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• They work with us on these economic impact studies.
• And so we've commissioned these detailed drainage studies.
• Representative Dixon, that is kind of the last part of the study.
• In the Wilson study, and Madam Chair, Mr.
• Management studies, just off the top of your head, what's the main source of generation?

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• HB 4567 by Curry. study by the Texas Education Agency regarding standardizing building designs for public
• of transnational representation, of repression and unauthorized enforcement of foreign law in the study
• a federal or state judge who can subcommittee on family and fiduciary relationships. relating to a study
• HB 4740 by Guerin relating to the study of school district property values conducted by the. comptroller
• HB 4994 by Patterson Rulling, the study of the Department of State Health Services. is regarding the

Bills: HB9, HB22, HB908, HB1392

Keywords: property tax, ad valorem tax, tangible personal property, income-producing property, business personal property, tax exemption, local government finance, appraisal district, chief appraiser, rendition statement, property tax relief, small business, commercial property, leased property, related business entity, unified business enterprise, tax situs, Texas Tax Code, local taxing unit, constitutional amendment

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• Colin Wright, an evolutionary biologist who studies the biology of sex and sex differences.
• I hold a Master's in Gender Studies and a Master's in Sociology from the University of Cambridge.
• A study bill on this, or a hearing on this, would be something I could support.
• I think it's a really great idea to do a study and continue this conversation.
• Studies show that male athletes outperform elite female athletes by wide margins.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• : An act in relation to directing the President of the State Civil Service Commission to conduct a study
• I'd just like to make a comment that I support this bill, and I think it's incredibly useful to study
• But in addition to that, I have a bill, S-4638A, which studies Tier 5 and 6.
• And so I've encouraged that we move my bill, S-4638A, to do that study in order to make sure that we

Keywords: 993, senate, all

Summary: The Senate Standing Committee on Civil Service and Pensions met on May 5, 2026, with a quorum present and eight bills on the agenda. The committee considered measures on a temporary task force on the Variable Supplements Fund (S1181), cost-of-living adjustments for certain retirees (S3414A), an optional 25-year retirement plan for Suffolk County fire marshals (S5754B), a heart disease presumption for certain NYC Police Department traffic enforcement agents (S8147B), a Civil Service Commission study of state agency job vacancies (S8209), employment of persons with autism spectrum disorder (S8640), an optional 25-year retirement plan for certain New York Power Authority employees (S9068A), and the effective date of a reclassification for accidental disability retirement benefits (S9909).

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• 37, introduced by Representative Hockman-Vigil, is an act making an appropriation for a feasibility study
• A memorial requesting the Legislative Education Study Committee to assemble an Education Data Governance
• and Artificial Intelligence Working Group to study and recommend a structure for improved statewide
• Legislative Education Study Committee to assemble an Education Data Governance and Artificial Intelligence
• Working Group to study and recommend a structure for improved statewide education data governance and

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• Her dream is to go to college to study art.
• Her dreams to go to college to study art.
• I don't know what she will end up doing, whether an illustrator, story, to study art.
• So studies have shown that every dollar invested in OER can save students $10 to $20.
• I am a rising junior at UMass Amherst studying political science and economics.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Higher Education heard testimony on a broad set of bills focused on making public higher education more affordable and accessible, protecting student information, and changing social work licensure rules. Chair Rogers and Senator Comerford opened by emphasizing the committee’s focus on financial aid, tuition and fee waivers, scholarships, admissions, and institutional changes, and they reminded witnesses about the three-minute testimony limit. No votes were taken during the hearing. A large portion of the hearing centered on the “Super Act” (H. 1423/S. 218), which would eliminate the master’s-level social work licensing exam and create grant support for social work internships. Supporters—including students, practitioners, educators, and advocates—argued that unpaid internships and the exam create financial barriers, worsen workforce shortages, and disproportionately affect Black, brown, older, ESL, and other marginalized candidates. Opponents from the Association of Social Work Boards argued the exam is a necessary public-protection standard, helps maintain uniform licensure, and is important to the social work licensure compact; they said workforce shortages should be addressed through pay, working conditions, and caseloads instead. Committee members asked detailed questions about compact participation, exam accommodations, and how other states such as Rhode Island and Connecticut have handled similar changes. The committee also heard extensive testimony in favor of debt-free public higher education bills (H. 1436/S. 929). Witnesses, including students, faculty, advocates, and Senator Eldridge, said Massachusetts should expand on free community college by covering tuition and mandatory fees at public colleges and universities, with additional aid for living costs for lower-income students. Supporters said student debt delays homeownership, family formation, and career entry, and that the state should use Fair Share revenue to invest in public higher education. Some committee members voiced support but also raised concerns about prioritizing K-12 funding and the cost of expanding free college further. Several witnesses also supported bills to extend tuition and fee waivers to young adults raised by grandparents or other kinship guardians outside the DCF system, arguing that these students face the same trauma and financial barriers as foster youth but do not receive the same benefits. Representative Donato, Joseph O’Leary, Shauna Manning, Sandra Vecchio, Karen Gardner, Judy Walter, Elaine Arsenault, and others described the financial strain on grandparents raising grandchildren and urged parity with DCF-related waivers. In addition, Senator Jake Oliveira testified for a bill to protect public higher education student directory information from data mining and unauthorized sharing, and Deirdre Cummings testified for an open educational resources bill to reduce textbook costs. The hearing concluded with continued testimony on kinship care and college access, with committee members thanking witnesses and indicating follow-up on some bill language issues.

