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• access to the life-saving vaccine.
• vaccine and to prevent any future access to the vaccine.
• Equalize it.
• So we have focused on access in rural areas.
• access to mental health care for Medicaid beneficiaries?

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• It's about access.
• So all I'm saying is make it equal.
• Both are equally impressive feats.
• more accessible to handicapped people, and we have state parks that are less accessible.
• So we have the bill defines who can access records, but they are all currently people who can access

Summary: The Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several recognitions, including interns, Denim Day awareness, a resolution honoring Vietnam veterans exposed to Agent Orange, and a remembrance of former Senator Karen Johnson Gendron. The chamber then moved to special order bills. CS/HB 687 on transportation offenses involving death was substituted for SB 138, amended to add warnings and penalties for refusal of breath or urine tests, and passed 37-0. CS/SB 306 on Medicaid providers, requiring broader after-hours access and network availability for Medicaid enrollees, also passed 37-0. The Senate then took up CS/CS/HB 913 on condominium associations, a major post-Surfside reform bill. Senator Bradley explained that the measure was intended to provide financial relief and flexibility while preserving safety and accountability. The bill was substituted for SB 1742, amended several times to limit milestone inspections and structural integrity reserve studies to buildings three habitable stories or more, and then passed 37-0 after extensive debate. Senators from both parties praised Bradley, Pizzo, Garcia, and staff for years of work on condo safety and affordability, with several members describing the bill as a balance between protecting residents and avoiding financial hardship. The final major item was CS/HB 1205, the bill on amendments to the state constitution and citizen petition drives. Sponsors Gates and Grohl argued the bill was needed to combat fraud, identity theft, and misuse in the petition process, citing a lengthy Office of Election Crimes and Security report. The House bill was substituted for SB 7016, and the chamber considered a long series of amendments and substitute amendments addressing petition circulator registration, volunteer participation, submission deadlines, invalid-signature thresholds, voter notification, and fiscal impact statements. Several amendments were adopted, while others were debated over whether they would protect access to the citizen initiative process or strengthen election integrity. The transcript ends during debate on the main substitute amendment, before final disposition on the bill is shown.

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• Its close proximity to the developing metro area has provided efficient and cost-effective access to
• Louis Park to access almost $5 million that we otherwise wouldn’t have been able to access to facilitate
• Louis Park to access almost $5 million that we otherwise wouldn’t have been able to access to facilitate
• Louis Park to access almost $5 million that we otherwise wouldn’t have been able to access to facilitate
• Louis Park to access almost $5 million that we otherwise wouldn’t have been able to access to facilitate

Bills: HF1746, HF2585, HF1159, HF2574, HF2839, HF157, HF158, HF160, HF338, HF512

Keywords: Oakdale, tax increment financing, local government, funding, urban development, tax increment, St. Paul, redevelopment, housing authority, housing trust fund, low-income housing, property taxation, Minnesota statutes, vacant property, housing, commercial to residential conversion, Minneapolis, urban redevelopment, public parks, tax capacity

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• You know, wood equals carbon equals a credit. That's an equivalency. definitively a forest product.
• You know, wood equals carbon of wood.
• You know, wood equals carbon equals<00:32:16.440> equals<00:32:16.720> a<00:32:16.800><
• equals equals a credit. equals equals a credit.
• commoditization does not equal commoditization does not equal commercialization. commercialization

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Summary: The meeting began with introductions, approval of the March 6 minutes as amended to add an attendee list, and a brief overview of the day’s agenda. The committee heard two presentations from carbon project developers, with the first from Dylan Jenkins of Finite Carbon. He described Finite Carbon’s work in improved forest management projects, its role in developing carbon methodologies and protocols, and its experience with projects in New England, Appalachia, Alaska, and Canada. He also outlined the difference between compliance and voluntary carbon markets, the role of registries and intermediaries, and the types of buyers in the market, including large corporate buyers and long-term off-take partners. A major focus of the presentation was how forest carbon projects are structured and how credits are monetized. Jenkins distinguished between removals and reductions, explaining that removals come from new forest growth while reductions are tied more closely to baseline assumptions and standing stock. He said improved forest management projects can generate both types of credits, and that removals generally command higher prices because they are easier for buyers to understand and verify. He also emphasized that carbon project commercialization can occur before, during, or after credit issuance, and that landowners may be paid through a variety of structures, including leases, advance fees, per-unit payments, or off-take agreements. Jenkins then addressed the committee’s tax-related questions, saying House Bill 123 appeared intended to treat carbon credit sales similarly to timber sales for local tax purposes. He argued that carbon credits are a forest product and that taxing them can be reasonable in principle, but he stressed that lawmakers should distinguish between commoditization and commercialization when deciding what event to tax. He noted that credits may be created but never sold, and that in some programs landowners retain timber and carbon rights while in others the developer has deeper control over those rights. In response to questions, he said the industry uses protocols, verification, and third-party oversight to address baseline and quality concerns, but acknowledged that baseline setting remains a major point of debate in the market.

