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• The Anti-Red Flag Act prevents all governmental entities in Texas from recognizing or enforcing red flag
• Furthermore, the bill prohibits Texas entities from accepting federal funds to enforce red flag laws
• Senate Bill 1362 seeks to place a prohibition on local regulation by stopping all governmental entities
• There are more chances of situations getting out of control, and this bill would actually do them more
• The bill also prevents state and local entities from accepting federal grant funds for the implementation

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• The FCIC has brought this under control with gas pumps.
• But there are, I expect to have a committee substitute coming because there were a couple of entities
• that were concerned, in particular. ...critical infrastructure entities that were concerned that they
• But they wanted to be able to do that, and there were some entities that wanted to be able to buy vehicles
• Long-term interests and the short-term interests of the finances of their entity know how to do this.

Bills: HB886, HB1514, HB2434, HB2688, HB2802, HB3161, HB3221, HB4029, HB4339, HB4591, HB4774, HB4802, HB4853, HB5627, SB1737

Keywords: retirement, supplemental payment, benefits, Employees Retirement System, eligible annuitants, legislation, annuity, service credit, Employees Retirement System of Texas, employee benefits, pension reform, public retirement systems, municipality pensions, firefighters, police officers, retirement age, DROP program, actuarial studies, pension benefits, municipal retirement

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• And so another question is, would you be open to considering the identity of the entity bill of exempting
• someone to pick that person up and process them. to get them out of our jails, and then put them in control
• They do have oversight because they're business entities, so they are overseen by the business area of
• For-profit entity that spends allocated funds on bonuses and profit sharing, and that is regularly given
• We're the only private entity contracted with the TDCJ to operate these facilities.

Bills: HB153, HB1410, HB1461, HB1760, HB1762, HB3261, HB3773, HB153

Keywords: education, funding, student resources, technology access, equal opportunity, veterans treatment court, mental health, criminal justice, rehabilitation, eligibility criteria, veterans, treatment court, military service, legislation, private prisons, inmate confinement, criminal justice reform, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, government contracts, inmate housing

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• Um, and the, the ARPEP coordinating entity could be a nonprofit or a service center that kind of sits
• uh, daily attendance, uh, that goes to the home district that is then shared with the coordinating entity
• by the coordinating entity that is then invested in all of the different pathways.
• students were participating in that pathway, they're still benefiting from the, uh, coordinating entities
• ARPEP designated district is to have a, a contract between all of the districts and the coordinating entity

Bills: HB20, HB120

Keywords: fraudulent solicitation, disaster relief, nonprofit organizations, criminal penalties, consumer protection, fraud prevention, charitable donations, higher education, LGBTQ studies, DEI studies, program prohibition, educational policy, HB120, Texas, Texas Education Code, public universities, public colleges, queer studies, gay studies, lesbian studies

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• This will cost those entities taxpayer dollars to cover higher coverage.
• <02:55:05.840> by doctor that's not being controlled by doctor that's not being controlled
• Business entity forced resolution for fraud. >> Representative Lucas.
• That could just be in >> Business entity forced resolution for >> Business entity forced
• Yin. business entity force dissolution for business entity force dissolution for fraud.<03:07:08.080>

Keywords: 916, all

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• would allow the Met Council to directly award grants to tribal governments and tribal development entities
• This would treat tribal governments and development entities similarly to how port authorities and other
• and tribal governments and um and tribal governments and um and development<00:05:16.320> entities
• <00:05:17.680> uh<00:05:17.840> similarly<00:05:18.400> to development entities
• . uh similarly to development entities. uh similarly to how<00:05:18.960> port<00:05:19.280>

Bills: HF3884, HF3881, HF3882, HF3883, HF3363, HF3362

Keywords: tribal governments, Metropolitan Council, grant programs, funding, local government, small business, contracting, veteran-owned businesses, compliance, government contracts, housing finance, reporting requirements, regional development, city programs, elected officials, campaign access, multiple unit dwellings, residential access, voter registration, 1183

