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• Young: HOW DOES OIR ANTICIPATE THE SHIFT IN PREMIUM RATES, MARKET STABILITY, THINGS LIKE THE EQUITY AND

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• staff.
• </c> reduce the hours of six other staff. reduce the hours of six other staff.
• </c> community review and staff review. community review and staff review.
• Our sworn staff wasn't increased.
• Our sworn staff wasn't increased.

Bills: HF1082, HF2099, HF4177, HF2742

Keywords: public safety, law enforcement, mental health, domestic violence, appropriations, criminal justice, Minnesota corrections, victim services, task force, personal safety, emergency management, local government, funding, preparedness, Minnesota, Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, BCA, Independent Use of Force Investigations Unit, use of force, police accountability

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• rules to grant four privileges for the 4A state champion Fairfield High School boys, coaches, and staff
• He thanked everyone, including the staff, coaches, and Dr.
• It also credited head coach Maurice Ford, his coaching staff, and the program's success since 2020.
• 00:09:44.720><c> support</c> his exemplary coaching and support his exemplary coaching and support staff
• And whereas head coach Maurice staff.

Keywords: 1136, house, all

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• And CARB staff have taken these new statutory requirements outlined here.
• We have a business meeting set up on the 29th, and the staff intend to bring, that's August 29th in 10
• And we expect the staff to bring it up and for a vote on the 29th.
• She's been talking to staff.
• extraction without mitigation of its impacts is a total affront to our state's environmental and equity

Summary: The joint informational hearing of the Assembly Committees on Utilities and Energy, Transportation, and Natural Resources focused on California’s transportation fuels sector, especially the state’s response to refinery closures and the broader transition away from fossil fuels. Opening remarks emphasized the tension between climate and air-quality goals, fuel affordability, refinery jobs and local tax bases, and the need to avoid crisis-driven responses as Phillips 66 and Valero consider shutting refineries in Wilmington and Benicia. Professor Emily Grubert framed the issue as a long-term managed transition in which the public already bears much of the risk and should also capture benefits from a well-planned shift. CARB Chair Leanne Randolph reviewed the state’s emissions and fuel policies, including AB 32, the low-carbon fuel standard, clean vehicle programs, and the at-berth regulation for ocean-going vessels. She said California’s transportation sector remains the largest source of greenhouse gases and a major source of smog-forming pollution, but that the state has made substantial progress and still needs to reduce demand for fossil fuels while maintaining compliance with federal air-quality standards. Randolph also said CARB’s recent LCFS amendments had not caused the predicted spike in gas prices and explained that compliance pathways for the at-berth rule include emissions-reduction technologies or payments into a remediation fund. CEC Vice Chair Gunda described declining gasoline demand, shrinking in-state refining capacity, and growing dependence on imports, arguing that the state is in a “mid-transition” period that requires both support for legacy infrastructure and continued investment in cleaner alternatives. He outlined the administration’s petroleum market stabilization proposal, which aims to return California crude production to 125 million barrels a year through four components: codifying the ban on fracking, validating the Kern County oil-and-gas permitting ordinance, creating a temporary CEQA exemption paired with a two-for-one plug-and-drill framework, and strengthening pipeline and spill-safety requirements. Department of Conservation Director Jennifer Lucasey said the proposal is intended to stabilize crude supply and pipeline throughput while preserving health and environmental protections, and noted that CalGEM would still review permits and enforce other requirements. Mayor Steve Young of Benicia testified that a Valero closure would significantly reduce city revenue and leave the community facing years of cleanup and redevelopment challenges. He said the city supports environmental protection but is worried about the economic hit, the possibility that Benicia becomes a fuel-import terminal, and the lack of local influence over refinery decisions. Members pressed the panel on the CEQA exemption, tribal and habitat review, disclosure of closure liabilities, fuel-demand projections, and whether the proposal should include more demand-side measures. No formal votes were taken; the hearing was informational, and officials said some proposals, including a margin-cap pause and further transition planning, would be taken up later in the process.

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• We've met with DEED many times, both me, my staff, our counsel, fiscal staff, to work on language and
• </c><00:31:35.240><c> be</c> recommended as passed and staff be recommended as passed and staff be instructed
• I'd also like to thank your staff, both partisan and nonpartisan staff, for this year's work.
• </c><00:47:52.040><c> and</c> and Senator Champion and your staff and and Senator Champion and your staff
• Senator Kunesh and your staff laid over. Senator Kunesh and your staff and<01:24:39.680><c> Mr.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• I had our staff look into it, and they are estimating about $3.5 million.
• I had our staff look into it, and they are estimating about $3.5 million.
• I had our staff look into it, and they are estimating about $3.5 million.
• and provide guidance to our employ staff and provide guidance to our SAOs.
• Um, they have publicly degraded staff members, including administrators.

