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• So has this been—have there been any case studies of this? Has this come out of a study commission?
• So has this been—have there been any case studies of this? Has this come out of a study commission?
• dragging gets feed and doing study dragging gets feed and doing study commission<02:02:47.440>
• we've had two if not not three study we've had two if not not three study commissions<02:02:53.079
• And there's numerous other studies.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• professionals independent study professionals independent study favorable<00:10:09.120> amendments
• Amendment number one is technical; amendment number two amends the required study as described.
• fund and task force to study deed fraud. fund and task force to study deed fraud.
• Um, it looks like this is a task force to study revenue structures.
• to study to study um,<01:41:44.840> revenue<01:41:45.680> structures.

Keywords: House streaming session for Saturday, March 21, 2026, 957, house, all

Summary: The House convened with 126 members present, heard the prayer, approved the previous day’s journal, and then took up a series of Senate messages and committee reports. Senate bills on consent calendars 21 and 22 were read the first time and referred to committees. The House then adopted favorable reports, often without amendment, on a wide range of bills including workers’ compensation evaluation procedures (HB 1325), a state shark designation (HB 97), several local alcoholic beverages measures, commemorative months for Muslim American Heritage and Jewish American Heritage (HB 661), and local license commissioner changes in Anne Arundel, Worcester, Harford, Baltimore City, and Prince George’s counties. Several bills were amended before being ordered printed for third reading. HB 121 (Baltimore County alcohol sales) was amended to change the sponsor to the Baltimore County delegation. HB 1335 on Department of Information Technology workforce recruitment and retention was amended to convert the measure into a study and recommendations report. HB 1037 on PSC oversight of broadband and VoIP was similarly amended from direct oversight to a study and report. HB 1164 on water and sewage rate consolidation and limited-income mechanisms was amended to remove rate-consolidation provisions, require a PSC study, and delay implementation. HB 1381 on stopping or parking in bike lanes added exceptions for emergency, transit, disability pickup/drop-off, disabled vehicles, loading/unloading, and construction or maintenance; HB 1504 prioritized sidewalk and bicycle pathway projects near highways with complete streets or Vision Zero policies; HB 912 adjusted community cat trap-neuter-return rules; and HB 969 clarified electric vehicle charging billing and service fees. The most extended debate centered on HB 639, the Transportation Aviation Passenger Health and Safety Act. After amendments turned it into a reporting measure for fixed-base operators and aviation service companies regarding flights carrying detained individuals, warrants, refueling, and emergency-response documentation, members questioned its practical operation, safety implications, and possible federal preemption issues. The floor leader explained the bill as amended was intended to gather information for Maryland safety and emergency planning. On motion of the committee chair, the House agreed to special order HB 639 until the end of the session for further clarification. The House also amended and advanced HB 1063 on hunting management, including deer damage permits and Sunday hunting rules, and heard a brief statement from an Eastern Shore delegate about the Rural Caucus’s approach to offering amendments rather than opposing bills outright. The session ended with HB 972, creating the Maryland Fair and Agricultural Education Promise Fund, amended to rename the bill in honor of the late Delegate Charles Otto and to replace lottery funding with an annual appropriation; the House adopted the amendments and the favorable report.

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• This is a special initiative commission to study the future of payments and sales transactions by credit
• This is a special initiative commission to study the future of payments and sales transactions by credit
• Further, the commission is tasked with studying and reviewing: one, the cost of small businesses operating
• The commission is tasked with studying and reviewing: one, the cost of small businesses operating in
• So I'm excited to serve with— The commission is tasked with studying and reviewing: one, the cost of

