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• I HAVE SEEN FLIGHT PATTERNS THROUGH FLIGHT RADAR WITH PILOTS THAT ARE NOT – THERE IS NO FLIGHT PATTERN
• IF A PILOT KNOWS IT IS A FELONY BEFORE THEY GO INTO THE SKY AND DISPERSE THESE CHEMICALS THEY WILL THINK
• AND IF THAT PILOT GETS INTO THE PLANE AND HE IS TOLD BY THE OWNER OF THE AIRCRAFT LOOK THEY SHOULD BE
• I'M A CLIMATE FROM A PILOT AND THE OWNER TELLS ME I APPRECIATE YOU DOING THIS.
• MY BET IS THE PILOT WILL NOT DO IT. AND BY THE WAY, I APPRECIATE YOU MENTIONING THE TECHNOLOGY. MR.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• And the projections indicated that the number will rise to $139 million by— In the United States—in the
• And it projects fear because we do not know what causes it.
• Carfisher project fund.
• Let's say Project A, they're taking that on. They pay for the salaries that are under this.
• Or project A is not going to be paid for out of the dollars that are allocated to system A.

Bills: HB5, HJR3, HB155, HB513, HB5, HB155

Keywords: dementia, research, health care, Texas Institute, grants, medical breakthroughs, oversight, prevention, funding, healthcare, Texas, autopsy, confidentiality, public records, medical examiner, law enforcement, HB 513, surgical smoke, surgical plume, smoke evacuation

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• There are many different project?
• So using AI to project.
• to do CIP projects. to do CIP projects.
• Mall revitalization project. Mall revitalization project.
• projections are off. projections are off.

Keywords: 912, senate, all

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• A study released just last week by the American Security Project found that more than two-thirds of Guard
• This is not a pilot or a platitude; it is a fully developed, scalable solution that equips Texas to lead
• Competitive Needs and Capacity Assessment asking LMHAs and their partners to submit shovel-ready projects
• The total value of submitted projects exceeded $230 million.
• We've made more progress every day on construction projects and investments that have been made there

Bills: SB 36, HB 1065, HB2929, HB2956, HB3009, HB3420, HB3626, HB3649, HB4956, HB4993, HB5293, HB5308, HB5528, HCR118, SB36, HB4023

Keywords: transportation, regional authorities, mobility, infrastructure, sales tax, employee classification, private security, misclassification, workforce regulations, Texas Workforce Commission, autism, peace officers, training program, law enforcement, intervention, communication, developmental disability, family violence, central database, criminal offense

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• spend $200,000 for a process study and another $171,600 to create a quote presumptive eligibility pilot
• eligibility pilot eligibility pilot program.<01:36:56.639> It<01:36:57.280> is<01:
• <04:02:43.439> Speaker,<04:02:43.760> I housing project. That, Mr.
• Speaker, I housing project. That, Mr.
• forward more efficiently across projects forward more efficiently across our<04:15:16.159> state.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• So as Jennifer was commenting, we get projections from the Caseload Forecast Council, and we'll talk
• So the first major project, of course, was to get the facility prepared to take residents.
• The project is currently on time and on budget.
• That funding can be used to support rural health transformation projects.
• That was projected to be $342 million.

