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• But it doesn't mean the market is driving that. It doesn't mean economics is driving that.
• But it doesn't mean the market is driving that. It doesn't mean economics is driving that.
• But it doesn't mean the market is driving that. It doesn't mean economics is driving that.
• But it doesn't mean the market is driving that. It doesn't mean economics is driving that.
• is driving that result. It's politics. is driving that result. It's politics.

Bills: HF3298

Keywords: underground storage tanks, petroleum, reimbursement program, environmental regulation, pollution control, 1183, house

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• Currently, driving while licensed is invalid (DWLI).
• For driving with an invalid license, and then you continue to drive with an invalid license again and
• At the very least, it will be a hard sell.
• They have to drive 80 to 90 miles on the highway.
• Officers see all this behavior, all the driving facts.

Bills: HB316, HB353, HB 1160, HB1414, HB1422, HB1443, HB1713, HB1789, HB1902, HB2073, HB2666, HB2695, HB316

Keywords: motor fuel, criminal offense, metering device, organized crime, Texas Penal Code, trespassing, school safety, day-care centers, education, trespass, public safety, utility employees, criminal penalties, assault, harassment, public duties, safety, law enforcement, driving offenses, license regulations

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• otherwise blameless while they drive otherwise blameless while they drive down<00:30:57.240>
• How come Dad doesn't drive?
• They understand how to drive.
• How come Dad doesn't drive?
• They understand how to drive.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The Transportation Committee met in executive session on several House bills. HB 212, allowing a 180-day operation waiver when a vehicle fails an emissions test, was retained at the sponsor’s request for possible modifications. HB 249, which would have let bicyclists treat stop signs as yields and stop lights as stop signs, was recommended inexpedient to legislate (ITL) by a 9-7 vote, with a minority report expected. The committee then retained HB 298, creating an exception for removing VIN tags from pre-1981 vehicles when needed for repair or restoration, by a 15-1 vote. HB 411-FN, making handheld device use while driving a secondary offense, was recommended ITL by consent after members argued the current primary-offense law is more effective for enforcement and safety. On HB 414, which would have barred DMV license suspensions based on debts owed to private towing or storage companies, the committee rejected ITL and instead retained the bill 16-0 after members split over whether the current law unfairly ties driving privileges to private debt collection. HB 441, addressing visible diesel emissions and “rolling coal,” was recommended ITL 16-0 because members said the conduct is already illegal under existing state and federal law. The committee then took up HB 461, concerning Department of Safety and DMV training and testing materials, where members debated whether driver testing should be limited to English and whether multilingual materials are a safety necessity or discriminatory; the transcript cuts off before a final vote is shown.

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• folks can drive and you know black folks can drive and you know black folks can drive luxury cars too
• so much so they drive to court driving so much so they drive to court driving so much so they drive
• a driving fine in cost uh by by driving a driving fine in cost uh by by driving a driving the vehicle
• to let people drive right we're going to let people drive right we're going to let people drive cars
• my kids to school I had to drive drive my kids to school I had to drive drive my kids to school I had

Bills: HCR 21, HCR 22, HCR 23, HCR 24, HCR 25, HCR 26, HCR 27, HCR 31, HCR 41, HCR 42, HCR 43, HCR 44, HCR 45, HCR 52, HCR 53, HCR 66, HCR 67, HCR 73, HR 8, HR 10, HR 13, HR 20, HR 21, HR 50, HR 59, HR 61, HR 71, HR 74, HR 79, HR 84, HR 86, HR 90, HR 91, HR 102, HR 103, HR 107, HR 113, HR 125, HR 126, HR 132, HR 142, HR 145, HR 149, HR 150, HR 152, HR 167, HR 179, HR 181, HR 183, HR 186, HR 192, HR 196, HR 199, HR 207, HR 211, HR 212, HR 213, HR 216, HR 249, HR 256, HR 259, HR 261, HR 263, HR 272, HR 281, HR 285, HR 294, HR 295, HR 300, HR 305, HR 311, HR 313, HR 315, HR 316, HR 323, HR 331, HR 339, HR 340, HR 346, HR 349, HR 352, HR 357, HR 358, HR 360, HR 363, HR 374, HR 377, HCR 20, HCR 28, HCR 30, HCR 32, HCR 49, HR 14, HR 15, HR 19, HR 23, HR 24, HR 25, HR 26, HR 27, HR 29, HR 47, HR 48, HR 55, HR 56, HR 66, HR 85, HR 92, HR 93, HR 95, HR 96, HR 140, HR 155, HR 164, HR 204, HR 241, HR 242, HR 250, HR 253, HR 260, HR 262, HR 265, HR 279, HR 310, HR 312, HR 328, HR 332, HR 359, HR 362, HR 367

