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• What's going on with the issue there is they're not being able to find people in this profession.
• So, they've had this idea and come up with a plan to be able to get the assistance, which would still
• ..So you are saying that if we make a decision to vote for this bill, we are helping you to become able
• As you know, as I've... be able to find.
• So, adults would still be able to purchase a version of this... ...able to purchase a version of this

Bills: HB441, HB445, HB477, HB441, HB445

Keywords: speech-language pathology, licensure, clinical supervision, educational qualifications, healthcare assistant, hemp-derived cannabinoids, CBD, THC, delta-8, delta-9, delta-10, consumable hemp products, psychoactive cannabinoids, cannabinoid regulation, hemp licensing, ABC Board, Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, retail hemp sales, wholesale hemp distribution, hemp tax

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• to put that the platform would be able to put that the platform would be able to put money into and
• It securities commission regulates it. It securities commission regulates it.
• Just able to get a credit on your taxes. Just able to get a credit on your taxes.
• . departments, the securities commission. departments, the securities commission.
• And be able to speak with you about it. And be able to speak with you about it.

Bills: SB199, HB142, SB86, HB152, HB297, SB1, SB1

Keywords: parental leave, state employees, local education agencies, adoption, work-life balance, family support, portable benefits, portable benefit account, independent contractor, gig worker, 1099 worker, freelancer, app-based worker, rideshare, delivery driver, worker benefits, health insurance, retirement benefits, life insurance, income replacement insurance

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• We've been able to laugh and get some things done, and Father, we just thank You for Your direction.
• wisdom that we need, that You would let us hear the needs of the people, and Father, that we would be able
• I guess you wouldn't be able... ...to do the transaction, right? You wouldn't be able to.
• .. ...that put under certain circumstances, the water system was there under the Public Service Commission
• This expands it to be able to use for other things, right, because they could have something that's not

Bills: HB68, HB140, HB168

Keywords: foreign investment, agriculture, property rights, critical infrastructure, sanctions, HB140, private sewer systems, wastewater utilities, Public Service Commission, PSC jurisdiction, utility regulation, rate setting, rate consolidation, affiliated systems, common ownership, private utilities, sewer rates, wastewater management, Alabama utilities, Jefferson County Board of Health

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• We want our children and grandchildren to be able to live in Bernie.
• Not just because someone might not be able to qualify; it may play into that decision.
• The legislature has been able to deliver substantial relief and a net negative, which is unheard of,
• And we can only do that if we retain our health and if we are able to retain our homestead.
• We are an equity-focused organization that believes that all Texans should be able to reach their full

Bills: SB4, SJR2, SB 4, SJR 2

Keywords: property tax, homestead exemption, school funding, state aid, constitutional amendment, SJR 2, Senate Joint Resolution 2, property tax relief, school property tax, ad valorem tax, residence homestead, school district taxes, Texas Constitution Article VIII, public school finance, homeowner exemption, elderly exemption, senior tax relief, disabled exemption, tax year 2025, voter approval

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• I might have been able to provide the answer here on the floor today.
• And so also looking, trying to be able to see.
• So the way I see this, that small area would be able to.
• As a result, to be able to do that and to be able to give a little bit more teeth.
• I think that is probably a more effective way to be able to do it.

Bills: SB1627, SB227, SB366, SB1193, SB1433, SB1450, SB1481, SB1749, SB1810, SB1812, SB1921, SB1948, SB2044, SB2178, SB169, SB1877, HB1409, SB1266, SB1432

Keywords: criminal code cleanup, duplicate statutes, statutory consolidation, repealer bill, emergency clause, Title 21 crimes, Title 47 DUI, child abuse reporting, child neglect, child sexual abuse material, child pornography, sex offenses, rape, stalking, domestic abuse, domestic violence, human trafficking, sex trafficking, gang-related offense, eluding police

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• I appreciate the honor of being able to lay this out for this committee.
• So with that, I would like to say that the commission would be able to provide these items and give the
• at once using the same Texas Ethics Commission database.
• And you were able to acquire some experience during that particular time? I did.
• Without business immigration attorneys, they won't be able to do that.

