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• One of my first memories and meals here in the United States was McDonald's.
• So I don't know if, uh, how well you all know Andy yet, but he has a really, really, really good memory

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• One of my first memories and meals here in the United States was McDonald's.
• I don't know if how well y'all know Andy yet, but he has a really, really, really good memory, so I would

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• Speaker, your enrolling committee has referred House Memorial 15.
• House Memorial 15 has had under consideration reports that have been duly enrolled in a gross preparatory
• Speaker, we're at the adoption of a favorable committee report for House Memorials 3 and 15.
• Let the record reflect that the duly enrolled gross copies of House Memorials 3 and 15 were signed by
• It would reflect that the duly enrolled gross copies of House Memorials 3 and 15 were signed by the officers

Bills: HB145, HB164, HR1, HB20, HB65, HB66, HB80, HB306, SB29, SB37, HB99, HB206, HB213, HB270, SB104, SB193, HB38, HB254, HB256, SB58, SB64, HJM1, HM7, HM17, HM4, HM22, HM23, HM24, HM26, HM2, HM16, HM32, HM13, HM47, HM20, HM51, HM1, HM31, HM35, HM36, HM46, HM53, HM54, HM39, HM29, HM43, HM59, HM11, HM14, HM21, HM34, HM50, HB253

Keywords: high-wage jobs, tax credit, job creation, New Mexico, economic development, lobbying, transparency, public records, government oversight, accountability, House Resolution 1, HR1, House investigatory subcommittee, special committee, legislative investigation, subpoena power, public corruption, criminal activity, Zorro ranch, Santa Fe County

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• Our season in northern Minnesota is extremely short; we go from Memorial Day to Labor Day, and we have
• of fishing is better than a good day at work, as it teaches real-world lessons and makes lifelong memories
• Memories away from Minnesota kids. Vote no.
• Recreation that kids really do need to enjoy, and families need to enjoy together because those memories
• I'll go from memory, but I want to start with the nonpartisan staff and thank them, especially researcher

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• This is the memorial resolution. The Chair lays out the following resolution.
• therefore be it resolved that the Senate of the 89th Texas Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory
• resolution be prepared for his family, and that when the Texas Senate adjourns this day, it does so in his memory
• Members, please rise in memory of Marcello Garcia III.
• Over the long term, there is a dirt value increase, but just going from memory off of this, Senator,

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, offered an invocation, approved the previous day’s journal, and received a House message announcing passage of HB 4 on public school accountability and assessment. The chamber also recognized the Doctor of the Day, adopted SR 520 honoring Rosser Coke-Newton Sr. for his biography of former Governor Richard Coke, and adopted SR 518 recognizing Texas Moral Injury Awareness Day, with remarks focused on the impact of moral injury on veterans and first responders. The Senate later adopted SR 395 honoring the ninth class of Governor William P. Clements, Jr. Scholars, and several other resolutions were adopted by voice vote, including college savings awareness recognition and other member-sponsored recognitions. The body then took up several bills and resolutions on the floor. HB 3307, allowing online continuing education for arbitrators in property tax appeals, passed unanimously after suspension of the rules and the three-day rule. HB 913, renaming and reorganizing certain state hospitals, and HB 2970, governing the Gulf Coast Protection District and coastal barrier design, also passed unanimously. HJR 1 and HB 9 advanced a proposed constitutional amendment and statutory change to raise the business personal property tax exemption from $2,500 to $125,000; both measures passed, with HJR 1 receiving one no vote and HB 9 passing unanimously after a clarifying amendment. The Senate also passed HB 1151, which limits child removals and termination of parental rights based solely on parental medical treatment decisions, and HB 116, which revises grounds for involuntary termination of the parent-child relationship by removing the “O grounds” and requiring support from financially able parents whose rights were terminated. HB 1899 lowered the age for pyrotechnic operator licenses and fireworks display permits from 21 to 18. SB 1285, as amended, passed to protect bats by prohibiting entombment while preserving removal options from unoccupied spaces, and SB 2847 passed to promote innovations in core curriculum for faster bachelor’s degrees. On criminal justice, SJR 87, a proposed constitutional amendment requiring denial of bail for certain repeat violent felony offenders, passed after two floor amendments clarifying due process and representation language; Senator Eckhardt spoke against it on final passage, arguing it lacked judicial discretion and a clear-and-convincing standard. SB 3073, requiring magistrates to make written findings in certain criminal proceedings, also passed. Later, SB 128, requiring hospitals to report suspected child abuse-related information to HHSC, advanced on a divided vote, and SB 2619 and SB 2972 passed on public school accountability and expressive activities at public colleges, respectively, with Senator Eckhardt opposing SB 2972 as too restrictive on campus protest rights. The chamber also heard extended debate on HB 21, targeting “traveling” housing finance corporations and their use of tax exemptions for apartment projects, with supporters arguing it curbs abuse of the tax code and critics warning about unintended effects on affordable housing; the discussion continued with questions but no final action shown in the excerpt.

