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• Well, these folks came to our neighborhood, our capital neighborhood, 10 blocks away at 7th Avenue, and
• Well, these folks came to our neighborhood, our Capitol neighborhood, 10 blocks away at 7th Avenue, and
• Members, please, let's keep our neighborhood safe... Mr.
• President Pro Tem, members, please, let's keep our neighborhood safe, let's keep our neighborhood legal
• Health and Human Services, 9 a.m., Center Hearing Room 2.

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• These opinions are collected through a resolutions development process following a comprehensive analysis
• We are student-centered in everything that we do. Our work begins and ends with what's true.
• They represent what's best for students, educators, and neighborhoods.
• Community schools, school-based health centers, and caring adults that recognize the impact that they
• A white paper has been developed on that. The white paper has The white paper has been published.

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• <00:09:54.160> It's<00:09:54.480> just developer has to comply with.
• It's just developer has to comply with.
• This would help us in so many ways to be able to sustain my neighborhood, my own community.
• And in saying that, in our neighborhood.
• <03:04:35.840> and Um this is animal care centers and Um this is animal care centers and there's

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• Samelia Rogers, Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, strongly opposed.
• Morgan Zamora, Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, strongly opposed.
• Daria Larizadei, National Center for Youth Law, strongly opposed.
• Ashley Chambers, Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, strongly opposed.
• Nukriel, Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice, strongly opposed.

Summary: The committee heard AB 82, which would expand privacy and safety protections for patients and providers of reproductive and gender-affirming care. The author and supporters said the bill is needed because of rising harassment, doxing, and threats, and because sensitive health data could be used by hostile actors; opponents argued it would create constitutional problems, enable abuse of safe-at-home protections, and improperly shield providers and records from scrutiny. Public testimony was heavily divided, with many advocates in support and many privacy, civil liberties, and anti-trafficking or sex-based policy groups in opposition. The bill was moved on a due pass recommendation and remained on call. The committee then heard AB 331, which would clarify that county election certification is a ministerial duty, prohibit misleading ballot return envelopes, and require voter information guides to be delivered to jails in an acceptable format. The Department of Justice and several good-government groups supported the measure, the Secretary of State had no position after amendments, and a committee member noted ongoing concerns but supported it after the changes. The bill passed on a do pass recommendation to Appropriations and was placed on call. AB 1178 followed, proposing to protect undercover peace officers’ names, images, and likenesses in public records while preserving disclosure of sustained misconduct records. Law enforcement and public safety groups supported the bill as a needed safety measure, while journalists, transparency advocates, and civil liberties groups opposed it, saying existing law already protects officers and the new language could lead to overbroad withholding. After discussion about the scope of undercover status and the need for judicial discretion, the bill passed as amended to Appropriations. The committee also adopted a consent calendar. Later, AB 981 was heard, creating a five-county pilot program requiring intelligent speed assistance devices for certain reckless driving convictions. Supporters, including traffic safety advocates and crash victims, said the bill could reduce repeat speeding and save lives; opponents raised concerns about cost, installer oversight, liability for automakers, and the breadth of the pilot. The bill passed as amended to Appropriations. AB 22, which would repeal Proposition 57 and restrict release of sexually violent predators and certain sex offenders, drew strong opposition from youth justice, public defender, and civil liberties groups who said it would be unconstitutional and harmful; the chair recommended no, no motion was made, and the bill was held. Finally, AB 897, a squatter-removal bill, was presented with the author arguing it would protect property owners through a faster due-process process; the transcript cuts off during early support testimony and does not show a final action on that measure.

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• data center. data center.
• saving anybody any money with that aspect of it because we don't have any of the data centers developed
• at our Ag Center. at our Ag Center.
• You build a development or you build a shopping center or you build a community, and at some point in
• You build a development or you build a shopping center or you build a community, and at some point in

