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• regarding the following: this patient portal, frequently asked questions that went in to say that this proxy

Bills: HB368, HB3311, HB1734, HB2495, HB2716, HB793, HB3376, HB2524, HB3421, HB3446, HB3181

Keywords: electronic devices, family violence, criminal prosecution, protective orders, tracking, harassment, family allowance, decedent's estate, surviving spouse, minor children, inheritance, child support, maintenance, HB 1734, Family Code, Section 155.207, suit affecting the parent-child relationship, SAPCR, continuing exclusive jurisdiction, jurisdiction transfer

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• variables, including where profits from this illegal industry land in the industry's profit or benefit by proxy

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• SO ONE OF THE THINGS IN THE DISCUSSION TO TRY TO KEEP EXPLAINABLE SOME OF THESE ARE PROXIES FOR THOSE

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• That's the Criminal Justice Reform Caucus and if you can't attend please just provide your proxy so that

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• Are we going to still rely on self-attestation by commissioners? Is anyone going to get fired?
• Are we going to still rely on self-attestation by commissioners? Is anyone going to get fired?
• Are we going to still rely on self-attestation by commissioners? Is anyone going to get fired?
• It's very concerning to me that you are going to continue to rely on attestation.
• It's very concerning to me that you are going to continue to rely on attestation.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• ...the information is basically attesting to the fact that what they're submitting is lawful and in good
• And then I, you know, upon that and in that process, is there anything that I sign attesting to the fact
• I like the attestation. ...face that felony penalty. No, I like it.
• I like the attestation, the attesting to the submission being lawful too, but that doesn't seem like
• So what they're attesting to is that they got a legal document from someone else, right? Thank you.

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• proactively check in on those things because before it would have to be at the self-reporting or self-attestation
• proactively check in on those things because before it would have to be at the self-reporting or self-attestation
• :46.880> or have to be at the self-reporting or have to be at the self-reporting or self-attestation
• <00:08:48.279> of<00:08:48.480> the<00:08:48.600> department self-attestation of
• the department self-attestation of the department saying<00:08:49.360> yep<00:08:49.560> we

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: State Representative Jim Nash and Representative Kristin Robbins discussed a package of fraud-prevention bills, centered on House File 3 and a separate whistleblower-protection measure. HF 3 would require annual reports based on Office of the Auditor (OA/OLA) findings to be sent to ranking members of relevant committees, with the goal of giving appropriators more information about internal controls and follow-up on audit recommendations. Nash said the bill is intended to help reduce waste, fraud, and abuse, cited the Feeding Our Future case as an example of weak controls, and noted that the OA helped draft the proposal and supports it. He also said the bill’s language is modeled in part on Colorado and on earlier recommendations for more information to be shared with decision-makers. Robbins said her bill would expand whistleblower protections for state employees, including unclassified employees, and add new protected reporting channels and definitions. She said employees are often afraid to come forward because of job and career concerns, and that the bill would better protect reports made to legislators, the OA, governmental bodies, and law enforcement. She and Nash said they were working with DFL members and committee chairs on bipartisan amendments to define “fraud” and “misuse,” and to align the language with the Inspector General bill and prior law. In questions, Robbins explained that current law protects only certain employees and that her bill would broaden coverage and make it easier for employees to report concerns without fear. She said the OA supports the effort and that the added reporting pathways would help with follow-up on agency recommendations. Nash and Robbins both emphasized that the measures are part of a broader fraud-fighting package and expressed hope for bipartisan support, though Nash criticized DFL leadership for not backing the bills more openly. No votes or final actions were taken in the exchange shown.

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• The current annual EV and hybrid surcharge charges in place today are important to maintain as a proxy
• place today are important to maintain<00:38:00.800> as<00:38:01.119> a<00:38:01.280> proxy
• for<00:38:02.720> the<00:38:02.960> state<00:38:03.200> fuel maintain as a proxy
• for the state fuel maintain as a proxy for the state fuel tax<00:38:04.000> because<00:38:04.560

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• We're<00:58:29.880> also<00:58:30.160> seeing<00:58:30.400> more<00:58:30.560> proxy
• <00:58:31.040> shoppers We're also seeing more proxy shoppers We're also seeing more proxy
• So you're just going to be a proxy that... Thank you for answering that. I am aware.

