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• the Louisiana Municipal Association, a representative from the Department of Transportation and Development
• So it's basically urging and requesting the Department of Transportation and Development to institute
• So it's basically urging and requesting the Department of Transportation Development to institute, The
• Department of Transportation and Development to institute the DRIVE initiative for looking at the exchanges

Bills: HCR32 , HCR53 , HCR60 , HCR68 , HB582 , HB730 , HB762

Committee: Senate Transportation, Highways & Public Works

Keywords: Saint Claude Avenue Bridge, Port of New Orleans, backup motors, infrastructure, traffic management, oversized vehicles, permitting, economic impact, transportation, local regulations, Louisiana economy, Interstate 12, I-12, Interstate 55, I-55 interchange, DOTD, Department of Transportation and Development, D.R.I.V.E. Initiative, highway infrastructure, transportation planning

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• certain entities for infrastructure-related projects within the Department of Transportation and Development
• certain entities for infrastructure-related projects within the Department of Transportation and Development
• not wishing to speak: Michael Heck, GNO, Inc.; Mandy Mitchell, Louisiana Economic Alliance for Development
• was enacted, we went ahead and used COVID money that we had at the time to build out professional development
• for employers to get training for their employees, talent enhancement, increased productivity, and develop

Bills: HB316 , HB549 , HB646 , HB752 , HB824 , HB873 , HB1129 , HB1157 , HB1170

Committee: House Appropriations

Keywords: literacy, adolescent, teacher education, high-dosage tutoring, reading intervention, workforce development, training programs, Bayou Growth Opportunity, funding, employment, skills gap, qualified employer, credential recognition, government growth limit, recurring revenue, state finance, Louisiana Income Tax Elimination Fund, fiscal responsibility, legislative sessions, regular sessions

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• <00:10:25.160><c> um</c><00:10:25.640><c> spending</c> development um spending development um spending
• </c> Agriculture and Bio Security to develop Agriculture and Bio Security to develop and<00:17:18.439
• </c> assessment framework to develop assessment framework to develop definitions<00:17:23.120><c> for
• Happy to answer any questions. their economic development and expansion their economic development and
• </c> Agribusiness Development Corporation. Agribusiness Development Corporation.

Bills: SB2319 , SB2407 , SB2489 , SB2153 , SB2321 , SB2805 , SB3010 , SB2892 , SB2595 , SB2781

Committees: House Agriculture & Food Systems , House Agriculture and Environment

Keywords: agriculture, biosecurity, grant funding, food security, climate resiliency, agricultural development, Hawaii Island, property manager, agribusiness, state employment, invasive species, lease provisions, environment, food safety, farmers, local food systems, rural development, livestock, forage grasses, pest management

Bills: S0774 , S7028 , S7024 , S7026

Committee: Senate Governmental Oversight and Accountability

Keywords: mental health, first responders, employment benefits, 911 telecommunicators, nervous injuries, retirement, elected officials, Deferred Retirement Option Program, DROP, cost-of-living adjustment, trade secret, public records exemption, public meetings exemption, open government, sunset review, agency confidentiality, proprietary business information, proprietary confidential business information, confidential records, Florida public records law

Summary: The Committee on Governmental Oversight and Accountability met and first heard Senate Bill 774, which would extend workers’ compensation coverage for mental or nervous injuries, without a physical injury, to 911 public safety telecommunicators. The bill sponsor and multiple dispatchers, counselors, and association representatives testified in support, describing repeated exposure to traumatic calls, staffing shortages, and the need for mental health treatment and retention support. Senators praised dispatchers’ work and emphasized that they are first responders in practice. SB 774 was reported favorably by roll call vote, with one senator later recording an affirmative vote on the bill. The committee then considered SPB 7028, a retirement bill setting Florida Retirement System employer contribution rates beginning July 1, 2026, without changing the 3% employee contribution rate. It also allows certain elected officers to receive a DROP payout under specified conditions and provides an alternative cost-of-living adjustment for special risk retirees meeting service requirements. Firefighters, police, and sheriffs’ association representatives supported the measure as a recruitment and retention tool. The committee voted to submit SPB 7028 as a committee bill and reported it favorably. Finally, the committee took up SPB 7024 and SPB 7026, both government records exemption bills. SPB 7024 repeals the current public records/public meeting exemption for cybersecurity information and consolidates agency-specific cybersecurity exemptions into one agency-wide exemption. SPB 7026 does the same for trade secret records held by agencies. Neither bill drew questions or testimony, and both were submitted as committee bills and reported favorably. The meeting then adjourned.

