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• This is a replacement for H.R. 23, so RS 33797. We simply added and changed a few words here.

Summary: The Ways and Means Committee met briefly and first approved the minutes from March 17 and March 19 without objection. The only substantive item was RS 33797, presented by Representative Dygert as a replacement for H.R. 23. He explained that the proposal made minor wording changes, including replacing “doors” with “entrances” and clarifying language about members remaining at their floor desks while the House is under call unless the presiding officer puts the House at ease. Representative Crane moved to introduce RS 33797 and recommend it be sent to the Second Reading Calendar. The committee had no questions or debate, and the motion passed by voice vote. The meeting then adjourned.

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• And some of these, sometimes what is construction and what is maintenance and replacing of doors is sometimes

Summary: The committee met to consider a waiver request related to Jackson County School District Superintendent Chester Shannon’s construction project in Tuckerman, Arkansas. Shannon explained that while the district was in the middle of construction, it received grants and was able to complete additional work, including some items that could be interpreted as maintenance rather than construction. He said the change orders allowed the district to make needed improvements at a reduced cost and that he wanted board approval to ensure he was covered by the waiver. Members asked no substantive questions beyond acknowledging the inconvenience of Shannon having to return to present the request again after a prior approval of a different amount. Representative Eaves apologized for the need for the second appearance, noting there was no procedure to handle the change without the superintendent’s testimony. A motion was made by Senator Rice and seconded by Mr. Speaker to approve the waiver request, and the motion passed by voice vote. In other business, Marty Garrity, Director of the Bureau of Legislative Research, reported that the Bureau’s independent biennial audit had no findings. Members congratulated the Bureau on the result, and the meeting adjourned after no further business.

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• So the you replaced line 60 through 61 and you that replaced line 60 through 61 and you that replaced
• and then with that was already in there and then with that was already in there and then with the replacement
• and I think it's similar the replacement and I think it's similar the replacement and I think it's similar
• This le legislation is an effort to replace put guard rails on a current to replace put guard rails on
• And this amendment uh replaces language in the amendment uh replaces language in the amendment uh replaces

Bills: SB 1, HB 500, SB 1, HB 1400, HB 1094, HB 365, HB 1109, HB 647, HB 500

Keywords: appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, state budget, mental health funding, education funding, infrastructure improvements, public safety, groundwater, water conservation, financial assistance, Texas Water Development Board, innovation fund, local conservation districts, transportation protection agreement, funeral services, insurance exemption

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• Basically, in executive sessions, because there's really no need to replace yourself for a day just at
• Otherwise, they cannot assign any replacements. efficient Bill files do not leave the efficient Bill
• policy if you can't make it replacement policy if you can't make it to<02:32:15.800><c> a</c><02:32:
• </c> there's really no need to replace there's really no need to replace yourself<02:32:24.479><c> for
• all right let's touch on Replacements all right let's touch on public<02:32:41.120><c> hearings</c><

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The Transportation Committee met for an opening/orientation session in which members introduced themselves and explained their interest in the committee. Several members noted backgrounds in trucking, piloting, boating, motorcycles, road safety, or constituent concerns about transportation issues. The chair also noted several absent members and said the committee would first hear agency presentations before covering committee procedures. The Department of Safety gave the main presentation, outlining its seven divisions and how they relate to transportation policy and the Highway Fund. The assistant commissioner emphasized that Highway Fund revenue supports both the Department of Transportation and the Department of Safety, with collections coming largely from the road toll/gas tax, DMV fees, and the new electric vehicle surcharge. He also noted that 12% of Highway Fund revenues go to local road repair through the DOT Betterment Fund, and warned that the fund has had a structural deficit for several biennia, requiring General Fund transfers that may be uncertain this session. He said the department aims to provide data and fiscal context on legislation and fiscal notes. State Police then provided a detailed overview of its structure and operations, including the Operations Bureau, Investigative Services Bureau, and Justice Information Bureau. Testimony highlighted Troop G’s role in vehicle inspections, commercial motor vehicle enforcement, fraud investigations, and consumer complaint handling, as well as statewide staffing shortages. The division reported rising calls for service, motor vehicle stops, DWI arrests, and other arrests despite a vacancy rate of about 17%. It also described aviation, K-9, bomb squad, special events response, SWAT, narcotics, major crime, forensic laboratory, and other specialized units, with statistics on drug seizures, investigations, and lab workload. No votes or formal committee actions were taken during this portion of the meeting.

