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• during their dismissal process. during their dismissal process.
• Our school has also transformed into a food distribution center.
• Twice weekly we deliver food to families who are struggling to meet basic needs.
• <00:53:07.280> distribution transformed into a food distribution transformed into a food distribution
• Twice weekly we deliver food to center.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• President, I'm not that familiar with this whole process.
• That's not a part of our current process, but this would require.
• So, we tried to think through the process and make sure that there's a process in place that they have
• Closely there's a vetting process about where they're going.
• Macs and fatty foods and things like that he tends to eat.

Bills: SJR47, SB1491, SB1579, SB1806, SB1552, SB483, SB63, SB137, SB346, SB514, SB1344, SB1360, SB1380, SB1437, SB1189, SB1217, SB1221, SB1262, SB1272, SB1325, SB1339, SB201

Keywords: voter ID, elections, constitutional amendment, Oklahoma, proof of identity, presidential electors, vacancies, oath of office, political party, property tax, valuation increase, taxpayer rights, homestead, protest process, foster care, adoption assistance, transitioning youth, Department of Human Services, voluntary services, county home rule charter

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• there somebody there that if she needed insulin, is there a school nurse available, or is there a process
• It turns your food into energy for your body.
• They have been wonderful helping me navigate through this almost a year-and-a-half process.
• They have been wonderful helping me navigate through this almost a year and a half process.
• You can give up on me and call with, you know, every single. ...almost a year-and-a-half process.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Financial Services held a hearing with Chair Jamie Murphy and Senate co-chair Senator Feeney presiding. Members asked witnesses to keep testimony to three minutes and noted that written testimony could still be submitted. The committee heard testimony on several health insurance and pharmacy-related bills, including a proposal to allow controlled prescriptions to be transferred between pharmacies within the same chain, legislation affecting health savings account (HSA)-compatible plans and future insurance mandates, a bill on small business health insurance incentives, and H. 1212 on emergency insulin access. Several parents and patients testified in support of emergency insulin access, describing severe diabetes emergencies, diabetic ketoacidosis, prescription delays, and the need for pharmacists to dispense insulin in urgent situations when doctors or insurers are unavailable. A parent also described the burden of repeatedly obtaining new prescriptions for ADHD medication when pharmacies are out of stock. Witnesses supporting the HSA bill argued that state coverage mandates can unintentionally disqualify HSA-qualified plans and that the bill would preserve tax advantages for enrollees while avoiding repeated legislative fixes. A representative of the Retailers Association supported the small business health insurance incentives bill, saying it could help retain small employers in the merged market by allowing carriers to offer financial incentives tied to cooperative purchasing and utilization efforts. One witness, Kathleen Demarest, testified against a co-pay assistance restriction, saying a state rule had unexpectedly cut off her drug assistance before a generic was actually available, leaving her with very high out-of-pocket costs. Committee members asked a few clarifying questions about HSAs, insulin dispensing, and school support for diabetes care. After all scheduled witnesses had testified and no additional testimony was offered, the committee voted to close the hearing.

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• Last year, I'll give you this: we were in a food fight in Capilale over the new executive office building
• talking about procurement because that can be a very touchy, dicey issue for you to put in certain processes
• to keep that process with integrity.
• They wanted to be part of the procurement process, and you found a way to help rural communities get
• And so all it does is that we're in the rulemaking process of HB 212.

Keywords: 996, all

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• Members, this is, uh, Representative Landgraf's bill regarding food truck regulation.
• Food and drink are prohibited in the hearing room.
• Our state already has a clear established process for resolving disputes between cities, and that process
• That's the process. That's the safeguard. HB 5082 is not about strengthening that system.
• It's basically a two step process.

