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• numbers, we have Ismael Torres, who's been working with both chambers on trying to maximize the the amount
• triggers to make sure that, uh, if the price of oil per barrel dropped below $55 that, uh, the, the amount
• this, this amendment is just to move $100,000 is all it moves, uh, permitting the generation and distribution

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• the pop, do you have like any kind of, I don't know if you use any kind of standard like for this amount
• While we applaud their efforts, and they have accomplished a lot in a short period of short amount of
• Manufacturing of cocaine distribution or drugs of some sort.

Bills: HB176, HB180

Keywords: tax, ad valorem, voter-approval, local government finance, property tax, repeal, tax rates, school finance, tax reduction, compressed tax rate, education, funding

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• Those are the areas where there is a large amount of other significant money.
• Those are the areas where there is a large amount of other significant money.
• So when we look at the amount of money we are spending or we are providing, the amount of money we are
• So everyone wants to know what the amounts are for the vouchers.
• So everyone wants to know what the amounts are for the vouchers.

Summary: The House Transportation Committee held a work session focused on Climate Commitment Act transportation spending and electrification programs. Staff first reviewed overall CCA transportation allocations, saying about $2.2 billion has been allocated over three biennia, with major categories including public transportation, active transportation, ferry electrification, zero-emission vehicle programs, rail/ports, and planning. Members asked for additional breakdowns comparing CCA dollars with total program costs across categories. The Department of Ecology presented on the zero-emission school bus grant program. Ecology said the program was codified in 2024 and supports the transition from diesel to electric school buses, including buses, charging infrastructure, and training. For 2025-27, Ecology received $38.3 million in CCA funding; $21.4 million is already obligated or spent, replacing 91 diesel buses in 28 districts, with the rest to be awarded by the end of the biennium. Members asked about cost parity, exemptions for rural and extracurricular routes, health data, and whether the funding covers chargers as well as buses. Ecology said OSPI is developing the parity formula and exemptions are available when electric buses cannot meet district needs. The Department of Commerce described its clean transportation role, including EV rebates, tribal charging and electric boat projects, and the EV Coordinating Council. Commerce said its rebate program was designed to lower monthly costs and prioritize low-income households, with 89% of recipients saying the rebate was essential to their purchase. It also reported strong demand for charging grants, progress on tribal projects, and concerns about utility interconnection timelines, vandalism, and range anxiety. The Department of Enterprise Services reported on state agency EVSE projects, saying it has completed 82 sites with 567 Level 2 ports and 46 DC fast chargers, and that current projects will add 152 more Level 2 ports; members asked about replacing aging chargers and the state’s EV fleet purchasing mix. WSDOT closed with updates on charging, transit, and port electrification. It said its corridor charging program has awarded 23 sites this biennium, with 13 in overburdened communities and five tribal sites, and that the Washington Zero Emission Incentive Program opened with $112 million for vouchers for zero-emission commercial vehicles and equipment. WSDOT also described transit grants, including bus and bus facility funding, commute trip reduction, paratransit, tribal transit, and zero-emissions access car-share projects. The rail freight and ports division reported $89.8 million for port electrification projects, including shore power and drayage trucks, but noted only about 10% has been spent so far because projects are still in design and permitting. Members raised concerns about funding gaps, supply-chain delays, utility capacity, and whether the programs are sufficient to meet broader electrification needs.

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• Limits the admissible evidence of health care expenses to the amount paid or the amounts that do not
• exceed 300% of the... ...of health care expenses to the amount paid or the amounts that do not exceed
• paid or the amounts that do not exceed 300% of the Medicare... ...to the amount paid, or the amounts
• So the victim is kept whole when they're given a reasonable amount, not end up with a reasonable amount
• And because of that, the awarding of amounts and judgments that are far in excess... ...of amounts and