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• , racial and social justice, the equality of women and men.
• All proposals are considered equally.
• Access to electricity, gas, and telecommunications.
• And I'm surprised that you're not equally troubled by this.
• her access that pill?

Summary: The Senate began with a quorum call, prayer, approval of the previous journal, and messages from the House, then moved through several recognitions and resolutions honoring visiting groups. Members adopted resolutions recognizing the Texas chapters of Blue Star Mothers of America, Fine Arts Education Day, Donate Life Texas Day, Baha’i Capitol Day, County Government Day, Jack County Day, Crockett County Day, and a recognition of Navy Petty Officer Simon Urbanik for service during the Cuban Missile Crisis. The chamber also heard remarks from visiting doctors, students, county officials, and community groups, with multiple senators speaking in support of military families, arts education, organ donation, and local government service. The Senate then took up Committee Substitute Senate Bill 2779, relating to the allocation and use of certain hotel occupancy tax revenues. Senator Birdwell said the bill would stop local governments from conditioning HOT funds on race- or class-based priorities and would require Galveston to transfer the full state rebate for beach cleaning and maintenance to its park board. After questions, the Senate suspended the rules, passed the bill to engrossment, suspended the three-day rule, and finally passed it, though the final vote showed significant opposition. The chamber also passed Committee Substitute Senate Bill 2322, described as a cleanup bill removing the compelling-factor test for dispatchable generation from the Texas Jobs, Energy, Technology, and Innovation Act. A major debate centered on Committee Substitute Senate Bill 2253, which would phase out uncertified teachers in core classrooms and strengthen educator certification requirements. Senator Creighton argued the bill responds to a teacher pipeline crisis, adds parent notification, creates multiple preparation pathways, and provides financial incentives for certification; Senator West and Senator Sparks pressed for rural flexibility and implementation details. An amendment from Senator Gutierrez to add a teacher student-loan repayment program failed on a 11-17 vote, while other technical and fiscal amendments were adopted. The bill then passed to engrossment, the three-day rule was suspended, and it was finally passed. The Senate also passed Committee Substitute Senate Bill 2371, updating skimmer-reporting rules to cover electronic terminals beyond fuel pumps, and Committee Substitute Senate Bill 2351, relating to the construction of certain concrete plants under a standard permit. Senate Bill 619, a conscience-protection bill for health care workers, drew extended questioning from Senators Cook, Eckhardt, and Menendez about patient abandonment, scope, and whether it could allow refusals of legal services such as vaccines, antibiotics, contraception, or personal care; despite those concerns, the Senate suspended the rules and passed the bill to engrossment. Finally, the chamber began consideration of Committee Substitute Senate Bill 1169, which would allow public entities to form public utility agencies to cooperate on water and wastewater projects without eminent domain or cross-collateralization, with Senator Hinojosa explaining it as a tool for small and rural communities facing utility infrastructure problems.

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• "This bill proposes measures that ensure that all citizens have access to affordable healthcare options
• "We’ve seen positive outcomes in places that have prioritized healthcare access.
• Remind them that no one is above the law and that true justice must be equal for all.
• Our goal is to ensure equitable access to quality education for all.
• HB 4310 by the Suit, relating to the special right to access under the public.