Keywords: 1183, house

Summary: The committee adopted the minutes from its February 24, 2026 meeting after a motion by Vice Chair Coulter. The hearing then focused on the impact of federal immigration enforcement, referred to throughout as Operation Metro Surge, on Minnesota college campuses. The chair said the purpose was to document alleged abuses, campus fear, and racial discrimination, and to hear from testifiers about effects on students, faculty, and staff. Representative Novotny briefly objected to the framing, saying the committee should be finding facts rather than making a predetermined presentation, and the chair responded that members should remain respectful and that questions would be held until after all presenters testified. Augsburg University President Paul Pribbenow described what he called relentless and unprecedented disruption, including student stops and interrogations, family separations, and an ICE operation on campus in which armed masked agents allegedly detained a student without a warrant and pointed weapons at students and staff. He said the campus received bomb threats afterward, increased virtual learning options, and saw spikes in student support needs, housing assistance, and leaves of absence. Jenna Chernega of the Inter Faculty Organization said faculty across Minnesota State universities reported widespread student and colleague stress, increased workload, disappearing students, and a need for clearer sensitive-location protections and academic freedom guidance. Mark Grant of Minnesota State College Faculty said community conditions inevitably affect classrooms, that campuses have not yet had an ICE incident but are bracing for one, and that faculty want to support students and may need financial help if enrollment declines. Jennifer Irwin of AFSCME said fear from ICE activity extends beyond campus boundaries and is affecting attendance, work, and daily life for staff and students; she cited a member detained in St. Paul while trying to prove legal status. Student testifiers Brendan Frazier of Concordia University, St. Paul, Jonathan Fitzgerald of Minnesota State Mankato, Sudi Adow of Lead MN, and Will Luther of the University of Minnesota Twin Cities described panic, reduced attendance, food insecurity, disrupted classes, and fear of leaving home or commuting to campus. They urged stronger student privacy protections, support for international and immigrant students, emergency aid, and policies to keep campuses safe. No further committee action or votes were taken after the minutes approval.

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• Do foreign adversarial countries use proxy countries or proxy companies to actually do the things that
• Adversarial countries and proxies. Why are they not addressing proxies in this but only you?

