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• Where are those beds located? University Health is operating those beds.
• So we are working to identify another location where we can continue that service. Okay.
• Location. Okay, it's just not on this page. Yeah, I'd like to.
• We have five adult forensic beds located in St. Joseph, Kansas City, Fulton, St.
• The division currently has 11 office locations.

Summary: The Budget Committee heard the Department of Mental Health’s FY 2027 budget presentation, with Director Valerie Hoon outlining a $4.4 billion department budget, including $1.7 billion in general revenue, and describing the department’s roles in substance use, behavioral health, and developmental disabilities services. Early questioning focused on marijuana-related mental health impacts, but the main discussion centered on the department’s new decision items, funding sources, and expected wait lists. The director explained several increases tied to Medicaid growth, mental health youth services, outpatient competency restoration, crisis residential services, developmental disability waivers, and provider tax adjustments, along with offsets such as reduced wraparound funding at the Kansas City Assessment and Triage Center and cuts to some youth and self-directed DD services. A major portion of the hearing focused on competency restoration for people found unfit to stand trial and currently held in county jails. Members pressed the department on the cost, effectiveness, and legal implications of keeping people in jail while awaiting services, noting a reported wait list of roughly 524 to 538 individuals and average holds of about 14 months. The department said it currently has eight outpatient competency restoration beds in the community, is seeking funding for 50 additional outpatient slots, and also operates jail-based restoration for about 40 people at a time. Members repeatedly asked for breakdowns of violent versus nonviolent cases, success rates, cost per person, and the split between state and federal funding, while the department explained that Medicaid can cover only the treatment portion, not residential housing or other non-billable costs. The committee also discussed broader capacity constraints in state hospitals and developmental disability services. Hoon said Fulton, Center for Behavioral Medicine, and FTC North are full, with 183 vacancies across the department, and that the department is working on a new Kansas City hospital that would add 150 beds, though completion is now expected closer to 2029 or 2030. In the developmental disabilities section, the department warned that the governor’s recommendation would create wait lists for in-home waiver services and crisis residential services, and members questioned proposed reductions to self-directed services rates and other provider payments. No votes were taken, and the committee recessed before finishing the presentation.

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• And they can have multiple locations, so 8,300 locations now, retail sales.
• Our facility is located just south of Austin.
• First, by allowing overnight storage at satellite locations.
• Born out of COVID was the concept of temporary pickup locations.
• I do have registered nurses that work at my location.

Bills: SB3, SB810, SB965, SB1073, SB1119, SB1505, SB 3

Keywords: Texas Education Code, public schools, school district, open-enrollment charter school, teacher speech, employee speech, biological sex, pronouns, gender identity, retaliation, discipline, workplace protections, school personnel, education policy, LGBTQ, transgender, charter schools, SB 965, religious speech, prayer

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• Our influence was stripped away, and we have yet to recover.
• This is not the first time Black Texans have seen power stripped away through redistricting.
• My business home, instead, is located in Congressional District 18.
• My full name is Alexia Sabine Hodge, and I'm a resident of [location omitted].
• I've submitted maps showing mosque locations in congressional districts 9 and 7.

Keywords: 997, house, all

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• And if you did, can you tell me what districts of the new maps are located in areas... that is where
• A plan that surgically removes and strips away minority representation in the U.S. Congress.
• In the proposed map, these communities have been located in CD27 all the way through sparsely populated
• Under House Bill 4, that ability is stripped away.
• You strip people of their power to fight for health care in their communities.

Bills: HB4, HB 4

Keywords: district composition, congressional election, Texas, legislature, voting districts, 997, house, all

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• No workers should have their livelihood stripped away because an algorithm is incapable of understanding
• No workers should have their livelihood stripped away because an algorithm is incapable of understanding
• Our concern is the private right of action, again, which was ultimately stripped in subdivision... ..
• an emergency, and park rangers are exposed while working near river water, especially at hotspot locations

