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• ,<00:27:05.440> um, our youth and all of us, um, our youth and all of us, um, I<00:27:07.000
• <00:32:16.120> to have anything today like we used to have anything today like we used to
• global companies who advertise to us global companies who advertise to us through<00:32:29.360><
• preceding conditions. preceding conditions.
• <00:52:19.800> that<00:52:20.040> sharing permits that sharing permits that sharing across

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Eternal God, we thank you for bringing us together today.
• We are humbled by the weight of the work entrusted to us.
• That is why the legislation is before us today.
• The DNR blames the DEQ for not giving them permits.
• So then the DNR says, but you won't let us spend enough money because you won't give us a permit for

Keywords: 983, senate, all

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• It just doesn't permit us to do it. So, I don't...
• It just doesn't doesn't<00:31:32.320> permit<00:31:32.640> us<00:31:32.799> to<00
• doesn't permit us to do it. doesn't permit us to do it. >> One<00:31:33.840> more.
• handful that you could tell us about? handful that you could tell us about?
• us developing or us buying software from somebody<01:15:37.920> else.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• So companies using publicly owned project sites are treated the same as those using privately owned project
• It disqualifies us from the R&D tax credits moving forward, very much disincentivizing us from doing
• And I know this especially because I worked on the Gateway Project, which involved a conditional use
• And so mixed-use development that would have a residential use as well as a commercial use... ...would
• Maybe Al could help us. ...that maybe Al can help us if so, if there is a... Thank you.

Keywords: 996, all

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• Will DOJ please tell us what they're doing? Next we're considering Dr. Casey Mulligan. Dr.
• The two gentlemen in front of us today, though, are not part of the SBA yet.
• Will you use loyalty tests, Mr.
• at SBA is going to serve you the very best and serve all of us at the highest level?
• How would you use your the Office of Advocacy to make sure that Congress?

Keywords: SBA, small business, nominations, Bill Briggs, Casey Mulligan, regulations, capital access, public support

Summary: The Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship convened to consider the nominations of Bill Briggs for Deputy Administrator of the SBA and Dr. Casey Mulligan for Chief Counsel for Advocacy. The discussions highlighted the critical role of the SBA in promoting small businesses, with emphasis on overcoming challenges posed by excessive regulations and the need for improved access to capital. Several committee members expressed their concerns over recent layoffs within the SBA and the closure of district offices, which they believe undermine support for small businesses across the nation. The committee meeting saw extensive dialogue about the implications of regulations on small business operations and how the nominees plan to address these issues if confirmed. Public support for the nominees was acknowledged through letters from various stakeholders who advocate for small business interests.

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• And that protects all of us. healthcare. And that protects all of us. Thank<00:08:31.759> you.
• <00:46:19.720> pharmaceutical is a practice of using pharmaceutical is a practice of using
• not now limited to those who are using not now limited to those who are using but<00:48:59.440><
• , statistics around social media use, statistics around social media use, including<01:05:04.400>
• ,<01:23:51.120> and housing stability, substance use, and housing stability, substance use

Bills: HF2779, HF1645, HF1885, HF1289, HF1534, HF2707, HF1675, HF3046

Keywords: health care transparency, ownership disclosure, control reporting, health care consolidation, private equity, management services organization, MSO, provider organization, health insurer, pharmacy benefit manager, hospital system, affiliate reporting, financial disclosure, public reporting, market concentration, horizontal consolidation, vertical consolidation, health care ownership, corporate practice, health care regulation

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• And the recent amendments would make that an eligible use of these funds.
• Let us take up the proposed consent calendar. Ms.
• The post-COVID landscape has been pretty difficult for us.
• You've heard from us before, so I won't get too deep into that. But the L.A.
• Please, please join us at the table. Mr. Merck. Yes, item number five.

