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• Their dedication and commitment to public safety are commendable and reflect exceptionally well on the
• Yes, Senator Bettencourt, I know you had issues with her, okay, but the reality is, she was a public
• I'd like to recognize today, January 29th, 2025, as Texas Public Works Day in the state capitol.
• Heather has been a dedicated public servant in the engineering community for over 13 years.
• Heather has been a dedicated public servant in the engineering community for over 13 years.

Bills: SJR36, SB2, SR9, SR10, SR16

Keywords: American Public Works Association, public works, infrastructure, Texas, recognition day, local government, municipalities, APWA, Texas Chapter, community development, engineering, professional recognition, community impact, Texas Society of Professional Engineers, Lubbock leadership, recognition, professional achievement, Alpha Kappa Alpha, sorority, social service

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• It's going to explain and publicize Bob's House of Hope, which explains that there is trafficking of
• And now we're going to help try to make the public more aware of it.
• I'm Lieutenant Gregorio Herrera with the Texas Department of Public Safety.
• The Texas Department of Public Safety takes a proactive approach to combating human trafficking.

Bills: SJR36, SB2, SR9, SR10, SR16

Keywords: American Public Works Association, public works, infrastructure, Texas, recognition day, local government, municipalities, APWA, Texas Chapter, community development, engineering, professional recognition, community impact, Texas Society of Professional Engineers, Lubbock leadership, recognition, professional achievement, Alpha Kappa Alpha, sorority, social service

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• I have a spend any public dollars.
• accounts and saves them the money of audit but it satisfies the examiner's public accounts.
• accounts and saves them the money of audit but it satisfies the examiner's public accounts.
• </c> the examiner's public accounts. the examiner's public accounts.
• And so I got with examiners of public accounts and the League of Municipalities.

Bills: HB2, HB163, SB326, HB17, HB363, HB2, HB163, SB326, HB17, HB363, SB333

Keywords: vaccination, parental consent, minors, medical consent, guardian approval, income tax, research expenditures, economic development, tax deductions, Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, Alabama tax law, sheriff, credit card, debit card, financial procedures, Jackson County, purchasing authority, HB17, Alabama Squat Truck Law, squat truck

Bills: SB5, SB11, SB12, SB41, SB43, SB49, SB5, SB11, SB12

Keywords: hemp regulation, consumable products, cannabinoids, occupational licenses, criminal offenses, SB 11, Texas attorney general, election crimes, election law enforcement, criminal prosecution, Election Code, Government Code Chapter 402, local prosecutors, county attorney, district attorney, grand jury, probable cause reports, state election offenses, voter fraud, election integrity

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• and public institutions of higher education.
• The bill relates to a public institution of... ...higher education's orientation on the institution's
• The bill relates to the protection from adverse action against public schools and institutions of higher
• Members, this bill relates to expressive activities at public institutions of higher education.
• Members, this bill restricts remote work by employees of public institutions of higher education.

Bills: SB1224, SB2972, SB2615, SB735, SB800, SB2986, SB2310, SB2055, SB1049, SB784

Keywords: educator misconduct, reporting requirements, local law enforcement, public and private schools, penalties for non-compliance, expressive activities, freedom of speech, public forum, higher education, protests, student rights, telework, public education, employee rights, emergency provisions, Holocaust education, Holocaust Remembrance Week, antisemitism, genocide education, public schools

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• If I recall, we had our public hearing last week. I don't know if everybody was here.
• States deposit money into banks and financial institutions.
• House Bill 484 by Representative Shaw addresses the public blockchain creation of inclusion of certain
• The public blockchain is a shared data store out there in the world.
• It's just pretty much a different way of publishing the transactions out to the public.

Bills: HB227, HB556, HB543, HB542, HB482, HB483, HB484

Keywords: firefighter benefits, occupational disease, line of duty, disability pension, death benefits, retirement benefits, hypertension, heart disease, respiratory disease, cancer presumption, HIV, hepatitis, municipal firefighters, state firefighters, fire districts, workers' compensation, public safety employees, post-retirement benefits, benefit eligibility cutoff, occupational illness

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• And, uh, this deals with the public notice that our public notices that are published in newspapers and
• I appreciate the opportunity to speak in favor of this bill concerning the publication of public notices
• In Hemphill County to get a public notice out, is there? No, there isn't.
• Seeing none, we'll begin public testimony. Chair calls Jason Ryan.
• Safety and local public safety agency.