Bills: HB 229, HB 3990, HB 5082, HB 5510

Keywords: biological sex, government information, definitions, sex-based distinctions, public health, flags, display, state law, municipalities, government buildings, drug enforcement, local control, home rule, municipal charter, county policy, ordinance preemption, state preemption, attorney general enforcement, civil penalties, mandamus

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• become dependent on foreign adversaries for food.
• schedule then they start the process schedule then they start the process slightly<03:36:14.040>
• VIAI features culture, stories, and ritual through food.
• VIAI features culture, stories, and ritual through food.
• This abuse of the asylum process is going to end.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Thursday, February 6, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• I've got you here, Paul Harden, President and CEO of the Texas Food and Fuel Association, registered
• Sorry, on behalf of the Texas Food and Fuel Association. Yes, sir. All right. Go ahead.
• I cannot get my own plate of food. I cannot pick up a glass of water if I need it.
• You make this process complete and full for us, and we're taking notes.
• Food was used as a threat and a weapon and would be taken away if we didn't do what Haim asked.

Bills: HB4806

Keywords: civil action, damages, health care services, noneconomic damages, negligence, legal standards, 1184, house, all

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• <00:29:00.039> food<00:29:00.279> deliveries uh generally food food deliveries uh generally
• food food deliveries groceries<00:29:02.039> uh<00:29:02.200> medical<00:29:03.039>
• portion 1% um is dedicated to a food portion 1% um is dedicated to a food delivery<00:31:13.360>
• , as opposed to needing to set up a grant process for contractors.
• , as opposed to needing to set up a grant process for contractors.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Isabel Penman here for Food and Water Watch in support of the bill.
• And I think that's important to the civic process.
• So we felt a two-year update process would be appropriate.
• Projects cannot use fossil fuel in their production process.
• So they'll have their own process.

Summary: The committee hearing centered first on AB 1243, the Polluters Pay Climate Superfund Act of 2025, which would direct CalEPA to identify major fossil fuel companies, study California’s climate damages, and assess fees on the largest polluters to fund resilience, recovery, and related projects. The author and supporters argued the bill would make polluters help pay for climate harms, protect taxpayers, create jobs in construction and clean energy, and dedicate at least 40% of funds to disadvantaged communities. Support testimony came from environmental justice groups, labor, youth advocates, health organizations, and many individual witnesses, while opponents from the building trades, chambers of commerce, petroleum, and business groups warned it would raise fuel and consumer costs, threaten refinery jobs, and create legal and economic uncertainty. Committee members debated the bill’s impact on affordability, jobs, refinery closures, and whether cap-and-trade already addresses climate funding needs. The committee ultimately voted to give AB 1243 a due pass recommendation to the Judiciary Committee, with the roll left open. After AB 1243, the committee moved to another bill on wildfire mitigation and related resilience work. The author said the measure addresses a long-running wildfire problem and accepted committee amendments, describing the bill as a response to increasingly severe wildfire seasons and the need to help communities stay safe and rebuild after disasters. The transcript cuts off as that presentation begins, so no final action on the second bill is shown in the excerpt.

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• I stand ready for questions. process. So, Article 4, section 1 would process.
• . process. process.
• Uh, and I'm happy to be a part of that process. It is a very, very difficult process.
• Uh, and I'm happy to be a part of that process. It is a very, very difficult process.
• <02:35:11.160> of schools are still in the process of schools are still in the process of

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Most importantly, Wakota gave me a safe space to breathe and process.
• they gave me knowledge about all process they gave me knowledge about all of<00:19:38.880> my
• Patients have plenty of time to ask questions and to thoughtfully process how any of their decisions
• <01:20:48.800> we to receive and understand and process we to receive and understand and process
• questions and to thoughtfully process questions and to thoughtfully process how<01:21:03.159>

Keywords: 1183, house

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• or continue the process of investing in building the homes that are needed across our community.
• <00:20:38.799> or it allows for us to begin the process or it allows for us to begin the process
• > investing<00:20:41.159> in continue the process of investing in continue the process
• <01:05:31.680> sovereignty program an indigenous food sovereignty program an indigenous food
• <01:15:48.280> through engagement planning process through engagement planning process through

