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TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Natural Resources Apr 23rd, 2025

Natural Resources

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  • Entire state of Texas.
  • resources of the state.
  • And to think that this state...
  • Where is the pilot program at?
  • state water for use.
Summary: The Committee on Natural Resources heard House Bill 2109, which would remove certain long-proposed reservoir projects from the state water plan after 50 years without progress. Chairman Van Deaver and many landowners, local officials, timber interests, and conservation advocates testified in support, arguing that the Marvin Nichols Reservoir has burdened Northeast Texas landowners for decades with the threat of eminent domain, depressed property values, and uncertainty over homes, farms, ranches, schools, churches, and cemeteries. Supporters also said the project would flood tens of thousands of acres, require extensive mitigation, harm timber and agriculture, and that Texas now has better alternatives such as conservation, reuse, aquifer storage and recovery, and desalination. Several members expressed sympathy for the affected families and questioned whether a project could remain in the plan indefinitely without progress. Opposition came from North Texas water interests, including the North Texas Commission, Tarrant Regional Water District, and the Texas Water Association, who argued that the bill would interfere with the state’s long-term water planning process and remove needed future supply options for a fast-growing region. They said Region C faces major projected shortages by 2070, that conservation and reuse have already delayed the need for new supplies, and that reservoirs remain one tool in the state’s water-planning toolbox. TWDB staff explained the existing inter-regional conflict process and noted that the substitute would affect several unique reservoir sites, not just Marvin Nichols. After testimony, Chairman Van Deaver closed by urging passage of the bill, but the committee withdrew the substitute and left HB 2109 pending. The committee then took up House Bill 5188, a brackish groundwater bill. The author said the bill would reduce permitting burdens for wells in designated brackish groundwater production zones, and the committee substitute added requirements on monitoring, groundwater-rights ownership, and allocation of pumpage limits while removing some exclusions and export-fee provisions. Texas Wildlife Association testified against the bill, warning that the exemptions could weaken groundwater conservation districts’ ability to protect freshwater resources and surface-owner rights. San Antonio Water System testified in favor, saying brackish groundwater is a key future supply and that the substitute would help speed development of desalination and brackish projects. The Texas Alliance of Groundwater Districts testified neutrally but raised concerns about reduced district oversight, especially around injection-well exclusions and the loss of export fees, and said discussions on the bill were ongoing.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Natural Resources Apr 23rd, 2025

Natural Resources

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  • water plan or the state water plan because it does not protect. ...our natural resources of the state
  • This is what the state water plan has...
  • So how do we serve the entire state of Texas?
  • state water for use.
  • If you could please state your name.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Natural Resources Apr 23rd, 2025

Natural Resources

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  • However However, this financial assistance can only come if the project is consistent with state and
  • Members, I would really appreciate your help on this. areas of the state because they are so important
  • Securing a safe and reliable water supply is. crucial for the economic prosperity of our state.
  • ASR is an essential part of the state water plan and Austin's 100-year water plan.
  • And what I'm trying to do is be responsive to the folks that I represent.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Mar 12th, 2025

Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence

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  • The Texas Association of Business, we're the state chamber for the state of Texas.
  • We believe there is a significant value in having our legal state of incorporation in a state where we're
  • SpaceX is headquartered in the state of Texas.
  • This is part of responsibility.
  • found... found in Kentucky law and other states.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Mar 12th, 2025

Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence

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  • a state prosecutor's state annual salary.
  • state annual salary.
  • For all the reasons stated, it's... stated here today.
  • Every state has one. Every state has a summary of eviction.
  • Because the privilege to be your state representative, I feel like we have the responsibility, and definitely
TX
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  • The FCIC staff is always responsive and interested in our response.
  • . response of the store.
  • the United States of organized retail theft.
  • What is that impact to the state of Texas?
  • It costs the state millions of dollars every year.
KY
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  • It also increased the small school adjustment for Kentucky State University and Morehead State University
  • <00:34:27.720> States allowing reciprocity in state States allowing reciprocity in state States
  • Nathan Day, Kentucky State Police. Angela Parker, Kentucky State Police. Thank you so much.
  • I'm the Kentucky State Trauma Program Director. to update ations and forms clarify to update ations and
  • thank<01:15:45.120> you State trauma program director thank you State trauma program director
Summary: The subcommittee met with a quorum, approved the minutes, and welcomed new members before taking up Council on Postsecondary Education regulations 13 KAR 2:120 and 13 KAR 2:130. The regulations, as amended by staff and agency amendments, update public university and KCTCS performance funding models to conform to 2024 Senate Bill 191 and the performance funding work group’s recommendations. Changes discussed included replacing the underrepresented minority metric with an underrepresented students metric defined as first-generation students, adding an adult learner metric, increasing the low-income degree premium, adjusting small-school and nonresident credit-hour weights, revising data aging and progression metrics, and adding STEM+H criteria in 13 KAR 2:120. Travis Pal of the Council on Postsecondary Education explained that the changes reflect the work group’s three-year review process and that the work group ultimately voted to define underrepresented students as first-generation students and to apply half-weighting between research and comprehensive universities for the new metric. Michael Frasier of the Kentucky Student Rights Coalition and Eastern Kentucky University student government opposed 13 KAR 2:120, arguing that the regulation improperly applies weights where the statute does not clearly authorize them and that the funding changes disadvantage comprehensive universities and vulnerable students. He asked the committee to find the regulation deficient or, alternatively, recommend legislative clarification and a revised fiscal analysis. Pal responded that weighting has been part of the model since 2017, that CPE was following the statute and work group recommendations, and that the model could be changed by future legislation. Members asked about the timing of the broader performance funding review, and Pal said the full model is reviewed every three years, with the next work group cycle beginning in 2026. No motion to find the regulation deficient was made, and the committee allowed the regulations to proceed to the committee of jurisdiction. The committee then approved a staff amendment to Teachers’ Retirement System regulations 102 KAR 1:195 and 102 KAR 1:340, which require annual reporting of accumulated sick leave, leave policies, and salary schedules to TRS and make technical changes to the final average salary calculation and related definitions.
OK
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  • This talented group recently earned the 250ssAA6A 1 act play state championship along with the outstanding
  • They also have three speech and debate state champions.
  • Her contributions extend beyond her daily clinical responsibilities.
  • I am honored to have this team that went 33-8 and won their state's very first state championship in
  • Though trans people make up less than 1% of our state, we've spent at least one day in this building
OK
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  • Of Northwestern Oklahoma State University, Roberts State University, University of Oklahoma, Northeastern
  • She is a three-time state qualifier for golf.
  • She is a three-time state qualifier for golf.
  • She was a freshman state qualifier for tennis.
  • She is a two-time 5A state champion for cheerleading.
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama House Ways and Means General Fund Committee Feb 25th, 2026

Ways and Means General Fund

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  • ,<00:13:28.480> your you're left out of this program, your you're left out of this program
  • Whoever participates in the program that we're doing in this project. No.
  • If you participate in the program, you don't pay balance billing.
  • to look after committee's responsibility to look after the<00:15:16.000> general<00:15:16.240
  • interest on state account. interest on state account.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Apr 16th, 2025

Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence

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  • , to be held responsible, period.
  • The only form of state-provided training is a 50-minute video offered by the Secretary of State, which
  • States like Florida, California, New Mexico, Louisiana, Pennsylvania, and New York— all of these states
  • In all 50 states and offer state-approved notary education in many states.
  • In response to Ms.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Public Health Apr 7th, 2025

Public Health

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  • We practice in this state. We love this state. We are citizens of this state.
  • Wade in So go back to the states and deal with the state laws. At that point.
  • We have more gestational diabetes than in some other states. states.
  • . of state.
  • Thank you for your response.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Insurance Committee Feb 19th, 2025

