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• House Bill 3015 fixes that.
• I'm also a 38-year veteran of the Houston Police Department and I am here testifying for House Bill 3521
• House Joint Resolution 182.
• An estimated 1.6 million veterans chose to call this state home and I believe helping out these veterans
• Wishes to testify on, for, or against House Joint Resolution 182.

Bills: HB3015, HB3521, HB5632, HJR182, SJR57

Keywords: healthcare, direct primary care, insurance deductibles, Texas Health Benefit Plans, telemedicine, police retirement, disability pension, municipalities, law enforcement, retirement benefits, retirement, beneficiary, Employees Retirement System of Texas, divorce decree, beneficiary designation, Veterans' Land Board, general obligation bonds, constitutional amendment, veterans, housing assistance

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• We have two bills here today: House Bill 16 engrossed and House Bill 120 engrossed.
• That's what it does in the House.
• Anyone else like to speak on House Bill 16? House Bill 16. No one. All right.
• </c> representative at House District 62. representative at House District 62.
• </c> House Bill 120? House Bill 120?

Bills: SF0102, SF0123, SF0021, SF0099

Keywords: energy transmission, load growth, Wyoming energy authority, transmission planning study, public utilities, regional cooperation, energy, funding, grants, loans, coal, natural gas, mineral processing, economic development, stable token, liquidity, trust account, Wyoming, fund distribution, financial regulation

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• that has a stable coin or stable<01:11:08.080><c> token</c><01:11:08.640><c> and</c><01:11:08.880><c
• </c> the Wyoming Stable Token Commission. the Wyoming Stable Token Commission.
• It's<01:18:14.640><c> stable</c><01:18:15.040><c> token.wy.gov.</c> It's stable token.wy.gov.
• It's stable token.wy.gov.
• </c> just address briefly uh how a stable just address briefly uh how a stable token<01:18:37.760><c>

Bills: SF0102, SF0123, SF0021, SF0099

Keywords: energy transmission, load growth, Wyoming energy authority, transmission planning study, public utilities, regional cooperation, energy, funding, grants, loans, coal, natural gas, mineral processing, economic development, stable token, liquidity, trust account, Wyoming, fund distribution, financial regulation

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• </c> stable token commission. stable token commission. brief<00:10:26.800><c> comment.
• No House bills. >> No, actually. No, I don't want any House bills.
• &gt;&gt; Till<01:08:56.560><c> House</c><01:08:56.880><c> pays.</c> &gt;&gt; Till House pays.
• &gt;&gt; Till House pays.
• No House bills. >> No, actually. No, I don't want any House bills.

Bills: SF0021, SF0022, SF0054, SF0055

Keywords: stable token, liquidity, trust account, Wyoming, fund distribution, financial regulation, state commission, decentralized, nonprofit association, merger, conversion, liability, membership, governance, indemnification, banking regulation, special purpose depository institution, conversion process, Wyoming state laws, financial services

Bills: SF0021, SF0022, SF0054, SF0055

Keywords: stable token, liquidity, trust account, Wyoming, fund distribution, financial regulation, state commission, decentralized, nonprofit association, merger, conversion, liability, membership, governance, indemnification, banking regulation, special purpose depository institution, conversion process, Wyoming state laws, financial services

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• Give them, use that house for purposes of housing, these employees that we value so much.
• House Bill 189, Ms. Robinson. House Bill 189, Ms. Robinson.
• House Bill 1222 provides relative to grocery initiative grants and financial support.
• reps and House senators.
• For House reps and House senators, this election then falls in 2028.