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• This is the best way to use that waste and create energy for a company so they don't use more energy
• We don't have enough energy.
• We're creating a level playing field so that we continue to spur the innovation in clean energy development
• , true clean energy development.
• I just want to respond that if we're talking about why clean energy, like microgrids and other developments

Bills: SB6013

Committee: House Environment & Energy

Keywords: ski areas, winter sports, terminology, recreation, economic development

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• </c> development fund base budget set forth. development fund base budget set forth.
• </c> move to the workforce development fund. move to the workforce development fund.
• Uh the workforce development fund?
• </c> development? Commissioner, uh, Mr. development?
• </c> development areas to map that out. Yes. development areas to map that out. Yes.

Bills: HF2440

Committee: House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy

Keywords: labor market, employment, economic development, funding, data analysis

Bills: HF2661

Committee: Joint Appropriations

Keywords: video game industry, economic development, grants, fellowships, tax credits

Bills: SSB1068

Committee: Joint Workforce

Keywords: workforce development, unemployment insurance, adult education, internships, job training

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• I hope to continue to work with my colleagues to develop policies that enhance educational opportunities
• Our grid failed even though we are the largest producer. of energy in the United States, and we may run

Bills: SB2 , SJR36 , SB2 , SB2 , SR29 , SB2

Keywords: Maverick County, recognition, economic development, Texas Senate, community celebration

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• Most of those are developed around first responders as it's laid out in the grants or the RFPs, and we
• Most of those are developed around first responders as it's laid out in the grants or the RFPs, and we
• Most of those are developed around first responders as it's laid out in the grants or the RFPs, and we
• Okay, moving on to HCR 100 and HR 92 related to workforce development.
• ><c> convening</c> workforce development data convening workforce development data convening happening

Bills: HCR92 , HCR46 , HCR172 , HCR147 , HCR112 , HCR100 , HR84 , HR42 , HR139 , HR104 , HR92

Committee: House Labor

Keywords: automated external defibrillator, AED, cardiac arrest, state buildings, health education, public health, lifeguards, first responders, public safety, ocean safety, emergency response, Hawaii, workers' compensation, auditor, procurement audit, compliance, Department of Human Resources Development, transparency, accountability, medical care

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• It would be for economic development and workforce development.
• development and workforce development<00:13:44.639><c> in</c><00:13:44.880><c> those</c><00:13:45.120
• ><c> development.
• </c> development and workforce development. development and workforce development.
• And it's hoped that by having this workforce development and economic development program fund, when

Bills: HB304 , HB285 , HB312 , HB311 , SB60 , HB304 , HB285 , HB312 , HB311 , SB60

Committee: House Ways and Means General Fund

Keywords: impoundment, driver licenses, vehicle redemption, local identification cards, law enforcement, HB285, TJ's Law, traffic infraction, traffic ticket, uniform traffic ticket and complaint, minor driver, juvenile driver, parent notification, guardian notification, emergency contact, citing agency, traffic citation, driver safety, youth safety, Alabama traffic law

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• , and clarifying energy code appeals.
• This policy came about through our work on economic development, workforce development, and through all
• It's also a workforce development tool.
• It's also a workforce development tool.
• Winds economic development package.

Bills: H5386

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies

Keywords: economic development, innovation, investment, housing, small business, global trade, infrastructure

Bills: SSB3006

Committee: Joint Workforce

Keywords: career development, higher education, student resources, employment opportunities, tuition grant

Bills: HF2437

Committee: House Ways and Means

Keywords: tax credits, tax increments, housing development, local government, economic aid

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• Economic development, jobs, jobs, jobs, matching money.
• Timeshare Developers, in support of the bill.
• What I want to say is this doesn't stop development.
• It just sets compatible development standards.
• It just sets compatible development standards in place.

