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• As I see in our handouts and LAO charts, we depend on about $1.2 billion just in CalFresh and CFAP money
• We have special rules related to people who have dependent care expenses.
• on what their communities need or depending on what has or hasn't already been donated.
• In addition, the funding freeze we know is having impacts, depending on its complexity across all the
• you know, California relies heavily on federal funding for programs that millions of Californians depend

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• that for their hybrid employees, they typically work on site one to four days a week, and then it depends
• Um, and they will decide, they will rule, depending on what happens there, it will go back to them. back
• Temporary injunction and we have not had the final hearing which we will have at some point depending
• Depends how you look at it, yeah, if we're getting them off the street.
• And during that vulnerable period, it's really. they're so dependent on doctors doing pro bono work.

Bills: SB1, SB 1

Keywords: appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1185, senate, all

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• Um, it depends on how many licenses we're purchasing.
• Um, it<00:32:06.159><c> depends</c><00:32:06.320><c> on</c><00:32:06.480><c> how</c><00:32:06.720><c>
• it depends on how many licenses we're purchasing.<00:32:08.559><c> The</c><00:32:08.799><c> vast</c>
• ><c> the</c><01:47:50.080><c> facts</c><01:47:50.400><c> of</c> determination depending on the facts
• of determination depending on the facts of the<01:47:50.719><c> issue</c><01:47:51.520><c> and</c><01

Bills: HF3698, HF3067, HF3730

Keywords: libraries, electronic books, digital audiobooks, licensing agreements, public access, paraprofessional, paraprofessional qualifications, education support staff, teacher aide, teacher assistant, special education, Title I, federal personnel qualifications, Minnesota Department of Education, school district, charter school, cooperative unit, Read Act, reading instruction, math instruction

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• , forages, dairy, and beef cattle using our permitted water resources. ...depends on producing corn,
• I think it depends really on the structure of the entity.
• Sir, I've heard both sides of it, and depending on what you want the answer to be, you will say that.
• What about the newborn who depends on herd immunity to stay safe? Where’s their freedom?
• What about the newborn who depends on the herd immunity to stay safe? Where's their freedom?

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• And the practical effect of doing this to our to the providers and the families who depend on them and
• the people who depend on child care, which it turns out is every single one of us.
• on them and the families who depend on them and the people<00:45:05.000><c> who</c><00:45:05.160><c>
• depend</c><00:45:06.000><c> on</c><00:45:06.240><c> families</c><00:45:06.720><c> who</c><00:45:06.840
• ><c> depend</c> people who depend on families who depend people who depend on families who depend on<

Bills: HF3542, HF3819

Keywords: data privacy, investigative data, welfare system, public funds, transparency, child care, licensing, inspections, compliance, program integrity, 1183, house

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• They want more people dependent on government and fewer people building independent lives.
• president worked with a Republican Congress to say that if you're able-bodied, an adult without dependents
• They want permanent government dependency.
• </c><02:16:45.439><c> child</c> responsibility for a dependent child responsibility for a dependent child
• Today, although he still depends on feeding tubes and oxygen tanks, he is thriving.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Wednesday, July 2, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• But I think that it depends on—I mean, some things will cost more.
• But I think that it depends on—I mean, some things will cost more.
• But I think that it depends on I do.
• Truths at once, that, for example, YNI is simultaneously more car dependent because of our past land
• But a lot of the strategy is going to depend on electrification.