Bills: HJR4, HJR6, HB195, HB 13, HB143, HB135

Keywords: occupation tax, securities, financial regulation, tax exemption, legislative amendment, capital gains tax, realized gains, unrealized gains, investment income, asset sale, capital assets, wealth tax, estate tax, trust tax, tax limitation, constitutional amendment, Texas Constitution, Article VIII, property tax, sales tax

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• <01:39:40.080> access<01:39:40.400> to make sure the law is followed. access to make
• <02:08:23.360> divided debatable for one hour equally divided debatable for one hour equally
• ,<02:23:32.960> whether maintenance of means of access, whether maintenance of means of access
• That is what is they can access.
• but to try and ban access for children. but to try and ban access for children.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Thursday, December 18, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• We have a state equalization guarantee reform efforts in the system, LFC and LEFC staff.
• For both things, that they are co-equal, and so that we're not setting up students to head down one track
• That and maybe give that data and information to the Office of Broadband Access and Expansion and others
• In 1974, when the state equalization funding was recognized nationally as being one of the top formulas
• for distribution of funds on an equal basis.

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• It is a great way to secure nutrition access on the food It is a great way to secure nutrition access
• Thank you for continuing to support SNAP and programs for healthy food access.
• Everyone deserves access to nutritious food.
• . ...programs out there that help with local nutrition access.
• That money is distributed equally across the state.

Keywords: 996, all

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• Secretary Armijo talked about all the work that we have done to improve access.
• Senator, I have described our access problem as a three-legged stool.
• We'll go out each year with half of that going directly to each state equally.
• I'm going to come back to the Healthcare Delivery and Access Act.
• Even if I was in rural New Mexico, would I have had that access?

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• You need to do it equally.
• You can access it online before we lose a quorum, though.
• Access to dilution refrigerators is also incredibly important.
• to a capital stack they wouldn't have otherwise. access to otherwise.
• AI, as we're seeing it, is that anybody can access it through the internet.

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• What do we need to do to help these remote areas be able to access health care and transportation?
• And it's close to the VA, as well as the base for their commissary and base access.
• About 40% of that will be affordable and accessible housing.
• Because you're requesting 400, only 400. $215,000 to equalize that.
• So I'm trying to figure out, have we equalized everybody?

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• <00:25:46.880> It having access during the school day.
• It having access during the school day.
• <00:25:56.320> to students should have the same access to students should have the same access
• that they are treated equally. that they are treated equally.
• That should be an absolute, that if it's not accessed and you're...

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• Bill 4113 by Westammy of the House and Rader of the Senate, an act relating to voting access.
• bill House Bill 4113 by Westammy of the House and Rader of the Senate, an act relating to voting access

Bills: HJR1101, SB1319, SB1264, HB4237, SB1277, SB2069, HB3066, HB2115, HB2153, HB2268, HB2961, SB1679, SB2018, HB4294, SB2095, HB4113, SB1894, SB1810, HB4268, HB1752, HB3413, SB625, HB3644, HB3940, HJR1096, HJR1100, HJR1099, HB2992, SB1636, HB4302, SB1613, SB1443, HB1409, HB1675, HB1225, HB1381, HB4359, SB1503

Keywords: SB1319, Corporation Commission, Oklahoma, remediation, environmental emergency, brine contamination, oil contamination, oilfield pollution, residential property, home buyout, property acquisition, fair market value, revolving fund, remediation fund, state plugging funds, well plugging, abandoned well, natural breakout, Department of Environmental Quality, DEQ

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• We find these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal.
• I wish more and more every day that we would have heated debates about the lack of access that women
• So, if women are seeking help online, I want to bring us back to the fact that they don't have access
• We continue to rank among the bottom for access to women's healthcare.
• , insurance, and childcare and public schools and access to food.

Bills: HJR1101, SB1319, SB1264, HB4237, SB1277, SB2069, HB3066, HB2115, HB2153, HB2268, HB2961, SB1679, SB2018, HB4294, SB2095, HB4113, SB1894, SB1810, HB4268, HB1752, HB3413, SB625, HB3644, HB3940, HJR1096, HJR1100, HJR1099, HB2992, SB1636, HB4302, SB1613, SB1443, HB1409, HB1675, HB1225, HB1381, HB4359, SB1503