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The House and Senate chairs opened the first organizational meeting of the special initiative commission created by Chapter 238 of the Acts of 2024 to study the future of payments and sales transactions by credit card and the impacts on small businesses. They explained that no testimony would be taken at this meeting; instead, the commission would begin its work, introduce members, and prepare for future hearings and a final report with recommendations on credit cards and other payment methods. The chairs outlined the commission’s charge: to examine payment trends, cashless transactions, credit card fees, mobile payments, buy now, pay later financing, and the effects of section 28A of chapter 140D on small businesses. They said the commission would likely organize hearings around business and consumer impacts, the legal and regulatory landscape, and policy options such as transparency measures, reporting requirements, and possible limits. Members discussed the importance of hearing from retailers, restaurants, banks, small businesses, and possibly experts, and suggested considering cryptocurrency and whether hearings should be held outside the State House or include regional access. Several commissioners and stakeholders introduced themselves, including representatives from the Attorney General’s office, the House, the Executive Office of Economic Development, the Commissioner of Banks, retail and restaurant associations, a banking representative, and two small business owners. The chairs said interested parties could sign up to testify or receive notices, written testimony would be accepted, and the first hearing was tentatively set for April 8 in Gardner Auditorium. The meeting ended with a motion to close, which passed unanimously.

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• Refer to the Committee on Indirect Governmental Affairs, HB 1043 by Bojani relating to a study by the
• HB 1136 by Gamas relating to the study conducted by the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles regarding
• Relating to a study done by the Texas Division of Emergency Management of the potential effects of droughts
• HB 1171 by Raymond, relating to the study on the state land and use of Facilitate Health and Wellness
• for Veterans. 259 to conduct a study concerning the cyber security of small businesses.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• 04:51.560> a<00:04:51.680> groundbreaking<00:04:52.440> 2014<00:04:53.280> study
• <00:04:53.720> led<00:04:54.000> by A groundbreaking 2014 study led by Dr.
• The buyers described in the study came from all types of backgrounds, including business professionals
• buyers described 13 to 16 years old the buyers described in<00:05:16.320> the<00:05:16.440> study
• came from all types of in the study came from all types of backgrounds<00:05:18.319> including

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: House File 128 was heard and then laid over for possible inclusion in the committee omnibus. The bill, authored by Representative Ric, would raise penalties for prostituting a minor so they align with existing criminal sexual conduct penalties: from 20 to 30 years for victims under 14, from 10 to 15 years for ages 14 to 16, and from 5 to 10 years for ages 16 to 18. The author said the bill addresses a statutory mismatch that makes prostitution of a minor carry a lower penalty than some sexual conduct offenses, and noted it was part of a broader, ongoing effort to reform criminal sexual conduct laws. Caroline Palmer of the Minnesota Department of Health provided technical assistance and described the harms of child sexual exploitation, including trafficking, survival sex, coercion, and long-term physical and mental health consequences. She said children are exploited in many settings, including online, and that vulnerability factors such as housing instability, abuse, disability, and lack of support increase risk. She also cited research showing buyers of trafficked minor girls often came from varied backgrounds, and emphasized that victims can face lasting trauma and collateral consequences in education, employment, housing, and the justice system. Members asked about the administration’s position, and Palmer clarified she was there only to provide technical assistance, not to represent a formal endorsement. Representative Mher noted that current law may already allow criminal sexual conduct charges in some cases involving very young victims, suggesting other tools remain available. Representative Pinto said he understood the policy concern but wanted to examine the bill’s structure and penalty levels further. No amendments or votes were taken, and the bill was simply laid over.

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• Safe Passage now has 10 years of data studying over 200 deaths from maltreatment.
• One in five child deaths studied died from fentanyl toxicity.
• <00:14:26.680> died One in five child deaths studied died One in five child deaths studied
• Many of the fatality cases studied Many of the fatality cases studied involved<00:20:23.400>
• Basically, we don't background study?

