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• Madam Clerk, are there any messages from the governor?
• I have no messages from the governor this morning, Mr. Speaker.
• So the power cost equalization, Mr. Speaker, keeps working.
• Not only do we have an issue in our homes and power generation in the future if we don't address this
• Not only do we have an issue in our homes and power generation in the future if we don't address this

Keywords: 905, all

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• Senate Bill 292 by Senator Stine is an act to amend Title 49 relative to the powers and duties of the
• It would be effective, I believe, when the governor signs it.
• So, you know, the governor would sign it.
• So, you know, the governor would sign it and it would go into effect, I believe, in August.
• The bill gives the state licensing board for contractors the power to license and regulate licensure

Bills: SR125 , SCR70 , SCR12 , HB4 , HB251 , HB623 , HB819 , HB944 , HB986 , HB1098 , HB1222 , HB1257 , HB221 , HCR58 , SCR22 , SCR24 , SB29 , SB30 , SB32 , SB41 , SB42 , SB43 , SB47 , SB84 , SB93 , SB113 , SB192 , SB199 , SB219 , SB220 , SB221 , SB222 , SB241 , SB253 , SB255 , SB289 , SB292 , SB306 , SB314 , SB351 , SB399 , SB404 , SB14 , SB102 , SB133 , SB151 , SB165 , SB169 , SB170 , SB200 , SB217 , SB280 , SB291 , SB300 , SB303 , SB330 , SB449 , SB489 , SB521 , SB45 , SB156 , SB181 , SB203 , SB274 , SB304 , SB379 , SB396 , SB410 , SB425 , SB427 , SB436 , SB424 , SCR61 , SCR9 , SB35 , SB65 , SB215 , SB246 , SB249 , SB269 , SB282 , SB296 , SB323 , SB363 , SB369 , SB474 , SB490 , SB492 , SB500 , HCR31 , HB296 , HB299 , HB322 , HB364 , HB519 , HB535 , HB538 , HB568 , HB571 , HB622 , HB635 , HB676 , HB772 , HB784 , HB1006 , HB1018 , HB1043 , HB1070 , HB1134 , HB1239 , HB62 , HB193 , HB203 , HB210 , HB220 , HB228 , HB246 , HB420 , HB475 , HB486 , HB574 , HB584 , HB750 , HB813 , HB815 , HB826 , HB870 , HB949 , HB953 , HB1045 , HB1092 , HB1151 , HB1162 , HB1176 , HB1177 , HB1196 , HB1214 , HB1241 , HB22 , HB28 , HB33 , HB41 , HB47 , HB87 , HB115 , HB162 , HB195 , HB214 , HB217 , HB233 , HB283 , HB290 , HB319 , HB324 , HB345 , HB362 , HB363 , HB368 , HB377 , HB380 , HB382 , HB386 , HB392 , HB406 , HB431 , HB441 , HB466 , HB503 , HB533 , HB559 , HB575 , HB590 , HB593 , HB618 , HB636 , HB655 , HB664 , HB685 , HB692 , HB707 , HB715 , HB732 , HB738 , HB741 , HB748 , HB776 , HB807 , HB822 , HB856 , HB860 , HB868 , HB887 , HB888 , HB905 , HB908 , HB961 , HB980 , HB990 , HB992 , HB999 , HB1000 , HB1010 , HB1146 , HB1157 , HB1233 , HB1236 , HB1243 , HB54 , HB137 , HB180 , HB192 , HB310 , HB321 , HB396 , HB512 , HB552 , HB578 , HB638 , HB663 , HB708 , HB717 , HB718 , HB1009 , HB1082 , HB1104 , HB1107 , HB1198 , HB1246 , HB1250 , HB17 , HB36 , HB73 , HB119 , HB126 , HB129 , HB133 , HB140 , HB159 , HB166 , HB211 , HB226 , HB245 , HB271 , HB280 , HB337 , HB351 , HB354 , HB399 , HB677 , HB712 , HB723 , HB726 , HB728 , HB759 , HB789 , HB844 , HB850 , HB966 , HB1036 , SB149 , SB382 , SB441 , HB134 , HB258 , HB359 , HB782

Keywords: SR125, Senate Resolution 125, MUSV, Medium Unmanned Surface Vessel, MASC, Modular Attack Surface Craft, Conrad Shipyard, Morgan City, Louisiana shipbuilding, U.S. Navy, Department of the Navy, unmanned naval vessels, autonomous ships, defense procurement, military contracting, shipyard jobs, maritime workforce, advanced manufacturing, robotics, software engineering

