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• News reports have claimed that I am anti-vaccine. For any industry, I am neither. I am pro-safety.
• In 2020, PEPFAR reported that 2.8 million babies were born without HIV.
• We don't want that reported.
• For some folks, people should know the side effects of this drug, and there should be reporting.
• The report found that PBMs generated $1.4 billion from spread pricing.

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• Recover damages through alternative forms of financial assurances, such as performance bonds, as is currently
• arrangement with the county, but counties are not able to compel a cash bond, but may compel a performance
• This bill was, in fact, born from that committee report.
• HB 1238 would allow TCEQ to accept inspection reports prepared by third-party licensed engineers or geoscientists

Bills: HB206, HB1238, HB2890, HB2970

Keywords: pipeline, construction, cash bond, county authority, local government, injection wells, environmental regulation, water quality, site inspection, geoscientist, satellite imagery, interstate compact, liquefied natural gas, energy resources, Gulf Coast, regulatory coordination, HB 2970, Gulf Coast Protection District, Special District Local Laws Code, governor appointment

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• suicide page 195 of the Cass report suicide page 195 of the Cass report showed<00:41:46.319>
• My name is Katherine Saris, and I'm a performing artist and arts educator.
• the committee a breakdown of the many inaccuracies in that report.
• <02:03:44.280> significant<02:03:44.880> distress reporting significant distress reporting
• Um, and it did debunk a lot of the Cass report, but to tell you the truth, when I read through that report

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• procedures and perform surgical procedures and embalming. embalming. embalming.
• Licensed social workers in rural communities perform multiple roles simultaneously.
• Licensed social workers in rural communities perform multiple roles simultaneously.
• The council did have an interim report, a progress report, and that was issued in July of last year.
• Then they will issue a final report with recommendations.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• THEY USUALLY RUN A COUPLE YEARS BEHIND WHEN THE REPORT COMES OUT IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS.
• WHEN SHE BRIEFED THE WHOLE SENATE AND AS I RECALL THE LAST TWO PARAGRAPHS OF OUR VERY COMPELLING REPORT
• HAVE WE LOOKED TO SEE HOW WE ARE PERFORMING IN TERMS OF OUR EARNINGS ON INVESTMENTS AND TO SEE ARE THERE
• I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE TAKING A LOOK AT THESE PERFORMANCES WE CAN EARN MORE ON OUR DOLLARS.
• AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE TAX FOUNDATION REPORT, THE THIS REPORT BUT OTHER REPORTS THAT TALK ABOUT THE STATE

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• REQUIRED SCHOOLS, EVERY SCHOOL, TO PERFORM A SECURITY RISK ASSESSMENT ANNUALLY AND REPORT IT TO THE DEPARTMENT
• OF SPECIFIC SCHOOL ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY INCIDENT REPORTS.
• I'M ASKING ABOUT CONCERNING BEHAVIOR REPORTING.
• IT IS MERELY REPORTING TOOL. THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ALL REPORTING THAT SAME INFORMATION NOW.
• DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION REPORTING SYSTEM WHICH WOULD REPORT THE GRADUATION RATES 68 PERCENT WHAT YOU

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• I took all of the required aptitude tests and performed very well, but others performed better.
• That don’t need to be performed in the hospital, which makes it a lot easier and more flexible.
• –25. ...12,000 in the last reported data of 2024–25.
• And also... ...for the annual legislative reporting. That is correct, Mr. Chair.
• The bill ensures accountability by requiring reporting on program outcomes and effectiveness.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• Chairman: Thank you for that report. Committee Member: Mr. Chairman. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
• All of those issues are affecting the performance of the transmission system.
• All of those issues are affecting the performance of the transmission system there.
• Vega: How will it perform in meeting that standard as we see this load forecast materialize?
• We don't have great reporting.

