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• . $394 million to the Texas A&M Forest Service Agency to increase the state's firefighting capabilities

Bills: SB1, HB500, SB1, HB1400, HB 1094, HB365, HB 1109, HB647, HB500

Keywords: appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, state budget, mental health funding, education funding, infrastructure improvements, public safety, groundwater, water conservation, financial assistance, Texas Water Development Board, innovation fund, local conservation districts, transportation protection agreement, funeral services, insurance exemption

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• :09:13.520><c> don't</c> Um, I can't turn down money, but I don't want to lose the, you know, the forest

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee held a public hearing on SB 63, a bill described by Senator Tim Lang and other supporters as a technical correction to the rooms and meals tax distribution formula. Lang said the bill would clarify that the Division of Travel and Tourism’s 3.15% promotional allocation is taken from gross rooms-and-meals revenue before the 30% municipal reimbursement fund is calculated, which he argued restores the intended 2009/2021 structure and avoids an unintended loss to tourism marketing. Committee members raised questions about whether the bill actually changes section one or instead addresses DRA’s interpretation, and whether the measure could be affected by the budget process or HB 2. Jessica Keeler of Ski New Hampshire testified in strong support, saying the bill would preserve the promotional budget formula that had been in place since 2009 and that the 2019 revision effectively reduced the promotional allocation by placing the municipal share first. She said tourism promotion has helped increase visitation, revenues, and jobs, and warned that without a fix, the joint promotional program and other tourism efforts could be cut in future budgets. She also said the bill would not change the current year’s tourism budget but would matter for future cycles. Mike Summers of the New Hampshire Lodging and Restaurant Association also supported SB 63, calling it a correction to the 2021 changes and arguing that state tourism marketing is essential because small businesses cannot reach distant markets on their own. He said the industry has benefited from state promotion, especially after COVID, but is now facing softer occupancy rates, lower Canadian visitation, and financial strain from debt and operating costs. Summers said the industry cannot make up for major tourism budget cuts on its own and urged maintaining or increasing travel and tourism funding. No vote or final action was taken at the hearing.

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• He was a career Forest Service employee.

Bills: HF1439, HF1004, HF498, HF1326

Keywords: HF1439, Minnesota Grocers Association Foundation, Carts to Careers, workforce development fund, DEED, Department of Employment and Economic Development, grocery industry, food industry, food retail, retail workforce, job training, career pathways, scholarships, certifications, workforce pipeline, one-time appropriation, industry training, labor shortage, youth employment, apprenticeship

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• The dollar is the world reserve<00:35:29.680><c> currency</c><00:35:30.000><c> and</c><00:35:30.240><
• c> the</c><00:35:30.400><c> only</c><00:35:30.560><c> way</c><00:35:30.640><c> to</c> reserve currency
• and the only way to reserve currency and the only way to have<00:35:31.119><c> that</c><00:35:31.520
• And that is a—we are the reserve currency. They have to have assets here to basically trade.
• </c> a we are we are the reserve currency. a we are we are the reserve currency.

Bills: HB0070, HB0043, HB0103, HB0157, HB0092, SF0092

Keywords: foreign censorship, digital innovation, constitutional rights, Wyoming GRANITE Act, extraterritorial laws, civil actions, speech protection, legal jurisdiction, joint liability, money laundering, illegal investment, financial institutions, criminal activity, Wyoming legislation, First Amendment, free speech, lawsuits, immunity, public participation, strategic lawsuits

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• And between 2017 and 2019, Maria served as a member of the Army Reserve training with the first ACS..
• member</c><01:16:35.280><c> of</c><01:16:35.360><c> the</c><01:16:35.520><c> Army</c><01:16:35.840><c> Reserve
• </c> served as a member of the Army Reserve served as a member of the Army Reserve training<01:16:36.960
• And Article 5 specifically reserves all decisions related to taxation to the legislature.
• </c> specifically reserves all decisions specifically reserves all decisions related<03:36:41.920><c>

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• doesn't have the Department of Education's fiscal note, where they expressed some pretty severe reservations
• So I just have severe reservations about the finances of it.
• So I just<00:41:23.400><c> have</c> just have just have severe<00:41:24.720><c> reservations</c><00:41
• :25.440><c> about</c><00:41:25.640><c> the</c><00:41:25.720><c> finances</c> severe reservations about
• the finances severe reservations about the finances uh<00:41:26.960><c> of</c><00:41:27.120><c> it.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• Section 300A is referred to as the statutory reserve amount.
• Um, this provides up to $15 million from the Wyoming tourism reserve and projects account to attract
• for the residence halls constructed at the University of Wyoming from the Legislative Stabilization Reserve
• the University of Wyoming from the legislative<02:27:28.479><c> stabilization</c><02:27:29.280><c> reserve
• </c> legislative stabilization reserve legislative stabilization reserve account.<02:27:30.319><c> essentially

