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• of funding, we can outfit this for dual space to have plenty of shower space, which is outlined in red
• of funding, we can outfit this for dual space to have plenty of shower space, which is outlined in red
• of funding, we can outfit this for dual space to have plenty of shower space, which is outlined in red

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The Disaster Prevention and Resiliency Task Force opened its sixth meeting by approving the minutes and then taking up a presentation from University of Pikeville representatives and local leaders on an Eastern Kentucky Disaster Relief Center at Bear Mountain in Pike County. Speakers included Greg May, Rep. Ashley Tacket Laferty, Lori Worth, and Laura Damron. They described repeated flooding and other disasters in eastern Kentucky, the lack of a single prepared relief location, and the need for a centralized, elevated site that could serve as a flood and broader natural-disaster hub. The presenters said the Bear Mountain property, about 530 acres and well above flood levels, could support a multi-use facility combining disaster response functions with university and community uses. Proposed features included a command and communications center, distribution space, emergency shelter, medical and clinic support, food service, restroom facilities, RV hookups, and an indoor track/distribution building. They emphasized that the project would help avoid disrupting existing venues such as the Pikeville Expo Center and Jenny Wiley State Resort Park, while also supporting tourism and economic recovery. Committee members asked about community and emergency-management support, annual operating costs, and resilience standards such as tornado-related building codes. In response, the presenters said local stakeholders, including Appalachian Wireless, Pikeville Medical Center, Community Trust Bank, the city of Pikeville, and emergency management officials, had expressed support. They said the university planned to absorb some operating costs through multiple uses of the facility, community camps, and budgeted maintenance, and that construction documents were nearly complete with plans to begin building within months. After the presentation, the chair thanked the presenters and moved the committee into its recommendations discussion, noting the broader fiscal and humanitarian importance of disaster preparedness and resiliency and indicating that future legislation would likely follow from the task force’s work.

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• Push the red. Sorry. There you go. We also have a presentation. It was emailed.
• from the district, you'll be able to see that the data we have from Albuquerque Public Schools shows a red
• speak on the microphone, if you press the person, just press it one down, your microphone will turn red

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• From Texas to Florida to Indiana, this administration is pressuring governors to create new red districts
• analysis says it'll likely run in the hundreds of millions of dollars at a time when we're already in the red
• You are okay with the rolling out of the red carpet for a murderous dictator on American soil.

Summary: The Assembly met after a quorum call, recess, prayer, and the Pledge of Allegiance, then moved into a highly procedural and contentious floor session centered on redistricting measures. Members debated a point of order raised by Assembly Member DeMaio challenging the constitutionality of SB 280, ACA 8, and AB 604; the Speaker ruled the point not well taken, and the Assembly sustained that ruling on appeal. The body also took up consent-calendar and procedural motions, including suspending rules to adopt late amendments on ACA 8 and to bring the measure up without reference to file. Several motions to re-refer or suspend rules on related measures failed, while the motion to adopt the late amendments on ACA 8 carried. The main substantive item was ACA 8, the Assembly Constitutional Amendment related to redistricting, presented by Assembly Member Berman as a response to mid-decade redistricting efforts in other states, especially Texas. Supporters argued the measure was a temporary, voter-driven response to protect democracy, counter partisan gerrymandering, and address broader threats tied to the Trump administration, including immigration enforcement and health care cuts. Opponents argued ACA 8 would undermine California’s independent citizens redistricting commission, violate the state Constitution, and amount to partisan gerrymandering or a power grab. Members on both sides framed the issue as a defense of democracy, but disagreed sharply over whether the Legislature should act or leave redistricting to voters and the existing commission. No final vote on ACA 8 is shown in the transcript excerpt, but the Assembly did vote on several procedural matters: the appeal of the Speaker’s ruling was sustained 58-18; the motion to adopt late amendments on ACA 8 passed 58-19; a motion to re-refer ACA 8 and SB 280 to Judiciary failed 19-58; and a motion to take up A.J.R. 21 without reference to file failed 19-58. The session remained focused on ACA 8 and related redistricting questions, with extensive floor speeches from both supporters and opponents.

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• And if you look at reading for a moment on the left, you'll see all students on top in red and then low
• And you can talk about El Dorado, and I'll talk about Red Rock School.
• and you're in the legislative session and they're asking for an extension, that's going to raise some red

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• It's not a, it's not a red state in California, it's a, it's a.
• but at the same time, if the guy that drives for the truck has done drugs and then goes through the red
• extraneous evidence or collateral evidence, and they just simply say, um, you're, you're trying to create red

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• One nice thing about this is they're in red states and blue states.
• This has been a model for other states, whether they are red or blue, because it helps us to protect
• So first of all, the red states that have passed similar legislation include Arizona, Kansas, Kentucky