Bills: HB 1951, HB 2715, HB 3092, HB 3237, HB 3278, HB 3511, HB 3592, HB 3675, HB 3778, HB 3782, HB 3826, HB 3970, HB 4016, HB 4049, HB 4341, HB 4344, HB 4406, HB 4427

Keywords: collective bargaining, public works, government contracts, labor agreements, state funding, removal from office, political subdivisions, local government, judicial proceedings, administrative judicial region, electric transmission, public convenience, landowner consent, utility regulation, energy infrastructure, energy consumption, higher education, governmental entities, sustainability, electricity reduction

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• This deals with the public notice. ..that are public notices that are published in newspapers.
• I appreciate the opportunity to speak in favor of this bill concerning the publication of public notices
• There's the Uptime Institute.
• I have the Geothermal Energy Alliance and the public.
• Safety and local public safety agencies.

Bills: HB1951, HB2715, HB3092, HB3237, HB3278, HB3511, HB3592, HB3675, HB3778, HB3782, HB3826, HB3970, HB4016, HB4049, HB4341, HB4344, HB4406, HB4427

Keywords: collective bargaining, public works, government contracts, labor agreements, state funding, removal from office, political subdivisions, local government, judicial proceedings, administrative judicial region, electric transmission, public convenience, landowner consent, utility regulation, energy infrastructure, energy consumption, higher education, governmental entities, sustainability, electricity reduction

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• House Bill 985 required that any institution awarding a public work contract must ensure a level playing
• field for public works contracts to build projects utilizing state funding or credit.
• A study done in New Jersey by the Beacon Hill Institute. Contracts in New Jersey, or?
• These are local public projects funded with taxpayer dollars.
• Where's the public outcry? Everything you heard today is from one group.

Bills: HB1951, HB2715, HB3092, HB3237, HB3278, HB3511, HB3592, HB3675, HB3778, HB3782, HB3826, HB3970, HB4016, HB4049, HB4341, HB4344, HB4406, HB4427

Keywords: collective bargaining, public works, government contracts, labor agreements, state funding, removal from office, political subdivisions, local government, judicial proceedings, administrative judicial region, electric transmission, public convenience, landowner consent, utility regulation, energy infrastructure, energy consumption, higher education, governmental entities, sustainability, electricity reduction

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• chair lays out House bill 1368 by representative Jones relating to notification requirement if a public
• . 1368 is a vital piece of legislation that addresses a critical gap in communication between public
• Before you is a bill that truly truly supports parents' rights in public education.
• Unfortunately, that is too often not the case on Texas public school campuses.
• Charles Leslie and I'm representing the Texas Education Policy Institute. or Tee Pie.

Bills: HB367, HB497, HB549, HB983, HB 1188, HB 1290, HB1368, HB2243, HB2310, HB2849, HB3099, HB3546, HB3629, HB3627

Keywords: education, absences, severe illness, life-threatening, school policy, verification, healthcare, insurance, affordability, coverage, patient rights, school health, respiratory distress, airway clearance devices, medication training, public health, HB 983, Texas Education Agency, TEA, educator privacy

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• Standards for Texas public schools.
• In public, in every public classroom has access to high quality curriculum.
• It took public outcry to get additional teachers added. And here we are again.
• I was in Del Valle ISD. at two charter schools, KIPP and Harmony Public Schools.
• Our kids are in public school.

Bills: HB367, HB497, HB549, HB983, HB 1188, HB 1290, HB1368, HB2243, HB2310, HB2849, HB3099, HB3546, HB3629, HB3627

Keywords: education, absences, severe illness, life-threatening, school policy, verification, healthcare, insurance, affordability, coverage, patient rights, school health, respiratory distress, airway clearance devices, medication training, public health, HB 983, Texas Education Agency, TEA, educator privacy

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• </c><00:32:13.679><c> Service</c> who are in positions of Public Service who are in positions of Public
• and healthy public there uh and public and healthy public and<00:37:30.839><c> uh</c><00:37:31.040><
• public health and safety and uh public health and safety officials<00:37:32.359><c> can</c><00:37:32.520
• </c><00:38:34.839><c> health</c> information to our local public health information to our local public
• Shouldn't it be public?

