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• Uh, certainly you have Abilene Christian University, which is moving forward with a research test reactor
• Uh, you have, uh, the Texas A&M Reis, uh, campus that is looking at a test bed for, for advanced reactors

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• Barclay for the before test. Mr. Barclay, please state your name and who you represent.
• There are test cases coming up around the state. Do you remember where? Abilene, Texas A&M.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• The builder has to pass the building code test to build houses.
• When testing plywood by blowing it at 160 mph inside a wind tunnel, they say that the plywood with the

Bills: HB324, HB252, SB80, HB241

Keywords: sheriffs, term of office, Alabama law, local government, election, residential construction, architectural approval, engineering approval, home building, single family residences, 1136, house, all

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• Also, so that's going to also be the banning test there, but... ...to also be the banning test there.

Bills: HB287, HB280, HB57, HB252, HB286, SB36, HB287, HB280, HB57, HB252, HB286, SB36

Keywords: law enforcement, transparency, reporting, public safety, regulation, accountability, public nuisance, event liability, local government, community health, legal action, education, property acquisition, municipality, land use, annexation, competitive bidding, procurement, disclosure statements, state contracts

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• If they take portions of the GED test and they don't pass... ...portions of the GED test they don't pass

Bills: SB140, HB102, SB133, SB34

Keywords: Coach Safely Act, youth athletics, noncompliance penalties, Department of Public Health, youth athlete, dual enrollment, high school, community college, university, educational access, high school credit, violence prevention, conflict resolution, mediation, public education, high school graduation, 1136, house, all

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• Women with dense breasts often get a breast MRI, which would be the most definitive test to determine
• happy to put it on record, and if you want to submit copies online or whatever. the most definitive um test
• to determine the most definitive um test to determine if<01:30:03.480> they<01:30:03.679>

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• investigations based on information reported to us by 505 the public, the compliance is a two part test
• . 506 the public, the compliance is a two part test. 507 So our investigation focuses on two questions
• Who's out there that is actually failing this test?
• that is actually failing this test?
• We use a hypothesis-testing framework for our analysis.

Summary: The Senate Committee on Business and Commerce held its first interim hearing on securing critical infrastructure and supply chain integrity, with a focus on Texas’s electric grid and the Lone Star Infrastructure Protection Act. The chair also highlighted Texas’s relatively low electricity prices and welcomed new committee members. ERCOT, the Public Utility Commission (PUC), and the Attorney General’s office were invited to explain how the state screens market participants and grid equipment for ties to China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea, and how the agencies respond to noncompliance. ERCOT testified that it has implemented the requirements of three related Senate bills by requiring attestations on corporate affiliations and on critical grid equipment and services. ERCOT said it has processed thousands of attestations, used additional requests for information and third-party verification tools such as Dun & Bradstreet, and terminated nonresponsive market participants. ERCOT also said it has not seen a case requiring direct Attorney General involvement, but it does refer matters to the PUC when needed. The PUC said it can investigate suspected violations and impose penalties of up to $1 million per violation per day, and that most investigations into late or missing attestations have been resolved through compliance, market exit, or removal by ERCOT. The Attorney General’s office said its role is currently limited to audits and court involvement, and that it lacks broad independent investigatory authority under the act. Members pressed the panel on whether the current system is too reliant on self-reporting and whether it adequately addresses indirect foreign influence, especially through supply chains for batteries, inverters, transformers, and other equipment with routable connectivity. ERCOT acknowledged that the current attestation process has gaps and said it plans to refine definitions of critical grid equipment and grid services, improve information requests, and continue stakeholder rulemaking. The panel also discussed possible legislative changes, including tying prohibitions to the Department of Defense Section 1260H list and the Texas Prohibited Technologies list, clarifying warranty and service access, and expanding the statute to cover grid services more directly. Several senators raised concerns about cost, reliability, and the extent to which foreign-sourced components remain embedded in Texas infrastructure, while others suggested incentives for domestic manufacturing and stronger verification tools, including possible work with national labs such as Sandia.

