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• Its educational outreach is extremely timely and extremely vital.

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• Genocide and Antisemitism Commission, its educational outreach. is extremely timely and extremely vital

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• We're also asking for a few FTEs to help with technical assistance to help. with outreach.

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• Funding generated from the solid waste management tax has helped fund waste education and community outreach

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• As part of that community outreach, I do just want to further highlight that we are very thoughtful about
• But yeah, there needs to be a much greater outreach on the part of the TDUs.
• First, establish an independent public ombudsman within the PUC public outreach or the extension to the

Summary: The Senate Business and Commerce Committee held its third interim hearing on Texas electric grid reliability and 765 kV transmission lines/private property rights. Chair Schwertner opened by noting record ERCOT summer demand of 91,089 MW and emphasized the committee’s focus on managing rapid load growth, ensuring adequate generation, and protecting homeowners, businesses, landowners, and ratepayers. The committee also adopted strict two-minute limits for public testimony and planned to hear invited witnesses first, then public testimony. PUC Chairman Thomas Gleeson, ERCOT CEO Pablo Vegas, and OPUC Chief Counsel Benjamin Barclay testified on Senate Bill 6 implementation, large-load interconnection, transmission cost allocation, and market design. Gleeson said the PUC has adopted or is finalizing rules on net metering/co-location, large load interconnection standards, and a transmission cost recovery rule that would move from 4CP to 12CP, lengthen the interval to 30 minutes, and add a minimum demand charge to better allocate costs to large loads. Vegas explained ERCOT’s new batch process for large loads, saying it provides year-by-year capacity allocations, clearer financial obligations, and a transmission plan; he reported 205 GW eligible for Batch Zero, with 65 GW classified as baseload, 25 GW in an intermediate category, and 114 GW as allocated load. Barclay supported the changes as better protection for residential and small commercial customers, while warning that the minimum demand charge may need an exit-fee concept to address stranded costs if large loads leave. Members pressed witnesses on whether additional market changes are needed to attract dispatchable thermal generation and whether DRS/DRRS Plus could become a capacity-market substitute. Gleeson and Vegas said the current market still favors solar, batteries, and other low-variable-cost resources, and that more incentives may be needed for gas and other thermal generation; Gleeson said the commission’s reliability standard assessment will begin this year and conclude next year with a 2029 outlook. They described DRS as an ancillary service for intraday reliability and DRS Plus as a proposed real-time revenue mechanism for thermal resources during scarcity, not a forward capacity market. Senators also questioned whether 12CP could still be gamed, whether curtailment authority under SB 6 should be expanded from EEA 2 to earlier stages, and whether the batch process should be bifurcated so traditional industrial loads are handled differently from data centers. Witnesses said the batch process is intended to prevent speculative projects from driving transmission costs, that most large-load projects are data centers, and that future rules may need to better distinguish among types of large loads.

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• who are struggling to retain their vouchers and provide more financing options for Chafee voucher outreach
• the review of capital raising by de novo regulated institutions, and the establishment of various outreach
• H.R. 4544 further requires the development of outreach and education programs and federal regulator engagement

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, May 19, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• I'm Madeline Loman, I'm the Advocacy and Outreach Director with the Advocates for Human Rights.
• I'm Madeline Loman, I'm the Advocacy and Outreach Director with the Advocates for Human Rights.

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• We have increased both our K through 12 and collegiate outreach efforts and have also implemented a student
• We have increased both our K through 12 and collegiate outreach efforts and have also implemented a student

Keywords: Appropriations - Room 409, 22 January, 2026; 1:30 P.M., 925, all

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• After a while, she was able to get a loan through IOCP, Interfaith Outreach, which is a private nonprofit
• After a while, she was able to get a loan through IOCP, Interfaith Outreach, which is a private nonprofit

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• The fund is continuously appropriated to the CDLE, including for the purpose of rulemaking, public outreach
• <01:33:44.880><c> public</c> the purpose of rulemaking, public the purpose of rulemaking, public outreach
• and</c><01:33:45.679><c> any</c><01:33:45.920><c> necessary</c><01:33:46.400><c> enforcement</c> outreach
• , and any necessary enforcement outreach, and any necessary enforcement actions.<01:33:48.080><c> Again

