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• To my right and your left in the upper galleries, I have family here. Please stand.
• “This is not about empowering families.
• “Gentlemen from Texas, for what purpose do you rise?” “Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
• Does the gentleman from Texas yield? Yes. Proceed. Good afternoon. Good afternoon.
• Seeing no further discussion, gentlemen from Texas. Mr. Speaker, I close.

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Summary: The House opened with prayer, approval of the prior day’s journal by a 120-0 roll call, and a successful motion to suspend House Rule 98 so members could wear hats on the floor. The chamber then spent time on introductions of special guests, including the Eugene High School Class 2 basketball champions, family members of members, and other visitors. One member also used a personal privilege speech to respond to the U.S. Supreme Court’s voting-rights ruling, arguing it weakens protections for Black voters and other communities of color and calling for expanded access to the ballot. The House received committee reports recommending passage of House Substitute for House Bill 2426 and Senate Substitute No. 2 for Senate Bills 863 and 866. It then agreed to a motion to go to conference on the property-tax omnibus, Senate Bills 1066 and 1088. On third reading, House Bill 3329 passed 142-0 to repeal expired tax credits, and House Bill 3405 passed 138-0 to clean up SALT deduction language and improve tax-credit accounting. House Committee Substitute for House Bill 2426, a parental-rights bill, failed on a 70-60 vote after opponents argued it would burden schools and could endanger vulnerable students, while supporters said it affirmed parents’ fundamental rights. The House also took up House Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 1233, a professional licensure bill dealing with CPA licensing and other occupational-licensure provisions. Members adopted an amendment removing compact language, an amendment allowing APRNs and physician assistants to perform nursing-home physicals was offered but then withdrawn after the sponsor objected, and the bill ultimately passed 129-6. Finally, the chamber debated House Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 1408, a transportation package centered on allowing MoDOT to raise rural interstate speed limits up to 75 mph, with multiple amendments added or removed. The bill drew sharp debate over speed limits, vehicle inspections, DOR language, and road safety, and members also began considering an amendment to add specialty license plates for women’s professional sports teams such as the Kansas City Current and a future WNBA franchise.

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• My wife Jacqueline and I, along with my family, own and operate a deer breeding operation down in North
• He's an associate professor at Texas A&M and a leading geneticist.
• And our deer, he's taken 50,000 markers in the code on the DNA makeup and built a model using data in
• We have a family farm with a family of nine, so our children enjoy everything about running the farm.
• To add to that, in code section 9-2-7, the commissioner of conservation...

Bills: HB509

Keywords: HB509, game breeder, game breeder license, cervid, deer breeder, whitetail deer, elk, fallow deer, deer farm, captive deer, cervidae, wildlife disease, disease testing, antemortem testing, state veterinarian, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, property rights, private property, animal transfer, breeding stock

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• And from the Family Farm Alliance, we have Samantha Barncastle.
• As in 46, for coverage, family, family medical leave. Finance. Finance. Finance. Finance.
• As we 1440, H.O.A.S. 21, single-family residents' purchase limitations.
• As 1442, single-family residents' corporate fire restrictions.
• It was first passed in the Texas House with House Bill 1776.

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• You can see the child income tax credit, which paid out $131 million to New Mexico families.
• So, these are just basically codes that are established by the federal government, and I hope that helps
• 50 cents in fiscal year 25, which New Mexico oil prices will likely remain slightly below the West Texas
• Brown, tax expenditure is basically any area in the tax code where we carve out a certain activity and
• doing what we have been doing before, which is spending all the new money, whether it's on the tax code

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• a $4 billion hydrogen facility in Texas. a $4 billion hydrogen facility in Texas.
• <00:09:59.600> and And I'm going to be honest, Texas and And I'm going to be honest, Texas
• this bill, we could possibly beat Texas this bill, we could possibly beat Texas in<00:10:45.360>
• Code, Section 5312.
• Code, Section 5312.

