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• Through that process, what we found was it wasn't just about capital outlay, right, to do this because
• And so now that we know it's not just about giving schools capital resources to build their facilities
• Department of Food and Agriculture seed law to make sure everyone from major industrial farms to home gardeners
• Department of Food and Agriculture seed law to make sure everyone from major industrial farms to home gardeners

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• And we could address things like that, but instead we choose to eliminate capital gains tax, things like
• to Missouri teacher certificate, the first place that I decided to go was Normandy and Riverview Gardens
• Normandy and Riverview Gardens are provisionally accredited districts, but I figure that because I had
• But it did to Riverview Gardens, is it took all of the students from Riverview Gardens and sent them
• with their students and really what they’ve done with that building, what they’ve done with their garden

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• If you join me in the capital room 317 in celebration of the Fairgrounds Appreciation Month, we hope
• Tungipa explained Not now, but upon adjournment, in capital room 317, he is welcoming us all.
• She was also an avid traveler and a passionate gardener in her free time.
• She could often be found taking cuttings from the gardens of others. only sometimes with permission.
• Today, Budget Subcommittee 4 meets upon adjournment right now, Capital Room 447.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• The committee substitute for HB 4056 authorizes $215 million from the Legacy Capital Fund for the Oklahoma
• Members, House Bill 4057 provides allocation funds from the Legacy Capital Fund, authorizing utilization
• House Bill 4053 is an LCF Legacy Capital Financing Fund expansion.
• It's part of the Legacy Capital Financing Fund.
• It's part of the legacy capital finance fund.

Bills: HB4030, HB4031, HB4032, HB4033, HB4034, HB4035, HB4036, HB4037, HB4038, HB4039, HB4040, HB4041, HB4042, HB4043, HB4044, HB4045, HB4046, HB4047, HB4048, HB4049, HB4050, HB4051, HB4052, HB4053, HB4054, HB4056, HB4057, HB4065, HB4067, HB4071, HB4072, SB1144, SB1145, SB1146, SB1147, SB1148, SB1149, SB1156, SB1157, SB1158, SB1159, SB1161, SB1162, SB1163, SB1164, SB1165, SB1166, SB1167, SB1174, SB1175, SB1176, HB4030, HB4031, HB4032, HB4033, HB4034, HB4035, HB4036, HB4037, HB4038, HB4039, HB4040, HB4041, HB4042, HB4043, HB4044, HB4045, HB4046, HB4047, HB4048, HB4049, HB4050, HB4051, HB4052, HB4053, HB4054, HB4056, HB4057, HB4065, HB4067, HB4071, HB4072, SB1144, SB1145, SB1146, SB1147, SB1148, SB1149, SB1156, SB1157, SB1158, SB1159, SB1161, SB1162, SB1163, SB1164, SB1165, SB1166, SB1167, SB1174, SB1175, SB1176

Keywords: education funding, budget appropriations, public schools, teachers' retirement, early childhood education, aeronautics, infrastructure, funding, sustainability, Oklahoma, mining, operator fees, coal production, noncoal mining, department of mines, revenue, state budget, budgetary reform, financial legislation, fiscal accountability

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• So, who accepts or shoulders the liability if there are investments made to venture capital that don't
• Members, this simply allows the Oklahoma Capital Improvement Authority to utilize $25 million from the
• On the item M, the revolving loan fund program for charter school capital expenditures, it references
• Legacy Capital Fund to expand, acquire, and construct forensic science.
• directly to Legacy Capital.

Bills: HB4030, HB4031, HB4032, HB4033, HB4034, HB4035, HB4036, HB4037, HB4038, HB4039, HB4040, HB4041, HB4042, HB4043, HB4044, HB4045, HB4046, HB4047, HB4048, HB4049, HB4050, HB4051, HB4052, HB4053, HB4054, HB4056, HB4057, HB4065, HB4067, HB4071, HB4072, SB1144, SB1145, SB1146, SB1147, SB1148, SB1149, SB1156, SB1157, SB1158, SB1159, SB1161, SB1162, SB1163, SB1164, SB1165, SB1166, SB1167, SB1174, SB1175, SB1176

Keywords: education funding, budget appropriations, public schools, teachers' retirement, early childhood education, aeronautics, infrastructure, funding, sustainability, Oklahoma, mining, operator fees, coal production, noncoal mining, department of mines, revenue, state budget, budgetary reform, financial legislation, fiscal accountability

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• The committee substitute for H.B. 456 authorizes $21.25 million from the Legacy Capital Fund for the
• Authorizes $215 million from the Legacy Capital Fund for the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation to
• House Bill 4053 is an LCF Legacy Capital Financing Fund expansion.
• It is a part of the Legacy Capital Financing Fund.
• It is a part of the Legacy Capital Financing Fund.

