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• The president specifies the grounds and process for removing a TRA board member. member, establishes
• applications for the State Water Implementation Fund for Texas or the SWIFT financial assistance to
• All those are currently applied to the transfer of water rights and they simply are. are not applicable
• being applicable on the sale of real property.
• This can be a collaborative process with input from the public, input from developers.

Bills: HB1520, HB1525, HB1530, HB1535, HB2068, HB2091, HB2347, HB2372, HB2805, HB2815, HB2867, HB3154, HB3482, HB3483, HB3663, HB3781, HB3901, HB3915, HB4135, HB4153, HB4158, HB4329, HB4331

Keywords: Angelina and Neches River Authority, river authority, Sunset Advisory Commission, Texas Sunset Act, Special District Local Laws Code, local government, natural resources, board of directors, director training, board governance, public testimony, open meetings, public information, conflict of interest, ethics, complaint system, general manager, board president, staggered terms, removal of director

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• They will have an application through They will have an application through the<00:10:48.240> KDVA
• House Bill 281 streamlines<00:16:55.120> the<00:16:55.360> process<00:16:56.160> for
• <00:16:56.480> churches<00:16:56.880> and streamlines the process for churches and
• streamlines the process for churches and nonprofits<00:16:57.920> to<00:16:58.160> be<00
• Kentucky exports more than a process.

Keywords: Convene 00:00 Senate Message 04:45 Calendar/2nd Readings 05:20 Report of Committees 07:05 Orders of the Day 08:23 HB 214 08:33 HB 416 12:26 HB 281 16:20 HB 134 18:13 Motions, Petitions, and Communications 21:08 Introduction of New Bills and Resolutions 37:01 Recess for ConC/Rules Meeting 39:15 ConC/Rules Report 42:29 Floor Amendments 44:27 Correction to Introduction of New Bills and Resolutions 46:14 Adjournment 46:40, 958, all

Summary: The House convened, heard an invocation focused on recovery from a recent storm, and recited the Pledge of Allegiance. A quorum was established with 94 members present, absent members were excused, and the rules were suspended to allow co-sponsorships and vote modifications. The journal was approved, and the clerk reported a Senate message transmitting Senate Joint Resolution 23 for concurrence. The chamber then received second-reading reports on a wide range of bills covering pharmacist reimbursements, grooming a minor, local government liability, water fluoridation, solid waste, highway markings, fiduciary bonds, motor vehicle titles, hearing aid coverage, eating disorder coverage, public safety, pedestrians, cigar bars, backyard chickens, and county law libraries. Committee reports also advanced several bills, including measures on elections, local government, state-operated mental health facilities, prescription drugs, Alzheimer’s services, electric generating unit decommissioning costs, reemployment of retired police officers, and the Kentucky Communications Network Authority. Those favorable reports were treated as first readings and placed on the calendar. The House passed several bills unanimously by roll call, including House Bill 214 on a program to help disabled veterans obtain and install home wheelchair ramps, House Bill 416 on educator preparation and early assessments, House Bill 281 on streamlining food donations by churches and nonprofits for shelters and disaster victims, and House Bill 134 on sexual assault nurse examiners, creating a statewide coordinator, registry, and regional access plan. In each case, sponsors explained the bills and members voiced support; floor amendment 1 to House Bill 416 was adopted before passage. Clinchers were applied after passage of the bills. The House also adopted House Resolution 33 recognizing cancer patients, survivors, and families and designating January 29, 2026 as Suits and Sneakers Day, and adopted House Resolution 43 recognizing the economic and cultural partnership between Kentucky and Japan. Members offered additional citations honoring Newport Central Catholic High School and the YMCA, and the chamber observed a moment of silence for Boone County Sheriff Michael Helmig after a citation honoring his service and legacy. Announcements included committee meetings after adjournment, birthday wishes, and the introduction of numerous new bills and resolutions, including measures on kindergarten, bridges, revenue, retirement benefits, concealed deadly weapons, local taxes, motor vehicles, fiscal reporting, SNAP, families and children, vision testing, and a balanced budget amendment application.

