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• education about work zones—why they exist, how to navigate them safely, and the consequences of ignoring closures—could
• them safely and the consequences of them safely and the consequences of ignoring<00:43:08.319><c> closures
• </c><00:43:09.319><c> could</c><00:43:09.440><c> mean</c><00:43:09.680><c> the</c> ignoring closures
• could mean the ignoring closures could mean the difference<00:43:10.240><c> between</c><00:43:10.720>

Committee: Senate Transportation

Transcript Highlights:

• I hope the answers that are uncovered will help bring some closure to those grieving and help ensure
• ><04:33:15.520><c> help</c><04:33:15.719><c> bring</c><04:33:15.920><c> some</c><04:33:16.119><c> closure
• </c> uncovered will help bring some closure uncovered will help bring some closure to<04:33:16.760><c

Bills: HR758 , HR856 , HR153 , HR872 , HB1515

Keywords: fencing, youth development, underserved communities, athletics, Peter Westbrook, scholarships, academic achievement, SNAP, nutrition assistance, contingency funds, government shutdown, hunger prevention, vulnerable populations, federal funding, condolences, aviation safety, transportation disaster, victims support, first responders, Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease

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• He said that with Sherco closure and planned decommissioning, the district anticipates losing over 40%
• <00:16:08.279><c> base</c><00:16:09.000><c> with</c><00:16:09.160><c> shirle</c><00:16:09.720><c> closure
• </c> district's tax base with shirle closure district's tax base with shirle closure and<00:16:10.560

Committee: House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy

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• usual because they do construction financing timed to the timeline of getting a deal to financial closure
• 01:08:59.640><c> deal</c><01:09:00.199><c> to</c><01:09:00.400><c> financial</c><01:09:00.880><c> closure
• </c><01:09:01.319><c> shovel</c><01:09:01.679><c> on</c> a deal to financial closure shovel on a deal
• to financial closure shovel on the<01:09:01.920><c> ground</c><01:09:02.359><c> and</c><01:09:02.520

Committee: Senate Housing and Homelessness Prevention

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• said they think the committee could do this year to help bring those costs down and prevent or help closure
• those costs down and to prevent or bring those costs down and to prevent or help<01:44:52.639><c> closure
• in</c><01:44:53.520><c> Greater</c><01:44:54.080><c> Minnesota</c><01:44:55.080><c> that</c> help closure
• in Greater Minnesota that help closure in Greater Minnesota that would<01:44:55.360><c> be</c><01:44

Committee: House Children and Families Finance and Policy

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• these coolants become necessary to change out, if a program like this wouldn't exist, there would be closures
• /c><01:37:52.840><c> would</c><01:37:53.000><c> be</c> exist there would be exist there would be closures
• :55.000><c> rinks</c><01:37:55.360><c> and</c><01:37:55.599><c> and</c><01:37:55.719><c> the</c> closures
• of more ice rinks and and the closures of more ice rinks and and the kids<01:37:56.119><c> that</c><

Committee: Senate Capital Investment

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• I don't know what the number of closures in the last three years have been, and you may have that number
• doing this I don't know what the number doing this I don't know what the number of<01:10:45.000><c> closures
• ><c> last</c><01:10:45.960><c> three</c><01:10:46.159><c> years</c><01:10:46.360><c> have</c> of closures
• in the last three years have of closures in the last three years have been<01:10:46.840><c> and</c><

Committee: Senate Transportation

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• funding cut or prior cuts, district after district across the state will continue to announce school closures
• Districts across the state will continue to announce school closures, employee layoffs, and other cost-saving
• So, public charter schools now have a three strikes rule for closure and a two strikes rule for facilities
• prohibition on facilities funding for related party transactions. ...have a three strikes rule for closure
• Grieving closures, staffing cuts, and uncertainty instead of celebrating our students.

Committee: House Public Education

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• And I think it brings closure to the families who've lost someone.
• think</c><00:51:42.480><c> it</c><00:51:42.720><c> brings</c><00:51:42.880><c> a</c><00:51:43.119><c> closure
• </c><00:51:43.520><c> to</c><00:51:43.760><c> the</c> And I think it brings a closure to the And I think
• it brings a closure to the families<00:51:44.800><c> who've</c><00:51:45.200><c> lost</c><00:51:45.520
• It offers a false promise of closure while prolonging trauma through decades of appeals.