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• President, thank you. where we are in the process is just to where we are in the process is just to to
• , process, process, including<01:05:34.880> the<01:05:35.200> criteria<01:05:35.920>
• ,<01:22:38.080> members, That's why we have a process, members, That's why we have a process
• and start the foreclosure process. and start the foreclosure process.
• Our food budget has been cut in half. Our food budget has been cut in half.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• It also provides for a streamlined administrative approval process for housing.
• It also provides for a streamlined administrative approval process for housing.
• It also provides for a streamlined administrative approval process for housing.
• It also provides for a streamlined administrative approval process for housing.
• Well understood process.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Um, this change would significantly expedite the process for vehicle owner in other states to locate
• It would make sense to align this process so that vehicle owners can run a search online and be able
• unable to obtain the registered owner information through the traditional process. process, especially
• TSPE is opposed to any effort that expands that process and creates more more opportunities to bypass
• My name is Paul Hardin, president and CEO of the Texas Food and Fuel Association.

Bills: HB679, HB1764, HB1788, HB2186, HB2204, HB2418, HB2885, HB2983, HB2996, HB3250, HB3352, HB3756, HB3816, HB3913, HB3928, HB4077

Keywords: environment, regulation, land use, public health, community development, alcohol, Sunday sales, local option election, Texas, business hours, alcohol sales, liquor, off-premise consumption, alcoholic beverages, CPA, Certified Public Accountant, licensing, accountancy, state regulation, continuing education

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• . food. food.
• They are not in contact with food<00:30:19.279> or<00:30:19.520> eating<00:30:19.919>
• > services<00:30:21.039> uh<00:30:21.120> and<00:30:21.360> they're food or
• eating services uh and they're food or eating services uh and they're essential<00:30:21.919> to
• That's what the committee process is for. That's why we have it.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Senator Kitzman emphasized the need for more transparency in the funding process.
• Speaker, this bill eliminates loopholes for bad actors in the title suspension hearing process.
• This concerns franchise taxes for the uniform and linen processing industry. I move...
• This bill streamlines financial processes for our local ESDs.
• Hunger, with a food insecurity rate of 16.4%, affecting nearly 5 million Texans.

Bills: HJR144, HJR218, HB40, HB 101, HB 112, HB146, HB168, HB214, HB413, HB1523, HB493, HB521, HB594, HB557, HB305, HB549, HB854, HB 1057, HB 1052, HB842, HB3174, HB3311, HB2486, HB3196, HB824, HB 1039, HB2529, HB2713, HB4936, HB4995, HB4830, HB4864, HB5219, HB5263, HB5154, HB2674, HB5525, HB5623, HB2545, HB2587, HB2625, HB5520, HB5436, HB4926, HB1573, HB5165, HB4811, HB5081, HB4755, HB3179, HB4310, HB4611, HB2159, HB4626, HB3637, HB3153, HB3066, HB2786, HB2966, HB638, HB640, HB876, HB497, HB5539, HB4809, HB5308, HB4687, HB4070, HB4421, HB4412, HB3284, HB3369, HB3420, HB3449, HB4098, HB4281, HB4120, HB4504, HB4370, HB 1106, HB2370, HB2404, HB3863, HB2407, HB2253, HB2273, HB2040, HB1586, HB3788, HB3993, HB4690, HB4309, HB4696, HB2308, HB 1142, HB1533, HB1621, HB2242, HB2012, HB2193, HB2442, HB2464, HB2348, HB2313, HB2289, HB1942, HB2011, HB1629, HB2993, HB3592, HB3824, HB4076, HB4535, HB4623, HB4773, HB 1091, HB5115, HB5515, HB3372, HB5659, HCR118, HB 1233, HB2239, HB2379, HB2863, HB3368, HB3787, HB3815, HB3898, HB4023, HB4285, HB4329, HB4331, HB4429, HB4646, HB4904, HB5200, HB5320, HB5651, HB5662, HB5668, HB5670, HB5672, HB5674, HB5676, HB5679, HB5688, HCR108

