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• You are recognized to explain the transportation and economic development portion of the GAA.
• In the Department of Commerce, economic development funding totals $167.3 million.
• You are recognized to explain the Agriculture and Natural Resources portion of the GAA.
• I'm pleased to present the highlights of the Agriculture and Natural Resources budget.
• Madam Chair, this includes the highlights. of the Agriculture and Natural Resources budget.

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• The substitute may deal with some of that, but if you look at how under strategy development... we talk
• to strengthen yourself, and developing relationships and intelligence.
• And this is an example of what they would call United Front work, trying to find friends with resources
• or not applying resources at all.
• State and local resources are not only helpful but necessary to fill the gap. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Bills: SB1540, SB2225, SB2284, SB2382, SB2487, SB2514, SB2595, SB2876, SB2877, SB3031, SB2753, HB45

Keywords: election officials, confidentiality, personal information, government transparency, public safety, spirit beverages, alcoholic beverages, Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code, distribution, taxation, firearms, local regulation, archery equipment, weapons, voter registration, statewide list, county requirements, election integrity, computer services contracts, mental health

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• REQUIRING THE DEPARTMENT OF AFFAIRS TO DEVELOP A PLAN TO ESTABLISH ADULT DAY HEALTHCARE FACILITIES THAT
• WE WERE EXTREMELY HAPPY AND EXCITED TO BE A RESOURCE AND LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUE TO LOOKING WITH THE
• ADVOCACY AN ADDITIONAL CONNECTIONS TO RESOURCES.
• THE GRANT SUPPORT SERVICES DON'T PARTICIPANTS ADVOCACY AN ADDITIONAL CONNECTIONS TO RESOURCES.
• SINCE AND WE DEVELOP THE PURPLE START DESIGNATION WHICH I WILL DISCUSS IN MORE DETAIL THIS FOLLOWS A

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• Most school protocols, actually, when they have a school resource officer, the resource officers are
• But would it be the understanding that in developing that policy, they might be able to develop a policy
• they have a school resource officer, the resource<00:20:56.760> officers<00:20:57.600> are<
• /c><00:20:57.800> trained<00:20:58.840> on resource officers are trained on resource officers
• 54.000> develop<00:22:54.400> a<00:22:54.480> policy able to develop a policy able

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• HDCs, or the Human Development Centers, which is housed in our DDS budget.
• I'll give you an example in Arkadelphia at the human development center.
• Just a quick question about the human development centers.
• But it allowed school districts to develop salary schedules on their own.
• We can do special language that allows us to do two reallocation resources a year.

Summary: The committee heard a series of Arkansas Department of Human Services budget presentations and questions, beginning with the Secretary’s Office and then the Division of Aging, Adult and Behavioral Health Services. Staff described the divisions’ appropriations, funding sources, and major programs, including senior centers, Meals on Wheels, mental health grants, substance abuse treatment, community alcohol safety, the Medicaid tobacco settlement program, and crisis stabilization units. Members raised concerns about flat or limited funding for senior services, the use and tracing of federal block grants, the lack of a funding source for the veterans’ mental health grant, and the mechanics of the community alcohol safety and treatment programs. The committee also discussed patient benefits funds at state facilities, transportation for senior center clients, and whether some special-language appropriations or fund balances should be revisited. Executive recommendations were adopted for the divisions considered. The committee then reviewed the Division of Children and Family Services and the Division of County Operations. Questions focused on foster care growth, adoption subsidies, professional fees tied to staff training and onboarding, vacancies, the Children’s Trust Fund, and TANF subgrants. Members asked about the reduction or elimination of TANF funding to child advocacy centers and other subgrantees, and DHS explained that prior reserves had been spent down and that the department was now trying to live within the annual TANF block grant and rebuild reserves. County operations questions also covered summer EBT, SNAP employment and training, the farmers’ market program, and the expected impact of a federal SNAP administrative match change, which DHS estimated would increase state costs by about $24 million annually, with roughly $18 million affecting the current year because the change begins October 1. Executive recommendations were again adopted. Finally, the committee heard from the Division of Developmental Disability Services and the Division of Medical Services. DDS testimony covered vacancies, staffing shortages, human development center construction and repairs, the reopening of the Boonville work training program, and funding for infant infirmary and child/family life programs. Medical Services testimony covered the Medicaid program, the current FMAP rate, the Our Kids B CHIP program, Medicaid payments to schools, nursing home distress funding, and large appropriation lines used to provide flexibility for claims and potential facility closures. Members asked for more detail on school Medicaid payments, reserve balances, and why some appropriations were much larger than actual spending. In each division, the committee moved and adopted Executive REC after questions concluded.

