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• Water treatment technology is also rapidly developing, on par with AI and quantum computing.
• This memorial requests that all the scientific data and technological developments be considered in a
• Thank you. and technological developments be considered in a produced water rule.
• It developed a robust permit program for pilot projects to develop that science in New Mexico.
• I believe that, as was mentioned, it is an economic development driver for the state.

Bills: HM45, HB276, HB300

Keywords: Taos County, Questa, produced water, treated produced water, water reuse, water quality control commission, freshwater conservation, rural communities, acequias, Indian nations, tribes, pueblos, water rights, industrial water use, data centers, artificial intelligence, AI, quantum computing, economic development, renewable energy

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• But they rely on another subsidy that we haven't talked about yet to develop these energy savings, and
• House Judiciary Committee substitute for House Commerce and Economic Development Committee substitute
• President, that's, I guess, the question—the exact question is: what is not right for New Mexico?
• President, it does go back to brain development.
• . is to treat children as they are, which is as people whose brains have not completely developed.

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• I can give you exact numbers, not just percentages.
• Ramsey County Economic Development Ramsey County Economic Development Authority,<01:57:56.400>
• Development Development Authority.<01:58:32.159> Section<01:58:32.719> five Authority.
• Ramsey County Housing and Development Ramsey County Housing and Development Authority<01:58:39.679
• Development Authority. Development Authority.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Development in the health curriculum equips Texas students to fully understand human development.
• And so you can see the baby develop, Olivia, over time, going through the different development phases
• We had a journal entry, and we learned the development of the child.
• Education on human development is fundamental.
• From development that begins with fertilization.

Bills: SB205, SB582, SB625, SB1884, SB1903, SB2600, SB2617, SB2751, SB111, SB3061, SB1908

Keywords: fetal development, health curriculum, public schools, middle school health education, grade 7, grade 8, State Board of Education, school health advisory council, Texas Education Code, pregnancy, reproductive health, infertility, birth defects, prenatal development, unborn child, trimester, medically accurate instruction, age-appropriate instruction, drug and alcohol effects, lead exposure

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• We have an oral surgeon and we have the general dentist doing the exact same extraction, and one will
• It is the exact same code that both will be doing, so is that not sort of, and this might be DHS, a difficult
• people performing the same procedure we have an oral surgeon and we have the general dentist doing the exact
• from the other and I would think it's it's the same code though if I understand correctly it is the exact

Summary: The committee reviewed a series of Arkansas DHS and Department of Health rules, most tied to 2025 legislation. Early items covered Medicaid changes including presumptive eligibility application timing, adding a fictive kin definition for foster child eligibility, raising the able account disability onset age to 46, allowing continuous glucose monitors to be billed by both pharmacy and DME providers, increasing the RSV vaccine administration fee for children, a telemedicine exemption for ET3 ambulance services, and a physical therapy access rule that also included occupational therapy. Members generally asked limited questions and most rules were reviewed without objection. A major portion of the meeting focused on the dental rate increase rule under Act 1025. DHS said it implemented rate increases for certain pediatric, special-needs, and oral surgeon services, but not orthodontics, and it interpreted the act as applying only to oral and maxillofacial surgeons, not general dentists. The Arkansas State Dental Association and legislative sponsors testified that the intent was to cover general dentists performing oral surgery procedures for special-needs patients, estimating the broader interpretation would add about $1.5 million annually. Committee members debated the plain language of the act versus legislative intent, and the rule was reviewed, but with testimony noting the issue should be fixed in future legislation. Later items included the Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies rule adding doula and lactation consultant billing and remote monitoring benefits; an adverse decisions rule extending provider appeal time from 35 to 65 days; CNA training program updates; PASSE network-status disclosure rules; certification rules for community-based doulas and community health workers; cosmetology, massage therapy, lead-based paint, radiation, radiologic technology, and RV park rule updates. Most of these were described as technical, statutory, or federally driven changes and were reviewed without objection. The committee briefly reopened the CGM rule after a motion to expunge the prior vote, and Representative Wardlaw said he would hold the rule for further review because he believed the billing changes did not match the law’s intent. The meeting ended with no further business and adjournment.