Bills: HB0120, HB0043, HB0128

Keywords: energy production, natural gas, industrial sovereignty, manufacturing, tax exemptions, money laundering, illegal investment, financial institutions, criminal activity, Wyoming legislation, severance tax, oil production, tax exemption, energy sector, economic impact, 916, all

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• that we can do for spouses and families that we can do for spouses and families we<01:41:00.560>
• We were celebrating a 100th birthday of a member of our family.
• We were celebrating a 100th birthday of a member of our family.
• ...for any remains to bring families closure.
• <03:01:04.880> and them family and them family and Mias<03:01:06.760> and<03:01:06.920

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• It is part of who we are, our identity as a family.
• The family would have no legal recourse.
• Parents estranged from family members down here.
• Do it for the families that have had to suffer.
• Do it for the families that we have heard today and do it for the families of Ms. Connie Dixon.

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• I'm a family physician in Arlington.
• I'm the owner and family physician at Vitality Family Medicine, a DPC practice in Newburyport, which
• We'll stay with Vitality Family Medicine. Lenoa Katonic.
• As a trans woman myself, who was forced to leave my family in my home state of Texas due to anti-trans
• As a trans woman myself, who was forced to leave my family in my home state of Texas due to anti-trans

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Summary: The committee held a public hearing with testimony on several health care bills, with most of the discussion focused on primary care access, community health center reimbursement, midwifery and birth centers, telehealth, hospital-at-home, direct primary care, and trans-inclusive health care access. Chair Feeney and Chair Murphy opened by noting the large number of signups and asking testifiers to keep remarks brief because of time constraints. Legislators and witnesses repeatedly emphasized that Massachusetts’ primary care system is under strain and that federal policy changes and reimbursement gaps are worsening financial pressure on providers. On community health centers, Representative Blay, Senator Lovely, Michael Curry, Bethany Keeley, Jag Deep Trevetti, Sean Cahill, and Christina Severin all supported H. 1096/S. 711, which would require commercial insurers to pay federally qualified health centers at least the MassHealth prospective payment system rate. They argued that commercial plans currently reimburse health centers below Medicaid rates, threatening sustainability, staffing, and access, especially as federal cuts and coverage losses could increase uncompensated care. Testifiers said the bill would stabilize health centers, protect primary care access, and not cost the state money. A second major topic was H. 1117/S. 784 on sustaining birth centers and the midwifery workforce. Senator Lovely, Senator Miranda, Emily Anesta, Rebecca Orden, Catherine Rushworth, Nishira Burrill, Joel Sutherland, Rachel Blessington, Joelle Ward, and others described the 2024 maternal health omnibus as an important first step, but said birth centers and midwives still face low reimbursement, workforce shortages, and financial instability. They urged reimbursement parity, a workforce development fund, and support for freestanding birth centers, citing improved outcomes, lower C-section rates, better patient experience, and racial equity in maternal health. Several speakers shared personal birth stories and said the bill would help preserve and expand birth options in communities like Roxbury, Worcester, and the North Shore. The committee also heard support for H. 1343 on direct primary care from Dr. Garofalo, Dr. Altman, Dr. Nair, Stephanie Cameron, Dr. Haley Moke-Blessed, and others, who said current insurance rules force patients to use a separate in-network primary care doctor for referrals and sometimes prevent physicians from dispensing medications. They argued the bill would reduce delays, administrative burden, and costs while improving continuity of care. In addition, Dr. Miklides and Sue Stempeck supported H. 1141 on hospital-at-home parity, saying the model has strong outcomes and should be reimbursed at the same rate as brick-and-mortar hospital care. Heather Myers and Katrina Cook testified on telehealth and digital health equity, urging broader coverage for asynchronous care, remote monitoring, interpreter services, and digital literacy supports. SEIU Local 509 supported H. 1188/S. 681 on trans-inclusive health care access, saying it would remove arbitrary insurance barriers to gender-affirming care. No votes or committee actions were taken during the hearing.

