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• The intent is to enhance the financial capabilities of this district in managing water-related emergency
• Capability is of, of, of, of a consumer or other issues that would drive something to be less than a

Bills: HJR40

Keywords: Medicaid, healthcare access, Affordable Care Act, federal funding, constitutional amendment

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• When you consider the cities of Duncanville and DeSoto, each boast sports facilities capable of hosting
• In closing, this is an incredible opportunity to enhance our tourism capabilities and ensure that South

Bills: SB1071, SB1444, SB1483, SB1556, SB1703, SB1756, SB1854, SB2036, SB2133, SB2297, SB2622, SB2779, SB2955, SB2979

Keywords: municipality, tax revenue, hotel project, convention center, economic development, hotel tax, municipal authority, local governments, local authority, convention centers, hotel occupancy tax, municipal finance, local tax revenue, tourism, hotel and convention center project, Tax Code Chapter 351, city revenue, special district, Texas municipalities, venue financing

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• It will require them to install a powered height adjustable adult-sized changing table that is capable
• We have the capability of doing that already. So, do you know of any cases... ...already.

Bills: HJR 99, HB 1399, HB 1400, HB 1094, HB 365, HB 1109, HB 647, HCR 35, SB 14, HB 12, HB 1522, HB 422, HB 675, HB 204, HB 748, HB 912, HJR 99, HB 1399, HB 1400, HB 1094, HB 365, HB 1109, HB 647, HCR 35, HCR 123, HCR 124, HR 57, HR 87, HR 111, HR 228, HR 230, HR 322, HR 624, HR 625, HR 626, HR 627, HR 628, HR 630, HR 631, HR 634, HR 635, HR 636, HR 637, HR 638, HR 639, HR 640, HR 645, HR 646, HR 648, HR 649, HR 651, HR 652, HR 653, HR 654, HR 664, HR 665, HR 668, HR 675, HR 676, HR 678, HR 679, HR 680, HR 683, HR 686, HR 688, HR 689, HR 694, HR 695, HR 697, HR 698, HR 699, HR 472, HR 622, HR 632, HR 633, HR 643, HR 655, HR 657, HR 660, HR 661, HR 662, HR 663, HR 667, HR 670, HR 674, HR 681, HR 682, HR 696

Keywords: animal feed, tax exemption, ad valorem taxation, retail, constitutional amendment, retail sale, tangible personal property, Texas tax code, groundwater, water conservation, financial assistance, Texas Water Development Board, innovation fund, local conservation districts, transportation protection agreement, funeral services, insurance exemption, regulation, deceased transportation, HB 365

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• , expressed in millions of gallons per day (MGD), and how these figures translate into service capabilities
• It is vital for stakeholders to have a clear understanding of the actual capabilities of our water systems

Bills: SB32, SB464, SB996, SB1163, SB1173, SB1277, SB1452, SB1453, SB1548, SB1882, SB1883, SB2016, SB 32

Keywords: ad valorem taxation, tax exemption, franchise tax credit, income production, personal property, SB 464, school buffer zone, tobacco retailer, vape shop, e-cigarette, vaping, nicotine, tobacco products, retail permit, comptroller, Class A misdemeanor, school proximity, youth access, public school, private school

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• Its basic allotment of $220 falls way short of what we are capable of doing.
• Navy on the USS Fort Worth. gave him the capability to do what he's doing today.

Bills: HB2, HB2

Keywords: public education, teacher compensation, certification, funding, school finance, educator rights, education funding, charter schools, staff compensation, state aid, retention allotment, disaster preparedness, emergency management, flooding, mass fatality, mass casualty, fatality tracking, body recovery, autopsy, justice of the peace

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• The E-Safety Advisory Commission ensures that California has an expert body capable of keeping pace with
• Many of these small businesses don't even have websites, let alone website capabilities to comply with
• the bill's requirements, and staff that can handle constantly updating all available... ...capabilities
• people you can't vote on a ballot measure because you haven't given enough thought or you're not capable
• You can't vote on a ballot measure because you haven't given enough thought, or you're not capable because

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• really vital topics for the state regarding cyber security and how Minnesota can increase the capabilities
• really vital topics for the state regarding cyber security and how Minnesota can increase the capabilities
• :03:36.720> increase<00:03:37.040> the<00:03:37.680> the<00:03:38.239> capabilities
• <00:03:38.720> that know increase the the capabilities that know increase the the capabilities

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Tribes in Minnesota are experienced and capable of using this type of funding.
• Tribes in Minnesota are experienced and capable of using this type of funding.
• Tribes in Minnesota are experienced and capable of using this type of funding.
• Tribes in Minnesota are experienced and capable of using this type of funding.
• Tribes in Minnesota are experienced and capable of using this type of funding.