Bills: HB4030, HB4031, HB4032, HB4033, HB4034, HB4035, HB4036, HB4037, HB4038, HB4039, HB4040, HB4041, HB4042, HB4043, HB4044, HB4045, HB4046, HB4047, HB4048, HB4049, HB4050, HB4051, HB4052, HB4053, HB4054, HB4056, HB4057, HB4065, HB4067, HB4071, HB4072, SB1144, SB1145, SB1146, SB1147, SB1148, SB1149, SB1156, SB1157, SB1158, SB1159, SB1161, SB1162, SB1163, SB1164, SB1165, SB1166, SB1167, SB1174, SB1175, SB1176

Keywords: education funding, budget appropriations, public schools, teachers' retirement, early childhood education, aeronautics, infrastructure, funding, sustainability, Oklahoma, mining, operator fees, coal production, noncoal mining, department of mines, revenue, state budget, budgetary reform, financial legislation, fiscal accountability

Summary: The Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget met to consider a long agenda of appropriations, retirement COLAs, revolving funds, and limits bills. Early actions included Senate Bill 1144 and Senate Bill 1145, which provided cost-of-living adjustments for retired teachers and OPRS retirees, respectively, and Senate Bill 1146, 1147, 1148, and 1149, which extended similar retirement benefit increases or a one-time stipend for law enforcement, firefighters, judges, and certain retired police and firefighters. The committee also advanced bills funding the Pardon and Parole Board, OSBI cybercrimes and fraud work, juvenile medication, and several agency limits bills for Health Care Authority, Health Department, Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, and DHS. Members also heard and passed a series of education, public safety, and economic development measures, including funding for school security at the School for Science and Math and the Schools for the Blind and Deaf, support for National Board certified teachers, and appropriations for the Rural Health Transformation Program, the Decennial Census Revolving Fund, Task Force One, and the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation forensic center. Several bills created or expanded revolving funds and financing tools, including military readiness and aviation funds, a taxpayer endowment trust fund, water infrastructure loan and REAP-related measures, and a revised non-coal mining fee structure. The committee also approved a bill increasing court reporter pay and another reducing employer contributions to the retirement system after it reached over 100% funding. There was notable discussion on a $5 million film-related pilot program for sitcom production, with questions about the amount and certification requirements, and on a rural economic development package that included money for the state fairgrounds and a university energy plant, which drew objections over whether those projects fit the intended purpose of rural prep funds. Other debated items included a bill directing funds to the Oklahoma Dream Act/Trump accounts, a bill rejecting judicial pay increases recommended by the Board of Judicial Compensation, and a proposal to move $200 million from the stabilization fund into a new Taxpayer Endowment Trust Fund. Most measures were reported out with due pass votes, though several drew dissenting votes, including the film bill, the fairgrounds/economic development bill, the water projects bill, and the trust fund and judicial pay measures. The committee adjourned after completing the agenda.

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• legislative, and judicial agencies of the state, other functions of government, debt service, and capital
• legislative, and judicial agencies of the state, other functions of government, debt service, and capital

Bills: SB146, SB143, SB144, SB145, HB224, SB152, SB153, SB154, SB162, SB226, SB146, SB143, SB144, SB145, HB224, SB152, SB153, SB154, SB162, SB226

Keywords: supplemental appropriation, FY2025 budget, general fund, Alabama State Board of Public Accountancy, Unified Judicial System, court automation, advanced technology and data exchange, judiciary funding, transportation debt service, highway bonds, bridge bonds, Alabama Department of Transportation, ALDOT, public highways, federal matching funds, state appropriations, bond principal and interest, special funds, budget amendment, SB143

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• And all of this throws our capital campaign into uncertainty.
• Which forms of community development capital emerging community-authored narratives?
• Which forms of community development capital emerging community authored narratives?
• As the co-director of Capital Creative Alliance, a nonprofit based here in the capital that can...
• As the co-director of Capital Creative Alliance, a nonprofit based here in the capital that connects