Summary: The committee met on March 4, 2026, and first approved the minutes from March 2 by voice vote. It then took up several Metropolitan Council agency bills, with members repeatedly moving to lay them over for possible inclusion or, in one case, to re-refer a bill to another committee. The first three bills discussed were House File 3884, House File 3881, and House File 3882, all presented as administrative or programmatic changes intended to streamline Met Council processes. House File 3884 would allow tribal governments and tribal development entities to apply directly for Metropolitan Council Livable Communities Act grants and community tree planting grants, rather than applying through a city or other local government. Testimony from Met Council staff said the bill would simplify access and align the Met Council’s tree-planting program with existing DNR authority. House File 3881 would expand the Met Council’s contracting authority to include small businesses more broadly, require an annual report to the legislature on small-business contracting, and repeal a duplicative statute on certificates of compliance. House File 3882 would make a range of administrative cleanups, including removing an obsolete housing-bond review role, clarifying outdated statutory language, extending the review cycle for metropolitan significance rules from every two years to every 10 years, clarifying reporting and Livable Communities Act provisions, changing regional parks operations-and-maintenance reimbursements to rely on audited financial statements, and clarifying agricultural preserves procedures. The committee also considered House File 3883, which was amended with an A1 amendment before adoption. That bill updates appointments to the Metropolitan Area Water Supply Advisory Committee, known as MOSAC, including direct appointments for certain county representatives and adding a tribal representative appointed by the Minnesota Indian Affairs Council, while also cleaning up outdated language and eligibility provisions. A former MOSAC member spoke in support of the committee’s work, and the chair said the bill was common-sense and renewed the motion to lay it over as amended. Finally, the committee began House File 3363, a bill described by the author as a response to safety concerns after the June events, aimed at removing public access to legislators’ home addresses from Campaign Finance Board materials; discussion had just begun when the transcript ended.

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• improvements will certainly ensure the public safety, public welfare, and public health of these entities
• The entities will then seek to determine what projects would get funded once we've met that qualifying
• I think this is a step in the right direction to be able to support both of those entities.
• And so they might be an entity that you chat with about this if you haven't already.
• Outdoor recreation in perpetuity by these entities.

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• legitimate education, the parent is essentially robbed of their entitled tax refunds, while these entities
• Second, shutting down the K-12 credit assignment program that these entities use to bankroll their fraud
• legitimate education, the parent is essentially robbed of their entitled tax refunds, while these entities
• Second, shutting down the K-12 credit assignment program that these entities use to bankroll their fraud
• use to bankroll their these entities use to bankroll their fraud<00:01:58.159> I<00:01:58.240

Keywords: 1183, house

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• What this bill is doing is removing them as the sole entity.
• President, the ACIP also has other entities. I mean, they're not the ones who do the research.
• It's just one of the entities that we can use, through the Department of Health, for consideration.
• From the different entities with regards to immunizations for my children, I do value, and again, as
• Just that first initial contact seems so difficult to get all these entities together.

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• So we have this other entity over here, how do we make sure that that feedback is integrated into the
• been abandoned by the child's parents or guardian, or who... is without proper parental care and control
• sometimes, and I'll take a ball of yarn and we'll have a family situation and all the different entities
• Why isn't this a state-run entity? Thank you.
• These programs have traditionally been funded through private nonprofit entities that partner with the

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• would put a fee on goods coming from other countries roughly equal to what they're not paying to control
• The other issue is just foreign entities deliberately mislabeling. products that are coming in using
• Chairman. will be a tax hike on our pass-through entities, think small businesses.
• And what we have found is that most of these small businesses are pass-through entities.
• a commitment to follow the sovereignty of the U.S. tax system, to not be dictated to by foreign entities

Keywords: Commerce, International Trade, Tax Policy, Nominees, Inflation, Middle-class, Trade Practices, Economic Concerns

Summary: The committee convened to discuss various bills and nominees, including the critical nominations of William Kimmett for Undersecretary of Commerce for International Trade and Ken Keyes for Assistant Secretary for Tax Policy at the Treasury Department. Discussions highlighted the nominees' roles in managing critical trade and tax policies amidst rising economic concerns, particularly focusing on inflation and its impact on American families. Members expressed both support and skepticism, emphasizing the significance of fostering fair trade practices and ensuring tax policies that benefit the middle-class amidst claims of an agenda favoring affluent individuals and corporations.

