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Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• Paulina is a political science major with a minor in... ...legal studies.
• House Bill 20, a priority bill of the Texas House, creates the Applied Sciences pathway program, which
• The program, the Applied Sciences Pathway Program, will help 11th and 12th grade students complete a
• House Bill 20, relating to establishing the Applied Sciences Pathway Program.
• House Bill 20, relating to establishing the Applied Sciences Pathway Program.

Bills: SJR 5, SJR 27, SB 4, SB 6, SB 7, SB 9, SB 13, SB 15, SB 23, SB 27, SB 30, SB 40, SB 57, SB 66, SB 140, SB 268, SB 293, SB 331, SB 413, SB 437, SB 447, SB 457, SB 467, SB 506, SB 510, SB 512, SB 568, SB 571, SB 650, SB 710, SB 763, SB 785, SB 800, SB 850, SB 863, SB 865, SB 904, SB 905, SB 973, SB 974, SB 1191, SB 1281, SB 1300, SB 1362, SB 1494, SB 1504, SB 1522, SB 1540, SB 1567, SB 1579, SB 1580, SB 1610, SB 1660, SB 1723, SB 1760, SB 1838, SB 1923, SB 1946, SB 1957, SB 1964, SB 2018, SB 2024, SB 2121, SB 2167, SB 2217, SB 2221, SB 2321, SB 2337, SB 2368, SB 2373, SB 2407, SB 2431, SB 2477, SB 2587, SB 2615, SB 2753, SB 2807, SB 2900, SB 2965, SB 2972, SB 2986, SB 3039, SB 3047, SB 3059, SB 3070, SB 1, SB 8, SB 12, SB 13, SB 15, SB 17, SB 21, SB 30, SB 37, SB 260, SB 268, SB 331, SB 379, SB 441, SB 447, SB 457, SB 509, SB 650, SB 763, SB 1198, SB 1405, SB 1506, SB 1566, SB 1610, SB 1637, SB 1660, SB 1833, SB 2018, SB 2024, SB 2155, SB 2217, SB 2308, SB 2337, SB 2601, SB 2753, SB 2778, SB 2878, SB 2900, SB 3059, HB 4, HB 145, HB 300, HB 493, HB 2011, HB 2067, HB 2516, HB 2525, HB 2885, HB 2974, HB 3071, HB 3372, HB 3595, HB 5138, HB 5246, HB 796, HB 1523, HB 5294, HB 748, HB 3395, HB 180, HB 3171, HB 4690, HB 146, HB 5596, HB 5694, HB 1135, HB 3225, HB 186, HB 1449, HB 3793, HB 112, HB 104, HB 4233, HB 1094, HB 3336, HB 3520, HB 3320, HB 5663, HB 2731, HB 2399, HB 111, HB 3483, HB 4580, HB 3748, HB 632, HB 4730, HB 127, HB 5690, HB 5689, HB 3385, HB 4359, HB 5381, HB 20, HB 123, HB 549, HB 5606, HB 2594, HB 1057, HB 3664, HCR 141, HCR 40, HCR 59, SJR 36, SJR 50, SJR 63, SCR 12, SCR 39, SB 2023, SB 62, SB 666, SB 847, SB 284, SB 854, SB 810, SB 1505, SB 583, SB 507, SB 1434, SB 1772, SB 2016, SB 1122, SB 731, SB 397, SB 508, SB 1436, SB 287, SB 1882, SB 393, SB 1791, SB 209, SB 2429, SB 1085, SB 1975, SB 2717, SB 1262, SB 636, SB 2056, SB 884, SB 1200, SB 1845, SB 2458, SB 801, SB 3014, SB 3013, SB 758, SB 2797, SB 2076, SB 2876, SB 1640, SB 1449, SB 1181, SB 1234, SB 2926, SB 2841, SB 1528, SB 1854, SB 317, SB 1250, SB 2082, SB 1237, SB 2819, SB 629, SB 2608, SB 1602, SB 2009, SB 867, SB 640, SB 1698, SB 2680, SB 913, SB 1071, SB 1086, SB 1087, SB 1483, SB 1444, SB 1553, SB 1556, SB 1703, SB 2133, SB 2297, SB 2298, SB 2622, SB 2955, SB 2334, SB 1367, SB 2044, SB 2363, SB 2565, SB 1888, SB 3036, SB 3057, SB 3043, SB 3063, SB 3035, SB 203, SB 2688, SB 2522, SB 2459, SB 2655, SB 2251, SB 1884, SB 2928, SB 2566, SB 2549, SB 2553, SB 2919, SB 1944, SB 1232, SB 1798, SB 2603, SB 2607, SB 2683, SB 1319, SB 3045, SB 3071, HB 20, HB 127, HB 549, HB 1094, HB 2594, HB 2731, HB 4233, HB 4690, SR 625, HCR 167, SJR 5, SB 4, SB 6, SB 9, SB 23, SB 40, SB 13, SB 15, SB 30, SB 268, SB 331, SB 447, SB 457, SB 568, SB 650, SB 763, SB 1540, SB 1610, SB 1660, SB 2018, SB 2024, SB 2217, SB 2337, SB 2753, SB 2900, SB 2972, SB 3059, HB 4, HB 145, HB 493, HB 2067, HB 2516, HB 2885, HB 2974, HB 3071, HB 3372, HB 3556, HB 3595, HB 5138