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• To support these efforts and expansion of these resources, CENCAL has invested financial resources over
• It is for these resources that we respectfully urge the Legislature to consider that, to the extent resources
• Those resources are available on the DHCS CYBHI fee schedule website in our resource library, among other
• And then the DHCS resources are needed...
• And then the DHCS resources are needed.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• We have the resources.
• We have the resources.
• We have the resources.
• We have the resources.
• We have the resources.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• We do that with the resources that you and your colleagues provide, and again the resources from the
• from<00:48:42.760> the provide and again the resources from the provide and again the resources
• <00:52:20.119> activity health threats and developing activity health threats and developing
• So these fees will help us keep up, give us the resources we need to meet the increased demand.
• without additional Staffing Resources without additional Staffing Resources this<01:07:25.559>

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Summary: The Senate Health and Human Services Committee met on January 28, 2025, to review Governor’s budget proposals for several health-related licensing boards. The chair said no formal action would be taken and noted that final budget language was not yet available. The committee began with an overview from Bridget Anderson of the health-related licensing boards, who explained that the boards are fee-funded, operate as independent executive agencies, and handle licensing, complaints, rulemaking, and disciplinary matters. She also noted that the Board of Dentistry’s budget includes the Administrative Services Unit and criminal background check program, which can make the budget graphs appear larger than the dentistry board’s own operations. The Board of Dentistry requested funding for a new administrative staff position, estimating about $100,000 in salary, insurance, and fringe costs, to replace support lost when an administrative position was reclassified. Anderson said the board handled more than 300 complaints last year, with cases becoming more complex, especially involving surgical and implant procedures and imaging. Members asked about dental Medicaid access, but Anderson said that issue would be better directed to DHS’s Medicaid oral health division. The Board of Behavioral Health and Therapy requested a full-time position due to rapid growth in the number of regulated professionals, from about 4,000 in 2014 to nearly 10,000 now, and also sought authority to set a fee for out-of-state applicants under the Counseling Compact, with a cap of up to $100 though the board expects to charge much less. The Board of Podiatric Medicine asked to raise its fee ceiling, saying fees had not been increased since 1999 and that the board now faces a structural deficit of about $40,000 per year and declining reserves. Several senators expressed concern about “not-to-exceed” fee authority, calling it too open-ended and suggesting the legislature should scrutinize specific fee needs rather than approve broad ceilings. Similar concerns were raised during the Board of Chiropractic Examiners presentation, where the board sought $100,000 in additional spending authority and a fee increase after 32 years without an adjustment; members questioned the proposed ceiling approach and asked for more historical information before deciding. The Board of Dietetics and Nutrition Practice also discussed fee-setting authority, with the executive director explaining that the board had previously lowered fees without clear authority and later faced audit questions; she requested funding for a vacant administrative position, saying applications and revenues have increased sharply and no fee increase would be needed. The final presentation began with the Board of Pharmacy, which said it serves more than 26,000 licensees and oversees the Prescription Monitoring Program and opioid product registration. The board requested an extension of previously appropriated general fund dollars through fiscal year 2027 to continue paying legal costs tied to the insulin safety net lawsuit, emphasizing that this was not a new funding request but an extension of existing authority. No votes or formal actions were taken during the meeting.

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• We have a variety of interventions around developing a sense of college aspiration, developing good study
• We have a variety of interventions around developing a sense of college aspiration, developing good study
• We have a variety of interventions around developing a sense of college aspiration, developing good study
• a sense of college aspiration, developing good study skills, academic skills, the resources and help
• Developing good study skills, academic skills, the resources and help necessary to do a college search

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• So that's what would trigger their ability to use additional resources.
• It is used as a resource.
• So you're going to need resources to get to that particular goal. So.
• So you're going to need resources to get to that particular goal.
• putting in resources in for that.