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The joint informational briefing focused on the Hawaii Department of Transportation’s work under the Navah settlement, which was described as a first-of-its-kind climate agreement tied to the state’s constitutional public trust and clean-environment obligations. Speakers said the settlement was intended to accelerate progress toward Hawaii’s 2030 and 2045 clean energy goals, especially by addressing transportation, the state’s largest source of greenhouse gas emissions. They emphasized that the agreement formalizes milestones, reduces dependence on changing administrations, and includes a role for the legislature alongside the courts and executive branch. DOT and Earthjustice representatives outlined the main settlement deliverables: creation of a new Office of Energy Security and Community Outreach, formation of a youth council, and development of an emissions reduction plan that will be updated over time. They also highlighted a new project-level greenhouse gas/VMT scoring tool, described as the first of its kind in the nation for DOT-wide use, to evaluate the climate impact of transportation projects. The presentation tied these efforts to prior legislative actions, including the state’s climate emergency declaration, net-zero/net-negative targets, and Act 131’s requirements for multimodal network planning and emissions reporting. A substantial portion of the briefing was devoted to the youth council, which reported 20 members selected from 83 applicants, representation from across the islands, and work on bylaws, committees, and outreach. Youth members described feedback they gave on the energy security plan, a student leadership summit presentation, and future plans to meet with legislators and participate in the Climate Future Forum. DOT also said the settlement’s transportation strategies include clean fuels, electrification, aviation sustainable aviation fuel, marine shore power, and carbon sequestration, including expanded native tree planting and fire mitigation work. No formal votes or legislative actions were taken during the briefing. Members discussed implementation challenges, including cost and supply constraints for aviation and marine decarbonization, but DOT said industry stakeholders were not rejecting the goals, only raising affordability and timing concerns. Officials also noted that a GIS map for network gaps was in development and that the settlement’s pedestrian, bike, and transit connectivity requirement would compress roughly 15 years of work into five years, with an estimated annual commitment of $40 million to $50 million.

Transcript Highlights:

• Do you know which parent it is that is more likely to receive and to be the one depending on the child
• I mean, every sector depends on people who are, our tech industry, who are on these visas. Yes.
• I mean, every sector depends on people who are, our tech industry, who are on these visas. Yes.
• You don't want to depend on the federal government.
• I guess it would depend on the investigation and what we were looking at.

Bills: SB17, SB1569, SB2420, HB5138, HJR161, HB1937, HB3334, HB5444, HB5137, HB361, HB321, HB5447, HB464, HB678, HB2294, HB4172, HB3225, HB1769, HB5394, HB1837, HB1787, HB2271, HB2440, HB5134, HB5149, HB2151, HB2073, HB2186, HB2025, HB1936, HB1777, HB1663, HB 1306, HB 1290, HB1527, HB4802, HB3462, HB2963, HB2462, HB2560, HB644, HB2725, HB2621, HB2588, HB1443, HB1403, HB3032, HB1557, HB1664, HB2811, HB2088, HB2598, HB3062, HB3134, HB3940, HB4027, HB4097, HB4862, HB4170, HB4157, HB4205, HB4279, HB4377, HB4838, HB5424, HB5294, HB4870, HB4763, HB5639, HB4112, HB2275, HB1677, HB5014, HB3848, HB3797, HB3727, HB3709, HB3177, HB3057, HB4176, HB4202, HB2180, HB3528, HB3658, HCR76, HCR127

Keywords: foreign ownership, real property, national security, criminal penalties, civil penalties, personal information, higher education, privacy protection, governing board, institutional security, software applications, mobile devices, age verification, parental consent, data protection, app store regulation, HJR 161, Texas constitutional amendment, voting rights, non-citizen voting