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• Senator Nichols, I'm going from memory, but I think the fiscal note said this...
• seniors in seven counties in Texas through independent living, assisted living, skilled nursing, memory
• I am a resident at Baptist Memorial, and my director did not know that I was doing all of this until
• "I want to say four years, if my memory serves me correct.
• By Gary, Representative Gates, as HB, I'm going from memory. Okay.

Bills: SB467, SB325, SB867, SB994, SB1052, SB1237, SB1449, SB1531, SB2063, SB2172, SB2173, SB2520, SB2529, SB2538, SB2541, SJR46, SJR84

Keywords: SB 467, Texas property tax, ad valorem tax, homestead exemption, residence homestead, fire damage, house fire, destroyed home, temporary tax relief, appraisal district, chief appraiser, local taxing unit, tax rollback, tax refund, Tax Code Chapter 11, prorated exemption, homestead improvement, disaster relief, property tax exemption, residential property

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• Apparently I'm going to do this from memory, okay?
• federal funding that's stable that we generally receive year to year, and again I'm rounding from memory
• receive year toe and again I'm rounding receive year toe and again I'm rounding from<00:26:30.279> memory
• so<00:26:32.120> the<00:26:33.080> stable<00:26:33.799> funding from memory
• here so the stable funding from memory here so the stable funding that<00:26:34.919> we<00:26

Keywords: 1183, house

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• And I don't have all the answers, but I have a nice network where I can contact and tap into and figure
• So I'm just blessed to have that kind of network around me that actually has great ideas.
• Network around me that actually has great ideas, as well as I do, then I can bring some things into it

Keywords: 993, senate, all

Summary: The Senate Standing Committee on Crime Victims, Crime and Correction met to consider the nomination of Alexander Dockery to serve as a part-time commissioner on the State Commission of Correction (SCOC). Chair Julia Salazar introduced the nomination, noting that the role was created under recent prison reform legislation and that one commissioner must be a formerly incarcerated person. Dockery described his background as a justice-impacted individual who spent years incarcerated in New York, earned a master’s degree, and now works with justice-impacted people on reentry, housing, employment, and education. He said his lived experience and work in a youth detention setting would help him bring both an incarcerated-person and staff perspective to the commission. Senators asked Dockery about why he wanted the position, how his experience would inform oversight, how to improve correctional conditions, how to reach young people before they enter the system, and how to support the Correctional Medical Review Board in investigating deaths in DOCS custody. Dockery emphasized rehabilitation, education, humane conditions, and collaboration with other commissioners and community networks. He said people with direct experience, including formerly incarcerated individuals and former gang members who have turned their lives around, should be brought back into facilities to speak with youth. On deaths in custody, he said existing reporting laws should be enforced and that timely information to families is important. Several senators offered supportive comments, calling the nomination historic and stressing the importance of lived experience, credibility, and the responsibility of being the first formerly incarcerated commissioner. After discussion, the committee moved the nomination, with Senator Harckham making the motion and Senator Bailey and Senator Bullitt seconding. The committee voted to report the nomination to Finance, and the motion carried without opposition.

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• We're proud of our long-standing partnership with our dealer network and our deep roots in Texas.
• a broader range of higher quality used vehicles, vehicles that are already available through GM's network
• Many larger dealers have their own network of vehicles and may choose not to do this, but for our smaller

Bills: SB 35, SB 249, SB 546, SB 1353, SB 1493, SB 2246, SB 1902, SB 1029

Keywords: transportation, TxDOT, Texas Department of Transportation, road projects, highways, infrastructure, bridge construction, interchanges, corridor improvements, road widening, railroad grade separation, sound barrier, unified transportation program, legislative notice, project prioritization, capital projects, state highway system, Farm-to-Market Roads, San Antonio, Harris County