Keywords: bail, felony offenses, criminal justice reform, public safety, constitutional amendment, judicial conduct, state commission, judicial misconduct, commission membership, property tax, homestead exemption, school funding, state aid, electric power, interconnection, utilities, ERCOT, large load customers, water supply, sewer service

Summary: The meeting centered around the discussions of several key bills, notably HB4233, which aims to align Texas's money transmission licensing and auditing requirements with federal regulations. Senator Parker led the discussion, emphasizing the need for consumer protections around cryptocurrency kiosks that have become targets for fraud, particularly affecting vulnerable populations such as seniors. The meeting also saw lively debates on HB20, designed to reintegrate technical education into high schools, addressing skills shortages in the workforce. The bills were well received, with strong bipartisan support evident in the votes.

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• Our program focuses on garden-based learning, nutrition education, agriculture, environmental science
• My predecessor and I had the opportunity to participate in the state pilot program for the Science and
• It's immersive and such a diversification of lessons that we have in supporting science, ...and such
• I just think contemplating the notion that this could be applied inside suburban and rural areas gives
• I just think contemplating the notion that this could be applied inside suburban and rural areas gives

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• that next year together we can figure out a process in which a non-profit and a school district can apply
• Candidates would need to demonstrate that they can teach the science of reading.
• School board rules in general allowed school workers to apply for UI before; however, they were denied
• Until 2023, our hourly workers in our schools were not allowed to apply for UI.
• They're the only employees in the state that work more than three months who weren't allowed to apply

Bills: HF1049

Keywords: school library aid, education finance, school districts, charter schools, funding eligibility

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• They will apply for less money than they need, so they'll apply for a smaller project than is otherwise
• They applied for $20 million; they would just have to put the 10% up.
• I mentioned 10 projects last year applied for a total of $145 million.
• Overruns for projects that applied and were awarded prior to 2024.
• Prior to that, the General Provisions sort of just applied to those that it applied to, and it wasn't

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• It is imperative that the legislature make decisions based on the science and data.
• That candidate would also have to complete the same science prerequisites, have the same graduate-level
• , and then they can apply to the midwifery school.
• , did the health sciences, got prepared, and then applied to midwifery school.
• Later on, I did try to apply to medical residencies, but all the doors were closed.

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• Third-party vendors must apply and be...
• to modification, and it only applies moving forward.
• If there is an agreement that they do that, this part doesn't apply.
• CTE with embedded computer science course.
• foundations of computer science before graduation.