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• enable individuals with a master's degree in veterinary clinical care to perform certain veterinary tests
• We don't require private schools to give the assessment test that we require in public schools.
• In the lab, we look for a different outcome, especially if we're trying to constantly test something,
• In 2026, we have over 110 confirmed cases with tests still pending, and it's only March.
• I know many people who have been injured, and there are DNA factors that should be tested for in order

Bills: S0036, S0620, S0796, S0934, S1080, S1096, S1366, S1536, S1548, S1580, S1588, S1620, S1756, S7034, S7044

Keywords: nursing title, advanced practice registered nurse, advertising, professional standards, disciplinary action, candidate qualifying, federal office, election integrity, regulatory compliance, political candidacy, veterinary medicine, telehealth, veterinary professional associate, animal health, public safety, access to veterinary services, payment bond exemption, Habitat for Humanity, Florida Forever Act, land acquisition

Summary: The committee first took up SB 354, the “Blue Ribbon Projects” bill, which creates a framework for large planned communities on at least 15,000 contiguous acres with 60% reserved area and a streamlined local review process. Senator McLean presented the bill and a strike-all amendment, and members raised concerns about local control, conservation enforceability, data centers, concurrency, multi-county projects, and whether reserve lands could later be converted. Audubon Florida and 1,000 Friends of Florida opposed the bill, arguing the conservation protections were not permanent enough and that the reserve areas could be changed later; small-county representatives also worried about tax-base impacts. Supporters argued the bill would better manage growth, preserve green space, and provide a more orderly alternative to sprawl. After debate, the committee voted to report the bill favorably. The committee then approved SB 620 on candidate qualifying, which requires candidates for federal, state, county, district, judiciary, school, and school board offices to disclose any non-U.S. citizenship. Amendments added disclosure about whether federal candidates intend to trade stock if elected and adjusted 2026 congressional qualifying procedures in the event of redistricting, including a new qualifying window and petition rules. The bill was reported favorably after brief support from a member of the public and discussion about candidate vetting. The committee also reported favorably CS/CS/CS/SB 1452, a Department of Financial Services bill with amendments addressing My Safe Florida Home notices, condo pilot eligibility, firefighter hiring, unclaimed property, and related financial-services provisions. Next, the committee approved CS/CS/SB 1620, a school board members’ bill of rights. A substitute amendment narrowed the bill to access to records, fiscal transparency, and nondisclosure agreements, while preserving board members’ rights to timely documents, budget information, and public comment, and setting deadlines for records requests. Superintendents and a school board member testified in support, saying the bill clarifies roles and prevents board members from being frozen out. The committee also passed CS/HB 245, which replaces the term “child pornography” with “child sexual abuse material”; one senator supported the terminology change but warned about preserving legal precedent and avoiding appellate issues. The committee then reported favorably SB 1548, an update to the Live Local affordable housing law expanding eligible sites and clarifying setbacks, airport proximity, and fair-housing protections. Finally, the committee took up the veterinary medicine bill creating veterinary professional associates. The bill allows trained master’s-level VPAs to perform limited veterinary services under a veterinarian’s supervision, and an amendment tightened the standard to immediate supervision on premises. Supporters said the measure would expand access to care, especially in rural areas with vet shortages, while opponents argued it added unnecessary regulation. After testimony from veterinary educators and others, the bill continued with support expressed by committee members, including praise for the direct-supervision amendment.

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• <00:47:00.560> bed to position Hawaii as a global test bed to position Hawaii as a global
• test bed for<00:47:01.119> ocean<00:47:01.440> innovation.
• <01:22:33.360> testifier Mason, the previous test testifier Mason, the previous test testifier
• With this, breeders expend costs for genetic and health testing.
• Um we expend large health testing.

Bills: SB2709, SB3154

Keywords: biosecurity, Department of Agriculture, quarantine, Akamai Arrival Program, importation regulations, pests control, plant health, animal health, compliance mechanisms, environmental review, transportation projects, NEPA, state sovereignty, federal compliance, streamlining, Hawaii Department of Transportation, 912, senate, all

Summary: The hearing began with SB 2709, which would require the Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity to establish rules to enforce the Okami arrival program and strengthen quarantine enforcement for plants, non-domestic animals, and microorganisms. The Department of Land and Natural Resources and the Hawaii Invasive Species Council supported the bill, as did DAB, saying it would improve biosecurity and make some provisions mandatory rather than optional. Alaska/Hawaiian Airlines supported the goal but raised concerns about language changing inspections from “may” to “shall” for aircraft, warning of possible federal preemption and operational conflicts unless the bill is clarified to align with federal aviation safety, security, and operational requirements. Committee members questioned DAB about inspection timing, scope, and compliance; DAB said the measure is intended to increase enforcement, improve form completion rates toward a 90% goal, and expand beyond airlines to other entry modes, while also noting plans to restore detector dog use and improve software/AI tools for processing forms. Decision-making on SB 2709 was deferred to February 17 at 3:02 p.m. in Room CR229. The committees then took up SB 3154, an administration measure authorizing the Department of Transportation to assume certain National Environmental Policy Act responsibilities for highway, rail, public transportation, and multimodal projects, with the aim of streamlining environmental review. DOT supported the bill and explained that it would allow the department to work directly with federal resource agencies such as U.S. Fish and Wildlife and SHPO rather than routing everything through federal highways. After brief discussion, the Committee on Transportation voted to pass SB 3154 with technical amendments, and the AEN committee followed with the same recommendation; the measure was adopted with five votes in favor. A later portion of the transcript shifted to SB 2374 on the blue economy. DBED said it supported the concept but noted that it already sits on many working groups and would need resources if a new working group is created. DBED suggested the committee could instead request research through a letter or memo, and said agencies including ADC, HTDC, and Agriculture had already begun internal discussions. Testimony in support came from IMUA Alliance, Hawaii Food Policy, and others, emphasizing the potential for blue economy ventures to support survivors, align with climate and cultural goals, and create economic opportunity. No final vote on SB 2374 appears in the excerpt.

