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• Senator Cloud moves to adopt HCR 53. Vote on the machines. Cloud, yes.
• Senator Cloud moves final passage of the bill.
• Senator Cloud moves final passage of the bill.
• Senator Cloud moves final passage of the bill.
• Senator Cloud moves final passage of the bill.

Bills: SR146 , SCR12 , HB221 , HCR115 , HCR116 , HCR58 , HB1 , HB312 , HB313 , HB314 , HB383 , HB983 , HB1126 , HCR3 , HB2 , HB3 , SCR3 , SB56 , SCR9 , SCR58 , SB35 , SB65 , SB215 , SB246 , SB249 , SB269 , SB282 , SB296 , SB323 , SB363 , SB369 , SB474 , SB490 , SB492 , SB500 , SB514 , HCR27 , HCR28 , HCR66 , HCR67 , HCR72 , HCR5 , HCR32 , HCR49 , HCR50 , HCR53 , HCR60 , HCR62 , HCR64 , HCR68 , HCR78 , HCR81 , HCR86 , HCR97 , HCR102 , HCR31 , HCR47 , HB476 , HB481 , HB487 , HB492 , HB549 , HB579 , HB608 , HB621 , HB624 , HB626 , HB632 , HB637 , HB656 , HB722 , HB745 , HB804 , HB818 , HB821 , HB833 , HB864 , HB867 , HB874 , HB893 , HB909 , HB951 , HB968 , HB969 , HB978 , HB979 , HB988 , HB989 , HB1001 , HB1005 , HB1007 , HB1024 , HB1032 , HB1050 , HB1051 , HB1056 , HB1059 , HB1077 , HB1080 , HB1081 , HB1086 , HB1108 , HB1112 , HB1153 , HB1172 , HB1173 , HB1175 , HB1192 , HB1193 , HB1204 , HB1218 , HB1242 , HB1244 , HB1249 , HB1252 , HB1254 , HB42 , HB45 , HB71 , HB79 , HB158 , HB160 , HB169 , HB227 , HB251 , HB289 , HB330 , HB394 , HB410 , HB429 , HB769 , HB971 , HB1017 , HB1234 , HB1235 , HB9 , HB177 , HB181 , HB202 , HB223 , HB225 , HB387 , HB398 , HB457 , HB459 , HB540 , HB591 , HB616 , HB766 , HB775 , HB783 , HB895 , HB906 , HB950 , HB975 , HB1052 , HB1057 , HB1076 , HB1100 , HB1139 , HB1155 , HB1160 , HB1182 , HB1186 , HB1220 , HB1223 , HB1224 , HB1228 , HB1231 , HB1245 , HB1256 , HB17 , HB27 , HB36 , HB41 , HB47 , HB73 , HB126 , HB133 , HB140 , HB159 , HB166 , HB205 , HB211 , HB226 , HB259 , HB271 , HB308 , HB310 , HB324 , HB337 , HB351 , HB399 , HB403 , HB571 , HB712 , HB723 , HB726 , HB740 , HB750 , HB759 , HB812 , HB844 , HB966 , HB1006 , HB1009 , HB1018 , HB1036 , HB1038 , HB1107 , SB29 , SB42 , SB78 , SB208 , SB217 , SB274 , SB300 , SB341 , SB379 , SB382 , SB387 , SB401 , SB441 , SB449 , SB487 , HB74 , HB134 , HB258 , HB359 , HB468 , HB956 , HB1117 , SB43 , SB149