Summary: The Committee on State Affairs convened to discuss data centers and their impact on Texas's energy infrastructure. The meeting featured testimony from key representatives of the Public Utility Commission (PUC) and ERCOT, who outlined the evolving landscape of energy generation and the challenges posed by the rapid growth of data centers. Notably, ERCOT reported over 450,000 MW of generation resources planned for connection, with a significant portion attributed to data centers, which now represent around 87% of new large load interconnection requests. The committee explored proposed changes to the interconnection process, including a new 'batch study' approach aimed at streamlining the approval of multiple projects simultaneously. This change is intended to address the challenges of managing numerous simultaneous requests and to provide more certainty for developers regarding their energy needs. Testimonies emphasized the importance of ensuring that the costs of infrastructure upgrades are borne by the data centers rather than residential ratepayers, with discussions around the financial commitments required from developers. Several data center developers also provided testimony, highlighting the economic benefits of their projects, including job creation and increased local revenues. They expressed concerns about the potential for a moratorium on future growth due to the new interconnection rules and emphasized the need for a collaborative approach to address water usage and environmental impacts. The committee plans to continue discussions on these topics in future hearings, with a focus on balancing economic growth with energy reliability and resource management.

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• All grant recipients must report to the CDE by June 29, 2029 and CDE will report to the legislature by
• A report on competency to the legislature after the five-year training is in part of this terms.
• Again, I brought the reparations book task force report.
• Or do they have those reporting obligations as well? Correct.
• When we're going to start seeing reporting of that data on the C2C website?

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• You know, I see Amy in the gallery, who performs on behalf of Hawaiian and has performed in this chamber
• You know, I see Amy in the gallery, who performs on behalf of Hawaiian and has performed in this chamber
• Report Nos. 1537 to 1558, for one-day notice.
• Report Nos. 1537 to 1558, for one-day notice.
• Report Nos. 1537 to 1558, for one-day notice.

Keywords: 912, senate, all

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• Reports of committee will be deemed read and amendments adopted.
• This ...on contracts despite strong safety records and proven performance.
• This bill is inspired by recent reporting.
• According to reports, he was often referred to as Little Randy or Ran for short.
• And according to reports, he was El Diamante High School in 2009.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• report.
• the Economic Development report. the Economic Development report.
• So that's the report in '27. So that's the report in '27.
• Okay, I understand we have a finance Okay, I understand we have a finance report. report. report.
• . report. report.

Keywords: 927, senate, all

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• News & World Report does an annual review of the 50 top innovative universities in the United States
• I am merely reporting a fact. Thank you.
• Have varied along the way in those performance reviews. He has not done that.
• He did not like it when we talked to individual legislators, and we had to report every time we talked
• So can I quickly ask: were those performance reviews—I'll call them performance reviews, maybe there

Keywords: 970, all

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• Performance audits are really useful to the Commonwealth.
• I want to make sure I'm clear on performance auditing.
• <00:31:48.640> So performance improvement world. So performance improvement world.
• make sure I'm clear on performance make sure I'm clear on performance auditing.<00:32:11.360>
• So, performance audits that would be governed by accounting standards, so very specific performance standards

Keywords: Meeting Start 00:00:00 Attendance Roll Call 00:00:30 Personnel Cabinet 00:03:25 Department of Veterans Affairs 00:12:40 Auditor of Public Accounts 00:22:39 State Treasurer 00:42:24, 958, all