Summary: The Assembly Committee on Revenue and Taxation met under suspense-file procedures, with the chair explaining limits on testimony, position letters, and that bills with fiscal impacts of $150,000 or more would generally be sent to suspense rather than voted on immediately. Several bills were pulled from hearing, and a consent calendar of committee bills later passed 4-0. AB 761 by Addis, the only item initially slated for a vote, was ultimately held over to the next hearing. The committee heard testimony on a series of tax-related proposals. AB 232 would create catastrophe savings accounts for homeowners to save pre-tax money for wildfire, flood, or earthquake-related expenses; it drew support from the Department of Insurance and the California Bankers Association, but was sent to suspense. AB 1443 would exempt tips from state income tax for five years and was supported by the California Restaurant Association and a restaurant owner, but also went to suspense. AB 1435 would provide relief to businesses and property owners facing cleanup and security costs from unauthorized encampments and illegal dumping; it received broad support from business, real estate, trucking, retail, and local government representatives, and was referred to suspense. The committee also heard AB 1428, which would create a California Affordable Child Care Fund financed by a 0.5% tax on income above $10 million; child care workers and SEIU-backed witnesses supported it, while taxpayer and business groups opposed it as harmful to competitiveness and affordability. AB 691 proposed a tax credit for adopting shelter pets and covering veterinary costs, AB 1219 proposed a middle- and low-income personal income tax cut, AB 1354 proposed a credit for increased homeowners insurance premiums, AB 19 proposed an education savings account/voucher-style program, and AB 567 proposed insurance rate stabilization and related tax/fund changes; each drew testimony for and against where present, but all were referred to suspense. The meeting ended with the committee adjourning after the held-over AB 761 item was postponed.

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• This is a special session for us.
• The permitting is going very well.
• <00:14:01.440> and committee has always supported us and committee has always supported us
• just need another band-aid to get us just need another band-aid to get us there.<00:23:36.080>
• <00:25:57.679> Um, US Steel all over the country. Um, US Steel all over the country.

Bills: HF3393

Keywords: unemployment insurance, iron ore mining, additional benefits, labor force, economic support, 1183, house

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• and and uh for us to embrace you from us and and uh for us to embrace you from us and and uh for us
• back take us back without the to take us back take us back without the to take us back take us back
• to I used to do oh no oh no I I I used to I used to do oh no oh no I I I used to I used to drive all
• y'all be with us so they'll be with us y'all be with us so they'll be with us y'all be with us so we
• your tith bring us your sick bring us your tith bring us your sick bring us your tith bring us your

Bills: SB 26, SB 28, SJR 36, SB 616, SB 565, SB 384, SB 28, SB 28, SR 131, SR 168, SR 174, SR 175

Keywords: teacher compensation, education funding, public school educators, teacher retention, teacher designation, lottery, gambling, internet gaming, mobile application, criminal offenses, aquifer, water management, Edwards Aquifer, sustainability, regulatory framework, SB 565, Texas Water Code, TCEQ, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, compliance agreement

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• revenue from licenses permits revenue from licenses permits inspections<00:14:02.519> um<
• Are they able to be used in other areas? Um, which you talked about OSHA compliance.
• , it's not just a fund that we have that we can decide what to use it for.
• legislature so what we are able to use legislature so what we are able to use it's<00:45:59.240>
• <01:01:54.839> that well uh that's fair and we use that well uh that's fair and we use that

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Summary: The committee met under a new Senate power-sharing arrangement with co-chairs, began with member and staff introductions, and then received a jurisdiction overview from Senate counsel. The overview explained that the Labor Committee’s jurisdiction has not changed from the previous biennium and covers fair labor standards, minimum wage, workers’ compensation, occupational safety and health, and related agencies and boards such as the Department of Labor and Industry, Bureau of Mediation Services, PERB, and the Workers’ Compensation Court of Appeals. It also noted that some topics, including paid leave, fall under other committees, while earned sick and safe time remains within Labor and Industry jurisdiction. Commissioner Nicole Blissenbach and Josiah Moore then gave a detailed Department of Labor and Industry presentation. They reviewed the department’s funding sources, emphasizing that workers’ compensation funds and construction codes/licensing revenues make up most of the budget, while the general fund is a small share. They described the department’s major divisions, including workers’ compensation, construction codes and licensing, labor standards, nursing home workforce standards, and OSHA consultation and compliance, and highlighted practical examples of their work. Examples included return-to-work assistance for an injured worker, compliance training that reduced penalties for self-insurers and claim administrators, and use of the Special Compensation Fund when an employer lacked workers’ compensation insurance. The labor standards section highlighted enforcement actions involving unpaid overtime, pregnancy and parental leave retaliation, wage deductions, and child labor violations, along with totals for 2024 collections and inquiries. The presentation also noted the Nursing Home Workforce Standards Board’s adopted rules, the expansion of construction licensing exams statewide, and OSHA consultation programs such as Min-SHARP and MINSTAR, including a Minnesota employer that recently achieved MINSTAR status. No votes or formal committee actions were taken in the portion provided.

