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• uh populations and saying that claiming uh populations and saying that claiming uh populations and saying
• each changing use number five clean each changing use number five clean each changing table with the
• when I come in right here with a clean when I come in right here with a clean when I come in you for
• sheet ought to see on me just a clean sheet ought to see on me just a clean sheet now what I draw and
• that you're doing it in the claiming that you're doing it in the claiming that you're doing it in the

Bills: SB 26, SB 28, SJR 36, SB 616, SB 565, SB 384, SB 28, SB 28, SR 131, SR 168, SR 174, SR 175

Keywords: teacher compensation, education funding, public school educators, teacher retention, teacher designation, lottery, gambling, internet gaming, mobile application, criminal offenses, aquifer, water management, Edwards Aquifer, sustainability, regulatory framework, SB 565, Texas Water Code, TCEQ, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, compliance agreement

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• Chenevert is an act to amend Title 46 relative to Medicaid managed care to provide for an independent claim
• Independent review claims for coordinated system care providers? Okay.
• an act to amend Title 46 relative to the state medical assistance program to provide for provider claim
• in provider audits and ensures that recoupments or repayments are based solely on actual reviewed claims
• If you have Senate bills on subject to call, let's clean that up if you're going to move them.

Bills: SR134, SR135, SR136, SR137, SR140, SR141, SR142, SCR75, SCR77, SCR12, HB75, HB1199, HB221, HCR89, HCR96, HCR103, HCR108, HCR58, HB9, HB177, HB181, HB198, HB202, HB223, HB225, HB387, HB398, HB457, HB459, HB540, HB591, HB616, HB766, HB775, HB783, HB797, HB895, HB906, HB950, HB975, HB1028, HB1052, HB1057, HB1076, HB1100, HB1139, HB1155, HB1160, HB1182, HB1186, HB1220, HB1222, HB1223, HB1224, HB1228, HB1231, HB1245, HB1256, SCR3, SB393, SB401, SB415, SB426, SB435, SB487, SB488, SB523, SB56, SB163, SB341, SB504, SB322, SCR9, SCR58, SB35, SB65, SB215, SB246, SB249, SB269, SB282, SB296, SB323, SB363, SB369, SB474, SB490, SB492, SB500, SB514, HCR27, HCR28, HCR66, HCR67, HCR72, HCR31, HCR47, HCR41, HB363, HB368, HB377, HB380, HB386, HB392, HB431, HB441, HB559, HB664, HB685, HB715, HB741, HB822, HB856, HB908, HB980, HB990, HB999, HB1010, HB1243, HB54, HB137, HB180, HB192, HB310, HB321, HB396, HB512, HB552, HB578, HB638, HB663, HB708, HB717, HB718, HB1009, HB1082, HB1104, HB1107, HB1198, HB1246, HB27, HB143, HB205, HB259, HB267, HB288, HB308, HB403, HB405, HB414, HB417, HB478, HB546, HB548, HB555, HB557, HB609, HB670, HB672, HB740, HB779, HB786, HB796, HB812, HB848, HB915, HB917, HB921, HB930, HB933, HB1095, HB1096, HB1103, HB1129, HB1154, HB1166, HB1187, HB1195, HB1230, HB316, HB511, HB799, HB1039, HB12, HB66, HB145, HB167, HB196, HB213, HB218, HB222, HB256, HB291, HB326, HB352, HB401, HB430, HB433, HB434, HB448, HB456, HB476, HB481, HB487, HB492, HB549, HB579, HB608, HB621, HB624, HB626, HB632, HB637, HB656, HB722, HB745, HB804, HB818, HB821, HB833, HB864, HB867, HB874, HB893, HB909, HB951, HB968, HB969, HB978, HB979, HB988, HB989, HB1001, HB1005, HB1007, HB1024, HB1032, HB1038, HB1050, HB1051, HB1056, HB1059, HB1077, HB1080, HB1081, HB1086, HB1108, HB1112, HB1153, HB1172, HB1173, HB1175, HB1192, HB1193, HB1204, HB1218, HB1242, HB1244, HB1249, HB1252, HB1254, HB17, HB36, HB41, HB47, HB73, HB126, HB133, HB140, HB159, HB166, HB211, HB226, HB271, HB324, HB337, HB351, HB399, HB571, HB712, HB723, HB726, HB750, HB759, HB844, HB966, HB1006, HB1018, HB1036, SB29, SB42, SB43, SB78, SB208, SB217, SB274, SB300, SB379, SB382, SB387, SB441, SB449, HB74, HB134, HB258, HB359, HB468, HB956, HB1117, SB149