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• This bill updates current statutes with modern times, replacing television screen with display of electronic

Keywords: 1183, house

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• to get some grants, and some of these—sometimes what is construction and what is maintenance and replacing

Keywords: 1204, all

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• Act 743, for unemployment, workers' comp, and Arkansas Minimum Wage and Hour Act purposes, replaces the
• This was primarily a result of the Access Act and replaces the previous Arkansas Concurrent Challenge
• So this was primarily a result of the Access Act and replaces the previous Arkansas Concurrent Challenge
• Just for clarity, this replaces the challenge scholarship? It replaces the concurrent challenge.

Keywords: 1204, all

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• The crude is going down, and that is being replaced with import gasoline, as well as jet fuel.
• But bringing in 200,000 gallons of gas is replacing two Benicias.
• so, you know, we try to figure out, you know, if given how much revenue you might collect, if you replace
• 10% of the fuel through this... ...given how much revenue you might collect if you replace 10% of the
• So it's a material benefit, and it would also have funded the replacement of a large number of old cars

Summary: The Senate Committee on Energy, Utilities and Communications held an oversight hearing on managing the transportation fuels transition, fuel pricing, and supply reliability. Chair Allen opened by discussing prior legislation, including SB 1322 and special session measures, that expanded reporting to the California Energy Commission (CEC) and gave the state tools to study gasoline costs, refinery margins, inventories, and potential supply disruptions. He framed the hearing around refinery closures, rising imports, global conflict affecting crude markets, and the need to balance affordability, reliability, and the state’s long-term clean-fuels transition. CEC Vice Chair Siva Gunda, CDTFA Chief Deputy Director Gentian Droboniku, and DPMO Director Ty Miller presented data showing California’s growing dependence on imported crude and refined products, declining in-state refining capacity, and stable-to-tight inventories that are being supported by higher imports. They said the new transparency laws have improved understanding of the market and pointed to the proposed Gateway Pipeline, marine imports, and distribution constraints as important supply issues. CDTFA and DPMO emphasized that retail margins, especially for branded gasoline, have widened significantly, with large price gaps between branded stations and hypermarts/unbranded stations, and that some of the recent price increases were tied to the Iran conflict while earlier spikes were more consistent with localized market behavior and possible price gouging. DPMO also said it is investigating high-priced branded stations, monitoring algorithmic pricing under AB 325, and continuing to analyze diesel spot-market transparency. The CEC and CARB also discussed the Transportation Fuels Transition Plan and the SB 237 assessment, describing them as efforts to plan for a managed decline in fossil fuel demand while protecting workers, communities, and consumers. They said California’s climate goals remain centered on an 85% greenhouse gas reduction by 2045, with continued use of liquid fuels expected but with lower-carbon alternatives, more efficient vehicles, and alternative fuels playing a larger role. Committee members focused heavily on workforce impacts, the need for concrete transition planning, and whether the agencies could provide a clearer picture of what California’s fuel system will look like under the state’s long-term goals. No votes or formal actions were taken during the hearing.

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• One of the systems that is being replaced in here is the Maxis system, the yellow screen blinking cursor
• </c><00:15:39.680><c> is</c><00:15:39.920><c> being</c><00:15:40.480><c> um</c><00:15:40.720><c> replaced
• </c><00:15:41.120><c> in</c> the systems that is being um replaced in the systems that is being um replaced
• > she</c> It was outdated 26 years ago when she retired from Stearns County, and it has not been replaced

Keywords: 1183, house

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• so far has been that people are very interested in implementing AI, but they're not interested in replacing
• noise, meaning, Efficiencies are what we consider to be in the noise, meaning we wouldn't actually replace
• Some of that fuel can actually be a backstop or replacement to HALEU in our powerhouses.
• And someone at fuel can actually be a backstop or replacement to HALU.
• And some of that fuel can actually be a backstop or replacement to HALU in our powerhouses.

