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• These data centers are designed and utilize closed-loop systems.
• And then to wrap it up, our value system and core values are around lifting lives.
• Systems.
• We did have a development partner file for an air permit in Texas.
• It depends on how fast you move from a regulatory perspective and getting permits.

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• Would that not be permitted or would that be permitted? >> Mr.
• permitted or would that be permitted? permitted or would that be permitted?
• We want our election system.”
• when the system works. And so Mr. Mr. when the system works. And so Mr. Mr.
• properly tested tabulation systems. properly tested tabulation systems.

Bills: HB0022, HB0052, HB0076

Keywords: municipal officers, recall election, petition requirements, local governance, voter participation, elections, hand counting, recounts, vote auditing, Wyoming legislature, electoral process, annexation, landowner rights, municipal law, city planning, property, local government, 916, all

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• And we have probably, or I can proudly say, that we haven't done any customization to the system.
• And we have probably, or I can proudly say, that we haven't done any customization to the system.
• And we have probably, or I can proudly say, that we haven't done any customization to the system.
• And we have probably, or I can proudly say, that we haven't done any customization to the system.
• And we have probably, or I can proudly say, that we haven't done any customization to the system.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Currently, Florida statute 373 has permitting guidelines for nature-based solutions.
• These permitting standards are subject to legislative ratification.
• Now, permit me one small personal reflection.
• There were concerns about permitting some of these fees in excessive ways.
• It is essential that we eliminate any potential ambiguity in this system.

Summary: The Senate convened with an opening prayer, pledge, and a series of introductions recognizing guests, visiting groups, and special honorees in the galleries. The chamber then took up committee and executive appointment business, adopting a report confirming 42 gubernatorial appointments by a vote of 36-0. The Senate next considered a long special-order calendar of bills, most of them passing with little or no opposition. Measures included public-records sunset reviews and trade secret/cybersecurity exemptions; a child-abuse reporting statute of limitations bill; commercial driving school oversight; human trafficking training for nurses; a new injunction for protection against serious violence and its related public-records exemption; nature-based coastal resiliency and mangrove protection; a chiropractic trust-funds cap repeal; specialty license plates; a waiver of late financial disclosure fines; public school personnel compensation; the Florida Farm Bill with multiple agriculture, biosolids, and enforcement provisions; homestead exemption clarification for long-term leases; disability presumption clarifications for first responders; reinsurance intermediary manager conformity; patriotic displays in public schools; ADS-B aviation fee restrictions; autism-related law enforcement training and the Blue Envelope program; campus safety reporting procedures for public postsecondary institutions; and veterinary prescription disclosure. Several bills were temporarily postponed, including local vessel restrictions, temporary critical-need practice certificates, and domestic animals. The floor debate featured the most discussion on the farm bill, the HCSM/nonprofit religious organizations bill, the autism law-enforcement bill, and the school athletics bill. The HCSM bill drew extended debate over whether licensed insurance agents should be allowed to market faith-based health care sharing ministries, with supporters emphasizing consumer choice, free speech, and religious liberty, and opponents warning about unregulated products and commissions; it passed 32-5. The athletics bill, prompted by the Teddy Bridgewater/Miami Northwestern situation, would let coaches provide good-faith support to student-athletes while requiring reporting and FHSAA oversight; it passed 38-0. Most other measures passed overwhelmingly, including the autism bill 38-0, the campus safety bill 37-0, the public school patriotic displays bill 36-2, and the farm bill 38-0 after amendments addressing Everglades lands and biosolids timing were adopted.

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• If disconnected while presenting testimony, you may be allowed to continue if time permits.
• If disconnected while presenting testimony, you may be allowed to continue if time permits.
• If disconnected while presenting testimony, you may be allowed to continue if time permits.
• They didn't get a building permit.
• know I'm a lawyer too uh judicial system know I'm a lawyer too uh judicial system takes<00:53:20.200