Summary: The joint informational hearing focused on how recent federal actions are affecting arts, culture, humanities, libraries, museums, and the creative economy in California. Chair Ben Allen and Vice Chair Chris Ward opened by describing the hearing as a response to proposed and ongoing federal cuts to the NEA, NEH, IMLS, and public broadcasting, as well as grant terminations and leadership changes at cultural institutions. Several members emphasized the economic and civic importance of the arts, while one Republican member argued for greater ideological diversity in the arts and noted the loss of music programs in small schools. Testimony from Aaron Harky of Americans for the Arts and Jolie Fisher of SAG-AFTRA described the impact of federal policy on grants, jobs, and production. Harky said executive orders and the FY 2026 budget proposal threaten arts agencies and arts education, and that rescinded grants are causing hiring freezes, shutdowns, and losses for small organizations, especially in rural and underserved communities. Fisher focused on runaway film and television production, outdated tax rules, and the need for federal incentives, intellectual property protections, and action on AI and digital replicas. Members also discussed bipartisan support, the role of business and tourism partners, and the need to include more diverse voices in arts advocacy. The second panel featured Rick Noguchi of California Humanities, Greg Lucas of the State Library, and Danielle Purcell of the California Arts Council. Noguchi said NEH funding was cut immediately, putting California Humanities’ grantmaking and documentary programs at risk and prompting consideration of litigation and possible state support. Lucas reported that IMLS funding for California libraries was briefly canceled but partly restored, though a budget gap remains. Purcell said the California Arts Council is still awaiting federal award language for state partnership funds, but NEA grant terminations and the proposed elimination of federal cultural agencies create major uncertainty; she also said the council is assessing the damage and tracking impacts on grantees. Members asked about measuring outcomes, AI’s threat to creative work, documentary funding losses, and possible state and national strategies to protect cultural institutions and jobs.

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• Personally, I have prosecuted every type of crime from petty theft and battery up through capital murder
• Palm Beach, in its Palm Beach Gardens campus, has developed a partnership with Tomorrow Sports, doing
• And I have to say the new golf program that you have in Palm Beach Gardens, that is amazing.
• And I have to say the new golf program that you have in Palm Beach Gardens. That is amazing.

Summary: The committee first heard CS/SB 270, which would extend Bright Futures eligibility by 12 months for certain students whose parent was serving overseas in public service and then retired, giving military and diplomatic families more time to return to Florida without losing scholarship eligibility. Senator Burgess also explained a late-filed amendment to set the bill’s effective implementation for the 2025-26 school year, and the committee adopted the amendment without objection. The bill received supportive testimony, including from Senator Smith, and was reported favorably by a roll call vote. The remainder of the meeting focused on confirmation hearings for appointees to state college boards of trustees, with the chair emphasizing a new process of hearing from each nominee individually rather than taking a blanket vote. Nominees from Tallahassee State College, St. Johns River State College, South Florida State College, Broward College, State College of Florida Manatee-Sarasota, Palm Beach State College, Pasco-Hernando State College, and Valencia College described their backgrounds and priorities, which largely centered on workforce development, nursing and health sciences, dual enrollment, fiscal responsibility, student retention, and partnerships with local employers and communities. Several nominees highlighted their own educational or professional ties to the colleges, and some noted the importance of serving rural or military-connected communities. One nominee, John Aloko for Pasco-Hernando State College, was not present because he was attending a conference in Hawaii and was deferred to a later hearing. After hearing all other nominees, the committee voted to recommend confirmation of the remaining appointees in a block vote, covering Tabs 2 through 22 except Tab 8, and the motion passed. Two members later asked to be recorded as voting in the affirmative on earlier items.

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• It seems like harmless fun, but it's not sure recognizes representative home gardeners being present.
• That's where the rubber meets the road, because I'd hate for us to set up a process that's not capital
• People who are putting private capital at risk get frustrated.
• How many gallons of water can you get through a small garden hose versus a six-inch water main?

Bills: HB5057, HB4519, HB5033, HB3997, HB 1237, HB1904, HB4400, HB 1227

Keywords: solid waste management, exclusive contracts, public agency, contract amendment, notification requirements, Texas Health and Safety Code, Texas Emissions Reduction Plan, TERP, air quality, emissions reduction, clean fleet, alternative fuel, natural gas vehicles, hydrogen fuel, hydrogen infrastructure, diesel replacement, fleet grants, TCEQ, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, clean school buses

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• Um, family from Gardener and... Um, family from Gardener and time on ranches in Texas.
• We talk about tending the garden. This We talk about tending the garden.
• This was kind of what I would consider the rose in that garden, and it's getting ready to bloom.
• Private investment in places that conventional capital markets tend to overlook.
• Opportunity zone incentives brought that kind of capital to corners of Colorado that otherwise rarely

