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• Chairman, I move that when the Committee of the Whole rises to report, it report Senate Bill 1632 as
• Majority Leader, I move the Committee of the Whole report. Mr.
• Read the report. Mr.
• Read the report. Mr.
• The reader read the report. Mr.

Keywords: 1182, all

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• It established the principle of judicial review.

Bills: HCR2048

Keywords: elective officers, salary regulation, compensation, Arizona Constitution, voter approval, legislative commission, 1182, all

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• However, we would like to point out that there may be some drawbacks to relying on notaries to report
• Um, we also strongly report fraud.
• Anything outside of that, judicial, we defer to the attorneys to sort that out.
• Anything outside of that, judicial, we defer to the attorneys to sort that out.
• And then finally, we'll blank out the funding, put it into the committee report as it goes on to the

Bills: SB2603, SB2083, SB2341, SB2306, SB2782, SB2756, SB2161, SB2477

Keywords: Hawaii Symphony Orchestra, state funding, public performances, educational programs, cultural arts funding, historic properties, preservation, inheritance, working group, public-private partnerships, sustainable funding, historic preservation, Hawaii Revised Statutes, construction, state review, burial sites, cultural artifacts, development review, phased review, administrative fees

Summary: The committee heard testimony on Senate Bill 2603, which would designate the Hawaii Symphony Orchestra as the state orchestra of Hawaii. Testimony was uniformly supportive from the Attorney General’s office, the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, Retail Merchants of Hawaii, Hawaii Youth Symphony, the Hawaii Symphony Orchestra, the Hawaiian Steel Guitar Association, and others. Supporters emphasized the bill’s value to arts education, cultural vitality, and the visitor economy. The chair noted there were also many written testimonies submitted, and the bill was left without questions or action in the excerpt. The committee then took up Senate Bill 2083, which would create a state-owned historic properties preservation plan working group within DNR. The State Historic Preservation Division supported the bill and said it would help create a statewide database and better planning for state-owned historic properties, while noting its current review work is reactive and project-by-project. The committee asked about duplication and existing consultation processes; SHPD said it already reviews state projects under existing law and has in-house architectural staff. The measure was then set aside after brief discussion, with no vote shown in the excerpt. Next was Senate Bill 2341, which would authorize phased review of certain private-property projects and change SHPD’s review deadlines. SHPD and the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development supported the bill, saying it could encourage more proactive, programmatic review and that the current average review time for simple projects is about 56 days. Several opponents, including Sierra Club of Hawaii, Bianca Isaki, Malama Kane Lua, and Tara Roas, argued phased review would delay projects, create conflict, and weaken historic preservation protections, especially for iwi kūpuna and burial sites. Committee members raised concerns about whether the bill conflicted with prior court decisions and asked SHPD for its view; SHPD said it was not a legal question for them and suggested a programmatic alternative. The bill was not voted on in the excerpt. Finally, the committee began hearing Senate Bill 2306 on administrative fees for the Bureau of Conveyances. HGEA opposed the measure, focusing on a provision allowing the special fund to be used for qualified contractors, while the Bureau of Conveyances supported the bill as a fee correction that would equalize recording fees between systems. The bureau said specialized technical work sometimes requires outside contracting and that it could consider a contract period; the chair and members discussed the HGEA concern and asked whether the issue could be addressed. No final action was shown in the excerpt.

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• The clerk will report the bill.
• This legislation includes data reporting This legislation includes data reporting for<04:48:01.840
• <05:13:34.638> veteran to accurately track and report veteran to accurately track and report
• The clerk will report the title.
• The clerk will report the title.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, September 15, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• in the report at the end of my presentation.
• Additionally, the department reported Additionally, the department reported that it had reduced some
• Our report also includes a questions and answers Our report also includes a questions and answers section
• Thank you for the audit report.
• , report back to be in compliance, and they're done. ...therefore, they put together a report, report

Keywords: 1182, all

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• this to give the sub a favorable report. this to give the sub a favorable report.
• , giving this bill a favorable report, giving this bill a favorable report, please<00:20:55.920><
• report. Is there a second? Second. report. Is there a second? Second.
• You get a favorable report. lot. You get a favorable report.
• You get a favorable report.