Keywords: Education - Room 216, 22 January, 2026; 10:30 AM, 925, all

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• In 2022, we were purchased by Kimmeridge, which is a private equity alternate asset manager company,
• which<01:32:51.240><c> is</c><01:32:51.480><c> a</c><01:32:51.600><c> private</c><01:32:51.920><c> equity
• </c><01:32:52.680><c> alternate</c> which is a private equity alternate which is a private equity alternate

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Summary: The meeting began with introductions, approval of the March 6 minutes as amended to add an attendee list, and a brief overview of the day’s agenda. The committee heard two presentations from carbon project developers, with the first from Dylan Jenkins of Finite Carbon. He described Finite Carbon’s work in improved forest management projects, its role in developing carbon methodologies and protocols, and its experience with projects in New England, Appalachia, Alaska, and Canada. He also outlined the difference between compliance and voluntary carbon markets, the role of registries and intermediaries, and the types of buyers in the market, including large corporate buyers and long-term off-take partners. A major focus of the presentation was how forest carbon projects are structured and how credits are monetized. Jenkins distinguished between removals and reductions, explaining that removals come from new forest growth while reductions are tied more closely to baseline assumptions and standing stock. He said improved forest management projects can generate both types of credits, and that removals generally command higher prices because they are easier for buyers to understand and verify. He also emphasized that carbon project commercialization can occur before, during, or after credit issuance, and that landowners may be paid through a variety of structures, including leases, advance fees, per-unit payments, or off-take agreements. Jenkins then addressed the committee’s tax-related questions, saying House Bill 123 appeared intended to treat carbon credit sales similarly to timber sales for local tax purposes. He argued that carbon credits are a forest product and that taxing them can be reasonable in principle, but he stressed that lawmakers should distinguish between commoditization and commercialization when deciding what event to tax. He noted that credits may be created but never sold, and that in some programs landowners retain timber and carbon rights while in others the developer has deeper control over those rights. In response to questions, he said the industry uses protocols, verification, and third-party oversight to address baseline and quality concerns, but acknowledged that baseline setting remains a major point of debate in the market.

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• I'm not sure that the equities there would be the same as in the squatter example.
• c><00:48:19.920><c> you</c><00:48:20.079><c> know,</c><00:48:20.160><c> the</c><00:48:20.400><c> equities
• </c> that the that it, you know, the equities that the that it, you know, the equities there<00:48:22.160

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• name now—from the state said the special ed, um, Caitlyn, when Caitlyn said she only has a 0.25 FTE staff
• It might be a burden on the DOE or on their staff.
• want</c><03:20:33.359><c> to</c><03:20:33.520><c> look</c><03:20:33.640><c> at</c><03:20:33.880><c> Equity
• </c><03:20:34.359><c> we</c><03:20:34.479><c> want</c> think we want to look at Equity we want think
• we want to look at Equity we want to<03:20:34.800><c> obviously</c><03:20:35.359><c> make</c><03:20:35.560

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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• I am simply here to say we need to have our schools safe for children, families, and staff.
• Mung staff and students carry their passports.
• The damage to our state, our kids, our schools, our dedicated staff is incalculable.
• </c><00:45:21.280><c> And</c> dedicated staff is incalculable. And dedicated staff is incalculable.
• And I believe that tear gas has been used on students and staff.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Please help Texas judges and our staff.
• a resource by providing support to frontline staff.
• We do not have any physicians on staff, no.
• We do have APRNs on staff that are...
• Independence is not equity; it is disparity.