Summary: The committee first heard from Personnel Cabinet officials on House Bill 6, which required the Kentucky Employees Health Plan to offer a qualified high-deductible health plan by the 2026 plan year. Officials said the plan was already added for 2025, described it as the lowest-premium option with higher deductibles, and explained that federal rules prevent first-dollar coverage except for limited preventive services. They said 264 members had selected the plan out of about 142,000, and noted it also allows health savings accounts. Members asked about the plan’s benefits, what “catastrophic” meant, the deductible amounts, and whether employees were aware of the option; the cabinet said it would continue to highlight the plan in communications and that the deductible is above $8,000 for individuals and above $16,000 for families. The committee then received an update from the Kentucky Department of Veterans Affairs on the Bowling Green veterans center. Officials said the current target is to move into the building on October 28, with first admissions about two months later, pending final fixes and certification steps for Medicare, Medicaid, and the VA. They explained that about $7 million in FY25 appropriations lapsed because of construction delays, staffing ramp-up was postponed to avoid unnecessary spending, and the unspent funds should be considered in the next budget request. Members praised the project and asked about annual operating costs; officials said the current operating budget is about $15 million, though they do not expect to spend all of it this year. The commissioner also announced the fifth annual state commanders conference in Lexington, focused on veterans issues and featuring state, federal, and advocacy leaders. State Auditor Allison Ball then outlined her office’s budget priorities. She said the office is primarily a billing agency that charges audited entities for its work, and warned that some agencies are now signaling they may refuse to pay for audits related to kinship care and the medical cannabis application process. She said the office plans to continue requesting outlier credits for unusually burdensome county audit fees, funding for the ombudsman office’s transition and expanded in-office operations, and revenue replacement for local government audits and possibly state audits and special examinations. Ball also said the office conducts about 500 audits, reviews, and examinations a year and wants to restore performance audits with seed funding, as well as add investigators to the ombudsman office to focus more on child abuse and neglect cases. Members discussed the value of performance audits, the possibility of raising certain board thresholds to account for inflation, and the need for additional capacity to handle more audits.

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• ,<00:08:58.720> treat We do not perform surgery, treat We do not perform surgery, treat emergencies
• Again, this goes back to veterinarians having to report.
• Administering that medicine to that livestock would not have to be reported, those 50 incidents.
• <00:26:14.040> is duty of the pharmacist to report is duty of the pharmacist to report is
• that script when are required to report that script when it's<00:26:34.880> written.

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The committee first reviewed several Fish and Wildlife regulations. Staff explained amendments to 301 KAR 2:176, 4:112, and 6:030, including updating wildlife control tag language, creating an impoundment agent program for seized wildlife, and clarifying boating safety rules. A member raised a concern about boat wakes near docks, and staff said the commission had recently voted on related changes that were not yet included because the regulation had been filed earlier; those changes would have to come back later. The committee approved the staff amendments without objection. The Board of Veterinary Examiners then presented 201 KAR 16:767, which would require veterinary managers to be physically present during business hours and limit them to five registered facilities. Board representatives said they had tried to meet with affected parties before the hearing but had not reached agreement. A representative for Kentucky Pet IQ argued the rule was written for full-service hospitals and would be impractical for short, limited-service clinics that only provide vaccinations, preventive care, and parasite testing. Members expressed concern about the rule’s impact on veterinary access in underserved areas, and the committee voted to defer the regulation until the next month so the parties could continue negotiating. The committee next considered Transportation Cabinet 601 KAR 9:120, the online insurance verification system, in both ordinary and emergency form. The chair said staff had identified conflicts with a bill passed the prior year and moved to find the regulations deficient. The motion passed on a roll call vote, with six ayes and two pass votes. The committee then found ordinary ABC regulations 804 KAR 12:020 and 12:030 deficient as well, again by six ayes and two pass votes, after noting that the emergency versions had already been found deficient the previous month. Finally, the committee reviewed Cabinet for Health and Family Services 902 KAR 55:110, which would require veterinarians to report dispensed controlled substances to KASPER while exempting administered medications. OIG staff said the rule was meant to align regulation with statute, which includes veterinarians as prescribers, and emphasized that the reporting duty applies to prescriptions, not administration to animals. Some members supported the change as a needed anti-diversion measure, while others worried about implementation burdens and timing. After discussion, the committee found the regulation deficient by a 6-2 vote. The meeting then moved into full review of 922 KAR 1:565, a Department for Community Based Services rule implementing kinship care provisions from Senate Bill 151; staff said it was needed for implementation once funding is available, but a member criticized the two-year delay and the inclusion of language conditioning implementation on funding. A public witness from the Kinship Families Coalition argued the rule should not shift the 120-day application window in a way that could affect federal funding eligibility and urged the committee to reject the regulation as written.