Summary: The Senate opened with roll call, a prayer by campus pastor Anthony Brown, and the Pledge of Allegiance. After the journal was read, the chamber took up a series of resolutions and bills, beginning with measures directing studies on mineral servitudes, student non-enrollment determinations, autism services, school nurse orientation, declining school enrollment, behavioral health and homelessness, floodplain map updates, opioid treatment in correctional facilities, oversized vehicle permits, rural economic development, hunting education in schools, and fraud prevention for seniors. Several local and commemorative resolutions were also adopted, including Tangipahoa Parish Fair Day, recognition of Lane Frenchy Boudreau’s military service, and a memorial resolution honoring Bob Bowman. Personal privilege remarks also recognized festival royalty, the Westlake High School baseball team, Dr. E. Joseph Savoy, and 101-year-old Thelma Smith Williams. The Senate concurred in or adopted numerous House concurrent resolutions, often after brief explanations and, in some cases, amendments. These included measures on criminal history background checks for ambulance personnel, autism support services, school nurse orientation, acute care access for individuals with developmental disabilities, child abuse reporting training, physical therapy student loan eligibility, migratory waterfowl research, and a task force on senior fraud prevention. The chamber also adopted resolutions related to seafood competitiveness, bridge backup motors, I-12 improvements, and a Louisiana Energy Protection Act-style climate litigation measure, along with a resolution supporting Preeclampsia Day and a new Woman’s Hospital initiative. The Senate then moved through a long calendar of House bills on third reading and final passage. Bills passed included measures on Safe Haven Law postings in schools, official journal pricing, the Governor’s Task Force on Impaired Driving, the Bayou Growth Opportunity Workforce Program, sexual assault survivor rights, intercollegiate athletics revenue-sharing records, renewable energy recycling, school emergency operations plans, the Louisiana FIRST data system, oilfield site restoration fees, inmate programming, automatic reinstatement of suspended driver’s licenses, special vehicle permits, climate-change damages, the Louisiana Center for State Schools, the Sexual Assault Survivor Empowerment Task Force, fire limits, police chief appointment in Folsom, digitized credentials, Sewage and Water Board procurement, behavioral health crisis insurance coverage, the Louisiana Talent Accelerator Office, indigent defender fee thresholds, prestige license plates, public license tag agent fees, highway naming, public defender terminology cleanup, an improvement district in Orleans Parish, a Democratic Party license plate, DWI-related substance definitions, commercial driver’s license rules, and a Shreveport demolition/local property bill. Several measures drew debate, especially HB 608 on athletics revenue-sharing transparency, which passed 32-13 after concerns about public records and taxpayer transparency. The final bill mentioned, HB 1059 on TOPS math requirements, was introduced at the end of the transcript but its disposition was not shown.

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• seeding, to revise provisions regarding clouds.
• So Senate Bill 1269 updates Idaho's existing cloud seeding statute.
• Cloud seeding is already authorized under Idaho law.
• To the body would be what type of cloud seeding is left if we're not looking at cloud seeding that works
• My understanding of cloud seeding is that's the whole point.

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• Uh, as far as cloud seeding, that is banned.
• and try to increase the rain output of that cloud.
• It would be invisible to the eye, just be inside a cloud.
• increase the rain output of that cloud.
• Aren't clouds pretty much at that level?

Committee: House Natural Resources & Energy

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• trying to move towards having more tools using, or we're getting a lot of our data moved into the cloud
• , which allows for stronger computing.
• Now, if you can put that data in the cloud, then it's much easier.
• They tell me how to turn on this computer.
• As you had indicated, representing me, there are people much younger that can deal with computers and

Committee: House Human Services

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• CS/CS/HB 1503, a bill to be entitled an act relating to computer science education and certification.
• CS/CS House Bill 1503, a bill to be entitled an act relating to computer science education and certification
• This bill adds computer science to high school, which would include artificial intelligence.
• On the Senate version, they didn't have the mandatory AI and those things inside of the computer science
• When it comes to access for the free press, we're creating a cloud around that, shielding their ability

