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• But in that, have you been heard of an amount, a dollar amount, as it relates to ad valorem taxes?
• The amount we keep saying 'savings' but really what we're doing is allowing school districts to have
• Isn't this statute available for the public to read to know how we're changing our email distribution
• This gives them a legal way to attend to an email distribution system.
• It's just helping our agencies to run efficiently with email distribution systems.

Bills: SB1627, SB227, SB366, SB1193, SB1433, SB1450, SB1481, SB1749, SB1810, SB1812, SB1921, SB1948, SB2044, SB2178, SB169, SB1877, HB1409, SB1266, SB1432

Keywords: criminal code cleanup, duplicate statutes, statutory consolidation, repealer bill, emergency clause, Title 21 crimes, Title 47 DUI, child abuse reporting, child neglect, child sexual abuse material, child pornography, sex offenses, rape, stalking, domestic abuse, domestic violence, human trafficking, sex trafficking, gang-related offense, eluding police

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• factor into how the administration will score the proposals and also how the money, how each the amount
• One Israeli distribute evenly a problem and states all if all states apply trounced, who has split in
• Recoup funds by CMS will be distributed to other states with the wars and the distributed to other states
• Nicole Smith modification is the method of surveying population distributions, using census tracks and
• While CMS will use this to award points for the rawness metrics, states are not required to distribute

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• <00:04:18.799> of later but a tremendous amount of later but a tremendous amount of compromise
• This is one-time funding in the amount This is one-time funding in the amount of of of $110,000<
• authorizer's website and to distribute authorizer's website and to distribute uh<01:20:40.239>
• And finally, section 20 uh amount.
• education for the excess tiff amount. education for the excess tiff amount.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• of work with um sell different amounts of work with um sell different amounts then<00:05:26.960>
• happen this year in a very short amount happen this year in a very short amount of<00:13:30.800>
• distribute it to the committee. distribute it to the committee.
• thing is if if if um if but the amount thing is if if if um if but the amount of<00:46:45.920>
• <01:04:23.920> again distributed across the islands. again distributed across the islands.

Bills: SB2309, SB2317, SB2318, SB2319, SB2321, SB2323, SB2332, SB2405, SB2485

Keywords: agricultural loans, financial support, Hawaii agriculture, food security, revolving fund, agriculture, insurance, small producers, state support, biosecurity, farm coverage, public-private partnerships, agricultural policy, agricultural statistics, data collection, Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity, economic analysis, market development, grant funding, climate resiliency

Summary: The committee heard testimony on several agriculture-related measures, beginning with SB 2309, which would require the agricultural loan division to sell portions of its loan portfolio and use the proceeds to expand the agriculture loan revolving fund. The Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity and the Hawaii Farm Bureau supported the bill, along with several other organizations and individuals. A committee question focused on the risk of not finding a qualified buyer for the loan portfolio; DAB said a mandatory sale of the full amount could force a less favorable rate, while flexibility to sell different amounts could produce a more equitable return. The measure drew eight supporters and no opposition. The committee then took up SB 2317, which directs DAB to study insurance coverage for small producers and report back to the Legislature. DAB and multiple farm groups supported the bill. In response to a question about cost, DAB estimated about $250,000 would be needed, with the study likely covering crop, health, and liability insurance. The next measure, SB 2318, would establish an agriculture statistics program in statute. DAB said it strongly supported the bill and could ramp up quickly if positions were provided; the committee discussed whether a first report could be completed by year’s end if the bill became law midyear, and DAB said yes. SB 2319, which would fund and make permanent a full-time grant writer position at DAB, also drew strong support from DAB, the Hawaii Farm Bureau, Ulupono Initiative, the Hawaii Cattlemen’s Council, the local food coalition, and others, with testifiers emphasizing the position’s return on investment and success in bringing in federal funds. The committee also heard SB 2321, establishing a two-year pilot program to respond to the twoline spittlebug. DAB, ranching groups, and many others supported the bill, citing the pest’s spread and the need to act before it becomes unmanageable. A DAB pest control manager said he would need to research past response details and provide them later. Members emphasized the importance of early intervention. For SB 2323, which creates a farmland transition commission to study barriers to farmland access and recommend solutions, DAB offered comments and support for the intent, while farm groups generally supported the concept but raised concerns about the proposed age range and whether a separate commission was necessary. DAB said the Board of Agriculture likely would not have the capacity to perform the commission’s duties and estimated there would be costs to establish it, though no figure was available at the hearing. Finally, the committee heard SB 2332, which reestablishes the agriculture and food security special fund, creates a carbon emissions tax and dividend fund, gradually raises carbon-related tax rates, and provides a refundable carbon cashback credit. DAB supported the measure and deferred to Taxation on details; the Department of Taxation said it would stand on its comments, and the Attorney General’s office offered comments and recommendations. Carbon Cashback Hawaii and the County of Hawaii Department of Research and Development supported the bill, arguing it would reduce emissions, protect lower-income households, and be relatively simple to administer.