Keywords: 1136, house, all

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• Senate Bill 1978 is favorably reported and sent to the full floor.
• There being 10 ayes and zero nays, HB 3229 is reported.
• There being 10 ayes and 0 nays, House Bill 1584 is favorably reported.
• I will say the volume... ...reporting under the bill, the monthly reporting may pose a burden to our
• If there is a police report that outlines the event that took place and it was a timely report, sure,

Bills: HB106, HB144, HB145, HB252, HB1732, HB2221, HB2467, HB2468, HB2517, HB2518, HB2963, HB3016, HB3689, HB3960, HB4386, HB4490, HB4751, HB5247, HJR175, HB2213, HB106, HB144, HB145, HB252

Keywords: HB 106, oil and gas, Railroad Commission of Texas, overhead electrical lines, electrical distribution system, power line maintenance, administrative penalty, Natural Resources Code, oil and gas lease, well operator, energy safety, utility infrastructure, regulatory compliance, cleanup fund, oil and gas regulation and cleanup fund, production safety, leasehold operations, electric utility, distribution poles, inspection

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• Officials to our Executive, and Judicial Officials to our Executive, and Judicial Officials to our great
• Speaker, I have a report. House of Representatives, your report.
• receive reports of standing committees to receive those reports throughout the to receive those reports
• Three, a license is not health report. Three, a license is not health report.
• Give us a report. I they've I mean, Dr. Give us a report. I they've I mean, Dr. Give us a report.

Bills: HJR 4, HJR 6, HB 195, HB 13, HB 143, HB 135

Keywords: occupation tax, securities, financial regulation, tax exemption, legislative amendment, capital gains tax, realized gains, unrealized gains, investment income, asset sale, capital assets, wealth tax, estate tax, trust tax, tax limitation, constitutional amendment, Texas Constitution, Article VIII, property tax, sales tax

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• Reports The purpose of reconsideration.
• Reports of standing committees.
• We'll read the report. Mr.
• Chairman, I move that when the Committee of the Whole rises to report, it report HCR 2048.
• Reader, please read the report. Mr.

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• ; and then the appendices, which are detailed technical reports.
• that were reported by approximately 800 taxpayers per year.
• To date, we have received 872 reports of violations from citizens.
• Of those reports, many of them may not actually be an actual violation.
• So I've seen the number of those types of reports.

Summary: The committee held a work session on state environmental policy act (SEPA) implementation and carryout bags. Ecology staff Diane Buterak described the Clean Energy Programmatic Environmental Impact Statements (PEISs) completed for utility-scale solar, onshore wind, and green hydrogen, plus a new PEIS underway for sustainable aviation fuel. She explained that PEISs provide broad planning-level analysis to help developers and agencies avoid or mitigate impacts, but do not replace project-level review. Members asked about permitting timelines, greenhouse gas emissions from different hydrogen production methods, water use, agricultural land conversion, battery fire risk, and tribal consultation. Buterak said the PEISs identify potentially significant impacts and mitigation measures, including fire response planning, early tribal outreach, and agrovoltaics as an option for solar projects. EFSEC’s Amy Hofkimer then presented the transmission-facility programmatic EIS required by SB 5165 for 230 kV and higher transmission projects. She said the statewide review covers new lines and certain upgrades/modifications, analyzes impacts to water, cultural and tribal resources, habitat, and other areas, and uses general measures, design considerations, avoidance criteria, and sensitivity maps to guide siting and corridor planning. She said the final document would be issued in early October. Questions focused on reconductoring, tribal lands, scenic areas, and whether the review could affect existing lines crossing tribal lands. A Grant County planning director, Jim Anderson Cook, said Ecology’s PEIS would help with cumulative impacts for clustered solar projects, but noted tight local review timelines and the need for strong pre-application coordination, especially on cultural resource studies and decommissioning plans. Yakama Nation attorney Shona Leverett argued SEPA is only an assessment tool and said tribes face barriers from short comment periods, limited confidential tribal input, weak cumulative impact analysis, and challenges in the FSEC process; she urged better upfront developer diligence and more effective tribal coordination. Puget Sound Energy’s Sarah Leverett said the utility needs efficient and predictable permitting to meet clean energy mandates while maintaining reliable service and aging infrastructure. She described the scale of needed clean energy and transmission buildout, including a 10-year process for the Energize Eastside transmission rebuild, and said more consistent SEPA and PEIS processes could help. Members asked about future generation sources, reliability, and hydropower as a firming resource; she said PSE is pursuing an “all of the above” approach and would welcome more firm, dispatchable clean energy options. The committee then shifted to carryout bags. Staff Jacob Lipson and Tracy Taylor reviewed Washington’s bag law, its preemption of local ordinances, the current 8-cent charge, the scheduled increase to 12 cents, and the 2025 change delaying the 4-mil thickness requirement until 2028 while adding a temporary 4-cent penalty for thicker bags. Ecology’s Peter Lyon said the agency emphasizes education and complaint-based enforcement, has received 872 reports, and has not yet imposed any fines. Commerce’s Kirk Esmond summarized a WSU study finding fewer plastic bags distributed but more plastic by weight, and said Commerce and Ecology support keeping the 2.25-mil standard and not allowing thinner single-use bags again. Retail industry testimony from Brandon Housekeeper said grocers comply with the law but oppose the added 4-cent penalty and thicker-bag requirement, citing higher costs and confusion in the policy changes.