Summary: The House convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, quorum calls, and introductory remarks, including recognition of former Representative Ardian Zika and law enforcement officer of the day Representative Chuck Brannan. Members also unveiled a portrait of Speaker Daniel Perez, with extended remarks praising his leadership and the institution of the House. The Speaker then explained the process for taking up returning messages from the Senate, noting that the House would consider Senate amendments to bills already passed by both chambers. The House first concurred in Senate amendments and passed CS/CS/HB 1503 on computer science education and certification, which adds computer science and artificial intelligence content to high school instruction and creates a teacher certification program, with implementation delayed to give the Department of Education time to develop curriculum. The chamber then considered CS/CS/HB 1085 on local government cybersecurity, adopting a House amendment to allow local governments to buy into the cyber grant program whether or not they receive a grant, add a five-year sunset, and keep the program under the Florida Digital Service rather than a university. The House concurred in the Senate amendment and passed the bill 104-1. Members also refused to concur in Senate amendments to CS/HB 351 on concurrent legislative jurisdiction over military installations and HB 6011 on reporting gifts or honoraria, sending both bills back to the Senate. The most extensive debate centered on CS/CS/HB 1471, which would create a process for designating domestic terrorist organizations and related restrictions. Supporters said the Senate amendment clarified the definition of “promote,” refined notice and timeline requirements, and aligned the bill with federal-style procedures; opponents argued it lacked due process, could chill speech, and gave the governor and cabinet unprecedented power without adequate evidentiary standards or judicial review. Members also debated a related public records bill, CS/CS/HB 1473, which would exempt certain records tied to the designation process; critics said the exemption would further reduce transparency and due process. Despite objections, the House adopted the amendments and passed HB 1471 by 80-25, while the public records measure was taken up as a technical companion to align with the newly amended bill.

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• The legislature, I believe, mandated that every agency move to a public cloud setting, and for us to
• The computer, um, you're—it just takes a long time to get all this stood up. Correct.
• The computer<01:20:57.199><c> um</c><01:20:57.679><c> you're</c><01:20:58.239><c> it</c><01:20:58.480
• ><c> just</c><01:20:58.719><c> takes</c><01:20:58.880><c> a</c><01:20:59.040><c> long</c> computer um
• you're it just takes a long computer um you're it just takes a long time<01:20:59.360><c> to</c><01:

Committee: Joint Appropriations

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• </c><00:33:14.960><c> services</c><00:33:15.360><c> we</c> are typically cloud-based services we are
• typically cloud-based services we look<00:33:15.600><c> to</c><00:33:15.760><c> rent</c><00:33:15.919
• <00:37:18.560><c> with</c> how you're going to interface with how you're going to interface with computer
• :20.000><c> were</c><00:37:20.240><c> built</c><00:37:20.400><c> in</c><00:37:20.640><c> the</c> computer
• programs that were built in the computer programs that were built in the late<00:37:20.960><c> 80s</

Committee: House Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy

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• House Bill No. 669 by Kaler, an act relating to cloud seeding, repealing Section 42-4301, Idaho Code,
• , 42-4301, Idaho Code, to establish revisions regarding cloud seeding, amending Section 42-605, Idaho
• Code, to remove a reference to cloud seeding and to make technical corrections, amending Section 42-
• House Bill No. 669, an act relating to cloud seeding, repealing Section 42-4301, Idaho Code, relating
• , Idaho Code, to establish revisions regarding cloud seeding, amending Section 42-605, Idaho Code, to

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• Senator Cloud, you ready? I'm ready. Senate Bill 412 by Senator Cloud... Mr. Odom? Mr.
• Senator Cloud, you ready? I'm ready.
• Senator Cloud, on your bill. Thank you, Mr. Chair and members. Happy to be here. Happy Monday.
• Thank you, Senator Cloud. Representative Wiley. Representative Wiley. Thank you, Mr.
• Thank you, Senator Cloud. Next, we'll take up Senate Bill 182 by Chairman Womack. Mr. Odom. Mr.

