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• First New Testament is committed to serving the community, meeting practical needs, and ministering on
• CPA profession, working collaboratively with the Louisiana Legislature, the Louisiana Department of Revenue
• His leadership reflects a deep personal and professional commitment to the university's legacy, its students
• Bill 1259 by Representative Beaham is an act to amend Title 14 relative to wearing masks while committing
• The House amendments clarified a portion of the recurring severance tax revenues that are collected.

Keywords: 974, senate, all

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• PERCEPTION GOING AROUND THAT PILOTS ARE OPPOSED TO FEES AND WE DO REALIZE THAT AIRPORTS NEED TO HAVE REVENUE
• FIVE BUT EXEMPT AIRCRAFT LOW TO 500 TO 1200 POUNDS RESULTING IN A BIT OVER $40,000 MORE PER YEAR REVENUE
• SUPPORT THE LEGISLATIVE POLICY BUT I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME WORK ON THE BILL, AND BE HAPPY TO COMMIT
• THERE IS NO REASON WHY THIS BILL SHOULD NOT PASS THROUGH THIS COMMITTEE WITH A COMMITMENT FROM THE SPONSOR
• YOUR BILL HAS BEEN REFERENCED TO THREE COMMITTEES AND I WILL ASK YOU IN YOUR CLOSE TO COMMIT TO THESE

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• Finally, we remain committed to the ongoing transformation of the Global Household Goods Program.
• We're both committed to the country. He's much more fitter than I am.
• Do we still have your commitment that you're going to give us a complete list of what you need in terms
• And by transferring all of them those and earning revenue for doing it, it maintains a business model
• of business model that keeps those ships ready and on the water by cutting out one part of their revenue

Keywords: Transcom, logistics, military readiness, air refueling, KC-135, KC-46, strategic infrastructure, geopolitical threats, Alaska

Summary: During this meeting, the committee hosted an extensive discussion on the operations and logistical challenges facing the U.S. Transportation Command (Transcom). General Reid provided testimony on key areas including the importance of maintaining robust logistical capabilities in contested environments, particularly in relation to geopolitical threats posed by adversarial nations. Various members emphasized the necessity for modernization of the air refueling fleet, addressing issues such as the readiness of the KC-135 and the procurement of the next-generation KC-46 aircraft, which has experienced delays and technical challenges. The dialogue further extended to the strategic importance of U.S. ports and transportation infrastructure, especially in regions like Alaska which play a crucial role in military logistics and power projection.

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• Tax revenue up to the state.
• So we, the Southeast New Mexico communities lost that revenue stream.
• This bill has no fiscal impact on state government revenues or expenses.
• And then are there revenue bonds that don't currently exist?
• to create general revenue taxes.

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• unless they're exempt, is deposited into the general revenue fund.
• The committee substitute solely amends the government code to exempt the sk from the general revenue
• Half of the revenue deposit.
• Deposited to the state highway fund and the other half distributed to counties via the general revenue
• The state highway Fund is missing out on approximately $3 million every year in non-dedicated revenue

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• My intention was to not cut out uh revenue, tax revenue, but also potentially markup revenue.
• My intention was to not cut out uh revenue, tax revenue, but also potentially markup revenue.
• My intention was to not cut out uh revenue, tax revenue, but also potentially markup revenue.
• Um, revenue.
• that would be a $4 million revenue loss. that would be a $4 million revenue loss.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• And they do it with such grace and commitment to public service that they make all of us proud every
• This bill will establish the commitment to fund the administration. ...and more effective.
• And so it is my understanding that the governor and the Senate have committed to clean up language to
• It's about raising revenue...” “...about what VMT is all about.
• Revenue Tax will not be meeting today.

Summary: The Assembly convened after a quorum call, prayer, and pledge, then moved through a long floor session focused heavily on budget trailer bills, labor agreements, housing, environmental review, and several resolutions. Members also introduced visiting guests, including family members, district staff, Mandela Washington Fellows, and UC Berkeley public policy students. Procedural motions were taken up early, including a successful roll-call vote to suspend rules so certain budget-related bills could be heard without reference to file. The chamber approved several major budget measures. SB 129, the labor trailer bill, passed 56-4 after supporters said it made technical budget adjustments, funded collective bargaining, supported In-Home Supportive Services, and addressed pension and project-related issues. SB 131, the public resources and housing trailer bill, passed 50-3 after extensive debate over homelessness funding, CEQA exemptions, advanced manufacturing, high-speed rail, rural access to funds, tribal consultation, and environmental protections; multiple members voiced support while also urging follow-up changes. The Assembly also adopted SB 139, implementing agreements for professional and operating engineers, by 69-1, and SB 140, implementing the correctional officers’ agreement, by 71-0. Later, AB 130, the housing trailer bill, was taken up on concurrence in Senate amendments after a successful rule suspension; members discussed tribal consultation protections, CEQA reform, prevailing wage, and vehicle miles traveled provisions, with debate continuing as the transcript ended. The Assembly also concurred in Senate amendments to AB 927, extending the Williams inspection window for certain school districts, which passed 70-0. In addition, ACR 16 naming the 10th Street Bridge the POW/MIA Bridge passed 70-0. AJR 9, urging full and consistent federal funding for the National Park Service, drew broad bipartisan support and passed 66-0 after members highlighted California parks’ economic and cultural importance. HR 47, recognizing the Fourth of July and the Declaration of Independence, prompted extended remarks on democracy, civics, immigration, military service, and community celebrations before being adopted by voice vote with 64 co-authors added. The consent calendar was also adopted 64-0.