Bills: HR3, HR80, HB4, HB172, HB189, HB623, HB944, HB1185, HB1199, HB1222, SB105, SB125, SB461

Keywords: housing assistance, state-owned property, cost-burdened, state employees, affordable housing, fiscal audit, higher education, public funds, underrepresented minorities, Board of Regents, Louisiana legislation, constitutional convention, Louisiana constitution, electoral process, government structure, delegate elections, airport authority, fire protection, supplemental pay, public safety

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• Welcome to the People's House. Welcome to the People's House. "Welcome to the People's House, Mr.
• I move the House stand at ease." The House will stand at ease. Thank you.
• We have a 100% disabled veteran tax exemption. We want more of our veterans in their community.
• House Bill 3705 by Hilbert of the House and Daniels of the Senate, an act relating to schools.
• House will stand at ease. Is it, in fact, an emergency? The House will stand at ease. Thank you.

Bills: SB1177, HB3705, SB1942, SB2026, SB1533, SB1327, SB2065, SB2155, SB2159

Keywords: education funding, mental health services, public safety, housing, state budget, tax credit, parental choice, private school, income tax, dental insurance, health care, medical necessity, insurance claims, dentist rights, military discharge, veterans, DD Form 214, confidentiality, grandchildren access, veteran burial

Summary: The House convened, completed the roll call, received an invocation focused on grief and remembrance, and heard several special presentations recognizing a brave child, visiting groups, and multiple student-athlete teams and school groups in the galleries. The chamber also introduced the Doctor of the Day and Nurse of the Day. The main business was consideration of the Joint Committee report on Senate Bill 1177, the general appropriations bill, presented by Chairman Caldwell-Trey. Most of the floor time was spent on extended questions about the budget’s major features. Caldwell-Trey explained the bill as a largely flat or modestly increased budget that includes a $200 million transfer to a new sovereign wealth fund, $225 million in set-asides, a $12.5 million “dream accounts” program for newborns, and funding tied to teacher pay, education, workforce, public safety, agriculture, and health agencies. Members questioned the use of one-time funds for recurring expenses, the reduction in state contributions to the OPRS pension system, Medicaid assumptions, emergency management funding, veterans’ services, child care, school counselors, and the lack of funding for some requested items such as National Board Certified Teacher stipends and veterans’ facility maintenance. Caldwell-Trey defended the budget as transparent, early, and designed to preserve cash reserves while supporting core services. No final vote on the appropriations report is reflected in the transcript excerpt. The House also heard explanations that the limits bills would be run later in committee, and that the budget negotiations were still ongoing with the Senate and governor on some related items. The session ended with the queue closed after the budget questioning, and the transcript cuts off during additional remarks from Representative Timmons.

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• House Bill 175 creates the Veterans Service Grant Board.
• House Bill 175 creates the Veterans Service Grant Board and provides for allocation of lottery proceeds
• This board will be established in the Department of Veteran Affairs, and the fund will be housed there
• This board will be established in the Department of Veteran Affairs, and the fund will be housed there
• I respectfully urge your support for this initiative and the creation of the veteran services grant fund

Bills: HB165, HB175, HB198, HB272, HB457, HB488, HB566, HB603, HB763, HB902, HB909, HB971, HB981, HB1066, HB1125, HB1154, HB1231

Keywords: HB165, lottery proceeds, Lottery Proceeds Fund, Veterans Service Grant Fund, constitutional amendment, veterans, military veterans, veterans' benefits, veterans services, family support, state lottery, education funding, Minimum Foundation Program, problem gambling, compulsive gaming, state treasurer, ballot proposition, constitutional referendum, lottery revenue, Louisiana resident veterans

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• veterans and we also work with the veteran treatment courts.
• Homeless veterans initiative, community and faith-based. training, and we provide military cultural competency
• Renovate homes for disabled veterans and low-income veterans. Mental health grants.
• That's going to be with the Veterans Land Board, the Texas Veterans Network.
• Veteran on the Veterans Affairs Committee in the Senate.