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• At the Unity Council, we have seen firsthand how powerful this strategy can be.
• Good afternoon, Ruth Sosa-Martinez, on behalf of Power California Action, in strong support.
• And so the governor took, said we need to learn from this, and this never happened before.
• You can, yeah, it's a report to the governor and the Legislature on things that we can potentially do
• these HOAs, these associations largely operate outside of any state oversight, but hold tremendous power

Committee: Senate Housing

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• One of the most powerful lessons from places like Vienna is not simply the financing structure.
• Removing it is the most powerful single policy lever California has in housing finance.
• The leading working example today is the Joint Powers Authority Mixed Income Housing Program.
• I think that was basically cut by Governor Newsom at the very end, right?
• I think this is going to also be colored by who our next governor is going to be.

Summary: The committee heard testimony on several housing-related proposals and policy ideas. One speaker urged changes to the welfare property tax exemption for affordable housing, arguing that annual income recertifications are outdated and burdensome, and proposing a one-time qualification at move-in, streamlined monitoring through TCAC or HCD, and continued exemption protection for projects that remain in compliance. The witness said rising insurance costs and administrative burdens are hurting cash flow and threatening the viability of affordable housing operations. A major portion of the meeting focused on social housing and the SB 555 study. HCD described its ongoing study process, including public engagement with residents, practitioners, and experts, and noted that California already has many building blocks for social housing, such as public land tools, long-term affordability mechanisms, community land trusts, and tenant protections. Community land trust and housing policy witnesses argued that social housing will require legislative action, expanded public subsidy, tax abatements, public land, and simplified financing, and they emphasized the need to reframe the concept for the “missing middle” and middle-class households to build broader political support. Committee members discussed stigma around “social housing,” the need for a rebrand, and the possibility of a pilot program, especially on excess public land. The committee also heard a proposal for a certified professional plan-check system modeled on Vancouver, Canada. The presenter said California’s permitting delays, inconsistent reviews, and staffing shortages add cost and uncertainty even for streamlined projects, and proposed allowing state-certified private professionals to perform plan checks and inspections under state oversight while local governments retain zoning and enforcement authority. Members discussed local control concerns, infrastructure costs, and the need to reduce delays and uncertainty in the entitlement process. Finally, the committee heard testimony supporting changes to HCD loan disbursement so funds can be used during construction rather than only after completion. Witnesses said this would reduce interest costs, improve feasibility, and could produce additional affordable homes with existing funding. The discussion also referenced AB 1053 as the vehicle for implementing that approach.

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• Body for the purpose of exercising the responsibilities, authority, power, or duties delegated or vested
• It certainly would be in your power as a legislator to say we're not going to do standardized testing
• So it doesn't mean the superintendent in Wisconsin is more or less powerful; just...
• So it doesn't mean that the superintendent in Wisconsin is more or less powerful; just has a little bit
• I believe this week it was vetoed by the governor of Kansas.

Committee: House Assembly Committee on Government Operations, Accountability, and Transparency

Keywords: 970, all

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• To you alone be all glory, power, and honor. In Christ's name we pray, and the House said.
• To see departments interworking together in a coordinated effort is powerful.
• Thus, we're not giving them any additional powers. We're just bringing them in-house. And, Mr.
• The emergency clause was attached to my amendment, which was to put the arrest powers in statute for
• It has to be approved by OA, and the governor has signed off on this.

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• I don't think I was personally involved with, but it sounds like it makes sense that the subpoena power
• My concern is more about the policy of giving the board that subpoena power.
• My concern is more about the policy of giving the board that subpoena power.
• Are they appointed by somebody on the board, or is it outside governor and other people appointing to
• The Cannabis Advisory Commission is appointed by the governor, those members.

Committee: Senate Commerce and Labor

Keywords: 909, all

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• In last week's Torah portion, the portion of Mishpatim, we find a very sensitive and powerful commandment
• The report contains the names of 42 appointees who have been appointed by the Governor to various state
• Are there messages from the Governor or other executive communications? None on the desk, Mr.
• So does the surplus lands get voted on by ARC and the governor and the cabinet? Senator Truenow.
• So this is a crisis that we have the power and the responsibility to confront.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• Bless the members of this House, our Senators, and our Governor.
• It is our greatest honor to rise today to recognize and celebrate the excellence, legacy, and power of
• The Governor has veto authority over that.
• If the Governor does not want one, two, or three of the projects, he can just take out those projects
• This allows rapists to exert power and control over their victims.