Keywords: MS Senate Floor - 1 April, 2026; 10:00 AM, 925, all

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• To clarify, this only limits the exemption for fire science courses, that's right?
• They come, they apply, and what do we tell them?
• We cannot get people to apply to the border.
• That does not account for if an applicant applies to multiple nursing schools.
• Oftentimes, that results in having to wait another year to apply for another program.

Bills: HB173, HB184, HB484, HB678, HB 1211, HB1507, HB1705, HB1868, HB2290, HB2851, HB2856, HB3041, HB3204, HB173, HB184

Keywords: foreign donations, higher education, public institutions, national security, funding, prohibition, Texas law, healthcare, insurance, affordability, access, public health, foreign influence, education policy, student loan repayment, prosecuting attorneys, border prosecution unit, financial assistance, tobacco, cigarettes

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• What exactly is that being applied toward? So, Mr.
• Districts can apply, charter schools can apply, and community-based organizations can also apply, like
• This doesn't apply to retirees.
• apply.
• It is a much broader term that applies to other things.

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• It contains 40,000 square feet of research space devoted to the human sciences writ large.
• of those sciences into information science.
• Science Saturdays is specifically Targeted through K through 6th grade.
• It's hands-on science, taught by one of our scientists or engineers one Saturday a month.
• It's been a tremendous outreach for us to the worldwide science community. And I'll end there.

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• The question that came up was, can you export and can you land apply?
• I do not believe that would ever apply in this instance. You got a question?
• So, I mean, if you're applying to— ...part of the program.
• So obviously, this is some science that backs that.
• This science is something that we can back up on.

Bills: HB4338, HB3977, HB2100, HB2975, HB3056, HB3406, HB3720, HB4316, HB3405, HB1907, HB3142, HB3173, HB3270, HB3728, HB2440, HB2596, HB3466, HB3469, HB4338, HB3977, HB2100, HB2975, HB3056, HB3406, HB3720, HB4316, HB3405, HB1907, HB3142, HB3173, HB3270, HB3728, HB2440, HB2596, HB3466, HB3469

Keywords: HB4338, Oklahoma Brine Development Act, brine unitization, produced water, produced water unit, oil and gas wastewater, produced water recycling, reclaimed water, constituent elements, brine rights, solution gas, Corporation Commission, unitization, royalty interests, surface owner, oil and gas produced water, recycling and reuse, wastewater disposal, mineral extraction, lithium extraction

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• California would be the first state to create standards-based public health and science serving as a
• The task force identified significant gaps in science, testing protocols, and claims practices.
• This ensures that survivors have real science-based standards governing their claims.
• Science-based requirements that every insurer must follow.
• That's why we encourage people to apply for insurance as young as possible.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• Principles get their pay. applying here. Principles get their pay. applying here.
• So if somebody applies and is not awarded, somebody applies and is not awarded, somebody applies and
• Obviously as a public that could apply. Obviously as a public that could apply.
• Yeah, to the schools and do science. Yeah, to the schools and do science.
• Science is my not opposed to it. Science is my not opposed to it. Science is my background.