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• It has to go through this legislative process, and it's very time consuming.
• Milk bottles are at 128 ounces, and they reject it in their process as of now.
• It has to go through this legislative process, and it's very time consuming.
• Milk bottles are at 128 ounces, and they reject it in their process as of now.
• and how many of the ga ga application and how many of the ga ga MPS<00:33:37.320> would<00:33

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The Senate Agriculture and Environment Committee heard five bills on January 24, 2025. SB 1 would phase out disposable air filters and require reusable air filters by 2030; testimony was limited, with one supporter urging clearer definitions of fiberglass and paper and several opponents listed, and the committee later deferred the bill indefinitely for lack of support testimony. SB 13 would create an aquaculture investment tax credit beginning in 2026; state agencies and several industry groups supported it, while the Tax Foundation raised concerns about loose definitions, internal inconsistencies, and blanks that made the bill hard to estimate or vet. The committee passed SB 13 with amendments and technical changes, and deferred its effective date to July 1, 2015 as stated on the record. SB 177 would shift aquatic livestock import and movement permitting to the Department of Agriculture’s Animal Industry Division, require a risk-based assessment and biocontainment standards, and seek a $1 million appropriation for research and staffing. The Department of Agriculture said the bill would help expand aquaculture while managing risks to native species; aquaculture and farm groups supported it, while Animal Rights Hawaii was listed in opposition. The committee passed SB 177 with amendments, blanking the appropriation for committee report consideration, and deferred its effective date to July 1, 2050. SB 184 would raise the beverage container deposit and refund from 5 cents to 10 cents. Supporters said the higher deposit could improve recycling and environmental outcomes, while opponents, including the Tax Foundation, cited fraud concerns, the program’s existing fund balance, and practical challenges in redemption; the Department of Human Services also noted potential impacts on blind vendors. The committee took the bill up but deferred decision-making until Monday, January 27, 2025, at 10:01 p.m. in Room 224. The committee also heard SB 250, which would increase the income tax credit for interisland transportation costs for agricultural products. Agricultural and industry witnesses supported the bill as a way to offset rising shipping costs and preserve access to markets, while the Tax Foundation preferred direct appropriations over tax credits and objected to missing bill details. The committee passed SB 250 with amendments from the Department of Agriculture and deferred its effective date to July 1, 2050. Separately, a joint hearing on SB 240, the Right to Farm bill, drew mixed testimony: the Department of Agriculture supported further study and raised concerns about the bill’s fragmented approach, while farm, cattle, and other industry witnesses split between support for protecting customary Native Hawaiian subsistence farming and opposition to excluding CAFOs and certain business structures. No vote was taken on SB 240 in the portion provided.

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• Within that process, we also identify assistive technology that would be appropriate for them to use
• There are foundational models, there are custom models, there are wrappers, and there are applications
• Your native applications all come with AI today. You're not even aware that they are.
• We'll start our own AI application to solve a very unique need.
• The technologies we've developed have proven applicable to other adjacent missions, provided they do

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• Those are still pending in the process.
• process.
• This is applicable to any of the recycling facilities that accept, process, and repurpose components.
• This is applicable to any of the recycling facilities that accept, process, and repurpose components
• That's for our informal process; we're doing an informal process before we do the formal. Okay.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• So, 43,000 applications.
• So, 43,000 applications.
• So, so basically, small applications.
• And I'm in the<00:14:19.959> application<00:14:20.600> process<00:14:21.120> now.
• the application process now. the application process now.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• SPECIFIC EXAMPLE OF SOMETHING, SOCIAL MEDIA ON FACEBOOK OR INSTAGRAM ON HOW AND WALK ME THROUGH THE PROCESS
• HOWEVER, IF THE PUBLIC IS MADE MORE AWARE IN A VERY OBJECTIVE FACTOR, PROCESS THAT HAS BEEN CALLED A
• NARROW PROSOCIAL APPLICATIONS SHOULD HAVE AS FEW AS RESTRICTIONS THAT CAN BE EASILY MISUSED.
• IT WILL BE SOMETHING UNIFORM, A CHECKBOX ON THE APPLICATION?
• IF YOU SIGN THIS WAIVER, IF YOU SIGN THIS APPLICATION, THEN WE CAN GO AHEAD AND PAY YOU A SUBMINIMUM

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• or, you know, frankly enough applicants or, you know, frankly enough quality<00:14:23.440> applicants
• So there's a process issue.
• So there's there's a process region.
• for applicants.
• for applicants.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• It's really a ground-up process.
• They've gone through a lengthy process because in their instance...
• We have a yearly process called the Intended Use Plan, where the board has a very public process of scoring
• We have a single rolling pre-application and application process.
• Those processes are certainly helpful for us.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• This will streamline the application process, the filing process for applicants who want to come before
• This will streamline the application<02:19:24.080> process,<02:19:24.559> the<02:19:24.719
• > filing<02:19:25.120> process application process, the filing process application process
• , the filing process for<02:19:26.319> applicants<02:19:26.800> who<02:19:26.960> want
• have<02:20:29.760> to processes, the the applicants have to processes, the the applicants

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• Um we have um processes at the agency.
• We got um submitted our application.
• And then uh following that process.
• Um but as most CMS and all application.
• As part of our application, we did have to demonstrate our strong internal processes for validating information

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• on the application.
• Can you explain that process to me? Why would you get an application? Because sometimes...
• What's the process from A to Z?
• the application.
• The state medical board is a complaint-driven process, a review-driven process.