Bills: SB1540, SB2225, SB2284, SB2382, SB2487, SB2514, SB2595, SB2876, SB2877, SB3031, SB2753

Keywords: election officials, confidentiality, personal information, government transparency, public safety, spirit beverages, alcoholic beverages, Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code, distribution, taxation, firearms, local regulation, archery equipment, weapons, voter registration, statewide list, county requirements, election integrity, computer services contracts, mental health

Summary: The Senate Committee on State Affairs heard Senate Bill 3031, which would expand aggravated assault to cover certain road-rage shootings involving a person in or traveling to or from a motor vehicle, when a firearm is discharged and causes injury, property damage, or fear of serious bodily injury. Senator Schwertner laid out the bill for the author, described it as closing a gap in the law, and there was no public testimony; the bill was left pending. The committee then heard Senate Bill 2514, a measure by Chairman Hughes aimed at creating a DPS unit to identify, investigate, and monitor hostile foreign influence operations and to require ethics training for state employees. Supportive invited testimony from Dr. Jacqueline Deal, Ambassador Kelly Curry, and Michael Lucci emphasized threats from the Chinese Communist Party, transnational repression, cyber intrusion, and state-level influence efforts, and argued Texas should take a leading role. Public testimony included opposition from speakers who raised concerns about free speech, privacy, and potential overbreadth. The bill was left pending after testimony closed. Finally, the committee took up Senate Bill 30 as pending business and discussed a committee substitute. Senator Schwertner explained that the substitute would limit admissible medical expense evidence to amounts paid or up to 300% of Medicare, clarify treatment of provider testimony and attorney-referred providers, remove a requirement that plaintiffs use available health insurance to mitigate damages, strike a unanimous-verdict requirement for non-economic damages, and delete a remittitur provision. Senators questioned the impact on sexual assault and child abuse survivors, the use of Medicare as a benchmark, and whether the bill would still allow fair compensation. After discussion, SB 30 was left pending and the committee recessed subject to the call of the chair.

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• AB 1682 would remediate this by requiring California health plans... to limit the amount of medication
• Heavy metals and trace amounts have always been a part of the human diet.
• But all the other things, is it just going to list the amount of each heavy metal on the label?
• But all the other things, is it just going to list the amount of each heavy metal on the label?
• So just appreciate the amount of work that you've done in this space so far.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• administrative burden on elections administrators and county clerks. the state to produce a significant amount
• SB 2035 imposes an unprecedented 48-hour reporting requirement on any Texan who spends any amount of
• What's the right amount of time for a special election? When Senator Williams resigned from office.
• Moving the primary election up is very helpful, having that amount of time between the election. and
• This will be done within the same amount. So, thank you. Thank you.

Bills: SB16, SB76, SB310, SB311, SB396, SB505, SB827, SB964, SB1209, SB1210, SB1386, SB1470, SB2035, SJR37, SB 16

Keywords: voter registration, proof of citizenship, Election Code, criminal offenses, limited federal ballot, transportation, infrastructure, funding, public safety, state regulation, election, polling places, voter access, state oversight, electronic voting, voting, polling place, elections, countywide program, election integrity