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• You know, there's a constitutional mandate for them to generate revenues from state... Lands.
• In other words, has it been committed but not spent?
• I bring that up because my understanding is that frequently when states make a commitment to provide
• And also, we know that there's a balance between our revenue sports and how they fund other sports.
• He's been here since two, and obviously, we're committed to being here and really taking the time.

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• And the revenue to increase the fee revenue to increase in tandem to match on line 131 the HMO fee appropriation
• was a recommendation to include the authority to spend the additional revenue that was generated for
• /c><00:07:21.199> a<00:07:21.440> revenue<00:07:22.160> increase 2025 um revenue
• um a revenue increase 2025 um revenue um a revenue increase was<00:07:23.039> uh<00:07:23.199
• The Minnesota Hospital Association is committed to patient access to care.

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: The committee took up House File 4466, the sub health supplemental budget bill, and moved it to the Ways and Means Committee after a walkthrough of the fiscal spreadsheet and the DE1 amendment. Nonpartisan staff explained that the bill produces general fund savings of about $2.4 million in FY27 for the 2026-27 biennium and about $97.7 million in the next biennium, with most savings tied to HR1-related Medical Assistance changes affecting adults without children. The Department of Health provisions were described as largely cost-neutral, with some increases for implementation, data, and IT work. Staff then reviewed the DE1, which combines several bills into four articles. The bill includes health licensing board changes, Department of Health provisions such as all-payer claims database fees, newborn screening fee exceptions, loan forgiveness and scholarship program extensions, workforce shortage grant changes, and reciprocal licensure and mortuary science provisions. The federal conformity article makes changes related to MA work and community engagement requirements, six-month renewals, retroactive eligibility limits, contact information updates, cost sharing for MA expansion enrollees, and related provider tax and disability-notice provisions. Article 4 and Article 5 were described as forecast adjustments for DHS and the Department of Children, Youth, and Families. Public testimony focused largely on the federal conformity and eligibility provisions. Legal aid testified that the work requirements and retroactive eligibility changes would be confusing, could expand requirements beyond intended groups, and would increase uncompensated care. The Minnesota Hospital Association said shortening retroactive eligibility would increase uncompensated care and strain hospital finances, and Unidos Minnesota criticized the immigrant eligibility changes as harmful to lawfully present immigrants and Native communities. Blood Cancer United supported the all-payer claims database provisions and urged attention to fertility coverage. Representative Elkins offered an amendment to add $55,000 for the Department of Health to include denied-claims data in the all-payer claims database; Department of Health staff said the idea was useful and provided a one-time setup cost, but the amendment was not acted on in the portion of the transcript provided.

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• revenue source into the system.
• So if you're 11 or 12, depending on your situation, just say you committed a crime.
• If you violated or committed a violent crime, like for example, just say you assaulted somebody or committed
• A delinquent child is a child that has committed a crime, like an assault or theft or something like
• A status offender is a minor that has not committed a crime; they only broke a rule.

Keywords: 1136, house, all

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• The remaining 48% of the funding is general revenue and state trust funds.
• financial outlook published at last September's Legislative Budget Committee meeting, the general revenue
• As it relates to human trafficking, we remain committed to raising awareness of human trafficking in
• You have my commitment here that we take this issue very seriously, we take the concerns that have been
• I'll reiterate my commitment that I made earlier that, you know, based on the feedback that we've been