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: The committee took up House File 3403, authored by Vice Chair Rep. Kazowski, and first adopted an A1 amendment. The amendment made technical and implementation changes recommended by the Department of Revenue, allowed a small portion of funds for county and tribal administrative costs, and clarified timing and reporting for spent and unspent funds. After the amendment was adopted, the bill was moved to Ways and Means. Rep. Kazowski described HF 3403 as a $50 million emergency rental assistance measure to help stabilize households facing eviction, with $44 million directed to counties and $6 million reserved for tribal nations, administered through the Department of Revenue using the existing local homeless prevention aid formula. Supporters said the bill would provide immediate, targeted help to renters and landlords, prevent evictions, and reduce downstream costs to shelters, schools, employers, and health systems. Several testifiers, including representatives from Greater Twin Cities United Way, St. Louis County, Hennepin County, Minneapolis, social workers, a resident, and tribal housing leaders, said local resources were insufficient to meet rising need and emphasized the impact of federal immigration enforcement and related economic disruption on families, workers, and communities. Testimony highlighted sharp increases in rental assistance requests, rising eviction filings, depleted county funds, and the strain on nonprofit and mutual aid efforts. County and city officials said emergency rental assistance and related legal services had already prevented thousands of evictions, but current funding was not enough. Tribal testimony stressed disproportionate homelessness among Native Americans and supported the bill’s tribal allocation. During member discussion, Rep. Amani Hiltsley said the bill was an economic stabilization tool and requested a roll call vote, noting safeguards against fraud and the broader costs of inaction.

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• Uh, with that also, um, we have test-to-treat capabilities, which is one of the reasons why I think Senator
• Uh, with that also, um, we have test-to-treat capabilities, which is one of the reasons why I think Senator
• Uh, with that also, um, we have test-to-treat capabilities, which is one of the reasons why I think Senator
• Uh, with that also, um, we have test-to-treat capabilities, which is one of the reasons why I think Senator
• Uh, with that also, um, we have test-to-treat capabilities, which is one of the reasons why I think Senator

Bills: HB0143, HB0129

Keywords: health care providers, free speech, discrimination, governmental agencies, civil remedies, physician access, internationally trained physicians, medical licensing, provisional license, healthcare workforce, 916, all

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• And we have an extraordinarily capable team led by Erica Drury, a young woman engineer who was named
• your staff, and I want to do the same thing because I am continuously amazed and inspired by the capabilities
• 05.440> the continuously amazed and inspired by the continuously amazed and inspired by the capabilities
• 07.280> this<00:59:07.599> staff<00:59:08.000> and<00:59:08.319> their capabilities
• of this staff and their capabilities of this staff and their leadership<00:59:09.359> is<00:59

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The Transportation Committee met to review the Transportation Cabinet’s budget request and the recommended highway plan; no votes were taken. Secretary Jim Gray opened with praise for KYTC snow and ice crews, describing their response to recent winter storms and noting the scale of the effort, including about 2,300 workers, 1,438 pieces of equipment, and more than 948,000 miles driven in the first week. He then outlined the cabinet’s overall highway plan, saying it includes more than 1,300 projects and about $9.5 billion in anticipated state and federal funding over six years, with roughly 40% directed to existing pavements, bridges, and guardrails. He highlighted major priority projects such as the Mountain Parkway four-laning, the Brent Spence Companion Bridge, and the I-69 Ohio River crossing. Budget director Sean McCarron explained that the cabinet adjusted its request after the Consensus Forecast Group lowered road fund revenue estimates, and said the cabinet only included additional requests it viewed as essential. He described requests to support driver licensing regional offices, including funding to maintain temporary and contract staff used to reduce wait times, expand offices from 35 to 41 locations, and support improved customer service; he warned that without the current-year increase, wait times would rise again. He also discussed maintenance funding, saying the proposed increases would help cover rising costs for salt, snow and ice drivers, and mowing, while allowing continued litter pickup, vegetation management, pothole repair, and more in-house snow and ice work. Deputy Secretary Mike Hancock addressed specific capital questions, especially the Brent Spence Bridge and Cairo Bridge. For Brent Spence, he said the requested $125 million in general funds is needed because construction costs have risen sharply, citing a 61% increase in highway construction costs from 2020 to 2025, and said Kentucky and Ohio are both contributing to keep the project moving. He added that if the legislature does not provide the $125 million, KYTC would have to shift $100 million in federal highway funds and $25 million in state match from other projects. Hancock also reviewed several project reauthorizations for maintenance facilities and aviation projects, and noted a $5 million federally funded truck parking project aimed at addressing statewide truck parking shortages, especially along interstates and in areas such as Louisville, northern Kentucky, Frankfort, Somerset, and western Kentucky.