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• of extra and essentially limited amounts of extra and special<00:12:31.079> duty<00:12:31.680
• So there's no restriction as to the amount you can work; it's just the way they calculate that total
• There's no restriction as to the amount you can work; it's just the way they calculate that total over
• compensation for extra and special duty in those three years shall not exceed the average annual amount
• Well, this is the surplus distribution section. I think this is White's Farm.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee reviewed selected House Bill 2 provisions, focusing first on the group two pension reform language and whether it matched prior legislation and the fiscal note. Members discussed two main issues: the treatment of extra and special duty pay in the pension calculation for employees hired before 2011, and the annuity multiplier after 15 years of creditable service. Several members said the HB 2 language was intended to restore prior law and protect against pension “spiking,” while others worried the draft and fiscal note may not have fully reflected current law, potentially affecting the cost estimate. The discussion repeatedly emphasized the need to avoid underfunding or double counting and to make sure Finance had the correct actuarial assumptions. No vote was taken; the committee agreed to flag the issues for Finance and to clarify the fiscal note. Members also discussed the vested-rights language, which was described as an explicit definition of vesting and a restriction on future legislative changes to compensation calculations after three years of service. Some viewed it as a policy protection with no immediate fiscal impact, while others noted it had been included in prior legislation and should be clearly understood before the bill moved forward. The committee also briefly referenced prior pension legislation, including House Bill 436 and House Bill 727, and noted that HB 2 was being used to carry forward related pension repair provisions. The committee then turned to an OPLC-related section transferring building, plumbing, electrical, and fuel gas inspector positions from OPLC to the Department of Safety’s Fire Marshal’s office. Testimony explained that the nine inspector positions are funded from the licensing fund, and that the move was justified as a public-safety function better aligned with the Fire Marshal’s mission because the inspections are statewide code-enforcement work rather than facility-specific licensing work. The discussion ended with a note that the remaining HB 2 changes run through 2034 and a brief announcement about memorial arrangements for C.J. Gerard.

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• . >> This is what he distributed.
• <00:14:35.440> Yeah, >> This is what he distributed.
• Yeah, >> This is what he distributed.
• A decent amount of time. It's not abrupt.
• So the amount of code number changed.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The House Education Policy and Administration Committee met to hear a non-germane amendment to House Bill 131, which concerns bullying and cyberbullying prevention. Representative Glenn Cordelli, the prime sponsor, said the amendment was intended to revise and improve language from last year’s SB 210 and to incorporate measures from a cyberbullying bill previously passed by the House. He described changes to school communication requirements, mandatory reporting of bullying and retaliation, stronger investigation and collaboration requirements for cross-district cases, added safety and remediation language, a required conference with the alleged perpetrator and parents if available, updated reporting deadlines, and disciplinary consequences for harassment, intimidation, retaliation, and false reports. He also noted a later amendment would be needed to insert the words “the perpetrator” in one section, and he explained that some changes were meant to align with prior legislation and legislative drafting suggestions. Committee members raised several concerns. Representative Murray questioned the treatment of private and parochial schools, the change from gross negligence to negligence, and the removal of a definition of bullying based on imbalance of power and perceived characteristics. Representative Damon also objected to deleting that definition, arguing it would narrow the scope of bullying too much. Representative Han spoke in opposition, saying the amendment was too broad, unnecessary in parts, and not ready for final action; he criticized the removal of the imbalance-of-power language, the conference requirement when parents may not participate, and the reporting obligations for bus drivers and others. Cordelli responded that some issues were already addressed in prior law or SB 210 and that private schools have their own policies. Michelle Wongran of New Hampshire Legal Assistance testified in opposition, saying the bill was being heard without enough notice and that it does far more than the committee analysis suggests. She said the amendment adds undefined retaliation language, imposes reporting duties on school vendors and contractors, may conflict with FERPA and other federal privacy rules, and includes provisions that could have serious implications for schools and students. She said she supports parental involvement and some conference provisions in concept, but urged the committee to reject the amendment or at least send it through the normal legislative process for fuller review. No vote was taken during the hearing portion described in the transcript.

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• Or way below that average FTE amount.
• So this would be the proposed amount per campus under This would be the proposed amount per campus under
• So you can see all of the two years lose a certain amount.
• But is it possible to get that amount with the way things have been?
• That's a real amount.