Bills: HB 29, HB 125, HB 145, HB 171, HB 255, HB 50, HB 796, HB 363, HB 116, HB 491, HB 589, HB 1495, HB 368, HB 1285, HB 1905, HB 1360, HB 2002, HB 917, HB 2723, HB 2067, HB 1238, HB 2337, HB 745, HB 1188, HB 1606, HB 2003, HB 2147, HB 2391, HB 2355, HB 2546, HB 2495, HB 2818, HB 2249, HB 1749, HB 3109, HB 3228, HB 3240, HB 1507, HB 658, HB 1748, HB 1851, HB 1922, HB 2001, HB 2798, HB 107, HCR 29, SB 5, SB 262, HB 11, HJR 72, HB 106, HB 18, HB 48, HB 27, HB 37, HB 1481, HB 581, HB 1696, HB 2216, HB 1035, HB 1633, HB 742, HB 754, HB 1689, HB 1690, HB 2669, HB 391, HB 517, HB 1024, HB 1607, HB 252, HB 1716, HB 1562, HB 4116, HB 1866, HB 1741, HB 2103, HB 2637, HB 2884, HB 503, HB 1089, HB 2986, HB 972, HB 502, HB 29, HB 125, HB 145, HB 171, HB 255, HB 50, HB 796, HB 363, HB 116, HB 491, HB 589, HB 1495, HB 368, HB 1285, HB 1905, HB 1360, HB 2002, HB 917, HB 2723, HB 2067, HB 1238, HB 2337, HB 745, HB 1188, HB 1606, HB 2003, HB 2147, HB 2391, HB 2355, HB 2546, HB 2495, HB 2818, HB 2249, HB 1749, HB 3109, HB 3228, HB 3240, HB 1507, HB 658, HB 1748, HB 1851, HB 1922, HB 2001, HB 2798, HB 107, HCR 29

Keywords: water audit, water loss, water loss mitigation plan, municipally owned utility, municipal utility, water conservation, Texas Water Development Board, TCEQ, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, water leakage, leak detection, billing data accuracy, utility validation, water audit validation, water scarcity, water management, infrastructure, public utility, conservation plan, administrative penalty

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• As an SRA, I help facilitate education and research for the Department of Food Science at UC.
• By only focusing on institutional support, we ensured that the cuts were not being applied to academic
• UC Davis runs a graduate master's of science program and business analytics on our campus.
• So growing up, I didn't know anybody that had a PhD, let alone someone in science.
• While I had curiosity, persistence, and a dream to one day become a professor, ...science.

Summary: The Assembly Budget Subcommittee on Education Finance held an extended hearing focused primarily on University of California budget issues, enrollment, housing, and Title IX. Chair David Alvarez opened by noting the governor’s proposed 8% ongoing General Fund reduction to UC, the deferral of compact funding, and the College of the Law budget item, while emphasizing that no votes would be taken that day. Public commenters, including UC Davis employees and lecturers, urged restoration of UC funding and opposed the hiring freeze, saying cuts would worsen staffing shortages, reduce research capacity, and harm students and patients. On UC core operations, the Department of Finance said the governor’s budget maintains the compact but defers $240.8 million in ongoing support and continues a planned 7.95% reduction, while the LAO recommended rejecting the deferrals and instead making any changes in the budget year. UC San Diego’s chancellor and UC Office of the President argued the cuts and deferrals would create major campus shortfalls, force hiring freezes, larger class sizes, fewer course offerings, delayed projects, and possible layoffs. Committee members questioned whether cuts could be shifted away from students and toward administration, discussed UCOP reserves and bond debt, and noted that UC’s budget structure makes the campus-level impact larger than the headline reduction. The committee also reviewed enrollment trends and nonresident replacement. The LAO said UC resident enrollment has grown and recommended revisiting 2026-27 targets and pausing the nonresident replacement plan if state funding does not improve. UC said it has exceeded California undergraduate enrollment and nonresident replacement goals, but warned that continued growth without funding would force enrollment reductions and harm quality. Members discussed the role of nonresident and international students, tuition rates, and the value of UC as a pathway for California students and a source of talent for the state. A separate housing item covered the state’s Higher Education Student Housing Grant Program. UC reported that recent bond savings could support additional affordable beds at UC Davis and UC Santa Barbara, but the LAO and Finance noted the Legislature would need to decide how to use the $6.2 million in savings from the original projects. The committee also heard a Title IX update from UC’s systemwide civil rights office, which described campus Title IX structures, training, and policy enforcement, and said the system has been working to improve confidentiality guidance and streamline complaint processes after survey feedback showed confusion and lengthy procedures.