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• We collaborate with New Hampshire Lakes on a lot of that outreach and education to make sure that we're
• </c><04:24:50.159><c> that</c> Hampshire Lakes on a lot of that Hampshire Lakes on a lot of that outreach
• :51.680><c> to</c><04:24:52.000><c> make</c><04:24:52.159><c> sure</c><04:24:52.319><c> that</c> outreach
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Summary: The committee heard public testimony on HB 1065, a housing bill that would clarify when multifamily and mixed-use housing may be allowed on commercially zoned land, define infrastructure standards, and preserve municipal discretion over where such development can occur. Prime sponsor Representative David Priest said the bill is intended to help address the housing shortage by using already developed commercial areas without overriding local planning. The New Hampshire Municipal Association, through Brody Dees, said it supports the bill and views it as a priority, but noted it is still discussing related language with stakeholders and wants clearer definitions for multifamily development, infrastructure, and adaptive reuse while preserving local control over commercial land use. Testimony was mixed. Ivy Van, a certified planner, opposed the bill because she said the infrastructure language is too restrictive and could exclude properties served by private utilities or septic systems. Chris Freeman, a housing provider, was generally supportive but recommended technical changes, arguing the infrastructure definition may be too broad and that the adaptive reuse language could unintentionally block useful building modifications. He said the bill should be clarified so it does not discourage reuse projects. The committee then moved to discussion of an accessory dwelling unit bill, with Representative Turkot describing changes that would shift some ADU approvals from a matter of right to conditional use or special exception, allow municipalities more control over attached versus detached units, set parking standards tied to single-family dwellings, and adjust size limits. He argued the bill would restore local discretion and prevent ADUs from becoming primarily rental units. Representative Reed pushed back, saying detached ADUs can help meet housing needs and provide opportunities for small landlords, while other members questioned how the bill would affect existing detached structures and breezeways. No votes were taken in the excerpt, and the chair also noted a recess and time limits for later testimony.

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• We collaborate with New Hampshire Lakes on a lot of that outreach and education to make sure that we're
• </c><04:24:50.159><c> that</c> Hampshire Lakes on a lot of that Hampshire Lakes on a lot of that outreach
• :51.680><c> to</c><04:24:52.000><c> make</c><04:24:52.159><c> sure</c><04:24:52.319><c> that</c> outreach
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• After four school years building a satellite named Forest Perminio, which is Latin for outreach, it was
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Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Wednesday, January 21, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• those described in RSA 374-G4, which is the text that was modified on the previous page, as well as outreach
• to uh as on the previous page as well as to uh as well<04:09:58.720><c> as</c><04:09:58.920><c> Outreach
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• There's a need to increase outreach to new groups to increase this for the Hike Safe card, and often
• <04:04:47.120><c> increase</c> there's a need to um to increase there's a need to um to increase Outreach
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• updated and accurate information on their websites, and make sure that there's, you know, a concerted outreach

Summary: The House Committee on Elections met for an interim hearing focused on Charge 3, voter registration, with no legislative action taken. The Secretary of State’s office, represented by Christina Atkins, gave a detailed overview of the new statewide TEAM voter registration and election management system, its July 2025 rollout, and the disruption caused when a third-party vendor serving 24 counties collapsed. She said 11 counties had to be rapidly onboarded into TEAM at a state cost of about $660,000 to keep elections running, and that the office also had to pause development to handle mid-decade congressional redistricting affecting 73 counties. Atkins said the office is now working on reporting improvements, data alignment with offline counties, ballot-by-mail and jury modules, military and overseas ballot delivery, intelligent mail barcoding, and GIS-based redistricting tools. Members pressed Atkins on TEAM’s performance, data discrepancies, and the state’s use of the federal SAVE database to screen voter rolls for possible non-citizens. She said SAVE identified a little over 2,700 potential non-citizen records out of more than 18 million, that counties review and send notices before any cancellation, and that some discrepancies were later checked against DPS records. Several members raised concerns about possible disenfranchisement, the accuracy of the data, and whether counties should be required to report more detail about notices and cancellations. Atkins said the Secretary of State can request more information from counties but does not have authority to act directly on voter registration records. The committee also heard from Jennifer Doynoff of the Texas Association of County Election Officials, who said counties support modernization but continue to face persistent TEAM problems, including delays in processing registrations and difficulty generating required reports. Her group recommended a detailed public timeline for TEAM fixes before the November 2026 election, a freeze on non-critical updates before voting begins, and a technical support dashboard to track tickets and releases. Members also discussed communication gaps between counties, the Secretary of State, and the vendor, with county officials saying clearer timelines and better coordination are needed to reduce confusion and improve confidence in the system.

