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• Adding in another provision will only delay the process and create more litigation, and there is no incentive
• There is no incentive, as written, for anyone to invoke this violation if there is.

Bills: SB38, SB287, SB291, SB292, SB508, SB618, SB901, SB1436, SB1494, SB1626, SB1719, SB1999, SB1333, SB 38

Keywords: evictions, property law, tenant rights, landlord responsibilities, justice court, court rules, SB 287, Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code, sexually oriented business, adult entertainment, strip club, nude entertainment, live nude performance, alcohol prohibition, alcohol consumption, possession of alcohol, criminal offense, Class A misdemeanor, state jail felony, third degree felony

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• Senate Bill 2066 by Huffman relates to the repeal of the Texas Research Incentive Program to finance.
• Senate Bill 2164 by Parker and Blanco relates to employer incentive payments for childcare for employees

Bills: SCR8, SCR24, SCR25, SB1, SB65, SB315, SB371, SB372, SB379, SB400, SB402, SB406, SB427, SB487, SB502, SB509, SB535, SB610, SB707, SB740, SB761, SB840, SB875, SB893, SB918, SB925, SB965, SB987, SB990, SB995, SB1006, SB1018, SB1073, SB1106, SB1121, SB1194, SB1253, SB1300, SB1343, SB1362, SB1379, SB1447, SB1532, SB1555, SJR36, SJR12, SJR57, SCR25, SCR22, SCR12, SCR24, SCR8, SB565, SB372, SB765, SB62, SB666, SB707, SB888, SB687, SB847, SB1248, SB740, SB14, SB1006, SB504, SB925, SB1121, SB995, SB857, SB305, SB296, SB284, SB815, SB1379, SB1300, SB1497, SB1499, SB1498, SB65, SB241, SB304, SB402, SB621, SB1023, SB1024, SB1106, SB686, SB112, SB371, SB204, SB400, SB609, SB1447, SB670, SB502, SB427, SB850, SB854, SB413, SB1555, SB1362, SB1346, SB1033, SB1220, SB1073, SB810, SB987, SB1539, SB893, SB447, SB875, SB406, SB509, SB985, SB965, SB1119, SB1505, SB24, SB1194, SB1253, SB1215, SB1532, SB1302, SB856, SB650, SB583, SB673, SB840, SB213, SB681, SB1172, SB1252, SB378, SB610, SB918, SB1343, SB608, SB487, SB955, SB957, SB988, SB990, SB1019, SB1021, SB1120, SB251, SB958, SB535, SB761, SB1, SB541, SB315, SB379, SB1018, SB1737, SB266, SB1415, SB1527, SB125, SB599, SB1330, SB53, SB916, SB896, SB1352, SB973, SB785, SB710, SB472, SB1450, SB1502, SB1566, SB414, SB1062, SB1547, SB961, SB1038, SB513, SB578, SB711, SB746, SB942, SB1404, SB1448, SB1738, SB108, SB8, SB318, SB507, SB533, SB689, SB1026, SB1349, SB1355, SB1433, SB1434, SB1596, SB1403, SB1198, SB1146, SB763, SB667

Keywords: central bank digital currency, CBDC, Federal Reserve, digital dollar, digital currency, cashless payments, financial privacy, cybersecurity, government surveillance, financial surveillance, money laundering, terrorism financing, illicit finance, banking policy, monetary policy, payments system, commercial banks, Texas Legislature, concurrent resolution, federal reserve digital currency

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• members, just a couple of years ago, I had a bill in which we passed that gave them an income tax incentive
• Yeah, I remember that incentive. So those little things are going a long way.

Keywords: 1136, house, all

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• An act relating to economic development incentives, requiring the Economic Development Department to
• staff of the **Legislative Finance Committee** for purposes of evaluating the Economic Development Incentives

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• Crucially, this legislation also creates a perverse incentive structure that freezes platforms in time
• <01:01:37.520> structure<01:01:38.160> that a perverse in incentive structure that
• a perverse in incentive structure that freezes<01:01:39.119> platforms<01:01:39.680> in
• big incentive one other big incentive we<04:36:25.279> never<04:36:25.520> would<04:36:
• <04:39:17.199> to<04:39:17.439> the including the incentive to the including the incentive

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• I'm just wondering what your thoughts are on what the uh incentive there might be.
• I'm just wondering what your thoughts are on what the uh incentive there might be.
• thoughts are on what the uh incentive thoughts are on what the uh incentive there<00:55:13.359><
• and uh to establish and that incentive and uh to establish and<02:15:41.679> promulgate<02:15
• and some oversight, provide incentives and some oversight, some<02:22:16.880> accountability<