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• wish that as we're asking the gentleman to pull back his amendment, that we really take some time to study
• wish that as we're asking the gentleman to pull back his amendment, that we really take some time to study
• wish that as we're asking the gentleman to pull back his amendment, that we really take some time to study
• wish that as we're asking the gentleman to pull back his amendment, that we really take some time to study
• wish that as we're asking the gentleman to pull back his amendment, that we really take some time to study

Bills: SB298, SB91

Keywords: Florence, Lauderdale County, municipal boundaries, corporate limits, land annexation, military installations, tall structures, local government, construction approval, wind energy facilities, aeronautics, Department of Defense, 923, senate, all

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• The bill also reestablishes the Vulnerable Adult Systems Study Committee and requires the study committee
• Lastly, the bill repeals the study committee on January 1, 2029.
• Lastly, the bill repeals the study committee on January 1, 2029.
• My concern is the study committee.
• Does the bill still have the study committee on it, or the study group, work group, whichever?

Bills: SB1176, SB1186, SB1235, SB1286, SB1446, SB1458, SB1515, SB1616, SB1641, SB1668, SB1670, SB1678, SB1747, SB1787

Keywords: stormwater, water storage, replenishment credits, groundwater, aquifer, Arizona Revised Statutes, disclosure, state contracts, procurement records, donations, transparency, EMS, reciprocity, interstate compact, paramedics, emergency medical technicians, licensure, public safety, military personnel, veterinary telemedicine

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• Many of these sites will need to have environmental reviews, housing studies, transportation studies,
• Many of these sites will need to have environmental reviews, housing studies, transportation studies,
• We have a study that we do every single year.
• And this is the best. we have a study that we do every single year.
• that the pay study showed?

Summary: The committee first recognized Mark Roper of the Economic Development Department for his long service and retirement, with members and the secretary praising his work on economic development across the state. Secretary Rob Black then presented EDD’s budget and special appropriation requests, describing strong recent job and income growth and outlining the department’s strategy around science and technology, site readiness, workforce development, foreign direct investment, and rural/community programs. He highlighted wins in advanced energy, quantum, space and defense, and biosciences, and asked for funding for quantum/DARPA matching funds, additional site readiness work, LIDA closing funds, JTIP training support, New Mexico Partnership, and healthy foods and other community programs. Members asked detailed questions about the quantum proposal, site readiness, the new mapping tool for industrial sites, workforce participation, trade missions, foreign investment, tariffs, water and produced water, tribal site evaluation, and public engagement on major projects. Black said the quantum request was intended to match federal dollars and build a workforce pipeline, that the site-readiness software would be a set enterprise license, and that the department was working with tribes and local partners on future site evaluations. He also said tariffs have created uncertainty but New Mexico’s infrastructure and foreign trade zones could help attract manufacturing, and he acknowledged concerns about transparency and community input while noting that some projects, such as Pacific Fusion, had gone through extensive public processes. The committee also discussed specific projects and funding balances, including Mantis Space’s move to Albuquerque, the status of Virgin Galactic’s spaceport lease, and the current LIDA fund balance and encumbrances. Black and Deputy Secretary Isaac Romero said the department was trying to use State Investment Council-backed venture funds to attract companies and that the new investments were already producing deals and jobs. Members generally supported the department’s direction but pressed for more targeted expertise, faster deployment, and stronger community involvement in future economic development decisions. Later, Secretary de Blassie of the Department of Health presented the department’s budget request and progress report. He said DOH had improved revenue cycle management, reduced old Medicaid-pending cases, increased census at facilities, improved budget and contract timeliness, and responded effectively to the measles outbreak. The department requested additional base funding for epidemiology and response, the DOH helpline, the Vital Records Virtual Vault, state labs, and the veterans home, along with special requests for respiratory vaccinations and marketing and lab equipment replacement. He also noted progress on MOUD and the medical psilocybin program, and said the department was not seeking to launch new programs given the limited time left in the administration.

