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• YOU CAN SEE THE SLIDES AT 22 OR 23 BILLION IN 21 AND 22 AND 23 BILLION AND NOW A HUGE JUMP IN THE AMOUNT
• AND IN OUR GOVERNORS BUDGET WE ARE ADDING SIX MORE BECAUSE I CAN DOUBLE THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT THERE
• FOR A FLORIDA STATE VETERANS HOME, 200 PLUS RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN PROVIDED DENTAL CARE IN THE AMOUNT OF
• YOU WILL SEE SHORTLY ON THE SLIDE THE AMOUNT OF DOLLARS WE DEDICATE TOWARD THAT.
• THAT $2 MILLION WE HAVE BEEN GETTING THE AMOUNT FROM THE STATE PRETTY REGULARLY.

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• Foundation funding refers to the amount distributed to school districts for that school year from the
• So in 2025, that amount is $7,357...
• salary amount.
• So this is the amount for 500 students. We, as the Bureau, don't set that amount.
• The committee set that amount. So that's up to all of you to set that amount.

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• building we do have a significant amount building we do have a significant amount in<00:41:55.400
• This is a huge, huge, huge amount of money across the state.
• I think this is ridiculous. huge amount of money and um it it it's huge amount of money and um it it
• <01:18:15.120> of out this is a huge huge huge amount of out this is a huge huge huge amount
• That extra 10% boost for this limited amount of time.

Bills: HF1277, HF812, HF457, HF633

Keywords: data centers, tax exemption, Minnesota statutes, economic development, employment growth, income tax, tax brackets, tax adjustments, Minnesota, tax policy, underutilized buildings, adaptive reuse, building conversion, historic preservation, downtown revitalization, vacant property, vacancy reduction, refundable tax credit, income tax credit, grant in lieu of credit

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• of excuse me of loans they would amount of excuse me of loans they would have<01:06:48.760> to
• <05:10:46.160> allowable<05:10:46.760> under re-evaluate the amount allowable under
• re-evaluate the amount allowable under the<05:10:47.320> exemption<05:10:48.200> from<
• <05:10:54.440> reflect<05:10:54.958> fair sure that those amounts reflect fair sure
• Number two, if you look at the bill, it's unclear how these funds would get distributed.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• Foundation funding refers to the amount distributed to school districts for that school year from the
• multiplied in order to get a salary amount, but... ...to get a salary amount.
• Is that based on a certain amount of students?
• We don't set that amount; the committee set that amount.
• provided according to the matrix amount.

Summary: The House/Joint Education committee continued its adequacy study with a Bureau of Legislative Research presentation on resource allocation, focusing first on matrix spending and then non-matrix spending. Staff explained the methodology for mapping APSCN expenditure data to matrix lines, reviewed district and school categories used in the analysis, and highlighted key findings: foundation funding covered a large share of matrix costs but total spending on matrix items exceeded foundation funding, with classroom teachers making up the largest share. Members asked for additional breakdowns on waivers, superintendent survey responses, trend data, and spending by district type, size, and rural/urban status. Staff also noted limitations in tracking two matrix lines—salary enhancement for other employees and all personnel health insurance—because of coding and definition issues. The committee then reviewed non-matrix expenditures, including instructional aides, facilities, school safety, mental health, dyslexia services, gifted and talented, and career and technical education. Staff reported that non-matrix spending remained above $2 billion over the last three years, with most of it coming from other funds rather than foundation funding. Members raised concerns about dyslexia identification and funding, mental health needs, school safety, food service, athletic transportation, and whether some items should be added to the matrix. The Department of Education clarified that the building fund reflects district-held funds for construction and maintenance projects, while the facilities partnership program is a separate state process for approved projects. In the final discussion, staff summarized total spending as more than $15,800 per student in 2025, with about 69% going to matrix resources and 31% to non-matrix resources. The chair explained the adequacy process and the committee’s role in setting future funding recommendations, and members discussed the recommendations worksheet included in the binder. The chair then proposed postponing the remainder of Part Two of the presentation until a May meeting after the fiscal session, along with inviting the Department of Education back for more detailed questions; with no objections, the committee adjourned.