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• court accompaniment, four law enforcement accompaniment, and financial assistance which included relocation
• 34.880> included financial assistance which included financial assistance which included relocation
• So, there's a lot of incentives for people to make up things, especially with custody or living together
• There's other bills before the legislative body this year that are going to dive deep into those incentives

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee held a public hearing on House Bill 1651, which would create a civil sexual assault protective order for survivors who do not have a domestic violence or stalking relationship with the offender, and would also update the sexual assault survivors’ bill of rights regarding evidence kit retention and tracking. Representative Jennifer Rhodes, the sponsor, said the bill is intended to fill gaps for survivors assaulted by strangers, acquaintances, or others outside existing protective-order categories, and to ensure evidence is preserved for the longer of the statute of limitations or the retention period. Committee members asked whether the new order could be misused and how the bill would prevent frivolous petitions; the sponsor said the same legal process would apply and a victim would still have to prove they were actually assaulted. Representative Eileen Kelly and Lynn Shallet of the New Hampshire Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence testified in support, saying current law leaves many sexual assault survivors without a meaningful civil remedy unless they qualify for domestic violence or stalking relief. Shallet said the gap has existed for decades and noted that other states already have standalone sexual assault protective orders. She also said the bill would clarify survivors’ rights to know the status and location of their evidence kits. Shauna Foster of New Beginnings Without Violence and Abuse described local cases where survivors were denied protective orders because they lacked the required relationship with the offender, including a co-worker assault and an assault involving an unhoused survivor. Lisa Curtis, a survivor and founder of Safe Haven Ballet, gave emotional testimony in support, describing her own sexual assault and the difficulty of seeking protection and justice. She said survivors need safety to recover and that the bill would better align the justice system with trauma-informed support. Janet Carroll, a sexual assault nurse examiner and advisory board co-chair, testified that the bill’s evidence-kit provisions reflect federal changes and existing tracking practices. She explained that New Hampshire uses a kit tracking system that lets patients and professionals follow kits through the process, and said the bill would codify the right to be informed of a kit’s status and location. No vote was taken during the hearing.

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• In addition, commercial users are also among the primary beneficiaries of Empower incentives.
• <03:19:03.000> like create some tax credit incentives like create some tax credit incentives
• that encourage businesses to incentives that encourage businesses to invest<03:22:37.200> in<
• So, I continue with the minority leader's drive for financial incentives and tax breaks.
• > the So, incentives might have the So, incentives might have the appropriate<03:27:21.560>

Keywords: House streaming session for Tuesday, March 17, 2026, 957, house, all

Summary: The House opened with prayer, a quorum call showing 116 members present, and approval of the previous day’s journal. It then took up three ceremonial resolutions. One honored Robert Buchanan for his philanthropy, community leadership, and service in the greater Washington region; another welcomed a visiting delegation from County Tipperary, Ireland, and recognized efforts to strengthen Maryland-Ireland ties; and a third congratulated Dr. Miriam Rogers on her retirement as superintendent of Baltimore County Public Schools and her 2026 Woman in School Leadership Award. The chamber then moved through a series of committee reports, largely adopting favorable reports on bills without objection and ordering them to third reading. Measures included House Bills 435, 954, 1087, 1470, 936, 1110, 1554, 187, 324, 688, 776, 1152, 1320, and 1348, covering topics such as movie captioning in public accommodations, procurement and finance, health care facilities, school food procurement, tax foreclosure notice requirements, agricultural electricity tax study, expungement, child support rights, intercepted communications penalties, juvenile supervision, police orders studies, victim notification, and human trafficking reporting. Several bills were amended before being advanced, including House Bill 768 on benefits for children in custody, which added a foster youth savings program; House Bill 877 on institutional debt reporting, which changed reporting dates and required a data dictionary; House Bill 1092 on child advocacy centers, which clarified continuity-of-care standards and technical assistance grants; House Bill 310 on restrictive housing for people with developmental or intellectual disabilities, which required assessment at admission; House Bill 634 on police training, which added training on intellectual and developmental disabilities; House Bill 750 on access to religious facilities; House Bill 752 on gift card valuation and forgery; House Bill 1005 on child abuse and neglect reporting; and House Bill 1105 on consumer protection limitations, which was amended to apply only to civil suits. House Bill 1105 drew additional discussion, with the minority leader asking for a special order to review the changes, and the House agreed to postpone it until the appropriate time the next day. Later, House Bill 953, which would authorize transfers from the Revenue Stabilization Account to the State Disaster Recovery Fund, prompted extended questioning about Western Maryland flooding, FEMA denials, and the state’s response; the bill was presented as a way to provide relief after federal aid was denied. The transcript ends with the House still in session and continuing through the appropriations report.