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• doesn't fit with what the, what's already in place and what's the recourse for citizens or those entities
• of a person or entity other than a governmental entity on which sites for recreational vehicles, recreational
• not have to create their own ordinances for park development, excuse me, which would help these entities
• So this bill seeks to ask these new political entities that we're creating through the state to prioritize
• water that is, uh, a state appropriation of surface water or you're getting water from a wholesale entity

Bills: HB24

Keywords: groundwater, conservation, water permits, sustainability, resource management

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• Chairman, members, House Bill 2133 requires any commercial entity that knowingly and intentionally distributes
• Additionally, House Bill 2133 includes civil penalties if a commercial entity is publishing or distributing
• would also apply to search engine or cloud service providers that obtain information that cannot be controlled
• that was, that was just narrowing the scope, making sure that we're not targeting the wrong online entities

Bills: HB2133, HB2592

Keywords: sexual material, consent, synthetic depiction, privacy, internet regulation, rights protection, artificial intelligence, government regulation, innovation, procurement, administrative burdens, 1182, all

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• This bill will allow companies to bring these care models to Massachusetts, and public safety entities
• They say people should be able to control the timing and manner of their deaths.
• They say people should be able to control the timing and manner of their deaths.
• She fought through several years of pain, anguish, loss of control, and so forth.
• As most know, ALS is one of many nervous system disorders that causes loss of muscle control.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Public Health opened its first hearing of the session and heard testimony on bills in three areas: emergency medical services/AED access, athletic training and student safety, and end-of-life options. Committee chairs outlined testimony rules and noted that written testimony would also be accepted. Some bills had no live witnesses, while others drew extensive testimony from advocates, professionals, and legislators. On AED-related bills, the American Heart Association supported requiring automated external defibrillators at sporting events and athletic fields, citing sudden cardiac arrest survival rates and urging cardiac emergency response plans as an added safeguard. A parks and recreation professional supported AED access but raised concerns about the cost, staffing, maintenance, and feasibility for municipalities with limited resources. Athletic trainers supported expanding their scope of practice and removing workplace restrictions, arguing it would improve injury prevention, reduce costs, and help retain professionals in Massachusetts. The committee also took extensive testimony on end-of-life options legislation. Supporters included legislators, physicians, hospice volunteers, clergy, patients’ family members, and advocacy groups, who described the bills as allowing terminally ill, mentally capable adults to choose a peaceful death with strict safeguards and self-administration requirements. They emphasized personal stories of suffering, public support, and the claim that other states have not seen abuse. Opponents, including faith-based, disability-rights, and family policy representatives, argued the bills amount to physician-assisted suicide, could pressure vulnerable people, and may be influenced by prognosis errors, coercion, or financial incentives. No votes or final committee actions were taken during the hearing.

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• You know, Senator Hoffman, your youngsters are getting out of control. Well, thanks, Mr. Chair.
• You know, Senator Hoffman, your youngsters are getting out of control. Well, thanks, Mr. Chair.
• um well thanks Mr chair it's control um well thanks Mr chair it's good<00:10:20.600> to<00:10
• we have the healthcare entities we have the healthcare administration<00:48:06.280> um<00:48:
• did a control group and could really tease out the actual direct impact of an intervention.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Summary: The committee convened for an opening discussion of the 2025 Human Services session, with members emphasizing bipartisan collaboration, the committee’s mission to strengthen support systems for Minnesotans, and a focus on helping vulnerable people thrive. The chair and members welcomed new and returning senators and staff, including new pages and interim committee administration, and several members briefly introduced themselves and their backgrounds in public service and human services work. Members identified the main issues they expect to address this session: workforce shortages in human services professions, long-term care, program integrity, and efforts to limit waste, fraud, and abuse so funding reaches people who need it most. The chair also previewed upcoming hearings on eligibility and redeterminations for people with disabilities, MnCHOICES reassessments, assisted living and provider payment delays, and updates on direct care and treatment, noting that more detailed discussion would come in later meetings. The committee then received a budget overview from fiscal analyst Kyle Raymond. He explained the combined Health and Human Services budget area, noted jurisdiction changes tied to the creation of the Department of Children, Youth, and Families and the planned separation of Direct Care and Treatment, and said some figures may differ from the November forecast because of those shifts. He outlined the major funding sources for the budget area, including federal funds and the general fund, and said the presentation would focus on the fiscal year 2026-2027 budget the legislature will be considering.