Summary: The committee met to hear a series of presentations on advanced nuclear economics, workforce, community impacts, and financing. Nucleon Energy’s William Bridge presented a report estimating the economic impacts of hypothetical 200-megawatt and 600-megawatt SMRs, including construction and operating jobs, local spending, tax revenue, and the private-sector conditions needed to attract investment. He said the report used nth-of-a-kind cost assumptions, discussed security and water siting considerations, and argued that early community engagement and permitting work should be timed to when projects are closer to being economic. Committee members questioned cost assumptions, security staffing, transmission and water siting, and whether large reactors or SMRs are more likely to be financed in the near term. Lori Brady of the Nuclear Energy Institute then outlined national nuclear workforce needs and NEI’s strategic workforce planning. She described declining labor-force demographics, the need for hundreds of thousands of new energy workers by 2050, and six workforce priorities: career awareness, pipelines, training and qualification, policy support, retention, and non-traditional pipelines. She highlighted the Nuclear Works career website, the Nuclear Energy Academic Roadmap, the new federal Energy and Natural Resources career cluster, and the Nuclear Uniform Curriculum Program for community colleges. Members asked about AI, robotics, and when training should begin relative to future plant construction; Brady said AI is not expected to replace workers broadly and that training timelines depend on the specific project and staffing plan. Red Wing, Minnesota Mayor Gary Yako described hosting the Prairie Island nuclear generating facility. He said the plant provides a large share of the city’s property tax base, supports well-paid jobs, contributes to local emergency preparedness, and is a strong community partner through donations and employee involvement. He said the city supports relicensing, has regular emergency drills, and has had no issues with dry cask storage. The committee also heard from NEI’s Benton Arnett, who reviewed the current financing landscape, including federal tax credits, DOE loan authority, offtake agreements, and the shift toward project developers and special-purpose vehicles. He said early projects face high first-of-a-kind costs, but federal support and long-term power purchase agreements are helping make projects financeable. Finally, DOE’s Julie Kazeraki described the Office of Energy Dominance Financing and its role in supporting new nuclear, restarts, uprates, and supply chain investments, emphasizing that federal loan and tax-credit tools are intended to reduce upfront risk and improve project affordability.

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• The Interstate Medical License Compact builds on that foundation rather than replacing it.
• And that's what we have to learn: that these are consumable items and they're not replaced.
• And bridge replacement is a priority on this list, and bridges are not cheap.
• And so they're going to wear out, and they're just going to have to be replaced.
• is a piece of infrastructure that does, in fact, wear out regularly and needs to be overhauled or replaced

Keywords: 996, all

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• As is currently required for Chapter 312, as well as the replacement chapter that Senator Schwartner
• authored to replace Chapter 313, the bill implements sensible time constraints on Chapter 380 and 381
• It also focuses on trying to replace many of our aging infrastructure pipelines and improving our water
• . ...plants, replacing some of the ones that are not working or are just about to go out to take care
• Region, which may differ somewhat, but some of the same water infrastructure replacement...