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• ENSURES THAT THE BUILDING CODE IS CONSISTENT WITH INTERNATIONAL CODE AS IT RELATES TO IT.
• FROM THE BUILDING CODES? SENATOR GRALL.
• MY FAMILY HAS LIVED AND OPERATED A TIMBER FARM FOR OVER 80 YEARS.
• THE FAMILY AS PART OWNERS IN THE FACILITY LOCATED IN ALABAMA AND COLUMBIA FALLS.
• AARON WITH FLORIDA FAMILY VOICE AND STRONG SUPPORT OF SB 20.

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• We should be celebrating families. We should be supporting families.
• We should be celebrating families. We should be supporting families.
• We should be celebrating families. We should be supporting families.
• We should be celebrating families. We should be supporting families.
• overwhelmingly Texas Texas in the fiscal overwhelmingly Texas Texas in the fiscal year<02:19:24.880

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Senator Harrell, that is bar code 2, 4, 6, 9, 6, 0, correct. Correct.
• Our family is your family. Losing a child is not the natural order of things.
• a voter not be put his family on a pontoon boat.
• The most assuredly to you and your family. >> Yeah, thank you.
• And again, he was a friend to an numerous amounts of mayors and sheriffs and hundreds of family families

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• I've had some of that in my family.
• family medicine as does Colorado. family medicine as does Colorado.
• Sometimes it is their families.
• Part of the insurance code. Yes, it's part of the insurance code. Thank you.
• Part of the insurance code. that? Part of the insurance code.

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• That is the way that my family struggled and suffered.
• She was the best worker and fastest worker in the family. Finally.
• She was the best worker and fastest worker in the family.
• She was the only one that the family could afford to buy these gloves.
• , all of my husband's family, and all the people that are out there.

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• Our third priority is school, family, and community engagement.
• But right now, our families and students are in a crisis.
• And dedicate resources for family and community wellness.
• In Lee County, Texas is, what, four miles from here?
• Quite literally, the juvenile code in New Mexico is weak.

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• My family still farms up in the northwest part of the state.
• Often it's times, it's family members who lost mining land to the mine, but not always.
• It's family members who lost mining land to the mine, but not always.
• San Mine in Texas quit delivering coal. Submine in Texas quit delivering coal in '23.
• If we can crack the code 2.0 for enhanced oil recovery, it'll be a great win.

Summary: The committee met at the Coteau Freedom Mine in Mercer County, approved the June 2 minutes, and heard an overview of the mine from Coteau Properties president Andrew Hawbaker. He described the Freedom Mine as the largest lignite mine in the United States, supplying coal to Dakota Gasification, Antelope Valley Station, and Leland Olds Station. He emphasized the mine’s scale, safety record, reclamation work, workforce needs, community involvement, and economic impact, including payroll, taxes, royalties, scholarships, and local hiring. Members asked about how long land stays in production, how quickly it returns to agriculture after reclamation, labor shortages, and how mining affects groundwater and water wells. Hawbaker said most tracts are mined for about three to five years, reclamation is coordinated with landowners, and the company continues to struggle to find electricians, welders, mechanics, operators, and engineers. The committee then heard from Public Service Commission Chairman Randy Christman on coal mining reclamation and permitting. He reviewed North Dakota’s coal mining history, the state’s reclamation laws, federal Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act primacy, bonding, permit renewals and revisions, prohibited mining areas, inspection and enforcement, and contemporaneous reclamation requirements. Christman stressed that North Dakota’s program is professional and thorough, with frequent inspections, financial assurance, and a 10-year revegetation monitoring period before bond release. He also discussed federal coal ownership issues that can delay mine plans, the treatment of prime farmland, and how reclamation differs for wind and pipelines. In response to questions, he said one challenge is sometimes releasing land too soon before long-term compaction issues are fully understood, and he noted that data centers do not currently have a comparable reclamation model because they typically own the land. In the afternoon, the committee received an update from Lignite Energy Council president Jonathan Fortner on the lignite industry. He said North Dakota’s lignite sector supports five commercial power plants, four mines, about 12,000 direct and indirect jobs, and more than $5.5 billion in economic activity, while helping keep the state’s electricity rates among the lowest in the nation. Fortner reviewed coal severance and conversion tax revenues, the lignite research fund, federal regulatory rollbacks, carbon capture policy, and the industry’s legal costs fighting federal rules. He also highlighted a study on large-load development, saying new data centers and critical mineral processing facilities could create major local tax revenue and help justify new baseload generation. Members asked whether new gas pipelines would crowd out coal plant development and whether the economic study included jobs and broader local impacts; Fortner said the industry sees room for both and that the study did include construction, operations, jobs, and tax effects.

