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TX

Texas 89th Regular

89th Legislative Session Apr 1st, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

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  • State your inquiry.
  • State your inquiry. Mr.
  • State your inquiry. Parliamentary inquiry. State your inquiry.
  • State your inquiry.
  • State your inquiry.
Bills: HJR4, HJR6, HB195, HB 13, HB143, HB135
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Water, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs May 5th, 2025

Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs

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  • However, the criteria leaves out the broad swath of landowners in the state.
  • Two minutes: state your name and position on the bill. I'm William Rhodes.
  • Sir, state the name he with and position on the bill. Good morning.
  • less money than the state of Rhode Island does, obviously.
  • Um, as Judge Whitmire stated, our county is growing.
Summary: The Senate Water, Agriculture, Rural Affairs Committee heard several bills focused on groundwater management, water infrastructure, and agricultural land conservation. SB 612 would limit certain water districts in Hidalgo, Cameron, and Willacy counties from charging developers pipeline construction fees above actual, documented costs; the committee substitute removed a developer challenge mechanism to preserve district discretion over construction standards. HB 1633 would require groundwater conservation districts to consider registered exempt wells when reviewing or amending permits, and testimony from landowners, district representatives, and advocacy groups largely supported the bill as a way to protect domestic and livestock wells from drawdown caused by large export projects. HB 1689 would clarify that export fee revenues may be used for well operability, alternative water supplies, and aquifer monitoring, including through interlocal cooperation, and HB 3058 would give the Post Oak Savannah Groundwater Conservation District authority to use export fees for county road improvements and environmental programs tied to well inspection and groundwater management. HB 2018 would clarify that the Texas Farm and Ranchland Conservation Program is intended to purchase conservation easements only on working agricultural lands, with support from cattle raisers and Farm Bureau representatives. The committee also considered HB 29, which would require large water systems to validate water loss audits and submit mitigation plans; a committee substitute removed the water-loss threshold and adjusted the timeline for more detailed validation. Public testimony on the bills was generally supportive, with several witnesses describing declining well levels, road damage from export projects, and the need to preserve agricultural land and local water supplies. The committee adopted committee substitutes and voted favorably on HB 29, HB 1689, HB 2018, SB 612, and SB 3058, recommending several of them for the local and uncontested calendar; HB 1633 was left pending awaiting a committee substitute.
TX
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  • financial hardship due to unpaid child support, which has reached approximately $19 billion across the state
  • And it's good for the state of Texas, and it was also good for the state of Wisconsin.
  • Texas is rather unique in how it is calculated, as we are one of two states across the nation that does
  • States experience some form of abuse each year.
  • If you heard Justice Blacklock's State of the Judiciary speech, which I'm sure you did, he mentioned
TX

Texas 89th Regular

S/C on Property Tax Appraisals Apr 3rd, 2025

S/C on Property Tax Appraisals

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  • on the state funding payment, right?
  • Turner said, in state values being assigned for the purpose of foundation school program calculations
  • The state will use the higher.
  • Because in February, the state will begin issuing our state funding at the loss of $3.5 million.
  • constitution or state law.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs Apr 2nd, 2025

Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs

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  • Unfortunately, the United States has financed the military buildup, human rights abuse. abuses, and in
  • Congress and the State Department, and as the Deputy United States Representative to the United States
  • United States.
  • I am a finance professor at Texas State University.
  • this state.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/18/2026 - Senate Health and Human Services

Health and Human Services

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  • In the state of Arizona and outside the state of Arizona who would travel here for these treatments.
  • Who is the state to violate those parental rights?
  • We did a cross-map analysis between where the state opportunities to close loopholes in our state.
  • That has drawn both state and federal scrutiny.
  • In Europe, they are shutting down these programs.
Summary: The committee heard and acted on several health-related bills, with the longest discussion centered on SB 1214, the Arizona Stem Cell Therapy Act. The bill would regulate stem cell and birth tissue therapies, bar use of tissues derived from aborted fetuses or embryos, require informed consent and disclosure for non-FDA-approved therapies, and create civil and criminal penalties for violations. Supporters framed it as a patient-safety and bioscience-innovation measure, while opponents objected to the abortion-related language and felony penalties. The committee approved SB 1214 on a 4-3 vote. The committee also advanced SB 1194, which would prohibit health professionals and institutions from denying care or reducing care quality based on vaccination status, and SB 1814, which creates a study committee on substance use disorder treatment standards and oversight. SB 1602, increasing monthly stipends for kinship foster care parents, and SB 1603, expanding child-only cash assistance eligibility for certain foster and relative placements, were both amended and passed unanimously. SB 1177, barring public funds from being used for gender transition procedures, and SB 1014, requiring insurance coverage for detransition care and related reporting, both drew strong support and opposition and were each approved on 4-3 votes. Later, the committee unanimously passed SB 1628, requiring insurers and health plans to report claims-denial and prior-authorization data to DIFI for public reporting, and SB 1629, requiring AHCCCS managed care organizations to give advance notice and network-adequacy documentation before terminating high-volume providers without cause. Supporters of both bills emphasized transparency and patient access, while opponents argued the measures duplicated existing federal or state oversight. The committee then heard SB 1752, which would criminalize commercial harvesting or sale of mescaline while preserving a religious-use defense; the sponsor said it was intended to address improper sales of peyote-derived substances, but no final action on that bill was taken in the portion provided.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Agriculture Committee Meeting - 2026-04-08