Bills: SB651, SB897, SB1814, SB1818

Keywords: SB 651, Texas Government Code, Section 434.032, veterans county service office, county veterans services, commissioners court, county executive official, county administration, local government, veterans affairs, veterans benefits, county oversight, reporting structure, public administration, large counties, population 200,000 or more, mental health, veterans, community support, grant program

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• The House is now in session. Clerk will call the roll.
• Allegiance, Introduction of Doctor and/or Nurse of the Day, Corrections of previous day's journal, House
• If you guys don't mind standing up and welcoming... ...them to the People's House today. Mr.
• I move the... ...House stand at ease. House will stand at ease. House will come to order. Mr.
• I've talked to the House Leader of the Freedom Caucus; we've had those conversations.

Bills: SB1177, HB3705, SB1942, SB2026, SB1533, SB1327, SB2065, SB2155, SB2159

Keywords: education funding, mental health services, public safety, housing, state budget, tax credit, parental choice, private school, income tax, dental insurance, health care, medical necessity, insurance claims, dentist rights, military discharge, veterans, DD Form 214, confidentiality, grandchildren access, veteran burial

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• projects, and get more people into stable housing.
• ><c> into</c><00:25:32.720><c> stable</c><00:25:33.240><c> housing</c><00:25:34.240><c> thank</c> more
• people into stable housing thank more people into stable housing thank you<00:25:34.520><c> to</c><00
• </c><00:37:48.920><c> safe</c><00:37:49.240><c> stable</c> that we have this housing safe stable that
• we have this housing safe stable quality<00:37:50.280><c> into</c><00:37:50.560><c> the</c><00:37:50.680

Bills: HF2148, HF2693, HF2542, HF1141, HF1770, HF1489, HF1709, HF244, HF1266, HF807, HF2619, HF1340

Keywords: affordable housing, local control, revolving loan fund, community partnerships, Minnesota housing policy, housing, locally controlled housing, Minnesota Housing Finance Agency, housing infrastructure bonds, state bonds, bonding bill, supportive housing, permanent supportive housing, homelessness, veterans housing, senior housing, manufactured home parks, community land trust, single-family housing, multifamily housing

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• , & Veterans Committee.
• and House Joint Memorial 1412.
• “So with that, I will close the hearing on House Bill 2684, and we will open the hearing on House Joint
• I'm a Marine Corps veteran and Iraq War veteran and service-connected disabled veteran, though I should
• And I'm happy to be joined by nearly every veteran in the House and signing on to this bill and this

Bills: HB2523, HB2606, HB2684, HJM4012

Keywords: community reinvestment, housing, local funding, urban development, economic revitalization, data protection, privacy, performance measures, reporting requirements, office of privacy, social disadvantage, business certification, state guidelines, economic equity, minority-owned businesses, combat veterans, support, military service, injury compensation, veteran affairs

Summary: The House Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans Committee met on February 3 to take executive action on House Bill 2523, concerning the Community Reinvestment Program, and House Bill 2606, concerning performance measures and reporting for the Office of Privacy and Data Protection, and then held public hearings on House Bill 2684 and House Joint Memorial 4012. Staff briefed a proposed substitute for HB 2523 that would change how Community Reinvestment Account funds are distributed, expand Commerce’s reporting and tribal consultation duties, add Office of Equity and WSIPP responsibilities, and require more detailed plan updates and oversight. During executive session, the committee adopted Amendment 285 to require the community reinvestment plan to be updated every five years instead of every 10, but rejected amendments that would have barred recipients from other state down payment programs, restricted grants to officers and family members, required an independent third-party audit, or expanded the WSIPP study. The proposed substitute HB 2523 then passed out of committee on an 8-5 vote. HB 2606, which responds to a JLARC audit by streamlining overlapping duties among the Office of Privacy and Data Protection, the state broadband office, and the Office of Equity, was moved out of committee with a unanimous do pass recommendation. Members described it as a modest but useful efficiency measure, and the vote was 13-0. The committee then heard HB 2684, which would create rebuttable presumptions that people in 10 specified groups are socially disadvantaged for purposes of OMWBE certification. Supporters, including Middle Eastern and North African business owners, argued the bill would correct exclusion of MENA-owned firms from certification and contracting opportunities; opponents argued it would entrench identity-based classifications and raise constitutional concerns. OMWBE testified that the bill would be workable and that social disadvantage is only one factor in certification. The committee also heard HJM 4012, which asks Congress to bring the Major Richard Starr Act to a floor vote to allow combat-injured service members who retire before 20 years of service to receive both retirement pay and disability compensation. Veterans advocates strongly supported the memorial, and the committee closed the hearing without taking final action on either public-hearing item, noting both would be considered again the next day.