Bills: SB1798, SB1835, SB1319, SB2942, SB2928, SB784, SB1049

Keywords: higher education, tuition rates, financial support, immigration status, Texas law, SB 1835, resident tuition, nonresident students, scholarship students, public higher education, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, Education Code Section 54.213, tuition waiver, in-state tuition, out-of-state students, higher education finance, enrollment cap, capacity limit, workforce development area, nonimmigrant visa

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• There is one item that was not recommended by the Clean Water Council, and that is on line 113, the Red
• that is on line Clean Water Council and that is on line 113,<00:11:04.640> the<00:11:04.959> Red
• :11:05.200> River<00:11:05.440> Wershed<00:11:06.079> Management Line 113, the Red

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Please rise for the invocation to be delivered by Pastor Ethan Mayotte, Red Rocks Church in Austin, Texas
• The brighter red is solar. The darker red is battery. Wow. Wow. That's a big issue.

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, heard an invocation, received a House message announcing passage of H.B. 500, and a gubernatorial nomination for the Upper Neches River Municipal Water Authority Board. The chamber adopted several resolutions, including SR 409 recognizing Blue Ribbon Lobby Day, SR 402 honoring the discovery of the woolly devil plant at Big Bend National Park, and recognitions for Operation Christmas RGV and Wilson County Day. The Senate also heard an announcement that the Committee on Senate Nominations action report had been placed on members’ desks. The body then took up and passed several bills. SB 2365 was passed to prohibit personal wireless communication devices by public school students during instructional time, with exceptions for health, special education, and safety needs. SB 1869 was passed to reaffirm the DSHS commissioner’s authority over controlled-substance schedule changes without rulemaking or judicial review. SB 1124 was passed to revise criminal discovery procedures in response to the Heath decision, with supporters saying it preserves exculpatory evidence protections while limiting suppression of inculpatory evidence when the defense already knew of it. SB 1758 was passed to create a Grayson County pilot study and temporary permitting hold concerning a cement kiln/quarry near a semiconductor wafer facility, and SB 2078 was passed to regulate composting in certain counties, after a clarifying amendment. The Senate also passed SB 33, barring governmental entities from transactions that support abortion assistance or out-of-state abortion procurement; SB 34, expanding wildfire preparedness measures, studies, equipment databases, and rural fire department funding; SB 1208, increasing the penalty for interference with public duties from a Class B misdemeanor to a state jail felony; SB 1030, removing the maintenance, repair, and overhaul tax for general aviation; SB 505, creating processes to address election irregularities; SB 2411, updating the Business Organizations Code and changing filing-method requirements; and SB 1333, addressing unauthorized entry, occupancy, sale, rental, lease, or conveyance of real property. Most measures advanced on voice vote or recorded roll call after motions to suspend the regular order and the constitutional three-day rule, with several members raising questions or objections, especially on the criminal justice, abortion, and public duties bills.

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• that this New Hampshire law had a<00:12:03.680> lot<00:12:03.800> of<00:12:03.920> red
• and<00:12:05.120> and<00:12:05.279> they<00:12:05.399> showed a lot of red
• tape and and they showed a lot of red tape and and they showed evidence<00:12:06.519> that<00

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• I'll show you red shirt as Matthew...
• And I show you red shirt as Brie Rolfe? That is correct.
• And I show you, red shirt, as Brenda Howard, testifying on behalf of yourself, testifying for the bill

Bills: HB3, HB3

Keywords: education savings account, educational expenses, certified educational assistance organization, school choice, funding, special education, tuition reimbursement, emergency communication, public safety, interoperability, Texas Interoperability Council, grant program, emergency communications, public safety radio, first responders, radio system, dispatch, 911, emergency management, Texas Division of Emergency Management

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• Chair, I think we should red dust that off and remind school districts and counties that they're allowed
• Chair, I think we should red dust that off and remind school districts and counties that they're allowed
• Should red dust that off and remind school districts and counties that they're allowed to chat, um, by

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• A red vote means that you do not want to concur. desperately waiting for this.
• A red vote overturns it. A green vote sustains the decision of the president.
• So, with that, members, I'm gonna have to vote red. Thank you.
• So, with that, members, I'm gonna have to vote red.
• Thank you, gonna have to vote red.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• to<01:27:34.400> take<01:27:34.560> the<01:27:35.199> when<01:27:36.080> red
• <01:27:36.320> the<01:27:36.560> red >> You have to take the when red the red
• >> You have to take the when red the red light.<01:27:37.040> Yeah.
• police officers took a person from London and just dumped them in Manchester, and they were caught red-handed
• <03:23:52.800> He red-handed on it. It was on the news. He red-handed on it.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• The Air Force, Navy, Space Force, Coast Guard blues, the Army's green, and the Marines' red.
• The Air Force, Navy, Space Force, Coast Guard blues, the Army's green, and the Marines' red.
• Instead of strengthening background checks and red flag laws to provide tools to our law enforcement,
• :52:45.680> background<08:52:46.318> checks<08:52:47.040> and<08:52:47.360> red
• strengthening background checks and red strengthening background checks and red flag<08:52:48.080

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, April 29, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• A red scene. Oh, yeah, I've been to, well, I've been to each other.
• And so speculativeness raises a red flag for me, and for that reason, I have serious concerns about this
• This is not about right or left, red or blue, Republican or Democrat.
• And they didn't debate, and they didn't look at what side of the aisle you were on, or if you wore a red
• There's a segment of it that's referred to as the Red Mountain Freeway.