Keywords: SR134, Senate Resolution 134, Isaac Herzenberg, Metairie Park Country Day School, Country Day, javelin, track and field, Class 2A, state championship, high school athletics, student athlete, Louisiana Senate commendation, honorary resolution, sports recognition, University of Nebraska, Baton Rouge, LSU Bernie Moore Track Stadium, sportsmanship, collegiate athletics, condolence resolution

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• You know, I'm a solar, clean energy guy, but I also agree with your stance as far as being equitable.
• But to sit here today and hear these utilities claim, or I'm sorry, the co-ops claim that they often
• Remember what the claim was. And then, hold on a second. But remember what the claim was.
• His claim was that in many cases—not never. I'm not saying never. He said in many cases.

Summary: The committee heard House Bill 3114, which would require operating railroads in Missouri to provide digital copies of valuation and station maps to the state land surveyor for inclusion in a public repository. The sponsor said the bill is intended to help surveyors locate abandoned railroad rights-of-way and determine center lines for adjoining landowners’ reversionary rights. Committee members asked about whether the bill would apply to active versus abandoned lines, whether records still exist for older railroads, and whether a deadline should be added for compliance. Railroad testimony raised concerns about the breadth of the request, potential security and proprietary issues, and the burden of compiling historical records, while indicating a willingness to continue discussions and possibly work with surveyors on a more targeted process. The committee then heard House Bill 2298, which would remove the current exemption for electric cooperatives from the requirement that condemning entities pay 150% of appraised value in eminent domain cases. The sponsor argued that co-ops should be treated the same as regulated utilities because landowners face the same burden when transmission lines cross their property, and he cited examples where co-op offers were far below what he believed comparable utility projects would pay. Landowners and a lawyer testifying in favor described alleged unfair treatment, uneven compensation, and the impact of transmission lines on farm operations and property value, while emphasizing that the bill would simply put co-ops on the same footing as other utilities. Opposition testimony from Associated Industries of Missouri and the Missouri Electric Cooperatives argued that the bill would interfere with the cooperative model, which is member-owned and governed by elected boards, and would reduce flexibility in negotiating easements. The co-op representative said the organizations are not partnered with Grain Belt Express, that any interconnection compensation is separate from the project itself, and that most easement acquisitions are settled by negotiation rather than condemnation. Committee members questioned whether co-ops already pay comparable amounts in practice, whether the bill would affect transmission projects tied to Grain Belt Express, and how co-op governance and member oversight should factor into eminent domain policy.

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• You know, I'm a solar, clean energy guy, but I also agree with your stance as far as being equitable.
• But to sit here today and hear these utilities claim, or I'm sorry, the co-ops claim that they often
• Remember what the claim was. And then, hold on a second. But remember what the claim was.
• His claim was that in many cases, not never. I'm not saying never. He said in many cases.

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• the personal liability of controlled persons and materialators of the Texas Security Act, excluding claims
• accrual of a cause of action for purposes of certain laws governing certain construction liability claims
• Luther relating to the denial of certain applications for a permit of the authorization of the Texas Clean
• Relating to the personal liability of elected state official of the state government entity for a claim
• HB 2369 by Patterson relating to the processes for and the adjudication and payment of certain claims

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• did not give him the death penalty and I think you're making a huge supposition and stating and claiming
• We cannot make policy decisions based on fake generalizations and unverified claims.
• Senator Fine claimed $41 million, but what is missing from the return on investment?
• That's how PolitiFact ranked this claim because we are not saving any money.
• They need cleaning staff. They need construction workers.

Keywords: 998, house, all

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• That was the most obvious part of cleaning up this place. But so many other things happened. Mr.
• But so many cleaning up this place.
• </c><02:43:37.600><c> to</c> certainly don't have a greater claim to certainly don't have a greater claim
• Definitely didn't get it perfectly, and oftentimes we'd have to clean it up the next year.
• it up the oftentimes we'd have to clean it up the next<03:52:45.359><c> year.