Summary: The Higher Ed Funding Committee met to review how North Dakota might identify and address low-producing academic programs and to discuss draft funding formulas for the university system. Lisa Johnson of the NDUS explained that the State Board of Higher Education is already developing a system-wide policy, using models from other states such as Texas, Virginia, North Carolina, Colorado, Kentucky, Ohio, and Connecticut. She described how low-producing programs are typically flagged by multi-year enrollment or completion thresholds, then reviewed for workforce demand, mission fit, cost, accreditation, and regional need before any action is taken. Committee members asked about what counts as a program, how costs are analyzed, whether certificates are included, how exemptions work for mission-critical or high-demand fields, and whether the board or legislature should set the rules. Johnson said the board is the appropriate body to lead the process, but legislators could use funding leverage if they wanted to encourage action; the chair asked the board to bring a detailed proposal to the June meeting. The committee then heard a Legislative Council presentation on a draft formula for UND and NDSU. The proposal uses fall census FTE enrollment, with a placeholder undergraduate rate of $7,000 per FTE and a graduate/professional rate of $10,500, plus incentives for completions in in-demand fields and research productivity. Alex from Legislative Council walked through the projected funding effects, noting that the model would increase funding for NDSU and reduce it for UND in the current biennium, with different results in the next biennium as enrollment changes are recognized. Members questioned the use of the placeholder rates, the definition of in-demand programs, the treatment of research funding, and the exclusion of state-appropriated dollars from the external grants calculation. The chair emphasized that the numbers were illustrative and that appropriators would set the actual dollar amounts later. A second draft formula for the other nine institutions was also reviewed. That model uses fall census FTE without a weighted economic factor, applies a higher undergraduate rate, and adds completion incentives for in-demand credentials and all other completions. Members noted that the formula would benefit some institutions, such as Bismarck State College, while reducing funding for others, such as Mayville State, and discussed whether the nine institutions should be treated more uniformly or split into smaller groups because of their different missions and sizes. Committee members and staff repeatedly stressed that the formulas are still being refined and that some institutions would likely need hold-harmless adjustments or other transition measures. The meeting ended with the chair directing the committee to continue the discussion later and to expect further work on both the low-producing program policy and the funding formulas.

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• changes that we made in the SNAP program in this rule include moving the standard medical deduction amount
• to an appendix because this amount can change by a very small amount annually, so we have moved that
• We also made some substantive changes to implement a new revenue distribution model that was passed by

Keywords: 1204, all

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• It looks like the distinction Between the two is the amount of assets held by a credit card issuer.
• In the bill, we outline a minimum or a maximum amount of time, which is 60 days.
• Certainly, we believe that it may actually come back sooner than that, but the maximum amount of time
• Would they still be required to go through the three-tier system if they were going to distribute their

Bills: SB1241, SB1242, SB1442, SB1592, SB1623, SB1625, SB1913, SB1940, SB1949, SB2102, SB592, SB992

Keywords: ticket sales, resale, consumer protection, fraud, bots, transparency, refunds, event tickets, medical marijuana, cannabis, marijuana license, commercial grower, grow operation, bond requirement, land reclamation fee, revolving fund, environmental remediation, redevelopment, Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority, OMMA

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• Maybe staff could pick those up from you, and we could have them distributed.
• The amount of money and time that were being devoted to answer IPER requests.
• The 202 number on this amendment is point 233695-1, and what it does is reduce the amount of money that
• But we think this is a reasonable amount.

Bills: HB9, HB50

Keywords: Immigrant Safety Act, immigration detention, civil immigration violations, ICE, federal immigration enforcement, sanctuary policy, public bodies, local government, sheriff's department, school district, higher education, deputization, 287(g), 8 U.S.C. 1357(g), 8 C.F.R. 287.7, intergovernmental services agreement, detainer, immigration cooperation, public property, attorney general enforcement

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• Small amounts of SNAP benefits.
• And so now we've got a massive amount of people that are working 30 hours under that threshold, so they
• I am wondering, in the distribution of the $30 million, That was not for a whole month; that was for
• We hear the dollar amount when we're doing the budget; we hear it as we go through the year.

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• So, a good amount of this information is not currently overlapped.
• Its negative impacts are widely distributed across the economy just because energy is filtered throughout
• to learn that the United States has reduced greenhouse gas emissions as a percentage by a greater amount
• Then we would have to reduce the amount of services that we provide at that level of care as well.

