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• any costs that families have had to front to supplement fluoride that otherwise would have been distributed
• City can't run an ad in the Arizona Capital Times because they have options that have greater distribution
• But the Arizona Republic would have a larger distribution, so the Arizona Republic should be done.

Bills: HB2015, HB2060, HB2129, HB2170, HB2210, HB2228, HB2352, HB2460, HB2533, SB1019, SB1045, SB1050, SB1078, SB1083, SB1167, SB1184, SCR1006

Keywords: budget procedures, late filing penalty, accounting standards, financial reporting, state appropriations, abortion, educational institutions, health education, state aid, public schools, municipal libraries, annual reporting, state legislation, transparency, government accountability, procurement, foreign adversary, China, state contracts, information technology

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• So the DMV is collecting that and then distributing it to the counties, who are responsible for dispersing
• And the one thing I wanted to point out is you can see between 23 and 25 the sort of distribution of
• Between 2023 and 2025, the sort of distribution of the cases has gone down in the Justice Court a little

Keywords: 985, all

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• One of the concerns that I have is to ensure that the legislative oversight is covered in the distribution
• through an appropriations process that would be approved by the legislature for each of the amounts distributed
• we don't have the money coming in and it's completely administered by the executive branch and distributed

Keywords: 985, all

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• So we're now starting to see higher distribution.
• Proceeds from our water trust fund distribution, and the money that was not awarded that the legislature
• The Water Trust Board receives twice the amount of the severance tax bond distribution, but then 10%

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• Goes through the FTZ, the customs agent, and then becomes a value-added product for distribution someplace
• Our main purpose is to characterize the quantity, quality, and distribution of our groundwater here in
• A publication was put out, and I know it's been distributed at the legislature a few times.

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• In this area, we would be working with El Paso Electric, so it wouldn't be the distribution cooperatives
• I am unaware right now of a data center that's interested in going into a distribution cooperative's
• We have been proactively talking with the distribution co-ops. ...to pay attention to their concerns.

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• Um, we may be responsible at least in part in terms of distributing those, um, so we know we're looking
• But with, with distributing it and, uh, getting information out, I understand that it, it could be.
• Maybe it's not as big of a hit as it gets distributed out, um, in the grand scheme of things.

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• Solar and Storage Association would urge full funding of the demand-side grid support program and distributed
• That will ensure that funding goes to existing food banks and diaper banks that can handle that distribution
• urge the legislature to maintain all funding commitments made to the demand-side grid support and distribution

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• So what you're telling me is, as a component of credentialing, you look at the geographical distribution
• We look at the geographic distribution, the number of lives.
• centralized bank, a centralized insurance company, a centralized health care system, and a centralized distribution

Bills: HB 107, HB742, HB1639, HB1700, HB2071, HB2187, HB2402, HB2516, HB3211, HB4529, HB5342, HB694, HB923, HB4655

Keywords: sickle cell disease, registry, health data, confidentiality, healthcare access, human trafficking, first responders, health care, training, reporting, protection, cancer, female firefighters, health study, state health services, fire protection, telemedicine, teledentistry, telehealth, health records

Summary: The committee heard testimony on a series of health and human services bills and left each one pending after public testimony. HB 4655 would expand financial literacy instruction for youth aging out of foster care to include credit scores, predatory lending, scams, banking, budgeting, and related consumer topics; the sponsor and Buckner International described the need to protect foster youth from financial pitfalls. HB 923 would add three public members and one physician to the Texas Medical Disclosure Panel; supporters said it would improve informed consent and patient voice, while a witness raised concerns about a House amendment requiring a physician majority for decisions and senators questioned scope-of-practice limits. HHSC said the panel is an independent body and the bill expressly bars it from changing scope of practice.

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• Members, there are concerns that offenders who repeatedly engage in small-scale drug distribution can
• Members, we will pause as we are awaiting copies of an amendment to be distributed.
• We are awaiting copies of an amendment to be distributed. Thank you very much.

Summary: The Senate opened with an invocation, messages from the House, and several recognitions, including county day delegations from Fayette, LaSalle, Jim Hogg, Austin, and others, as well as a recognition of Rob Keppel for his career with the Texas District and County Attorneys Association. The chamber also adopted several resolutions, including SR 429 designating October 2025 as RET Syndrome Awareness Month and SR 432 honoring Rob Keppel. A doctor-of-the-day introduction and a public announcement about free skin checks were also made. The Senate then took up and passed several bills. SB 1152, creating the offense of continuous manufacture or delivery of a controlled substance, passed after suspension of the rules. SB 1868, regulating kratom and related substances, was amended to prohibit smokeable kratom products and kratom pills and to clarify THC variants such as Delta-8 and Delta-10, then passed. SB 1349, creating offenses for transnational repression and unauthorized enforcement of foreign law, drew debate over a failed amendment that would have added election misinformation and foreign meddling; the bill ultimately passed unanimously. SB 2037, expediting review of LNG environmental permits, passed after amendments clarifying fees and deadlines, with opposition focused on its energy-policy implications. SB 1164, addressing emergency detention and court-ordered inpatient mental health treatment, passed after a drafting-error correction and discussion of the bill’s basis in recommendations from the Texas Judicial Commission on Mental Health. The Senate also advanced SB 2743 on prosecution of certain election offenses, which would allow a court process to disqualify a local prosecutor who repeatedly refuses to prosecute election cases and appoint the Attorney General; it passed to engrossment amid questions about evidence and local discretion. SB 1299, protecting nonprofit members, supporters, volunteers, and donors from disclosure by public agencies, passed unanimously. SB 2349, exempting certain short-term leases and temporary tenancies from floodplain notice requirements, passed unanimously. SB 2788, adding PSAT and pre-ACT scores for Texas Success Initiative exemptions and clarifying dual-credit eligibility, passed unanimously after amendment. SB 843, creating a TEA database of school district bonds, taxes, and bond-related projects and adding charter schools, passed after amendments on funding and scope. Finally, SB 1832, allowing parents to transfer a student who was victimized by a public school employee to another campus, passed to engrossment after extended debate over whether the bill should also cover private schools and how it would interact with school choice and ESA policy. SB 39, revising the admission rule in commercial motor vehicle collision cases, was laid out and debated over its effect on negligent entrustment and related evidence, with the author emphasizing that the bill preserves the bifurcated trial structure and does not alter other admissibility rules.

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• used that as a way for us to really look at how we are running our programs, how they are being distributed
• doing it as outlined in the statute, as the grant weights are required in the statute, as the distribution
• as during the LA fires, where many were deployed to stand up disaster Resource Centers, Supply Distribution

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• to, but this bill has to do with poll standards. and structural integrity of transmission and distribution
• have direct cost coverage regarding poles; this is the responsibility of the Transmission and Distribution
• The way it works for my company is that when there are attachments to distribution poles by cable or

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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• Distribute some of these cuts that are being proposed in this budget in a way that we focus in on cuts
• the numbers here, can you provide an update as to whether or not the administration is looking to distribute
• The CSU distributed $2.5 million each to support expanded higher education in the Chula Vista and South

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• That is distributed based on a formula last
• That is distributed based on a formula that
• clears license or pass distributed based on a formula