Keywords: regional mobility, transportation authority, local law, constitutional amendment, public projects, Texas energy fund, energy efficiency, retail electric customers, electric generating facilities, business court, civil procedure, litigation, jurisdiction, arbitration, Texas State Guard, task force, professionalization, state missions, critical infrastructure, science park district

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• state and directing state agencies to advance food is medicine initiatives.
• 00:07:49.440> a joint resolution declaring Kentucky a joint resolution declaring Kentucky a food
• is medicine state and directing food is medicine state and directing state<00:07:52.319> agencies
• <00:07:52.880> to<00:07:53.120> advance<00:07:53.680> food<00:07:54.000>
• is state agencies to advance food is state agencies to advance food is medicine<00:07:54.879>

Keywords: Convene 00:00:00 Senate Message 00:05:34 Calendar/2nd Readings 00:06:28 Orders of the Day 00:08:10 HB 542 00:08:34 HB 565 00:23:06 HB 611 00:25:32 HB 657 00:28:39 HB 762 00:31:07 HB 108 00:34:54 HB 67 00:39:02 Motions, Petitions, and Communications 00:46:48 Introduction of New Bills and Resolutions 00:58:42 Recess for ConC/Rules Meeting 00:59:12 ConC/Rules Report 01:02:18 Floor Amendments 01:03:42 Adjournment 01:04:02, 958, all

Summary: The House convened with an invocation and pledge, established a quorum with 92 members present, excused absent members, and approved the journal. The chamber also received notice that the Senate had passed Senate Bills 5, 12, and 73 and requested concurrence. Members then moved through second reading of several bills, including measures on geoengineering, video teleconference meetings, dissolution of marriage, licensed child care centers, city franchises, trophy catfish, peer support specialists, and House Joint Resolution 25 on Kentucky becoming a “food is medicine” state. The House then considered and passed several bills on third reading. House Bill 387, relating to the Controlled Substance Prescribing Council, was amended and passed 91-1 after debate over veterinarians’ reporting requirements; the bill bars such reporting by regulation, removes an emergency medicine physician and acute care nurse from the council, and adds two veterinarians. House Bill 45, modernizing CPA licensure, passed 93-0. House Bill 369, adding PTSD to conditions eligible for hyperbaric oxygen therapy for veterans, passed 93-0. House Bill 333, concerning faith-based small-scale affordable housing and shelters, passed 90-1 after discussion of housing needs, zoning limits, affordability requirements, and shelter standards. House Bill 50, addressing removal of persons unlawfully occupying real property, passed 92-0, and House Bill 388, a cleanup bill for the CASPER prescription monitoring program, passed 92-0. The House also passed House Bill 385, clarifying that the Commonwealth and Cabinet for Health and Family Services are financially responsible for non-elective medical care for patients of state-operated mental health facilities, by a 91-0 vote. House Bill 212, allowing licensed veterinary technicians to administer rabies vaccinations to dogs, cats, and ferrets under veterinarian supervision, passed 92-0. After these actions, the House took up House Resolution 58 recognizing February 6, 2026, as National Wear Red Day in Kentucky; the sponsor spoke about heart disease awareness and two young constituents awaiting heart transplants, and the resolution was adopted without objection. Later, the House received announcements about caucus meetings and committee meetings, then introduced a large slate of new bills and House Resolution 61 commemorating the 100th anniversary of Black History Month. The Committee on Committees and Rules Committee reported referrals and postings, including referral of several bills to standing committees and posting House Bills 748, 266, 305, and 470 for Monday, February 9, 2026. The session ended after introduction of floor amendments to House Bill 356.

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• Food.
• What does that process look like?
• What does that process look like?
• The appeals process would be something separate. The appeals process would be something separate.
• The appeals process would be something separate. The appeals process would be something separate.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• Additionally, we have procedures and processes in place.
• So where are you in the process? Is it on the web?
• So where are you in the process?
• Hopefully, that process— I mean, I would think, to Senator Flippo's point, you've got a process in place
• It actually had to do with the way their food was chopped up.

Keywords: 1204, all