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• A political science major with a minor in legal studies, Paulina exemplifies the very best of UTRGV:
• First is a teacher time study looking closely at schedules, non-instructional duties, and professional
• Senate Bill 2467 by Menendez, relating to a study by the Texas School Safety Center on public school
• Senate Bill 2746 by Paxton, relating to a study conducted by the Texas Department of Public Safety on
• Senate Bill 2746 by Paxton, relating to a study conducted by the Texas Department of Public Safety on

Bills: SJR12, SCR39, SB27, SB29, SB241, SB406, SB414, SB464, SB568, SB578, SB609, SB660, SB689, SB693, SB785, SB857, SB879, SB921, SB922, SB955, SB985, SB993, SB996, SB1008, SB1035, SB1036, SB1059, SB1098, SB1120, SB1122, SB1147, SB1188, SB1197, SB1209, SB1227, SB1245, SB1267, SB1307, SB1321, SB1332, SB1386, SB1396, SB1453, SB1484, SB1494, SB1536, SB1537, SB1596, SB1610, SB1664, SB1741, SB1814, SB1822, SB1841, SB1948, SB2065, SB2155, SB2188, SB2230, SB2406, SB2407

Keywords: parental rights, education, constitutional amendment, school choice, child education, border security, southern border, federal immigration policy, illegal immigration, cartels, transnational cartels, fentanyl, drug trafficking, human trafficking, Operation Lone Star, Texas border, National Guard, state guard, border wall, border barriers

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum present, heard an invocation, and approved the previous day’s journal. The chamber then adopted Senate Resolution 358 honoring the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley on its 10th anniversary, with senators highlighting the university’s growth, medical school, research expansion, and role in serving South Texas. The Senate also adopted Senate Resolution 368 honoring outgoing Texas A&M University System Chancellor John Sharp, with numerous senators praising his long public career, leadership in higher education, and statewide impact. Senate Resolution 361 recognizing Texas HBCU Day and Senate Resolution 362 recognizing Denton County Days at the Capitol were also adopted, along with other routine recognitions and gubernatorial appointments being read into the record. The Senate then took up several bills. Committee Substitute Senate Bill 27, relating to rights and support for public school educators, was debated and amended to shorten vacancy posting requirements, allow bilingual certification candidates to retake only failed test sections, give teachers more flexibility with paid leave, clarify classroom removal procedures, and ensure parents are informed of appeal rights. The bill passed to engrossment, the three-day rule was suspended, and it was finally passed unanimously. Senate Joint Resolution 12, proposing a constitutional amendment to establish a parent’s right to direct a child’s education, was also brought up and passed to engrossment after a contested suspension vote. The Senate next passed Committee Substitute Senate Bill 1741, which would require reporting of foreign funding at public universities, bar gifts from adversarial governments, and require training and reporting systems to prevent foreign influence and intellectual property theft in higher education. Committee Substitute Senate Bill 29, the so-called “Dexit” bill, was debated at length for its corporate governance changes, including codifying the business judgment rule and altering internal corporate litigation and records rules; it passed to engrossment, the three-day rule was suspended, and it was finally passed by a 30-1 vote. Senate Bill 857, allowing law enforcement discretion to tow vehicles driven by unlicensed or uninsured drivers, passed after discussion of towing abuses during flooding and disaster conditions. Committee Substitute Senate Bill 1536, requiring dementia and Alzheimer’s training for certain guardians, passed with broad support, and Senate Bill 922, addressing delayed electronic disclosure of sensitive medical test results so physicians can discuss them first, was taken up and passed to engrossment as the chamber continued through its calendar.

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• Our team has studied and evaluated the optimal locations of a future seawater desalination plant based
• Based on these studies, the city will begin construction of the first regional municipally owned seawater
• And you can see some of the maps on slide 8 of which aquifers have already been studied and which are
• under current study.
• So we did, we've initiated this, uh, process of initiating a study with the Corps of Engineers right

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• And has studied and evaluated the optimal locations of a future seawater desalination plant based on
• Based on these studies, the city will begin construction of the first regional, municipally owned seawater
• are. under current study.
• Or confirmed through geological studies, additional test well drilling can confirm.
• According to a study I published and the American...