Bills: SB17, SB1569, SB2420, HB5138, HJR161, HB1937, HB3334, HB5444, HB5137, HB361, HB321, HB5447, HB464, HB678, HB2294, HB4172, HB3225, HB1769, HB5394, HB1837, HB1787, HB2271, HB2440, HB5134, HB5149, HB2151, HB2073, HB2186, HB2025, HB1936, HB1777, HB1663, HB 1306, HB 1290, HB1527, HB4802, HB3462, HB2963, HB2462, HB2560, HB644, HB2725, HB2621, HB2588, HB1443, HB1403, HB3032, HB1557, HB1664, HB2811, HB2088, HB2598, HB3062, HB3134, HB3940, HB4027, HB4097, HB4862, HB4170, HB4157, HB4205, HB4279, HB4377, HB4838, HB5424, HB5294, HB4870, HB4763, HB5639, HB4112, HB2275, HB1677, HB5014, HB3848, HB3797, HB3727, HB3709, HB3177, HB3057, HB4176, HB4202, HB2180, HB3528, HB3658, HCR76, HCR127, SB906, SB1229, SB855, SB703, SB1025, SB888, SB1119, SB1080, SB929, SB1355, SB2231, SB1877, SB1998, SB552, SB17, SB1569, SB2420, HB2697, HB3801, HB3488, HB3477, HB3466, HB3469, HB2594, HB2564, HB2298, HB5331, HB5646, HB5247, HB5323, HB4384, HB3896, HB4014, HB3627, HB3594, HB2524, HB510, HB561, HB 1181, HB3963, HB5111, HB2785, HB1661, HB200, HB1803, HB249, HB721, HB851, HB 1128, HB1904, HB30, HB1916, HB541, HB5560, HB3071, HB5627, HB5435, HB2688, HB3045, HB3483, HB4213, HB4226, HB783, HB175, HB4735, HB5155, HB5057, HB4813, HB5339, HB5196, HB5033, HB3486, HB4211, HB74, HB4730, HB4743, HB4463, HB4139, HB4752, HB4486, HB4437, HB4426, HB4396, HB4263, HB3487, HB3418, HB2266, HB2229, HB2189, HB5224, HB5195, HB3947, HB3358, HB3370, HB3745, HB3697, HB2001, HB1968, HB3371, HB3909, HB4944, HB2284, HB4506, HB3317, HB4166, HB3913, HB1768, HB4603, HB2494, HB3099, HJR138, HB133, HB3832, HB1988, HCR34, HB3421, HB3892, HB5138, HJR161, HB1937, HB3334, HB5444, HB5137, HB361, HB321, HB5447, HB464, HB678, HB2294, HB4172, HB3225, HB1769, HB5394, HB1837, HB1787, HB2271, HB2440, HB5134, HB5149, HB2151, HB2073, HB2186, HB2025, HB1936, HB1777, HB1663, HB 1306, HB 1290, HB1527, HB4802, HB3462, HB2963, HB2462, HB2560, HB644, HB2725, HB2621, HB2588, HB1443, HB1403, HB3032, HB1557, HB1664, HB2811, HB2088, HB2598, HB3062, HB3134, HB3940, HB4027, HB4097, HB4862, HB4170, HB4157, HB4205, HB4279, HB4377, HB4838, HB5424, HB5294, HB4870, HB4763, HB5639, HB4112, HB2275, HB1677, HB5014, HB3848, HB3797, HB3727, HB3709, HB3177, HB3057, HB4176, HB4202, HB2180, HB3528, HB3658, HCR76, HCR127

Keywords: foreign ownership, real property, national security, criminal penalties, civil penalties, personal information, higher education, privacy protection, governing board, institutional security, software applications, mobile devices, age verification, parental consent, data protection, app store regulation, HJR 161, Texas constitutional amendment, voting rights, non-citizen voting

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• enabled veterans of the Secret War in Laos to be buried in federal military cemeteries, as well as proxy
• cemeteries as buried in federal military cemeteries as well<00:25:44.000> as<00:25:44.240> proxy
• soldiers<00:25:45.039> from<00:25:45.200> Korea<00:25:45.520> and well as proxy
• soldiers from Korea and well as proxy soldiers from Korea and the<00:25:45.760> Philippines<00

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• That kind of led our peers in expressing the values of Texas in our proxy voting. have gone to a very
• proactive proxy voting management system that will. do its best to protect the interests of Texas, specifically

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• more. studies done to figure out a better way to do it, basing it off of free and reduced lunch is a proxy
• and it's not always the best proxy when we're looking at programmatic expenses and interventions.
• It is not a perfect proxy for need, but I think the school districts would be a much better source. on

Bills: HB2, HB2

Keywords: public education, teacher compensation, certification, funding, school finance, educator rights, education funding, charter schools, staff compensation, state aid, retention allotment, disaster preparedness, emergency management, flooding, mass fatality, mass casualty, fatality tracking, body recovery, autopsy, justice of the peace

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• The application itself requires multiple times that the applicant attest that they have the authority
• to enter into these agreements or make these attestations, and so it's a duplicative requirement that
• The application itself requires multiple times that the applicant attest that they have the authority
• to enter into these agreements or make these attestations, and so it's a duplicative requirement that
• uh attestations and so it's<00:23:58.039> a<00:23:58.600> duplicative<00:23:59.159>

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• The assumed income is a proxy for the member's defined contribution benefit.