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• Are there reports of committees? None on the desk, Mr. President.
• and, if unable to report to DHSMV, also to the sheriff's office.
• and evaluation of outcomes and performance.
• and evaluation of outcomes and performance.
• One, performance measures.

Summary: The Senate convened with opening prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several recognitions and introductions, including guests from Miami Northwestern Senior High School, Clay County, and a moment of silence for Pope Francis. The chamber then took up a motion to reconsider the prior day’s failed vote on CS for SB 1080 (local government land regulation), which was adopted without objection, and moved into the special order calendar. A series of bills were debated and mostly passed, often after substituting House companions. Measures approved included funding for expedited DNA testing grants, additional aggravating factors in capital cases, fertility preservation coverage for cancer patients, commuter rail indemnification, migrant vessel disposition, specialty license plates, an Alzheimer’s and dementia awareness campaign, relocation of the Council on the Social Status of Black Men and Boys to Florida Memorial University, charter school changes, sexual offender registration updates, utility worker assault/battery penalties, juvenile justice revisions, student mental health outcome reporting, foster home licensure transfers, water access facilities, Florida Virtual School changes, school readiness resources for children with disabilities, sexual images/child exploitation penalties, tampering with electronic monitoring devices, certified recovery residences, the FSU Election Law Center, the Office of Faith and Community, and bonuses for county tax collector/property appraiser employees. Several bills were temporarily postponed, including measures on social media use by minors, veterans’ nursing homes, Parkinson’s disease, mental health and substance use disorders, education, educator preparation, benefits for certain officers injured in the line of duty, school social workers, and brownfields. Debate centered on public safety, health care access, education, recovery housing, and government administration. Some of the most substantive discussion came on the Office of Faith and Community bill, where an amendment to bar political activity by office staff was offered and defeated after extended debate over election-related communications and the proper scope of existing ethics laws. The certified recovery residences bill also drew extensive support and testimony about addiction recovery and housing stability. Most bills passed on strong bipartisan votes, with a few receiving notable opposition, including the charter schools bill, the aggravating factors bill, and the Office of Faith and Community bill.

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• According to the Racial Identity and Profiling Act and the data report that came out in 2026, K–12 school
• There have been reports in places like LAUSD and Long Beach Unified, et cetera, where they would use
• I'm already doing that if they're not running down a football field or performing on a stage to entertain
• We also know that Black students in the California Community College system are performing at the lowest
• So when you hear the statistics, we know that A.M.E.N. students are performing differently.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• There being ten ayes and zero nays, Senate Bill 668 is favorably reported.
• The report also includes market design changes.
• The report also includes market design changes.
• Our report showed that.
• They perform 90% of the work done on the project.

Bills: SB1468, SB1612, SB1789, SB2530, SB2571, SB2717, SB2967

Keywords: utility systems, Texas A&M, regents authority, construction, improvement, construction contracts, trust funds, property rights, mechanics lien, contractors, trustee liability, mechanic's lien, liability, attorney's fees, windstorm insurance, Texas Windstorm Insurance Association, insurance regulation, administrative penalties, coastal counties, catastrophe year

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• The MoFil tax incentive program, which was reauthorized in 2023, has had incredible economic performance
• We really just want to give this new modernization a chance to perform, and then we can come back and
• So we really just want to give this modernization a chance to perform, and then we can come back and
• According to reports, the perpetrator entered the restroom, waited for women to enter stalls, and then
• The mayor characterized this as one reported incident and suggested it shouldn't impact the airport's