Summary: The Health Care Budget Subcommittee met to organize the new term, take roll, and hear introductory presentations from the six agencies under its jurisdiction: the Agency for Health Care Administration, Agency for Persons with Disabilities, Department of Children and Families, Department of Elder Affairs, Department of Health, and Department of Veterans’ Affairs. The chair outlined the committee process, including assigning members to review agencies and make budget recommendations. Each agency head gave a high-level overview of their budget, staffing, major programs, and priorities, with recurring themes including Medicaid, long-term care, disability services, child welfare, mental health, aging services, public health, and veterans’ health care. Several agency leaders highlighted recent initiatives and funding priorities. AHCA emphasized Medicaid managed care, provider regulation, Hope Florida, hospital-at-home, and cancer-related efforts; APD discussed iBudget services, Hope Florida, a managed-care pilot, online applications, and forensic care costs; DCF focused on child protection, foster care, adult protective services, food/cash/medical assistance, mental health, and opioid treatment; Elder Affairs highlighted Alzheimer’s services, community-based senior care, guardianship, ombudsman services, and disaster outreach; DOH covered cancer innovation, maternal telehealth, cybersecurity, HIV/hepatitis/syphilis screening, and school nursing; and Veterans Affairs described benefits and health care access for veterans, long-term care, and federal reimbursement. Several speakers also raised concerns about rising costs, provider rates, disaster response, and access to services. The committee heard two public comments from disability advocates about Medicaid redeterminations affecting iBudget waiver recipients and provider payment delays. In response, AHCA and APD said they were coordinating on data sharing, early outreach, escalation processes, and efforts to reduce disenrollments and make recertification smoother. Members then asked questions about provider rates, opioid settlement spending, managed care quality measures, pediatric rare disease grants, group home transparency, senior outreach, ABA services moving into managed care, annual Medicaid recertification, veterans’ service utilization, waiting lists for elder services, and prevention spending. No formal votes were taken during the meeting.

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• is we need to match up our our Revenue is we need to match up our our Revenue source<01:02:48.559
• <01:35:44.119> thank will will actually make Revenue thank will will actually make Revenue
• <01:46:33.719> from increasing numbers of uh revenue from increasing numbers of uh revenue
• The revenue impact in our testimony is limited to just the tax revenue impact.
• currently looking to fund this revenue currently looking to fund this revenue is<01:56:11.800>

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• This fund, excuse me, a product of our state's commitment to education, is fueled by revenue generated
• This is money into the general funds for our commitment to education is fueled by commitment to education
• <00:14:13.640> lands revenue generated from state-owned lands revenue generated from state-owned
• <00:38:06.880> from importantly, your view of revenues from importantly, your view of revenues
• particular fund, even though a revenue particular fund, even though a revenue stream<01:10:28.680

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• It's hard for the farmers, you know, out there with the crimes being committed on top of their farms
• <01:11:02.840> by in the lost in the lost revenue by in the lost in the lost revenue by unpaid
• had they committed the insurance fraud. had they committed the insurance fraud.
• be liable for insurance fraud committed be liable for insurance fraud committed by<01:27:33.160>
• How many crimes were committed with licensed versus unlicensed firearms?

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The committee heard testimony on SB 83, which would require hotel keepers to give adequate notice of service disruptions to guests and third-party vendors. The Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs Office of Consumer Protection supported the bill but asked for amendments to restore remedies and add a nonwaiver provision, arguing that without penalties the measure would lack consequences and that consumers should not be able to waive the notice rights. Supporters, including Unite Here Local 5 and individual testifiers, said guests deserve transparency and meaningful recourse when disruptions occur, especially for labor disputes, construction, or other service interruptions that affect the experience they paid for. Hotel industry representatives, including the American Hotel and Lodging Association, the Hawaii Hotel Alliance, and hotel workers/testifiers, opposed the bill in its current form while offering amendments. They said the measure was too broad, difficult to implement, and could interfere with collective bargaining, third-party booking systems, and existing contracts. They also argued that some disruptions are not easily known in advance and that the bill unfairly singles out hotels compared with other industries. One testifier emphasized that notice should be required only for actual, known disruptions rather than potential events, and another raised concerns about applying the bill to properties not directly involved in a labor dispute. After the SB 83 testimony, the committee moved on to SB 2798, which would make permanent and expand statewide the agricultural enforcement pilot program created in 2025 and rename it the agricultural enforcement program. The chair introduced the measure and called on the Hawaii Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity as the first testifier, but the transcript excerpt ends before testimony or any vote on SB 2798.

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• the Texas Association, this situation has led to an estimated $500,000 in damages. ...million in revenue
• Multiple victims: one person committed fraud, they sell the property to another, and this person sells
• This only targets individuals who attempt to commit fraud or who are involved in selling or transferring
• It is for people who try to go outside of title and outside of escrow to commit deed fraud.
• The change would also allow the state of Texas to get more revenue because The telemarketers who send

Bills: HB1958, HB2031, HB2879, HB3285, HB3995, HB4487, HB4558, HB4560, HB4876, HB4899, HB5212, HB5317, HB5543, HB5567, SB1333

Keywords: firearm possession, tenant rights, landlord regulations, civil penalties, property code, justified use of force, deadly force, property rights, home defense, smart devices, data privacy, personal data collection, user consent, mobile application, data transparency, HOA, property owners association, property owners' association, Texas Property Code, Chapter 202