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The committee on Consumer Protection and Commerce met on January 30, 2025, and heard testimony on several condominium-related bills, beginning with HB 70. HB 70 would require a budget summary disclosure for condominiums. Supporters, including Community Associations Institute, a real estate broker, and several condominium owners, said the bill would improve consumer protection by giving owners and buyers a clearer, more understandable snapshot of an association’s financial health and reserve compliance. One supporter noted the bill should help reduce confusion caused by lengthy reserve studies and emphasized the importance of accurate disclosure. A testifier also urged the committee to hear other condominium bills quickly, including measures related to an ombudsman, managing agents, parliamentarians, and attorney’s fees. The committee then heard HB 106, which would change the process for condominium fines and disputes. Phil Nery of CAI and other supporters said the bill would strengthen due process by requiring clearer notice, allowing an internal board appeal, and then permitting small claims court review without attorney’s fees unless the fine is upheld. They argued this would prevent fines from escalating into costly legal disputes and provide a more linear, fair process. Some supporters suggested amendments, including clarifying that the statute controls over association documents and refining refund language. During questioning, members raised concerns about small claims limits and whether associations would be represented by volunteers or attorneys. One testifier initially in support later said he would not support the bill as written after hearing HPD’s concerns. HB 224, relating to property rights, drew opposition from the Department of the Attorney General and the Honolulu Police Department. Both agencies said the bill would improperly push law enforcement into a quasi-judicial role and could short-circuit existing due process procedures for occupants of residences. A realtor who had initially been listed in support changed his position after hearing the opposition testimony. The committee also heard emotional testimony from a resident describing a long-running squatter and utility theft problem at a neighboring property, which he said took years of court action and police involvement to resolve. No votes or final committee actions were taken during the portion of the meeting reflected in the transcript.

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• we are denying that building permit we are denying that building permit because<00:55:02.480>
• They cannot accomplish the most necessary part of the bail system.
• They cannot accomplish the most necessary part of the bail system.
• They cannot accomplish the most necessary part of the bail system.
• So what is the alternative then, to keep this system that we have in place right now?

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• This bill originally just dealt with the public university systems.
• This bill originally just dealt with the public university systems.
• But actually actually, if I may systems.
• So then it really is the university system and community college system. >> I would support that.
• I had that we were adding community and university system colleges to that line.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• without a liquor permit. without a liquor permit.
• To learn that we would need a permit.
• He said it will hurt local liquor stores and erode the three-tier system.
• Chair, and uh Representative Kresha, I so too am stuck in this phase of the tier system.
• Chair, and uh Representative Kresha, I so too am stuck in this phase of the tier system.

Bills: HF4145, HF4009, HF4304, SF2511, HF4090, HF357, HF901

Keywords: alcohol consumption, nursing homes, assisted living, resident activities, Minnesota Statutes, seasonal liquor licenses, resorts, intoxicating liquor, county board, Brainerd, Northern Pacific Center, event center, liquor license, on-sale license, alcohol sales, special law, local option, Minnesota liquor law, chapter 340A, Sunday sales

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• Uh the um some earlier stage systems.
• at the end of its uh system life. at the end of its uh system life.
• manufacturing oftentimes is permitting manufacturing oftentimes is permitting time.<00:46:13.119
• <01:17:54.239> that regulated monopoly utility system that regulated monopoly utility system
• Uh, I frankly am concerned that a $3.5 million charge for a single permit, namely the permit to decide

Bills: HF4059, HF76

Keywords: climate change, greenhouse gas emissions, financing, sustainability, environmental policy, renewable energy, Minnesota Climate Innovation Financing Authority, earned incentive release credit, release credits, supervised release, corrections, Minnesota Department of Corrections, sentence reduction, good time, prison time, incarceration, violent offenses, murder, criminal sexual conduct, sex offenses

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• Up next we have HB 1162 relating to motorcycle instruction permits.
• relating to motorcycle motorcycle relating to motorcycle motorcycle instruction<00:43:50.640> permits
• c> Uh<00:43:51.760> for<00:43:51.920> this<00:43:52.079> one instruction permits
• Uh for this one instruction permits.
• Um, that is traffic enforcement systems.

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• She was failed by the system. I was failed by the system.
• It's a failure in our justice system and that's a failure that you have the power to fix.
• But it seems to be that the expenses are permitted in Florida today are primarily tied to an event to
• Do anything without a permit on the beach.
• Don't they need a permanent thing, getting a permit to put up signs, somebody telling get a permit to

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• The community college system has become a critical pathway allowing Californians from all backgrounds
• that millions of... ...and accessible elections by attacking a system that millions of Californians
• SB 73 builds on that work by reinforcing clear... ...safeguards around ballot custody, voting systems
• It's time to recognize that system-impacted folks are people too.
• And due to this, too many children are falling through the cracks of our state's foster system because