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• We had an interim study committee, of which I was on, so the interim study committee spent a lot
• And most all of you know interim studies work, so having put a lot of time into the interim study process
• of the interim study of the interim study process<04:12:03.000> we<04:12:03.239> initially
• the anybody who's on an interim study the anybody who's on an interim study commission<04:15:51.279
• interim study interim study process<04:16:11.600> so<04:16:12.199> um<04:16:13.239

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The Education Funding Committee met in executive session and first took up HB 193, which clarifies that dual and concurrent enrollment courses may not exceed four credits. Members said the bill came from the community college system and was intended to preserve the program’s high school-to-college pathway. An amendment changing the effective date to passage was adopted 18-0, and the committee then voted 18-0 to recommend OTPA on the bill as amended, with the bill placed on the consent calendar. The committee then retained HB 295 and HB 366, both related to school building aid, after members said the issues were complex and needed more work. Both motions to retain passed 18-0, leaving the bills in committee without reports. The chair also said HB 354 would not be taken up that day because of possible changes from the Department of Education and others. HB 494, funding the math learning communities program, was then amended to flat-fund the program rather than increase it, with members citing budget uncertainty. The amendment passed unanimously, and the committee then voted 18-0 for OTPA on the bill as amended, placing it on consent. Finally, HB 515, which would repeal charter public school eligibility for state school building aid, drew debate over whether charter schools should be treated differently from traditional public schools. The committee voted 10-8 for inexpedient to legislate, sending the bill to the regular calendar; Representative Damon was assigned the minority report and Representative Popovic the majority report. The committee then began HB 716, an appropriation for the dual and concurrent enrollment program, where members discussed flat-funding the program at $2.5 million per year and the potential impact on course availability, but the transcript cuts off before a final vote is shown.

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• We have the maternal death studies that conduct studies providing funding to especially minority mothers
• It includes a year of human anatomy and cadaver study, over a year of ocular anatomy, a year of pathology
• Human anatomy and cadaver study, over a year of ocular anatomy, a year of pathology, systemic and ocular

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• This would pilot some funds to tribal entities through the Indian Affairs Department for design, study
• On item number four, on the tribal entities plan, design, study, and implement introduction—so will that
• This would pilot some funds to tribal entities through the Indian Affairs Department for design, study
• On item number four, on the tribal entities plan, design, study, and implement introduction. the tribal
• entities plan design, design, study, and implement introduction.

Keywords: 996, all

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• had at the harddetyenter: we're one of the top sites in the nation for the healthy child development study
• Studies.
• Additionally, there's been significant resources pulled into the study of the popular weight loss drugs
• Whole study, and it was $2 billion dollars over the next 10 years to maybe get there.
• I'm a little concerned that some of that study wasn't done before we granted $8 million to.

Keywords: 914, all

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• WITH ADVOCACY OR ANY OTHER PEERS. 115 YOUTH WITH THE LEVEL OF PLACEMENT. 31.3% ARE ALSO PLACED IN THE STUDY
• OUR STUDY FOCUSES ON CHILD SEX TRAFFICKING WHICH IS ALSO REFERRED TO AS COMMERCIAL SEXUAL EXPLOITATION
• THIS CHART SHOWS THE NUMBER OF CSE REPORTS OVER THE YEARS OF THE STUDY.
• THOSE ARE NOT PART OF OUR STUDY AS THE STUDY FOCUSES ON VERIFIED.
• ALL OF WHICH ARE THRIVING IN A PROFESSIONAL STUDY.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• We had a study by the National Academy of Science that that was really what was identified in our research
• The UF study has shown that awareness and promotion lead to attributed movement of juice and consumers
• That specialize in feasibility studies management on its specialize in feasibility studies management
• Those were not part of our society of the 49 districts that were part of our study with the independent
• who can be a supervisor trying to trying to address some of the issues that you guys found in your study

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• Warren article was changed into studying Warren article was changed into studying adopting<01:01
• <01:01:58.400> committee committee, the BUDCOM study committee committee, the BUDCOM study
• My inclination is to interim study >> Mr.
• >> I'll move I'll move inter room study. >> I'll move I'll move inter room study.
• Senator Lang moves interim study. I will second. All those in favor of interim study say I. I.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• or where does a source for that study or where does that<01:20:59.520> study<01:20:59.840>
• that study come from? that study come from?
• ,<01:21:15.920> so<01:21:16.200> it's national study, so it's national study, so it's
• <01:21:50.280> Um that study came from. Um that study came from.
• It's a national national study. study. study. >> my<01:21:56.080> question.

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.