Keywords: 981, all

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• Sciences with First Source Solutions, and this is to support insurance follow-up, denials, and complex claims
• If not, we'll have to get with the agency when they're done offline, if you don't mind. ...claims for
• Contract 163 is with the DTSS Building Authority and Miracle Window Cleaning.

Summary: The committee met to review a supplemental agenda, procurement rule revisions, methods of finance, discretionary grants, contracts, and a member disclosure. The Office of State Procurement presented rule changes tied to 2025 legislative changes, including Act 782, with updates to sole-source definitions, unrealistic bids, protest requirements, debarment procedures, and recodification references; the committee voted to accept the supplemental agenda and approve the rules. Members also approved eight methods of finance covering university repairs, equipment replacement, property purchase, and capital projects, along with a large slate of discretionary grants for courts, health, DHS, historic preservation, and tobacco prevention programs. The committee then reviewed RFQs and six ratifications. The ratifications included a Workforce Connections payment to ACT WorkKeys, Department of Health costs from an ice-storm-related water leak, a large Department of Public Safety ratification for Motorola’s Arkansas Wireless Information Network upgrade, Veterans Affairs HVAC and medical-service payments, and a UA Little Rock painting contract. The Department of Public Safety ratification drew extended questioning about why the expired Motorola contract had not been renewed sooner and why the issue took months to reach the committee; agency officials said the project was bond-funded, had not been tracked in ASIS, and involved ongoing negotiations and system updates. Despite concerns, the committee approved the ratifications. Members also reviewed a long list of construction, intergovernmental, out-of-state, and in-state contracts, including numerous university, DHS, health, corrections, and state agency agreements. Several contracts were discussed in more detail, including an SAU custodial contract question about sales tax and transparency reporting, and Department of Corrections aerial application contracts for Tucker and Cummins farms, which officials said served separate facilities in different parts of the state. The committee approved the contract lists, reviewed reports, and accepted a disclosure from Representative Andrew Collins regarding his investment interest in a company leasing property to Arkansas Rehabilitation Services before adjourning.

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• A proclamation sponsored by Representative David Marshall Sr. claiming freedom, life, and liberty for
• And as we do it, the Arizona Space Commission will be making sure our state claims its rightful place
• This is a clean, no-cost-to-taxpayer solution.

Keywords: 1182, all

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• critical services like emergency shelter, food, water, blankets, one-on-one assistance, and insurance claims
• sort of federal bailout of politicians in California, all they're asking in Washington is that we clean
• They relied on a patchwork of insurance claims, Airbnbs, hotel rooms that made it so difficult to have

Summary: The Assembly convened after a quorum call, heard a prayer and pledge, and then moved through a largely ceremonial floor session with multiple guest introductions and recognitions. Members honored the retirement of long-serving committee secretary Marisa Lancaster, recognized Assemblymember Rubio’s parents on her mother’s 80th birthday, welcomed school and agency guests, and celebrated Crescenta Valley Water District’s 75th anniversary. The body also adopted several resolutions recognizing Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day and California FFA, with strong bipartisan support and co-author additions. The main policy item was AJR 27, a resolution urging federal disaster aid for Los Angeles-area wildfire recovery, especially the Palisades and Eaton fires. Supporters from both parties emphasized the need for immediate, unconditional federal assistance for displaced residents, businesses, and communities still rebuilding, while some Republicans argued the state and local governments should move faster on permitting, recovery, and mitigation and criticized state spending priorities. After debate, the resolution was opened for co-authors and then adopted on a 68-0 roll call vote. The Assembly also adopted ACR 133 on Girl Day by voice vote after 70 co-authors were added, ACR 138 honoring FFA with 73 co-authors and voice adoption, and ACR 136 on Engineers Week with 69 co-authors and unanimous consent on the consent calendar. The chamber then heard adjournment-in-memory tributes for Juan Antonio Pacheco and Paul L. McAiley, and adjourned until Monday, March 2, at 1 p.m.