Summary: The committee held a work session focused first on juvenile rehabilitation system capacity. DCYF officials said the juvenile rehabilitation population is older, includes more adult-sentenced youth, and has longer lengths of stay, especially for “post-25” youth who must remain in secure facilities and cannot go to community beds. They described overcrowding at Green Hill School, placement limits at Echo Glen and Harbor Heights, staffing turnover, mental health acuity, and the need for more medium-security and specialized mental health beds. DCYF said it is pursuing a Parkland facility proposal, a staffing model decision package, and a broader feasibility study and master plan update. No votes were taken; members were asked to follow up with questions later. The committee then heard on behavioral health system capacity from the Behavioral Health Administration and the Health Care Authority. DSHS described growth in forensic and civil bed need, expansion at Olympic Heritage, Maple Lane, and Brockman, and construction of a new 350-bed forensic hospital at Western State expected to open in 2028. HCA reported progress on long-term civil commitment beds, intensive behavioral health treatment facilities, PACT teams, and intensive residential treatment teams, saying the community-based system is being expanded to support step-down care and reduce hospital reliance. Members asked about whether capacity is right-sized, the difference between facility types, and federal match eligibility for services. A federal funding update followed, covering the effects of H.R. 1 and H.R. 5371 on SNAP, Medicaid, marketplace coverage, long-term services and supports, K-12, higher education, and hemp regulation. OFM and agency staff said H.R. 1 adds work requirements, changes non-citizen eligibility, increases state administrative and benefit costs, reduces Medicaid and marketplace subsidies for some groups, tightens redeterminations, and may significantly affect provider payments and state-directed payments. H.R. 5371 extended federal funding through January 30, 2026 and included some agency appropriations and other provisions, including changes affecting hemp producers. Members asked about SNAP error rates and special enrollment periods. Finally, budget coordinator Mary Monroe gave a 2026 supplemental budget preview. She reviewed the state’s near general fund outlook, noting revenue declines since the enacted budget, the effect of reversions, and a preliminary maintenance-level outlook showing a projected increase in NGFO spending over the four-year period. She said the supplemental will reflect updated caseload and cost forecasts and mandatory impacts from H.R. 1, but not policy proposals. No actions or votes were taken during the session.

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• It's the only process we've done it on large IT projects.
• It's the only process we've done it on large IT projects.
• It's the only process we've done it on large IT projects.
• It's the only process we've done it on large IT projects.
• It's not codified large IT projects.

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• A study released just last week by the American Security Project found that more than 2/3 of guard and
• This is not a pilot or a platitude.
• The total value of submitted projects exceeded $230 million.
• We've got more progress that's happening every day on construction projects and investments that have
• House Bill 3303009 is about permanent common sense projection protections that put Texas families first

Bills: SB 36

Keywords: transportation, regional authorities, mobility, infrastructure, sales tax

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• BUT THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE PASSED OF THEIR FISCAL YEAR 2025-2026 BUDGET LAST WEEK APPROPRIATIONS PROJECTS
• THE NEXT STEP OF THE BUDGET PROJECT APPROPRIATIONS PROJECTS AND BUDGET IN PROVISO.
• THE NEXT STEP OF THE BUDGET PROJECT IS TO PREPARE FOR THE CONFERENCE.
• IN YOUR MEETING PACKET, YOU WILL FIND COMPARISON DOCKETS OF THE BUDGET APPROPRIATION PROJECTS IN PROVISO
• THE HOPE FLORIDA PROGRAM STARTED AS SOMETHING AS A CARE COORDINATION PILOT IN 2019.

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• Woodward, I'm sorry, Daniel Woodward, Texas Civil Rights Project, and you show you're registered against
• My name is Danny Woodward, and I am, uh, representing the Texas Civil Rights Project against this bill
• Federal immigration judges receive training to determine if a pilot person has violated the terms of
• This time we're going to call up Alicia Castello, Associate Director of Policy Texas Civil Rights Project
• We show you registered as the associate director of policy Texas Civil Rights Project and you're for

Bills: HB153

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• relating to the establishment of the Texas Workforce Commission of a Workplace Soft Skills Training Pilot
• So as soon as we started the project, the word is out, have you seen even more interest in the companies
• We have about 350 projects in our pipeline right now, and that doesn't count projects that are looking
• I would say that of our projects, probably 50% are in some form of manufacturing.
• Implementing indexing is projected to increase Texas unemployment trust fund considerably, ensuring greater

Bills: HB112, HB199, HCR9

Keywords: school district, bond issuance, election dates, voter approval, Texas Education Code, HCR 9, Texas State Cemetery, Hill Country flood, July 4 2025 flood, Guadalupe River, Camp Mystic, memorial, monument, concurrent resolution, disaster remembrance, natural disaster, flood victims, survivors, State Preservation Board, Texas secretary of state