Bills: HB256, HCR19, HB256, HB1308, HB1554, HB1743, HB2308, HB2351, HB2858, HB3676, HB3784, HB4312, HB4552, HB4823, HB4852, HB5007, HB5010, HB5520, HB5524, HCR19

Keywords: severe weather, adaptation plan, vulnerability assessment, environmental protection, state agencies, federal agents, transparency, law enforcement, identification, public trust, immigration enforcement, HCR 19, Texas concurrent resolution, federal immigration enforcement, masked agents, facial coverings, visible identification, uniforms, badges, name tags

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• Commission Office, the Ag Commission, Attorney General, and other places, but that is not historically
• Then the commission will be abolished by. The end of the year.
• to give them... beacon of hope to be able to aspire to be better.
• The pipeline to prison is one of the zip codes in this area and so being able to commission study.
• And you may not be able to answer this question.

Bills: HB256, HB1308, HB1554, HB1743, HB2308, HB2351, HB2858, HB3676, HB3784, HB4312, HB4552, HB4823, HB4852, HB5007, HB5010, HB5520, HB5524, HCR19, HB256, HCR19

Keywords: E-verify, employment verification, illegal employment, state contracts, government entities, license suspension, immigration compliance, state grant funding, E-Verify, compliance, penalties, immigration, government contracts, employee status, state contractors, E-verify program, legally present, employment practices, legal services, public money

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• As a parent, I want to be able to have the medical records and be able to see that.
• I kept medical records and parents able to get that.
• more of that clinical nuance to be able to make adjustments, more real-time adjustments for... ...able
• And then we were able to adjust policy.
• But to be able to have that access and perhaps even sample those cases to be able to garner an idea of

Bills: SB57, SB405, HB62, HB193, HB203, HB222, HB246, HB420, HB475, HB486, HB574, HB584, HB815, HB949, HB1092, HB1214

Keywords: SB 57, Act 735, Act 463, nutrition, public health, food additives, artificial colors, banned chemicals, ingredient labeling, food labeling, FDA, food and beverage regulation, consumer disclosure, school nutrition, Louisiana Revised Statutes Title 40, Louisiana Revised Statutes Title 17, food manufacturers, food retailers, compliance, effective date delay

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• Primary goal, as Chair Akem Commission.
• of the Commission to implement ability of the Commission to implement these<00:02:42.360> statutes
• Commission? Um I don't remember seeing Commission?
• able to meet our clean energy goals. able to meet our clean energy goals.
• might not be able to fulfill. might not be able to fulfill.

Bills: HF4560, HF4559, HF2317, HF3179, HF4880, HF2862, HF4374

Keywords: Public Utilities Commission, PUC, energy regulation, utility regulation, electric utility, public utility, rate case, multiyear rate plan, decoupling, rate decoupling, greenhouse gas, social cost of carbon, environmental cost, resource planning, certificate of need, distributed renewable energy, interconnection, budget billing, electronic filing, contested case

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• But right now, we believe we do have lots of teachers that are in high-need areas that would be able
• <00:25:10.080> to the hope is that it will be able to the hope is that it will be able to
• Senator Elliott passed yesterday. is on the commission as far as our is on the commission as far as our
• This does this. >> I don't think we get into boards and commissions.
• This does this. >> I don't think we get into boards and commissions.

Bills: HB178, HB124, HB96, HB250, SB289, SB317, HB359, HB178, HB124, HB96, HB250, SB289, SB317, HB359

Keywords: HB178, Ten Commandments, public schools, K-12 education, Alabama, school display, religious display, Bible, Judeo-Christian, Establishment Clause, church-state separation, religion in schools, founding documents, Mayflower Compact, Declaration of Independence, U.S. Constitution, Northwest Ordinance, social studies, civics, history curriculum

Bills: SB86, SB196, SB228, SB231, HB73, HB407, HB435, SB86, SB196, SB228, SB231, HB73, HB407, HB435

Keywords: independent contractors, portable benefits, employee benefits, tax deductions, employment relationship, education, high school, community college, dual enrollment, secondary credit, Move on When Ready, financial services, discrimination, social credit score, religious freedom, transparency, consumer rights, Alabama, wastewater management, public service commission

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• It allows them to cross the state line and be able to go to work quicker.
• State line and be able to go to work quicker.
• ground or cremated. >> And so because of maybe backups or delays or things come up and they're not able
• > meet<00:16:09.360> that<00:16:09.600> deadline,<00:16:10.160> what a able
• to meet that deadline, what a able to meet that deadline, what happens?