Bills: HCR63 , HCR69 , SCR6 , SCR18 , SB2 , SB19 , SB24 , SB50 , SB70 , SB96 , SB101 , SB103 , SB104 , SB114 , SB122 , SB159 , SB160 , SB182 , SB412 , SB418 , SB460

Committee: House Transportation, Highways & Public Works

Summary: The House Transportation Committee met on Monday, April 27, with a quorum present and took up a series of Senate bills and one House concurrent resolution, most of them related to transportation infrastructure, memorial highway designations, and prestige license plates. Early action centered on Senate Bill 122, which would direct the Department of Transportation and Development to be more proactive about bridge maintenance, inspection, reporting, and public meetings on bridge conditions; the committee adopted a large amendment package before reporting the bill with amendments. The committee also reported favorably SCR 6 supporting an LNG facility at Port Fourchon and SCR 18 directing a study of commercial driver’s license privileges compared with neighboring states. Several bills designated memorial highways or bridges, including SB 50 for the Elwood T. Brady Jr. Memorial Bridge, SB 70 for the Officer Mark Brock Memorial Highway, SB 460 for the Hayden Lane Mangum Memorial Highway, SB 101 for the Daniel Edward Didillo Memorial Highway and Bill Blue Evans Memorial Highway, SB 160 for the Speaker Joe R. Salter Memorial Highway, SB 418 for the Dick and Jacques Schuford Memorial Highway, SB 103 for the Gladys Edwards Highway, SB 159 for the Surgeon Roelio Roy Gonzalez Jr. Memorial Highway, SB 182 for the Mayor Billy Cobb Memorial Highway, SB 104 for the Ernest J. Gaines Memorial Highway, and SB 2 for the Falcons Band Highway. The committee also approved SB 114 creating a prestige plate for the Foundation for Moral Law and SB 96 creating a Fallen Heroes prestige plate. One of the more substantive policy items was HCR 63, which creates a task force to study whether certain active-duty military personnel without civilian driver’s licenses should be allowed to operate federally owned vehicles on state highways; it was reported favorably after discussion of military training and licensing differences. Another major item was HCR 69, urging DOTD to improve Interstate 12 in Livingston Parish; the committee adopted amendments adding findings about flooding, drainage, and evacuation concerns, and then reported the resolution with amendments. The committee also considered SB 19 on the state employee retired prestige plate; after objections about whether proceeds should continue supporting LASERS, the bill was reported favorably by roll call vote, 13-1, with Representative Schamberhorn voting no.

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• They are the underlying facilities that support the cloud, streaming, e-commerce, e-banking, telehealth
• its leading footprint in the digital sector, technologies and demand have rapidly grown for greater cloud
• services, AI models, and computing power.

Committee: House Utilities and Energy

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• implementation, we had a paper application process, and so this system migrated all of that to a computer-based
• money that they deal with, gets... ...gets on track as fast as they can and erases maybe not all the cloud
• , but at least turns a dark cloud into a silver lining, or at least something that assures this body

Committee: Senate Senate Regulatory Affairs & Government Efficiency Committee of Reference

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• prioritized academic programs that expand workforce-aligned degrees: nursing, public health, business, computer
• These funds would replace outdated hardware and support the purchase of renewable cloud-based security
• These funds would replace outdated hardware and support the purchase of renewable cloud-based security