Bills: SB1888, SB3003, SB2417, SB2459, SB3055, HB1393, HB2884, SB2943

Keywords: grand jury, jury qualifications, jury wheel, small counties, Texas legislation, age verification, obscene devices, online sales, juvenile protection, penalties, antitrust, attorney general, Texas Free Enterprise, business regulations, legal confidentiality, personal identifying information, data brokers, judicial safety, civil rights, data privacy

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• learn<00:20:19.120><c> more</c><00:20:19.400><c> about</c><00:20:19.720><c> how</c><00:20:20.000><c> staff
• </c><00:20:20.280><c> and</c> learn more about how staff and learn more about how staff and volunteers
• The time has come for Congress to take a hard look at the consequences of private equity ownership of
• The time has come for Congress to take a hard look at the consequences of private equity ownership of
• who have made 100 years possible staff who have made 100 years possible and<02:22:29.680><c> under</

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Wednesday, January 15, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• I'm talking about actually either being a part of the administration, the staff. No, I have not.
• We get that, but I mean, we're trying to build equity throughout the entire state.
• We get that, but I mean, we're trying to build equity throughout the entire state.

Keywords: 912, senate, all

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• I know, I want to own that so the staff don't get the blame. It was my fault. You're welcome.
• own</c><00:35:56.359><c> that</c><00:35:56.680><c> so</c><00:35:56.840><c> the</c><00:35:57.000><c> staff
• </c><00:35:57.440><c> don't</c><00:35:57.680><c> get</c> want to own that so the staff don't get want
• to own that so the staff don't get the<00:35:57.920><c> blame.
• obtaining that money fraudulently, came out in a statement for the Alliance for Advancing Regional Equity

Keywords: 1183, house

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• My name is Kathy Mitchell with Equity Action, and I am opposed to the bill.
• running: the documents, the electronics, the sound, the video; to each member and their excellent staff
• ; and our wonderful committee staff.
• everything running the documents, the electronics, the sound, the video to each member and their excellent staff
• and our wonderful committee staff.

Bills: SB6, SB7, SB8, SB11, SB12, SB13, SB15, SB17

Keywords: hemp, consumable hemp, hemp-derived cannabinoids, CBD, cannabidiol, CBG, cannabigerol, delta-8, delta-9, intoxicating hemp, hemp gummies, hemp vape, edibles, cannabinoid regulation, hemp licensing, retailer registration, product registration, QR code labeling, child-resistant packaging, minor access

Summary: The committee first took up Senate Bill 8, the Texas Women's Privacy Act, and heard extensive public testimony both for and against the measure. Supporters, including representatives of Texas Values and Texas Values Action, argued the bill was needed to protect women’s privacy and safety in restrooms, locker rooms, showers, prisons, domestic violence shelters, and other government-controlled spaces, and said it would provide clear, sex-based rules. Opponents, including many transgender Texans, civil rights advocates, clergy, business and public safety voices, and others, argued the bill would invite harassment, gender policing, lawsuits, and invasive inspections, while harming trans, intersex, and gender-nonconforming people as well as cisgender women who do not fit stereotypes. Several witnesses said the bill would conflict with federal law or prison standards, worsen safety in shelters and prisons, and hurt Texas’s reputation and economy. The chair repeatedly noted the compressed special-session schedule and said flood relief remained the session’s top priority. Public testimony on SB 8 was eventually closed, and the bill was left pending. The committee then moved to Senate Bill 6, dealing with consumable hemp product restrictions. Testimony on SB 6 focused on whether the bill went too far in restricting hemp-derived THC products. Opponents argued hemp and THC have medical and economic value, that the bill would criminalize conduct and burden courts, and that regulation—not prohibition—was the better approach. Some witnesses supported tighter rules such as testing, child-resistant packaging, and limits on marketing to children, but still opposed the bill’s broad THC ban, higher fees, and age restrictions. Several speakers emphasized benefits for veterans, chronic pain patients, and small businesses, and warned that prohibition would push consumers toward the illicit market. The committee heard the testimony and then continued with additional witnesses, with no final vote or disposition reported in the excerpt.

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• that many, many students. with disabilities, get excellent services from excellent and very caring staff
• And I think that the next step is I think as we look at equal justice, equity and diversity in everyday
• do, and it would allow Of course, if there was a higher tuition, it would allow more benefits for staff
• After her first budget as governor she had her staff symbol of memo which made this claim that the ESA
• This legislative assistance would allow us to continue to allow... ...teachers and staff to serve a greater

Bills: HB3, HB3

Keywords: education savings account, educational expenses, certified educational assistance organization, school choice, funding, special education, tuition reimbursement, emergency communication, public safety, interoperability, Texas Interoperability Council, grant program, emergency communications, public safety radio, first responders, radio system, dispatch, 911, emergency management, Texas Division of Emergency Management