Bills: HF1379, HF1596, HF2260, HF1429

Keywords: nonopioid directive, opioid refusal, opioid-free care, pain management, health care directive, advance directive, patient autonomy, informed consent, substance use disorder, opioid epidemic, prescriber immunity, provider liability, emergency medical services, EMS, health record, Minnesota Department of Health, health care agent, medical power of attorney, Metropolitan Council, Minnesota government data practices

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• that's<00:09:27.680><c> out</c><00:09:27.920><c> over</c><00:09:28.240><c> a</c><00:09:28.560><c> public
• ><00:09:28.800><c> water</c><00:09:30.000><c> and</c><00:09:30.240><c> it's</c> that's out over a public
• water and it's that's out over a public water and it's shading<00:09:31.040><c> the</c><00:09:31.279
• That's public data. And when then the agency makes that decision, there's no timeline on that.
• That's public data. And when then the agency makes that decision, there's no timeline on that.

Bills: HF4253, HF4257, HF3236, HF4264, HF4149, HF4019

Keywords: boat storage structures, public waters, natural resources, rule amendments, watercraft canopy, PFAS, environmental regulation, manufacturers, public health, product safety, groundwater, water appropriation, water-use permit, water permit, aquifer test, aquifer, well construction, groundwater permit, Department of Natural Resources, DNR

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• through social media or how to address the comments section regarding data practices and the public
• HF 3295 would clear all that up and hopefully lead to more public bodies live broadcasting meetings,
• body to live broadcast through public body to live broadcast through social<00:12:37.200><c> media</
• practices and the public comment portion of<00:12:42.160><c> the</c><00:12:42.399><c> meeting.
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Bills: HF4319, HF3295, HF3589, HF3587, HF3588, HF4295, HF3571, HF3895

Keywords: public utilities commission, Lake City, port authority, Red Wing, terms of appointment, local government, elections, open meeting law, transparency, public engagement, social media, government accountability, voter access, polling place, ballot, unexpected needs, election judge, public information, political parties, HF4295

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• </c> bill to be re-referred to the Public bill to be re-referred to the Public Safety<00:02:42.840><c
• </c> public dollar in Minnesota. public dollar in Minnesota.
• </c> jobs elsewhere and choose to be public jobs elsewhere and choose to be public servants<00:43:52.120
• </c> that the public is aware of that, too. that the public is aware of that, too.
• We are transparency with the public.

Bills: HF2354, HF3621, HF3429, HF3483

Keywords: medical assistance, fraud prevention, subpoena authority, criminal penalties, consumer protection, fraud, payment withholding, withheld payments, program integrity, public funds, state agency, program participant, credible allegation of fraud, administrative reconsideration, contested case, chapter 14, data practices, confidential data, protected nonpublic data, anti-fraud

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• The strike-all allows the option for postsecondary institutions to participate voluntarily.
• It would be a decision that the institution itself would make. It's entirely optional.
• Senators, that does it for our public speaker cards. We are now in debate.
• The current makeup of the commission is two state attorneys and two public defenders.
• The current makeup of the commission is two state attorneys and two public defenders.

Bills: S0086, S0642, S0712, S0758, S0896, S1224, S1300, S1370, S1712

Keywords: unauthorized aliens, commercial motor vehicles, safety regulations, civil penalties, law enforcement, bail bond, insurance regulation, foreign insurers, financial disclosure, premium reporting, pyramid schemes, consumer protection, fraud prevention, legal affairs, penalties, justice, administrative commission, membership, state attorneys, public defenders