Bills: HJR 99 , HB 1399 , HB 1400 , HB 1094 , HB 365 , HB 1109 , HB 647 , HCR 35 , SB 14 , HB 12 , HB 1522 , HB 422 , HB 675 , HB 204 , HB 748 , HB 912 , HJR 99 , HB 1399 , HB 1400 , HB 1094 , HB 365 , HB 1109 , HB 647 , HCR 35 , HCR 123 , HCR 124 , HR 57 , HR 87 , HR 111 , HR 228 , HR 230 , HR 322 , HR 624 , HR 625 , HR 626 , HR 627 , HR 628 , HR 630 , HR 631 , HR 634 , HR 635 , HR 636 , HR 637 , HR 638 , HR 639 , HR 640 , HR 645 , HR 646 , HR 648 , HR 649 , HR 651 , HR 652 , HR 653 , HR 654 , HR 664 , HR 665 , HR 668 , HR 675 , HR 676 , HR 678 , HR 679 , HR 680 , HR 683 , HR 686 , HR 688 , HR 689 , HR 694 , HR 695 , HR 697 , HR 698 , HR 699 , HR 472 , HR 622 , HR 632 , HR 633 , HR 643 , HR 655 , HR 657 , HR 660 , HR 661 , HR 662 , HR 663 , HR 667 , HR 670 , HR 674 , HR 681 , HR 682 , HR 696

Keywords: animal feed, tax exemption, ad valorem taxation, retail, constitutional amendment, retail sale, tangible personal property, Texas tax code, groundwater, water conservation, financial assistance, Texas Water Development Board, innovation fund, local conservation districts, transportation protection agreement, funeral services, insurance exemption, regulation, deceased transportation, HB 365

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• You could follow Governor Hobbs' lead, for example, and extend current discrimination protections to
• , so they were sort of like, well, maybe we should be able to exercise that power.
• I could be governor of these states, so I figure myself governor of half the state of Arizona.
• , submeter to all the... ...for the power coming into the property, submeter to all the residents in
• And hopefully the governor, whoever the governor is next year, would put in their budget request whatever

Committee: House House Government Committee of Reference

Summary: The committee first took up SB 1167, which would allow municipalities and counties to satisfy certain public-notice requirements by posting advertisements, publications, and printings on their official websites. The sponsor argued the bill is permissive, intended to modernize notice practices, reduce costs, and help governments meet statutory deadlines, while a Blackmun amendment required a six-month transition period in which notices would still be published in newspapers and the public would be alerted to the change. Newspaper and media representatives, along with tribal and rural community advocates, opposed the bill, arguing that print notices remain important for transparency, historical recordkeeping, and access in areas with limited internet service. Supporters from county and local government said newspaper publication schedules have become unreliable and that websites are a more effective way to reach the public. The committee adopted the Blackmun amendment and then passed SB 1167 as amended on a 4-3 vote. The committee then considered SB 1021, as amended by a strike-everything that would require the Auditor General to refer evidence of possible criminal activity involving health profession regulatory boards to the Attorney General, with procedures for investigation and conflict-of-interest handling. The sponsor and amendment sponsor said the measure would create a mechanism for criminal findings in audit work to be acted on. With no opposition testimony, the committee adopted the amendment and passed SB 1021 as amended on a 4-3 vote. Next was SB 1011, which would require county medical examiners or forensic pathologists to review an infant’s immunization and vaccination history, along with any countermeasures administered in the prior 90 days, in sudden unexplained infant death cases. The sponsor said the bill was a data-collection measure meant to improve accuracy, transparency, and prevention efforts. Opponents, including vaccine advocacy and disability representatives, said Arizona already collects this information, that unsafe sleep is the primary issue in most SIDS cases, and that the bill could fuel misinformation about vaccines. The committee passed SB 1011 on a 4-3 vote. The committee also heard SB 1013, a merit-based public employment bill that would prohibit hiring based on conditions other than merit. Supporters said it would ensure public employees are selected by qualifications and objective criteria; opponents argued existing law already bars discrimination and that the bill could create litigation risks and hinder outreach to underrepresented communities. The committee passed SB 1013 on a 4-3 vote. Finally, the committee considered SB 1015 and a strike-everything amendment that would replace the bill’s original detransition-liability language with the Arizona Thriving Families Act, creating a family and medical leave insurance program within Medicaid beginning in 2029. The original bill sponsor defended the underlying detransition-related liability concept as accountability and support for detransitioners, while opponents said it would function as a discriminatory backdoor ban on transition care for minors. The transcript ends during debate and explanation of the strike-everything amendment, before a final vote on SB 1015 is shown.