Keywords: House streaming session for Tuesday, March 17, 2026, 957, house, all

Summary: The House opened with prayer, a quorum call showing 116 members present, and approval of the previous day’s journal. It then took up three ceremonial resolutions. One honored Robert Buchanan for his philanthropy, community leadership, and service in the greater Washington region; another welcomed a visiting delegation from County Tipperary, Ireland, and recognized efforts to strengthen Maryland-Ireland ties; and a third congratulated Dr. Miriam Rogers on her retirement as superintendent of Baltimore County Public Schools and her 2026 Woman in School Leadership Award. The chamber then moved through a series of committee reports, largely adopting favorable reports on bills without objection and ordering them to third reading. Measures included House Bills 435, 954, 1087, 1470, 936, 1110, 1554, 187, 324, 688, 776, 1152, 1320, and 1348, covering topics such as movie captioning in public accommodations, procurement and finance, health care facilities, school food procurement, tax foreclosure notice requirements, agricultural electricity tax study, expungement, child support rights, intercepted communications penalties, juvenile supervision, police orders studies, victim notification, and human trafficking reporting. Several bills were amended before being advanced, including House Bill 768 on benefits for children in custody, which added a foster youth savings program; House Bill 877 on institutional debt reporting, which changed reporting dates and required a data dictionary; House Bill 1092 on child advocacy centers, which clarified continuity-of-care standards and technical assistance grants; House Bill 310 on restrictive housing for people with developmental or intellectual disabilities, which required assessment at admission; House Bill 634 on police training, which added training on intellectual and developmental disabilities; House Bill 750 on access to religious facilities; House Bill 752 on gift card valuation and forgery; House Bill 1005 on child abuse and neglect reporting; and House Bill 1105 on consumer protection limitations, which was amended to apply only to civil suits. House Bill 1105 drew additional discussion, with the minority leader asking for a special order to review the changes, and the House agreed to postpone it until the appropriate time the next day. Later, House Bill 953, which would authorize transfers from the Revenue Stabilization Account to the State Disaster Recovery Fund, prompted extended questioning about Western Maryland flooding, FEMA denials, and the state’s response; the bill was presented as a way to provide relief after federal aid was denied. The transcript ends with the House still in session and continuing through the appropriations report.

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• Developing another source is really critically important, and using NIH funding to develop that source
• This is in my neighborhood.
• So what's that saying is not only are we not developing the talent, of course we're not developing some
• workforce development.
• I also want to juxtapose that with an opportunity in developing the biotech and an opportunity in developing

Summary: The Assembly Select Committee on Biotechnology and Medical Technology met on August 19, 2025 to examine the effects of federal grant cuts, tariff uncertainty, and related policy changes on California’s biotech, medtech, and academic research ecosystem. The chair and panelists emphasized California’s outsized role in the industry, describing major clusters in the Bay Area, Los Angeles, and San Diego, and explaining how research, startup formation, manufacturing, and clinical trials are interconnected across the state. Speakers from Biocom California, California Life Sciences, Farma, UC, Stanford, CSU Biotech, and UCLA all argued that NIH and NSF funding are foundational to discovery, workforce training, and commercialization, and that disruptions are already chilling venture capital, startup formation, and hiring. Witnesses described several concrete impacts: suspended or terminated grants, reduced doctoral admissions, fewer training opportunities, canceled retreats and internships, and anxiety among graduate students and early-career researchers. UC reported hundreds of millions of dollars in suspended or terminated NIH and NSF funding, while Stanford said more than a thousand training and career-development grants nationwide have been frozen or ended, affecting multiple trainees per grant. CSU Biotech said 133 federal grants had been terminated, scaled back, or canceled, totaling about $140 million, including nearly $30 million from NIH and NSF. Industry representatives also warned that proposed antitrust limits on mergers and acquisitions could undermine the standard biotech exit path and further deter investment. Committee members asked about the duration of the disruption, the possibility of state action to offset federal losses, and whether California could better support workforce development, manufacturing, and R&D tax credits. Panelists urged the Legislature to preserve and expand state support for STEM education, internships, apprenticeship pathways, manufacturing incentives, and the R&D tax credit, and to consider infrastructure and housing as part of competitiveness. They also noted that tariffs are already raising costs for medtech components and building materials, and that China is increasingly competing for R&D, talent, and licensing deals. No formal votes or bill actions were taken at the hearing; the meeting was informational and focused on testimony and discussion.