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• The proposed amendment would increase the threshold amount for review from $50,000 to $2 million.
• not designated in the legislation, and so the board had to come up with that amount.
• We matched the same amount that we used for dialysis...
• And so the board had to come up with that amount.
• But that amount has to be approved by rule before it can be implemented.

Summary: The committee first approved a motion, then heard a lengthy presentation on homelessness policy and behavioral health. Testimony focused on the view that Arkansas should shift toward more data-driven, outcomes-based responses to homelessness, including stronger treatment options for serious mental illness and substance use disorder, better data collection, provider accountability, and possible statewide use of the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) model. Speakers from Fort Smith, Restore Hope, Our House, and Western Arkansas Counseling described local work, the need for better coordination across providers, and the role of crisis services, ACT teams, and employment support. Members asked about sex offender tracking, the difference between sheltered and unsheltered homelessness, how to scale successful programs statewide, and whether Arkansas could apply for a statewide Continuum of Care or CCBHC planning grant. The discussion also touched on camping bans, civil commitment, and federal funding changes, with several speakers urging the state to pursue the CCBHC planning grant and more transparent reporting systems. After the homelessness discussion, the committee moved through a series of Department of Energy and Board of Nursing rule reviews. DEQ proposed updating the post-closure cleanup threshold for solid waste matters from $50,000 to $2 million to match Act 791 of 2025, and members asked about financial assurance and oversight; the rule was reviewed without objection. The Board of Nursing then presented multiple rule changes tied to recent acts, including adding fees for dialysis patient care technician registration, expanding contact-information requirements, implementing APRN delegation authority to unlicensed workers, clarifying APRN authority for death certificates and durable medical equipment prescriptions, updating certified medication assistant training and insulin-injection authority, and conforming independent-practice rules for clinical nurse specialists. Each rule was reviewed without objection. Near the end of the meeting, Senator Irvin announced that UAMS had completed its NCI designation submission for the Winthrop Rockefeller Cancer Institute, calling it an important milestone for the state. The committee then adjourned.

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• for children should be no different than buying ibuprofen and children's Tylenol, and the dosage amounts
• I'm assuming the FDA and the company that distributes it. You're recognized for a follow-up.
• I've worked with the insurance committee to try to Get the language right and get the dollar amount to
• And looking at what the amount that we're wanting to put in these products at 0.4 milligram per pound
• We're on this earth for a finite amount of time.

Bills: HB3552, HB2984, HB4124, HB3934, HB3448, HB3131, HB4200, HB4201, HB3011, HB1912, HB3380, HB3881, HB3538, HB3851, HB3907, HB4430, HB4431, HB4457

Keywords: childcare, differential pricing, Department of Human Services, child care subsidy, licensed providers, emergency legislation, child care, subsidy program, annual report, program integrity, overpayments, ivermectin, over-the-counter medication, pharmacy immunity, healthcare access, FDA approval, prescription, public health, dentistry, licensing

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• Permits HOAs to require a driveway gate to be set back an appropriate amount, prohibits the installation
• halls or meetings with constituents, and in order to do that, at times, we require a significant amount
• Current law sets a fixed maximum amount of unemployment benefits payable during a benefit year.
• House Bill 199 introduces a sliding scale for the maximum amount of unemployment benefits House Bill
• 199 introduces a sliding scale for the maximum amount of unemployment benefits payable during a benefit

Bills: HB112, HB199, HCR9

Keywords: school district, bond issuance, election dates, voter approval, Texas Education Code, HCR 9, Texas State Cemetery, Hill Country flood, July 4 2025 flood, Guadalupe River, Camp Mystic, memorial, monument, concurrent resolution, disaster remembrance, natural disaster, flood victims, survivors, State Preservation Board, Texas secretary of state