Keywords: recognition, award, petroleum industry, leadership, community service, HCR 22, House Concurrent Resolution, Texas Legislature, commendation, honorary resolution, Dr. James Olson, James Olson, University of Texas Permian Basin, UT Permian Basin, psychology professor, 50 years of service, faculty recognition, academic award, Piper Professor Award, Regents' Outstanding Teaching Award

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• I also learned that far too many people don't go on interlock and drive anyway.
• For someone who drives without an interlock device when they're only supposed to be driving with one.
• was able to keep driving.
• And to tell Minnesotans what kind of vehicles they can drive.
• Again, I just want to give you a shout out, very grateful for all the hard work you guys do.

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• It's been so hard for so many years.
• He can't drive himself, so he requires somebody to drive him. What happens to health care...
• Maybe they popped one as they're driving on.
• I know far too well how hard it was when he had a broken tooth in February. ...of the first year.
• But we will do the hard work to do the best we can. And with that, we are ready for lunch.

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• And that drives up uncompensated care.
• I know it's a hard position to be in.
• But I hope that we do take this need seriously because I think that's what's driving our costs and driving
• Because a lot of Medicaid, it's hard. It's hard to get reimbursed in Medicaid.
• I appreciate the hard work and the civility.

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• It is a very hard thing.
• Do you know how hard that is to hear from a child?
• This job is so hard.'
• So I've got him driving in 30 minutes to Wagner, getting in a car, and driving an hour to Sallisaw in
• take turns driving down to Sallisaw to demand that office.

Keywords: 914, all

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• 39.599> missing that are unable to drive, and um missing that are unable to drive, and um missing
• the bill that members worked hard on. the bill that members worked hard on.
• For the teenagers looking to drive.
• So, when it comes to hard after that.
• We make the hard governing, we do it.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• school or certified driving instructor.
• school or certified driving instructor.
• school or certified driving instructor.
• school or certified by certified driving school or certified driving<00:03:08.879> instructor.
• Um, I think truck and got him driving.

Bills: HF3650, HF1791, HF3489, HF4231, HF4232, HF4269, HF4270, HF3490

Keywords: student career pathways, education framework, experiential learning, employer engagement, career technical education, career and technical education, CTE, postsecondary scholarship, postsecondary grant, school district funding, cooperative unit, Minnesota high school, apprenticeship, certificate program, tuition assistance, workforce training, military transition, education finance, student aid, career pathways

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• Higher wages and more people in the workforce traditionally drive increases in revenue to individual
• Let me walk you through the table to give a better sense of what's driving that change.
• give a better sense of what's driving give a better sense of what's driving that<00:20:18.880>
• driving revisions in the state forecast. driving revisions in the state forecast.
• So, it's um hard to would be withheld.

Keywords: 1183, house

Summary: Minnesota Management and Budget officials presented the February 2026 budget and economic forecast, saying the state remains in a strong financial position but faces continued structural imbalance and significant uncertainty. Commissioner Aaron Campbell said the FY 2026-27 balance is now projected at more than $3.7 billion, up about $1.3 billion from November, and the FY 2028-29 planning period is projected to end with a $377 million positive balance. He emphasized that the improvement comes largely from higher projected revenues, especially individual income and corporate franchise taxes, but warned that the state is increasingly reliant on more volatile sources such as capital gains, interest income, and corporate profits. State Economist Dr. Anthony Becker said the national outlook improved slightly, with stronger projected GDP, consumer spending, and investment, but weaker payroll growth and ongoing trade-policy uncertainty. He noted that the forecast was complicated by missing federal data because of the federal shutdown, and that tariffs, immigration policy, equity markets, and possible AI-related shifts all present risks. Revenue projections were raised for the current biennium, including individual income tax receipts, sales tax revenue, corporate franchise tax revenue, and other revenues, while Becker stressed that federal funding threats, especially involving Medicaid and other entitlement programs, could materially alter the outlook. State Budget Director Anna Mingi said general fund spending in the current biennium is projected to be $68 million lower than previously estimated, but planning-year spending is up $152 million. The biggest spending changes came from education, where special education costs rose sharply after updated local spending data, and from human services, where a new prepayment review process for certain Medicaid benefits reduced projected spending by $133 million this biennium and $105 million in the next. She also said discretionary inflation is now estimated at $1.04 billion, up $104 million from November. Campbell closed by saying the state’s reserve remains at a record $3.8 billion and that Minnesota’s AAA bond rating and reserve policy help protect against downturns. He cautioned, however, that the long-term structural imbalance remains about $3.4 billion in the planning years, or $2.3 billion excluding discretionary inflation, and urged policymakers to offset any new spending with reductions. No votes or formal actions were taken; the meeting was a presentation and question-and-answer session on the forecast.