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, and included several member introductions recognizing guests, interns, firefighters, and a doctor of the day. The chamber then moved to the special order calendar and began taking up a series of bills, often substituting House companions for Senate measures before final passage. The first major bill, health care patient protection, required hospitals with emergency departments to adopt pediatric emergency care policies, training, a pediatric emergency care coordinator, and readiness assessments; it passed 36-0. A public records bill protecting victim identities and temporarily exempting the name of a law enforcement officer who is a victim also passed after questions about access for victims of police misconduct, with a 33-4 vote. The Senate next approved a local government cybersecurity bill creating a state-administered program through Florida Digital Service to help counties and cities strengthen cyber defenses, with priority for rural and fiscally constrained governments; after amendments, it passed 37-0. A clerks of court bill allowing clerks to retain all revenue above projections and, through a House amendment, revising legal notice and traffic citation distribution provisions, passed 38-0 despite debate over impacts on municipalities and law enforcement. The chamber also passed a trademark modernization bill and a septic system permit bill intended to reduce delays for builders; the septic bill was amended to align the House and Senate versions and passed 38-0. The longest and most contested item was the elections bill, which updated citizenship verification procedures using REAL ID and state databases, changed candidate qualification rules, and altered election administration provisions. Numerous amendments were offered and rejected, including proposals to exempt certain seniors, preserve student and retirement-center IDs, allow attestations in place of documentary proof of citizenship, and require human review over automated systems. One amendment to delay implementation until July 1, 2027, was also debated. The transcript ends while debate is still underway on the elections measure, with no final vote shown in the excerpt.

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• billion budget on a recurring level that prioritizes investments in health insurance, in natural resource
• We talk about the other programs that have been developed.
• We talk about the innovations and you've already heard so much when we talk about economic development
• When you see your competitive turning down and you have the resources to take a market away, New Mexico
• We continue the unprecedented investments in natural resources.

Keywords: 996, all

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• What would this do to our natural resources?"
• <01:55:48.880> that tool to increase um the resources that tool to increase um the resources
• <03:37:48.760> which you're out to gather a resource which you're out to gather a resource
• Green was claiming. resources department I've also been a resources department I've also been a sheep
• Resources of our state through Resources of our state through conservation<05:08:01.920> through

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• areas that we thought were worthwhile developing.
• areas that we thought were worthwhile developing.
• Part of it was also to develop new remote sensing technologies, develop a highly skilled, high-wage workforce
• We're developing and piloting the program components.
• This is a reading wand that has been developed by the gentleman who developed the LeapFrog LeapPad learning

Summary: The Education Postsecondary Committee held its first meeting and focused on state university centers and institutes, with an overview from the Board of Governors on how the more than 500 centers and institutes across Florida’s public universities are categorized, overseen, and reported. The Board described three categories: state-level centers, legislatively established centers, and university-established centers. Members were told universities must maintain policies, notify the Board of changes, publish public inventories, and submit annual reports and compliance certifications. Senator Harrell asked about funding sources and whether underperforming centers are reviewed for elimination; the response was that funding varies by center and that universities decide whether to maintain or disband centers under their own policies, with annual reporting and audit findings shared with the Board. Four university presentations followed. Florida Atlantic University highlighted its Center of Excellence in Biomedical and Marine Biotechnology, describing research in marine-derived drug discovery, genomics, imaging, cancer, neurodegenerative disease, and ocean sustainability, along with spin-off institutes and partnerships that have generated significant grant and contract support. FIU presented its Center of Excellence for Hurricane Damage Mitigation and Product Development, emphasizing the Wall of Wind facility, hurricane and water intrusion testing, code and product innovation, insurance modeling, and future expansion toward higher wind speeds and flood simulation. Florida State University’s High-Performance Materials Institute described work in advanced materials, aerospace composites, sensors, nanocomposites, and AI-enabled materials development, along with patents, industry partnerships, and new facilities tied to economic development. The University of Florida’s Lastinger Center for Learning outlined its work on teacher professional learning, literacy, New Worlds Reading, tutoring, and mathematics supports, including microcredentials, statewide book distribution, and early results showing improved reading confidence and growth. Members generally praised the centers for their research, commercialization, workforce development, and education impacts. Senator Jones and Senator Harrell commended the Lastinger Center’s literacy work and the broader return on investment from these programs, while Senator Berman noted the value of the synergies across institutions. The chair emphasized that future funding requests should clearly show measurable success, commercialization, and statewide impact. The committee then adjourned without any formal votes on legislation.