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• They were willing to throw our state government to chaos the exact same way that the government is being
• government to willing to throw our state government to chaos<00:03:30.840> the<00:03:30.920> exact
• same<00:03:31.640> way<00:03:32.200> that<00:03:32.400> the chaos the exact
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Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: House and Senate DFL lawmakers, joined by Unidos Minnesota and other allies, held a press event responding to a budget deal they said would end MinnesotaCare coverage for roughly 20,000 undocumented adults at the end of the year while preserving coverage for children. Speakers, including Rep. Cedrick Frazier, Sen. Sandy Leafman, and Emilia Gonzalez Davalos, argued the agreement was cruel, would harm vulnerable families and essential workers, and was being justified under a false claim of fiscal responsibility. They said the affected people are Minnesota residents who work, pay taxes, and contribute to the state, and they rejected the idea that private insurance markets are a viable substitute. The speakers emphasized that many enrollees are receiving ongoing care such as cancer treatment, dialysis, insulin, and asthma medication, and warned that losing coverage would push people into emergency rooms and increase costs for hospitals and communities. They also said the deal set a dangerous precedent by using mixed-status families and undocumented workers as bargaining chips in negotiations. Several speakers framed the issue as part of broader attacks on immigrant communities at the federal and state levels. In response to questions, the lawmakers said they had not been given meaningful input on the agreement, that the DFL leadership had tried to make the “least harm” choice, and that the members speaking would vote no on the provision. They said their focus was on this specific health-care agreement rather than other budget bills, and they indicated the program’s cost was within projections, citing about 20,000 enrollees, roughly 17,000 adults, and spending under $4 million so far. The event ended with a call to continue fighting the deal and to pursue a Minnesota public option and broader long-term coverage solutions.

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• It operates the exact same way; it just changes the words.
• or provisional license it<00:04:57.680> operates<00:04:58.080> the<00:04:58.280> exact
• same<00:04:58.919> way<00:04:59.720> it<00:04:59.880> just it operates the exact
• same way it just it operates the exact same way it just changes<00:05:00.639> the<00:05:00.960

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The Senate Standing Committee on Licensing and Occupations met on March 27, 2025, with a quorum present and first took up House Bill 255, relating to physical therapy. The bill sponsor and representatives of the Kentucky Board of Physical Therapy and APTA Kentucky said the measure is mainly a cleanup and modernization bill that updates outdated statutory language, changes PTAs from “certified” to “licensed,” gives the board authority to purchase liability insurance, moves fee and fine caps into regulation without changing current fees, renames temporary permits as provisional licenses, and creates a pathway to more easily recognize some internationally trained physical therapists already practicing in other states. Senators asked whether the bill changed training, scope of practice, Medicaid, or supervised practice standards; witnesses said it did not, and that supervised practice requirements remain in place with out-of-state practice accepted only when equivalent or more stringent. The committee approved HB 255 with favorable expression. The committee then considered House Bill 618, an alcoholic beverages measure with a Senate committee substitute. The bill was described as having three parts: allowing restaurants to buy limited quantities of alcohol from retail outlets to meet customer demand while keeping the three-tier system intact and requiring quarterly reporting; creating a temporary auctioneer license to auction previously retail-sold alcohol in original packaging, such as estate or bourbon collections; and giving quota bar license holders the same opportunity restaurants already have to sell barrel picks by the bottle. Testimony supported the bill as a way to help restaurants, auctioneers, and bars, while a senator raised a question about sales tax on auction sales and another noted that nonprofit or church-related alcohol auctions already require permits under existing law. One senator suggested future guardrails to encourage local purchasing, but no amendment was adopted. The committee passed HB 618 with favorable expression.

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• I don't know that we would have an exact number of how many providers know about it, but it has been
• :17.320> an that I don't know that we would have an that I don't know that we would have an exact
• 18.600> how<00:14:18.720> many<00:14:18.959> providers<00:14:19.440> know exact
• number of how many providers know exact number of how many providers know about<00:14:19.920> it<

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• budget numbers that we balance off of beginning March 6th, that's when we will start putting together exact
• budget numbers that we balance off of beginning March 6th, that's when we will start putting together exact
• budget numbers that we balance off of beginning March 6th, that's when we will start putting together exact
• budget numbers that we balance off of beginning March 6th, that's when we will start putting together exact

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• They are from Mewborn Oil and the economic development of Lea County.
• Speaker, I'd like to move on real quick to the economic development of Lea County.
• If it's general fund dollars, it would go back into this development fund. Thank you for that.
• If it's a general fund dollars, it would go back into this development fund. Thank you for that.
• Why did you not choose to revert some of the money to the Community Development Program Fund?

Bills: HB111, HB61, HB43, HB156, HB70, SB3, HB103, HB109, HB128, HB247, HJM2, HJM3, HM7, HM17, HM4, HM22, HM23, HM24, HM26, HM2, HM16, HM32, HM11, HM14, HM21, HM34, HM50

Keywords: water law, state engineer, civil penalty, compliance order, water rights, overdiversion, illegal diversion, groundwater storage and recovery, well license, permit violation, water enforcement, New Mexico water code, irrigation district, conservancy district, water diversion, unauthorized water sales, measuring device, district court appeal, water resources, water compliance

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• Conservation easements also limit development potential.
• Conservation easements also limit development potential.
• Conservation easements also limit development potential.
• Conservation easements also limit development potential.
• Conservation easements, they also limit development potential.