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• critical services like emergency shelter, food, water, blankets, one-on-one assistance, and insurance claims
• bailout of politics...” “...of politicians in California, all they’re asking in Washington is that we clean
• They relied on a patchwork of insurance claims, Airbnbs, hotel rooms that made it so difficult to have

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• There's no way anyone can claim we're somehow starving government. The numbers say otherwise.
• There's no way anyone can claim we're somehow starting government. The numbers say otherwise.
• funds are supported by Idahoans through income and sales taxes and pay for things like our safe roads, clean

Summary: The Senate Local Government and Taxation Committee heard House Bill 559, the annual tax conformity bill, from Representative Jeff Ehlers. He said the bill conforms Idaho tax law to federal changes in the One Big Beautiful Bill, with most benefits going to individuals through provisions such as no tax on tips, no tax on overtime, and an enhanced senior deduction, while also addressing corporate research and experimentation deductions and excluding bonus depreciation. He explained the bill’s fiscal note, argued the estimates were reasonable and transparent, and said the bill would help Idahoans keep more of their money while preserving a positive projected ending balance in the budget picture. Testimony was divided. Supporters, including the Idaho Freedom Foundation, the Idaho Society of CPAs, Associated Taxpayers of Idaho, and some committee members, argued that conformity simplifies filing, avoids two sets of books, helps taxpayers receive refunds on time, and primarily benefits middle- and lower-income Idahoans. Opponents, including the League of Women Voters of Idaho, the American Association of University Women of Idaho, the Idaho Center for Fiscal Policy, and individual citizens, said the bill would reduce state revenue, worsen budget pressures, and likely lead to cuts in education and health care. Several critics also said the fiscal note was incomplete or that the bill’s implementation could create confusion and costs for the Tax Commission and taxpayers. Committee members questioned the fiscal impact, implementation costs, and broader budget consequences, especially in light of recent tax cuts and current state shortfalls. Representative Ehlers responded that the Tax Commission could absorb implementation costs, that some provisions were intentionally not included in conformity, and that the bill did not itself dictate budget cuts. After debate, Senator Groh moved to send House Bill 559 to the Senate floor with a due pass recommendation, Senator Adams seconded, and the motion passed. Senators Taylor and Robbie voted no.

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• The Campaign Finance Board has disputed approximately $160,000 of our claim, suggesting at a minimum
• lobby for the largest corporations in the United States, is using a civil rights statute in order to claim
• So this bill allows us to modify this and to clean up the language to allow townships to do the audit

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• Now, some of these large data centers do have their own specific corporate clean energy targets that
• Now, they do have clean energy targets. Customers want to make sure that we're providing that.
• Now, they do have, you know, clean energy targets.
• And then the claim, the insinuation was made that if generation was built for data centers under QIP

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• she explains to them diligently why they're covered in chicken poop and feathers, because I don't clean
• Diligently why they're covered in chicken poop and feathers, because I don't clean them before I bring
• Lawmakers sometimes claim that bills like this are needed to prevent violence, but most of the protests
• The theme is Our Power, Our Planet, which focuses on the transition to clean energy, promoting collective

Keywords: 1182, all

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• This is where students from our whole school were able to walk through along the river to clean up any
• This is where students from our whole school were able to walk through along the river to clean up any
• garbage that was Where students from our whole school were able to walk along the river to clean up
• Both scenarios create potential legal claims.

Keywords: 989, all

Summary: The committee began with introductions from Idaho FFA state officers, who described FFA’s classroom, leadership, and supervised agricultural experience model, its community service, and the value of agricultural education in developing student leadership and career skills. Members responded positively, with one senator sharing how FFA helped build public speaking confidence and leadership skills that later benefited public service. The committee then heard Senate Bill 1270 on labeling of alternative animal proteins. Sponsor Sen. Tammy Nichols said the bill is a truth-in-labeling measure for cell-cultivated animal protein products, not a ban, and presented amendments to narrow definitions, align with federal authority, and reduce penalties for good-faith errors. Food Northwest testified in opposition to state-by-state labeling requirements because of patchwork compliance costs, but acknowledged the sponsors’ refinements. The Idaho Farm Bureau supported the bill, saying consumers should not be confused by use of meat terms for lab-grown products. The committee voted to send SB 1270 to the amending order. The committee next took up Senate Bill 1271 on invasive rats, which would designate Norway rats and roof rats as public nuisances, invasive species, and agricultural pests and direct the Department of Agriculture to coordinate response efforts. Supporters described growing rat problems in Ada County and elsewhere, while pest management professionals warned about unfunded mandates, possible overlap with private industry, and unclear costs or enforcement roles. The Department of Agriculture said it could administer the program and explained that similar invasive-species efforts often begin with rulemaking and later funding requests. After debate over whether the issue was a state or local responsibility, the committee voted to send SB 1271 to the amending order, with an amendment intended to avoid requiring local governments to spend funds. The meeting concluded with presentations from the University of Idaho College of Agricultural and Life Sciences and the Idaho Water Resources Research Institute. University representatives highlighted student placement, extension work, new facilities including the Meat Science and Innovation Center and Idaho CAFE, and ongoing water and soil research. They also noted budget cuts are forcing delayed hiring and reduced operations in some programs, but said the university remains focused on state priorities and workforce needs.