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• Every decision I make regarding medications or vaccines is rooted in science, professional ethics, and
• Must be applied in a consistent manner to each person requesting medical staff privileges.
• Licensure scope, so it is unclear how this requirement to apply the same criteria consistently to all
• Applying the hospital's criteria is also problematic.
• What we are asking for is that if you are applying to operate on a patient, a citizen of the state of

Bills: SB623, SB1266, SB1310, SB1373, SB1580, SB1952, SB2032, SB2269, SB2544, SB2653, SB2796

Keywords: pharmacist, vaccine administration, COVID-19, exclusive authority, healthcare, Medicaid, provider enrollment, credentialing, administrative burden, Texas Health and Human Services, senior retirement communities, emergency response, residential safety, contract provisions, health and safety regulations, medical staff privileges, hospital administration, healthcare regulation, Texas Health and Safety Code, consistency in privileges

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• In high school, the subject areas with the greatest need continue to be math and science.
• Let's see, the Science of Reading, Mr. Chair, is great.
• Also, it applies to that group that we're looking at.
• They provide science-based interventions They have their own curriculum that they use.
• One of the ways I've engaged readers as a teacher is science. Plants.

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• NIH funds things even far beyond our medical school and Health Sciences.
• at the University within the College of Science and Engineering.
• <00:53:07.880> and Cities Campus College of Science and Cities Campus College of Science and
• its College of Science and Engineering its College of Science and Engineering its purpose<00:53:
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Keywords: 1183, house

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• Rates that we applied to Utilities, a variety of fixed costs.
• School districts and charter schools are applying for these below-the-line programs with very little
• Chair none of this applies to contractors.
• Representative, so this applies specifically to the instructional coaches.
• of reading and based on the science of how children learn to read.

Keywords: 996, all

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• IMPROVING K-12 LITERACY, SCIENCE, MATH, COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING.
• SCIENCE BASED ON LIVES FOR OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS.
• THEY GO ON TO PARTICIPATE LOCAL STATE AND NATIONAL SCIENCE FAIRS.
• BIOLOGY OLYMPIAD, REGENERON SCIENCE SEARCH, NATIONAL SCIENCE, INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING FAIR
• THESE TOURS PROVIDE A FIRSTHAND LOOK AT WHAT IS POSSIBLE AND HEALTH SCIENCES.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• The science does not support this ban.
• , which the MPCA should do, they chose not to consider the science here.
• to consider the science here.
• to consider the science here.
• to consider the science here.

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: The committee took up House File 737, which would amend Minnesota’s lead- and cadmium-related product restrictions and was re-referred to the Committee on Environment, Finance and Policy. Representative Bjorn Olson said the bill was prompted by a constituent who could no longer make cadmium-based art supplies in Minnesota, and he argued the law unintentionally swept in professional art materials that are used safely and are important to Western art culture. The committee first adopted the author’s A2 amendment, which broadened the bill to include additional exemptions beyond paint and pastels, including certain pens, mechanical pencils, and vehicle keys/key fobs. Testimony in support came from Darren Reenie of Wet Paint Artist Materials and Framing, who said artist paint and related supplies account for a significant share of sales and that the ban threatens independent art supply businesses and artists’ access to essential pigments. Josh Fiser of the Alliance for Automotive Innovation supported the key and key fob exemption, saying the current law is overly broad, exposure risk is minimal, and Minnesota should align with California and European Union standards. Bill Morgan of the Arts and Creative Materials Institute and Writing Instrument Manufacturers Association also supported the amendment, arguing there was little scientific basis for including pens, mechanical pencils, and professional artist materials, and citing prior reviews in the Consumer Product Safety Commission and the European Union. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, through Assistant Commissioner Kirk Kadelka, opposed broad exemptions and emphasized that no amount of lead is safe for children. He said the law was based on evidence from consumer products associated with elevated blood lead levels and argued that safer alternatives exist for many of the items in the amendment, including pens, mechanical pencils, and some key components. He also raised concerns about exposure during production and disposal. Committee members questioned the scope of the exemptions and whether the industry had workable alternatives. The A2 amendment was adopted, and the bill was then advanced for further consideration and re-referred as noted by the chair.