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• outperforming because they have more muscle, more testosterone, so they are eliminating women's capability
• outperforming because they have more muscle, more testosterone, so they are eliminating women's capability
• outperforming because they have more muscle, more testosterone, so they are eliminating women's capability
• outperforming because they have more muscle, more testosterone, so they are eliminating women's capability
• outperforming because they have more muscle, more testosterone, so they are eliminating women's capability

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• At this point, I'm going to turn the chair over to my very capable Vice Chair, Representative Tom Odell
• the 48—so there are engineering programs that would accept this and say they are perfectly safe and capable
• 27.359> and this and say they are perfectly safe and this and say they are perfectly safe and capable
• 28.079> going<00:44:28.559> out<00:44:29.559> and<00:44:29.680> Performing capable
• of going out and Performing capable of going out and Performing without<00:44:30.720> well<00

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The committee first took up House Bill 46, which would allow lottery winners of $1 million or more to remain anonymous. After brief discussion and a motion with a second, the committee approved the bill unanimously and sent it to the House floor. Members then heard House Bill 54, a workforce and education measure aimed at aligning dual credit and project-based learning with licensed construction trades and other high-demand careers. The sponsor and witness said the bill is intended to help students meet both education and on-the-job training requirements, address labor shortages, and speed entry into the trades. Several members raised concerns about possible abuse of internships, the need for input from unions and other trade groups, and the amount of authority left to the Department of Housing, Buildings and Construction to write regulations. The sponsor said the bill does not replace current hands-on training requirements and expressed willingness to continue discussions. The committee passed the bill, with some members explaining their votes as conditional or in hopes of further amendments. The committee also approved House Bill 261, which would let retired CPAs provide certain uncompensated services, such as nonprofit work, while retaining their CPA designation, and would create a retirement-based CPE waiver for those limited services. A question from Representative Donworth focused on how retired CPAs would disclose their status to nonprofits; the board representative said retired status is noted in board records, but there is currently no separate requirement governing use of the CPA designation. The bill passed. Finally, the committee considered House Bill 262, which would remove restrictions on small CPA firm names after an owner dies or retires. The sponsor said Kentucky is an outlier because current law requires the remaining owner to change the firm name. The bill passed unanimously. After that, the chair turned the gavel over to the vice chair and began presenting House Bill 306, which would change engineering education requirements for licensure, especially to help Eastern Kentucky University fire protection engineering technology graduates qualify for licensure in Kentucky rather than leaving the state. The sponsor and witnesses explained that the bill would not change the rest of the PE licensure pathway, only the education component, and said most other states already allow this route. Members noted that engineers may have concerns and encouraged continued discussions before the bill advances further.

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• So I'm not questioning anybody's capability, but I know that just running a simple math flow occasionally
• by the natural construct of this particular aquifer which, as a limestone aquifer, the Edwards is capable
• And in reality the DFC should focus more on aquifer capabilities and limitations and not get wrapped
• I don't think they have that capability.
• Adam: the responsibilities and capabilities are of groundwater conservation districts and... that they're

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• ,<00:25:13.360> then<00:25:13.600> the investigative capabilities, then the investigative
• capabilities, then the inspector<00:25:14.159> general<00:25:14.799> and<00:25:14.960>
• 41.840> cap inspector general or investigative cap inspector general or investigative cap capabilities
• then<00:25:42.960> the<00:25:43.120> inspector<00:25:43.520> general capabilities
• , then the inspector general capabilities, then the inspector general um<00:25:44.720> must<00