Committee: House Criminal Justice and Public Safety

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• your office and we talked about an issue that was going on across the state, and that issue was the closure
• /c><00:54:21.400><c> issue</c><00:54:21.760><c> was</c><00:54:22.000><c> the</c><00:54:22.440><c> closure
• </c> the state and that issue was the closure the state and that issue was the closure of<00:54:23.599
• 180 Degrees: We talked about an issue that was going on across the state, and that issue was the closure

Committee: Senate Judiciary and Public Safety

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• The East Texas region has been without an armory since 2011 when the federal base realignment and closure
• East Texas region that has been without an armory since 2011 when the federal base realignment and closure
• recommend that the legislature implement Sunset's recommendation that TTCJ develop a staggered facility closure
• In addition, we recommend adopting policies that would... a staggered facility closure plan.
• justice is staunchly opposed to any additional funding for Operation Lone Star. a staggered facility closure

Bills: SB 1

Committee: Senate Finance

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.

Transcript Highlights:

• happy to. to talk with you about. student mental health, instead of holding a hearing about school closures
• And on the stands of Omaha Beach where 2,400 Allied soldiers met their violent deaths. our experiences

Bills: HB4 , HB54 , SB 10 , SB 24 , HB4 , HB54 , HB775 , HB850 , HB 1122 , HB 1249 , HB1405 , HB2336 , HB2757 , HB3372 , HB3622 , HB4442 , HB4687 , HB4893 , HB5089 , HB5515 , HB5606 , SB10 , SB24 , HB1573 , HB3369

Committee: House Public Education

Keywords: district composition, congressional election, Texas, legislature, voting districts, citizenship, U.S. citizen, non-citizen, public office, advisory board, task force, state government, local government, political subdivision, commission board, appointment eligibility, officeholder qualifications, public service, naturalization, Texas Government Code

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• can, you know, take the skills they have from, say, a coal plant to a nuclear plant, depending on closure
• They tried to place their bets on renewables, and coal plants were cited for closure.

Committee: Joint Advanced Nuclear Energy Committee

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• Do any members of the committee have a question or comment for our post-closure?
• Do any members of the committee have a question or comment for our post-closure?

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development

Summary: The Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development held a lengthy hearing on June 18 focused on workers’ compensation, independent contractor and classification issues, workplace safety, warehouse worker protections, extreme temperature protections, retaliation against injured workers, and workplace bullying. Committee chairs outlined procedures for the hybrid hearing and noted that members would be leaving intermittently for floor votes. Testimony also touched on a bill to expand workers’ compensation disfigurement benefits by removing the current $15,000 cap and extending coverage beyond scars on the hands, neck, and face. A major theme was workplace safety in warehouses and in extreme heat or cold. Teamsters, warehouse workers, and labor advocates described high injury rates, strict quotas, lack of water, inadequate ventilation, frozen or missing safety equipment, and pressure to work through heat waves and snowstorms. Supporters urged favorable reports on bills protecting warehouse workers and requiring employers to adopt heat- and cold-safety plans, while the NFIB opposed the temperature bill as overly prescriptive and burdensome for small businesses. Sen. Edwards, Sen. Roche, Rep. O’Day, and others argued that the measures are needed to prevent heat illness, provide shade, water, rest breaks, training, and emergency plans, and to cover all workers regardless of immigration status. Another major subject was the “Act to Protect Injured Workers,” backed by labor groups, immigrant worker centers, legal services organizations, and individual workers. Witnesses said employers often retaliate after injuries by threatening deportation, lying about how injuries occurred, delaying care, or firing workers, and they supported stronger anti-retaliation enforcement, multilingual notices, and a rebuttable presumption of retaliation within 90 days of protected activity. The Mass AFL-CIO and immigrant advocacy groups supported the bill and opposed measures they said would weaken employee classification standards. Testimony also supported a funeral-benefits bill to raise workers’ compensation death-benefit reimbursement for burial and funeral costs, based on a family’s experience after a workplace fatality. The committee heard additional testimony on workplace bullying bills, with some witnesses urging a new legal duty for employers to prevent and respond to bullying, while others described the harms of toxic workplaces and the lack of effective remedies.