Bills: HF4277, HF3819, HF3489, HF4408, HF3901, HF4316

Keywords: child care, child care center, day care, licensed child care, video security cameras, surveillance, security cameras, maltreatment, child abuse, child safety, public and shared areas, camera mandate, child care assistance program, CCAP, Great Start Compensation Support, early learning scholarships, licensed provider, Minnesota Statutes 142B.68, Harvey's Law, privacy

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• But the other methodology that we use is our debt affordability study.
• But the other methodology that we use is our debt affordability study.
• But the other methodology that we use is our debt affordability study.
• But the other methodology that we use is our debt affordability study.
• We use is our debt affordability study.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• So this first slide you'll see is a summary of a study that was done by the Economic Policy Institute
• I appreciated the study that was included, and I know we're still trying to figure that out.
• <00:53:02.200> the ways that you think we could study the ways that you think we could study
• problem I appreciated this the study problem I appreciated this the study that<00:53:04.880>
• <00:53:14.640> um about what can we do to better study um about what can we do to better study

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• state, has long required reporting within a square mile, and that's why most of the public health studies
• California, because you're really not able to conduct credible public health and epidemiological studies
• Public health and epidemiological studies without that level of geographic specificity.
• of Hawaii Pacific Cooperative studies of Hawaii Pacific Cooperative studies unit<01:39:12.639>
• at Hawaii Pacific Environmental Studies at Hawaii Pacific University<01:53:13.159> I've<01:53

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• We have presented to the MPCA these studies.
• We have presented to the MPCA these studies.
• We have presented to the MPCA these studies.
• We have presented to the MPCA these studies.
• We have presented to the MPCA these studies.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• CHIA study estimated that the cost... coverage.
• Chief study estimated that the cost ...hospital, licensed by the Department of Mental Health.
• A recent study from Massachusetts all-payer insurance claims data estimates...
• A 2021 study on stillbirths stated that parents who experience stillbirth have a considerably higher
• Studies of assertive community treatment ...and decreased hospitalization.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The committee held a hearing on a large group of behavioral health and insurance-related bills. Topics included expanding access to mental health services by allowing physician assistants to authorize Section 12 emergency holds and be recognized as licensed mental health professionals (H. 1131/S. 773); improving coverage for community behavioral health centers so commercial insurance matches MassHealth’s bundled outpatient and crisis services (H. 1276/S. 703); eliminating cost sharing for certain behavioral health services (S. 718); extending detox and clinical stabilization coverage from 14 to 30 days and adding transitional support services (H. 1319/S. 772); requiring coverage for dual-diagnosis treatment in psychiatric facilities (H. 1277/S. 771); and preserving access to treatment for serious mental illness through coverage of coordinated specialty care and assertive community treatment (H. 1135/S. 709). The committee also heard bills on preventive behavioral health services for children (H. 1228/S. 802) and post-pregnancy mental health care, including postpartum depression and pregnancy loss-related care (H. 1314/S. 823).

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• So, and I’m a nuclear engineer; I study this stuff. So I’m not as optimistic as many.
• Study over that if they were in a country, they would be number 55 out of the two 12 countries in the
• But studying that interfacing of the MAGNET facility with the power conversion unit, the Microgrid in
• The materials do bring deformation, but they have a combination of those materials, and study allows
• materials both in pre-radiation and post-radiation, and study that deformation in those.

Summary: The meeting was a presentation and Q&A at Idaho National Laboratory focused on the state of nuclear energy, advanced reactors, and the lab’s role in testing, regulation, and commercialization. Speakers described INL’s broader mission beyond nuclear, including cybersecurity and critical infrastructure, but emphasized its major nuclear capabilities: the Advanced Test Reactor, TREAT, the Materials and Fuels Complex, and other test beds used to accelerate fuel and materials testing. They also highlighted the lab’s size, workforce, internship pipeline, and partnerships with DOE, DHS, DOD, and private companies. A major topic was the federal push to speed up nuclear deployment through executive orders and regulatory reform. Speakers said DOE and the NRC are reducing unnecessary bureaucracy, streamlining environmental reviews, and working toward a goal of having three new nuclear systems achieve criticality by July 4, 2026. They discussed the difference between microreactors, small modular reactors, and traditional gigawatt-scale plants, arguing that advanced reactors can be factory-built, safer, and better suited for data centers, military bases, remote communities, industrial heat, and other nontraditional uses. They also said the U.S. is rebuilding its nuclear supply chain, including enrichment and fuel fabrication, and that states willing to host parts of the fuel cycle could see major economic benefits. The speakers addressed questions about cost, safety, waste, and international competition. They said advanced reactors rely on passive safety features, TRISO fuel, and natural circulation, and that the industry’s challenge is often cost uncertainty rather than a precise fuel or materials limit. They argued used nuclear fuel should be viewed as a resource rather than waste if recycling becomes policy, and said microreactors should produce relatively small amounts of spent fuel. They also noted that China and Russia continue to build aggressively, with China on pace to surpass the U.S. in total nuclear generation, while U.S. projects such as Palisades, Crane Clean Energy Center, Duane Arnold, Oklo, Aalo, MARVEL, and Project Pele are moving forward under DOE and private-sector partnerships.