Summary: The Assembly Budget Subcommittee on Education Finance met to review CSU and State Library budget issues, enrollment trends, the Capital Fellows program, and a Title IX update. Chair David Alvarez opened by stressing that CSU faces serious financial pressure, including a systemwide deficit and proposed cuts that he and several members said were too large and likely to harm access, course offerings, and student services. Public comment focused heavily on the Braille Institute Library, with patrons, staff, veterans, and advocates urging restoration of funding and warning that the proposed cut would severely affect blind and visually impaired Californians across Southern California. Several CSU faculty, staff, and union representatives also opposed the proposed reductions and warned of larger class sizes, fewer sections, and layoffs. On the CSU core operations item, the Department of Finance explained the Governor’s proposal to reduce ongoing General Fund support by about $375 million and defer a 5% base increase, while the LAO said CSU core funding would be roughly flat once tuition and targeted augmentations were considered, but warned that rising costs and prior shortfalls would still force campuses to cut spending. CSU’s Chancellor’s Office said the proposed cut would deepen existing problems, citing prior-year budget gaps, job losses, reduced course sections, and student-service reductions. Members pressed Finance and the LAO on whether cuts could be made more surgically, especially at the Chancellor’s Office or in institutional support rather than in instruction, and the LAO said the Legislature has flexibility to target cuts more specifically. CSU also described ongoing consolidation efforts, including shared services among campuses and the planned Cal Maritime/Cal Poly San Luis Obispo integration, while cautioning that savings are not yet fully known. The committee then discussed CSU enrollment. The LAO recommended holding enrollment targets flat because the budget does not add new funding, while CSU reported strong recent growth, including more California residents, record first-year enrollment, and expanded direct admissions and transfer pathways. Members questioned why some campuses with high demand turn away many applicants while others continue to lose enrollment, and CSU said it is shifting resources from campuses with sustained declines to those with demand, using a 10% below-target threshold. The committee also discussed whether enrollment declines mirror local population trends, how to improve marketing and program alignment, and whether lessons from Cal Poly Humboldt’s conversion could inform other campuses such as Sonoma State. The Capital Fellows item drew a Finance proposal for a salary increase and an LAO counterproposal for a smaller raise plus future COLA language; the committee kept the item open. Finally, CSU reported progress on Title IX compliance, saying it has completed most State Auditor recommendations, expanded civil rights staffing, and increased training, prevention, and case-management efforts, though members asked how proposed budget cuts might affect those services.

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• So I know Senator Cloud is here. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. So I know Senator Cloud is here.
• And Senator Cloud, if you want to come up, we'll take up Senate Bill 509 next. Mr. Butler. Dr.
• Members, this is Senate Bill 509 by Senator Cloud. I'm sorry.
• This is Senate Bill 509 by Senator Cloud.
• Butler and Senator Cloud to try to find a solution to this problem.

Committee: House Insurance

Summary: The House Insurance Committee met on May 12 with a quorum present and first took up Senate Bill 341, which would expand the Louisiana churches and nonprofit religious organizations self-insured fund from property-only coverage to broader commercial coverage, including liability, contents, wind and hail, and loss-of-use protections. The sponsor and Department of Insurance said the bill was the product of agreement among the parties and was intended to help churches and nonprofits, including smaller congregations, obtain affordable coverage. After adopting technical amendments, the committee reported SB 341 as amended without objection. The committee then considered Senate Bill 509 on bank-owned life insurance (BOLI), which would clarify insurable interest and allow exchanges of underperforming policies. The sponsor, industry representatives, and the Department of Insurance discussed how banks use these policies for employee benefit funding, the role of 1035 exchanges, consent requirements, and concerns about federal tax issues and state insurable-interest language. Because the parties were still working toward a solution, the committee adopted a technical amendment but voluntarily deferred SB 509 until the following week. Finally, the committee heard Senate Bill 464 on coverage for severe obesity treatment, which would create a framework for partially implementing the bariatric surgery mandate based on available appropriations. The sponsor and the Department of Insurance said the bill would let the state cover a proportional share of expected surgeries if only part of the required funding is provided. The committee reported SB 464 favorably without objection, and then adjourned.

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• part then that fog is way up there cuz you up in the there cuz you up in the there cuz you up in the clouds
• and so we we don't want no clouds and so we we don't want no clouds and so we we don't want no accidents
• not the state on you know on your if not not the state on you know on your if not not the state computer
• on your personal computer you computer on your personal computer you computer on your personal computer

Bills: SB 2

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• Today, you have to work with sensors and computer vision and drones and all of those kinds of things
• that go into applied computing.
• of things that go into applied computing and<01:14:20.360><c> and</c><01:14:20.600><c> and</c><01:14
• ,</c><01:16:59.680><c> and</c> we store some of that in the cloud, and we store some of that in the cloud
• </c><01:54:25.560><c> So,</c> of computing now. So, of computing now.

