be far less than the cost of the mass destruction from fires that we're seeing

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, January 21, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• looks at them about every four years because they're fairly small and you really don't get critical mass
• small and you really don't<00:54:01.200><c> get</c><00:54:01.760><c> critical</c><00:54:02.160><c> mass
• to</c><00:54:02.800><c> do</c><00:54:02.960><c> much</c><00:54:03.119><c> of</c> don't get critical mass
• to do much of don't get critical mass to do much of anything.<00:54:03.839><c> So,</c><00:54:04.640>

Keywords: 916, all

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• Jennifer Lindsey, who is a residency program director for ophthalmology and vice chair for education at Mass
• ><01:20:01.679><c> for</c><01:20:01.920><c> education</c><01:20:02.320><c> at</c><01:20:02.480><c> Mass
• </c> vice chair for education at Mass Eye. vice chair for education at Mass Eye.

Keywords: 926, house, all

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• And they need to get a critical mass together before they can open it.
• And they need to get a critical<00:41:43.839><c> mass</c><00:41:44.240><c> together</c><00:41:44.640>
• <c> before</c><00:41:44.960><c> they</c><00:41:45.200><c> can</c> critical mass together before they
• can critical mass together before they can open<00:41:45.520><c> it.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• We are going through a sixth mass extinction.
• c><00:47:50.640><c> through</c><00:47:51.520><c> a</c><00:47:51.600><c> sixth</c><00:47:52.040><c> mass
• </c> We are going through a sixth mass We are going through a sixth mass extinction.<00:47:52.880><c>

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• profound trauma in just this last year, witnessing, you know, the shootings of elected officials, the mass
• devastation of the mass shooting at Annunciation Catholic School, and now layered on top of that is
• profound trauma in just this last year, witnessing, you know, the shootings of elected officials, the mass
• devastation of the mass shooting at Annunciation Catholic School, and now layered on top of that is

Keywords: 1187, senate, all