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• Pride isn't just a celebration; it's a commitment. Thank you. Thank you, Assemblywoman.
• As an out-LGBTQ+ leader, she is committed to building inclusion.
• He is committed to creating safe, welcoming spaces where unity and pride continue to thrive.
• Hilliard brings deep experience and a strong commitment to continuing Loma Linda's mission.
• Revenue and Taxation also at 3:30 p.m. in Capitol Room 126.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• Should this bill advance today, I'm committed to narrowing the bill to solely mortgage loans to tackle
• Discrimination in lending has no place in California, and credit unions remain committed to serving all
• Thank you for committing to amendments here and also committing to the amendments to come.
• My name is Carolyn Veil Hunter of Sloat Higgins Jensen and Associates, on behalf of the Revenue-based
• Finance Coalition, an organization of responsible providers of revenue-based financing to small and

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• We are committed to conducting a study and committing to give. input into it, but we also feel, given
• And we appreciate your commitment to the state of Texas, by the way. Thank you.
• Yes, that is our commitment from our chairman and CEO.
• I mean that's our commitment, so there are a number of...
• And we use double; you know, our investment of $3.5 billion is double our annual revenue. Revenue.

Bills: SB1757, SB1758, SB1898, SB2050

Keywords: rock crushing, permits, air quality, environmental monitoring, aggregate production, seismicity, public meeting, land use, SB 1758, cement kiln, portland cement, aggregate production operation, aggregate quarry, semiconductor wafer manufacturing, chip fabrication, semiconductor plant, vibration, seismic disturbance, liability limitation, TCEQ

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• fund for the great start revenue fund for the great start compensation<00:17:44.799> support<
• <00:30:50.960> to much for your strong commitment to much for your strong commitment to funding
• Had their footage gone further back, there would be a conviction for the atrocities committed against
• , we are committed to serving young<00:50:53.040> people<00:50:53.280> by<00:50:53.520>
• We're committed to working the plan.

Bills: HF2436

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

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• We can stack the revenue streams. We can bring in project financing.
• There's revenue streams that will come to the state through this entire economy.
• wells, and that could have the potential to bring in more than a billion dollars in just for VBQ revenue
• So we could lease out state trust land and bring that revenue to trust beneficiaries.
• So we could lease out state trust land and bring that revenue to trust beneficiaries.

Summary: The committee held an interim work session focused first on carbon capture, utilization, and sequestration (CCUS), then on hazardous waste and extended producer responsibility (EPR). On the CCUS topic, industry and nonprofit presenters described point-source capture, direct air capture, mineralization, and geologic sequestration, emphasizing Washington’s basalt formations and state trust lands as strong candidates for storage. They argued that CCUS can help hard-to-abate industrial sectors, support jobs and investment, and provide a pathway for compliance, while also noting the need for clearer permitting, subsurface rights, pipeline authority, and storage infrastructure. Ecology and Commerce staff explained current state policy touchpoints, including Cap-and-Invest offsets and exemptions for permanently stored CO2, the public comment process underway to define “thousand-year” permanence, and how CCUS might fit within the Clean Energy Transformation Act without counting emitting generation as non-emitting. Some presenters supported more state action and primacy over federal permitting, while others warned about costs, energy use, uncertain capture performance, and the need to ensure real net greenhouse gas reductions and long-term liability protections. Members asked about public meetings, whether mineralized carbon would qualify as exempt under the Climate Commitment Act, the timeline for Ecology guidance, aquifer and water-quality concerns, energy intensity of capture systems, and liability if storage later proves problematic. Responses said Ecology’s guidance process is already underway, public meetings will be virtual, mineralized carbon would likely qualify if it meets the permanence standard, and EPA rules require storage in deep saline formations below drinking water aquifers. Industry speakers said capture energy use varies by source and concentration, and one presenter noted that some states use trust funds funded by injectors to address long-term liability. The second half of the session shifted to hazardous waste and EPR. Ecology staff reviewed existing product stewardship programs for electronics, paint, batteries, and mercury lights, and described moderate risk waste and household hazardous waste management in Washington. They highlighted that E-Cycle and PaintCare are producer-funded, that the battery stewardship program will begin in 2027, and that the mercury lamp program is in transition after its prior stewardship organization exited, prompting enforcement notices and a pending replacement plan. Ecology recommended best practices for future EPR programs, including clear producer and product definitions, full producer funding, convenience standards, annual reporting, and strong agency enforcement and plan approval authority. Local government speakers from King County and Douglas County described rising collection costs, equity and access barriers, rural travel distances, and the need for stable funding and flexible local implementation. King County said it collected over 3 million pounds of hazardous products in 2025 and supports EPR as a way to shift costs from ratepayers to producers, while Douglas County emphasized that rural residents will participate when services are accessible and that future systems should account for geography and local infrastructure.