Bills: HF1698, HF632, HF1352, HF2197, HF618, HF1248, HF1697

Keywords: property tax, exemption, leased land, public use, commercial property, HF632, Minnesota property tax, conservation easement, conservation restriction, assessed value, property valuation, tax assessment, real property, land conservation, farmland preservation, natural areas, riparian buffer, water quality, water quantity, county assessor

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• I can’t see how we can develop a formula for that.” most of us have just come through town most of us
• I can’t see how we can develop a formula for that.
• How does anybody develop a formula for that? I'm not sure if a formula is needed.
• How does anybody develop a formula for that? I'm not sure if a formula is needed.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee first took up House Bill 118 in executive session and adopted Amendment 0882H, which would remove the House and Senate members from the Child Care Commission while leaving the commission in place. Members said the amendment was a continuation of earlier committee discussion and supported it as a needed change. The committee then voted 12-0 to recommend ought to pass as amended, and HB 118 was placed on consent. The committee next considered House Bill 142, dealing with Gold Star Mother’s Day. The sponsor explained that the bill was unnecessary because existing statute already directs the governor to issue a proclamation for Gold Star Mother’s Day and to urge appropriate observance, including flag-related ceremonies. Several members discussed how to ensure the proclamation and flag observance would happen and whether the committee report should note the existing statute. Other members said they would oppose killing the bill because the recognition was important. The committee voted 9-3 to table/ITL the bill, and HB 142 was declared inexpedient to legislate. The final major item was a public hearing on a non-germane amendment to House Bill 456, with a related draft amendment also discussed. The sponsor said the amendment would raise the annual membership allowance from $20 to $75, rename fees as dues, prohibit dues from being used to pay lobbyists, require NHMA dues to be brought before voters as a separate warrant article for transparency, and require separate accounting so lobbying funds are not co-mingled with other funds. Supporters said the goal was to keep taxpayer-derived money from funding lobbying while preserving non-lobbying services such as legal advice and training. Opponents argued the proposal was an overreach and would micromanage local towns. No vote was taken in the portion provided.

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• versus state-funded public housing developments?
• I have three public housing developments in my district: two are state-funded, one is federally funded
• If the representative had done so, we would have questioned why residents who received the exact same
• Narrow interest of a private developer over the well-being of hundreds of senior citizens.
• Developing the 1215 tiny house building standard with the International Code Council, other builders,

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Housing held a hearing on a wide range of housing bills focused on manufactured housing, condominiums, public housing, tiny homes, and protections for elderly and disabled residents. Chairs Haggerty and Cyr opened by emphasizing the importance of these housing types and the need to hear from many speakers. Testimony on manufactured housing was especially extensive and sharply divided. Supporters of bills such as H. 1475, S. 990, and H. 1513 argued that out-of-state corporate owners are buying communities, raising rents and fees, reducing services, and exploiting legal gray areas. Residents and lawmakers from affected communities like Taunton, Middleborough, Attleboro, and Oak Point described steep rent disparities, fear of displacement, and the need for stronger protections, while Representative Hawkins urged an omnibus approach and said the bill would create a local board to ensure compliance with existing law. Opponents, including the Massachusetts Manufactured Housing Association and Hometown America’s counsel, argued that current law already provides protections, that the bills would create uncertainty or unfairly restrict owners, and that H. 1475 was intended to clarify the post-Blake legal landscape. The committee also heard testimony on condominium reform through S. 980, with owners describing lack of transparency, surprise assessments, and limited accountability, and urging updates to Chapter 183A and more owner rights. Public housing bills also drew support from housing authority advocates. MassNAHRO backed S. 955, H. 1517, H. 1512, H. 1550, and H. 1551, saying housing authorities need more flexibility to preserve and expand affordable housing. Witnesses supported tax relief for replacement public housing units and streamlined procurement rules, arguing these changes would help projects move faster and make better use of capital funds. Committee members asked questions about PILOT agreements, tax treatment of new developments, and whether state and federal public housing would be treated similarly. The committee also heard from Senator Lovely and advocates for S. 1007/H. 1525, which would prevent and respond to bullying of elderly and disabled residents in housing. Supporters described the bills as a long-needed response to harassment in senior and public housing, calling for building-level plans, staff training, and AG oversight; Jerry Halberstadt said the measure should be strengthened with enforcement and tenant advocacy support. Pamela and other witnesses described severe personal impacts from bullying and management retaliation. Another major topic was S. 1474/H. 1474 on movable tiny houses as permanent dwellings and accessory dwelling units. Supporters, including Representative DeCoste, Vera Struck, Kaylee DeCrease, and Abundant Housing Massachusetts, said tiny homes are a safe, affordable, sustainable option for seniors, workers, and others facing the housing shortage, and urged the committee to legalize them and align state rules with emerging standards. They also discussed tax classification and the need for a clear building code and DMV category. Finally, H. 1476 on pet-friendly elderly housing drew support from animal welfare groups, who said the bill would restore and modernize a prior pet program, expand access across state-aided housing, limit pet deposits, and reduce pet surrender caused by housing barriers. No votes were taken during the hearing; the committee primarily received testimony and questions on the bills.