Insurance

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  • requiring bonds from our non-resident surplus line brokers with our reciprocal agreement with other states
  • . ...to go out of state.
  • collect, and we do not collect premium... ...collect, and we do not collect premium tax on out-of-state
  • brokers unless they do most of their business in the state, which is not the case very often.
  • Other states don't charge, so this fixes that and takes away where we will not be charging bonds to out-of-state
HI
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  • coral stewardship program. coral stewardship program.
  • exploitation in the state. exploitation in the state.
  • <01:53:03.560> all States to return to the state all States to return to the state all recreational
  • And knowing that the federal government is a big funder of many of our state programs, uh, I'm going
  • And knowing that the federal government is a big funder of many of our state programs, uh, I'm going
Summary: The Committee on Water and Land met on March 31, 2026, and heard testimony on several resolutions. HCR 13/HR 50, which asks DLNR to work with DOE and the Public Charter School Commission on a student coral stewardship program, drew comments from DLNR, which said it stood on written testimony and had proposed amendments, and from supporters in the room. HCR 61, urging investment in reforestation policies, workforce, nursery capacity, and related support for public and private lands, received strong support from DLNR and multiple testifiers, including members of a reforestation policy hui, a resident, and others who emphasized watershed protection, flood and fire resilience, and the need to upgrade nursery infrastructure and staffing. Committee members asked questions about nursery modernization, staffing, island-specific needs, and whether reforestation could reduce wildfire impacts; the DLNR witness said all islands need investment, with especially large opportunities on Hawaiʻi Island, and that healthier forests improve resilience though they cannot eliminate climate-related risks. The committee then heard HCR 136/HR 128 on wildland-urban interface safety standards for Maui plantation towns, but no one testified. It also heard HCR 185/HR 175, which urges denial of permits for ICE detention-related warehouses; Chris Coffey of Immua Alliance testified in support, saying migrant survivors of exploitation are harmed when ICE detains people and that Hawaii would not be the first place to take such action, citing examples from other states and cities. In questioning, members explored whether a local facility would keep people closer to families and services or instead increase local detention; Coffey said detention generally cuts off access to services and can intensify fear, and that a local facility could incentivize more detention and make survivors less likely to come forward. Finally, the committee heard HCR 155/HR 147 supporting the Hawaii Water Safety Coalition’s Hawaii Water Safety Act. Testifiers included Allison Shapera, who described the statewide water safety plan, Hawaii’s high drowning rate, the economic and human costs of drownings, and her personal loss of her daughter in a preventable drowning; Kirsten Hermstead and Kalani Vierra of the Hawaiian Lifeguard Association said the plan’s recommendations need legislative recognition to help with implementation and grant funding; and Jessamine Town Horner testified by Zoom as a co-founder and bereaved family advocate. The transcript provided does not show any votes or final committee actions on the measures discussed.
OK
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  • But again, I just want to go back to what I originally stated.
  • I think what you I'm just gonna say this: the people of the state of Oklahoma have chosen the makeup
  • State statute that would say that only one can exist. I don't think so.
  • But moving on to your comment about liability, we had a proposal a couple of years ago for the state
  • and particularly our regents, both for their state regents and Russo regents, in the long run.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Education May 6th, 2026

Education

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  • Witnesses, please state your name for the record and speak into the microphone.
  • By the United States Department of Education.
  • So we were a SAC state. We are a SAC state.
  • Freiberg was thanked, and the Chair stated that the board was clear.
  • The Chair stated that Caroline Romer was present and wished to speak.
Summary: The House Education Committee met on May 6 and began with a presentation from LSU leadership, including LSU System President Wade Roos and Chancellor Jim Dalton. They outlined LSU’s goals of building an “elite” flagship university while maintaining accessibility through transfer pathways from regional campuses, increasing research expenditures toward top-tier status, and keeping more Louisiana students in-state for college and jobs. Members responded positively, praising LSU’s leadership, workforce focus, and efforts to retain the state’s best and brightest students. The committee then considered several bills. SB 105, by Sen. Kathy, would reinstitute a TOPS Tech-related benefit for veterans using existing TOPS Tech funds, with no new money added; it was reported favorably. SB 374 would create a uniform framework for college economic development districts, allowing other institutions to establish districts with local government approval; Rep. Tarver offered and the committee adopted an amendment adding a legislator to each district board, and the bill was reported with amendments. SB 304 would let Louisiana institutions choose from a Board of Regents-approved list of accreditors recognized by the U.S. Department of Education, while preserving specialized accreditation; it was reported favorably. The committee also took up SB 522, which would allow vocational and technical charter schools to apply directly to BESE as Type 2 charters when supported by the State Board of Commerce and Industry. Rep. Taylor objected that the bill should apply equally to public schools and charter schools, but the committee ultimately voted 9-1 to report the bill favorably. SB 290, a cleanup bill on student exit codes and school accountability data, was reported favorably. H.R. 175, which would have asked for a study of TOPS Tech, was voluntarily deferred by the author. Finally, H.C.R. 81, by Rep. Freiberg, requested a Department of Education study on options for public school systems facing declining enrollment, including funding, staffing, closures, and consolidation. Caroline Romer of the Louisiana Association of Public Charter Schools supported the study, and Rep. Taylor asked whether charter schools should be included in the review. The resolution was reported favorably. The meeting ended with several members recognizing visiting mayors and other guests before adjournment.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Municipal Apr 29th, 2026