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• : Inequitable, and I think that's what we're looking at with this bill today is let's return some equity
• The revisers wrote it with the input from researchers and staff, people that are a lot smarter than I
• 00:36:05.400><c> uh</c><00:36:05.760><c> researchers</c><00:36:06.319><c> and</c><00:36:06.520><c> staff
• </c> from from uh researchers and staff from from uh researchers and staff people<00:36:07.079><c> that

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Brennan and some of your staff, Carol.
• We have 150 staff where we can actually have eligibility staff escalate cases.
• A lot of it is really having staff that is, is really having staff that is well trained, reducing the
• and also from TMHP staff themselves.
• Whether it's ICF or HCS, when you don't have a qualified staff or available staff, or you're relying

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• you're going to vote, and I realize it's probably going to be sooner than later, you would have your staff
• , whatever that staff is, just look up Dutch complaints.
• you're going to vote, and I realize it's probably going to be sooner than later, you would have your staff
• , whatever that staff is, just have your staff, whatever that staff is, just look up Dutch.
• For more than a century, AAUW has been a leading voice advocating for equity for women and girls through

Summary: The Senate met in multiple Committee of the Whole sessions and considered a large number of bills, many related to digital assets and cryptocurrency, including SB 1042, SB 1043, SB 1044, SB 1045, SB 1432, SCR 1003, SCR 1033, and SCR 1028. Members discussed whether the state should accept cryptocurrency for payments, tax or exempt virtual currency, ban central bank digital currency, and support digital assets in retirement systems. Senator Epstein repeatedly argued against the measures and tried to offer amendments targeting data center tax exemptions, but one such amendment was ruled not germane and the ruling was upheld on a division vote. The bills and resolutions in that group generally advanced with do-pass recommendations, with SB 1043 and SB 1044 amended before advancing. The Senate also advanced several bills on family law, public records, scholarship organizations, property conveyances, underground facilities, and environmental and energy issues, including SB 1039, SB 1139, SB 1147, SB 1148, SB 1328, SB 1078, SB 1142, SB 1184, SB 1254, SB 1278, SB 1281, SB 1418, SB 1445, and SB 1566. Some measures drew discussion and amendments: SB 1254 received a clarifying amendment for deeds handled by title and escrow professionals; SB 1278 had a floor amendment withdrawn; SB 1281 was amended by committee and floor changes; SB 1418 prompted questions about small modular reactors and concerns about uranium mining and health impacts; and SB 1566 was amended to address malicious delay enforcement and judicial review. Most of these bills received do-pass recommendations. In the health and human services calendar, the Senate advanced SB 1052, SB 1115, SB 1149, SB 1193, SB 1233, SB 1345, SB 1346, and SB 1631, with SB 1124 retained on the calendar. Debate centered on ACCESS and remote work, administrative deficiency cure periods, anonymous complaints, fee-for-service claims, and DCS-related hearings and investigations. Senator Gonzales opposed several ACCESS-related bills, arguing they lacked appropriations, could disrupt services, or conflicted with federal Medicaid law, while sponsors said the bills addressed agency performance and provider complaints. SB 1115, SB 1149, SB 1193, SB 1233, and SB 1345 were amended before receiving do-pass recommendations, and SB 1345’s sponsor said ACCESS was removed from the bill. The final calendar included regulatory and veterinary-related bills such as SB 1137, SB 1144, SB 1205, and SB 1286. SB 1205, dealing with motor vehicle booting fees, received a floor amendment requiring an appeals process for private parking lots. SB 1286, on veterinary telemedicine and prescriptions, drew the most extended debate, with a committee amendment and a Kavanagh floor amendment restoring a 14-day prescription extension and adding flea and tick treatment; Senator Leach opposed the floor amendment, describing prior stakeholder negotiations and changes in committee support. The transcript ends while that debate is still underway, after several bills have already been reported out with do-pass recommendations.

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• Mitchell here on behalf of Equity Action and Self against the bill but not testifying.
• It helps protect the safety and dignity of both detainees and jail staff.
• expand the definition of emergency service providers to include attorneys, investigators, and other staff
• And so what this bill will do is add an attorney, an investigator or another staff member for the office
• district attorney, criminal district attorney, or county attorney, or a justice of the peace or a staff

Bills: HB200

Keywords: HB 200, emergency communication, backup communications, satellite phone, portable satellite equipment, radio, floodplain, 100-year floodplain, FEMA, natural disaster, disaster preparedness, emergency preparedness, vulnerable populations, children, elderly, seniors, people with disabilities, care facilities, residential care, assisted living