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• workforce, including the expansion of the Teacher Incentive Allotment, which is a proven record of improving
• We applaud updates to other programs that have a proven record. of improving student outcomes, including
• We appreciate the bill's targeted investments that are focused on improving student outcomes, which will
• We had eight hearings for real-world solutions, not aspirational thinking, to improve special education
• Section 1.07, improving alignment between child care scholarships and pre-kindergarten eligibility. also

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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• And at night, however, with our improved capabilities based on our recent agreement, we're able to double
• that instrument back to Earth for evaluation and tuning this will give us the ability to make improvements
• We have a much, much spaceport improvement program.
• And this We have a much, much spaceport improvement program.
• And what that does is it allows us to partner with FDOT and or the spaceport improvement program to make

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• Private Business Improvement services are really scarce, and we are really one of the only sources to
• Private Business Improvement services are really scarce, and we are really one of the only sources to
• grow and retain our employees in improve grow and retain our employees in fact<00:40:07.160> we
• passed that we need to improve.
• bills um and conversations to to improve bills um and and<00:58:51.640> even<00:58:52.079>

Keywords: 1183, house

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• as measured by cost savings or improved as measured by cost savings or improved quality<00:30:58.120
• We believe the right data collection would drive significant improvement in services.
• I'm employed by Wellness in the Woods as the Director of Process Improvement and Communications.
• This means that we have improved upon our ability to illustrate our impact.
• <01:38:00.159> their 98% said that it did improve their 98% said that it did improve their

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• 00:21:25.480> tools<00:21:25.799> and<00:21:26.000> business<00:21:26.440> improv
• technical tools and business improv technical tools and business improv business<00:21:27.200>
• And just one last thing I'll note: we are constantly making investments to improve the business process
• <00:36:53.680> their that's used to help States improve their that's used to help States improve
• <01:32:22.679> and<01:32:22.920> economic safety improvements and economic safety improvements

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• and community leaders to improve and community leaders to improve education<00:13:02.040> not
• Community member committed to improving Community member committed to improving education<00:46:
• Because when we improve supportive education, we improve education for all of our students, and we have
• Because when we improve supportive education, we improve education for all of our students, and we have
• Because when we improve supportive education, we improve education for all of our students, and we have

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and noted weather-related absences and a large number of new bills. The chair said a subcommittee would be formed to review three cell phone bills, and a full committee work session on bullying would be scheduled for the week after next. The committee then began a hearing on House Bill 121, which would create local special education advisory councils in school districts. Representative Glenn Cordelli, the sponsor, said the councils would be parent-driven, with parents of children with disabilities advising districts on education, safety, program development, evaluation, planning, policies, and communication with administrators. He said the bill would require at least quarterly meetings with district administration, an annual parent workshop, and a year-end report to the school board. He also cited federal guidance from the U.S. Department of Education on parent advisory councils and said the goal was to improve collaboration between parents and schools. Members raised questions about the use of “shall,” how councils would be formed in districts without PTAs/PTOs, whether the councils could function in very small districts, privacy concerns about parents disclosing their children’s disabilities, whether the councils should include guardians or educational professionals, and whether the councils would have any direct tie to the state advisory council. The sponsor said the requirement was intended to make the councils mandatory, that local districts could organize them organically if needed, that participation would be voluntary, that parents would not be required to disclose private information, and that the councils would remain advisory rather than determinative. He also said costs should be minimal. Testimony then began from Nicole Sheath, a pediatric occupational therapist and parent of four children with disabilities, who described her experience balancing advocacy, school collaboration, and the demands of her children’s therapies and education.