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• It just allows our voters to decide for themselves if more locally controlled revenue is necessary to
• It just allows our voters to decide for themselves if more locally controlled revenue is necessary to
• It simply gives local communities control to decide for themselves whether to raise needed revenue.
• It does not eliminate tax sharing agreements or local control.
• SB 1014 does not take away any local control.

Summary: The Assembly Local Government Committee heard a long agenda of local government, housing, transportation, and public safety bills. Early items included SB 762, which would give certain local governments a voter-approved path to seek additional local sales tax authority to address fiscal pressures; SB 1400, which would modernize Alameda Health System governance and give Alameda County more flexibility and oversight; and SB 1408, which would authorize Contra Costa County to place a renewal of its transportation sales tax on the ballot. Supporters for those bills included local officials, county representatives, labor groups, fire and police organizations, and transit advocates, while no organized opposition was presented on those measures in committee. The committee also heard SB 1272, which would give homeowners more time to correct certain inherited code violations and allow an affidavit process for buyers who did not know about the violation at purchase. The bill drew support from the California Apartment Association and opposition from code enforcement and county groups, who argued it would reduce local enforcement discretion and create health and safety risks. After questions about disclosure and enforcement, the committee approved SB 1272 as amended and re-referred it to Appropriations. SB 1055, dealing with procurement flexibility for Pajaro flood control and levee repairs, also passed as amended and was sent to Appropriations. Later, the committee approved SB 1379, which would separate the Riverside County Sheriff-Coroner and create an independent medical examiner system. The author and supporters argued the change was needed for transparency and independence in in-custody death investigations, while opponents raised labor, cost, and governance concerns; some opposition was softened after the author agreed to employee-protection amendments. The committee also passed SB 1172, limiting consultant compensation and adding transparency rules for local tax-sharing agreements, and several housing bills from Senator Grayson: SB 1003 on pro-housing infrastructure financing districts, SB 1014 on early disclosure of infrastructure requirements for housing projects, and SB 1169 on extending tentative vesting map validity. The committee took votes on consent items and later add-ons, with most measures passing on bipartisan or unanimous votes and several being re-referred to Appropriations or Housing and Community Development as appropriate.

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• 39.760> entity<00:03:40.159> to<00:03:40.400> receive basically a pseudo entity
• longer the same entity that was created<00:03:49.360> there.
• It has local control. Cities and counties may create a land bank by resolution.
• It is a public-purpose entity focused on property stewardship, not a new regulator.
• There are private minting entity.

Keywords: Finance - Room 216, 3 February, 2026; 10:30 AM, 925, all

Summary: The committee first considered Senate Bill 2191, which would expand the allowable uses of municipal use tax funds. The bill would add sidewalks to the list of eligible projects and remove remaining restrictive language that limited use tax spending to roads and bridges. A senator asked for confirmation that the funds would be limited to publicly owned property of the local government, and the sponsor confirmed that was the intent. The committee approved the bill and reported it out. The committee then took up Senate Bill 2257, the Mississippi Land Bank Act, which would create a local land bank tool for cities and counties to acquire, manage, and return vacant, abandoned, and tax-forfeited properties to productive use. The sponsor said the bill is intended to help address blight, especially properties held at the Secretary of State’s office, and emphasized that land banks would be locally created, subject to public accountability requirements, and barred from using eminent domain. The committee adopted the bill and reported it out. Members also discussed Senate Bill 2828, a committee substitute that would impose a fee on international wire transfers, with a credit available to Mississippi income taxpayers. The sponsor said half of the revenue would go to DPS for 287(g) programs and half to the general fund. An amendment was adopted to exempt certain transactions funded through U.S.-issued debit or credit cards or withdrawn from federally insured accounts. The committee adopted the substitute and reported the bill out. Later bills included SB 2863, creating a Jackson County industrial zone exempt from municipal annexation, and SB 2862, a related annexation measure brought forward with a reverse repealer; both were advanced after brief discussion. The committee also approved SB 2909, which lowers the unreduced retirement threshold in Tier 5 from 35 years to 30 years, and SB 2885, the Mississippi Work and Save program, a voluntary state-treasurer-run retirement savings option for small employers and employees. Throughout, the committee generally asked limited clarifying questions and then voted to adopt committee substitutes and report the bills out.