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• And House File 624 fundamentally works to drive money towards fish stocking by giving an incentive to
• And as part of that incentive, you get to use a second line in the summer and four lines in the winter
• to use to purchase walley incentive to use to purchase walley stamps.<00:03:14.640> And<00:03
• And as part of that incentive, stamps.
• And this would give you an incentive. You know, the current walleye stamp is $5.

Bills: HF624

Keywords: HF624, Minnesota fishing law, game and fish, walleye stamp, walleye stamp validation, angling, angler, fishing lines, two lines, four lines, open water fishing, ice fishing, Department of Natural Resources, DNR, fishing regulations, fish harvest, conservation, Minnesota Statutes 97C.315, 1183, house

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• Um, but the structure of utility regulation, which guarantees a rate of return, creates an incentive
• and I told him that what my idea was is the state should pick up the cost of the election as an incentive
• :51.680> an pick up the cost of the election as an pick up the cost of the election as an incentive
• to towns that choose to adopt incentive to towns that choose to adopt it.<00:51:55.760> Um,<00
• is to get them to move to that incentive is to get them to move to that date<00:55:37.920> for

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• Um, I've not heard of any incentive for early adoption.
• <00:41:27.200> uh<00:41:28.560> for not heard of any in incentive uh for not heard
• of any in incentive uh for early<00:41:29.119> adoption.
• <00:52:44.480> honestly<00:52:44.960> in and they have an incentive honestly in and
• they have an incentive honestly in terms<00:52:45.440> of<00:52:46.480> um<00:52:46.800

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• The program includes a 10% incentive payment for providers who accept early learning scholarships, CCAP
• The program includes a 10% incentive payment for providers who accept early learning scholarships, CCAP
• The program includes a 10% incentive payment for providers who accept early learning scholarships, CCAP
• <00:31:48.480> payment program includes a 10% incentive payment program includes a 10% incentive
• <01:40:21.520> based<01:40:21.840> propo proposal or an incentive based propo proposal

Bills: HF2436

Keywords: child welfare, economic assistance, child care, grant program, video security cameras, 1183, house

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• Removing that incentive, he argued, tacitly approves doing the wrong thing.
• And when you remove that incentive<01:16:14.480> to<01:16:14.719> do<01:16:14.880> the
• to do the right thing, we feel incentive to do the right thing, we feel like<01:16:16.719> it's
• Then down at the state level in 1998, we put up here are a couple of incentives to encourage you to do
• saying if we remove these incentives saying if we remove these incentives statewide,<01:21:31.920

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• And so that's really creating a bad incentive.
• And so this bill will get rid of any of those incentives to misclassify employees.
• The more we remove incentives to cheat, the better we'll all be in the long run.
• We're creating an incentive for employers to misclassify right now.
• We're creating an incentive for that.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• This incentive means rehabbing obsolete, vacant, and blighted properties and turning them into thriving
• This incentive means rehabbing obsolete, vacant, and blighted properties and turning them into thriving
• This incentive means rehabbing obsolete, vacant, and blighted properties and turning them into thriving
• Our developers were highly motivated by these incentives because they address one of the most uncertain
• because they address one of incentives because they address one of the<01:12:46.239> most<01:

Keywords: 1183, house

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• for blending and nation's best incentive for blending and producing<00:32:20.120> saff<00:32:
• We're now working with the state to add matching dollars to that incentive and ensure that the state's
• We're now working with the state to add matching dollars to that incentive and ensure that the state's
• We're now working with the state to add matching dollars to that incentive and ensure that the state's
• We're now working with the state to add matching dollars to that incentive and ensure that the state's