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• This budget improves the state's financial position compared to last fall's financial outlook, and also
• investigation and prevention of drug trafficking, internet crimes against children equipment for improved
• As the legislature, it would be wise to recognize the value of our parks as places for people to improve
• their physical and mental health, especially as Places for people to improve their physical and mental
• that improve that protect public health in our economy, continue to compete for inadequate resources

Keywords: 998, house, all

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• a backfill to a reduction to a backfill to the state court facilities construction fund based on improved
• With respect to the state court facilities construction fund proposal, given the improved revenues into
• Help me understand why this isn't improved. I mean, this is not the first time I've asked.
• The overarching goal is to improve outcomes through a comprehensive approach that emphasizes reentry,
• So I think, you know, learning from our mistakes and continuing to improve all along the way is what

Summary: Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 6 heard the Governor’s May Revision proposals for the judicial branch, the Board of State and Community Corrections, the Department of Justice, and the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. The Legislative Analyst’s Office opened with a warning that the state budget remains structurally imbalanced and urged the Legislature to avoid new ongoing spending unless offset by reductions elsewhere. In the judicial branch discussion, the Judicial Council highlighted language access funding, appellate court security, a backfill for the state court facilities construction fund, and an extension of the lactation room mandate; Finance supported most items but suggested reporting language on interpreter costs and reducing the General Fund backfill. Members raised concerns about judicial vacancies, long-term salary freezes, remote hearings, and the lack of progress on court staffing in some counties. For the Board of State and Community Corrections, the administration proposed $10 million one-time each for the Missing and Murdered Indigenous People grant program and a human trafficking vertical prosecution grant program. The LAO said both should be weighed against other priorities and suggested the Legislature consider whether the Tribal Nations Grant Fund could support MMIP work, while Finance said it preferred General Fund support and wanted more review before any fund swap. Members strongly supported MMIP funding and asked whether ongoing support would be considered. On the human trafficking grant, Finance said BSC was a good fit because of its grant administration experience and prior vertical prosecution work, while legislators asked why the program was not placed with the Office of Emergency Services as originally contemplated in prior legislation. The Department of Justice presented antitrust litigation funding, Medi-Cal Fraud and Elder Abuse staffing, completion of organized retail criminal enterprise cases, and trailer bill language for a continuous appropriation from the Victims of Consumer Fraud Restitution Fund. The LAO supported the antitrust account use but questioned the Unfair Competition Law Fund’s ability to cover the full request without General Fund repayment, and recommended against a continuous appropriation for the restitution fund in favor of a more limited mechanism with legislative oversight. Finance said the fund would remain solvent and defended the continuous appropriation as necessary to pay victims promptly. In the CDCR portion, the largest discussion centered on the Boston Consulting Group efficiency review and sharply reduced savings estimates; LAO said the department had not fully explained the proposed position eliminations or future $100 million savings target, while Finance said the work reflected deeper analysis and ongoing efforts to find savings. Members repeatedly pressed CDCR and Finance on the gap between earlier promised savings and the revised figures. CDCR also outlined population projections showing continued declines in prison and parole populations, while LAO again urged the state to close an additional prison to save ongoing costs. The department then walked through several May Revision items, including workers’ compensation funding, a Corcoran honor housing dorm, incarcerated firefighter pay implementation, an incarcerated menopause program, mental health receiver staffing, mental health resource teams and crisis intervention teams, medical classification staffing changes, and AI note-taking for the electronic health record. LAO generally recommended limiting-term funding and more reporting for many of these proposals, while Finance defended them as necessary ongoing investments or court-ordered obligations. Members questioned the cost of workers’ compensation, the need for more prison closures, the lack of funding for women’s facility violence prevention, and the timing and transparency of the BCG savings process. No votes were taken.