Bills: SB1041 , SB1088 , SB1118 , SB1128 , SB1168 , SB1176 , SB1189 , SB1207 , SB1250 , SB1272 , SB1274 , SB1286 , SB1428 , SB1457 , SB1461 , SB1503 , SB1519 , SB1537 , SB1582 , SB1618 , SB1654 , SB1713 , SB1827 , SCR1012 , SCR1020

Committees: House Appropriations , House House Appropriations Committee of Reference

Keywords: electronic monitoring, nursing care, assisted living, resident rights, privacy, consent, surveillance, cybersecurity, homeland security, artificial intelligence, state appropriation, VPN security, zero trust, housing, zoning, middle housing, urban development, duplexes, triplexes, fourplexes

Bills: SB393 , SB414 , SB472 , SB578 , SB617 , SB710 , SB785 , SB973 , SB1059 , SB1062 , SB1352 , SB1450 , SB1502 , SB1547 , SB1566 , SB1567

Committee: Senate Local Government

Keywords: SB 393, Sparks, Middleton, local government, political subdivision, public securities, government debt, municipal bonds, general obligation bonds, certificates of obligation, anticipation notes, debt maturity, weighted average maturity, economic life, useful life, tangible personal property, real property improvements, public finance, Texas Government Code, Chapter 1253

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• It is a resolution to recreate and provide for the task force on our energy infrastructure and modernization
• to study policies that promote energy, self-generation, industrial microgrids, and expedited permitting
• This is a request asking, requesting and urging the Department of Transportation and Development to study
• This is a request asking, requesting and urging the Department of Transportation and Development to study
• This legislation relates to economic development.

Bills: SCR12 , HB1259 , HB221 , HB509 , HCR117 , HCR58 , SCR29 , SCR33 , SB295 , SB312 , SB326 , SB348 , SB485 , SCR9 , SCR58 , SB35 , SB65 , SB215 , SB246 , SB249 , SB269 , SB282 , SB296 , SB323 , SB363 , SB369 , SB474 , SB490 , SB492 , SB500 , SB514 , HCR32 , HCR5 , HCR95 , HB75 , HB198 , HB244 , HB302 , HB325 , HB623 , HB719 , HB749 , HB755 , HB761 , HB797 , HB823 , HB1028 , HB1049 , HB1194 , HB1199 , HB1201 , HB1222 , HB17 , HB27 , HB36 , HB41 , HB73 , HB140 , HB166 , HB181 , HB211 , HB223 , HB226 , HB271 , HB308 , HB337 , HB399 , HB410 , HB487 , HB690 , HB712 , HB730 , HB750 , HB759 , HB762 , HB775 , HB906 , HB966 , HB968 , HB1006 , HB1009 , HB1018 , HB1036 , HB1062 , HB1081 , HB1086 , HB1098 , HB1107 , HB1112 , HB1203 , HB1215 , HB1220 , HB1242 , HB1252 , HB1256 , SB208 , SB217 , SB274 , SB283 , SB300 , SB341 , SB382 , SB387 , SB389 , SB401 , SB408 , SB449 , SB469 , HB74 , HB119 , HB134 , HB368 , HB414 , HB552 , HB732 , HB776 , HB848 , HB870 , HB953 , HB956 , HB1117 , HB1236 , SB29 , SB42 , SB43 , SB78 , SB149 , SB441 , HB210 , HB258 , HB359 , HB468 , HB784

Keywords: logging, recognition, John Keith, environment, safety, Mississippi River bridge, Trump Expressway, transportation, federal funding, Louisiana highways, injection wells, public hearing, geologic sequestration, environmental impact, public comment, HCR117, House Concurrent Resolution 117, HOPE Committee, Homeowner Protection and Efficiency, Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corporation

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• So when we develop an RFP looks like.
• So I can select uh let's development.
• . development. development. um<00:45:40.880><c> to</c><00:45:41.119><c> an</c><00:45:41.359><c> organization
• </c> more housing units are being developed more housing units are being developed with<00:55:15.760>
• Thank you. >> Uh, Representative Norris. developer who wants to do 40 homes and developer who wants to

Bills: SF2434

Committee: House Housing Finance and Policy

Keywords: housing, development fund, affordable housing, Minnesota Housing Finance Agency, expenditure provisions

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• this issue was found now instead of next week or the next week so we could help in our economic development
• > next week so we could help in our next week so we could help in our economic<00:03:26.520><c> development
• </c> economic development. economic development.

Bills: SB370

Committee: Senate Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development

Keywords: tax increment districts, manufacturing zone, economic development, tax revenues, state funding

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• As a reminder, this bill allows development agreements with regional transit authorities to establish
• development standards that vary from otherwise applicable development regulations to accommodate transit
• generation, energy storage, transmission, and distribution projects.
• generation, energy storage, transmission, and distribution projects.
• Get some energy in that. You confuse me because you're yes on this one.

Bills: SB6132

Committee: House Local Government

Keywords: indebtedness limits, inland port districts, federal funding, infrastructure improvements, economic development