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• Driving rideshare in order to make money. That this was such a strange concept.
• And I think generally that's really hard to do in the private marketplace.
• Whether it's an airport drive, is this your full-time job or what do you do?
• It's hard for me to believe it because of how low-risk this technology is.
• It's hard for me to believe it because of how low risk this technology is.

Summary: The committee heard several insurance-related bills. SB 371 by Senator Cabaldon would lower uninsured/underinsured motorist coverage requirements for rideshare companies from the current $1 million level to $100,000 per person and $300,000 per incident, with added transparency and data-reporting provisions. Uber, Lyft, and several business groups supported the bill as a way to reduce fares and improve affordability, while consumer attorneys, labor groups, and others opposed it as a major cut in protection for injured passengers and drivers. Committee members raised concerns about whether savings would actually reach riders and drivers, but the bill was approved on a do-pass vote to the next committee, with one member not voting. SB 487 by Senator Grayson would change how settlement or judgment proceeds are distributed when peace officers or firefighters are injured by a third party, ensuring they receive at least two-thirds of the at-fault party’s liability insurance limits in certain cases. Supporters, including public safety unions and an injured deputy sheriff, said current law can leave injured first responders with little or no recovery after employer reimbursement, while opponents representing cities, counties, and public agencies argued the bill would reduce recovery of taxpayer-funded workers’ compensation costs and lacked sufficient data. The committee members who spoke largely supported the bill, and it passed on a do-pass vote to Appropriations, with one member not voting. SB 616 by Senator Rubio would create an independent community hardening commission within the Department of Insurance to develop statewide wildfire mitigation recommendations and a post-catastrophe reporting process. The Department of Insurance, local governments, consumer groups, and fire-related organizations supported the measure as a way to improve wildfire resilience and insurance availability, while water agencies opposed provisions touching water infrastructure and warned of litigation and ratepayer impacts. The bill advanced on a do-pass vote to Appropriations, with some members not voting and one member voting no. The committee also heard SB 547 by Senator Perez, coauthored by Senator Rubio, which would extend wildfire-related insurance cancellation/nonrenewal moratoriums to commercial properties; insurers removed their opposition after amendments, and the bill passed to Appropriations on a do-pass vote.

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• It is going to drive and increase costs.
• And I would encourage you to sort of drive that for us.
• It is a hard place to make a product.
• $500,000 to build, drives up the cost by $50,000.
• And frankly, I'd have a hard time, and I've got very strong pro- Of people, and frankly I'd have a hard

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 would agree that's a hard person?
• We see that use and drives overdoses.
• will drive people towards cooperation. will drive people towards cooperation.
• <01:55:10.719> and when people get drunk and drive and when people get drunk and drive and
• Drinking and driving on the roads.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• And that gives you some additional privileges while driving in that car.
• And we drive up into the driveway to the call, and there has never been a red sticker.
• If you drive a lumbering old pass.
• And we can say that this isn't going to drive them away.
• this isn't going to drive them away. this isn't going to drive them away.

Keywords: 981, all

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• ingredients our North Star is to drive ingredients our North Star is to drive impact<00:03:31.519
• we're really driving for as an organization.
• <00:07:11.479> economic the marketplace and then drive economic the marketplace and then drive
• that information as well as help Drive that information as well as help Drive some<00:07:48.720>
• representatively um so uh this is a hard representatively um so uh this is a hard question<01:01

Keywords: 1183, house

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• develop the awareness needed to make safe driving decisions in complex driving environments.
• And so this person who's driving 270, which the speed limit is 55 miles an hour, who's driving 270, which
• We're normally associated with drunk driving, drugged driving, but impaired driving is definitely expanding
• We're normally associated with drunk driving, drugged driving, but impaired driving is definitely expanding
• What is your stance on self-driving vehicles being able to literally drive faster than the speed limit