Summary: The Committee on Trade, Workforce and Economic Development met with a quorum and moved quickly through a long agenda, hearing testimony and taking recorded votes on several bills. Early in the meeting, HB 2214 was laid out to exempt certain short-term residential leases and leaseback arrangements from flood-disclosure requirements; Texas Realtors supported the change, and the bill was left pending. The committee then voted out a series of pending measures, including HB 46, HB 186 (with a committee substitute), HB 431, HB 1147, HB 1154, HB 2468, HB 2488, HB 2788 (with a substitute), HB 2791 (with a substitute), HB 3260, and HCR 90, all reported favorably to the full House, with HB 1147 receiving two nays and the others passing unanimously or nearly so. A major portion of the hearing focused on HB 112, which would create a Texas Science Park district and commission to support advanced manufacturing and innovation sites. The bill’s author and supporters, including Samsung Austin Semiconductor, the Texas Association of Business, and the Governor’s economic development office, argued it would strengthen supply chains, attract investment, and support national security and workforce development. Testimony described interest from semiconductor and advanced manufacturing companies and referenced the model of foreign science parks such as Sinshu in Taiwan. HB 112 was left pending after testimony. The committee also heard HB 3698 and HB 3699, both related to unemployment insurance administration. HB 3698 would expand eligibility for the Reemployment Services and Eligibility Assessment program using federal funds, while HB 3699 would tighten the definition of “last work” to help the Texas Workforce Commission investigate UI fraud. Both bills were discussed with TWC resource witnesses and left pending after the committee withdrew the substitutes. HB 1349, which would extend HOA transparency and property-rights provisions to condominiums and refine HOA rules, and HB 621, which would require HOA meeting spaces to be available for residents to reserve for qualified political candidates or elected officials, were also heard and left pending. Finally, the committee heard HCR 9 to designate the first Saturday of each month as Small Business Saturday, HB 199 to index unemployment benefit duration to the state unemployment rate, and HB 3466 to exempt certain cancelable service contracts from Texas’s in-home sales cooling-off law; each drew supportive and opposing testimony and was left pending before adjournment.

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• so virtually flat compared to the revised current-year projections.
• flat compared to the revised current year projections.
• It sounded like you were projecting increased revenue, or there's—the projections are that there is increased
• It sounded like you were projecting increased revenue or, or there's, the projections are that there
• It's a projection that continues to evolve, but because there are projected out-year deficits, in our

Summary: The committee heard a budget oversight hearing on the Department of Health Care Services, focusing first on the overall Medi-Cal budget and a March General Fund loan to cover a current-year shortfall. DHCS said the 2025-26 budget proposal totals $193.4 billion, with Medi-Cal projected at $188.1 billion total funds and $42.1 billion General Fund, driven by higher enrollment, pharmacy costs, managed care growth, and costs tied to eligibility expansions and the COVID-era redetermination unwinding. The department said the $3.44 billion loan was needed to manage cash flow and ensure timely payments to providers and plans, while the LAO noted Medi-Cal’s cash-basis budgeting creates volatility and that more detailed estimates would come with the May Revision. Members discussed federal Medicaid threats, the need for transparency on cost drivers, and the impact of pharmacy spending, long-term care, and immigration-related coverage expansions. The second major topic was family health programs, including California Children’s Services, the continuous coverage unwinding, and opioid settlement fund spending. DHCS described CCS funding methodology changes, ongoing county stakeholder work, and a delayed rollout of CCS monitoring and oversight until July 1, 2025, while county representatives and advocates argued the program is underfunded and asked for more technical assistance and a delay in implementation. On the unwinding, the department explained that federal redetermination flexibilities helped maintain coverage after the pandemic, but the Governor’s budget proposes ending them at the end of June 2025; advocates urged making the flexibilities permanent to avoid coverage losses. For opioid settlement funds, DHCS and Finance said the budget increases funding for naloxone distribution while reducing other harm-reduction spending based on updated settlement revenues, prompting criticism from members and public commenters who argued the change would weaken effective harm-reduction programs. The hearing also included an update on Proposition 35 implementation. DHCS said the voter-approved measure continuously appropriates MCO tax revenues beginning in 2025, with up to $4.6 billion annually available for specified Medi-Cal and provider investments in 2025 and 2026, but implementation depends on consultation with the required stakeholder advisory committee. The department and LAO noted uncertainty about future federal rules affecting the MCO tax after 2026. Public testimony largely supported maintaining Medi-Cal expansions, protecting immigrant coverage, preserving harm-reduction funding, and increasing support for community health workers, pediatric dental care, and CCS county administration. No votes were taken during the portion of the hearing provided.