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• I'm happy I would hate to give inaccurate information doing it from memory.
• I'm happy I would hate to give inaccurate information doing it from memory.
• I'm happy I would hate to give inaccurate information doing it from memory.
• I'm happy I would hate to give inaccurate information doing it from memory.
• I'm happy I would hate to give inaccurate information doing it from memory.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• on-demand autonomous vehicle network on-demand autonomous vehicle network within<00:15:58.160>
• Section 14 imposes certain requirements on an operator of an on-demand autonomous vehicle network and
• authorizes an on-demand autonomous vehicle network to transport passengers or goods for compensation
• It also provides that an on-demand autonomous vehicle network is not a common carrier and exempts it
• of people is very have seen, my network of people is very rare. rare. rare.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• It's really a local road network.
• It's really a local road network.
• It's really a local road network.
• So, um you know, I I don't I network.
• . network. network.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• In the event of a network failure, it may be necessary to reschedule a hearing or schedule a meeting
• the<00:10:14.160> event<00:10:14.440> of<00:10:14.560> a<00:10:14.600> network
• <00:10:15.120> failure,<00:10:15.640> it In the event of a network failure, it In the
• event of a network failure, it may<00:10:15.880> be<00:10:16.000> necessary<00:10:16.520
• We have reached out, we have offered solutions, and we have built a growing network of volunteers ready

Bills: SCR120, SCR71, SCR164, SCR41

Keywords: rangelands, pastoralists, pastoralism, ranching, ranchers, paniolo, livestock, grazing, grasslands, land management, conservation, sustainable agriculture, agriculture, Board of Agriculture and Biosecurity, University of Hawaii, ecosystem services, carbon sequestration, wildlife habitat, Hawaii counties, International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists

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• My name is Lauren Calmet, and I represent the Pet Advocacy Network, the national voice of the responsible
• An LA Times investigation found that once regulated pet stores were removed from the market, a network
• from<00:08:18.319> the<00:08:18.560> market,<00:08:19.199> a<00:08:19.440> network
• <00:08:19.759> of<00:08:20.000> resellers from the market, a network of resellers from
• the market, a network of resellers quickly<00:08:21.039> filled<00:08:21.280> the<00:08

Keywords: 1183, house

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• emergency medicine, we are finally aligning the law with the realities that our staff face and our safety network
• districts include aging populations, high-density areas, and desperately need stabilization of specialty networks
• Dana Gray, Executive Director of Desert State's Physical Therapy Network, said the network represents
• She said network clinics continue to face recruitment and retention challenges, and there are more patients

Keywords: 996, all

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• about 4 to 500 individuals from across the state to skill them up, give them best practices, and networking
• So, having the network, knowledge, relationships, and all of that builds.
• money, but the one that is really about organizational and trying to capitalize on the resources and network
• Our agency, with the lieutenant governor's office, spearheaded and multi-community kind of networking
• Transportation, we brought AARP, we brought different entities, and others that have both resources and networks

Keywords: 914, all

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• a residency, someone getting their Master's or doctorate in psychology in a school to build that network
• Having that networking with other new principals that are going through the same...
• I think that that networking, that content support when you are in-person training plus the coach, it's
• support I have across the state that I can call for any situation, so not only just my coach but the networking
• they're a larger district, but I believe Dulce and Chama—there's been, I'm trying to think of all the networking

Keywords: 996, all

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• Also they are building a juvenile services network. using the CalAME justice and the other behavioral
• we want them to go home to their communities feeling welcomed and supported with a reliably funded network
• there's something that may be suspicious. in their school or in their life and then creating this network
• A disturbing trend that often intersects with human trafficking networks.
• issuance and execution of search warrants, which are crucial in gathering evidence and dismantling networks

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• not-for-profit entity to purchase these medications, distribute them, build a qualified provider network
• agreement, which is really making sure that the individuals are getting medication developing a provider network
• How is that the association doing in recruiting and maintaining that provider network?
• And then the professional resource network is for health care professionals.
• services, we require that they be included in the program in order for the provider to be in our network

Keywords: 999, senate, all

Bills: SB2169, SB2263, SB2360, SB2359, SB2031, SB2796, SB3090, SB3091, SB3092, SB2120, SB2593, SB2751, SB2135, SB2024, SB2872, SB3179, SB2308, SB2392, SB2470, SB2398, SB2902, SB2841, SB2436, SB2806, SB2691, SB2824, SB2645, SB2384, SB2697, SB3153, SB3156, SB888, SB2423, SB2746

Keywords: business competitiveness, economic development, DBEDT, Department of Business Economic Development and Tourism, business climate, regulatory reform, permitting, economic ranking, state ranking, top 10 states, business climate improvement working group, business revitalization task force, CNBC America’s Top States for Business, Hawaii business climate, workforce development, infrastructure, cost of doing business, tax competitiveness, labor unions, private sector