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• WE USE THE HUD SO HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT CHARTS.
• MAKE SURE I'M HEARING YOU CORRECTLY, I HAVE TWO HOUSES TOGETHER AND THEY ARE SIMILAR IN THE SAME NEIGHBORHOOD
• HAVEN'T USED IN YEARS IF YOU ARE USED TO USING A MOUSE BUT THAT IS THE WAY FLAIR WORKS TODAY, IT WAS DEVELOPED
• COURSE PAYROLL AND THEN THE DATA WAREHOUSE, THESE ARE THE THINGS COMING, THOSE FUNCTIONS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED
• SHARE KNOWLEDGE, WE PURCHASED A VERY LOW COST ALMOST NO CODE TOOL THAT WE BRANDED AS OUR KNOWLEDGE CENTER

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• as a member of the Wii neighborhood as a member of the Wii neighborhood board<00:35:35.359> and
• <01:28:50.920> of little bit about that development of little bit about that development of
• organizations that um uh have developed organizations that um uh have developed and<01:29:31.360
• 28.240> would vendor list to develop things that would vendor list to develop things that would
• Talent Development and skills Talent Development Development Development initiatives<03:12:43.880>

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• We lost in in that we lost our museum, the civic center.
• The civic center is going to be able to go back. The museum, we have a $300 million art collection.
• Nancy Lopez is developing that same level of expertise at their at their school and uh and it's another
• And you know, here they go down there and they take the Space Center and have all those space things
• So we started that in 2019 to develop a feeder middle school.

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• Okay, next up is Morgan McClure and Monet Lehman from Ozarks Medical Center, Central Ozarks Medical Center
• COMC is a federally qualified health center.
• By my mid-30s, I had been in crisis centers multiple times.
• Qualified health center.
• Louis is another recovery center, not housing, but again, a critical center.

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• It took two years to develop the program through the faculty there to get them to agree to the syllabus
• <00:15:20.040> the<00:15:20.320> program took two years to develop the program took
• of a year to a year and a neighborhood of a year to a year and a half<00:26:27.240> every<00:
• <00:39:58.960> a Technical College to develop a Technical College to develop a curriculum<
• <00:49:10.960> the have the capacity to develop the have the capacity to develop the expertise

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Summary: The Senate Labor Committee received an overview from Chief Judge Patricia Millan of the Workers’ Compensation Court of Appeals (WCCA). She explained the court’s history, created in 1981, its role as the appellate body for workers’ compensation disputes after Department of Labor and Industry and Office of Administrative Hearings proceedings, and its original jurisdiction over petitions to vacate settlement agreements. She also noted the court is composed of five judges, is funded entirely by the workers’ compensation fund, and operates with five staff attorneys and two full-time employees. The committee then heard introductory remarks from the judges present for confirmation: Deb Sunquist, Katherine Carlson, Shan Quinn, and Thomas Christensen, with a procedural note that Quinn’s reappointment had not yet been formally referred to the committee, so his motion would be held until paperwork arrived. The judges emphasized their collaborative, panel-based work, their experience representing both injured workers and employers, and their commitment to the workers’ compensation system. Quinn also described efforts to teach workers’ compensation at the University of Minnesota and encourage younger lawyers to enter the field. Members asked about the court’s caseload and about delays in workers’ compensation claims. In response, the judges said the WCCA’s caseload has generally declined and fluctuates, and they offered to provide case-count data. In a more detailed exchange, a senator described a family member’s long-delayed claim; judges explained that repetitive-trauma or “Gillette” injuries often require substantial medical proof and can be difficult for insurers to accept, but that the system is intended to be no-fault and typically takes about a year to a year and a half from filing to resolution. No votes were taken during the portion of the meeting reflected here.

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• The Renewable Development Account gives Minnesota unique opportunities to support projects that deliver
• The<00:12:14.800> Renewable<00:12:15.240> Development<00:12:15.720> Account<00:12
• :16.040> gives The Renewable Development Account gives The Renewable Development Account gives
• As part of this project, we will further develop the capabilities to track ammonia production similar
• c> Neighborhoods with higher concentrations Neighborhoods with higher concentrations of<00:54:34.040>

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• I'm sorry, um, with the Dallas Eviction Advocacy Center.
• I'm Sarah, an attorney with the Dallas Eviction Advocacy Center.
• The judge develops the facts, applies the law correctly, and then dispenses justice.
• revitalize neighborhoods and protect vulnerable, uh, communities.
• I'm a developer, so I won't belabor that point.