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• Who is stress testing the contract?
• Who is stress testing the contract?
• Who is stress testing the contract?
• Who is stress testing the contract?
• Who is stress testing the contract?

Keywords: 912, senate, all

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• Just testing that you can hear me. Okay. We can hear you loud and clear. Thank you, Commissioner.
• reduce or eliminate the use of mercury-containing skin lightening creams through outreach, product testing
• , lab analysis, and local product testing, lab analysis, and local and<00:12:41.040> online<00
• the IIJA, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, to be distributed for PFAS planning, pilot testing
• the IIJA, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, to be distributed for PFAS planning, pilot testing

Bills: HF1587, HF2293, HF2218, HF1208, HF1482

Keywords: HF1587, Cass County, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, DNR, condemnation, eminent domain, state land, surplus land, public waters, tribal land transfer, federally recognized Indian Tribe, tribal ownership, land conveyance, no consideration, land appropriation, natural resources, U.S. Highway 2, Section 27 Township 145 North Range 28 West, land return, Tribal sovereignty

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• , to look at the compactness of the things I believe they always look at, they give it the eyeball test
• And I think that this really is a test of our...
• The intensity of this moment, and I think that this really is a test of our political character in the
• You know, as I think Senator Jenkins mentioned, it passes the eyeball test.
• In New Orleans, up to 88% of homes tested have detectable lead in their water.

Bills: SB116, SB121, SB130, SB407

Keywords: redistricting, congressional districts, Louisiana, 2020 census, elections, precincts, voting, election, political representation, 2026 precincts, demographics, Louisiana congressional map, U.S. House, election districts, precinct shapefiles, Voting Districts, VTD, 2020 Census, 2026 Precinct Shapefiles, apportionment

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• It's giving me an extra night to study for my economics test, so I appreciate that.
• It's giving me an extra night to study for my economics test, so I appreciate that.
• They're drowning, and now we're going to add a swim test.
• There's obviously no test. ...see and you'll fix it. There are no more committees for this.
• People who, after being provided insulin and without having eaten, are still testing in the 300s, and

Summary: The Appropriations Committee considered a large agenda of bills and reported several measures favorably. Early action included SB 6, a settled claim bill involving the Department of Children and Families and a trust for Leila Estrada and Sapphire Williams, and CS/CS/SB 1266, which creates a cybersecurity experiential learning and clearance-readiness program through the Department of Commerce and Cyber Florida. The committee also approved SB 532 on clerks of court funding, allowing clerks to retain all excess Article V revenue rather than returning half to the state and clarifying foreclosure sale procedures. In addition, the committee passed CS/CS/SB 1602 and CS/CS/SB 1604 to create and fund a pilot housing program for veterans through the Florida Housing Finance Corporation, and CS/SB 1110 to expand Medicaid and private insurance coverage for medically necessary orthotics and prosthetics, including testimony from affected families and advocates. The committee also adopted an amendment and then favorably reported CS/CS/SB 1012 on inmate services, removing the bill’s medical-services compensation provisions while retaining changes to the inmate welfare trust fund and related facility uses. It also adopted a delete-all amendment and then favorably reported CS/CS/CS/SB 1614, which was narrowed to remove a provision allowing local governments to use excess fees to construct new buildings. The committee spent substantial time on CS/SB 17, a Medicaid oversight and transparency bill. The sponsor said the measure would create a joint legislative Medicaid oversight committee, authorize the Legislature to retain its own actuary, modernize Medicaid statutes, strengthen managed-care performance standards, and increase accountability for pharmacy benefit managers and related entities. After amendment, the committee adopted changes removing several PBM-related provisions while retaining the broader oversight framework. Testimony from supporters emphasized transparency, fraud prevention, and cost control, while a PBM trade association asked to continue working on affiliate-manufacturer, network, and payment issues. The bill was reported favorably. The most extensive discussion centered on CS/SB 1758, which proposes major changes to Medicaid and SNAP. The sponsor described five reforms: stronger fraud and overpayment recovery authority, a Medicaid work requirement for certain able-bodied adults, expanded behavioral-health services through Medicaid waivers, pharmacy-program changes to obtain rebates and reduce institutional costs, and SNAP/EBT reforms including photo IDs and work requirements. The committee adopted two amendments: one adding a transitional “glide path” for people who gain employment but risk losing Medicaid, and another exempting hospice patients with six months or less to live. Supporters argued the bill would reduce fraud, improve accountability, and encourage work, while opponents warned it would increase administrative burdens, push eligible people off coverage, and conflict with federal law or guidance. The bill remained under debate with extensive public testimony from advocates, providers, and affected families, and the transcript ends before final disposition on the measure.