Bills: SJR12, SCR39, SB7, SB8, SB27, SB29, SB125, SB241, SB371, SB396, SB406, SB464, SB568, SB578, SB608, SB617, SB660, SB689, SB693, SB707, SB731, SB732, SB763, SB779, SB836, SB854, SB857, SB875, SB878, SB879, SB906, SB920, SB921, SB922, SB942, SB965, SB985, SB996, SB1029, SB1035, SB1036, SB1059, SB1084, SB1098, SB1101, SB1185, SB1188, SB1321, SB1332, SB1366, SB1388, SB1396, SB1453, SB1484, SB1494, SB1536, SB1563, SB1596, SB1610, SB1619, SB1737, SB1738, SB1741, SB1816, SB1822, SB1841, SB1939, SB2155, SB2188, SB2230, SJR36, SJR12, SJR81, SJR50, SCR22, SCR12, SCR39, SB765, SB62, SB666, SB888, SB687, SB847, SB1248, SB504, SB857, SB305, SB296, SB284, SB241, SB304, SB1023, SB204, SB609, SB670, SB850, SB854, SB413, SB1346, SB1033, SB1220, SB1073, SB810, SB1539, SB447, SB406, SB985, SB1119, SB1505, SB1215, SB1302, SB583, SB673, SB681, SB1172, SB608, SB955, SB957, SB1120, SB541, SB1737, SB266, SB1415, SB125, SB53, SB1352, SB785, SB1450, SB1502, SB1566, SB414, SB1062, SB578, SB711, SB746, SB942, SB1404, SB1448, SB1738, SB507, SB689, SB1026, SB1349, SB1355, SB1433, SB1434, SB1596, SB1403, SB763, SB667, SB1059, SB617, SB1567, SB310, SB311, SB505, SB1209, SB1210, SB1470, SB264, SB1029, SB1358, SB1364, SB1569, SB1376, SB1228, SB519, SB878, SB1350, SB462, SB827, SB1585, SB1396, SB920, SB1484, SB1273, SB1741, SB7, SB927, SB1227, SB1229, SB1353, SB1366, SB1464, SB1709, SB1729, SB1733, SB1744, SB1772, SB1816, SB1841, SB2188, SB1147, SB879, SB1008, SB1536, SB2016, SB1453, SB1173, SB1163, SB996, SB27, SB568, SB1370, SB1321, SB1101, SB906, SB860, SB1563, SB993, SB693, SB1610, SB1537, SB836, SB1332, SB1307, SB963, SB493, SB922, SB984, SB1084, SB619, SB1098, SB1122, SB455, SB522, SB1057, SB1239, SB1254, SB1255, SB1259, SB1341, SB1664, SB1877, SB464, SB1277, SB32, SB732, SB660, SB731, SB921, SB268, SB1822, SB1188, SB1939, SB1589, SB397, SB1388, SB2230, SB1058, SB1036, SB1267, SB2112, SB1930, SB532, SB1035, SB2155, SB508, SB29, SB292, SB291, SB901, SB1333, SB1436, SB1494, SB964, SB779, SB1378, SB2312, SB1719, SB1386, SB287, SB2143, SB1245, SB261, SB1247, SB1948, SB2406, SB2407, SB1882, SB1197, SB1814, SB618, SB38, SB393, SB2065, SB1371, SB1394, SB1365, SB2243, SB2226, SB2039, SB1919, SB1895, SB1598, SB1493, SB1810, SB1791, SB1706, SB1644, SB1238, SB783, SB458, SB22, SB651, SB897, SB7, SB125, SB578, SB608, SB617, SB763, SB836, SB878, SB906, SB920, SB942, SB985, SB1084, SB1366, SB1388, SB1563, SB1737, SB1738, SB1816, SB1939, SB406, SB689, SR327, SR346, SR351, SR352

Keywords: parental rights, education, constitutional amendment, school choice, child education, border security, southern border, federal immigration policy, illegal immigration, cartels, transnational cartels, fentanyl, drug trafficking, human trafficking, Operation Lone Star, Texas border, National Guard, state guard, border wall, border barriers

Transcript Highlights:

• I ask the unanimous consent of the Senate that the record show that all actions taken for replacing House
• loan fund, which provides low cost financial assistance to water systems to finance and repair and replacement
• I asked Nan's consented that the record show that all actions for replacing.
• The records show that all actions for replacing House Judiciary Committee substitute for House Bill 149
• emphasize this on the floor, the big concern that I initially had is that this somehow would be seen as replacing

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• development, consulting, customization, staff augmentation, and professional services for the ERP replacement
• When asked about the capital investment in the replacement, the witness said most of the investment would
• investment<00:20:50.559><c> in</c><00:20:50.799><c> the</c><00:20:51.159><c> the</c><00:20:51.720><c> replacement
• </c><00:20:52.720><c> what</c> investment in the the replacement what investment in the the replacement

Keywords: This meeting will take place upon adjournment of both chambers today. There is not an exact time, there for the live stream has been created with a place holder time of 4:00 PM est., 958, all