Agriculture Finance and Policy

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  • At the Minnesota State Fair, um we have developed um a program that I think is particularly fun and also
  • this program is Matt McDevitt with the Rural Finance Authority.
  • And many states created programs like this. Most of them let them slide.
  • And many states created programs like this. Most of them let them slide.
  • And many states created programs like this. Most of them let them slide.
Bills: HF2103, HF4508
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee 3/3/26

Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy

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  • us to make this investment in our state. us to make this investment in our state.
  • <00:05:09.120> is in the state treasury. is in the state treasury. is constitutionally<00:
  • . um state agencies quasi state agencies. um state agencies I<00:20:34.000> think<00:20:34.080
  • um the funds that are going to non-state um the funds that are going to non-state entities<00:20
  • state grants management pro policies. state grants management pro policies.
Bills: HF3426, HF3428
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Culture, Recreation & Tourism Apr 3rd, 2025

Culture, Recreation & Tourism

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  • The program has thus far been successful, and HB3724 seeks to expand that success.
  • The program is privately funded.
  • I mean, what percentage of the plate does a typical wind farm deliver to the state?
  • , which includes the endangered species... ...program within the state.
  • The state of Texas generates millions if not billions of dollars from tourism.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Ways and Means Committee 3/3/25 - Part 1

Ways and Means

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  • <00:04:23.520> gets once the paid leave program gets once the paid leave program gets underway
  • be in the possession of the finance be in the possession of the finance committee<00:11:01.959><
  • Means before a bill leaves that finance Means before a bill leaves that finance committee<00:11:
  • , this largest state-mandated program in business history, we have to make sure that 50% of the partnerships
  • <00:34:04.440> is Commissioners they say the program is Commissioners they say the program
Bills: HF11
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Ways and Means Committee 3/3/25 - Part 2

Ways and Means

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  • So, um, I am actually really happy that we're offering this Paid Family Leave program to Minnesota.
  • <00:05:01.400> report know kind of having both programs report know kind of having both programs
  • And I understand those concerns, but the reality is that most employers in the state, including the state
  • This is a really important program. It went through a number of iterations.
  • and third deadline and this is a finance and third deadline and this is a finance bill<00:32:30.320
Bills: HF11
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Agriculture and Forestry Committee Feb 12th, 2025

Agriculture and Forestry

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  • part of who we are, and Jubilee only occurs in two areas across the entire world, not just in our state
  • Authority is working with Mississippi State University to find a way, trying to work out something, find
  • There's no state agency that is really responsible for it, particularly on this.
  • What if it was a state water patrol? They would go to the state. Okay, whichever.
Bills: HB55, HB212
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session Jan 29th, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Please guide them today as they gather in service to the people of the great state of Texas.
  • Sarah Jethro in the residency program. Dr.
  • Health Science Center in Tyler, Athens Family Residency Program.
  • Senator Miles: ...state of Texas.
  • Thank you for making the long journey to our state capital here in Austin.
Bills: SJR36, SB2, SR9, SR10, SR16
TX
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  • This is the social fabric of our state and our nation, and we must be aggressive and vigilant in what
  • of Texas, over 163,000 trucking companies across this great state.
  • We want other states to join. So our hope is that many people will get involved in this.
  • And we want other states to join. So our hope is that many people will get involved in this.
  • All the incredible law enforcement across the entire state, they do an amazing job.
Bills: SJR36, SB2, SR9, SR10, SR16
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations May 26th, 2026

Appropriations

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  • The bill will allow the state to provide state employees with access to weight loss medications without
  • may actually experience if the state were to move to a state cost share plan.
  • We may actually experience if the state were to move to a state cost share plan.
  • As I stated to Representative Tarver, I don’t believe it. More.
  • Can I read the state? Yeah. Can I see you again? All right. Ms.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee 3/24/26

Higher Education Finance and Policy

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  • > access<00:38:30.960> to state financial aid program access to state financial aid program
  • , you cannot access our state program.
  • So we want to do the same for our state programs.
  • The Minnesota State Grant Program is our state's largest financial need program.
  • state grant program. state grant program.
Bills: HF4362, HF4252, HF4440
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Elections Apr 30th, 2025

Elections

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  • Section 64.009 states that the Secretary of State has prescribed Form 766665, which requires the signature
  • I ask because there's a lot of cooperation around the state with using rideshare programs to get people
  • Or the state, sorry.
  • Just as Kavanaugh emphasized, to state the obvious, a state cannot conduct an election without deadlines
  • Federal law preempts state law.