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• military service into their veteran status, and whether that's medical care or housing or any of these
• military service into their veteran status, whether that's medical care or housing or any of these other
• to veteran-managed.
• help veterans.
• to veteran, combat veteran to combat veteran.

Bills: HB2424, HB2608, HB2775, HB2805, HB2908

Keywords: Arizona political parties, precinct committeeman, precinct committeemen, proxy voting, party bylaws, county committee, state committee, qualified elector, election administration, political party rules, precinct representation, adjoining precinct, county party meeting, proxy attestation, notary public, witnesses, transitional housing, military veterans, grant program, housing services

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• The House Permanent Standing Subcommittee on Defense, Veterans Affairs will now come to order.
• With this in mind, House Bill 4458 would establish the Texas Veterans Achieving Self-Respect and Reliance
• . and servicing veterans.
• It's the same with veterans.
• veteran at that point.

Bills: HB4458, SB651, SB1227, SB1931

Keywords: veterans, service members, military transition, Texas Veterans Commission, pilot program, self-reliance, employment assistance, housing assistance, mental health services, career training, veterans service organizations, spouses and dependents, military families, Texas military forces, post-separation support, reentry services, workforce development, benefits navigation, transition assistance, SB 651

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• But as members have said, this House Finance Committee is the one and only.
• and stuff, and where they can check it off if they want to donate to the Oklahoma Department of Veterans
• SB2018 amends the statute defining residential rental housing as including 20 units or more and excludes
• Members, that concludes House A and B Finance Committee.
• I just would like to thank you for Six years of being the chairman of the House Finance Committee.

Bills: SB44, SB134, SB1378, SB1400, SB1403, SB1832, SB2018, SB2143

Keywords: sales tax exemption, nonprofit organizations, contractors, charitable purposes, state law, retirement, public employees, reemployment, benefit adjustment, Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System, Olympics, funding, Oklahoma Department of Commerce, local businesses, revolving fund, event hosting, sales tax, tax exemption, tax refund, Oklahoma Sales Tax Code

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• an identical substitute version of this bill out of committee on February 6th, which was Substitute House
• projects, low-income housing projects, which, as you know, is a major part of the capital budget.
• And so with that, I would like to open the executive session on House Bill 2295.
• This particular budget has a strong emphasis on affordable housing.
• This particular budget has a strong emphasis on affordable housing.

Bills: HB2295

Keywords: Washington capital budget, supplemental capital budget, capital appropriations, state building construction account, taxable building construction account, climate commitment account, natural climate solutions, housing trust fund, affordable housing, supportive housing, homelessness, manufactured home communities, mobile home parks, school construction, school modernization, school seismic safety, healthy schools, school electrification, SCAP, behavioral health facilities

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• Alliance Place is an innovative partnership between Housing Hope and Housing.
• The Housing Trust Fund is the backbone of Washington's affordable housing system.
• supportive housing for people exiting homelessness, affordable rental housing for families and individuals
• The House proposal is a great start.
• We are known for our commitment to other forms of housing that the Housing Trust Fund makes possible.