Keywords: 1182, all

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• Evaluation Committee reformulation in order to make that we could shorten timelines and regulatory red
• Evaluation Committee reformulation in order to make that we could shorten timelines and regulatory red
• Evaluation Committee reformulation in order to make that we could shorten timelines and regulatory red
• Less red tape is trying to build more infrastructure investment in New Hampshire and elsewhere and make
• tape is trying to build more less red tape is trying to build more infrastructure Consumers talk about

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• We've worked very hard over the last decade or more to cut red tape, streamline housing approvals, and
• We've worked very hard over the last decade or more to cut red tape, streamline housing approvals, and
• What should be fairly straightforward window replacements in cases like these can still get tied up in red
• squeezing California families, the last thing we need to do is hold up planning efforts with a wall of red

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• We've worked very hard over the last decade or more to cut red tape, streamline housing approvals, and
• We've worked very hard over the last decade or more to cut red tape, streamline housing approvals, and
• What should be fairly straightforward window replacements in cases like these can still get tied up in red
• squeezing California families, the last thing we need to do is hold up planning efforts with a wall of red

Summary: The committee heard a long agenda of local government and housing-related bills, with testimony often centered on regional coordination, permitting reform, and local control. SB 802 by Senator Ashby would require Sacramento-area jurisdictions to form a joint powers authority to coordinate homelessness and housing response; supporters argued the region has long lacked accountability and coordination, while Sacramento County, Folsom, and others opposed the mandate as an unprecedented state-imposed JPA. The bill drew extensive support from local officials, business groups, service providers, and advocates, and opposition from county, city, and nonprofit representatives who said a local process was already underway. Committee members expressed support for the concept, but the bill was held pending a quorum and later discussed again with strong encouragement for regional collaboration. The committee also heard SB 222, SB 677, SB 908, SB 226, SB 828, and SB 1193. SB 222 would streamline permitting for residential heat pump and water heater installations; supporters said it would lower costs and speed clean-energy adoption, while local government groups argued the main barrier is upfront cost, not permits. SB 677 would curb what the author described as abusive appeals and delays in affordable housing approvals, with developers testifying about frivolous subdivision map appeals and TEFRA hearing delays; the California Native Plant Society sought an amendment to preserve appeals on habitat lands. SB 908 would simplify permits for energy-code-compliant window replacements, and SB 226 would clarify financing authority for a West Sacramento baseball stadium proposal; both passed unanimously. SB 828, prompted by the Esparto fireworks warehouse explosion, would tighten fireworks storage and licensing rules, expand inspection and seizure authority, and increase fines; it also passed unanimously after testimony from fire officials and a pyrotechnic operator who opposed it unless amended. SB 1193, a county-specific Alameda County transparency bill, generated the sharpest debate. The author argued it would prevent waste, favoritism, and conflicts of interest in discretionary spending by requiring board approval, a public spending log, and clearer whistleblower procedures. Alameda County and county associations opposed it as overly broad and burdensome, saying existing processes already provide transparency and that the bill would reduce flexibility during fiscal stress. After committee questions about the bill’s purpose and the county’s current practices, the measure passed 7-0, with the author indicating willingness to accept an amendment restoring a four-fifths vote threshold. The committee then moved out of order to SB 1090, which would impose a temporary moratorium on state housing density laws in Altadena through 2030 in response to post-fire displacement concerns. The author said the bill is intended to protect long-term residents from investor-driven redevelopment after the Eaton Fire, while acknowledging amendments to align the moratorium with affordable housing development timelines. The transcript cuts off during the presentation of this bill, so no final action is shown for SB 1090 in the excerpt.

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• When you're in the hospital, you're going to see people in red.
• Red means blood, and this stands for the laboratory.
• When you're in the hospital, you're going to see people in red.
• Red means blood, and this stands for the laboratory.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• if they're at Bismarck Legacy or if they're at Valley City High School or if they're at Grand Forks Red
• If you look, again, particularly to the north, and we were at DCB yesterday, you see a lot of red up
• I talk loud anyways, so I'm delighted to be here today, and I'm wearing red for my state, even though
• So it's red today. So just let me know. We'll give plenty of notice. Thank you. Thank you.

Keywords: 908, all