Summary: The House convened with a quorum, received the invocation and pledges, and heard several announcements and recognitions before moving into floor action. Members honored the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley chess team for winning a share of the 2025 President’s Cup, recognized educator Jessica Lopez, and paid memorial tribute to Jennifer Maddenly, along with recognitions for Jeanette Valdez Duran’s food pantry work, TAMACC’s 50th anniversary, and Bernardine Steptoe’s retirement from WFAA. The House also granted permission for committees to meet while the House was in session, set a local consent calendar, and suspended posting rules for a Public Health Committee hearing on SB 2721. The chamber then considered a long series of Senate and House bills, with many passing on record votes. Measures addressed local law enforcement authority (SB 906), veterans highway designation (SB 1229), foster care medical billing (SB 855), massage therapy trafficking safeguards (SB 703), tax ballot language (SB 1025), occupational licensing for people with convictions (SB 1080), lien deadlines (SB 929), liquor sales complaints (SB 1355), higher education application fee waivers (SB 2231), utility data access (SB 1877), pediatric preceptorships (SB 1998), and several House bills on bond forfeiture notice, health workforce coordination, indigent civil commitment representation, consumer transaction cancellations, bird dispersal rules, theft venue for digital property, military grant applications, AI cancer-detection grants, cybersecurity contract language, in-state tuition for military-related programs, utility capital recovery, energy waste advisory oversight, gas utility rate recovery, psychedelic therapy study, teacher retirement funding transparency, pension changes, tax payment plans, and voter registration security. Some measures drew notable debate or amendments, including HB 5247, where a ratepayer-credit amendment failed, and HB 2298, HB 4014, HB 510, HB 561, HB 1128, HB 1904, HB 30, HB 200, HB 3045, and HB 5111, which all passed after recorded votes with varying margins. A major point of contention was SB 2420, the app store age-verification bill, which prompted extended debate over whether the bill should also require app developers to verify users’ ages. Representative Bryant offered an amendment to preserve developer verification obligations, arguing the bill would otherwise shift responsibility away from app makers; the author opposed it, saying the bill’s approach was more workable and raised concerns about First Amendment issues. Multiple points of order were raised and withdrawn during the debate, and the amendment discussion remained unresolved in the excerpt. The House also postponed further consideration of SB 17, SB 552, and SB 2420 at different points, and recessed for lunch after completing a large block of third-reading votes.

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• And, you know, it depends on the circumstances, and I don't necessarily want to get into investigative
• Um, it depends if there... it depends on the case.
• </c><00:43:27.119><c> it</c><00:43:27.359><c> depends</c><00:43:27.599><c> on</c><00:43:27.920><c> on
• </c> Um, it depends if there it depends on on Um, it depends if there it depends on on the<00:43:28.480
• If there is a complete resolution, and again, it depends on the case.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• myself but for the 10 employees whose myself but for the 10 employees whose job<00:16:11.680><c> depend
• on our business staying open job depend on our business staying open right<00:16:14.800><c> now</c><
• Depending on how it moves forward, you know, the targets aren't great for this committee.
• Depending on how it moves forward, you know, the targets aren't great for this committee.
• on how it corrected here and depending on how it moves<01:02:54.400><c> forward</c><01:02:55.400><c>

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• That's a really nebulous amount of time, but it really depends on what they ask for.
• Chair Scott, yes, it depends on the circumstances.
• It depends on the question, right?
• yes it depends on the circumstances<01:41:00.520><c> they're</c><01:41:00.719><c> very</c><01:41:00.920
• on the the question right and I depends on the the question right and I know<01:41:10.639><c> some</

Keywords: 1183, house

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• like a hundred different things, and it's labor shortages, it's the cost of materials, you know, depending
• like a hundred different things, and it's labor shortages, it's the cost of materials, you know, depending
• Representative, um, it depends.
• c><00:59:35.000><c> I</c><00:59:35.240><c> um</c><00:59:35.920><c> and</c> representative I um it depends
• I um and representative I um it depends I um and it<00:59:36.240><c> really</c><00:59:36.839><c> is<

Keywords: 1183, house

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• We are totally dependent on your appropriation to fund the vital work of our judiciary. represented on
• /c> retain any of that Revenue we are retain any of that Revenue we are totally<00:14:14.360><c> dependent
• on your appropriation totally dependent on your appropriation to<00:14:17.120><c> fund</c><00:14:17.440
• </c> Clients with chemical dependency, mental health, and traumatic brain injuries—I know that you have
• It is not only in chemical dependency, mental health, the combination of the two, and one that hasn't

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• The national statistics to meet is 1 to 55, uh, and that also depends on the risk of the caseload of
• The national statistics to meet is 1 to 55, uh, and that also depends on the risk of the caseload of
• The national statistics to meet is 1 to 55, uh, and that also depends on the risk of the caseload of
• They have Monday, Tuesdays, and occasional Wednesdays, depending on—it's a money year, so they're going
• on it's a Wednesdays will SP depending on it's a uh<02:02:29.639><c> it's</c><02:02:29.719><c> a</c>