Bills: HB2295

Keywords: Washington capital budget, supplemental capital budget, capital appropriations, state building construction account, taxable building construction account, climate commitment account, natural climate solutions, housing trust fund, affordable housing, supportive housing, homelessness, manufactured home communities, mobile home parks, school construction, school modernization, school seismic safety, healthy schools, school electrification, SCAP, behavioral health facilities

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• All right, we'll call our Veterans Military Affairs and Public Safety meeting to order.
• Uh, and this is to say that they are atomic veterans. Question? Yep.
• Now, nationally, federally, they're considered an atomic veteran if they... ...considered an atomic veteran
• It mirrors the federal standards in the Veterans Atomic Veterans Act.
• It doesn't have to be World War II veterans. It just has the tag right now. ...veterans.

Bills: HB506, HB480, HB105, HB403, HB513, SB341

Keywords: emergency vehicles, off-road vehicles, public safety, liability, regulations, foreign nationals, voter identification, driver licenses, immigration documentation, Alabama election law, law enforcement, retirement benefits, Alabama Peace Officers, agency-issued badge, agency-issued pistol, criminal enterprise, database, data privacy, criminal justice, background check

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• It was House submitted this session.
• research continues to find that Housing First and other low-barrier models improve housing stability
• 42.840><c> housing</c><01:18:43.160><c> stability</c><01:18:43.760><c> and</c> models improve housing
• </c> parks, and public housing complexes. parks, and public housing complexes.
• It repeals the Um the house draft.

Bills: SB709, SB2089, SB2090, SB2108, SB2211, SB2250, SB2325, SB2803, SB2866, SB3245

Keywords: mental health, crisis intervention, assisted community treatment, treatment orders, law enforcement training, public safety, court-ordered treatment, Medicaid, healthcare access, unlicensed professionals, supervised services, workforce development, mental health equity, child custody, evaluations, licensed counselors, family court, juvenile justice, waiver of jurisdiction, transfer to adult court

Summary: The committee heard SB 709 SD2, which would require the Department of Health to respond to reports involving persons with severe mental illness, assess eligibility for assisted community treatment, and coordinate treatment when appropriate. Testimony from the Department of Human Services and the Department of Health supported the measure, with DOH saying it generally supported the bill but had comments on one section it viewed as unnecessary. The Department of Law Enforcement later explained that the bill would shift certification and standards for crisis intervention officer training from DOH to DLE, while still involving DOH in the training process. Opposition came from the Hawaii Disability Rights Center and an individual testifier, both of whom argued the bill expands state authority over people with mental illness and could worsen forced treatment practices. The Disability Rights Center also raised procedural concerns, saying the bill was effectively moved from a prior administration measure that had not been heard this session, and questioned whether the bill’s changes to assisted community treatment, blood tests, urinalysis, and living arrangements went beyond current law. The individual testifier argued the bill would further entrench harmful psychiatric drugging and urged the committee to defer it. Committee members questioned the administration about the bill’s process, the role of the Attorney General in treatment-over-objection proceedings, and the practical effects of moving CIT certification to DLE. The Attorney General’s office said the bill was intended to fill a gap by allowing it to assist with treatment proceedings, while public defenders would continue to represent respondents and due process protections would remain in place. DLE and DOH said the change would better align certification with law enforcement training needs, improve speed in crisis response, and still keep DOH involved; members also discussed whether WAM counted as a hearing and whether the bill should more explicitly preserve DOH’s role. No vote or final action was taken in the portion provided.

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• Is there any objection to reporting House Bill 135 favorably?
• Lastly, Chairman Carter, we have House Bill 216. Ms.
• So you can't get to anybody's house to do anything.
• Counsel for the Louisiana Department of Veterans Affairs.
• I created the blighted housing program.

Bills: HB135, HB142, HB170, HB194, HB215, HB216, HB226, HB284, HB292, HB297, HB609

Keywords: exemption, motor vehicles, health savings accounts, debt relief, bankruptcy, civil procedure, abandonment, default judgment, court costs, notice requirements, construction contracts, jurisdiction, dispute resolution, public policy, Louisiana law, professional engineer, peremptive periods, construction, architect, real estate developer