Summary: The committee heard several bills focused on workplace technology, labor protections, and data center oversight. SB 947, the No Robo Bosses Act of 2026, would require human review before automated systems are used in discipline, termination, or deactivation decisions and would ban predictive behavior analysis in the workplace. Labor groups, worker advocates, and privacy organizations supported the bill, arguing AI can be biased and should not make life-changing employment decisions without human judgment. Business groups opposed it, saying it was broader than prior versions, could interfere with workplace safety tools, and should not include a private right of action or cover independent contractors. After discussion about due process and accountability, the bill passed the committee 3-1 and was sent to the Senate Committee on Privacy, Digital Technologies, and Consumer Protection. SB 978, the Data Center Community Accountability Act, would require data centers to pay upfront for new transmission or distribution infrastructure, create a separate rate structure so costs are not shifted to other ratepayers, and include skilled-and-trained labor standards for construction. Supporters said the bill would protect ratepayers, create good construction jobs, and encourage zero-carbon energy development. Opponents, including the Data Center Coalition and Silicon Valley Leadership Group, argued the CPUC already has ongoing proceedings on these issues and warned the bill could single out one industry and discourage investment. The committee members emphasized labor standards and community concerns, and the bill passed 3-0 to the Senate Committee on Appropriations. SB 951, the California Worker Technological Displacement Act, would expand WARN-style notice requirements for layoffs caused by AI or automation, require reporting to workers, local government, and EDD, and give displaced workers first consideration for other openings. Supporters said the bill responds to rapid AI-driven layoffs and would provide needed transparency and data. Opponents said the definitions were too broad, the notice requirements too burdensome, and the bill conflicted with existing WARN law; they also objected to the private right of action and inclusion of independent contractors. The committee discussed amendments clarifying that an employee may still be discharged for reasonable and substantiated cause during the notice period. The bill passed 3-1 to the Senate Committee on Privacy, Digital Technologies, and Consumer Protection. The committee also approved SB 1032, which would create a licensing and regulatory framework for temporary staffing agencies, and SB 1046, which would direct Cal/OSHA to develop standards to protect lifeguards and park rangers from transboundary pollution in the Tijuana River Valley. SB 1032 drew support from labor and enforcement advocates who said it would help stop staffing fraud, while staffing firms argued the bill was vague and could burden legitimate small businesses; it passed 3-1 to the Senate Committee on Judiciary. SB 1046 was supported by park workers and community groups describing health impacts from pollution and passed 4-0 to the Senate Committee on Appropriations. The committee also took up a consent item, which passed 4-0, and then adjourned.

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• are reporting serious concerns of due process violations, protections for immigrant children being stripped
• tortured him, and strangled him before stuffing his body in his suitcase and burying it in a remote location
• In Torrance County, because of the location, there's not jobs out there.
• I was referring earlier to a parent who was forcibly stripped away from his child and then brought to
• Including children, were held at the Artesia location here in New Mexico.

Keywords: 996, all

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• We actually feel that's this location.
• Uh the owner of this location is there.
• ,</c><00:57:21.280><c> which</c> don't go to the Blaine location, which don't go to the Blaine location
• Uh we're continuing to add locations.
• Uh we're continuing to add locations.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• or locations to be named in the warrant.
• </c><04:52:32.160><c> or</c> the respondent at a location or the respondent at a location or locations
• </c> locations to be named in the 22 warrant. locations to be named in the 22 warrant.
• </c><04:58:38.958><c> or</c><04:58:39.200><c> locations</c><04:58:39.520><c> to</c> respondent at a location
• or locations to respondent at a location or locations to be<04:58:39.760><c> named</c><04:58:39.920>

Keywords: 981, all

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• This bill is, again, going to strip funding from publicly funded institutions.
• They have to have their options stripped and taken from them. They have to be criminalized.
• I feel that each polling location I've worked, whether it's been in Travis County, Harris County, or
• elsewhere, has really, really strict standards on what's allowed inside the polling location.
• elsewhere, has really, really strict standards on what's allowed inside the polling location.

Bills: SB6, SB7, SB8, SB11, SB12, SB13, SB15, SB17

Keywords: hemp, consumable hemp, hemp-derived cannabinoids, CBD, cannabidiol, CBG, cannabigerol, delta-8, delta-9, intoxicating hemp, hemp gummies, hemp vape, edibles, cannabinoid regulation, hemp licensing, retailer registration, product registration, QR code labeling, child-resistant packaging, minor access