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• calculations, based on data we got from the county auditor-controller's web, some county auditor-controller
• million did not count toward a $280 million vehicle license fee swap obligation, the county auditor-controller
• Various living and community spaces, including some controlled outdoor spaces as well.
• And item six relates to elimination of vacant positions pursuant to Control Section 4.12 of the 2025
• And that leads me to a question because we have GoBiz and other entities that come before us that have

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• THERE'S A TWO PART PROBLEM HERE IT IS JURISDICTION OF WHO CONTROLS AND HAS AUTHORITY AND PURVIEW OVER
• FOLLOW UP. >> Chair: YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >> WHAT IS THE JURISDICTION OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO CONTROL
• WE ARE MANDATING AND USURPING LOCAL CONTROL IN THIS BILL.
• WE ARE REQUIRING THESE RELOCATIONS OF AND USURPING LOCAL CONTROL IN THIS BILL.
• WE SHOULD BE WORKING TO STRENGTHEN TRUST IN THESE ENTITIES NOT ERODE IT.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• It's like we're believing three entities and not one.
• I saw entities come, but these mysterious teachers, what grade, what school, what class?
• Would one entity, for some odd and strange reason, pointed out it's not true for what that bill does.
• Would one entity, for some odd and strange reason, pointed out it's not true for what that bill does.
• But you would agree that the Supreme Court is the best entity to capture all of this data.

Bills: SCR59, SCR70, HR275, HR279, HR282, HR289, HR307, HCR112, SCR61, SCR62, SCR64, SB121, HR310, HR314, HR316, HR317, HR321, HCR117, SCR5, SCR29, SCR33, SCR37, SCR63, SCR30, SCR40, SCR65, HCR3, HCR49, HCR66, HCR67, HB54, HB137, HB321, HB368, HB386, HB414, HB431, HB552, HB555, HB578, HB590, HB593, HB618, HB638, HB670, HB692, HB707, HB708, HB715, HB718, HB732, HB741, HB748, HB776, HB796, HB807, HB822, HB848, HB856, HB887, HB888, HB917, HB921, HB1082, HB1243, HB1246, HB1, HB2, HB42, HB45, HB71, HB79, HB126, HB133, HB159, HB213, HB218, HB222, HB289, HB291, HB312, HB313, HB324, HB352, HB383, HB398, HB403, HB429, HB457, HB459, HB549, HB571, HB579, HB591, HB608, HB616, HB624, HB766, HB769, HB783, HB804, HB864, HB874, HB909, HB951, HB971, HB983, HB1005, HB1017, HB1051, HB1056, HB1126, HB1186, HB1193, HB1223, HB1224, HB1235, HB1249, SB259, SB295, SB312, SB348, SB444, SB485, SB441, SB149, HB359, SB29, SB43, SB78, HB463, HB998, SB197, SB268, SB123, SB276, SB326, SB80, HB901, HR20, HR74, HCR65, HCR71, HCR98, HB284, HB306, HB341, HB366, HB393, HB458, HB577, HB603, HB605, HB614, HB625, HB646, HB733, HB752, HB773, HB798, HB911, HB955, HB996, HB1035, HB1069, HB1113, HB1140, HB1180, HB1191, HB1240, HB1255, SB82, SB89, SB97, SB479, HB74, HB119, HB134, HB210, HB258, HB468, HB784, HB870, HB953, HB956, HB1117, HB1236, SB42, SB208, SB217, SB274, SB300, SB341, SB379, SB382, SB387, SB401, SB449, SB487

Keywords: Major Richard Star Act, veterans, military retirement, disability compensation, VA benefits, combat-wounded, medically retired, military retirees, service members, veterans benefits, Department of Veterans Affairs, Department of Defense, concurrent receipt, retirement offset, combat-related disability, bipartisan support, memorial resolution, Congressional memorial, Louisiana delegation, Richard Star