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• follow its disciplinary guidelines policy to discipline licensees consistently and that it... ...develop
• The other recommendation that was implemented in a different manner had to do with the board developing
• were focused, Assigned for investigation, ensuring that enforcement resources were focused where the
• If we follow up quicker, that means that's more resources...
• If we follow up quicker, that means more resources and pulls my teams away from other things.

Keywords: 1182, all

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• the Border Development Act to better capture what's in the Trade Ports Development Act. is how the public-private
• Thank you all so much for your commitment to developing the border.
• But I'm talking about more around tax and economic development.
• Developers, as you know, drive a lot of what goes on.
• The state government, together with Juarez City, will provide the necessary resources for the development

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• California and the Department of Finance on developments since our first hearing in February.
• The National Science Foundation for quite some time now has put resources in.
• We find that we don't have the resources to continue with our academic programs.
• Department of Housing and Urban Development, $227 million under the U.S.
• To pool their risks and pull their resources for those risks.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• Development. Development. Welcome.
• the exploit of development the exploit of development um um um disguised<00:37:57.720> as
• <00:46:14.600> and Business and Economic Development and Business and Economic Development
• We support workforce development.
• of Planning and Sustainable Development. of Planning and Sustainable Development.

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The committee heard testimony on several bills, with most measures drawing either support or comments rather than opposition. HB 2395, relating to taking marine deposits for research, education, management, or propagation, received support from the University of Hawaii and DLNR. HB 2585, relating to agricultural tourism, drew broad support for its intent to keep agritourism secondary to farming, but agencies and farm groups raised concerns about enforcement, county authority, and the rebuttable presumption language. Testifiers included OPSD, the Agribusiness Development Corporation, Hawaii Farm Bureau, a small farm operator, and others, with some urging clearer definitions, simpler registration, and protections for bona fide farms and hosted farm stays. HB 1728, on rainwater catchment systems, was supported in principle by DLNR, which cited drought conditions and said it deferred to counties and the Department of Health on safety and regulation. HB 1881, which would prohibit passenger ropeways on mountain lands, drew strong support from community testifiers who said it would help prevent development disguised as agritourism and protect forests and country lands. HB 1990, establishing penalties and possible foreclosure for unresolved zoning violations, received comments from the Attorney General recommending removal of AG references and more county-centered enforcement, while the Hawaii Association of Realtors warned the 30-day timeline could create problems for absent or unaware homeowners. The committee also heard HB 1712, which would expand and make permanent certain seats on the State Building Code Council. The Plumbers and Fitters union supported the bill, but BIA Hawaii requested amendments to add “licensed contractor” language, and architects and other professionals opposed the measure, arguing that increasing the council from 12 to 15 voting members would make it less efficient and harder to reach quorum. Finally, HB 2151, relating to hempcrete, was supported by a Kauai workforce development advocate and the Hawaii Farm Bureau, who said hempcrete could support agriculture, manufacturing, and affordable housing while reducing carbon and reliance on imported materials. No votes or final committee actions were taken in the portion of the meeting provided.

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• ,<00:03:18.640> infrastructure,<00:03:19.360> and resources, infrastructure, and resources
• <00:04:40.880> it's<00:04:41.199> already developed the program. it's already developed
• that there are adequate resources that there are adequate resources available<00:36:29.440> and
• center development should be followed. center development should be followed.
• Minnesota's resources. Minnesota's resources.

Bills: HF3793, HF3699, HF793, HF3322, HF3426

Keywords: groundwater, water use permit, data centers, public health, environmental regulations, municipalities, state park license plate, specialty license plate, Minnesota DNR, Department of Natural Resources, license plate design contest, North Shore, Lake Superior Agate, AI-generated art, artificial intelligence, Minnesota resident, state parks, specialty plates, vehicle registration, contest requirements

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• <00:48:38.480> which committee on natural resources which committee on natural resources which
• committee on economic development. committee on economic development.
• :33:17.760> Housing uh Senate Economic Development, Housing uh Senate Economic Development, Housing
• in the Senate uh economic development in the Senate uh economic development general<01:38:05.360
• <01:39:23.119> are evolving and if more resources are evolving and if more resources are necessary

Keywords: 927, senate, all

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• Okay, the Committee on Higher Education and Workforce Development will come to order.
• It was clear to me they had means and resources.
• And so it took me a while to get there, but that's ...developing a cure factory.
• The Committee on Higher Education and Workforce Development is now adjourned.
• The Committee on Higher Education and Workforce Development is now adjourned.

Keywords: 959, house, all