Summary: Chairman Hart called the meeting to order, confirmed a quorum, welcomed Representative Rachel Roarx, and the committee approved the February 11 minutes. The committee then moved through its agenda of PSC and related contract items, including a motion to consider the reviewed contracts without objection. One Department of Highways item was deferred when the virtual representatives were not yet available. The committee first took up Kentucky Housing Corporation contracts. Members questioned outside legal services for foreclosures and bankruptcies, why the work was not handled entirely in-house, and how much of the workload and cost it represented. Witnesses said the agency’s need was largely geographic rather than a lack of expertise, that less than 1% of the loan portfolio is referred out for foreclosures, and that many fees are reimbursable through FHA. Both Kentucky Housing Corporation items were approved. The committee then considered a Department for Community Based Services contract tied to a protest and a temporary renewal with PCG. Witnesses said the contract increase was needed to bridge the gap while the protest and RFP process were unresolved, and that the initial vendor received no funds. The committee approved the item, with Senator Douglas explaining his vote as a preference for straightforward answers. The committee also heard a Northern Kentucky University contract for a Workday ERP replacement, including implementation consulting and separate license fees. University officials explained the move from SAP to Workday, the complexity of the systems, and the need for a consulting partner; they said the total effort would span 10 years and that the contract was priced below comparable institutions. After extensive questioning about cost, budget, and value, the vote ended 4-4 and the chair noted the contract would move forward through the Finance Committee if no disapproval motion was made. Finally, the Office of Inspector General presented a contract for culture change training in nursing facilities funded by civil monetary penalties; witnesses said the goal was to improve staff satisfaction, communication, and resident outcomes, and that the CMP fund balance was about $38 million. Discussion also covered survey backlogs and CMS restrictions on the funds, with the item still under review as the transcript ended.

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• programs, but also some additional new kind of specialty programs to address. lead service line replacement
• IIJA funds that we've received for drinking water SRF both in our base program, lead service line replacement
• There's no corresponding lead service line replacement program. within the Clean Water SRF.
• Let's say in our drinking water SRF or our clean water SRF and if they need to replace aging infrastructure
• And so a lot of communities like Houston and others rely on those programs. to replace that infrastructure

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• My question would be: Would that equivalence for the internship be like classroom hours would replace
• internship be like classroom<00:09:33.200><c> hours</c><00:09:33.760><c> would</c><00:09:34.079><c> replace
• </c><00:09:34.839><c> the</c> classroom hours would replace the classroom hours would replace the current
• I understand you correctly, the equivalencies in the internship or the classroom hours would not replace

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The committee first took up House Bill 46, which would allow lottery winners of $1 million or more to remain anonymous. After brief discussion and a motion with a second, the committee approved the bill unanimously and sent it to the House floor. Members then heard House Bill 54, a workforce and education measure aimed at aligning dual credit and project-based learning with licensed construction trades and other high-demand careers. The sponsor and witness said the bill is intended to help students meet both education and on-the-job training requirements, address labor shortages, and speed entry into the trades. Several members raised concerns about possible abuse of internships, the need for input from unions and other trade groups, and the amount of authority left to the Department of Housing, Buildings and Construction to write regulations. The sponsor said the bill does not replace current hands-on training requirements and expressed willingness to continue discussions. The committee passed the bill, with some members explaining their votes as conditional or in hopes of further amendments. The committee also approved House Bill 261, which would let retired CPAs provide certain uncompensated services, such as nonprofit work, while retaining their CPA designation, and would create a retirement-based CPE waiver for those limited services. A question from Representative Donworth focused on how retired CPAs would disclose their status to nonprofits; the board representative said retired status is noted in board records, but there is currently no separate requirement governing use of the CPA designation. The bill passed. Finally, the committee considered House Bill 262, which would remove restrictions on small CPA firm names after an owner dies or retires. The sponsor said Kentucky is an outlier because current law requires the remaining owner to change the firm name. The bill passed unanimously. After that, the chair turned the gavel over to the vice chair and began presenting House Bill 306, which would change engineering education requirements for licensure, especially to help Eastern Kentucky University fire protection engineering technology graduates qualify for licensure in Kentucky rather than leaving the state. The sponsor and witnesses explained that the bill would not change the rest of the PE licensure pathway, only the education component, and said most other states already allow this route. Members noted that engineers may have concerns and encouraged continued discussions before the bill advances further.