Bills: HB 103, HB 1256, HB1587, HB1632, HB2027, HB2525, HJR88, HJR138, HB103

Keywords: taxing unit, bond database, local government, transparency, civil penalty, education reform, funding allocation, school infrastructure, teacher recruitment, student achievement, tax exemption, water conservation, graywater systems, rainwater harvesting, ad valorem taxation, county commissioners, HB 1587, Texas sales tax holiday, back-to-school tax holiday, clothing tax exemption

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• Subcommittee on Disease Prevention and Women and Children's Health HB 2611 by Raymond to increasing the amount
• Refer the Subcommittee on Family and fiduciary Relationships HB 2644 by Dutton Ruling to the amount of
• HB 2681 by Dutton relating to the penalty for certain offenders in possession of small amount of certain
• HB 2745 by King relating to plans for management and inspection of distribution polls refer to the Committee

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• And the power to control election procedures is so significant that the Constitution distributes that
• <00:18:49.920> that<00:18:50.120> authority, Constitution distributes that authority
• , Constitution distributes that authority, empowering<00:18:51.520> states<00:18:52.080> to
• Although here in Minnesota, we usually put the rest of the country to shame by the amount of people in
• Although here in Minnesota, we usually put the rest of the country to shame by the amount of people in

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• This bill will reauthorize the Congressional Award program responsible for printing and distributing
• Whole milk was distributed for lunch to all the children.
• Uh whole milk was<02:51:04.720> distributed<02:51:05.760> for<02:51:06.160> lunch
• ><02:51:07.120> to<02:51:07.359> all<02:51:07.600> the was distributed for lunch
• to all the was distributed for lunch to all the children.<02:51:08.960> Um,<02:51:09.760>

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

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• We still don't have a dollar amount that would be needed to maintain that same level but we don't so
• We don't have concerns with the proposal amount.
• It'll just decrease the amount.
• We did set an amount, but we didn't reach it.
• I strongly urge the committee to adjust the amount recommended for this program to be the entire amount

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• They're already spending ungodly amounts of money on poor-quality curriculum.
• They're already spending ungodly amounts of money on poor-quality curriculum.
• They're already<00:19:48.080> spending<00:19:48.640> ungodly<00:19:49.360> amounts
• c><00:19:49.679> of already spending ungodly amounts of already spending ungodly amounts of money
• So, that you can put in certain amounts.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee held a hearing on House Bill 1571, which would direct the Department of Education to review and revise statewide academic standards and curriculum and make an appropriation. Representative Kristen Noble, the sponsor, said the bill is intended to update outdated standards, especially in math, and to have the department create a list of high-quality curriculum and materials aligned to the revised standards. She noted she would likely amend the bill to change a requirement that districts “shall” select from the list to “may,” and said a misplaced crossed-out section would need to be restored and moved by amendment. She also said assessments would need to be updated to match any new standards. Testimony from Marie Banfield strongly supported the bill and the move away from a mandate, arguing that current standards are outdated and that Common Core and related standards have not improved student outcomes. She criticized the math standards for emphasizing multiple strategies and written explanations over computation, and said stronger standards would better support students, including those with learning or communication challenges. She also argued that New Hampshire should follow examples such as Massachusetts, which she said used rigorous standards successfully. Nate Green of the Department of Education did not take a position on the bill but explained that the bill would affect statewide academic standards, state assessments, and potentially federal compliance. He distinguished academic standards from minimum standards in statute, said any standards revision would require work with content experts, State Board approval, and then a corresponding assessment update that could take about two years. He estimated assessment development costs could range from about $200,000 to $500,000 for minor revisions and $1 million to $2 million for a wholesale new set of standards. He also said the bill would apply to public and charter public schools, not private or homeschool students, and that the department does not currently provide a statewide list of curriculum materials because curriculum decisions have historically been local.

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• Our technical programs like HVAC Heart injury, industrial automation, industry distribution operations
• And then some of our technical programs, HVAC carpentry, industrial automation, distribution operations
• A significant amount of the higher education budget is provided to the universities for the current fiscal