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• <00:44:29.520> energy or other kinds of distributed energy or other kinds of distributed energy
• <00:47:31.599> energy transmission distributed energy transmission distributed energy resources
• We've spent a considerable amount of time through my other work.
• Electric ratepayers on the distribution side.
• uh recommend distribution resilience uh recommend distribution resilience uh because<01:20:28.480

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• try to help. ...get a distribution to get it out into our stores across the state of Alabama.
• This bill will also give wine wholesalers a license at a fee to be able to distribute.
• It would give you... ...able to distribute.
• I work with Golf Distributing Company. Golf's a beverage distributor.
• It's very important that we are able to distribute alcohol throughout the state in a safe manner.

Bills: SB90, SB255, SB268

Keywords: Green County, racing, pari-mutuel wagering, gaming regulations, commission appointments, historical horse racing, local tax, mixed spirit beverages, alcohol regulation, licensing, excise tax, distribution agreements, retail sales, wholesalers, 1136, house, all

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• so 90% of the funds are distributed by this...
• so 90% of the funds are distributed by this...
• so 90% of the funds are distributed by this formula.
• so 90% of the funds are distributed by this formula.
• Parks syst Legacy funds are distributed Parks syst Legacy funds are distributed by<01:33:25.679>

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• We're having some very diligent conversations about that and their ability to synthesize this amount
• Well, it's, I can give you the exact amount. It's about 3.2% of the asset allocation. Okay.
• I passed that along because it was stated with a certain amount of vehemence.
• I passed that along because it was stated with a certain amount of vehemence.
• to the state, the distribution after that, the generation after you.

Keywords: 908, all

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• is an amount... collected by the enterprise is an amount equal to 0.5% of the total premium collected
• reimbursement distribution into the following categories: A. 20% of the total amount of sustained funding
• C. 37% of the total amount of sustained funding for reimbursement distribution for industry-recognized
• The total amount of sustained funding for reimbursement distribution assigned to each category. 16.
• No small amount, for sure.

Keywords: 981, all

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• It distributes funds across the state to all the regions, including the rural, urban. and metro areas
• amounts could be managed by dealers so that if they needed additional plates, they could order from
• State your name in full, the amount of the person you're associated with that you're testifying.
• That amount has gone up and it's averaged about $3 billion in each.
• Total revenue for fiscal year 2024 was $96 million of this amount.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• Oh, tax distribution fund. Sorry. fund. Oh, tax distribution fund. Sorry.
• will really reduce the amount will really reduce the amount of<00:24:58.480> iterations<00
• Identifying methods to distribute<00:51:52.480> project<00:51:52.880> information, distribute
• > uh procedures, um uh to to distribute uh procedures, um uh to to distribute uh notices,<00:51
• <00:58:18.000> fund the highway user tax distribution fund the highway user tax distribution

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• not likely to be part of distributed not likely to be part of distributed energy<00:34:46.879>
• <00:38:53.839> energy reliability and um distributed energy reliability and um distributed
• transmission and distribution.
• transmission and distribution.
• , to shave peak costs by certain amounts, to shave peak costs by certain amounts, you<04:12:43.120

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• but it does reduce the funding amounts. but it does reduce the funding amounts.
• That should be distributed by formula.
• > allow a better distribution allow a better distribution spread<00:25:09.120> for<00:25:09.520
• Is that a to be that amount short.
• just a matter of a short amount of time. just a matter of a short amount of time.

Keywords: Meeting Start 00:00:00 Roll Call 00:00:40 HB 500 Discussion 00:01:50 HB 500 Vote 00:38:40 HB 504 Discussion 00:41:45 HB 504 Vote 00:47:00, 958, all