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• An essential component of a democratic society in a republican system of government is accountability
• <00:13:03.200> of society in a republican system of society in a republican system of government
• No law enforcement officer in Vermont will be permitted to wear a mask.
• <00:16:42.240> Vermont<00:16:43.040> will<00:16:43.279> be<00:16:43.440> permitted
• <00:16:43.920> to officer in Vermont will be permitted to officer in Vermont will be permitted

Keywords: 927, senate, all

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• 3460 by Dan Huberty relating to the bilingual education allotment under the public school finance system
• the evaluation and reporting of investment practices and performances of certain public retirement systems
• HB 3483 by Terry Canales relates to the authority of the Lower Colorado River Authority to issue permits
• authority of municipalities to regulate the installation and inspection of residential energy backup systems
• HB 3521 by Sam Harless relating to the police officers' public retirement system for certain municipalities

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• High real estate costs and a complex permitting process limit our ability to really serve the families
• real estate costs, complex permitting real estate costs, complex permitting process,<00:18:28.000
• I don't understand in our project delivery we have systems like Maximo and uh CPT.
• like Maximo and uh CPT have systems like Maximo and uh CPT um<00:29:12.960> we<00:29:13.200><
• , a separate permitting department.

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The committee heard testimony on HB 1783, which would expand public-private partnership options for charter school facilities. The Department of Education offered comments, the Charter School Commission and SFA supported the bill, and Hawaii Technology Academy, Hawaii Kids, Hawaii Children’s Action Network, HGA, Aloha Project, and several individuals testified in support, while UPW opposed it. Supporters said charter schools need faster and more flexible ways to address severe facility shortages and high costs, and SFA described the bill as a pilot model that could leverage developer partnerships and state contributions, citing Maryland as an example. Members asked whether the bill was limited to charter schools; DOE said the language could be read to include other public school facilities, but if focused only on charter schools, DOE was less concerned. The Charter School Commission also described an existing public-private preschool model through Parkway Village Preschool and PACTED. The committee then took up HB 1778, which would establish a CIP database for school facilities. SFA supported the bill, saying it would create a more disciplined, transparent basis for funding decisions by documenting facility condition, needed repairs, classification, and timing. DOE initially said it rested on its comments, then responded to questions by saying it already maintains deferred maintenance lists, uses systems such as Maximo, CPT, GIS, and finance software, and sends legislators project-status letters twice a year. DOE said it is working on improving its outward-facing dashboard and integrating its systems, but questioned whether the bill would add value beyond existing tools. Members emphasized the need for a publicly accessible, real-time transparency tool, while DOE said it was still evaluating its current systems and was not yet seeking funding for a new IT program. For HB 2344, creating an Independent Public School Realignment and Closure Commission, DOE said it wants to remain part of any consolidation process to keep students and education central, while SFA said the bill is timely and framed it as a restructuring response to changing conditions and possible federal funding cuts. SFA compared the proposal to the federal BRAC process for military base closures and said Hawaii has the same enrollment as in 1961 but many more schools, arguing that the state needs a more deliberate approach to school closures and land reuse. The Attorney General’s office raised technical concerns about several sections, including unclear references to administrative support, a governor-approval sequence, a possible conflict with existing statutes governing closed-school disposition, and a missing section number. Testimony on HB 2345, which would establish a geographic CIP district, began with DOE in opposition; DOE said the bill would duplicate existing work, add confusion by creating two agencies doing the same thing, and spend money inefficiently because district project coordinators and project lists already exist.

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• You can see what it is: a permitting technician position was removed, and then the other three positions
• You've got the university system, and then you've got the veterans loans.
• Because to get a FERC permit, you need 100% capacity.
• Because to get a FERC permit, you need 100% capacity. And you need capacity. You need capacity.
• FERC permit, you need 100% capacity, and you need capacity, then you need the capital, then you do the