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• It's doing public outreach to provide information about the program for 60 days before issuing violations

Summary: The Senate Committee on Privacy, Digital Technologies, and Consumer Protection heard several bills focused on privacy, AI, surveillance, and consumer protections. AB 302 would bar schools from excluding students from extracurricular activities because they do not use social media and would require schools to use at least one non-addictive means of contacting students and parents; it drew support from Common Sense Media and no opposition. AB 1705, the Reclaim Act, would require websites hosting non-consensual pornography to verify consent before upload; district attorneys and the Commission on the Status of Women supported it, while TechNet and CCIA opposed or raised concerns. AB 2007 would separate parental consent for a child’s image/likeness from general program enrollment forms in youth programs; educators supported it, while local government and parks groups raised implementation and penalty concerns. AB 2212 would update higher education sexual harassment definitions to include tech-facilitated harassment such as cyberbullying, doxing, and nudification-related abuse; students and advocacy groups strongly supported it, with no opposition. AB 1837 would extend transit agencies’ authority to use camera enforcement in bus-only lanes and at transit stops, with privacy retention limits and human review; transit agencies supported it, while some senators expressed concern about automated enforcement and surveillance, and the bill was placed on call after a split vote. AB 2392 would create an intersegmental higher education working group on generative AI training and procurement standards; it passed 5-0 after amendments removed prerequisites tying AI deployment to completion of the report. The consent calendar was also approved on call. Later, AB 1798 would prohibit life and disability insurers from using non-diagnostic genetic information in underwriting; supporters argued it protects privacy and encourages testing, while insurers opposed the bill as undermining risk-based underwriting, and it advanced on a 3-0 vote on call. Finally, AB 1883 would restrict workplace use of emotion-recognition and neural-data surveillance tools; labor and privacy advocates supported it, employers and local agencies raised safety and litigation concerns, and it passed 3-0 to Labor after narrowing amendments.

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• communication and sometimes it's a little bit onerous on the county auditor to keep making those outreach

Summary: The subcommittee of the Tax Reform and Relief Advisory Committee met to begin its study of whether the content of the real estate tax statement should be revised to improve transparency. Legislative Council staff reviewed the study directive from HB 1176 and the statutory requirements for tax statements, including required line items such as true and full value, mill levy, legislative tax relief, primary residence credit, legacy fund share, discounts for early payment, and special assessments. The Tax Department then explained how the current uniform statewide statement is prescribed and approved, and noted that changes are typically driven by statute and implemented collaboratively with counties and vendors. County officials from NDACO, including auditors from McKenzie and Richland counties, described the full annual property tax timeline from budgeting through mailing final statements. They explained how counties gather budgets, calculate levies, verify taxable values, handle centrally assessed property, and prepare required notices and statements. They also said public attendance at budget hearings is generally very low, though the notices and statements generate some calls, mostly about whether attendance is required or why taxes are changing. Several members questioned the usefulness of the legislative tax relief line and the complexity of the 5% discount calculation, and county officials said the current process can be confusing and depends on manual data entry and coordination among counties, vendors, and taxing districts. The committee also discussed assessment frequency, valuation equalization, the 3% cap, and whether more frequent reassessment would reduce large jumps in taxable value. County officials said they try to use rotating reassessments and sales-ratio reviews to keep values within statutory tolerance, but staffing, training, and local market changes make the work difficult. NDACO staff estimated, based on a small county survey, that tax statement preparation and mailing costs average about 74 cents per statement, with outsourcing generally cheaper than in-house printing, and said HB 1176 added some mailing and administrative costs even if the tax statement itself did not change dramatically. Software vendors from CPT and Tyler then began presentations showing how their systems handle budgeting, valuation notices, tax statement generation, primary residence credit processing, and levy worksheets, emphasizing that many of the required calculations and reports are still manually entered or verified by county staff.