Municipal

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  • McCormick, state your name. I'm James McCormick.
  • But I think the permit comes through the state.
  • with state law, Without getting the permission in accordance with state law and parish ordinance, the
  • It's many districts throughout this state.
  • We got federal money for rental relief programs.
Summary: The committee met on April 29 and heard a series of local bills affecting municipal and parish governance, blight enforcement, planning boards, and other local issues. Early actions included adopting a three-minute rule due to the late hour and deferring several bills that were not to be heard that day. House Bill 483 was voluntarily deferred, while House Bill 484 on the New Orleans Regional Business Park was amended and reported favorably. House Bill 78 on the Shreveport Downtown Development Authority was amended to correct a district reference and then reported favorably. House Bill 66, expanding Alexandria’s administrative adjudication authority for ordinance violations, was supported by the city and reported favorably. House Bill 326, requiring the Tickfaw police chief to reside in the village, was also reported favorably. The committee then took up several Shreveport blight-related bills. House Bill 1051, dealing with demolition of dilapidated residential property, was amended to allow the city to rely on reports from code enforcement, fire, police, or other public safety officials, and was reported favorably. House Bill 1080, a similar measure for condemned commercial property, was also reported favorably, with the sponsor noting he would consult the city attorney before floor debate. Senate Bill 148, allowing Lake Charles to pay a modest per diem to planning commission members by local ordinance, was reported favorably. House Bill 208, which would let St. Helena Parish voters decide whether to impose term limits on parish governing authority members, drew opposition from the police jury and failed on a recorded vote, 3-10. The committee also considered House Bill 1215 on the disposition of historical statues and monuments, adopting an amendment to prevent transferred monuments from being placed back in the parish where they were removed, and then reporting the bill favorably as amended. House Bill 793, a contested bill addressing subdivision plats filed without parish approval and the running of prescription, generated extensive testimony from the author, parish officials, the McCormicks, and a former appellate judge; the committee ultimately reported it favorably, with the author saying he would keep working on the language and send it to the Law Institute. Finally, House Bill 472, authorizing local rent stabilization measures during declared emergencies, was amended to limit any local ordinance to the duration of a governor-declared emergency, tie increases to CPI, and cap the measure at 365 days; the bill remained under discussion with questions about its relationship to existing price-gouging laws and whether the committee should wait for a broader study.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Apr 15th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

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  • We've got a regent from Russo, a regent from the state higher education, and a regent from Oklahoma State
  • We also have 33 state regents, well, Oklahoma State regents with us.
  • Certainly, clerk, will read Whereas the Oklahoma State Legislature wishes to honor Oklahoma State University
  • our history in this great state.
  • Whereas, the Oklahoma State Legislature is pleased to welcome Coach Morris to Oklahoma State University
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Business Apr 7th, 2026 at 10:30 am

Business

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  • the current system of state licensing.
  • I left out of state, I think Alabama's passed it too.
  • benefit programs if they do these things?
  • Thank you, Chairman, so You said this has been passed in some other states.
  • Right now, we need economic diversification in the state of Oklahoma.