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• All of you have received your individual district reports.
• Reporting him after years of concern, the school ignored it.
• It was reported in 2022, and they never would give it to me.
• I don't know if she had a duty to report him to the TEA.
• A lot of people had a duty to report, and they didn't do it.

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

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• The clerk will report the amendment.
• The clerk will report the bill.
• The clerk will report the amendment.
• The Clerk will report the amendment.
• The clerk will report the amendment. The clerk will report the amendment.

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• chief clerk will report the amendment. chief clerk will report the amendment.
• clerk will report the amendment. clerk will report the amendment.
• report would have been due in 2024. report would have been due in 2024.
• They're not doing the reports. They're not doing the reports.
• clerk will report the amendment. clerk will report the amendment.

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: The House first adopted non-controversial motions, then approved an urgency motion to suspend the rules so Senate File 4476, the human services program integrity package, could move quickly to conference committee before the end of session. The House then adopted a DE amendment to insert House language into the bill, and proceeded to debate several amendments focused on program integrity, fraud prevention, and reporting requirements in human services programs. Representative Schultz offered Amendment A5 to remove a sunset on the periodic data matching report requirement, arguing the report helps ensure only eligible people receive medical assistance and welfare benefits and should continue to be delivered annually. Supporters said the report had been inconsistently delivered, cited past findings of ineligible recipients, and framed the amendment as a low-cost accountability measure. Opponents, including Representative Nor, said the report had been sent to the chairs, that the issue should be handled through broader HR1-related changes and negotiations with the Senate, and that the amendment was not the right vehicle. After roll call, A5 failed on a 63-67 vote. Schultz then offered Amendment A6, which would require reporting on homelessness programs, including how many people are served, total costs, outcomes, and possible recoupment of funds if reporting is inadequate. Schultz said the state spends tens of millions on homelessness programs without clear results and that better data would help the legislature make decisions and protect taxpayers. Several members supported the idea of more accountability, while others said the state already receives reports, that homelessness work is being done in partnership with stakeholders, and that the amendment was not the best approach. The discussion continued with further comments on homelessness data and program oversight, but no final vote on A6 is shown in the transcript excerpt.

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• The clerk will report the title of the bill. >> Union Calendar Number 253, H.R. 3668, a bill to promote
• The clerk will report the motion. Mr.
• thoughts to the most precious judicious thoughts to the whims<02:39:42.720> of<02:39:42.880><
• <04:01:21.680> nations The latest nations and report nations The latest nations and report
• :24.560> student report card showed that student report card showed that student achievement<04

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Friday, December 12, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• So that concludes my report.
• And they cited that in their report.
• And they cited that in their report.
• next meeting of this group to get that report.
• Reporting that is required. So pause there.

Summary: The Higher Education Institutions Committee met on the Minot State University campus for presentations on campus operations, enrollment, and new academic initiatives. President Shirley reviewed recent audits, noting mostly clean results with only minor technical findings, and highlighted MSU’s broad academic offerings, specialized accreditations, athletics, and partnerships with Minot Air Force Base and the MSU Development Foundation. Members asked about declining interest in teacher education, tuition waivers for athletes, dual credit incentives, and how MSU decides when to launch new programs and avoid duplication within the university system. Shirley also discussed several workforce-focused initiatives supported by the Legislature’s Workforce Education Innovation Funds, including the purchase of the Trinity Health Center West building for a downtown health sciences hub, a new daycare/preschool partnership near campus, the Aspire program to recruit rural students into teaching, and a paraprofessional-to-special-education degree pathway. Enrollment data showed overall headcount was flat at just under 2,750, but full-time equivalent enrollment rose slightly and new student numbers increased, including the largest freshman class in 15 years. The committee also discussed Minot State’s in-state tuition rate for all students, its dual credit “Emerging Scholars” scholarship, and concerns about the share of high school graduates who do not immediately pursue postsecondary education. Faculty then presented two new programs funded in part by WEAF: an Innovation Engineering degree and a master’s program in counseling with an integrated addiction studies focus. The engineering program was described as industry-driven, designed with broad early coursework, hands-on learning, and local employer input to prepare students for western North Dakota workforce needs; officials said it had already drawn more applicants than expected and would use renovated library space and donated or grant-funded equipment. The counseling program will be mostly face-to-face with hybrid options, aims to address shortages in mental health and substance use providers, and is structured to help students meet licensure requirements. Committee members asked about startup costs, licensure supervision hours, and whether the programs would be on campus rather than online, and presenters said both programs had recently received required approvals and were moving forward.