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• such as Lockheed Martin, Leonardo DRS, Kongsberg Defense Corporation, and JWF Defense Systems, all depend
• </c><00:12:51.360><c> They</c><00:12:51.760><c> all</c><00:12:52.079><c> depend</c><00:12:52.480><c>
• They all depend on JWF Defense Systems.
• They all depend on a<00:12:53.040><c> stable</c><00:12:53.839><c> and</c><00:12:54.079><c> an</c><00:

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, December 1, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• course, that will be followed by questions and answers, and then we will allow up to 3 minutes, depending
• upon how many three minutes depending upon how many cards<00:12:39.839><c> and</c><00:12:40.240><c>
• Um, I also think it depends on what your local rules of procedures are.
• It really depends.
• So I would say that's dependent on what school they attend.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• dependent.
• Chair, it sort of depends on what will ultimately happen, though it would come back to us, yes.
• Chair, it sort of depends on what will ultimately happen, though it would come back to us, yes.
• Chair, it sort of depends on what will ultimately happen, though it would come back to us, yes.
• Paid time off and staying home when you're sick should not depend on the size of your employer.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• hold on anybody's calendar the morning of Wednesday the 5th just in case we need it for cleanup, depending
• hold on anybody's calendar the morning of Wednesday the 5th just in case we need it for cleanup, depending
• hold on anybody's calendar the morning of Wednesday the 5th just in case we need it for cleanup, depending
• hold on anybody's calendar the morning of Wednesday the 5th just in case we need it for cleanup, depending
• </c><02:11:54.719><c> on</c> but uh and and reduce the dependence on but uh and and reduce the dependence

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee held a work session focused on school funding formulas, adequacy aid, and special education aid, with the chair outlining a schedule for the next several Tuesdays and noting that the committee would likely need multiple executive sessions to narrow down the bills. Members discussed the FY 26 formula, including base cost, differentiated aid, extraordinary needs grants, hold harmless provisions, and the roughly $28 million in excess statewide education property tax (SWP) funds that are not currently returned to the state under the existing formula. The first bill discussed was HB 137, which would allow excess SWP funds to remain with the local municipality for school and municipal purposes. Representative Spilsbury argued the issue is fundamental and suggested the state should require excess funds to be remitted back to the state, while Representative Damon said the bill appears to codify current practice and may be unnecessary, especially given possible court action. The discussion then shifted to a related bill from Representative Fellas that would redefine SWP as local money rather than state money and keep the current adequacy aid numbers revenue-neutral for now. Representative Fellas explained that SWP was created in 1999 after the Claremont lawsuit as part of the state’s effort to show increased school aid, but that it effectively labeled part of the local property tax as state money without changing property tax bills. She argued the state should not be tapping local property tax revenue and said her bill would preserve the current distribution while removing the SWP tax label, with future work possible on a different measure of local capacity such as income, home values, or poverty rate. Members also referenced prior discussions of fiscal capacity aid, relief aid, and other formula changes as part of the broader effort to restructure school funding.

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• We will be starting typically at 9:30 or 10, depending upon the day of the week that we will meet.
• upon the day of the week that depending upon the day of the week that we<00:41:15.440><c> will</c><00
• It depends on the state they're from, whether they have a title or not.
• you know it depends on the state<00:59:20.079><c> that</c><00:59:20.200><c> they're</c><00:59:20.359
• The credit amount is dependent on the rate that's then calculated.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• Of course, it depends on what the resolution is, if you like the intent of the resolution, but as an
• Of course, it depends on in resolutions.
• Of course, it depends on what<00:16:25.680><c> the</c><00:16:25.839><c> resolution</c><00:16:26.320><
• Injustice depends on perspective.
• Injustice depends on their citizens.

Keywords: 1189, house, all