Summary: The committee first took up Senate Bill 8, the Texas Women's Privacy Act, and heard extensive public testimony both for and against the measure. Supporters, including representatives of Texas Values and Texas Values Action, argued the bill was needed to protect women’s privacy and safety in restrooms, locker rooms, showers, prisons, domestic violence shelters, and other government-controlled spaces, and said it would provide clear, sex-based rules. Opponents, including many transgender Texans, civil rights advocates, clergy, business and public safety voices, and others, argued the bill would invite harassment, gender policing, lawsuits, and invasive inspections, while harming trans, intersex, and gender-nonconforming people as well as cisgender women who do not fit stereotypes. Several witnesses said the bill would conflict with federal law or prison standards, worsen safety in shelters and prisons, and hurt Texas’s reputation and economy. The chair repeatedly noted the compressed special-session schedule and said flood relief remained the session’s top priority. Public testimony on SB 8 was eventually closed, and the bill was left pending. The committee then moved to Senate Bill 6, dealing with consumable hemp product restrictions. Testimony on SB 6 focused on whether the bill went too far in restricting hemp-derived THC products. Opponents argued hemp and THC have medical and economic value, that the bill would criminalize conduct and burden courts, and that regulation—not prohibition—was the better approach. Some witnesses supported tighter rules such as testing, child-resistant packaging, and limits on marketing to children, but still opposed the bill’s broad THC ban, higher fees, and age restrictions. Several speakers emphasized benefits for veterans, chronic pain patients, and small businesses, and warned that prohibition would push consumers toward the illicit market. The committee heard the testimony and then continued with additional witnesses, with no final vote or disposition reported in the excerpt.

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• If you wish to provide testimony or testimony of any kind, you must register on the kiosks located outside
• If at all, they would have discovered that that particular rib fracture in that location is only found
• The prescription drug program was designed to expand the number of pharmacy locations in Texas where
• Now he actually uses physician assistants, but he and another doctor practice in both locations with
• This bill would strip away much of our agency's ability to recruit based on the needs and backgrounds

Bills: SB128, SB640, SB672, SB904, SB1141, SB1263, SB1525, SB1528, SB2041, SB2306, SB2308, SB2357, SB2446, SB2695, SB2857, SB2891, SB2583

Keywords: hospital reporting, child abuse, neglect, administrative penalty, medical ethics, child protection, SB 640, Texas Family Code, Department of Family and Protective Services, DFPS, child welfare, foster care, managing conservatorship, suicide attempt, youth suicide, mental health, child protective services, state custody, annual report, reporting requirements

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• be in different districts, and the parties are not in their local locale district or the nearest location
• It doesn't strip local control.
• council, all these bills starting in 2016, 17, 18, 19, to the present times have been coming and stripping
• And while we do all these bills to expedite, to strip away, to give power to the state, at the end of
• the day, the ... ...to strip away, to give power to the state, at the end of the day, the elephant in

Summary: The committee heard several bills focused on civil rights, family law, privacy, housing, and artificial intelligence. SB 477 would clarify FEHA procedures for the Civil Rights Department, including tolling deadlines by agreement and updating complaint definitions; it drew some concern about venue and convenience but was moved forward. SB 450 would confirm California jurisdiction over adoption proceedings for children born in the state even if families have moved away, and would require all legal parents to be listed on adoption orders; it received strong support, especially from LGBTQ family advocates, and passed to Appropriations. SB 683 would clarify that people whose name, image, or likeness is misused may seek TROs or injunctions under existing publicity-rights law; opposition from media and First Amendment groups focused on the 48-hour compliance default and speech concerns, but the bill advanced as amended to Privacy and Consumer Protection. The committee also considered SB 11, the AI Abuse Protection Act, which would regulate voice, image, and video cloning technology, require warnings, and direct the Judicial Council to develop evidence standards for AI; it passed to Public Safety. SCR 66, a resolution designating May 1 as Law Day and emphasizing the rule of law, was adopted unanimously after supportive comments from members. SB 808 would create expedited judicial review for housing permit denials that violate state law; supporters said it would reduce costly delay and help housing production, while the Judicial Council opposed it as imposing unreasonable timelines and staffing burdens. The bill passed to Appropriations despite concerns about court resources and broader housing-law issues. The committee then took up two privacy bills from Senator Wiener. SB 59 would automatically keep confidential court records for adult and retroactive gender/name change petitions, expanding protections previously enacted for minors; supporters described real-world doxxing and harassment, while opponents raised First Amendment and public-records objections, and the bill passed to Appropriations. SB 497 would require warrants for out-of-state law enforcement access to California prescription monitoring data, expand transgender shield protections for gender-affirming care records, and bar certain disclosures without legal process; the author framed it as a response to out-of-state anti-trans enforcement, and the bill was presented with support from trans advocacy groups.

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• McCormick, carrying firearms in certain college and university campuses; exceptions; prohibited locations
• House Bill by Representative McMakin, unlawful use of an unmanned aircraft system; locations, 155.
• House Bill by Representative Chasson, location of businesses selling vapor products, prohibit the sale
• House Bill by Representative Ventrella to redesignate a bridge located in Louisiana on Louisiana Highway
• of certain valid permits located in certain areas.