Bills: SB63, HB156, HB289, SB80, SB84, SB63, HB156, HB289, SB80, SB84

Keywords: immigration, law enforcement, fingerprints, DNA collection, illegal aliens, Alabama state law, out-of-state warrants, criminal procedure, extradition, Alabama Code, arrest authority, interstate cooperation, Marshall County, TVA, Tennessee Valley Authority, in-lieu-of-taxes, payments distribution, local legislation, school funding, education finance

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• For a number of years, I've been working along with others on looking at boards, commissions, and councils
• We had this workers' comp advisory commission in place, and it is agreed by all involved today that it
• is no longer needed as we have fully transitioned to the commission system, and so even members on the
• Why would we need to pass a statute to be able to Get that done now because we have some players that
• And their concern was just not being able to offer that anymore.

Bills: SB1303, SB1343, SB1435, SB1438, SB1444, SB1641, SB1765, SB1916, SB2067

Keywords: workers' compensation, workers comp, Oklahoma Workers' Compensation Commission, Administrative Workers' Compensation Act, self-insurance guaranty fund, multiple injury trust fund, physician advisory committee, advisory council on workers' compensation, workers' compensation court, insurance, employer liability, self-insured employer, fund transfer, records transfer, agency reorganization, statutory cleanup, technical corrections, Title 85A, SB1343, Vision Plan Contractual Requirements Act

Bills: HB 148, HB 334, HB 554, HB 762, HB 1520, HB 1593, HB 3526, HB 3810, HB 5092, SB 2215, HB 2607

Keywords: family leave, leave pool, county employee, sick leave, vacation leave, family care, pandemic, guardianship, HB 554, fireworks, Juneteenth, Juneteenth holiday, retail fireworks permit, Texas Occupations Code, Local Government Code, county commissioners court, drought conditions, Texas A&M Forest Service, fire safety, holiday sales

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• And so for years they were able to make sure of the accuracy of story.
• Cook would like us to be able to differentiate him from all of us.
• The agencies currently are able to make their own determination.
• It attaches the consortium to the commission but maintains the commission remains attached to the Office
• It changes the sunset review date for the Commission by one year.

Bills: HB3146, HB3719, HB3895, HB3923, HB4748, HB4751, HB4936, HB4952, HB4990, HB4991, HB5061, HB5196, HB5238, HB5246, HB5487

Keywords: State Office of Administrative Hearings, SOAH, administrative hearings, contested case, contested case hearing, administrative law judge, ALJ, final decision, proposed decision, agency hearing, hearing continuance, rescheduling, Texas administrative law, Government Code Chapter 2001, workers' compensation, Department of Human Resources, Texas Labor Code, Transportation Code, Agriculture Code, Insurance Code

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• We were only able to collect $207,000, leaving the county to cover the... deficit of $740,000.
• Rural services are not able to offer what our urban counterparts can, such as benefits, sign-on bonuses
• Joseph Bill and Chris Elliott from the Texas Historical Commission, the Director of Historic Site Operations

Bills: SB868, SB1337, SB1371, SB1377, SB1426, SB1620, SB2064, SB2065, SJR4, SJR 4

Keywords: SB 868, rural volunteer fire department assistance program, volunteer fire department assistance fund, Texas Government Code, wildfire, wildland fire, high-risk wildfire area, fire suppression, rural fire departments, volunteer firefighters, emergency response, public safety, grant allocation, appropriations, disaster preparedness, tax penalties, interest calculation, overpayment, tax law, refund process

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• We need to be able to bring the SWATS plant on, you know, since we own 100% of the assets.
• Through public pressure, I was able to force the completion of those two audits.
• We just want to be able to implement that.
• So, we had to build a $50 million plant to treat the Lake Granbury water to be able to drink it.
• Well, let's see, we might be able to lay out—let's lay out your sunset bill fast.