Keywords: 959, house, all

Summary: The House first established a quorum and then moved through several bills on perfection and printing. House Bill 2297, a “fence bill,” was debated as a fix for livestock owners who are responsible for maintaining fences but may need legal access onto neighboring property to repair storm-damaged or broken fences. Supporters said it addresses a long-standing rural problem and public safety concerns; the bill was adopted and perfected and printed after discussion about property rights, access limits, and liability protections. House Bills 2142 and 2058, dealing with Missouri’s film tax incentive program, were also advanced. Sponsors said the program has generated jobs and spending, and the bill would modernize the incentive by combining separate film and TV buckets; an amendment removed the sunset extension, and the substitute was adopted and perfected and printed. House Bill 3004, a truth-in-labeling measure for hardwood products, was advanced as well, with supporters saying it would protect Missouri’s timber industry from misleading “wood” labels on laminate or plastic products; it too was adopted and perfected and printed. The House also took up House Bills 3283 and 3306, which create a structured timeline for public-sector collective bargaining disputes, including negotiation, mediation, and arbitration, and define “good faith” in bargaining. An amendment clarified that the bill applies only to certain public employee unions under the State Board of Mediation and excludes teachers and law enforcement. Supporters said the measure would reduce prolonged disputes and save taxpayer money, while one member raised concerns that it could alter existing authority of public bodies over final contract terms. The substitute and amendment were adopted and the bills were perfected and printed. Finally, House Bill 2536, which requires sex-designated multi-occupancy private spaces in certain government-controlled settings, drew extensive debate. The sponsor argued it is intended to protect privacy and safety in restrooms, changing rooms, and sleeping quarters in places such as schools, airports, correctional facilities, and public buildings, citing incidents involving voyeurism and unclear policies. An amendment clarified exceptions for corrections officers and public safety duties. Opponents argued the bill could be used to police restroom use, harm transgender people, and overreact to isolated incidents, while supporters said it creates clearer boundaries and accountability for facilities. The amendment was adopted, and debate continued on the bill as amended.

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• So we currently report to the governor. We also report to the director.
• Board about the report. It really was not for the purpose of us coming and presenting the report.
• the DEMAP, the report itself. the DEMAP, the report itself.
• I think our issue with the DMAPs themselves, which we report in the report itself, is that they were
• we report in the in the in the report we report in the in the in the report itself.<02:29:26.800

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The joint House and Senate tourism briefing focused on the Hawaii Tourism Authority’s interim action plans, current projects, contract oversight, destination management action plans (DMAPs), and the impact of recent legislation and audit findings. Interim CEO Caroline Anderson said she accepted the temporary role to help address agency challenges, emphasized rebuilding trust, and said HTA is reviewing the state auditor’s concerns and posting its response publicly. She also described HTA’s mission and organizational structure under SB 1571, including reporting lines to the governor, the director, and the board, and outlined staff additions in finance, brand marketing, destination stewardship, and planning. A major topic was the permanent CEO search. HTA board chair Tata Po said the goal is to select a CEO within about four months, with the search firm still engaged, the position description being revised to reflect the new law and compensation changes, and approvals still needed before the job can be reposted. Members expressed frustration that the recruitment had been paused and questioned whether HTA has sufficient qualified leadership and staff during the interim period. Board leadership said the current staff is limited by vacancies but that they have confidence in the team and will add resources if needed. Members also pressed HTA on the role of the destination stewardship team and the CNHA/Kilohana contract, asking how staff oversight works and whether staff members were effectively wearing multiple hats. HTA explained that the stewardship team provides direction to contractors and that the work is divided among specialists overseeing projects such as tour guide certification, technical assistance, community tourism collaboratives, and a destination app. The committee also discussed whether the board can still vote on budgets under the new structure; the Attorney General’s office was cited as confirming that the board may advise, but the department director retains budget authority. HTA said it is working with CNHA and HVCB on contract and budget timing, with a goal of shifting to a calendar-year process so recipients know funding earlier.