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• Members 2989 allows electric utilities to prepare a wildfire mitigation plan.
• It creates a wildfire mitigation revolving fund and requires the conservation commission to develop the
• that we already are experiencing this year, well before wildfire season.
• time, will this exempt utilities from liability if their equipment or infrastructure result in a wildfire
• so there are companies that have been working diligently for years to try and lower the risk of wildfire

Bills: HB4246 , HB4230 , HB3617 , HB3657 , HB2976 , HB3391 , HB4459 , HB4128 , HB3989 , HB2989 , HB4060 , HB3145 , HB2992 , HB3464 , HB4246 , HB4230 , HB3617 , HB3657 , HB2976 , HB3391 , HB4459 , HB4128 , HB3989 , HB2989 , HB4060 , HB3145 , HB2992 , HB3464

Committees: House Energy , House Energy and Natural Resources Oversight

Keywords: HB4246, water rights, rural water, wastewater, drinking water, environmental quality, DEQ, Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality, Oklahoma Rural Water Association, technical assistance, water infrastructure, small systems, utility operators, emergency water response, nonprofit contractors, vendor qualification, competitive bidding, best value procurement, central purchasing act, rural utilities

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• I demonstrate the expertise and risk management, regulatory compliance, complex clinical decision-making
• Michael Hiller is a senior managing partner at Hillary Communications, where he supports the company's
• experienced technology and operations leader with over 15 years of professional experience in IT management

Bills: HB1675 , HB3242 , HB1739 , HB3320 , HB3047 , HB4434 , HJR1089 , HB4432 , HB3718 , HB3705

Committee: Senate Rules

Keywords: emergency management, severe weather, youth camp, summer camp, overnight camp, day camp, outdoor education, adventure camp, wilderness program, campground safety, tornado preparedness, flooding, flash flood, high winds, hail, lightning, extreme heat, extreme cold, wildfire smoke, evacuation plan

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• Senate Bill 6211, creating uniformity for the process by which cities planning under the Growth Management
• design standards to ensure consistency with current land use patterns, housing needs, and growth management

Bills: SB6181 , SB6154 , SB6211 , SB6234 , SB6242 , SB5633 , SB6279 , SB6291 , SB6274 , SB6309

Committee: Senate Local Government

Keywords: city incorporation, local governance, municipalities, state law, government structure, culvert replacement, fish passage, hydraulic project approval, Department of Fish and Wildlife, stream crossing, bank stabilization, flood control, erosion control, emergency permit, expedited permit, SEPA, environmental review, local government, county authority, agricultural irrigation

Bills: HB1784 , HB2088 , HB3062 , HB3475 , HB3741 , HB4279 , HB4763 , HB5154 , HB5294 , HB5508 , SB1401 , HB232 , HB232 , HB232

Committee: House Higher Education

Keywords: students, homeless, foster care, higher education, liaison officer, housing assistance, transition support, law school, Rio Grande Valley, legal education, public university, accreditation, fentanyl prevention, drug poisoning awareness, mental health resources, substance abuse education, El Paso, university system, funding, public education

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• This legislation establishes a wildfire prevention fund and the wildfire prevention and protection council
• wildfires that we face.
• are in a better position than many to understand the cost, risks, and management of wildfire.
• Wildfires have continued to grow.
• Wildfire is a tragedy.

Bills: HB2275 , HB2238

Committee: House Agriculture & Natural Resources

Keywords: wildfire prevention, Washington wildfire council, fire safety, environmental protection, state regulations, HB 2238, HB2238, statewide food security, food security strategy, hunger, food insecurity, food access, food assistance, anti-hunger, nutrition education, food system literacy, agricultural viability, supply chain resilience, Washington Department of Agriculture, food policy forum

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• Representative Springer: In 1990, 35 years ago, the state passed the Growth Management Act and gave cities
• that were compelled to live up to the constraints of the Growth Management Act councilmanic authority
• This levels the playing field so that those cities that have opted in and meet the same growth management
• And in 1990, 35 years ago, the state passed the Growth Management Act and gave cities who were compelled
• to live up to the constraints of the Growth Management Act, councilmanic authority to impose a quarter