Keywords: 904, all

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• And if we do something that is good for the people, by proxy, it naturally follows that we will have

Bills: SB1246, SB1510, SB1979, SB1929, SB1930, SB1976

Keywords: environmental permitting, Oklahoma, Department of Environmental Quality, public participation, regulatory framework, administered applications, energy, wind energy, financial assurance, property restoration, environmental regulation, mining, blasting, residential protection, buffer zone, Department of Mines, public utilities, electric transmission lines, landowner rights, payment regulations

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• This proxy cannot be provided to parents of children between the ages of 13 and 17, and so that's kind

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• So, based on 2019 rollout experience, how many people do you think would fall into the self-attestation
• <00:28:33.520> where fall into the self attestation where fall into the self attestation where
• see self uh required attestation see self uh required attestation and<01:29:41.840> in<01
• attestation attestation for<01:30:43.920> the<01:30:44.080> state<01:30:44.400> program
• <01:41:16.320> aren't rules about self self attestation aren't rules about self self attestation

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• The facilities have to submit an attestation under our Rule 66, attesting that they have complied with
• They are, in fact, sir, we call it an attestation, and someone at...
• Someone from the operator has to attest that they have done the methods that they have laid out in the
• attestation.
• So, attestation is sort of a strange word to call it, but they are detailing for the Commission exactly

Bills: HB3619, HB3652, HB4572, HB4891, HB4941, HB5103, HB5105, HB5106, HB5224, HB5600

Keywords: surface estate, well plugging, Railroad Commission, landowner rights, liability, strategic reserve, gas supply, petroleum products, disaster response, Railroad Commission of Texas, energy security, emergency planning, oil and gas waste, environmental regulation, waste management, mining pits, groundwater monitoring, regulation, commercial disposal facilities, environmental standards

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• fire departments in every municipality where cannabis licensees operate, or do they rely on self-attestations
• But we can look at proxy industries, things like corn production, wine production, berry production,

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Cannabis Policy held its first hearing of the 194th session to take public testimony on 21 cannabis-related bills. Chairs Donahue and Gómez outlined hearing procedures and noted that written testimony would also be accepted. Much of the hearing focused on the Cannabis Control Commission (CCC), with Senator Mike Moore urging support for S. 90 to create an inspector general unit within the CCC. He argued the commission has suffered from dysfunction, workplace harassment allegations, delayed governance reforms, missed fee collections, and high legal costs, and said stronger legislative oversight is needed. Committee members largely agreed the CCC needs reform, though some expressed hope that new leadership would improve operations. A major theme was market structure and business viability. Representative Tyler testified for H. 183 to raise adult-use purchase limits from one ounce to two ounces, saying the change would reduce confusion and help retailers compete with neighboring states. Senator Payano supported S. 100, which would require a study of cannabis supply and demand to guide cultivation licensing, warning that oversupply is driving down prices and threatening cultivators. The Massachusetts Cannabis Coalition, represented by Ryan Dominguez, backed a package of bills aimed at increasing revenue, reducing regulatory burdens, attracting investment, and stabilizing the market, including higher purchase limits, simpler badge and testing rules, and a phased increase in the retail license cap. Attorneys Kevin Conroy and Mike Ross also supported raising the cap, arguing that the industry lacks capital and that more investment and exit opportunities are needed for provisional and distressed licensees. The most contentious issue was whether to raise the retail license cap from three to six. Supporters, including several business owners and industry advocates such as Peyton Shubrick, Tito Jackson, Armani White, Sean Burt, and others, said the current cap traps owners in declining businesses, prevents exits, and limits access to capital. They argued that many social equity and economic empowerment operators are struggling, that oversupply has pushed prices down, and that allowing more ownership could help businesses scale or sell. Opponents, including Senator Liz Miranda and several social equity operators, warned that lifting the cap now would let larger operators and multi-state companies dominate the market and harm equity-owned businesses. Miranda’s S. 88 would instead strengthen enforcement of ownership limits through audits, whistleblower protections, an anonymous tip line, and greater transparency. Another major topic was worker and consumer safety: Laura Bruno, Danny Carson, Al Vega, and others supported H. 194 after the death of Lorna McMurray, arguing for a CCC workplace and consumer safety department, better ventilation and PPE standards, stronger testing oversight, and retaliation protections for workers. The hearing ended without votes, with members thanking testifiers and indicating the committee would continue reviewing the bills.