Bills: SB2024, SB227, SB268, SB1467, SB1580, HB5537, SB1313, SB1677, SB918, SB331, SB2207, SB2721

Keywords: e-cigarettes, marketing prohibition, youth protection, criminal penalties, public health, school funding, education reform, state budget, property taxes, equity in education, health care, licensing, complaint procedure, disciplinary action, law enforcement, death records, vital statistics, healthcare, trauma facility, Medicaid

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• This is the same process as if you had refused the breathalyzer.
• Are there indicators of impairment in any part of that process?
• Section Four includes a temporary provision for the HCA to set up the application process, including
• Madam Chair, we wouldn't be in that process quite yet.
• This is the 1.1 million dollars that would just be to get the application process through the HCA.

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• In terms of the bill process in committee and on the floor, this bill received zero no votes, and so
• have... ...have allowed us to be at this point where, now, we can look at how, as the new applications
• I mean, fewer new charters opened, and we get fewer applications. Okay, thanks.
• This does not allow sufficient time to study state and local government processes.
• This has not allowed sufficient time to study state and local government processes.

Summary: The Assembly Education Committee heard a series of bills focused largely on school safety, immigrant student protections, Holocaust and genocide education, civic engagement, and workforce pathways. SB 631 would expand the charter school revolving loan fund by increasing loan amounts and broadening eligibility, including for charter schools affected by natural disasters; it drew support from the Treasurer’s Office and the California Charter Schools Association and was advanced on a 4-0 vote, with the bill held on call. SB 472 would reinforce Holocaust, slavery, and genocide education requirements and create or expand teacher training and grants; it received strong support from survivors, educators, and Jewish organizations and passed 6-0, with several members asking to be added as coauthors. The committee also took up a package of immigration-related school bills. SB 48 would bar school officials from allowing immigration enforcement access to campuses without a judicial warrant and protect student records; it was backed by Superintendent Tony Thurmond, teachers, school districts, and many advocacy groups, and passed 5-0 to the Judiciary Committee. SB 98 would require K-12 schools and higher education institutions to notify campus communities when immigration enforcement is present; it also drew broad support from student groups, colleges, and education organizations and passed 3-0 to Higher Education, with the bill held on call. Both measures were presented as responses to recent immigration enforcement activity near schools and the chilling effect on attendance and student well-being. Other measures advanced included SB 848, which would strengthen protections against employee sexual misconduct in schools by updating safety plans, training, reporting, and misconduct tracking; it was supported by education groups and a survivor who described grooming at her high school, and passed 6-0 to Public Safety. SB 638 would create a statewide coordinating entity for education and workforce programs and support career pathways, with testimony emphasizing the need to align fragmented funding and improve access for underserved communities; it passed 7-0 to Higher Education. SB 316, on high school voter registration and pre-registration, passed 8-0 to Elections after testimony from students and civic engagement advocates, and SB 334, which would add sexual harassment prevention content and a Sexual Harassment Safety Week to school curriculum, was presented with support from student advocates and AAUW, with no opposition noted in the portion of the transcript provided.

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• My question involves<00:55:03.200> process. involves process. involves process.
• process at the city of NSHA. process at the city of NSHA.
• Um, or also processing.
• It models that process. It models. It models that process.
• the process of RSA 393. the process of RSA 393.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• Obviously any time there is a application for a federal health care related grants related to diversity
• So I think as as as the utilize the procurement process, clearly, there should be some due diligence
• So, you know, as this bill moves forward in this process, we have to we have 2 different subjects in
• It will expand application of the law to political subdivisions of the state will expand application
• And it will establish a minimum application threshold for the law. That is the bill. >> All right.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• Like, I'm looking at one for a roof or something, a grant application.
• It just says grant application was unsuccessful; funds available to pursue future discretionary grant
• it's on page uh no Grant application it's on page uh no page<00:10:31.640> numbers<00:10:31.880
• available just says Grant application available just says Grant application was<00:10:40.880>
• to use toll credits for the process to use toll credits for the purchase<00:23:15.120> of<00:

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The Capital Project Overview Committee held an organizational meeting. Members elected Rep. Miltz as chair and later nominated Sen. Mark McConkey as vice chair, but that appointment was carried over because he was not present to accept it. Mike Edgar was nominated and accepted as clerk. The committee also adopted its procedures and guidelines, which set deadlines for agencies to submit capital project materials and establish reporting thresholds intended to keep small projects out of the quarterly report. The main discussion centered on the Department of Administrative Services’ quarterly capital budget project report for the quarter ending December 31, 2024. Staff explained that the report compiles statewide capital projects under the committee’s guidelines and includes new projects plus large DOT projects. Several members raised concerns about projects listed as on hold or lacking updates, including the Big E agricultural building rebid, a prison woodworking facility, Pease pier projects, the General Sullivan Bridge removal, Sunapee State Beach parking lot work, and a closed-loop referral contract. Members asked for better status updates, especially on projects with no agency response, and the chair said agencies could be asked to appear before the committee if needed. Members also discussed the governor’s proposal in HB 2 to change the report from quarterly to annual. Several members opposed the change, saying quarterly reporting is more useful for oversight, and suggested the committee ask Finance to remove that section or consider raising the reporting threshold instead. There was also discussion of toll credits, with staff explaining that any other use of toll credits requires committee approval, and of the Department of Corrections’ prison planning funds, including $50 million currently available for site feasibility and design work. The committee agreed to schedule its next meeting for April 14, with June 23 to be revisited later, and then adjourned by voice vote.

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• <02:40:10.240> and go through and redo that process and go through and redo that process and
• warrant article there's an application warrant article there's an application it's<05:35:27.920>
• application if you will the application application if you will the application will<05:35:43.360
• and application process.
• and application process.

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• trying to expedite the charter approval process.
• The expansion process lies with the commissioner.
• I've seen the process firsthand.
• UT Austin had 73,000 applicants for 9,200 spots.
• Or what about all the migrants who followed the process, the legal process to come here legally?

Bills: SB1798, SB1835, SB1319, SB2942, SB2928, SB784, SB1049

Keywords: higher education, tuition rates, financial support, immigration status, Texas law, SB 1835, resident tuition, nonresident students, scholarship students, public higher education, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, Education Code Section 54.213, tuition waiver, in-state tuition, out-of-state students, higher education finance, enrollment cap, capacity limit, workforce development area, nonimmigrant visa

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• , fungicide applications, and so on.
• So they begin that process in September of the odd-numbered years.
• As a part of the ongoing process, As a part of the ongoing process to address the legislative study on
• The tool is an easy application.
• This process can be implemented through DWR policy. We can start that process this summer.

Summary: The meeting began with approval of the prior minutes and opening remarks from NDSU President David Stewart, who emphasized NDSU’s land-grant mission of statewide service through teaching, research, and extension. He highlighted the university’s role in agriculture, water, soil health, and community outreach, and pointed to examples of research commercialization such as Lilac Agriculture’s work on nitrogen-fixing microbes for crops. He also said he is still early in his tenure and intends to spend time listening and learning across the state. The committee then received a detailed presentation on a state irrigation and drainage study from Tom Bodine on behalf of Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring. The study estimated that North Dakota could develop about 1.3 million additional irrigated acres, with major potential in counties such as McLean, Williams, Sargent, Burleigh, Mountrail, McKenzie, McIntosh, Dunn, and Bottineau. Testimony stressed the economic benefits of irrigation for crop yields, value-added processing, dairy, and potato production, while members also discussed water availability, aquifers, downstream water use, and the need for more flexible permitting. The drainage portion of the study found significant economic benefits from legal drains, and staff explained that the impacts were calculated through increased productivity and related input purchases. Greg Lardy then gave NDSU’s required agriculture update, saying agriculture accounts for more than $41 billion in annual economic activity, one in five jobs, and about 25 percent of state GDP. He reviewed the role of SBAR, the statewide research-extension network, new crop varieties, virtual fencing, AI and weather-network tools, and Extension’s county partnerships and youth programs. He also outlined NDSU’s priorities for the next session: restoring proposed budget cuts, increasing operating support, and addressing deferred maintenance. Members asked about storage shed construction, NDSU’s relationship with Grand Farm, and whether NDSU could help with water-related research tied to drainage and aquifers. The committee also heard from the North Dakota Water Resources Research Institute and a professor on water and data centers, who described graduate fellowships, a water workforce certificate program, and research on data center cooling, water use, and “Legendary Harvest” concepts that would reuse waste heat for greenhouse or aquaculture production. Questions focused on whether the cooling systems were closed-loop, who would own any related production facilities, and whether the project was still only a feasibility study. Finally, North Dakota AgTech described its NSF-funded “engine” project, saying it has brought millions in federal investment to the state, supported startups and on-farm trials, and is focused on commercialization, workforce development, and helping producers lower input costs and improve profitability.