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• We're concerned about the safety of the traveling public and also the financial stability of our counties

Bills: HB352, HB366, SB272, SB296

Keywords: HB352, cotton, cotton bale assessment, cotton levy, cotton producers, agriculture, forestry, Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry Committee, per bale fee, commodity assessment, producer referendum, cotton sales tax, Alabama Code 2-8-199, cotton commission, agricultural funding, HB366, Lakyn Canine Act, police dog, K9, K-9

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• reaching maximum medical improvement or MMI signifies the point at which an injured worker's condition stabilizes

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• funds for maintenance and capital improvement. projects, and below that's a decrease in economic stabilization

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• to more quickly meet people's needs faster and quicker, our hope is that that will further allow stability

Summary: The Committee on Children, Families, and Elder Affairs received a Department of Children and Families update from CIO Cole Sousa on three major technology modernization efforts: ACCESS, CWIS, and FASMS. For ACCESS, he described the six-year, $205 million project to replace the aging eligibility system used for SNAP, TANF, and Medicaid applications, noting completed releases such as the MyACCESS portal, document management, partner portal, workload management, and client registration modules. He said the system now supports mobile applications, multi-factor authentication, and bot detection, and that the next budget request is $36.625 million to continue moving workers off the mainframe, modernize notices, and complete more worker-portal functions. Members asked about performance data, interoperability with other systems, and the relationship to the FX project and APD; Sousa said API-based real-time exchanges are the goal and that current average case processing time is about 30 days, though he would provide a more exact figure later. The committee then heard about CWIS, a four-year, $75 million child welfare modernization project. Sousa said phase one is complete, including hotline intake, investigations, mandatory reporter, youth, parent, and mobile portals, along with mobile field tools, e-signatures, and customizable dashboards. Current work is focused on case management, assessment and safety planning, licensure, and placement modules, with collaboration from community-based care providers through advisory sessions. For the next fiscal year, DCF is requesting $28 million and expects to finish development by summer and launch in September, while continuing change management and training. Senators pressed on interoperability with ACCESS, FX, and FASMS, the use of a single unique identifier, and whether CBCs would be required to use the statewide system; Sousa said the department’s goal is one statewide system, with licensing costs absorbed by the state and no plan for dual systems after go-live. Finally, Sousa gave a brief update on FASMS, the financial and services accountability system used by managing entities. He said it remains in maintenance mode while DCF prioritizes ACCESS and CWIS, and that modernization of FASMS is still being planned with partner agencies. He estimated current maintenance costs at about $1.3 million and suggested a future modernization could cost roughly $5 million to $7 million, though no firm timeline has been set. The committee expressed support for using data and interoperable systems to improve decision-making, and the meeting adjourned without any votes or formal actions beyond adjournment.

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• <02:09:02.079> to<02:09:02.320> mining restore clarity and stability to mining restore
• clarity and stability to mining operations<02:09:03.679> and<02:09:04.000> support<02:
• This bill will create the regulatory clarity and stability that companies need to attract investment
• This bill will create the regulatory clarity and stability that companies need to attract investment
• The protections of the ESA have allowed gray wolf populations across the country to stabilize and regain

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

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• I am also working on legislation focused on stabilizing home care because these gaps are real and people
• We've seen what happens when supports end abruptly, such as with housing stabilization services.
• stable family homes into settings that already lack consistent staff will not improve safety or stability
• have to reimagine what threaten used, we have to reimagine what threaten their<00:48:37.600> stability
• their stability. their stability.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• This reauthorization package contains several bipartisan reforms that restore stability and strengthen
• > restore several bipartisan reforms that restore several bipartisan reforms that restore stability
• c> strengthen<03:07:24.160> the<03:07:24.240> programs<03:07:24.760> by stability
• and strengthen the programs by stability and strengthen the programs by safeguarding<03:07:25.920>
• , presidents and members of Congress of both parties have talked about peace in the Middle East, stability

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, March 16, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• JAC added section 301, which authorizes the state auditor to borrow from the Legislative Stabilization
• emergency appropriation and borrow from the<02:02:07.440> legislative<02:02:08.080> stabilization
• state auditor to transfer $100 million as much as necessary on June 30, 2028, from the Legislative Stabilization
• 2028 as much as necessary on June 30, 2028 from<02:25:56.240> legislative<02:25:56.800> stabilization
• <02:25:57.520> reserve from legislative stabilization reserve from legislative stabilization