Keywords: 1183, house

Summary: The House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee held an introductory meeting that began with housekeeping, a correction to the committee rules (the room number should be G3, not G35), and member and staff introductions. Members described their districts, agricultural ties, and priorities for the session, including consumer food costs, urban agriculture, farm economics, livestock disease preparedness, and support for Minnesota’s agricultural sectors. No votes were taken during the introductory portion. The committee then turned to sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). Deputy Commissioner Andrea Veble of the Minnesota Department of Agriculture said the Walz administration strongly supports SAF because of its potential for agriculture, forestry, and clean energy, and reviewed Minnesota’s 2023 SAF tax credit and related sales tax exemption. She said the state has feedstocks and should continue investing so Minnesota can attract SAF production and support rural jobs. Jeff Davidman of Delta Airlines testified that aviation is difficult to decarbonize and that SAF is the airline industry’s main path to net zero by 2050; he cited current use of SAF, the need to scale production, and Minnesota’s role in supplying feedstocks and hosting future production. Peter Frost of Greater MSP described the Minnesota SAF Hub as a public-private partnership aimed at building the full SAF value chain in Minnesota. He emphasized that Greater MSP is coordinating investors and partners to grow the regional economy and said the SAF effort is intended to create jobs and economic development. Committee members did not ask questions during the portion captured, and no formal action or vote was recorded on the SAF presentations in this transcript excerpt.

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• And I think it also speaks to that it would be very difficult for someone who needs to relocate for safety
• And I think it also speaks to that it would be very difficult for someone who needs to relocate for safety
• And I think it also speaks to that it would be very difficult for someone who needs to relocate for safety

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• An alternate to an upfront sales tax exemption is a direct payment incentive, like a grant or a loan.
• The estimates include the Minnesota solar energy production incentive program, the federal residential
• Examples of programs not included in these estimates are incentive programs offered by utility providers
• <01:14:02.080> program,<01:14:02.800> the energy production incentive program, the
• energy production incentive program, the federal<01:14:03.360> residential<01:14:03.920> clean

Keywords: 1183, house

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• On article 3, page 9, it's the solar energy production incentive program.
• It's an energy production incentive for solar. So who's receiving it? Companies that produce solar?
• incentive incentive program.<00:19:14.760> Uh,<00:19:15.760> beginning<00:19:16.000>
• 21:05.840> a<00:21:06.159> energy<00:21:06.559> production<00:21:07.039> incentive
• <00:21:07.520> for it's a energy production incentive for it's a energy production incentive

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• drinking water, respiratory illness due to mold from flooding, and mental stress for people facing relocation

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The committee hearing focused on a broad set of climate, energy, and environmental justice proposals. Early testimony strongly supported the Climate Change Superfund or “Polluter Pays” bill (H.1014/S.58), which would assess the largest fossil fuel emitters for a one-time fee based on historic emissions to fund climate adaptation. Sponsors argued the bill is modeled on Superfund cleanup principles, would target only the largest multinational polluters, would not be passed on to consumers, and would direct a significant share of funds to environmental justice communities. Committee members asked about the number of companies covered, consumer impacts, and whether the bill would address other forms of environmental destruction; sponsors said it was limited to major fossil fuel companies with a Massachusetts footprint and did not cover other pollution sources. The committee also heard testimony on a fusion energy compact proposal (S.673) that would direct the administration to develop a framework for a New England regional compact to accelerate fusion research, workforce development, and supply-chain growth. Supporters from MIT and the Association of Independent Colleges and Universities said fusion could become a major clean-energy and economic opportunity, but acknowledged the technology is not yet commercially viable and still has unresolved technical, cost, and waste-management questions. Members pressed on environmental impacts, siting, waste, costs, and whether the bill would create a compact or only a framework; sponsors said it would only create the framework and that the administration would need to negotiate with other states. Another major topic was a pilot program for nature-based climate solutions (H.971/S.??), backed by legislators, Boston Harbor Now, and UMass Boston’s Stone Living Lab. Witnesses said the bill would help speed permits for research and demonstration projects such as living shorelines, marsh restoration, and hybrid “green-to-gray” flood protections, while maintaining safeguards and protecting Indigenous and historic resources. Committee members asked how the proposal would interact with other permitting reforms and whether it could conflict with housing or wetland-related streamlining; supporters said it was complementary and aimed at making projects faster, more affordable, and more data-driven. The hearing also covered climate-safe buildings and climate adaptation funding bills. Supporters of H.1004/S.583 said current building codes do not adequately account for future flooding, heat, and wind, and the bill would add climate expertise to the building board, allow stretch resilience codes, expand floodplain standards, and create a retrofit program. Related testimony backed H.938/S.572, which would create a dedicated climate and community resilience fund financed by a small fee on property insurance premiums; advocates said it would provide stable long-term revenue for adaptation, especially in environmental justice communities, and help replace unreliable federal funding. One witness from CLF supported the climate-safe buildings and funding bills but opposed S.560/H.939 as too broad. The committee also heard testimony on airport air-quality legislation (H.997) calling for more monitoring and mitigation of ultra-fine particulate pollution around Logan Airport and Massport communities. No votes were taken during the hearing.