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• Welcome our President-Elect, Miguel Escobar, is with us. us. Thank you for being here.
• It's time for us to turn a page.
• Three sticks of it, but to use it to cook in. that we see that the good Lord gave us. That's what.
• Because a lot of us don't know.
• This permit transfer will consolidate permitting for both the discharge of treated. produced water to

Bills: SJR18, SCR9, SCR13, SB10, SB11, SB19, SB20, SB25, SB62, SB260, SB263, SB293, SB314, SB384, SB412, SB441, SB442, SB494, SB523, SB569, SB616, SB688, SB707, SB766, SB842, SB869, SB890, SB914, SB929, SB971, SB992, SB1066, SB1145, SB1621, SJR36, SJR18, SCR9, SCR13, SB616, SB565, SB384, SB372, SB495, SB842, SB971, SB1066, SB929, SB765, SB523, SB62, SB19, SB18, SB666, SB688, SB707, SB888, SB687, SB706, SB847, SB869, SB890, SB992, SB1145, SB494, SB290, SB766, SB11, SB10, SB13, SB263, SB412, SB20, SB441, SB442, SB1621, SB569, SB314, SB25, SB293, SB914, SB260, SB1248, SB740, SB14, SB1006, SB20, SB25, SB260, SB293, SB314, SB384, SB442, SB494, SB616, SB869, SB890, SB929, SB992, SB1145, SB1621, SR232, SR237, SR242, SB16, SB22

Keywords: capital gains, taxation, constitutional amendment, state revenue, individual investment, Supreme Court, judicial independence, Keep Nine, checks and balances, water rights, treaty compliance, Rio Grande, agriculture, drought, international water, Texas water supply, education, Ten Commandments, public schools, religious display

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• <00:09:19.560> uses<00:09:20.560> of proposal specifying permitted uses of proposal
• specifying permitted uses of restraints<00:09:21.600> in<00:09:21.920> assisted<00:09:
• requirements for unmarked vehicles used requirements for unmarked vehicles used by<00:15:51.839>
• and opioid substance use and addiction. and opioid substance use and addiction.
• <01:19:39.840> Chair, for us today. But I I I did, Mr. Chair, for us today.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• It would also work for us this year.
• <00:21:34.840> it<00:21:35.000> on<00:21:35.200> those use it um but we use
• it on those use it um but we use it on those elements<00:21:36.080> where<00:21:36.240> the
• and Madam chair if you would permit and Madam chair if you would permit Elizabeth<00:27:07.880><
• So we appreciate your bringing this bill to us. We appreciate your bringing this bill to us.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• And this session has shown us what's possible when we choose progress And this session has shown us what's
• You're presenting this to us with.
• You just answered that for us.
• And I can use my example. Sometimes you have to use the word disability.
• Hopefully, we never use this.

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, prayer, pledge, and several recognitions, including remarks from Senator Berman on Democratic priorities and introductions of military leaders and an intern. The chamber then moved through a long special-order calendar, with many bills substituted to House companions, amended, and passed, while several others were temporarily postponed. Major measures approved included the dangerous dogs/Pam Rock Act (SB 572/HB 593), which tightened penalties and procedures for dog attacks and passed 36-0; local government land regulation (SB 1080), which was amended to remove agricultural enclave language and passed 26-8; vessel/freedom-related legislation (SB 1388/HB 1137), which passed 35-0; blood clot screening and treatment (SB 890/HB 1421), which added registry and training provisions and passed 36-0; fleeing or eluding law enforcement (SB 468/HB 113), which increased offense levels and passed 36-0; concealed carry/licensing for certain officers and service members (SB 490/HB 383), which passed 33-3; timeshare management (SB 496/HB 897), which clarified governance and annual meeting requirements and passed 36-0; background screening education (SB 614/HB 531), which created a public webpage and passed 36-0; utility service restrictions (SB 1002/HB 1137), which preempted local energy-source restrictions and passed 36-0; Medicaid oversight (SB 1060), which created a joint oversight committee and passed 35-0; health facilities authorities (SB 68), amended to make fentanyl urine screening more discretionary, and passed 36-0; and veterans’ nursing home beds (SB 78/HB 797), which authorized veteran- and spouse-designated beds and passed 36-0. The chamber also passed disability history and awareness instruction (SB 540/HB 447), a highly personal bill honoring Evan Hartzell that drew extended debate about disability language, inclusion, and education; it passed 35-0 after 35 co-sponsors were added. Manufacturing policy bills SB 600 and SB 602 were approved after amendments to add reporting, ranking metrics, and fee-use restrictions, both passing 35-0. Educational opportunities for military children (SB 1528) passed 36-0 after testimony from student sponsors and senators praising the bill’s origin. Several other bills, including Medicaid oversight, mammograms, Parkinson’s disease, condominium/cooperative associations, waste management, human trafficking, and Bright Futures, were postponed or not taken up during this segment.