Summary: The Committee on Trade, Workforce and Economic Development met with a quorum and moved quickly through a long agenda, hearing testimony and taking recorded votes on several bills. Early in the meeting, HB 2214 was laid out to exempt certain short-term residential leases and leaseback arrangements from flood-disclosure requirements; Texas Realtors supported the change, and the bill was left pending. The committee then voted out a series of pending measures, including HB 46, HB 186 (with a committee substitute), HB 431, HB 1147, HB 1154, HB 2468, HB 2488, HB 2788 (with a substitute), HB 2791 (with a substitute), HB 3260, and HCR 90, all reported favorably to the full House, with HB 1147 receiving two nays and the others passing unanimously or nearly so. A major portion of the hearing focused on HB 112, which would create a Texas Science Park district and commission to support advanced manufacturing and innovation sites. The bill’s author and supporters, including Samsung Austin Semiconductor, the Texas Association of Business, and the Governor’s economic development office, argued it would strengthen supply chains, attract investment, and support national security and workforce development. Testimony described interest from semiconductor and advanced manufacturing companies and referenced the model of foreign science parks such as Sinshu in Taiwan. HB 112 was left pending after testimony. The committee also heard HB 3698 and HB 3699, both related to unemployment insurance administration. HB 3698 would expand eligibility for the Reemployment Services and Eligibility Assessment program using federal funds, while HB 3699 would tighten the definition of “last work” to help the Texas Workforce Commission investigate UI fraud. Both bills were discussed with TWC resource witnesses and left pending after the committee withdrew the substitutes. HB 1349, which would extend HOA transparency and property-rights provisions to condominiums and refine HOA rules, and HB 621, which would require HOA meeting spaces to be available for residents to reserve for qualified political candidates or elected officials, were also heard and left pending. Finally, the committee heard HCR 9 to designate the first Saturday of each month as Small Business Saturday, HB 199 to index unemployment benefit duration to the state unemployment rate, and HB 3466 to exempt certain cancelable service contracts from Texas’s in-home sales cooling-off law; each drew supportive and opposing testimony and was left pending before adjournment.

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• <00:43:15.800> of lee8 is correlated the amount of lee8 is correlated the amount of leachate
• of rainfall over the landfill so amount of rainfall over the landfill so you're<00:43:21.480> W
• <00:43:40.680> of<00:43:41.040> rainfall be almost double the amount of rainfall be
• I think that amounts to like one drop in 60 Olympic-size swimming pools.
• We're talking about vast environmental impacts from the amount of waste that we produce and not a lot

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The informational briefing focused on the City and County of Honolulu’s effort to site a replacement landfill for Oahu before Waimanalo Gulch landfill closes in 2028. Department of Environmental Services officials outlined the solid waste system, including curbside collection, convenience centers, transfer stations, H-POWER, and the existing landfill, and explained that H-POWER reduces the volume of waste going to the landfill by about 90%. They reviewed the siting history, including the 2019 Land Use Commission deadline, the 2020 enactment of Act 73 with landfill setback and conservation-district restrictions, and the 2021-2022 landfill advisory committee that evaluated six sites but recommended none because they were within the Board of Water Supply’s no-pass zone. The city said it ultimately selected a site in central Oahu, on agricultural land near Wahiawa and the Dole Plantation, as the best legally permissible option and described it as requiring about 150 acres, with 90 acres for the landfill itself. City officials also described the proposed landfill design and safeguards, emphasizing a modern sanitary landfill with double liners, leachate collection, groundwater monitoring wells, and post-closure monitoring. They said the ash from H-POWER is dry and that leachate would be pumped to a wastewater treatment plant. They stated the site is away from residences and groundwater wells, accessible by highway, and can be permitted under state and federal rules, though they acknowledged that a full environmental review, public hearings, and multiple permits would still be required. When asked whether the new landfill could be operating before the 2028 closure date, the city said it did not yet know and that an extension of Waimanalo Gulch might be needed if the new site is not ready in time. The Board of Water Supply strongly opposed the city’s decision to site a landfill above Oahu’s freshwater resources. Its representative said the agency’s mission is to protect safe, dependable water for the future and that it had disapproved all six previously proposed sites because they were located over freshwater aquifers. In response to questions from legislators, the Board said it could not guarantee the liner system would remain impermeable forever and warned that leachate can contain hazardous chemicals, including so-called forever chemicals. The Board characterized the proposal as a long-term risk to the island’s drinking water supply and compared the decision to past infrastructure choices that later proved problematic. No votes or formal actions were taken during the briefing.