Keywords: 908, all

Summary: The committee heard House Bill 2014, the budget for the Industrial Commission, with Representative Kempenich walking through the agency’s major components: the administrative office, Bank of North Dakota, housing finance, Department of Mineral Resources, and the State Mill and Elevator. He described mostly special-fund operations, including bond payments, economic development programs, the rail loan program, the Rebuilder’s Loan Program, housing incentive funding, abandoned well reclamation work, lignite research, litigation reserves, and a capacity purchase arrangement for a future natural gas pipeline. He also explained several one-time funding items, such as grid resiliency grants, housing-related transfers from the Strategic Investment Fund, and enhanced oil recovery funding repurposed from a prior salt cavern study. Members asked about the reduction in housing incentive funding from the Senate version, the use of one-time Strategic Investment Fund dollars for ongoing housing programs, and whether a trigger should be added to increase housing funding later. Kempenich said no trigger was discussed and emphasized that housing needs vary widely across the state. Another exchange focused on the enhanced oil recovery grant program, which he said would be driven largely by the Energy and Environmental Research Center and would use repurposed funds. A longer discussion covered the natural gas pipeline capacity purchase, including its purpose, possible routes, and the idea that the state would be buying capacity rather than immediately building a pipeline. The committee adopted Amendment 25.0181.0207 on a 21-1 vote, with one member absent and not voting. The committee then passed HB 2014 as amended on a 21-1 vote, with one member absent and not voting. Representative Kempenich was designated to carry the bill. The chair then noted this was the final budget hearing for the committee, with one bill remaining to be heard later.

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• <00:22:30.200> a<00:22:30.440> year system system how many hours a year system system
• internal impacts there were a system internal impacts there were a system that<01:01:49.640>
• That's our state system.
• So that rides on the radio system.
• There are county systems; it's our state system, which we just talked about.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee met with New Hampshire DOT Commissioner Bill Cass and Finance Director Danielle Shandra to review the agency’s FY 2026 budget. Cass gave a high-level overview of DOT’s mission, organization, funding structure, and staffing trends, noting the agency has about 650 employees across five divisions. He said the Governor’s recommended FY 2026 budget totals $95.99 million, essentially flat from FY 2025, with funding primarily from Turnpike funds, Highway funds, federal sources, and a small General Fund share for non-highway units. Members asked about how Turnpike and Highway funds are treated in state accounting, and DOT explained that while they are enterprise funds restricted to their purposes, they are considered unrestricted from the statewide perspective and are appropriated through the budget process. A major topic was staffing and budget targets. DOT said its full-time staffing level has remained relatively flat since 2014 even as vehicle miles traveled increased and vacancies rose. To meet budget targets, the department unfunded seven permanent positions and nine temporary full-time positions, and later noted additional reductions in Finance, including the elimination of two full-time positions, reduced print shop equipment purchases, and deeper cuts to overtime, temporary help, equipment, and supplies in FY 2027. DOT also explained that it shifted funding for one unmanned aerial system position from General Funds to Highway Funds, saying the change was workable because the position supports highway-related work and federal-aid-eligible activities. Members asked for clarification on the state transit operating match, and DOT explained that the Legislature had previously provided about $1.8 million annually in General Funds to help local transit agencies meet federal match requirements, but that funding was not included in this budget. DOT said that could reduce the ability to draw down some federal transit funds, though the impact may not be immediate because those funds can be used over several years. The department also described its unmanned aerial system program, saying it has been used for about five years for mapping, survey work, construction oversight, and storm damage assessment, and that it now has about five drones and two full-time positions supporting the program. DOT said it is expanding cross-training so more employees can operate drones without adding positions. No votes or formal actions were taken in the portion provided.

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• Uh, we, well, in Travis County, we have, uh, an online system. We don't file a report.
• I came prepared to tell this body that, uh, we, we presently have a, a, a system whereby you can get
• Um, The federal court system.
• Um, and my simple answer is that Senator Zafarini drafted the bill this way and so I wasn't permitted
• Not only do we as a system stop looking for them, we stop offering them support.

Bills: HCR 10

Keywords: balanced budget amendment, federal budget, deficit reduction, deficit spending, fiscal restraint, constitutional amendment, U.S. Constitution, Congress, PAYGO, Gramm-Rudman-Hollings, national debt, budget deficit, taxpayer dollars, balanced budget resolution, memorial resolution, Texas Legislature, federal spending, budget reform, fiscal conservatism

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• But it also really helps those systems modernize and upgrade their water services. ...from all of our
• But it also really helps those systems modernize and upgrade their water services. ...water services.
• But it also really helps those systems modernize and upgrade their water services.
• This is a fund for systems, as I said, in rural Arizona.
• How will these get permitted? How will they be environmentally sound?

Keywords: 1182, all

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• HB 3701 by Dyson Earling to the authority of the Board of Regents of the Texas A&M system to construct
• , acquire, improve, extend, and equip utility systems located on the university system, property for
• HB 3756 by guaran relates to the powers of certain non-residential sellers permit holders who hold a
• wine permit for the Committee of Licensing Administrative Procedures.
• HB 3776 by Paul relates to the reporting requirements of the public retirement system and authorizes