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• The Nuremberg Code is something that everyone should have studied.
• Nuremberg Code is something that everyone should have studied.
• I sit here as a health care process. that everyone should have studied.
• There's never been a double-blind placebo study done on a vaccine in this country.
• It's proven in huge studies.

Bills: HB2048, HB2189, HB2248, HB2403, HB2728, HB2729, HB2730, HB2731, HB2906, HCR2058

Keywords: orders of protection, domestic violence, court procedures, legal guardian, enforcement, healthcare, licensed health aides, scope of practice, ventilator care, training standards, medical freedom, healthcare mandates, employment requirements, public health, government regulation, elderly, physical disabilities, Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System, home and community based services, funding increase

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• As you'll remember in 2017, we released the economic impact study under the 78 size Winnie May at the
• Those were numbers that were created by the study that we were working on in 2017, leading up to 2017
• We have done an update to that study, spent the last probably 18 months working on that effort, and are
• And so we're in our water study that we're currently ongoing with.
• We're gonna do a study on that. I think it has to do a lot with the water flow.

Keywords: 914, all

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• Think about what they missed out on: prom, study groups, sports, school plays, the things that make high
• dramatically since I was at UVM studying dramatically since I was at UVM studying to<00:29:00.559
• Patty Brewer, social studies, Mount Mansfield. John Haynes, English, BFA, St. Albans.
• Patty Brewer,<00:31:58.240> social<00:31:58.559> studies,<00:31:58.960> Mount<00
• Brewer, social studies, Mount Mansfield. Brewer, social studies, Mount Mansfield.

Keywords: 927, senate, all

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• I studied land grants under Professor M. Hall, who was fascinated by land grants.
• Created funding for the Land Grant Studies Program at the University of New Mexico.
• engaging students as interns, providing services, doing work on land grants, as well as conducting studies
• Grant Studies Program was in a different office under the Southwest Hispanic Research Institute.
• Studies program.

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• TVC to study ways in which we can increase access to mental health services through the military veterans
• The study will include recommendations on how Texas can increase the number of peer support coordinators
• House Bill 1965, relating to a study on mental health services provided to veterans by the Texas Veterans
• House Bill 1965, relating to a study on mental health services provided to veterans through the Texas
• , but the department may conduct the study even if funds are not explicitly authorized for this purpose