Keywords: 981, all

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• And then it sounded like the other fund we were—I forgot the name now—but it was more of a capital fund
• The grant additionally includes $150,000 for 75 vertical tower gardens, lesson plans, seed pod starters
• indirect billing costs, allowing the possibility for additional funding to be provided for more tower gardens

Keywords: 989, all

Summary: The committee first considered the Department of Environmental Quality budget. Janet Jessup outlined enhancements for Triumph Mine monitoring and maintenance, a transfer for the Cordilleran Basin Superfund cleanup, and a fund shift to move two positions from federal support to the IPDES Program Fund. Members also discussed language to consolidate air permitting and drinking water permitting fee funds, and a separate cash transfer related to the new solid waste regulatory fund created by House Bill 555. The budget motion and the related language both passed, and the committee issued do-pass recommendations. The committee then took up the Department of Lands budget, focusing on Forest and Range Fire Protection funding. Members debated a one-time General Fund restoration for fire preparedness in FY 2026 and a similar request for FY 2027, with concerns raised about prior reversions and whether dedicated funds could be used instead. Director Dustin Miller explained that the other funds cited were restricted to forest practices enforcement and equipment replacement, and that the preparedness money supports standby crews, including seasonal firefighters in eastern Idaho and other regions. The FY 2026 request passed, the initial FY 2027 request failed, reconsideration was later allowed under parliamentary ruling, and the FY 2027 request then passed. The committee also adopted language limiting General Fund firefighter bonus appropriations to firefighters, after some discussion about whether the wording was too narrow. Next, the committee considered Educational Services for the Deaf and the Blind. The agency’s request included career ladder adjustments, a van for student transport, staffing for a new 18-bed residential building in Gooding, replacement items, and an endowment fund adjustment. A substitute motion to add the cottage staff funding failed, but the original motion passed, providing funding for the career ladder, replacement items, and the endowment adjustment, with a do-pass recommendation. Finally, the State Department of Education budget was reviewed. The agency requested additional spending authority for school bus camera grants, an extended USDA farm-to-school grant, and ongoing technology grants for the child nutrition program. A substitute motion to increase the farm-to-school authority to cover the anticipated extension failed, but the original motion passed, approving the school bus camera fund increase, the farm-to-school grant authority, and the child nutrition technology funding, with a do-pass recommendation. The committee then announced the next day’s agenda and adjourned.

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• I am so glad that you can take this time to tend to your own garden, to get those chickens.
• I am so glad that you can take this time to tend to your own garden, to get those chickens, to be with
• So now I can plant that garden that I've been trying to cultivate. I can get some chickens.
• Speaker, your Transportation, Public Works and Capital Improvements Committee has been referred House
• That helps with, when builders are stacking their capital to then pencil out their projects.

Bills: HB111, HB108, HB145, HB164, HB291, HJR6, HR1, HB63, HB64, HB165, HB184, HB200, HB4, HB7, HB20, HB65, HB66, HB80, HB88, HB96, HB166, HB285, HB295, HB306, SB29, SB37, HJM2, HJM3, HJM1, HM7, HM17, HM4, HM22, HM23, HM24, HM26, HM2, HM16, HM32, HM13, HM47, HM20, HM51, HM1, HM31, HM35, HM36, HM46, HM53, HM54, HM11, HM14, HM21, HM34, HM50

Keywords: water law, state engineer, civil penalty, compliance order, water rights, overdiversion, illegal diversion, groundwater storage and recovery, well license, permit violation, water enforcement, New Mexico water code, irrigation district, conservancy district, water diversion, unauthorized water sales, measuring device, district court appeal, water resources, water compliance

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• McAllen is known for its natural beauty with attractions like Quinta Matzoslan featuring a beautiful garden
• I'm always proud to receive them here at our capital.
• How many of you know what the capital of the Republic of Texas was? Anybody?
• Okay, well it was Harrisburg and it was made the capital in 1835.
• Occupational Therapists, Occupational Therapy Assistants, and Occupational from across Texas to your capital

Bills: SB2, SJR36, SB2, SR19, SR27, SR30, SR32, SCR11

Keywords: Houston East End, Chamber of Commerce, East End Day, economic development, community involvement, scholarships, business events, McAllen, celebration, community pride, cultural events, economic growth, McAllen Day, community recognition, South Texas, local pride, Wise County Day, Texas Senate, Wise County, state recognition