Bills: HB2376 , HB2584 , HB2610 , HB2615 , HB2089 , HB2194 , HB2257 , HB2528 , HB2175 , HB2334

Committee: House Finance

Keywords: property tax, reform, local government, taxpayer, funding, agriculture, tax exemption, farm machinery, equipment, sales tax, HB 2610, property tax exemption, nonprofit housing, affordable housing, low-income housing, community use, temporary use, charitable property, Washington property tax, Department of Revenue

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• for property insurance coverage if the property has a current wildfire-prepared home, wildfire-prepared
• Meanwhile, our wildfire season is getting longer and the wildfires are becoming more devastating.
• infrastructure against wildfire.
• And we believe that the wildfire-prepared home is a great tool in promoting wildfire safety, and a wildfire-prepared
• But a wildfire-prepared home is a far cry from a wildfire-proof home.

Bills: SB6061 , SB5844 , SB6079 , SB6137 , SB5831 , SB6031 , SB6178

Committee: Senate Business, Trade & Economic Development

Keywords: tourism, self-supported assessment, funding, statewide promotion, economic development, storage rental, tenancy agreements, tenant rights, landlord obligations, termination notice, insurance, wildfire prevention, policy nonrenewal, cancellation, risk management, sports wagering, sports betting, sports gambling, bookmaking, gambling regulation

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• Wildfire is becoming more and more prevalent.
• That's deeply impacted by wildfire insurance issues.
• about the wildfire risk scores used by the insurance companies.
• Wildfire scores help us do that. They're not punitive.
• However, we're not included in any of those wildfire risk scoring.

Bills: SB5928

Committee: Senate Business, Trade & Economic Development

Keywords: wildfire risk, disclosure, safety, environmental policy, risk assessment

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• SB 6079, creating a wildfire mitigation grant program, was by request by the OIC and was heard in this
• It creates a grant program for wildfire mitigation efforts for insurable dwellings and prohibits property
• insurers from using wildfire risk as a disqualifying risk factor for coverage if a property...
• Wildfire risk as a disqualifying risk factor for coverage if a property has a specified designation.
• and cancellation of insurance policies due to wildfire risk.

Bills: SB6248 , SB5976 , SB6079 , SB6250 , SB6257 , SB6289 , SB6230 , SB6312 , SB6149 , SGA9060 , SGA9169 , SGA9265 , SGA9266

Committee: Senate Business, Trade & Economic Development

Keywords: travel insurance, travel protection plan, travel assistance services, cancellation fee waiver, travel retailer, travel administrator, limited lines producer, insurance producer license, blanket travel insurance, trip cancellation, trip interruption, travel medical coverage, emergency evacuation, repatriation, inland marine, premium tax, consumer protection, unfair trade practice, insurance commissioner, Washington RCW

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• We have a new city manager, a new city staff here, a new police chief. Things are turning.
• And Austin has a new city manager since that time? Yes sir.
• I'm the Assistant City Manager over Public Safety, which includes. law enforcement operations in the
• We have Mayor Watson. city manager Broadnex, a new police chief, and again a homeless strategy officer
• I managed 919 Congress. I was one of the property managers at 111 Congress.

Bills: HB 13 , HB143 , HB144 , HB145 , HB366 , HB470 , HB805 , HB912 , HB13 , HB143 , HB144 , HB145

Committee: House State Affairs

Keywords: emergency communication, infrastructure, first responders, grant program, interoperability, Texas Interoperability Council, local governments, HB 143, Texas Railroad Commission, Public Utility Commission of Texas, Natural Resources Code, oil and gas, well site, surface facility, electrical power line, National Electrical Code, NEC, electrical safety, utility disconnect, service disconnection

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• I've represented 21,000 wildfire survivors. 22 different wildfires.
• He's being paid to come back for wildfires.
• They have to wildfire risk.
• develop an impact. wildfire mitigation plans.
• Chairman, your committee's report on the panhandle wildfires found ineffective communication in wildfire

Bills: HB 13 , HB143 , HB144 , HB145 , HB366 , HB470 , HB805 , HB912 , HB13 , HB143 , HB144 , HB145

Committee: House State Affairs

Keywords: emergency communication, infrastructure, first responders, grant program, interoperability, Texas Interoperability Council, local governments, HB 143, Texas Railroad Commission, Public Utility Commission of Texas, Natural Resources Code, oil and gas, well site, surface facility, electrical power line, National Electrical Code, NEC, electrical safety, utility disconnect, service disconnection

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• The Department of Natural Resources... ...of mitigating wildfire hazards.
• Upon completion of the wildfire hazard map and the base-level wildfire risk map for each county, the
• This bill provides that upon completion of the statewide map and wildfire...
• We are building homes where it's adjacent to wildfire-prone areas.
• Before the wildfire risk maps are completed.