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• A different entity other than the department should lead the development of that plan.
• It didn't necessarily PED did not oppose LESC's involvement in the development of a plan but actually
• In professional development such as the science of reading for current teachers.
• For example, to develop a profile for what a student graduating from your district should be able to
• On the next slide, we really want to talk about the stages of how we developed this work.

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• We talk a lot about making sure the end user is a part of the conversation, developing things that are
• part of the conversation, developing part of the conversation, developing things<00:24:17.280>
• I see people<00:37:38.240> on<00:37:38.359> the<00:37:38.440> exact<00:37:38.840
• <00:37:39.880> It's<00:37:40.120> a people on the exact same journey.
• It's a people on the exact same journey.

Bills: HF4207, HF4338

Keywords: housing aid, local housing trust, funding projects, income provisions, technical changes, human services, medical assistance, Medicaid, provider enrollment, provider revalidation, fraud prevention, program integrity, background study, background check, fingerprinting, licensing, license revocation, payment withholding, payment suspension, prepayment review

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• And we'll start off the testimony with the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development.
• And we'll start off the testimony with the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development.
• of the Agribusiness Development of the Agribusiness Development Corporation.<00:02:36.640> We
• Again, I oversee all of the agriculture, so I don't know the exact detail.
• Development. We stand on our testimony Development.

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The joint committees met on March 19, 2025, to hear HB 966 HD2, which would create statewide standards for agricultural tourism in counties that adopt ag-tourism ordinances. The bill would require registration with county planning departments, require ag-tourism to remain tied to an active farming operation, and end the activity when the agricultural use stops except in limited circumstances. Testimony from the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development, the Agribusiness Development Corporation, the Department of Agriculture, the Hawaii Tourism Authority, Kualoa Ranch, and the Hawaii Cattlemen’s Council was generally supportive of the bill’s intent, with several witnesses emphasizing that agritourism can help farm viability, food security, and public education about agriculture. The Hawaii Farm Bureau and several other testifiers supported agritourism but urged strong guardrails, minimal statewide standards, and deference to county home rule. They said agriculture should remain the primary activity, warned against adding burdens to farmers and ranchers, and suggested better enforcement and agricultural expertise within county planning departments. Phil Weber and others argued for objective standards, such as minimum revenue or work-performed thresholds, annual reporting, and clearer compliance tools, and cautioned that the bill’s termination exemption could be too broad if not tightened. A substantial portion of the discussion focused on whether the bill should apply to Department of Agriculture lands, especially ag park lands, and to DLNR lands. Department of Agriculture staff explained that ag park lands currently do not allow agritourism, while non-ag park lands under Act 90 allow limited related activity tied to farm production, with revenue limits and other conditions. Members and witnesses debated how to define and measure agritourism, how to enforce county rules, and whether to exempt ag park parcels or otherwise clarify that existing DOA rules would control. No vote or final action was taken during the hearing, and the chair requested follow-up language from DOA to address possible exemptions and clarify the bill’s application.

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• Senator Limmer: To develop that belief that we have to document, stand behind, and describe before we're
• Bakus read what the exact amendment is. Mr.
• Although, again, I'm not a drug chemist, so I don't have an exact answer.
• <01:41:20.560> don't<01:41:20.639> have<01:41:20.719> an<01:41:20.960> exact
• Um, so I don't have an exact answer. Um, so I don't have an exact answer.

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• The witness said he did not think the bill would allow a person to literally relitigate the exact same
• necessary hormone for fetal development. necessary hormone for fetal development.
• For the exact on Friday, when are you expecting reports to be completed and back to you?
• >> For<05:07:21.440> the<05:07:21.680> exact<05:07:22.080> on<05:07:22.400
• No, no, that's >> or exact no for right.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• <01:40:04.080> um and how they approve a development um and how they approve a development
• zoning districts have been developed zoning districts have been developed over<04:11:35.800>
• The goal is for smart development and reasonable development to try to limit conflict between property
• <04:14:04.840> and<04:14:04.960> reasonable<04:14:05.399> development development
• and reasonable development development and reasonable development to<04:14:05.960> try<04:14:

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• Our water development plan is statutorily required.
• First off, we are required with the State Water Commission to develop a comprehensive water development
• water development plan.
• That as well with the 2027 water development plan data.
• Water development plan participation as a requirement.

Keywords: 908, all