Bills: SB1079, SB1243, SB1504, SB1579, SB1708, SB1844, SB1851, SB1879, SB1921, SB1951, SB2237, SB2238, SB2406, SB2407

Keywords: SB 1079, Texas, county government, commissioners court, Local Government Code, Chapter 263, surplus property, salvage property, data storage device, hard drive, electronic media, digital records, confidential information, protected information, privacy, records retention, information security, data destruction, device disposal, sensitive data

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• And the way that we have to deal with that is start reducing expenditures and therefore be able to reduce
• law, so you can't these types of initiatives are not within your wheelhouse or your tools just to be able
• Right, so if they're not banned and the city wants to ban them, then they wouldn't be able to.
• this bill is designed New York, yeah, like New York as the, you know, what's that well, we might be able

Bills: SB 1079, SB 1243, SB 1504, SB 1579, SB 1708, SB 1844, SB 1851, SB 1879, SB 1921, SB 1951, SB 2237, SB 2238, SB 2406, SB 2407

Keywords: SB 1079, Texas, county government, commissioners court, Local Government Code, Chapter 263, surplus property, salvage property, data storage device, hard drive, electronic media, digital records, confidential information, protected information, privacy, records retention, information security, data destruction, device disposal, sensitive data

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• Now, I would like to thank you for your service on the pension commission.
• The health plans are able to negotiate and are able to cut a deal with them or fire them and hire a different
• to a provider, after so many years of not being able.
• Or hospitals being able to keep their doors open.
• They were able to get resources. And Mr.

Bills: HB4420, HB3974, HB3016, HB3062, HB3021, HB3145, HB4128, HB3131, HB3015, HB3472, HB3453, HB1638, HB4126, HB2696, HB2710, HB3552, HB3031, HB3544, HB3521, HB4490, HB4488, HB1746, HJR1069, HB4428, HB4429, HB1170, HB3538, HB4124, HB3904, HB4106, HB2999, HB3982, HJR1077, HB3464, HB2588, HB3462, HB4440, HB3674, HB3345, HJR1067, HB4326, HB4331, HB4337, HB4338, HB4359, HB4392, HB3557, HJR1076, HB4003, HB3495, HB3497, HB3501, HB3505, HB3749, HB3011, HB4336, HB4346, HJR1087, HB3240, HB3647, HB3796, HB3969, HB3972, HB3983, HB3984, HB3989, HB3383, HB3130, HB4358, HB3327, HJR1055, HB3386, HJR1089, HB3087, HB2970, HB3314, HB4129, HB4199

Keywords: reading, intervention, literacy, education, third grade retention, teacher training, funding, Strong Readers Act, tort claims, inmate housing, government immunity, public trust, private prison, emergency legislation, vision screening, binocular vision, kindergarten, elementary education, health, firearm rights

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• to health and safety and homelessness has come up, or alternatively, like what are you hoping to be able
• paralysis, which is already allowed under statute, and allows the paralysis practice to go into being able
• domain is called for and there isn't within the negotiation, if there isn't an Agreement that they're able

Bills: HB4420, HB3974, HB3016, HB3062, HB3021, HB3145, HB4128, HB3131, HB3015, HB3472, HB3453, HB1638, HB4126, HB2696, HB2710, HB3552, HB3031, HB3544, HB3521, HB4490, HB4488, HB1746, HJR1069, HB4428, HB4429, HB1170, HB3538, HB4124, HB3904, HB4106, HB2999, HB3982, HJR1077, HB3464, HB2588, HB3462, HB4440, HB3674, HB3345, HJR1067, HB4326, HB4331, HB4337, HB4338, HB4359, HB4392, HB3557, HJR1076, HB4003, HB3495, HB3497, HB3501, HB3505, HB3749, HB3011, HB4336, HB4346, HJR1087, HB3240, HB3647, HB3796, HB3969, HB3972, HB3983, HB3984, HB3989, HB3383, HB3130, HB4358, HB3327, HJR1055, HB3386, HJR1089, HB3087, HB2970, HB3314, HB4129, HB4199

Keywords: reading, intervention, literacy, education, third grade retention, teacher training, funding, Strong Readers Act, tort claims, inmate housing, government immunity, public trust, private prison, emergency legislation, vision screening, binocular vision, kindergarten, elementary education, health, firearm rights