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• the co-chairs for this, you know, on behalf of the Farm Bureau, because this has been an amazing amount
• online version of the report will be published to the legislature's website, and the report will be distributed

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Summary: The meeting was the final session of the Special Commission on Agriculture in the 21st Century, convened to adopt its final report. The chairs described the report as the product of extensive public engagement, research, and collaboration, focused on challenges and opportunities for Massachusetts agriculture, including climate resilience, farmland access, workforce development, food security, and farm viability. Several members and stakeholders thanked the chairs and staff for the multi-year process and emphasized the value of hearing directly from farmers and industry participants. Senator Barrett offered a detailed set of draft corrections and concerns for the record, including the report title, outdated references, repeated definitions of MDAR, the need to better reflect suburban communities, and a possible tension between recommendations supporting anaerobic digestion and a governor’s proposal affecting the alternative portfolio standard. The chairs noted that comments had been circulated for written review and said substantive feedback would be considered, while also indicating the document was nearing finalization. The commission then held a roll call vote and unanimously voted to adopt the final report, with all members present voting yes. The chairs said the final report would be formatted, published online, and distributed to stakeholders and the public, with a public rollout and media briefing planned for the fall. They also noted that the report was intended to support related legislation already filed or expected to be filed in the Legislature.

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• Obviously, I know that's not distributed through your agency, but you are responsible for the State of
• And it appears to me that in the last good amount of years, it's almost on a regular basis that there's

Summary: The Assembly Budget Subcommittee on State Administration met to hear the Civil Rights Department’s budget items, with the chair opening by emphasizing that agency directors should appear in person if they want their items heard. Go-Biz was not heard because its director was absent. The department outlined four chaptered-legislation implementation items: SB 464 on updated pay data reporting categories, AB 822 extending the Commission on the State of Hate, AB 935 expanding data collection and reporting, and SB 518 creating the Bureau for Descendants of American Slavery. The Department of Finance and Legislative Analyst’s Office had no concerns with these proposals. Members then asked about the department’s broader workload and role in responding to discrimination, hate incidents, and immigration-related fears in communities. CRD explained that it handles complaints in areas such as housing, employment, public accommodations, hate crimes, and human trafficking, but does not have jurisdiction over the federal government or landlord-tenant law generally. Officials said filings and open matters have risen sharply, with the department nearing 12,000 open matters, and described outreach in multiple languages, immigrant-serving work, and support for victims through T and U visa-related assistance. They also discussed the Commission on the State of Hate, the California vs. Hate hotline, and coordination with Stop the Hate grantees and community organizations. The committee also heard items on ongoing workload for AB 2188, AB 1041, and AB 1949, which would convert limited-term resources to permanent positions because workload has met or exceeded initial estimates. The LAO had no concerns. A final item requested $502,000 for ongoing security guard services at CRD public counters after more than a dozen threats to staff since July 2024; the LAO again had no concerns. Members expressed support for the security request and discussed the need for safe public-facing offices. No votes were taken, and each item was closed after discussion and public comment.

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• We tried to distribute the funds that we had so that we could give them maybe a little bit of a bump
• The amount that we funded was $4 million in one-time funding to the courts for our justice partner access

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• I know what I'm gonna cut you off because Dera you've got questions, but we've got a limited amount of
• Imagine a food bank distributing meals from a public parking lot.

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• of a residential mortgage loan in excess of 5% of the amount to be financed.
• <00:38:23.520> We 5% of the amount to be financed. We 5% of the amount to be financed.
• :23.280> million and uh if the amount was $2 million and uh if the amount was $2 million um<01
• So, I hope it's clear why chatbots present an unacceptable amount of risk to our children.
• Um the deductible amount as well.

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• Um, these amounts were just picked as kind of what we think are reasonable numbers.
• What's the dollar amount associated with that?
• What's the dollar amount associated with that?
• What's the dollar amount associated with that? Mr. Tan, thank you.
• <00:37:30.560> of report at different points of amount of report at different points of amount

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• It's around that amount just to survey, and then they said, oh, it's other things.
• So the reduced—what is the reduced amount? 20 cents, right now? 20 cents right now? How? 20 cents?
• And the amount of doses in an inhaler is generally 200.
• And the amount of doses in an inhaler is generally 200.
• Next item: Senate Bill 1300 relating to school meals. amount and we will note in the committee amount