Bills: SB5633 , SB6279 , SB6291 , SB6274 , SB6309 , SB5903 , SB6016 , SB5820 , SB6132 , SB6189

Committee: Senate Local Government

Keywords: land subdivision, zoning, property development, local government authority, real estate, infrastructure, wildfire, wildland urban interface, WUI, building code, fire-resistant construction, defensible space, hazard map, risk map, state building code council, department of natural resources, fire marshal, regional fire defense board, roofing standards, exterior walls

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• I'm the director of forest management for the Nature Conservancy and a certified forester that manages
• And then we manage that risk.
• Full funding of wildfire means that we have the tools to manage that risk. Beyond just...
• And how beavers are managed in Washington State, and where we'd like to see management go with beavers
• Those are essential parts of managing beavers, but they're the only thing we really manage beavers for

Bills: SB6104 , SB6241 , SJM8015 , SB6318

Committee: Senate Agriculture & Natural Resources

Keywords: agriculture, protection, state regulation, farmers, land use, sustainability, steelhead, conservation, wildlife, fishing, environmental protection, federal response, wildfire protection, community safety, infrastructure, natural resources, commercial shellfish, fees, fishing industry, regulations

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• It's potential that they would have to ask for more money to manage those lawsuits, and that's something
• Departments ask for supplementals when they incur costs managing the laws that we make Carrie, entertain
• So this would be managed by the treasurer's office with funds he has available.
• He will manage the charter school board, which is involved in the final decisions.
• And that'll be managed out of the treasurer's office, as he manages about $17 billion worth of funds

Bills: HB1242 , HB1250 , HB1590 , HB1752 , HB1979 , HB1983 , HB2952 , HB2961 , HB2967 , HB2973 , HB2988 , HB3031 , HB3047 , HB3052 , HB3066 , HB3086 , HB3175 , HB3177 , HB3178 , HB3240 , HB3404 , HB3429 , HB3548 , HB3638 , HB3671 , HB3704 , HB3759 , HB3831 , HB3904 , HB3920 , HB3944 , HB3969 , HB3973 , HB3975 , HB3976 , HB3978 , HB3983 , HB3984 , HB4092 , HB4118

Committee: House Appropriations and Budget

Keywords: HB1242, cervidae, deer, elk, sales tax exemption, agricultural exemption, livestock, ranching, farm tax, agricultural sales tax, Oklahoma Tax Commission, agriculture, producer sales, private treaty, special livestock sale, tax relief, farm products, rural economy, local law enforcement, Public Safety Technology Revolving Fund

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• So we'll start with her bill: Senate Bill 6054, concerning unreasonable restrictions on wildfire home-hardening
• To harden their homes against fire and use wildfire-resistant materials.
• My name is Hilary Bublitz, and I manage a large community of over 3,000 doors in Mill Creek, Washington
• I want to be clear at the outset that we support the goal of this bill and strongly support wildfire
• I want to be clear at the outset that we support the goal of this bill and strongly support wildfire

Bills: SB6001 , SB6015 , SB6054 , SB5470 , SB5884 , SB6018 , SB6027 , SB6028

Committee: Senate Housing

Keywords: building code, scissor stairs, safety regulations, construction standards, statebuilding regulations, residential building, construction permits, housing development, planning efficiency, state regulations, wildfire, home hardening, fire-resistant materials, fire-hardened building materials, common interest communities, homeowners association, HOA, condominium, condo association, wildland urban interface

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• These cuts, it'll be down to 9%, but we managed to carve out, what, $5 million for a specific part of
• That's Forest and Fire Management—fighting wildfires is going to be cut by $2 million.
• that you're allowed to spend for management for advertising.
• This thing... ...to fix things in the Land Management Fund or not.
• So we followed what the Department of Revenue put out, an agency that Governor Hobbs manages.