Summary: The House Standing Committee on Appropriations and Revenue met to consider House Bill 500, the executive branch budget bill, and House Bill 504, the judicial branch budget bill. The chair explained that the committee substitute for HB 500 was a starting point in the budget process and that a committee amendment was needed to correct a numbers discrepancy. The amendment to PHS1 was adopted, and the committee then adopted HB 500 as amended, with one no vote and several passes; the bill was reported favorably. The committee also voted to roll the committee amendment into PHS1 so it would be considered as a single unified version. The chair gave a broad overview of HB 500, describing funding for statewide costs, a 2% salary increase in each fiscal year for executive branch employees and elected officials, and broad percentage cuts of 4% in FY27 and 3% in FY28 with many exemptions. He highlighted funding changes for education, Medicaid, health insurance for state and school employees, public safety, corrections, health and family services, postsecondary education, fire programs, tourism and parks, and several capital projects. He also noted language changes or removals that were intended to clean up the bill rather than eliminate programs, and said some items were held steady or fully funded based on current estimates. Members asked about SEEK transportation funding, the budget reserve trust fund, and why Medicaid benefits were funded below the governor’s request. The chair said the reserve included general fund and Department of Insurance restricted funds as a safeguard, with some of that money available if Medicaid costs exceed expectations. He said Medicaid benefits were held flat at FY26 levels because eligibility and utilization have declined, but the committee added reporting requirements and oversight to monitor trends. A member expressed appreciation for the SEEK increase and KEPH stability, while another voted no on HB 500 because they were still reviewing the document and believed some items were missing. The chair then said the committee would move on to HB 504, but no action on that bill is included in the excerpt.

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• And you'd have to give us exact amounts, but what do you think?
• It's got two lines for the same thing with different amounts.
• We gave you X amount to go and hire caseworkers.
• Chairman, House Bill 71 increases the amount of distribution from the Early Childhood Education Program
• that Consumer Reports says is a fair amount.

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• amount remains the same.
• So again this the substitute will distribute $87 million to K will distribute $87 million to K will distribute
• Whatever money is be a lesser amount. Whatever money is be a lesser amount.
• Well here's what for the max amount? Well here's what for the max amount?
• a reasonable amount which would be much a reasonable amount which would be much a reasonable amount

Bills: HB 29, HB 125, HB 145, HB 171, HB 255, HB 50, HB 796, HB 363, HB 116, HB 491, HB 589, HB 1495, HB 368, HB 1285, HB 1905, HB 1360, HB 2002, HB 917, HB 2723, HB 2067, HB 1238, HB 2337, HB 745, HB 1188, HB 1606, HB 2003, HB 2147, HB 2391, HB 2355, HB 2546, HB 2495, HB 2818, HB 2249, HB 1749, HB 3109, HB 3228, HB 3240, HB 1507, HB 658, HB 1748, HB 1851, HB 1922, HB 2001, HB 2798, HB 107, HCR 29, SB 5, SB 262, HB 11, HJR 72, HB 106, HB 18, HB 48, HB 27, HB 37, HB 1481, HB 581, HB 1696, HB 2216, HB 1035, HB 1633, HB 742, HB 754, HB 1689, HB 1690, HB 2669, HB 391, HB 517, HB 1024, HB 1607, HB 252, HB 1716, HB 1562, HB 4116, HB 1866, HB 1741, HB 2103, HB 2637, HB 2884, HB 503, HB 1089, HB 2986, HB 972, HB 502, HB 29, HB 125, HB 145, HB 171, HB 255, HB 50, HB 796, HB 363, HB 116, HB 491, HB 589, HB 1495, HB 368, HB 1285, HB 1905, HB 1360, HB 2002, HB 917, HB 2723, HB 2067, HB 1238, HB 2337, HB 745, HB 1188, HB 1606, HB 2003, HB 2147, HB 2391, HB 2355, HB 2546, HB 2495, HB 2818, HB 2249, HB 1749, HB 3109, HB 3228, HB 3240, HB 1507, HB 658, HB 1748, HB 1851, HB 1922, HB 2001, HB 2798, HB 107, HCR 29

Keywords: water audit, water loss, water loss mitigation plan, municipally owned utility, municipal utility, water conservation, Texas Water Development Board, TCEQ, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, water leakage, leak detection, billing data accuracy, utility validation, water audit validation, water scarcity, water management, infrastructure, public utility, conservation plan, administrative penalty

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• Right, we'll give it a moment while presentation gets distributed to everybody.
• The distribution methodology for the $50 million will be proportional to the FY26 SB 9 distribution amount
• PSFA will administrate the distribution and communicate each school district's calculated distribution
• amount.
• The distribution will not affect the local match of the schools.

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• In each one of these categories, you'll have salaries, an amount of money, supplies, an amount of money
• I cannot, a dollar amount cannot explain what it feels.
• There's no dollar amount.
• But this is a tremendous amount of unrestricted money that is surplus.
• That's a substantial amount of money by any measurement. Thank you.