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• </c> restricted to two specific capital restricted to two specific capital projects.<00:02:01.920><c>
• </c><02:19:43.840><c> uh</c> for the Bloomington Ice Garden uh for the Bloomington Ice Garden uh through
• </c> originating at Bloomington Ice Garden originating at Bloomington Ice Garden have<02:19:51.359><c
• And so in than five capital projects.
• </c> difficult to undertake major capital difficult to undertake major capital projects<02:47:17.920>

Keywords: 1183, house

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• to ownership by some larger private equity firms and large multi-state corporations that seek to capitalize
• require the electrical and gas corporations to disclose data regarding their cash on hand and overall capital
• over the last week with that chemical leak at an aerospace company that forced 50,000 residents of Garden
• So if something like the Garden Grove facility was set up again, we wouldn't want it to be so close to
• We reduce the risks of having the type of incident we had in Garden Grove this last weekend, and basically

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• We need more public gardens. We need public listening sessions.
• And incentivizing for homeowners and even renters to have container gardens.
• Yeah, I think Incentivizing people to build pollinator gardens is important.
• So that as gardeners start to develop a landscape, they can include and the other thing that they've
• And everybody who's used to plant gardens in Costilla and now we can't really do nothing.

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• It's called the asparagus capital of the world.
• During this whole period, Waltham has made a lot of capital improvements.
• During this whole period, Waltham has made a lot of capital improvements and maintained the building
• Hello, and welcome to the asparagus capital. Wonderful asparagus here.
• Even Queen Elizabeth herself requested Hadley asparagus at her garden parties.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight held a public hybrid hearing with several late-file bills and a large turnout. The main topics were symbolic designations and local property/lease matters: bills to designate the American lobster as the official crustacean of the Commonwealth, asparagus as the official state vegetable, and a Waltham bill concerning the Veterans Memorial Ice Rink lease and right of first refusal. Senator Howard also testified on a Lowell bill making a limited language change to facilitate redevelopment of the Lowell Innovation Network Corridor (LINK) at UMass Lowell. Testimony on the lobster bill emphasized the industry’s cultural and economic importance to coastal Massachusetts, its sustainability efforts, and its role in working waterfronts and the seafood economy. The asparagus bill drew especially enthusiastic support from Hadley Elementary students, teachers, local farmers, and legislators, who described asparagus as central to western Massachusetts agriculture, identity, and civic education. The Waltham rink bill was presented as necessary to protect a heavily used community and youth hockey facility after major city investment, while committee members noted concerns about privatization and affordability of ice time. The Lowell bill was described as a narrow technical fix to remove a reversionary clause that could impede a major redevelopment project. Committee members generally expressed support or favorable reactions to the proposals, with several lighthearted comments about lobster and asparagus. The hearing concluded after testimony ended, and a motion was made and seconded to close the hearing.

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• Roughly $43 million is private capital from us, $31 million is state and local grants, $10 million in
• <c> us,</c><00:27:55.200><c> $31</c><00:27:55.760><c> million</c><00:27:56.640><c> is</c> private capital
• from us, $31 million is private capital from us, $31 million is uh<00:27:57.600><c> state</c><00:27:
• This is a really exciting energy project in my district and our capital city at the Como Park Zoo and
• </c> Frenz's Senate File 2855, Solar Garden Frenz's Senate File 2855, Solar Garden Sunset.<01:02:06.720

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• In her spare time, she is an avid gardener. So please extend the privileges of the House to Dr.
• donate a portion of their tax returns to the Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs equipment and capital

Summary: The House convened, took the roll, heard an invocation and the Pledge of Allegiance, and then recognized Dr. Rachel Franklin as Doctor of the Day. Members also held a special presentation honoring the Christian Heritage Academy varsity cheer team for winning national titles in two divisions and grand champion honors. On the floor, House Bill 3044 was presented by Leader West. The bill renews the tax checkoff allowing taxpayers to donate part of their refund to the Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs equipment and capital improvement program. The House advanced the bill from general order and passed it 95-0. House Resolution 1032, designating February 17, 2026, as Oklahoma Aggregates Day at the Capitol, was also presented and adopted without objection. The remainder of the session consisted largely of announcements and introductions, including recognition of visitors from the aggregates industry, the Oklahoma Corporation Commission Leadership Class, ALS advocates, and several constituent and guest groups. Members also announced upcoming committee meetings, and the House adjourned until Wednesday, February 18, 2026, at 1:30 p.m.