Bills: HB4138 , HB4139 , HB4140 , HB4141 , HB4142 , HB4143 , HB4144 , HB4145 , HB4146 , HB4147 , HB4148 , HB4149 , HB4150 , HB4151 , HB4152 , HB4153 , SB1831 , SB1832 , SB1833 , SB1834 , SB1835 , SB1836 , SB1837 , SB1838 , SB1839 , SB1840 , SB1841 , SB1842 , SB1843 , SB1844 , SB1845 , SB1846

Committee: Joint Appropriations

Keywords: appropriations, education funding, health care, general fund, state budget, local funding, gaming, pari-mutuel, horse racing, regulatory assessment, first-time starters, budget implementation, federal funds, government services, budget stabilization, financial reporting, capital outlay, infrastructure, veterans services, highway construction

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• birthplace of the United States space and missile programs, and whereas emergency services such as wildfire
• And whereas the New Mexico Airport Managers Association and the New Mexico chapter of the aerospace As
• Fund Act, providing for the collection of surcharges on electric services, establishing the wildfire
• fund, requiring notices of interest, providing eligibility requirements, including wildfire mitigation
• Providing eligibility requirements, including wildfire mitigation plans, creating the position of service

Bills: HM19

Keywords: New Mexico Aviation and Aerospace Day, aviation, aerospace, space industry, missile programs, Spaceport America, White Sands Missile Range, White Sands Test Facility, Kirtland Air Force Base, drone, unmanned aircraft systems, commercial space transportation, NASA, aircraft, STEM education, research laboratories, Sandia National Laboratories, Los Alamos National Laboratory, flight testing, medical evacuation

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• to prevent wildfires to both sides.
• And then we'll call up our tribal co-managers shortly. Ms.
• Wildfire smoke is becoming a public health crisis, and because wildfires do not respect borders, and
• Wildfire season in Washington is no longer theoretical.
• Petridge, Budget Manager for the Department of Health.

Bills: SB5919 , SB5816 , SJM8015 , HB2737

Committee: House Agriculture & Natural Resources

Keywords: fire safety, insurance incentives, best practices, community protection, voluntary measures, juice grapes, agriculture, commerce, state regulation, market access, federal response, wildfire protection, community safety, infrastructure, natural resources, commercial shellfish, shellfish fees, Department of Health, biotoxin testing, export certificate

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• And allocating that capital, it's a professional management team. Correct.
• I'm not a money manager, I'm just a solo practitioner.
• Do actively managed funds always beat market averages?
• Actively managed funds do not always beat market averages. That's correct.
• Wildfire areas, helping us respond where the danger is greatest.

Bills: HB 104 , HB2054 , HB3459 , HB3745 , HB4486 , HB4488 , HB4601 , HB104

Committee: House Appropriations

Keywords: Texas Future Fund, investment review board, economic stabilization, innovative technology, national defense, HB 2054, Texas volunteer fire department assistance fund, Rural Volunteer Fire Department Assistance Program, volunteer fire departments, wildfire mitigation, wildland fire, rural fire protection, insurer assessment, insurance premium tax, state appropriations, firefighting grants, emergency services, high-risk wildfire areas, Texas Comptroller, Texas Government Code

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• The act would be known and cited as the Wildfire Elevation Support Act, and the effective date of the
• The act would be known and cited as the Wildfire Elevation Support Act, and the effective date of the
• The purpose of the bill that's in front of us is to restore funding to the state's wildfire response,
• And they were not able to come up with a funding source for wildfire preparedness.
• My name is Casey McLean, and I'm the Washington Policy Manager at Renewable Northwest.

Bills: HB1960 , HB2194 , HB2089

Committee: House Finance

Keywords: HB1960, renewable energy, clean energy, solar, wind, battery storage, energy storage, excise tax, property tax exemption, local investment, county revenue sharing, local taxing districts, school districts, Department of Revenue, Department of Commerce, model ordinance, siting, permitting, tribal consultation, tribal capacity grants