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• Testing. There we go. Thank you. Ms. Gervin-Hopkins, you're recognized for brief comments.
• The decision says that Section 2's effects test doesn't require these districts, but there's nothing
• As noted, the Peddoway results test held that the results test of Section 2 doesn't require jurisdictions
• made this point where it's saying, look, whatever Section 2 requires you to draw, the effects-based test
• This doesn't pass the smell test.

Keywords: 997, house, all

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• Um, the Department of Health does have the ability to drill more wells and test the line can move over
• Um, the Department of Health does have the ability to drill more wells and test the line can move over
• Um, the Department of Health does have the ability to drill more wells and test the line can move over
• Um, the Department of Health does have the ability to drill more wells and test the line can move over
• Representative Quinnlan: The Department of Health does have the ability to drill more wells and test

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• Um, they are to test it in waters on the East Coast, which I feel is not conducive to our Hawaii oceans
• So far, they've only been tested in very calm conditions and not in our waters and still unsuccessfully
• So far, they've only been tested wrong.
• So far, they've only been tested in<03:58:05.040> very<03:58:05.439> calm<03:58:05.920>
• regarding um, testing strips of drugs. regarding um, testing strips of drugs.

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• Currently, New Hampshire has only 37 tests for newborn screening. It'll be up to 40.
• They're going to be testing 650 to 700 genetic genomes for rare conditions.
• <02:08:08.440> whether therapies to be able to test whether therapies to be able to test whether
• It could open the doors to drugs that have not completed rigorous testing.
• Frankly, it completed rigorous testing.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• information regarding medical testing information regarding medical testing and<02:08:40.560>
• It could be a way to communicate with your provider, or test results, things like that.
• or test results, things like that.<02:14:25.679> Um,<02:14:26.000> but<02:14:26.320>
• So parents should be able to be on the portal to read what testing, the results of the tests, and so
• what testing the results of the tests what testing the results of the tests and<02:18:58.319>

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• As far as pre-hire psychological testing, we do not have any.
• As far as pre-hire psychological testing, we do not have any.
• As far as pre-hire psychological testing, we do not have any.
• As far as pre-hire psychological testing, we do not have any.
• Our misconduct is testing, um we do not have any. Um testing, um we do not have any.

Bills: HB60

Keywords: geoengineering, weather modification, environmental safety, atmospheric pollutants, criminal pollution, Meeting Start: 00:00:02 Roll Call: 00:00:08 26 RS HB 60 - AN ACT relating to geoengineering: 00:01:35 Department of Corrections Update: 00:32:59 Kentucky Parole Board Update: 01:19:21, 958, all

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• what those fundings would be used for, and but I will turn it over in our precious 5 minutes to my test
• 14.680> my over for in our precious 5 minutes to my over for in our precious 5 minutes to my test
• <00:20:15.880> Welcome,<00:20:16.120> please<00:20:16.320> identify test bears
• Welcome, please identify test bears.
• framework creates a way to kind of test framework creates a way to kind of test some<01:24:29.360

Bills: HF4470, HF2418, HF3417, HF3365, HF3463

Keywords: HF4470, Melissa Hortman, memorial, statue, memorial garden, State Office Building, Capitol Mall Design Framework, capital investment, appropriation, Capitol Area Architectural and Planning Board, Department of Administration, public art, commemorative monument, landscaping, artist selection, family consultation, Minnesota legislature, state building site, capital appropriation, political subdivisions