Bills: HJR34, HB6, HB18, HB39, HB107, HB114, HB138, HB247, HB300, HB647, HB748, HB762, HB793, HB1240, HB1275, HB1397, HB1584, HB1700, HB1875, HB1894, HB1965, HB2071, HB2254, HB2340, HB2350, HB2516, HB2712, HB2713, HB2715, HB2760, HB2842, HB3088, HB3104, HB3260, HB3479, HB3575, HB3687, HB3788, HB4163, HB4187, HB4205, HB4370, HB4384, HB4655, HB4753, HB4809, HB4850, HB5195, HCR90, HCR98, SJR60, SB203, SB317, SB719, SB801, SB867, SB1071, SB1232, SB1319, SB1483, SB1633, SB1798, SB1978, SB2233, SB2363, SB2603, SB2607, SB2717, SB2797, SB2841, SB2928, SB3038, SJR5, SB4, SB9, SB21, SB23, SB27, SB34, SB40, SB75, SB213, SB458, SB482, SB493, SB840, SB841, SB843, SB912, SB1241, SB1253, SB1350, SB1388, SB1423, SB1535, SB1559, SB1789, SB1951, SB2037, SB2143, SB2155, SB2544, SB1, SB17, SB260, SB509, SB1506, SB1637, SB1833, SB2308, HB2525, HJR34, HB1393, HB26, HB388, HB2712, HB1633, HB685, HB762, HB2286, HB1606, HB1458, HB1240, HB2791, HB3146, HB1397, HB2061, HB647, HB4738, HB2563, HB128, HB581, HB766, HB2259, HB2358, HB4384, HB748, HB793, HB1734, HB2340, HB2350, HB3104, HB5180, HB1584, HB3806, HB3804, HB3803, HB1522, HB3597, HB1612, HB4224, HB1314, HB2254, HB1237, HB3126, HB2856, HB3114, HB3505, HB4205, HB5652, HB3687, HB2025, HB3395, HB2495, HB138, HB18, HB1700, HB4655, HB2516, HB1894, HB1965, HB300, HB2713, HB39, HB114, HB24, HB3088, HB4163, HB3479, HB2842, HB519, HB609, HB1275, HB1592, HB3348, HB120, HB6, HB247, HB1533, HB2421, HB2273, HB2464, HB2011, HB3575, HB3788, HB4370, HB4809, HB5057, HB5084, HB5534, HB5668, HB3424, HB2715, HB2564, HB2760, HB2765, HB2898, HB3260, HB3800, HB4396, HB5195, HB4341, HB43, HB5686, HB2467, HB2468, HB2518, HB4310, HB4386, HB4490, HB180, HB5323, HB2, HB149, HB4945, HB2434, HB2529, HB3161, HB3745, HB4044, HB5155, HB5667, HB4996, HB2697, HB2492, HB2355, HB2282, HB2001, HB1902, HB1866, HB1445, HB1443, HB1306, HB1024, HB908, HB305, HB285, HB449, HB171, HB47, HB3464, HB2637, HB4263, HB5436, HB4429, HB3986, HB3966, HB3510, HB2560, HB2026, HB2688, HB4076, SJR36, SJR50, SJR63, SCR12, SCR39, SB2023, SB1978, SB62, SB666, SB847, SB284, SB854, SB810, SB1505, SB583, SB507, SB1434, SB1772, SB2016, SB1122, SB731, SB397, SB508, SB1436, SB287, SB1882, SB393, SB1791, SB209, SB2429, SB1085, SB1975, SB2717, SB1262, SB636, SB2056, SB884, SB1200, SB1845, SB2458, SB801, SB3014, SB3013, SB758, SB2797, SB2076, SB2876, SB1640, SB1449, SB1181, SB1234, SB2926, SB2841, SB1528, SB1854, SB317, SB1250, SB2082, SB1237, SB2819, SB629, SB2608, SB1602, SB2009, SB867, SB640, SB1698, SB2680, SB913, SB1071, SB1086, SB1087, SB1483, SB1444, SB1553, SB1556, SB1703, SB2133, SB2297, SB2298, SB2622, SB2955, SB2334, SB1367, SB2044, SB2363, SB2565, SB1888, SB3036, SB3057, SB3043, SB3063, SB3035, SB203, SB2688, SB2522, SB2459, SB2655, SB2251, SB1884, SB2928, SB2566, SB1749, SB2549, SB2553, SB2919, SB1944, SB1232, SB1798, SB2603, SB2607, SB2683, SB1319, SB3038, SB3045, SB1538, SB719, SB3071, SB3065, SB823, SB3062, SB719, HB39, HB114, HB138, HB247, HB300, HB762, HB793, HB1275, HB1584, HB1700, HB1894, HB1965, HB2254, HB2340, HB2350, HB2760, HB2842, HB3088, HB3104, HB3260, HB3479, HB3575, HB3687, HB3788, HB4163, HB4205, HB4370, HB4655, HB4809, HB5195, SB1978, SR508, HJR34, SB963, SB1383, SB1883, SB1968, HB2525, HB112, HB117, HB557, HB783, HB869, HB876, HB1039, HB1201, HB1347, HB1359, HB1650, HB1788, HB1904, HB1955, HB2370, HB2849, HB2853, HB3066, HB3169, HB3178, HB3179, HB3196, HB3241, HB3567, HB3672, HB3715, HB3720, HB3883, HB3954, HB3976, HB4070, HB4098, HB4222, HB4327, HB4359, HB4412, HB4683, HB4755, HB4894, HB4926, HB5115, HB5165, HB5320, HB5437, HB5499, HB5596, HB5650, HB5651, HB5654, HB5656, HB5658, HB5659, HB5661, HB5662, HB5665, HB5666, HB5670, HB5671, HB5672, HB5674, HB5676, HB5677, HB5678, HB5679, HB5680, HB5681, HB5682, HB5688, HB5694, HB5695, HB5696, HB5699, HCR46, HCR59, HCR81, HCR83, HCR84, HCR111, HCR142, HB112, HB117, HB557, HB783, HB869, HB876, HB1039, HB1201, HB1347, HB1359, HB1650, HB1788, HB1904, HB1955, HB2370, HB2849, HB2853, HB3066, HB3169, HB3178, HB3179, HB3196, HB3241, HB3567, HB3672, HB3715, HB3720, HB3883, HB3954, HB3976, HB4070, HB4098, HB4222, HB4327, HB4359, HB4412, HB4683, HB4755, HB4894, HB4926, HB5115, HB5165, HB5320, HB5437, HB5499, HB5596, HB5650, HB5651, HB5654, HB5656, HB5658, HB5659, HB5661, HB5662, HB5665, HB5666, HB5670, HB5671, HB5672, HB5674, HB5676, HB5677, HB5678, HB5679, HB5680, HB5681, HB5682, HB5688, HB5694, HB5695, HB5696, HB5699, HCR46, HCR59, HCR81, HCR83, HCR84, HCR111, HCR142