Committee: Joint Transportation, Highways & Military Affairs

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• Cloud project had it about this St. Cloud project had it started?
• </c><00:31:38.080><c> Cloud</c> possible due to the the St. Cloud possible due to the the St.
• Cloud.
• </c><00:35:56.240><c> cloud</c> that conversation about St. cloud that conversation about St. cloud happens
• </c><00:52:41.280><c> cloud</c> uh take current vacancies at St. cloud uh take current vacancies at St

Committee: Senate Judiciary and Public Safety

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• Megan Stokes, with the Computer and Communications Industry Association, in respectful opposition.
• And they make money by designing algorithms that keep people on the computer, to keep people clicking
• concerns of the bankers with an opposed and less amended position, and then also on behalf of the Computer
• It is somehow using your information from your phone, your home computer, other ways to gather information
• Software tethering can allow for updates and can send cloud storage and positive things, but it can also

Committee: Senate Privacy, Digital Technologies, and Consumer Protection

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• ERCOT is also in the process of developing, excuse me, the framework for, and computer system changes
• ERCOT is also in the process of developing the framework for, and computer system changes and protocol
• AWS, if you are not familiar with Amazon Web Services, is the largest provider of cloud computing services
• And so you can't really provide just kind of a general, 'this is going to be computing load,' and then
• it, you know, Kind of a general, 'this is going to be computing load,' and then it, you know, that it's

Committee: House State Affairs

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• Those are filled with computers. Computers run hot.
• Data center means a facility consisting of a large group of computers used for remote storage, etc.,
• and you pull up next to a car and you just see a huge cloud come out.
• </c><04:09:23.600><c> come</c> a car and you just see a huge cloud come a car and you just see a huge
• cloud come out.<04:09:24.399><c> When</c><04:09:24.640><c> this</c><04:09:24.800><c> first</c><04:09

Committee: House Commerce and Consumer Affairs

Summary: The hearing focused on House Bill 1281, which would establish standards and voluntary certification for agency-owned “facility comfort dogs” used by police and other public safety agencies. Representative Morton, the prime sponsor, said the bill is intended to create a consistent statewide framework because different departments currently use different policies. He emphasized that the bill is meant to distinguish comfort dogs from service animals, emotional support animals, and therapy dogs, and noted that a small amendment may be needed to make that distinction clearer. He also said the bill is timely under the ADA because comfort dogs fall outside service-animal protections, but still need training standards for public safety and consistency. Committee members questioned whether the bill was too detailed and whether the legislature should be setting rules on matters like training methods, diet, and breeding. Laura Barker of Hero Pups, who helped train New Hampshire’s first police comfort dog, supported the idea of a minimum standard but said the bill should be less prescriptive and should not interfere with therapy dogs or private handlers. She explained that comfort dogs vary in temperament and deployment needs, that raw diets raise zoonotic disease concerns, and that the program should remain voluntary and not cost the state money. Detective Michelle Jones of Portsmouth Police opposed the bill as written, saying the term “facility comfort dog” is confusing, the bill is overly restrictive, and some provisions go beyond what should be mandated by statute; she suggested a more flexible, guideline-based approach and noted that departments already have their own SOPs and can enforce them internally. Justin Brassen of the Manchester Police Department also testified, describing the history of comfort dog programs in New Hampshire and the work of a prior subcommittee formed through the governor’s commission on PTSD among first responders. He said there are currently no statewide standards and that the earlier study involved police, fire, EMS, dispatch, corrections, and NAMI New Hampshire, with the goal of creating a thoughtful work product. He agreed the bill needs work and answered questions about how departments handle training and public access. By the end of the hearing, members and witnesses discussed possible amendments, and one committee member suggested the bill may be better handled through interim study because of the amount of work still needed.

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• service or backup cloud system that got hit with a cyber attack.
• We increased its capacity by moving it to the cloud.
• system to the cloud, so we did do that to increase its capacity.
• Monthly, Chair, for Vice Chair Steele, for our overall cost for cloud, there are cloud costs associated
• with each project. project or our overall cloud cost and structure.