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• That's still a work in process, but we're probably going to put a ceiling on the amount of money any
• They've done grant distribution, so they know how to reach those smaller organizations to make sure that
• Grant amounts ranged from $150,000 to $500,000 based on revenue ranges from under $2 million to over
• With a small amount of funding, we've actually supported 362 businesses over the past three years.
• I'm here to share with you that the amount we received through the PAEPF grant is not abstract support

Keywords: 987, senate, all

Summary: The subcommittee heard informational updates and budget requests from the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (Go-Biz), the California Office of the Small Business Advocate (CalOSBA), and the California Film Commission. Go-Biz Director D.D. Myers described the California Jobs First strategy, including regional economic planning, sector working groups, and investments in priority industries such as ag-tech, space and defense, life sciences, semiconductors, and microelectronics. She also outlined budget proposals for a five-year extension of the CalCompetes tax credit, support for export promotion, additional staffing for the film tax credit program, innovation and emerging technologies work, and the new California brand campaign. Senators questioned the campaign’s purpose, its relationship to tourism promotion, and whether it could obscure regulatory and business-climate concerns; Myers said it was intended to counter misinformation, promote California’s economic strengths, and support business attraction and retention, not to shut down debate about policy challenges. CalOSBA Deputy Director Claire Whitmer and program partners reported on the California RISE program, the Performing Arts Equitable Payroll Fund, and technical assistance/capital infusion programs. CalOSBA said RISE’s first cohort awarded $16.9 million to 61 employment social enterprises, which collectively expanded operations and employment for people facing barriers to work; a second round is being launched with updated services and a new grant administrator. The Performing Arts Equitable Payroll Fund fully distributed $11.6 million to 100 recipients, but witnesses said demand far exceeded available funding and that the sector remains fragile after the pandemic and AB 5-related cost increases. The technical assistance and capital programs were described as serving more than 112,000 businesses in the last year, helping start 3,780 new businesses and leverage significant loan and equity capital, with emphasis on outreach to women-, minority-, veteran-, rural-, and low-wealth-owned firms. Committee members focused on whether these programs produce durable outcomes and reach underserved communities. One senator asked for longitudinal data on employment social enterprises and whether jobs created through incentives persist over time; CalOSBA said it would provide prior studies and future tracking. Another senator pressed for more outreach and support for small businesses at different stages of development, especially those in disadvantaged communities that may struggle to access capital. The California Film Commission then presented a request for three permanent positions and ongoing funding to administer the expanded film and television tax credit program. Commissioners said the program is tracking demographic and career-pathway data, with about 90% of productions opting into new diversity provisions and reporting due to the Legislature in 2027. The LAO supported the film commission staffing request given the larger program size and expanded applicant pool. No votes were taken; the items were informational or budget requests under review.

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• So, you know, a certain amount of common sense should be used. A certain amount of common sense.
• Madam Chair, Representative, I want to thank you for, you obviously have put an incredible amount of
• That doesn't mean that it can't be done safely, given the right amount to do so. Thank you.
• How long would it take, sort of the shortest amount of time, to get a hearing?
• So it's a good amount of energy to produce, to treat the produced water. Correct, Madam Chair.

Keywords: 996, all

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• The photo there is showing like a roof inventory for you, for distributed PV.
• orange colors are sort of allowed amount orange colors are sort of allowed amount of<00:44:02.079
• The photo there is showing like a roof inventory for you, for distributed PV.
• The photo there is showing like a roof inventory for you, for distributed PV.
• Higher cost. taken by the amount of taken by the amount of land<01:21:21.360> that<01:21:21.600

Bills: SCR48, SCR28, SCR74, SCR62, SCR60, SCR89, SCR147, SCR179, SCR182, SCR59, SCR54, SCR180

Keywords: affordable housing, housing credits, perpetual credits, development, Hawaii Housing Finance, Vietnam veterans, commemorative medal, recognition, working group, Hawaii, no-bid contracts, emergency procurement, audit, state agencies, public funds, accountability, emergency response, disability access, 911 systems, life-saving measures

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• What this means is that the amount of housing that has been created in Arkansas to serve specifically
• On the one hand, Arkansas receives the smallest amount of awards per capita of homeless funds from the
• The proposed amendment would increase the threshold amount for review from $50,000 to $2 million.
• not designated in the legislation, and so the board had to come up with that amount.
• But that amount has to be approved by rule before it can be implemented.

Keywords: 1204, all