Summary: The Transportation Committee met in executive session and first approved House Bill 1798 by a 9-5 vote after brief discussion, including concerns from some members about omnibus or “Christmas tree” legislation. The committee then adopted a House committee substitute combining House Bills 2553, 1831, and 2328, with one change removing duplicative helmet language and clarifying motorcycle seat-back requirements. That substitute passed unanimously, 15-0. The committee next took up Senate Bill 1408, adopting a House committee substitute and an amendment that cleaned up salvage-title language. Members raised concerns about the bill’s size, the inclusion of multiple bills not previously heard in committee, and possible MoDOT fiscal impacts, while supporters emphasized that it would help streamline vehicle registration and related procedures. The substitute for SB 1408 was approved 8-6 with one present vote. The final hearing was on House Bill 3317, which would allow drivers facing revocation for accumulated points—if at least 40% of the points came from speeding—to regain driving privileges by using an intelligent speed limiting device for a year. Sponsor Representative Gallick and supporters, including a family member of a traffic fatality victim, MADD, and a transportation safety advocacy group, argued the bill would reduce speeding-related crashes while preserving access to work and school. Opponents and skeptical members raised concerns about cost, privacy, enforcement, GPS accuracy, and whether the bill should instead focus on harsher penalties or a revised point system. No vote was taken on HB 3317, and the chair adjourned after indicating it may be the committee’s final meeting of the year.

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• Smudge when things feel hard. You smudge before football games.
• c> who<00:08:42.400> needed<00:08:42.719> to<00:08:42.840> be This part's hard
• Thank you for teaching me the importance of showing up and working hard every day for our people.
• I know the long days away from each other is really hard on us.
• the long hours to would leave and drive the long hours to never<00:13:22.839> miss<00:13:23.080

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: Representative Keeler delivered an emotional farewell speech reflecting on her six years in the House, describing her experience as part of the “Corona Class,” her first day in the chamber, and the challenges of campaigning and governing during the pandemic and after George Floyd’s murder. She emphasized that she came to the Legislature as a mom and community member committed to doing good, and said her work focused on representation, Indigenous visibility, mental health, homelessness, and helping families and children who lacked stable housing or support. She thanked colleagues, staff, and allies for their support, especially Chair Gomez, Melissa, her legislative staff, and others who helped advance work such as the Pathway Home Act and efforts to prevent homelessness. She also spoke about the importance of allyship, tribal-state relations, and the need for more Indigenous and queer voices in public office, saying Minnesota is better because of their presence and urging others to make room for more diverse leadership. Keeler closed with advice to colleagues and future legislators to care for themselves, find common ground across party lines, keep greater Minnesota and remote testimony in mind, and continue working together. The speech ended with thanks to her family, including her children, and a statement that it was time to rest, followed by applause.

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• Under current laws, a speeding ticket can have a greater reflection on a driving record.
• To dismiss one's driving record dismisses the value of the lost life.
• To dismiss one's driving record dismisses the value of the lost life.
• He was killed at 3:49 in the afternoon, driving home after his workout.
• Twenty percent of those costs, at a minimum, are hard costs.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• You must really want to drive.
• You must really want to drive.
• Call in, not while driving.
• And not to my discredit, because I tried very hard.
• Thank you again for your hard work.

Summary: The Louisiana Commission on Civic Education met with a quorum, approved the minutes from its prior meeting, and unanimously approved the 2026–27 membership slate for the Legislative Youth Advisory Council after hearing that more than 300 students applied. The commission also approved LIAC’s budget and mileage reimbursement guidelines, which were updated to reflect the IRS rate increase. Members thanked the Legislature for continuing to fund LIAC after earlier years of sponsor-based support. The meeting featured several civic education presentations tied to the nation’s 250th anniversary. Brandon Burris of the Lieutenant Governor’s office described state parks, museums, library backpack programs, Keep Louisiana Beautiful, and Homework Louisiana as civic and educational resources. Liam Julian of the Sandra Day O’Connor Institute discussed national trends in civics education, teacher discomfort with controversial topics, and the institute’s teacher training, student camps, debate programs, and civics app. Louisiana Public Broadcasting’s Katie Stark and Nancy Torren presented America 250-related materials, including a PBS Kids feature on a Louisiana child and a PBS Learning Media series on Bernardo de Gálvez and Spanish Louisiana, along with teacher training events. LIAC members John Parker and Brandon Routon reported on their work over the year, including school safety efforts, digital service-hour tracking, AP self-study access, minor work permits, AI-generated harassment of minors, and school advisory councils. The Louisiana Center for Law and Civic Education reported on Law Day and Constitution Day programming reaching thousands of students, its summer institute, student and teacher awards, and a proclamation marking the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution. Barry Irwin also reported that legislation to clean up the commission’s membership and quorum provisions had passed the House and been heard in Senate Education. The commission adjourned after thanking staff for managing the meeting during severe weather.