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• They're all spinal cord injured vets, and the last but not least, Capable Partners, which are disabled
• They're all spinal cord injured vets, and the last but not least, Capable Partners, which are disabled
• They're all spinal cord injured vets, and the last but not least, Capable Partners, which are disabled
• They're all spinal cord injured vets, and the last but not least, Capable Partners, which are disabled
• They're all spinal cord injured vets, and the last but not least, Capable Partners, which are disabled

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• I think that makes sense, and to me it seems like doubting their intelligence." "All right. Mr.
• My members as well as yours all know that Arizona voters are quite intelligent and can read through all

Keywords: 1182, all

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• I think that makes sense, and to me, it seems like doubting their intelligence. All right. Mr.
• It, my members as well as yours, all know that Arizona voters are quite intelligent and can read through

Summary: The committee met to review and adopt Legislative Council ballot measure analyses, with members repeatedly reminded that the hearing was limited to the accuracy, clarity, and impartiality of the summaries and not the merits of the underlying proposals. Steve Premack explained the statutory role of the analyses in the publicity pamphlet, and staff presented draft language for several measures. The committee considered and voted on multiple amendments, often debating whether proposed wording was clearer or instead crossed into advocacy or added unnecessary legal detail. For SCR 1004, members debated amendments to more closely mirror the measure’s text and to add language about electric vehicles and mileage, but several proposed changes were rejected. The analysis was ultimately adopted by an 8-6 roll call. HCR 2021 was then adopted without amendment by the same 8-6 margin. For HCR 2055, members debated whether the summary should say the Department of Homeland Security must “do everything” or “use all lawful means available,” and whether to add language about cartels acting “individually or collectively”; both amendments were rejected and the analysis was adopted 8-6. The committee next took up SCR 1004 on photo enforcement systems, where members proposed amendments to clarify that the measure would apply to red light cameras, to add “thereafter” regarding recurring voter approval, and to specify that approval would occur at the general election; those amendments failed, and the analysis was adopted 8-6. On SCR 1032, dealing with instructional expenses and classroom site fund reductions, members debated adding a definition of the Classroom Site Fund and spelling out the waiver process in more detail; both amendments failed, and the analysis was adopted 8-6. Finally, on HCR 2001 regarding citizenship identification and early voting, members rejected amendments that would have added background on current law, clarified that mail voting would be affected, added severability and revenue-source language, and struck the measure’s short title; the discussion was lengthy and at times contentious, but the transcript ends before a final roll-call vote on that measure is shown.

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• have served as a model for what a legislator should be, and Delaware is better because of your intelligence
• It's your humor, your intelligence. Your ability to be strategic is nothing short of brilliant.

Summary: The House convened with Girl State participants presiding for part of the session, including introductions of the student leadership and a unanimous voice vote passing House Concurrent Resolution 152 honoring the young women participating in Delaware Girl State. The chamber also welcomed congressional interns and other guests, accepted the prior day’s minutes, and observed a moment of silence for Nathan Cynix and Kara Feeley before prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance. A major portion of the meeting was devoted to tributes for Representative Ron Gray, who was recognized for his 14 years of service and his work on issues such as bond bills, dredging, bike paths, small business, constituent service, and agriculture-related funding. Multiple members from both parties praised his humor, honesty, mentorship, and dedication to the House and his district. Gray responded with extended remarks reflecting on his family legacy, legislative service, and appreciation for colleagues and staff, and the chamber later sang “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” at his request. The House then received communications, including Senate messages returning several bills and informing the chamber of Senate passage of additional measures. Members were also told that the FY27 bond bill, House Bill 500, had been placed on desks as a gift for review. The House read in Consent Agenda S, which included House Bill 476, House Joint Resolution 13, Senate Substitute 1 for Senate Bill 168, Senate Bill 297, Senate Substitute 1 for Senate Bill 319, and Senate Joint Resolution 21, and began a roll call vote on the consent agenda.

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• Now, I wish I could wow you with my intelligence or experience, but I will instead defer to the concurrence
• He was outgoing, thoughtful, intelligent, and full of joy.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• My profession—you all know I was in the military—but my specific profession was I was an intelligence
• Sometimes in the intelligence world, we'd take a picture.

Keywords: 965, house, all