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• there's significant suggestion that they're going to have the utility stop doing performance-based reporting
• just like came into my head comparing these two, the SBI and the PUC, is that the PUC is a quasi-judicial
• /c><00:38:22.160> so<00:38:22.560> I<00:38:22.880> would The PUC is a quasi-judicial
• And so they just this Tuesday came out with a report that covered all of calendar year 2025.
• Because of the fund's financial support, releases are reported promptly, cleanups are completed quickly

Bills: HF3298

Keywords: underground storage tanks, petroleum, reimbursement program, environmental regulation, pollution control, 1183, house

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• response regarding reports of violence. response regarding reports of violence.
• So reporting can be really, really scary and traumatizing.
• Um, again, that that report workers.
• <01:29:25.280> sexual immunity where people report sexual immunity where people report sexual
• cases reported to the National Hotline. cases reported to the National Hotline.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• No findings at all in 24 or the 23 financial report.
• So that concludes my report.
• And they cited that in their report.
• next meeting of this group to get that report.
• Reporting that is required. So pause there.

Keywords: 908, all

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• According to the state auditor report last year, if state workers telework three or more days weekly,
• And according to the Sacramento Bee's reporting, more than 70... ...requires planning.
• Because the state auditor's report found that over two-thirds of state departments reported that productivity
• All authors, please report to Senate Labor, Public Employment and Retirement.
• All authors, please report to Senate Labor, Public Employment and Retirement. Thank you.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• You'll see a similar section like this for all of the agency compliance reports.
• And then some of the major program items follow on the rest of the report.
• So, Jennifer, with the report, how much would it cost to put the building up according to that report
• We report them periodically. We report them periodically to the feds.
• You'll see things like child sexual abuse material reports surging.

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Summary: The committee met to hear the Attorney General’s budget and related agency presentations. Legislative Council first reviewed the compliance with legislative intent report and the base budget worksheet, highlighting current and ongoing appropriations, FTE changes, one-time funding items, continuing appropriations, and major special and federal funds. Members asked about items such as the Missing Indigenous People Grant Fund, the Internet Crimes Investigation Fund, and the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit grant funding, and staff explained the funding sources and status of those programs. Assistant Attorney General Clare Ness then outlined the Attorney General’s office structure, staffing, and budget pressures. She emphasized the office’s broad statutory duties, the value of its legal and investigative work for state and local governments, and concerns about attorney salary competitiveness, the new and vacant FTE pool, and the impact of the 3% operating budget reduction on BCI, IT, and the crime lab. Members also discussed AG opinions, boards and commissions training, and the office’s litigation and settlement recoveries. Ness and committee members raised the possibility of broader attorney salary benchmarking across state government. The crime lab director described severe space and infrastructure constraints, including overcrowding, shared workspaces, glycol leaks, air handling limits, and aging fire and burglar alarm systems. She said the 2024 study projected a much larger facility would be needed and that a new building on the current health department site would best address the lab’s needs. She also reported that backlogs have improved significantly in DNA, drug, fingerprint, and firearms work, though toxicology had a recent delay after an air compressor failure. The Medicaid Fraud Control Unit director described the unit’s fraud, abuse, and neglect work, noted federal-state funding and recent federal scrutiny, and said the unit needs more staff. The gaming division reviewed charitable gaming growth, e-tabs, trust accounts, and compliance issues, while BCI covered its caseload, cybercrime and child sexual abuse material investigations, the missing indigenous person task force, and the use of lottery funds for drug task forces. No formal votes or budget actions were taken during the meeting.