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• One note that I would make is that the amendment that you're looking at here replaces section one in
• This is just how OS prints out the amendment; they don't replace the whole bill.
• section one in looking at here replaces section one in the<00:23:26.600><c> bill</c><00:23:26.880><c
• the whole bill um but this replace the whole bill um but this section<00:23:40.600><c> was</c><00:23
• The amendment changes the original bill, replacing some wording.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The Environment and Agriculture Committee opened by noting member absences and then reviewed the governor’s HB 2 trailer bill language creating a solid waste site evaluation committee. The chair explained that Finance would want the committee’s input on the proposal and also announced a temporary change to the committee’s schedule, with additional Wednesday meetings planned around school vacation. The committee then moved into a work session on several bills. On HB 150, Representative Ktoa offered a simple amendment changing food-processing language from “washed and rinsed” to “cleaned and sanitized” in the processing area. Members agreed the change better matched food safety practice, and the committee indicated support for advancing the bill. On HB 307, dealing with homestead food production areas, members discussed proposed amendment language that would add clearer sanitary requirements, including handwashing access, sanitary storage, sanitizable food-contact surfaces, and pest exclusion. The committee also discussed whether to replace “potentially hazardous food” with “time temperature control safe food,” but several members favored keeping the existing term because it is already well defined in food safety law. The bill was held for further amendment work rather than being executed immediately. The committee spent substantial time on solid waste legislation. For HB 479, members recalled a prior plan for a letter to the solid waste working group and agreed to proceed with the bill in executive session, with an offer of drafting help from Representative Bixby. For HB 77, which would require DES to establish site-specific setback distances for proposed new landfills, Representative Penza said his amendment was not ready yet but was close, and the bill was left for further discussion. The most detailed discussion was on HB 2115, which would require landfill permit applicants to submit a report on the project’s harms and benefits. Representative Germana explained an amendment that would replace section one, expand the list of benefits to include economic potential and infrastructure improvements, and set up a third-party review process in which the applicant submits a list of reviewers, DES screens the list, and the commissioner selects a reviewer if no agreement is reached within 60 days. Members asked about who could serve as contractors, whether they had to be local, and how DES would judge qualifications; the response was that environmental engineering and similar firms could be used, local or outside the community, and that the process would remain somewhat flexible. Representative H. Haskins asked whether the legislature or subcommittee would be formally notified of preliminary review problems, and the chair said no additional notification process would be built in beyond existing practice. The committee planned to continue work on the bills in upcoming executive sessions, including after school break.

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• And they replace it with propaganda and misinformation.
• And they replace it with propaganda and misinformation.
• </c><00:32:24.080><c> facts</c> erode trust and experts, replace facts erode trust and experts, replace
• s nonpartisan judiciary and replace it with partisan right-wing judges.
• </c><02:22:10.240><c> it</c> nonpartisan judiciary and replace it nonpartisan judiciary and replace it

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Wednesday, September 17, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• by solar panels using free, abundant, and unlimited energy coming from the sun into the state will replace
• from the sun into the energy coming from the sun into the state state state will<00:50:37.920><c> replace
• > 1,000</c><00:50:39.240><c> kilowatt</c><00:50:39.840><c> hours</c><00:50:40.320><c> of</c> will replace
• 1,000 kilowatt hours of will replace 1,000 kilowatt hours of energy energy energy generated<00:50:42.640
• it and make it would repeal and replace it and make it in<02:06:44.040><c> the</c><02:06:44.120><c>

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• This is not intended to permanently replace federal funding.
• </c><01:52:52.600><c> It</c><01:52:52.720><c> provides</c> replace federal funding.
• It provides replace federal funding.
• Now, we're not asking the state Legislature to replace the nine million dollars.
• Now, we're not asking the state Legislature to replace the nine million dollars.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all