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• core mission is to develop and deploy effective energy solutions that strengthen the economy and improve
• architects, builders, and energy professionals who support high-performance building standards that improve
• <00:09:56.959> housing standards that improve housing standards that improve housing affordability
• Um, and the asthma issues of the child in that family were greatly improved when they were able to move
• when um uh when they when they improved when um uh when they when they were<00:35:11.599> able

Keywords: 1183, house

Summary: Representative Mecklin moved House File 3545 to the general register and offered a DE amendment that removed the commissioner’s authority to choose a more efficient standard and removed the requirement that the 2038 residential energy code achieve a 70% reduction in annual net energy consumption compared with the 2006 energy use index. The amendment was adopted, and the bill was then discussed as amended. Mecklin said the bill was intended to address home affordability, arguing that energy code requirements add to housing costs and make it harder for younger Minnesotans to buy homes. Several testifiers opposed the bill, including representatives from the Center for Energy and the Environment, AIA Minnesota, Sierra Club, Fresh Energy, Housing First Minnesota, and ARXUS. They argued that energy codes are not a primary driver of housing costs, that stronger codes do not slow housing production, and that more efficient homes lower utility bills and improve comfort, safety, resilience, and climate outcomes. Testifiers cited studies and examples showing payback over time, including estimates that efficiency upgrades could pay for themselves in five to nine years and save homeowners tens of thousands of dollars over 30 years. The Department of Labor and Industry said it had concerns about the bill because it would move away from a more energy-efficient standard and could create unintended consequences in the code adoption process, though it said the current technical advisory group process already considers cost concerns. Members questioned the cost and savings estimates, especially the comparison between higher upfront mortgage costs and lower utility bills. Fresh Energy explained that its figures were based on Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and Slipstream analyses using a typical Minnesota home and that the savings were modeled over time. Representative Johnson expressed skepticism about the assumptions behind the savings numbers and argued that utility costs are not the main barrier to homeownership. The chair said the committee intended to take a vote on the bill that day, but the transcript ends before any final vote or disposition is shown.

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• conversation there, too, uh to continue to work through it and see if there aren't other ways to improve
• conversation there, too, uh to continue to work through it and see if there aren't other ways to improve
• conversation there, too, uh to continue to work through it and see if there aren't other ways to improve
• conversation there, too, uh to continue to work through it and see if there aren't other ways to improve
• conversation there, too, uh to continue to work through it and see if there aren't other ways to improve

Keywords: 1183, house

Summary: House File 2614 was heard with a delete-everything amendment adopted at the outset. The bill, as explained by the authors, would prevent local governments from requiring amenities or common property that effectively force the creation of a homeowners association, while still allowing developers to create HOAs voluntarily when needed. The authors said the language was negotiated with stakeholders, including the League of Minnesota Cities, and was intended to be moved on to the Housing Committee for further discussion. Supportive testimony came from Housing First Minnesota and the Minnesota Homeownership Center. They argued that unnecessary HOA mandates can raise housing costs, reduce homebuyer choice, and shift public infrastructure costs onto homeowners through dues in addition to property taxes. Testifiers cited examples involving single-family developments, a Burnsville case involving a large roof assessment and disputed ACH withdrawal, and the Heritage Park development in Minneapolis, where an HOA was required but later became difficult to dissolve. They said the bill would preserve HOAs where they are genuinely needed, such as townhomes or shared-amenity developments. Members raised questions about the removal of county-specific language in the amendment, the meaning of the bill’s references to services and common property, and whether the bill would still allow neighborhood signs or other developer-requested features. A major point of concern was stormwater ponds and drainage infrastructure: one member argued that prohibiting cities from requiring HOA maintenance of such facilities could shift costs to taxpayers, while the authors responded that the bill was meant to stop cities from mandating discretionary amenities and that maintenance issues had been partly addressed in the amendment. The committee did not take a final vote in the portion provided, but the amendment was adopted and the bill was discussed for referral onward.

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• VPPs are an important tool that can rapidly improve the capacity constraints on our grid by making use
• can rapidly improve the capacity constraints<00:09:23.760> on<00:09:24.000> our<00:09:
• They can improve reliability. They maintain grid frequency. They help with voltage control.
• They can improve<00:23:00.000> reliability.
• They maintain grid improve reliability.