Summary: The House convened with a quorum, received and accepted multiple resignation notices from members representing Districts 37, 39, 60, 69, 97, and 100, and then recognized the election and qualification of the members-elect who filled those vacancies: Doyle Boudreau, Reese Broussard, Chasity Verrett-Martinez, and Edwin Murray. Each member-elect was sworn in, and the House also appointed committees to notify the Senate and the governor that it was ready to conduct business for the 2026 regular session. The chamber then handled a large number of procedural actions related to prefiled legislation. By motion and without objection, the House suspended rules to refer prefile bills to committee and introduced a broad slate of House bills and resolutions. Topics included the state budget and appropriations, retirement system changes, carbon capture and sequestration, criminal justice and bail, public safety, education, health care, local government matters, transportation, and several memorial or commemorative resolutions. Several resolutions and bills were noted as lying over, and some prefiled bills were withdrawn from the files. The House also received a Senate message that SCR 1 had been adopted, and the resolution was taken up without objection. The chamber then recessed for a joint session with the Senate to hear the governor’s address and a presentation honoring Technical Sergeant Adam W. Brister with the Distinguished Flying Cross. In his remarks, Governor Jeff Landry highlighted his administration’s priorities, including education, tax reform, workforce development, health and nutrition, insurance reform, transportation infrastructure, fiscal discipline, and criminal justice reform, while urging support for his agenda and several related bills and constitutional amendments.

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• The bill deals with trespassing in two specific locations.
• The bill deals with trespassing in two specific locations: one, locations that are controlled by law
• Seeing none. trespassing in two specific locations.
• It strips local governments of their ability to have input and control.
• And they strip him of all his rights. That's wrong. That is wrong on like 19 levels.

Summary: The Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several introductions recognizing guests, students, advocates, and a resolution honoring the late USF men’s basketball coach Amir Abdur-Rahim. Senators also observed moments of silence for victims of recent campus violence and for former FSU President John Thrasher. The chamber then moved to special order bills, with several members explaining measures and, in some cases, substituting House companions before final passage. Among the bills passed were measures updating child care and early learning provider regulation; strengthening penalties and cost recovery for false reporting and swatting; extending protections against extraordinary medical debt collection; expanding hazardous walking condition criteria for schoolchildren; creating young adult housing support for foster and homeless students; and requiring private schools participating in the Family Empowerment Scholarship Program to disclose which accommodations they will provide. The Senate also passed a bill adjusting interest rules for trust accounts funding legal aid, after extended debate over the impact on legal aid funding and banking practices, and a transportation package that was heavily amended to address issues such as school bus camera hearings, beach vehicle use for equipment removal, flooded-street wake restrictions, expectant mother parking permits, micromobility regulation, and traffic signal modernization. The chamber also approved public-records exemptions for Agency for Health Care Administration investigators, Judicial Qualifications Commission employees, and appellate court clerks; a municipal water and sewer rate bill affecting Miami-Dade residents near a plant; motor vehicle offenses involving impersonating law enforcement and obscured license plates; trespass penalties at law-enforcement-controlled locations and large ticketed venues; refund requirements for patient overpayments; stem cell therapy authorization with source and consent limits; and insulin administration authority for direct support professionals and relatives in group homes. Several bills were temporarily postponed, including cardiac emergencies, chemicals and consumer products, and motor vehicle manufacturer/franchise dealer legislation. Most measures passed with strong bipartisan support, though the trust fund interest bill drew notable opposition and passed 28-10, and the Family Empowerment Scholarship bill passed 37-1.

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• is often a cause for a crash um drop off is often a cause for a crash um rumble<00:42:09.680><c> strips
• on the edge Lane and on rumble strips on the edge Lane and on Center<00:42:13.599><c> Line</c><00:42
• which include 60 Light Rail locations which include 60 Light Rail platforms<00:47:03.640><c> 164</c>
• um through this program we locations um through this program we have<00:49:36.920><c> seen</c><00:49
• um Decline and building on locations um Decline and building on this<00:49:41.839><c> metr</c><00:49

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• </c> note there that the eligible locations note there that the eligible locations of<00:05:20.440><c
• </c><00:10:14.600><c> do</c> um that those bids on those locations do um that those bids on those locations
• </c> opportunity to make sure if locations opportunity to make sure if locations weren't<00:15:06.720
• ... ...for the 100 by 20, it shows a 40,000 location.
• </c><00:26:33.679><c> from</c> the bids for those locations from the bids for those locations from internet

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• a reminder, anyone present wishing to testify before the committee, please register at the kiosk located
• This issue is not a location issue.
• And he went north, far north where his girlfriend worked to have lunch with her and voted at a location
• Um, that is used to tell us what ballots need to be reviewed in what locations so that we're reviewing
• So you know what ballot numbers went to each polling location.