Keywords: 916, all

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• It reflects a proactive strategy to stabilize energy prices and increase energy reliability in our state
• It reflects a proactive strategy to stabilize energy prices and increase energy reliability in our state
• What the committee heard was the claim that a deal with Seabrook could be a way to stabilize the price
• And unfortunately, it's likely that rate stability could come at a very high cost.
• could come at a that that rate stability could come at a very<01:53:09.760> high<01:53:10.280

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• The trend continued, and by fiscal year 2022, the numbers were stabilizing around 111,000.
• Kelsey Vela: ...projected to continue increasing through fiscal year 27 before stabilizing at approximately
• This population decreased from fiscal year 2020 and began stabilizing in fiscal year 2021.
• Formal referrals began increasing again in fiscal year 2022 and stabilized in fiscal year 2023 at around
• Q Hwin: ...Formal referrals began increasing again in fiscal year 2022 and stabilized in fiscal year

Bills: SB1

Keywords: campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards

Summary: The committee heard a Legislative Budget Board presentation and then testimony from the Department of Public Safety on the Article 5 public safety budget. LBB said DPS’s 2026-27 recommendation totals $3.7 billion, down from the prior base, while FTEs rise by 856.7. Major items included increased funding for driver license services and customer support, new trooper funding and recruit schools, crime lab operations, border security, and reductions tied to one-time facility, vehicle, and aircraft spending. The committee also discussed new riders, including one to lapse unused trooper funds and require reporting after recruit schools. Members focused heavily on driver license operations, questioning why prior staffing increases and a prior efficiency study had not solved long wait times, high call abandonment, and appointment delays. DPS and LBB said the agency receives about 22,000 calls per day, answers only about 9 percent, and is seeking more staff plus technology upgrades such as automation, kiosks, and better online processing. Senators also raised concerns about rural access, REAL ID document requirements, and whether the department should rethink its processes rather than simply add employees. DPS leadership then described needs for the Williamson County training academy, additional troopers, Capitol and Alamo security, border operations, aircraft and vehicle replacement, and regional headquarters in El Paso and San Antonio. Members asked about Operation Lone Star costs, overtime, pursuit safety, border crime, oilfield theft, and sexual assault kit and toxicology backlogs. DPS said border deployments remain focused on criminal threats, that overtime is partly driven by deployments and staffing shortages, and that the sexual assault kit backlog is down to 118 cases with a goal of zero by April. The committee later recessed and began the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission budget presentation, where LBB outlined a $115.1 million recommendation and noted ongoing costs for the AIMS technology project.

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• Prompt legislative action is necessary to ensure the future health and stability of the transportation
• the secretary to totally waive bonding requirements in case of emergencies, such as temporary stabilization
• case of emergencies such as temporary case of emergencies such as temporary um,<01:24:13.679> stabilization
• um, stabilization during an emergency. um, stabilization during an emergency.

Keywords: 927, senate, all

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• So we should be preserving stability and predictability for our industry that's already under some significant
• So we should be preserving stability and predictability for our industry that's already under some significant
• So we should be preserving stability and predictability for our industry that's already under some significant
• So we should be preserving stability and predictability for our industry that's already under some significant
• RPS statute, is to provide fuel diversity to reduce exposure to volatile fossil fuel prices and to stabilize

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• sustainability of our housing infrastructure, and to identify recommendations to strengthen and stabilize
• sustainability of our housing infrastructure, and to identify recommendations to strengthen and stabilize
• sustainability of our housing infrastructure, and to identify recommendations to strengthen and stabilize
• sustainability of our housing infrastructure, and to identify recommendations to strengthen and stabilize
• insurance costs or decrease access, and kind of miscellaneously other areas that would strengthen and stabilize

Keywords: 1183, house

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• 32:53.440> everything Because that, you know, for everything that happened with housing stabilization
• No, this is the stabilization changing. This is eliminating the program and putting a different...
• 05.920> is<01:35:06.000> the No, this is the this is the No, this is the this is the stabilization
• <01:35:07.440> This<01:35:07.600> is stabilization changing.
• This is stabilization changing.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• within the framework set forth by the governor's proclamation relating to condominium insurance stabilization
• We've been successfully writing for many years, and HPIA has served to stabilize the market through many
• and HPIA has um for many years and and HPIA has served<01:21:00.480> to<01:21:00.719> stabilize
• <01:21:01.280> the<01:21:01.520> market<01:21:02.000> through served to stabilize
• the market through served to stabilize the market through many<01:21:02.640> difficult<01:21:

Keywords: 912, senate, all

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• from that deal, which I think would have been beneficial and would have provided a lot of financial stability
• Those two partners, you and Ensa together, won't be enough to provide the stability the finances need
• ><01:17:39.480> to<01:17:39.760> provide<01:17:40.199> the<01:17:40.400> stability
• won't be enough to provide the stability won't be enough to provide the stability the<01:17:41.239

Keywords: 1183, house

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• able to be in community, so this overdue state investment for the state-operated beds, crisis stabilization
• the sheer numbers of people who need high-level acute care that AMRTC really is nothing but a stabilization
• <01:24:48.199> nothing<01:24:48.520> but<01:24:48.639> a<01:24:48.800> stabilization
• really is nothing but a stabilization really is nothing but a stabilization Critical<01:24:50.159

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• We do believe the credit stability of Hawaiian Electric is incredibly important both to us and our investors
• tool that will help Hawaiian Electric work to get back to an investment-grade credit rating and stabilize
• ><00:12:56.000> and investment grade credit rating and investment grade credit rating and stabilize
• 57.040> Outlook<00:12:58.040> this<00:12:58.240> bill<00:12:58.519> is stabilize
• their Outlook this bill is stabilize their Outlook this bill is critical<00:12:59.320> for<00

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The joint Senate hearing focused primarily on SB 1201, a wildfire measure that would create a wildfire recovery fund and allow securitization for electric utilities. Hawaiian Electric strongly supported the bill, saying it would help protect customers, property owners, insurers, and the broader economy from future catastrophic wildfire liability while improving the utility’s credit profile and lowering financing costs. Support also came from DCCA Consumer Advocacy, the Attorney General’s office on written comments, Ulupono Initiative, Clearway Energy Group, IBEW Local 1260, Par Hawaii, KIUC, the Chamber of Commerce Hawaiʻi, Plus Power, and numerous organizations and individuals. Opponents or commenters raised concerns about the liability cap, victim compensation process, and fund structure, including the Hawaiʻi Association for Justice, the Hawaiʻi Regional Council of Carpenters, and the Hawaiʻi Insurance Council; Henry Curtis of Life of the Land supported the concept of a fund but questioned the catastrophe threshold and whether the fund would be empty without a prudency finding. Much of the discussion centered on whether the proposed fund would actually help restore Hawaiian Electric to investment grade, with senators comparing the proposal to California’s wildfire fund. Hawaiian Electric said the bill was only one part of a broader process, alongside physical risk reduction and settlement finalization, and argued that without the bill the utility would not regain investment grade. Senators also questioned the proposed $1 billion fund size, the fairness of ratepayer contributions versus shareholder contributions, and whether customers should pay for consulting and administrative costs; Hawaiian Electric said its proposed amendment would remove those consulting-related charges. The company also said the fund would accrue interest and, if unused, could be returned to customers, and that there would be replenishment and supplemental contribution mechanisms if the fund were exhausted. The Attorney General’s office said it still had further amendments to discuss, and the departments had not yet resolved where the fund should reside administratively, though Hawaiian Electric said it believed DCCA was the appropriate place but was open to alternatives. KIUC requested two amendments. No vote or final committee action was taken during the hearing, and the measure remained under discussion with questions and proposed amendments still outstanding.

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• This holistic approach not only improved attendance but also fostered long-term stability and well-being
• treatment, including inpatient and residential treatment options, teletherapy services, and crisis stabilization
• c><00:19:54.840> crisis teletherapy services and crisis teletherapy services and crisis stabilization
• <00:19:56.480> programs<00:19:57.280> and<00:19:57.720> adequate stabilization programs
• and adequate stabilization programs and adequate reimb<00:19:59.600> reimbursement<00:20:00.600

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• and so now they don't have the means—or, quite frankly, the time frame—to create that financial stability
• fund, perhaps triggered by APS validation rather than a criminal conviction, providing emergency stabilization
• Providing emergency stabilization benefits within 30 days for housing, medication, and basic needs is

Keywords: 1184, house, all