Bills: HB15, HB171, HB204

Keywords: flood risk, campground, safety regulations, civil penalty, guest safety, Harris County, flood control, governance, expansion, public health, local governance, environmental management

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• This bill would divert commercial trucks from local neighborhoods and highways, creating a safer and
• But they had no problem moving it to the East End, into my neighborhood, with no notice given, and it's
• In Houston, you don't have zoning, so when you say residential neighborhood, there's no zoning.
• , very working-class neighborhood.
• Well, you heard the issues that it brought up when y'all did relocate in that neighborhood; it caused

Bills: HB2026, HB2427, HB2455, HB2560, HB3510, HB3966, HB3986, HB4429, HB5436, SB3062

Keywords: memorial highway, U.S. Army, U.S. Marine Corps, Archer County, highway designation, vehicle weight, ports of entry, Texas Transportation Code, truck regulations, load limits, Adopt-a-County Road, funding, road maintenance, county partnership, public recognition, memorial designation, highway, Sergeant Mark Butler, transportation, Brazos County

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• Workforce development and building our skilled and trained workforce.
• House Bill 19 is a Trade Ports Development Act.
• One is workforce development.
• with economic development and the creation of jobs in New Mexico.
• Urban centers have very different needs.

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• I'm a land developer and have been for 40 years in the Dallas market.
• We roll into issues then when the landowner looks to close out, the land developer looks to close out
• This has a direct impact on homebuyers as developers when they do close out.
• HB 1879 provides tax incentives to grocery stores to encourage development in underserved areas.
• These numbers signal that neighborhoods are graying and emptying out with fewer children, uh, on the

Bills: SB 4, SB 23, SJR 2

Keywords: redistricting, election, Texas legislature, district composition, political representation, congressional redistricting, Texas House of Representatives, U.S. House, Congressional districts, district map, district boundaries, gerrymandering, voting rights, election law, apportionment, representation, special committee, PLANC2308, redistricting plan, elections

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• We feel that if this law is passed, where there is no back tax penalty for change of use, developers
• I'm a land developer and have been for 40 years in the Dallas market.
• We roll into issues then when the landowner looks to close out, and the land developer looks to close
• As developers close out, ultimately the homeowners are left to possibly deal with these rollback taxes
• Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Bills: HB485, HB1367, HB1370, HB1827, HB1879, HB2032, HB2133, HB2357, HB3581, HB3830, HB4060, HB4085, HB4270, HB4979, HB5217, HB5268, HB5478, HJR96, HJR97, HJR119, HJR195, HJR209, SB4, SB23, SJR2, SJR85, SB 4, SB 23, SJR 2

Keywords: healthcare, insurance, access, affordability, public health, emergency services district, sales tax, gas and electricity, residential use, tax exemption, emergency services, gas, electricity, HB 485, ESD, use tax, residential utilities, utility tax, local option tax, Texas Health and Safety Code

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• On line 135, there is $1 million in fiscal year 2026-27 to the Neighborhood Development Center.
• On line 149, there is $200,000 in fiscal year 26 towards the African Development Center.
• in fiscal year 2627 to the neighborhood in fiscal year 2627 to the neighborhood development<00:15
• On line 146, there development center.
• African Development Center. African Development Center.

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• This is on economic development. Please remain under oath.
• This is on economic development. You've already introduced yourself for the record.
• How long will it take to develop it?
• <01:08:35.880> establishment neighborhood establishment neighborhood establishment to<01:08:37.560
• I'm not sure if Economic Development.

Keywords: An issue was found with the live stream of this meeting. This version was uploaded as a complete version and should contain the entirety of the meeting. Meeting Start 00:00:00 Roll Call 00:00:15 HB 647 Discussion 00:02:00 HB 647 Vote 00:05:47 HB 501 Discussion 00:07:40 HB 501 Vote 00:09:53 HB 502 Discussion 00:11:20 HB 502 Vote 00:14:48 HJR 75 Discussion 00:16:53 HJR 75 Vote 00:17:35 HJR 76 Discussion 00:19:00 HJR 76 Vote 00:19:43 HB 869 Discussion 00:21:22 HB 869 Vote 00:30:00 HB 619 Discussion 00:31:39 HB 619 Vote 00:34:33 HB 356 Discussion 00:36:22 HB 356 Vote 00:40:19 HB 900 Discussion 00:43:17 HB 900 Vote 00:46:21 HB 816 Discussion 00:48:02 HB 816 Vote 00:53:47 HB 9 Discussion 00:55:05 HB 9 Vote 01:18:25 HB 757 Discussion 01:21:04 HB 757 Vote 01:35:55, 958, all

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• People in our neighborhoods support that.
• We're talking about human beings and how human beings develop. This is complex.
• People in our neighborhoods support that.
• People in our neighborhoods support that.
• We're talking about human beings and how human beings develop. This is complex.

Keywords: 1183, house