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• Their restaurant was located in a dense area with dirt roads and one paved road.
• </c> rejecting Democratic amendments to strip rejecting Democratic amendments to strip it<03:21:38.960
• ><c> officers</c><04:29:32.960><c> of</c> stripped law enforcement officers of stripped law enforcement
• Its anti- police law strips the city.
• </c> and locations and locations across<04:41:25.760><c> the</c><04:41:26.080><c> United</c><04:41:26.480

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Wednesday, November 19, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• What it strips away, most importantly, is all of the tax cuts for the wealthiest and the corporations
• What it strips away, most importantly, is all of the tax cuts for the wealthiest and the corporations
• As I said before, this floor amendment strips away all of the tax cuts for the wealthiest and the corporations
• together law enforcement, medical providers, child protection officials, and advocates in one safe location
• together law enforcement, medical providers, child protection officials, and advocates in one safe location

Keywords: 1182, all

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• The ambiguity always produces litigation and strips money from New Mexicans.
• Amendment since 1971, which H.J.R. 3 strips, interferes with it, undercuts it, and empties it of practical
• It basically strips all of your rights but gives you fluffy rights on paper.
• And when businesses are looking to locate in the state or open up in the state, they're looking for regulatory
• Is where there is litigation to stop that because perhaps someone is uncomfortable with the location

Keywords: 996, all

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• point, there are so many little discounts and provisions for all types of taxes and fees that we are stripping
• point, there are so many little discounts and provisions for all types of taxes and fees that we are stripping
• Our constituents, our voters, the public, should be able to locate us.
• Do you really need to locate my kids? No. Okay. And I think that's the spirit behind a lot of this.
• Banning pride flags marginalizes queer communities, stripping them of recognition in public spaces.

Summary: The committee took up several claims bills and tax-related measures. It reported favorably SB 20, providing $400,000 in relief to J.N., a minor injured on a Hillsborough County sidewalk, and SB 14, providing $1.7 million to the estate of Pineal Januier after a drowning at a Miami Beach youth center pool. It also approved SB 674, which would let property appraisers, like tax collectors, budget for hiring and retention bonuses with Department of Revenue approval. In each claims bill, the sponsor described the underlying incident, the settlement amount, and the remaining payment sought under sovereign immunity limits; there was no opposition on the claims bills. The bonus bill drew support from property appraisers who said it would help them compete for specialized staff without requiring new appropriations. The committee then considered SJR 1510 and its implementing bill, which would create a new homestead-like property tax benefit for owners who lease a non-homestead property for more than six months as residential rental housing. Supporters said it was intended to encourage more affordable rental housing by extending a $50,000 exemption and Save Our Homes-style assessment cap to qualifying properties. County and city representatives, the Florida League of Cities, and the Florida Association of Counties opposed the proposal, warning of major revenue losses, reduced public safety funding, and tax shifts to other property owners and businesses. Several senators also raised concerns about density, parking, and whether landlords would actually pass savings on to renters. Despite the opposition, both the constitutional amendment and the implementing bill were reported favorably. The committee also approved CS for CS SB 268, as amended to include congressional members, creating a public-records exemption related to certain residential information for elected officials. The First Amendment Foundation opposed it, arguing the bill lacked a sufficient public purpose and could hinder transparency, while senators supporting it cited real threats and harassment against themselves and their families. SB 100, which bans government display of flags representing political viewpoints and allows active or retired military members to use reasonable force to stop desecration of the U.S. flag, also passed after extensive debate. Opponents argued it was vague, unconstitutional, and aimed at pride and other identity-related flags; supporters said government buildings should not display political messages and that the bill protects neutrality. Finally, the committee approved CS/SB 1664, which would require voter reapproval every eight years for local discretionary taxes such as tourist development taxes and local option taxes, with exceptions for pledged bond revenues. Cities, counties, tourism groups, and the restaurant/lodging industry opposed it, saying it would create uncertainty, threaten tourism and infrastructure funding, and complicate long-term planning; Senator Sharief and others said the measure would disrupt existing surtax-backed projects and revenue streams.