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• They can slow us down, but they will not stop us.
• keep<00:07:23.560> fighting will not stop us we will keep fighting will not stop us we will
• <00:12:34.519> in border so the actions taken by us in border so the actions taken by us in
• 21:08.919> in<00:21:09.080> the information used by all of us in the information used by
• My colleague reminds us, yes.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, March 4, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• On single-family, uh we also use On single-family, uh we also use scaling. scaling. scaling.
• We don't use the term parked.
• nonprofit or county government and us. nonprofit or county government and us.
• Using a couple is everything.
• restrictions, the permitting permitting restrictions, the permitting difficulties<01:29:49.880> head-on

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Oh God, we are grateful that you have created us, each one of us, to honor the sacredness of every other
• will say that H. 849 permits a plaintiff will say that H. 849 permits a plaintiff to<00:13:24.120
• local officials who violate the US local officials who violate the US Constitution.
• action for violations of the US action for violations of the US Constitution<00:18:12.320> by
• under the US Constitution. under the US Constitution.

Keywords: 927, senate, all

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• Therefore, compelling us to use the formal eviction proceedings you just heard a lot about.
• Lastly, at another Dallas property, a squatter left us an online review, gave us 4 out of 5 stars, describing
• Now I'm calling on our leaders that stand before us not to abandon us. This is not about politics.
• Johnson, can you provide us that information that you have available in writing to us so that we can
• One tenant we spoke with just the other day told us that, well, yeah, told us that it was only after

Bills: HB15, HB171, HB204

Keywords: flood risk, campground, safety regulations, civil penalty, guest safety, Harris County, flood control, governance, expansion, public health, local governance, environmental management

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• <00:29:10.960> Uh attach conditions to a sentence? Uh attach conditions to a sentence?
• served as part of a term and condition served as part of a term and condition of<00:30:04.920>
• not the judiciary had in fact made use not the judiciary had in fact made use of<00:32:17.040>
• the people that come before us not the people that come before us not because<00:34:00.320> in
• And tell us again how long ago that was. And tell us again how long ago that was.

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The Judiciary Committee held a hearing on the confirmation of Kursha Kauahi Kani Mililani Durrant to the District Court of the First Circuit, but announced it would not vote until April 2. The chair also noted a backup plan if Zoom failed. Testimony was limited to two minutes per speaker. The hearing focused on Durrant’s qualifications, judicial temperament, and readiness for the bench, with no opposition presented. Support came from the Office of the Public Defender, Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation, Native Hawaiian Bar Association, Hawaii State Bar Association, Hawaii Women’s Lawyers, and numerous individuals. Witnesses described Durrant as highly experienced in both criminal and civil practice, including district, family, circuit, appellate, ICA, and Supreme Court work. Several speakers emphasized her legal reasoning, mentorship, civility, cultural grounding, and ability to listen and treat litigants with dignity. Personal supporters also highlighted her public service, hula background, and character. Committee members questioned Durrant about how she would approach district court cases involving repeat offenders, mental illness, substance abuse, houselessness, and diversion. Durrant said she would follow the law, consider the full range of sentencing factors, and use available probation, diversion, and treatment options where appropriate. She said she would be committed to using legislative tools such as Act 26 and other diversion powers, and to looking beyond advocacy toward practical justice and reducing recidivism. She also said her clerkship with Judge Marsha Waldorf, including exposure to drug court and mental health court, shaped her approach to problem-solving on the bench.

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• So they come to us and say...
• This bill takes us, it doesn't take us all the way back, but it takes us about half of the way back.
• And so, you need to just give us a—please let us admit it, it's right.
• For us, it doesn't add to that.
• It can only be used to reduce the sentence. It cannot be used to increase it. Yes.

Bills: HB867, HB1347, HB1801, HB1820, HB2197, HB2617, HB3110, HB3166, HB3330, HB4237, HB4342, HB4629, HB4933, HJR148

Keywords: criminal case dismissal, attorney discretion, law enforcement misconduct, judicial approval, evidence, judicial consent, transparency, healthcare, Medicare, insurance, elderly, retired, benefits, access, cost, criminal justice, case dismissal, prosecutorial discretion, law enforcement oversight, criminal procedure