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• It also introduces a pilot to integrate STEM into K-3 literacy, and that's in Sections 33.93.
• There's also a pilot program for educators.
• There's also a pilot program for educators to pilot an alternative pathway for teachers to demonstrate
• A good example of that would be the pilot program now in the 460 around innovation schools, where we
• previously had the pilot program as an option for one of those interventions, where administrators and

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• He would then go on to serve our nation as a United States Navy officer, naval aviator, and test pilot
• In 2020, Captain Glover made history as the pilot of Crew-1, the first operational mission of SpaceX's
• Just this year, we all saw as he served as a pilot of NASA's historic Artemis II mission, the first crewed
• correct similar oversights, including the Tuskegee Airmen, Navajo Code Talkers, Women Air Force Service Pilots
• Women Air Force Service Pilots and the 6888 Central Postal Directory Battalion have all been honored,

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• In this bill, this is a pilot program.
• And because it's a pilot, So it's going to help the court be more efficient.
• And because it's a pilot, this is very limited cases.
• See, this is a pilot program. This is not a Martinez bill.
• When we talk about a pilot program, how much is it going to cost?

Bills: HB2311, HB2371, HB2409, HB2410, HB2456, HB2457, HB4005

Keywords: artificial intelligence, disclosure requirements, data privacy, minor protection, online safety, HB2371, Arizona divorce, family law, dissolution of marriage, AI arbitration, AI-assisted arbitration, automated dispute resolution, online arbitration, binding determination, recommendation, superior court appeal, de novo review, marital dissolution, spousal consent, minor children

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• DWR manages the State Water Project and provides water to 27 million Californians.
• It extends our streamlining for housing projects at our public...
• California is projected to be short over 44,000 registered nurses by 2030.
• project.
• And what these projects could mean for the future of our communities.

Summary: The Assembly met in session, established a quorum, approved dispensing with the previous day’s journal, and then took up a long third-reading file. Early procedural actions included moving AB 1589 to the inactive file and continuing reconsideration items. The chamber then considered a series of bills largely focused on immigration enforcement, detention, worker protections, child care, voting access, and related public services. Several immigration-related measures passed, including AB 2393 on damages for false imprisonment/arrest, AB 1994 on an immigrant victims’ rights and resources card, AB 1929 on health plan investment disclosures, AB 1633 imposing a tax on for-profit detention facilities, AB 1650 requiring decals on rental vehicles used for enforcement, AB 1655 protecting CalWORKs benefits when a child is detained, and AB 1896 disqualifying people who participated in immigration enforcement from certain public employment. AB 2230, which would bar immigration enforcement near polling places and child care facilities, also passed after extensive debate. Supporters framed these bills as accountability and protection for vulnerable communities; opponents argued they targeted federal law enforcement, were unnecessary, or raised constitutional concerns. AB 1851 on statewide school mental-health guidance also passed unanimously. After the midday recess, the Assembly returned and continued with more bills tied to immigration impacts and child welfare. AB 2379 passed with urgency, requiring child care providers to be informed of constitutional rights and trained on protections when confronted by immigration enforcement. AB 2460 passed to update school behavioral-health referral protocols for students affected by immigration enforcement trauma. AB 2495 passed to expand prohibitions on employer immigration-related threats, and AB 2662 was presented as a way for California to monitor and document federal enforcement actions and report on their community impacts. Throughout the day, the floor featured repeated exchanges over whether the bills addressed real problems or were political messaging, but the measures that came to a vote generally advanced with majority support.

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• How are projects chosen?
• <00:08:02.240> These projects. How are projects chosen? These projects.
• How are projects chosen?
• > strong projects must demonstrate strong projects must demonstrate strong outcomes,<00:08:27.039
• In fiscal projects across the state.