Bills: SB39, SB2129, SB2141, SB2246, SB2323, SB2439, SB2722, SB 39

Keywords: commercial motor vehicle, truck liability, motor carrier, trucking, civil liability, respondeat superior, negligent entrustment, negligent maintenance, negligent loading, negligent repair, bifurcated trial, exemplary damages, punitive damages, personal injury, collision, employer liability, vicarious liability, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, Texas tort reform, commercial truck accident

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• DFA has a distribution method.
• My question is, is this amount developed by the Indian Affairs Department?
• They did request that amount.
• And they also had an additional amount for... Members, Representative, yes.
• And they also had an additional amount for $350,000. I'm trying to find that.

Keywords: 996, all

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• amount the state would receive overall. amount the state would receive overall.
• <02:19:08.319> of hospitals to help defay the amount of hospitals to help defay the amount
• > always<02:22:18.000> been distribution, there hasn't always been distribution, there
• how the federal match is distributed how the federal match is distributed because<02:22:22.319><
• that's the issue with the distribution that's the issue with the distribution methodology<02:27:

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The Ways and Means Committee held a public hearing on Senate Bill 291, which would update religious land-use and property tax exemption rules for church-owned parsonages, parish houses, and similar properties. Senator Tim Lang, speaking for the sponsor, said the bill was intended to address situations where former parsonages are no longer occupied by clergy and are instead used for church-related purposes such as housing staff, religious education, or congregate living tied to ministry, including addiction recovery. He emphasized that the bill was not meant to create commercial rental housing and that it also preserves reasonable zoning and environmental regulations. Committee members pressed the sponsor on how the bill would be applied, especially the meaning of “religious purposes,” the six-unit limit, the “same lot” language, and whether churches could use the exemption to rent units for revenue. The sponsor said the six-unit cap was added to prevent large-scale commercial rental use, that congregate housing would be limited and defined, and that the bill was meant to cover uses like substance abuse recovery, homes for unwed mothers, and religious education, but not apartments converted for ordinary rental. He also said churches would still file annual exemption paperwork and towns could challenge claims they believed were commercial. Questions also raised concerns about whether the bill treated religious and nonreligious housing trusts differently; the sponsor responded that the bill was aimed at church-owned property used in pursuit of a religious mission. Several witnesses testified in support. Representative Mark Pearson, an active clergyman, said the bill would not remove additional property from the tax rolls because clergy housing allowances typically lead clergy to buy taxable homes elsewhere, while the church-owned parsonage remains exempt. Nick Taylor of Housing Action New Hampshire supported the bill as a modest expansion that could help create more attainable housing by allowing better use of existing religious land and structures, though he noted his organization would support even broader use. The hearing ended without a vote or final action, and the chair closed questions after the testimony.

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• the same amount of students and the same amount of budget to be able to do work.
• And it's a very small amount. So we're talking about another... On the vine.
• And it's a very small amount.
• I was the distribution director for the development of these when they rolled out in 2012.
• Here is our food distribution hub and sales unit.

Summary: The committee approved the minutes from its October 27 meeting and then heard testimony on the economic and regulatory effects of Arkansas’s raw milk law, Act 698. Clinton Ballard of Milk and Honey Hill Farm said the law helped his family farm expand from 8 to 12 cows and from serving about 75 families to about 150, increasing sales by roughly $50,000 and allowing about $10,000 in raw cheese sales through retail outlets. He argued the law supports small-farm income, food security, and local processing, but said state health agencies still do not inspect raw milk producers unless they sell to a commercial buyer, which he said limits access to USDA grants and other opportunities. He and members discussed safety practices, including rapid chilling, sick-animal removal, sanitation, customer education, and whether any optional state certification or inspection program should be created without adding burdensome regulation. Members asked about herd management, bee production, market channels, and whether raw milk producers should receive training or certification. Ballard said his farm uses Jerseys, removes sick cows from production, sells on-farm and through retail locations, and relies on best-practice guidance from groups such as the Weston A. Price Foundation and the Raw Milk Institute. Several members expressed support for consumer choice but also raised concerns about food safety, especially for children and pregnant women, and about possible “mission creep” if the state creates a voluntary inspection or training system. The discussion ended without any vote or formal action on the raw milk issue. The committee then heard a lengthy presentation from Terrence Bolden of TLB Enterprises on hydroponic and container-based farming as a response to food insecurity, food deserts, and workforce needs. Bolden described a three-year career and technical education model using retrofitted shipping containers to grow food year-round with low water and energy use, paired with training in drones, robotics, agribusiness, and entrepreneurship. He said pilot projects are underway or planned with UAPB, the Little Rock School District, and other partners, and projected that five regional hubs could create significant economic impact and multiple jobs per container. Members asked about costs, target communities, school partnerships, food desert locations, and whether the model could include aquaponics or protein production; Bolden said the program is intended as a public-private partnership and that the committee could tour a container site once it is operational. The meeting adjourned after the presentation and questions.