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• Our family collectively grappled with how to help the family member get the care that was needed, and
• Many families give up way before this.
• We're lucky to have families in here right now, and Care Court currently, if a family is a petitioner
• family, or vice versa, and there’s no family member around to make these decisions on behalf of the
• And I think there are so many families where the family members all agree, and they're begging for the

Summary: The committee heard several bills. SB 911, by Senator Becker, would require notification and verification of defensible-space compliance when homes in high wildfire severity zones are transferred, using the preliminary change of ownership report; supporters said it would improve wildfire resilience and insurance availability, while county assessors opposed the use of the PCOR and urged a different recorded document. Members generally supported the bill but raised concerns about the 12-month compliance window and the need to keep working with assessors; the bill was held pending a quorum and later placed on call. SB 1016, by Senator Blakespear, would create a pathway for a higher-level mental health evaluation when a Care Court petition is dismissed because the person is too ill to participate or otherwise needs more intensive care. Supporters, including psychiatrists, family members, and local officials, said Care Court is leaving many severely ill people untreated and that the bill would connect them to existing LPS processes. Opponents, including Disability Rights California, county behavioral health directors, counties, and other advocacy groups, argued it would expand involuntary detention, bypass existing pre-petition screening safeguards, and undermine Care Court’s voluntary nature. The bill passed the committee on a roll call vote and was placed on call. SB 1112, by Senator Archuleta, would create a faster court process for victims of illegal or excessive “bandit towing” to recover their vehicles by posting a bond and obtaining a release certificate. Support came from Enterprise Mobility and the author, who said the bill targets bad actors and helps equalize leverage for vehicle owners; the California Auto Body Association sought an amendment to exclude auto repair shops. The committee passed the bill as amended to Appropriations and placed it on call. SB 1119, by Senator Padilla, would impose child-safety requirements on AI chatbots, including risk assessments, crisis-response protocols, parental controls, limits on time and data use, reporting, audits, and a private right of action. The bill was driven by testimony from the mother of a teenager who died by suicide after prolonged chatbot interactions; industry and business groups opposed or sought amendments, citing overlap with recent law, vague standards, and prescriptive design mandates. Members expressed strong support for the bill’s goals while urging tighter definitions, and the bill was moved on a roll call vote and placed on call.

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• I was raised and my whole family lives.
• of our families.
• And that's just our small family business.
• It really does support our family and many of the families that work with us and for us.
• It's a family thing Thank you Thank you both.

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• It and build memories with their families for a year to come.
• And that is the Matthews family: Derek Matthews, Dr.
• Over 85% of people recommend the Fair to their friends and family.
• Texas formed the Texas Space Commission a few years ago, and if you look at what Governor Abbott and
• the lower left, that's the one that operates in Van Horn, Texas.

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• and our fire codes.
• This bill addresses the fire code.
• So, we'd be addresses the fire code.
• cases in families suing the chatbots. cases in families suing the chatbots.
• workers and the American family workers and the American family therapists.<05:37:32.080> Uh,

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• <00:29:56.039> and Bill cherished his time with family and Bill cherished his time with family
• <00:50:07.640> had Africa had no idea his family had Africa had no idea his family had survived
• Survivors children whose entire family Survivors children whose entire family made<00:50:45.960>
• incredible Legacy and a loving family incredible Legacy and a loving family who<06:57:54.000>
• thousands of border patrol agents Texas thousands of border patrol agents Texas state<07:10:43.638

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