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• communication, and sometimes it's a little bit onerous on the county auditor to keep making those outreach

Summary: The subcommittee of the Tax Reform and Relief Committee met to begin its study of the feasibility and desirability of revising the content of the real estate tax statement to improve property tax transparency. Legislative Council staff reviewed the study directive under House Bill 1176 and the statutory requirements for tax statements, including required line items such as true and full value, mill levy, legislative tax relief, primary residence credit, and the Legacy Fund portion of that credit. The Tax Department then explained how the current uniform statement is prescribed and approved, and noted that changes are typically driven by statute and implemented collaboratively with counties and vendors. County officials from the North Dakota Association of Counties described the full annual tax cycle, from county budgeting and valuation notices to budget hearing notices, levy certification, cap calculations, and final tax statement mailing. They emphasized that counties and auditors do extensive coordination with taxing districts and neighboring counties, and that the process is labor-intensive and often manual. Members discussed the limited public response to budget notices and tax statements, the difficulty of explaining the legislative tax relief line, the 3% cap and valuation issues, and whether more frequent assessments or different timing would improve understanding. Several members and witnesses noted that many taxpayers only engage when they receive their final bill, and that clarity may be more important than adding more detail. NDACO also presented a rough cost survey from eight counties, estimating an average tax statement cost of about 74 cents and a statewide total near $600,000 for printing and mailing tax statements alone, with outsourcing generally cheaper than in-house printing. Witnesses noted that House Bill 1176 added other mailings and notices, increasing county workload and cost beyond the statement itself. The committee then heard from software vendors, who explained how their systems handle tax billing, budget notices, valuation notices, primary residence credit processing, and tax levy calculations, and they identified the 1600/1685 primary residence credit and discount interaction as a current programming challenge. No votes were taken; the meeting was informational and focused on gathering testimony and identifying issues for possible future recommendations or bill drafts.

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• Attorney General Andrew Campbell, where I worked on social media and youth mental health policy and outreach

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Summary: The committee opened a public hearing on 41 bills related to school climate and safety, with chairs Jason Lewis and Ken Gordon outlining procedures and noting more than 125 witnesses. The first major topic was the “Study Act” on cell phones in schools and related social media restrictions (House 666/Senate 335). Secretary of Education Pat Tutwiler and Attorney General Andrea Campbell testified in strong support, arguing that bell-to-bell phone-free policies would improve student focus, reduce anxiety and distraction, and support mental health. Several legislators also supported the approach, though Representative Jeff Turco and Senator John Keenan emphasized narrower bills focused only on school-day phone restrictions rather than broader social media regulation. Senator John Velis likewise backed a comprehensive school-hours restriction, citing student distraction and mental health concerns. Representative Tarsky described successful implementation of a Yondr pouch system in a school where he served as principal, saying it improved engagement and reduced bullying and discipline issues. The committee then heard testimony on a bill to prohibit Native American mascots in public schools (Senate 312/House 575). Senator Joe Comerford, Brittany Wally, and Rhonda Anderson all urged passage, saying Native mascots are dehumanizing, harmful to Native youth, and inconsistent with civil rights and educational values. They described support from tribal nations and noted that many Massachusetts schools have already changed mascots, but some still resist. The hearing also included testimony on school start times (House 647/Senate 360), where middle school students Caroline Duffy and Emery Jarvis described exhaustion and survey data showing widespread sleep deprivation. Former educator Telia Jacobs, former principal Rep. Tarsky, and others argued that later start times would improve health, learning, and student well-being, while acknowledging transportation and scheduling challenges. Zoriana Petrosian, who helped write one of the bills as a student, said the state already has enough research to act now. Additional bills drew testimony on related school issues. Dr. Raul Fernandez supported a bill promoting racially integrated schools (Senate 324), citing a recent advisory council report showing large disparities in segregated schools and urging DESE to develop a statewide integration strategy. On safe firearm storage education (House 548/Senate 397), multiple witnesses from Grassroots for Gun Violence Prevention and school communities supported annual school-based education about secure storage, saying it would help prevent child access to unsecured firearms and build on local resolutions already adopted in some districts. The committee also heard testimony on bills to expand career and academic plans (House 533/Senate 438), with speakers saying more structured planning would help students make informed college and career choices. Later, testimony on child sexual abuse prevention and survivor support bills described the prevalence of abuse, the need for training in schools and youth-serving organizations, and the importance of extending compensation and prevention measures. Throughout the hearing, chairs repeatedly closed bills with no witnesses and moved the agenda forward, but no votes were taken in the portion of the transcript provided.