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: Representative Craft presented House File 2986, as amended with the DE6, and asked that it be laid over for possible inclusion. He described the bill as an affordability measure centered on virtual power plants, explaining that aggregating distributed energy resources such as solar panels, batteries, EVs, smart thermostats, heat pumps, and water heaters can help utilities reduce peak demand and avoid costly generation and distribution investments. He said the bill would require utilities to reduce system peak through a virtual power plant program by 5% by the end of 2028 and 10% by the end of 2032, using an independent third-party RFP process, with plans incorporated into integrated resource planning and a savings clause if requirements prove infeasible. Testimony in support came from the Department of Commerce, Vote Solar, Solar United Neighbors, Kite Rocket, and Mincia. Supporters said virtual power plants can function like grid-scale resources, lower spot-market and peak costs, improve reliability and resilience, and make better use of existing distribution infrastructure. Commerce said the approach fits an all-of-the-above strategy and noted consumer protections in the bill, including standards for contracts, disclosures, dispatch frequency, notice, opt-out, and compensation. Several supporters cited estimates of significant savings, including a national DOE estimate of 10% to 20% of peak load by 2030 and a Minnesota-specific estimate from Solar United Neighbors of about $63.5 million in savings if 10% of peak demand were met with VPPs in 2030. Committee members raised questions about how much cheaper VPPs are than peaker plants and whether utilities, especially Xcel Energy, are already implementing similar programs. Representative Baker expressed concern that the bill could move faster than the technology or market would naturally develop and asked about the risk of forcing utilities into a mandate before the economics are fully proven. In response, a Solar United Neighbors witness pointed to a fact sheet and Brattle Group-based analysis comparing VPP costs and benefits in Xcel territory, while an Xcel representative said the company has been discussing the bill with Representative Craft for months. The bill was laid over for possible inclusion, and no final vote on the bill itself was taken in the transcript.

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• And LFC recommendation for improvements to the state court facilities.
• This is line four for improvements to court facilities statewide.
• Chair, there was a 2025 appropriation of $6 million to AOC for improvements.
• The next one is line 59: Website Improvement for ADA.
• So is the—and it says it's to improve student attendance.

Keywords: 996, all

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• The Special Use Improvement District Association estimates the cost of beach restoration between 30 and
• The<01:11:55.920> Special<01:11:56.320> Use<01:11:56.640> Improvement<01:11:57.120
• > District The Special Use Improvement District The Special Use Improvement District Association
• to life here in incremental improvements to life here in Hawaii.<01:21:00.480> That<01:21:00.800
• <01:34:20.480> and Systems Corporation to improve and Systems Corporation to improve and expand

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• To improve transparency, SB 871 requires the governor and relevant agencies to post lists of suspended
• clarity and also improved rights.”
• I think it's a very good improvement, just to make certain that individuals that want to bring forward
• Senator West and his staff, I applaud your efforts to improve the bill.
• I appreciate her bringing this forward, and it does improve the bill.