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• All right, before we get started, quick house cleaning here, or housekeeping.
• All right, before we get started, quick house cleaning here, or housekeeping.
• Workers' comp data is claim-based. It only tells you who files and who gets sick.
• his word, and I think that probably tomorrow he'll be working on these amendments to get everything cleaned

Summary: The House Committee on Public Safety and Law Enforcement heard three bills. HB 2665, “Cade’s Law,” would update Arizona’s suicide-related manslaughter statute to make clear that intentionally providing advice or encouragement to a minor to die by suicide includes doing so through directed communication such as text, social media, or other electronic means. The sponsor and several bereaved parents and Teen Lifeline testified in support, emphasizing teen suicide prevention and the need to hold adults accountable for harmful online conduct. Members raised concerns about unintended effects on peer-to-peer support and the age threshold, and the committee adopted a verbal amendment clarifying the language before advancing the bill with a due pass recommendation by a vote of 10 ayes, 4 present, 1 absent. HB 2904 declared fentanyl trafficking across the Arizona-Mexico border a public health crisis and directed the Department of Health Services to use its authority to address it. The sponsor framed the bill as a response to cartel activity and overdose deaths, while the ACLU of Arizona opposed it, arguing the bill used vague and legally unprecedented terms such as “unlawful invasion,” could sweep in low-level drug offenses or migrants, and might encourage broader criminalization. Committee members debated the meaning of “invasion,” border security, and whether the bill duplicated existing drug laws. The bill was given a due pass recommendation on an 8 ayes, 6 nays, 1 absent vote. HB 2917 would create a firefighter cancer registry within the Department of Health Services to collect and analyze data on cancer incidence among Arizona firefighters. Fire service representatives supported the goal of improving occupational health data, but members questioned whether the bill made participation and reporting mandatory and whether it would allow sensitive medical information to be shared without consent. Witnesses said the intent was to make the registry voluntary and were open to clarifying amendments. Despite concerns about drafting and privacy, the committee advanced the bill with a due pass recommendation by a vote of 12 ayes, 1 nay, 1 present, 1 absent.

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• Once we have those numbers cleaned up, we can send you an update as well. Slide 11.
• Through those bi-weekly updates, my team spends the weekend cleaning that up, getting clarification from
• the institutions, and then sends me and the Office of the Governor an update every Monday of clean data
• So, are you claiming that the current administration is attempting to destabilize higher education?

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• I have barn chores and we bathe and we clean stalls and scrub buckets and clean the barn and all that
• We clean the stall, we scrub the buckets, we do our baths, we do our snuggle time.
• No insurance claims. No, nothing. Are there bad actors? Sure. Is the heat part of the regulations?

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• These systems provide clean, affordable energy for heating and cooling, reduce monthly utility bills,
• HB 3063 gives cities another tool to keep the neighborhoods clean and orderly without involving... the
• I like nice clean bills coming to committees. These are for all of us, right? Thank you. Yes, sir.
• emotional scare tactics used by these out-of-state activists, there was no data to support their claims

Bills: HB386, HB1449, HB1701, HB2142, HB2675, HB2857, HB3063, HB3171, HB3641, HB3732, HB4045, HB4370, HB4491, HB4505, HB4626, HB5267, HB5356

Keywords: construction contracts, change orders, local government, budget limits, Texas legislation, HB 1449, mobile food vendors, food trucks, mobile food service establishments, permits, county health permit, municipal permitting, Health and Safety Code Chapter 437A, Chapter 437, inspection agreements, permit reciprocity, fee cap, preemption, large counties, population over one million