Keywords: SB1319, Corporation Commission, Oklahoma, remediation, environmental emergency, brine contamination, oil contamination, oilfield pollution, residential property, home buyout, property acquisition, fair market value, revolving fund, remediation fund, state plugging funds, well plugging, abandoned well, natural breakout, Department of Environmental Quality, DEQ

Bills: HR206, SB3083, SB2377, SB2816, SB3248, SB2436, SB2259, SB2928, SB2577, SB2697, SB2399, SB2665, SB2851, SB3102, SB2521, SB3157, SB3255, SB3016, SB2765, SB1432, SB17, SB2401, SB2972, SB3014, SB3032, SB3137, SB847, SB2261, SB2271, SB2272, SB2804, SB3007, SB3019, SB3250, SB2603, SB3022, SB2256, SB2147, SB2014, SB2114, SB2115, SB2117, SB2246, SB2519, SB3055, SB3095, SB3144, SB3264, SB2325, SB2211, SB3245, SB2090, SB2803, SB2866, SB2250, SB2497, SB2032, SB2487, SB3136, SB2756, SB2615, SB3262, SB2024, SB2177, SB2552, SB2319, SB2407, SB2153, SB2321, SB2805, SB3010, SB2892, SB2781, SB2489, SB2174, SB2169, SB3123

Keywords: Robert Bob Toyofuku, Hawaii legal community, House Resolution, commendation, honorary resolution, legal education, continuing legal education, CLE, William S. Richardson School of Law, University of Hawaii law school, Pacific Law Institute, attorney training, legal ethics, professional responsibility, legal mentorship, legal profession, court-annexed arbitration, alternative dispute resolution, appellate decisions, Hawaii Supreme Court

Bills: SB2060, SB2342, SB2577, SB2580, SB2809, SB2397, SB2315, SB2442, SB2152, SB2380, SB2462, SB2055, SB2438, SB2533, SB2203, SB2087, SB768, SB877, SB1139, SB787, HB963, SB277, SB2663, SB2555, SB2140, SB2115, SB2761, SB2198, SB2032, SB2579, SB2671, SB2835, SB2356, SB2095, SB2093, SB2318, SB2323, SB2485, SB2309, SB2321, SB2405, SB2153, SB2129, SB2170, SB2259, SB2578, SB2544, SB2701, SB2861, SB2108, SB2089, SB2106, SB847, SB3326, SB2047, SB2695, SB2667, SB2919, SB2446, SB2146, SB2723, SB2210, SB2527, SB2645, SB3331

Keywords: rental housing revolving fund, HHFDC, Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation, mixed-income housing, mixed-income rental project, affordable housing, low-income housing, housing finance, housing development, preservation, rehabilitation, pre-development, construction financing, equity investment, credit enhancement, collateral, gap financing, area median income, AMI, perpetual affordability

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• The legislature is an equal branch of the government.
• 14 at employee contracts for an equal 14 at employee contracts for an equal number<00:55:06.559>
• uh divided equally uh divided equally to<02:08:04.000> a<02:08:04.480> total<02:08
• They got rid of to our critical access hospitals.
• Uh 800,000 of it was one an equal match.

Keywords: 916, all

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• all those privileged documents and why they were privileged and why the Auditor General did not get access
• Solar energy is important, but stewardship of our land is equally important.
• It needs to be fair and needs to treat everybody equally.
• That's why it needs to be equal. That's hear from the speakers. Absolutely happy to hear from...”
• This is despite the fact that..." “...ability to access the larger piece of land.

Bills: HB2150, HB2262, HB2267, HB2268, HB2351, HB2425, HB2426, HB2427, HB2755, HB2781, HB2913, HB2943, HB2956, HB2975, HB2985, HB4009

Keywords: state land department, mineral lease, renewals, indexed royalties, land use planning, auditor general, five-year plans, geospatial data, Arizona Geological Survey, resource analysis, geographic information systems, wildlife protection, public nuisance, renewable energy, wind farm, solar farm, residential property, public health, local regulations, state land

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• tax cycle follows the calendar. year and we're broken out into four phases the appraisal phase equalization
• So we kind of move into the equalization phase, and that's handled by the appraisal review board.
• It is indirect equalization.
• instance. like I imagine those reports that you've done previously, they're still available and accessible
• Um, because compression is distributed equally across all value on the tax roll, so.

Keywords: 1184, house, all