Summary: The Senate convened with an invocation, received a House message that H.B. 422 had passed the House, and heard gubernatorial nominations for the Council on Sex Offender Treatment. The chamber also recognized the Doctor of the Day and several visiting groups and adopted a resolution designating June 20, 2025, as Texas Nuclear Legislative Day. Members then considered and passed several bills and resolutions, often by suspending the regular order and the constitutional three-day rule. SB 311 passed to final passage on the Texas Supreme Court’s writ power. SB 883, on off-label prescription access for COVID-19 treatment, passed to engrossment. SB 1706, creating an Open Meetings Act exception for certain defense, military, and aerospace deliberations, passed despite concerns from Sen. Eckhardt that the bill’s use of “deliberate” could weaken open-government protections. CS SB 1677, directing a study on diabetes-related amputations, passed with support from Sen. Menendez. SB 1967 expanded flood infrastructure fund eligibility to certain multipurpose projects, and SB 1255, a cleanup bill on mold assessor and remediator regulation, passed unanimously. The Senate also approved CS SJR 40 and CS SB 871, which would change emergency and disaster law to require legislative involvement after prolonged or widespread emergencies and to limit gubernatorial suspension powers, with Sen. Eckhardt questioning whether the bill could slow urgent business closures during a disaster. Additional measures passed included SB 1426 transferring management of the First Capital State Historic Site to the Texas Historical Commission, SB 249 requiring TxDOT to fund memorial markers for fallen peace officers, SB 1592 centralizing collection of hotel occupancy taxes from accommodation intermediaries, SB 1271 allowing concurrent jurisdiction on military installations for certain juvenile matters, SB 745 creating a higher penalty for intoxication manslaughter involving multiple deaths, SB 365 shortening the academic fresh start waiting period at public colleges, and SB 1171 adjusting compensation and standards for certain Texas Juvenile Justice Department inspector general employees. CS SB 36, creating a Homeland Security Division within DPS, passed after questions about its relationship to federal homeland security and its focus on border security and critical infrastructure. The latter part of the session focused heavily on CS SB 38, a major eviction and squatter-related bill. Sen. Bettencourt described widespread squatter cases and argued the bill, with a Moody amendment, would clarify notice and eviction procedures while balancing property-owner and tenant rights. Sen. West said he supported addressing squatters but worried the broader eviction changes could harm vulnerable renters, especially single mothers, and said he would vote present not voting. The discussion continued with additional testimony from Sen. Kolkhorst about the need for a balanced eviction process.

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• This pay increase assisted our agency with retention goals and improved staff morale.
• Yeah, um, but things have improved since COVID.
• The use of this platform will improve the efficiency and also put us a step closer to automating the
• That said, we know we can improve even more with the continued support of the legislator.
• As a result, we saw, we've seen significant improvements in the board on many fronts.

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• enrollment experiences and improve enrollment experiences and improve access<00:14:07.360> and
• place to turn for guidance on improving place to turn for guidance on improving student<00:21:41.880
• their lives and the lives of improve their lives and the lives of their<00:48:43.440> families.
• It's about improving the aspirations a child has for themselves and a parent has for their child.
• aspirations<01:09:35.400> a It's about improving the aspirations a It's about improving

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• They provide services related to self-regulation, improving cognitive functioning, and really importantly
• related to self-regulation improving related to self-regulation improving cognitive<00:03:52.799
• It doesn't fix everything, but it is an important step in improving oversight of this service.
• It is an important step in improving oversight of this service.
• <00:34:03.760> the recommending changes to improve the recommending changes to improve the

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Workers' Compensation Advisory Council goes through, non-partisan, bipartisan work, really trying to improve
• um really non-partisan, bipartisan work, um really trying<00:02:45.400> to<00:02:45.480> improve
• <00:02:46.480> So,<00:02:47.120> I<00:02:47.560> uh trying to improve that process
• So, I uh trying to improve that process.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Family Protection Act to improve screening and treatment for and prevention.
• This legislation establishes new statewide requirements for screening training and reporting to improve
• Do you have any policy recommendations that could improve putting on the spot?
• But given a policy recommendations that might improve this statute, you're recognized.

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• criminal enterprises, so the investigators and prosecutors can communicate with each other and help improve
• The third recommendation does relate back to our goal of improving lethal means safety.
• There are many things that we can do together to improve the lives of the veterans in our state, and
• Those are two pieces of federal legislation. pieces of federal legislation that were passed to improve

Bills: SB241, HB304, HB295, HB361

Keywords: criminal enterprise, database, law enforcement, crime management, Alabama law, impoundment, driver licenses, vehicle redemption, local identification cards, HB295, Alabama National Guard, military punishment, non-judicial punishment, Article 15, court-martial, special court-martial, disciplinary measures, commanding officer, Adjutant General, Governor