Keywords: HJR 34, constitutional amendment, Texas Constitution, ad valorem tax, property tax exemption, real property, border counties, U.S.-Mexico border, United Mexican States, border security, border security infrastructure, landowner, county tax base, local government, tax relief, property value increase, infrastructure improvements, voter approval, November 2025 ballot, mental health

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• , the Defense and Veterans Affairs Committee, which I was chairing at the time, we, had an interim study
• This study would give us a better picture of what our surplus property is and the feasibility of repurposing
• Has there been any research or study done, or a survey given to the donors to see if they were willing
• Representative Low: OK, so no formal studies have been done. Mr. Castillo: That is correct.
• In fact, a 2024 study by the Texas Violence and Injury Prevention Research Center at UT Health Houston

Bills: HB158

Keywords: public funds, lobbying activities, political subdivision, government spending, transparency

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• Studies show that incarceration actually increases the likelihood of future crimes.
• Um, when you asked for studies, he pointed to anecdotes, and studies show overall that undocumented people
• And so you're right, these are not just anecdotes, but that's the only study and data that I need to
• I appreciate you correcting me that those are not just anecdotes, but that's all the data or the studies
• I'm just going on past studies that they had, so um.

Bills: HB153

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• Studies show that in... ...incarceration actually increases the likelihood of future crimes.
• When you asked for studies, he pointed to anecdotes, and studies show overall that undocumented people
• Those are not studies. Their very existence in this country... ...illegally makes them a criminal.
• And so you're right, these are not just anecdotes, but that's the only study that I need to see when
• I'm just going on past studies that they had.

Bills: HB153, HB1410, HB1461, HB1760, HB1762, HB3261, HB3773, HB153

Keywords: education, funding, student resources, technology access, equal opportunity, veterans treatment court, mental health, criminal justice, rehabilitation, eligibility criteria, veterans, treatment court, military service, legislation, private prisons, inmate confinement, criminal justice reform, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, government contracts, inmate housing