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• today a little quick recap From January 1st of this year for wildfires, state disaster declarations, Governor
• And so in order to get through um exclusive use capability we are working with governor staff and we
• call the bureaucrat in Alabama, well first of all, the judge has to call you for service of the governor
• Our work around is to work back through governor. and make sure that when we need that we could write
• It puts the dozer or the motor grader, whatever it is, in low power mode, which creates a real safe.

Committee: House State Affairs

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• The following proclamation from the governor. The clerk will read the proclamation.
• To all to whom these presents shall come, I, Greg Abbott, governor of the state of Texas, by the authority
• affixed at my office in the city of Austin, Texas, this the 15th day of August 2025, Greg Abbott, Governor
• amendment election changes, record retention, youth diversion, court-ordered mental health services, the powers

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• We need solutions now, and passenger rail offers that powerful alternative.
• get this actually It's, it's gonna take Texans being bold and building a bold Texas and, and the governor
• Well, he's missing this part of it and so what we need is we need the governor.
• And if the governor and his team are watching, I hope they know that this is something that they can

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• Uh, despite its popularity and success, Governor Abbott vetoed the bill, uh, that reauthorized the committee
• If not, the chair recognizes Representative power to close on the bill. Thank you very much.
• Uh, governor vetoed it, but how it's different than the committee within the Healthy Texas Women, because
• Yeah, and I have to say I can't speak for the governor, but those vetoes that were done in 2017, there

Bills: HB231

Committee: House S/C on Disease Prevention & Women's & Children's Health

Keywords: HB 231, Texas Water Code, TCEQ, permit exemption, dam, reservoir, erosion control, flood control, floodwater control, sediment control, watershed protection, Natural Resources Conservation Service, NRCS, Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act, local sponsor, water appropriation, small dam, water diversion, maintenance, rehabilitation

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• Messages from the Governor, there are none. Messages from the Senate, there are none.
• It was noted that there were no messages from the Governor, but it is my understanding that the Governor
• The Better Informed Decisions Act does not add to the courts any power that they do not already possess

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• trafficking unfortunately is flourishing in this country and in Texas, and we've got to do everything in our power
• They wanted to get a group of people together because the governor wanted to understand if there was
• Um, we've got a lieutenant governor that talks about this publicly.
• We've got a governor that talks about boys and young men being human trafficked.

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• This is a powerful occasion.
• Colorado is This is a powerful occasion.
• , the secretary, and the of the governor, the secretary, and the AG.
• The governor has Yet, we have the money.
• Tell the governor what this is doing.

Keywords: 981, all

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• here, honestly, that I know nothing about and it's HB190, but I do know that it further provides powers
• Looks like it gives them almost the power to do a lot of things, but it's got to be related to the authority
• Uh, the governor and leadership and legislature have encouraged Alabama Public Television, which is a

Bills: HB442 , HB459 , HB90 , HB91 , HB461 , HB481

Committee: House State Government

Keywords: codification, Code of Alabama 1975, cumulative supplement, replacement volume, technical corrections, code cleanup, state code update, local laws, Secretary of State, Code Commissioner, Thomson Reuters, boating violation, scrivener's error, typographical correction, clerical correction, legislative housekeeping, 2024 Regular Session, 2025 session statutes, county local laws, official code publication

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• Governors appointed the commissioners, period.
• Governors appointed the commissioners, period.
• So a governor who's got an incompetent commissioner who makes a decision that the governor disagrees
• Under Governor Richardson, there was a move.
• Under Governor Richardson, there was a move to move more power into the governor's office and control

Bills: SB104 , SJR3 , SM3

Committee: Senate Senate Rules

Keywords: wildlife commission, removal procedures, malfeasance, appointed officials, governance, education reform, public education, state board of education, superintendent, chartering authority, constitutional amendment, policy setting, insects, insect workshop, insect identification, ecology, monitoring, management, pollinators, pollination

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• And we pray your blessings to our governor; give her the courage to lead with honesty and character,
• history and our leaders from the Black History mural featuring Malcolm X on 7th Ave and Tonto to the powerful
• In honor of Women's History Month, I rise to recognize three powerful women who have shaped so many lives
• In honor of Women's History Month, I rise to recognize three powerful women who have shaped so many lives
• These powerful women have shaped so many lives, including mine, and I honor them today for Women's History

Keywords: 1182, all