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• Department of Homeland Security to authorize the state of Louisiana to establish a pilot program relative
• Senate Bill 384 by Senator Harris, Innovation and Economic Development; provides for a pilot innovation
• She said the people of New Orleans have dealt with billing chaos, poor communication, delayed projects
• But let me ask you this: our fiscal notes that we usually get, right, aren’t they projected years out
• “So I was appointed by the Speaker to be special projects of the judiciary, and one of those roles was

Bills: HR192, HR193, HR194, HCR80, HCR81, HCR82, HCR83, HCR84, HCR85, HR188, HR189, HR190, HR191, SB134, SB140, SB281, SB331, SB384, SB389, SB415, SB451, SB458, SB479, SB504, SB523, HR38, HR96, HR160, HCR31, HCR61, SCR19, HB316, HB549, HB578, HB646, HB748, HB798, HB824, HB988, HB989, HB1001, HB1032, HB1081, HB1108, HB1129, HB1140, HB1157, HB1186, HB1192, HB1195, HB1198, HB1222, HB1244, SB73, SB89, SB128, SB149, SB191, SB196, SB238, SB318, SB340, HB225, HR1, HR17, HCR5, HCR4, HCR47, HCR32, HB362, HB893, HB990, HB1007, HB1153, HB1243, HB12, HB42, HB205, HB222, HB267, HB324, HB325, HB350, HB478, HB610, HB617, HB745, HB749, HB752, HB797, HB807, HB821, HB896, HB979, HB992, HB1000, HB1024, HB1050, HB1166, HB1172, HB1173, HB1207, HB1218, HB1223, SB162, SB349, SB350, SB382, SB383, SB127, SB244, SB256, HB911, HB306, HB366, HB1161, HB1230, HB59, HB481, HB772, HB897, HB1003, HB1008, HB1112, HB1180, HB1189, HB181, HB1118, HB901, HR20, HR74, HB284, HB393, HB458, HB459, HB525, HB577, HB582, HB605, HB614, HB682, HB733, HB773, HB864, HB996, HB1035, HB1058, HB1082, HB1113, HB1234, HB1240

Keywords: ACOG, maternal health, healthcare professionals, patient-physician relationship, obstetrics, gynecology, condolences, military service, veteran, community, memorial, visual acuity, student health, de-identified data, longitudinal analysis, education policy, property rights, carbon dioxide sequestration, expropriation, Landowner Bill of Rights

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• Um, I think, uh, if you would consider a friendly amendment to turn this into a pilot project where the
• We're going to mix this separately for projects that are not road projects."
• We're going to mix this separately for projects that are not road projects."
• project information, distribute project information, procedures,<00:51:54.960> um<00:51:55.760
• project, schedules and milestones, etc. project, schedules and milestones, etc.

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• this day the Senate amendments to the House bill authorizing municipalities to opt in to a temporary pilot
• House for final passage: House Bill 5478, an act authorizing municipalities to opt in to a temporary pilot
• House for final passage: House Bill 5478, an act authorizing municipalities to opt in to a temporary pilot

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The House opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and adopted two congratulatory resolutions: one honoring Douglas Fire Chief John J. Furno on his retirement and another recognizing the Appalachian Mountain Club’s 150th anniversary and its conservation and outdoor recreation work. The chamber also suspended Joint Rule 12 to allow several petitions to be referred, including a creditable service petition for Thomas Brooks, a retirement-related petition for Springfield Empowerment Zone teachers, and a bridge designation petition for a bridge in Gardner. The House then took up several bills on the calendar. It ordered to a third reading bills authorizing Berkeley to increase its Board of Selectmen, banning the retail sale of dogs, cats, rabbits, and guinea pigs in pet shops, and relating to land interests in West Brookfield. It later passed to be engrossed bills authorizing South Hadley to grant additional all-alcohol licenses and Westford to grant an additional off-premises all-alcohol license. After a recess and a moment of silence honoring Constance “Connie” Ellen Kruger of Amherst, the House returned to consider House Bill 5478, a bill creating a temporary summer 2026 pilot allowing municipalities to opt in to extended liquor-license hours and public consumption in designated districts. The House adopted a further amendment, concurred with the Senate as amended, adopted the emergency preamble, and then passed the bill to be enacted. The House also adopted an order to adjourn and recessed until the next formal session on Wednesday at 11 a.m.