Transcript Highlights:

• After struggling during his first semester, his case now faces potential closure or delay based on grade
• Those two charter schools have single-handedly forced two public schools to either be on the verge of closure

Committee: Senate Finance

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• response hotline for our region and anchor the Shutdown Adelanto Coalition, which fights for the closure
• response hotline for our region and anchor the shutdown Adelanto Coalition, which fights for the closure

Committee: Senate Local Government

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• The only exception in a facility that I've seen was done through statute, and that was based on the closure
• of a facility because of an action by the state architect. ...was based on the closure of a facility

Summary: The committee heard an overview of the California Community Colleges budget proposal, including Proposition 98 funding, a 2.41% COLA for apportionments, enrollment growth funding, repayment of an apportionment deferral, and one-time investments for a student support block grant and deferred maintenance. The Department of Finance described the Governor’s package as providing significant new resources, while the LAO recommended prioritizing COLA and enrollment growth within available funds but raised concerns about some smaller proposals, including making the Healthy School Food Pathways Program ongoing and adding more funding for credit for prior learning before outcomes are known. The Chancellor’s Office supported the COLA, enrollment growth, and one-time investments, and said current projections suggest enrollment growth closer to 3%, with about $85 million to $90 million in ongoing costs if fully funded. Members focused heavily on enrollment growth, the 10% district cap, and whether the state should continue funding growth in the current year and budget year. The Chancellor’s Office said some districts, especially in the Inland Empire and Central Valley, are growing rapidly and that about seven districts are above the cap, with roughly 1,563 FTES and about $30 million in ongoing costs tied to that issue. Members also discussed hold-harmless districts and whether declining campuses should be required to produce turnaround or right-sizing plans. The Chancellor’s Office said districts are already having local conversations and that state funding provides time to adjust, but no formal plan requirement was proposed. The committee then took up common course numbering, where the Chancellor’s Office said all 115 community colleges have implemented the first phase and more than 550,000 students enrolled in the first six commonly numbered courses. The office argued that CCN improves clarity but does not yet guarantee that credits will transfer with full value across UC and CSU, because articulation is still handled campus by campus and can require more than 3,500 separate reviews. Members expressed concern that students can still be forced to retake courses such as calculus or ethnic studies even when they have the same common number, and urged the systems to develop a stronger statewide articulation mechanism tied to outcomes and transparency. The item was left open. Finally, the committee heard the Governor’s proposal to make Calbright College’s funding ongoing at $53.1 million. The LAO recommended instead transitioning Calbright to the student-centered funding formula, with one-time bridge funding in the meantime, arguing the Governor’s proposal lacks a clear enrollment-based rationale and performance expectations. Calbright’s leadership defended the college’s competency-based, flexible model for adult learners, citing more than 6,800 students served, over 2,200 certificates awarded, and wage gains for graduates; they said enrollment is expected to grow from about 7,000 students now to roughly 8,000 to 9,000 next year and around 10,000 over the next couple of years. Members pressed for clearer enrollment and funding data before deciding how Calbright should be funded going forward.

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• I think there's money sort of left on the table from the closure of housing stabilization that we could
• Representative Robbins: I think there's money sort of left on the table from the closure of housing stabilization

Summary: House File 4738 was laid over for possible inclusion in the 2026 tax bill. Representative Keeler presented the bill as a funding source for Minnesota’s Safe Harbor program, arguing that trafficking and sexual exploitation are statewide problems and that current shelter and housing resources are insufficient. She and several supporters emphasized that the program serves youth across greater Minnesota, not just the metro, and that state and federal funding pressures make additional support necessary. Testifiers from Place Called Home/Life House, The Link, the City of Minneapolis, and a survivor all described the impact of Safe Harbor and related shelter programs. They cited data on youth served, bed nights, mental health services, and high unmet need, including waitlists and youth turned away because programs are full. Testimony stressed that stable housing and trauma-informed services help survivors recover and move toward education, employment, and family stability. One committee member, Representative Davis, objected to the proposed funding source, saying he would not support taking money from women’s sports scholarships and urging a different source. The bill’s tax mechanism was described as ending the sales tax exemption for preferred seating, suite licenses, and related amenities at athletic and entertainment events. Alec Williams of We Make Minnesota supported the proposal as a fair way to raise revenue from high-end discretionary purchases for a public purpose. Committee discussion also focused on the size of the revenue estimate and the breakdown of the impact, with nonpartisan staff saying roughly 85% would come from suite licenses, 10% from collegiate seating, and 5% from amenities. Representative Smith and others framed the issue as both a tax and moral question, and the chair moved the bill to be laid over.

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• However, it allows closure in welfare proceedings with a finding on the record. We removed...
• Then it allows for closure of all delinquency proceedings if the judge desires.

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• fully fund Prop. 98, we're just going to see more layoffs, more programs getting cut, and even school closure
• The governor's budget has caused my district to lose $21 million, which has led to layoffs, school closures