Summary: The committee met with a quorum present and took up a series of bills, beginning with SB 1300 on education and workforce development for current and former inmates. Senator Claudio explained that the bill is intended to expand collaboration between the Department of Transportation and the Department of Corrections to provide training opportunities tied to Florida’s need for CDL drivers. The bill was reported favorably without debate. Members then considered SB 896 on campus safety, as amended by strike-all and late-filed amendment. The bill would require postsecondary institutions to adopt active assailant response plans, conduct security risk assessments, improve threat reporting and information sharing, and allow voluntary participation in the guardian program; the late-filed amendment removed a prohibition on guardians wearing uniforms. After questions about the firearm-discharge provision near campuses and testimony both for and against, the committee reported the bill favorably. The committee also reported favorably SB 86 on commercial motor vehicles operated by unauthorized aliens, SB 642 on foreign and alien bail bond insurers, and confirmed appointees listed on tabs 10 through 19. The committee next heard SB 712 on pyramid promotional schemes, which would create a new prohibition and increase penalties while preserving legitimate direct sales plans. Members raised concerns about whether participants in such schemes might themselves be victims, and the sponsor said prosecutorial discretion would distinguish victims from primary wrongdoers; the bill was reported favorably. SB 1224 on rental housing application fraud was also amended and reported favorably after testimony from apartment and realtor groups in support. In the latter part of the meeting, Chair Martin presented SB 1370 to expand habitual traffic offender status to repeated unlicensed driving, and SB 1712 to create a statewide FDLE counterintelligence and counterterrorism unit. SB 1370 was reported favorably unanimously. SB 1712 drew extensive questioning and public opposition over concerns about broad language, surveillance, and possible impacts on speech and protest, but the sponsor said the unit would focus on protecting the state from adversary intelligence threats and operate within constitutional limits; it was reported favorably. Finally, SB 758 on the Justice Administrative Commission was amended to adjust commission membership and reported favorably unanimously. The committee then recorded additional votes for members and adjourned.

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• yesterday, but that doesn't make her any less valuable to all of us here in the Senate and to the public
• </c> Senate and to the public. Thank you, Mr. Senate and to the public. Thank you, Mr. President.
• But that's what makes us as a body more reflective of the overall public.
• It makes us able to the overall public.
• </c><00:18:19.200><c> It's</c> place of bad publicity as well. It's place of bad publicity as well.

Bills: SB2445, SB2125, SB2355, SB2834, SB3237

Keywords: pedestrian, fines, traffic laws, economic vulnerability, safety, walking, public transportation, teacher licensing, teacher shortage, emergency hire, unlicensed teacher, out-of-field teaching, licensed teachers, charter schools, Department of Education, DOE, Board of Education, licensure requirements, teacher certification, alternative licensure

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• The commission is not authorized to compete with private financial institutions in the origination of
• In the proposed substitute, is the language that restricts the use of public funds still in place, or
• of purpose, the restriction on 'without using public funds'—that is the quote that is removed.
• It removes that restriction. ...without using public funds is the quote that is removed.
• And that's why I believe that that cleanup does not actually open any doors to public monies being used

Bills: HB1974, HB2118, HB2236, HB2269

Keywords: land bank, land banking authority, affordable housing, housing crisis, housing supply, public corporation, public housing authority, nonprofit housing, tax-foreclosed property, blight remediation, redevelopment, anti-displacement, equity, redlining, racial segregation, deed restriction, affordability covenant, property tax exemption, excise tax exemption, predevelopment

Bills: HB38, HB39, HB181, HB38, HB39, HB181

Keywords: district attorneys, prosecutorial function, law enforcement, criminal procedure, legal advice, paternity, putative father registry, adoption, legal rights, parental rights, HB181, Alabama Building Renovation Finance Authority, bond authorization, state bonds, capital improvements, public buildings, State Capitol, renovation finance, public office facilities, infrastructure financing

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• The House Committee on Public Education. We'll come to order, and the clerk will call the roll.
• children who are the subject of parental child safety agreements for the purpose of admission to public
• The trauma can be enhanced when the kin caregiver cannot enroll the child in public school.
• They give public school students the opportunity to receive...
• They love their public school but know that they cannot have religious education.

Bills: SB226, SB413, SB571, SB1049, SB2398, SB2920

Keywords: residency, public schools, child safety placement, enrollment, education code, school boards, transparency, public meetings, attendance, recording, misconduct, child abuse, educators, investigation, criminal offense, education law, suspension, reporting requirements, released time, religious instruction