Keywords: 916, all

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• Um, to the bill's author, what are the canopy limits for the tribes on reservations?
• So, a lot of what Chair Scott said I share the same reservations and have real concerns about this.
• share a lot of what chair Scott said I I share the<00:31:46.159><c> same</c><00:31:46.320><c> reservations
• and</c><00:31:47.519><c> and</c><00:31:48.000><c> have</c><00:31:48.799><c> real</c> the same reservations
• and and have real the same reservations and and have real concerns<00:31:49.519><c> about</c><00:31:

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Um, you know, and the Federal Reserve and the FDIC kind of have like a general understanding of what
• Um, you know, and the Federal Reserve and the FDIC kind of have like a general understanding of what
• Um, you know, and the Federal Reserve and the FDIC kind of have like a general understanding of what
• ><01:42:30.560><c> and</c><01:42:31.119><c> the</c><01:42:31.360><c> Federal</c><01:42:31.600><c> Reserve
• </c><01:42:31.840><c> and</c> know, and and the Federal Reserve and know, and and the Federal Reserve

Bills: HF331, HF916

Keywords: school supplies, sales tax exemption, use tax, sales and use tax, back-to-school, classroom supplies, education tax relief, tax holiday, retail exemption, Minnesota sales tax, school materials, binders, calculators, notebooks, pencils, backpacks, book bags, local tax revenue, taxable sales base, income tax

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• So, you know, I went to the Google and, um, so I got something here from the Federal Reserve Bank in
• with their share of underemployment rising to 63% of that segment by 2025, according to the Federal Reserve
• ><01:35:29.360><c> the</c><01:35:29.520><c> the</c><01:35:29.840><c> Federal</c><01:35:30.080><c> Reserve
• </c><01:35:30.400><c> Bank</c> here from the the Federal Reserve Bank here from the the Federal Reserve
• > at</c><01:40:46.320><c> the</c> Going back to the GDP, have you looked at the FRED, the Federal Reserve

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Thank you for the good discussion, and you've reserved your right to close.
• I reserve my right to close. Thank you. Members, do you have any simple questions for Dr.
• I am open to answering any questions, and I reserve the right to close.
• All right, you reserve your right to close.
• I will reserve my right to close, and we'll get... ...to testimony. First up, Eddie Lucio III.

Bills: HB4011, HB2680, HB4325, HB4327, HB4944, HB1761, HB4688, HB3453, HB40, HB1707, HB4749, HB2322, HB3647, HB4139, HB4081, HB2203, HB2100, HB4170, HB3104, HB4623, HB40

Keywords: partition, heirs' property, real estate, co-ownership, family property, non-heir cotenant, right of first refusal, pilot services, liability limitation, maritime commerce, Matagorda Bay, Lavaca Bay, transportation code, maritime industry, civil liability, barratry, penalties, legal actions, damages, wrongful death

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• We've had a fellow that has gone to a Native American reservation.
• We've had a fellow that has gone to a Native American reservation.
• c> American</c> fellow that has gone to Native American fellow that has gone to Native American reservation
• we fellow that has taken on reservation we fellow that has taken on has<01:25:37.719><c> there</c><01
• They also discussed telehealth, for instance to the reservations in northern Minnesota, where they have

Keywords: 1183, house

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• the background information on the cooperative, what their budget is, what the balance is in their reserve
• That investor owner is probably not going to share information about reserves, planned projects, things
• /c><02:11:31.280><c> about</c> going to share information about going to share information about reserves
• <c> projects</c><02:11:34.360><c> things</c><02:11:34.639><c> like</c><02:11:34.880><c> that</c> reserves
• plan projects things like that reserves plan projects things like that with<02:11:35.760><c> someone

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• Unclassified positions, however, are typically reserved for employees whose jobs require some duty of
• Unclassified positions, however, are typically reserved for employees whose jobs require some duty of
• Unclassified positions, however, are typically reserved for employees whose jobs require some duty of
• Unclassified positions, however, are typically reserved for employees whose jobs require some duty of
• Unclassified positions, however, are typically reserved for employees whose jobs require some duty of

Bills: HF1, HF2

Keywords: Office of Inspector General, inspector general, legislative audit, fraud prevention, waste and abuse, public funds, grant oversight, state grants, grant management, whistleblower protection, retaliation, subpoena power, data practices, government transparency, accountability, law enforcement referrals, sanctions, debarment, payment withholding, public assistance fraud

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• , White Earth Reservation, uh, small business owner, uh, 32 years in the IT field.
• can get through the bill within the regular committee time, but if we don't, we do have this room reserved
• but if we don't we do have<00:08:44.560><c> this</c><00:08:44.720><c> room</c><00:08:45.080><c> reserved
• </c><00:08:45.600><c> until</c><00:08:45.920><c> 6:30</c> have this room reserved until 6:30 have this
• room reserved until 6:30 tonight<00:08:47.560><c> Vice</c><00:08:47.839><c> chair</c><00:08:48.200><

Keywords: 1183, house

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• for the transfer of certain state property in Caddo Parish, including property description and reservation

Bills: HR19, HR20, HR21, HR22, HR23, HR24, HR25, HR26, HR27, HR28, HR29, HR30, HR31, HR32, HR33, HR34, HR35, HR36, HR37, HR38, HCR15, HCR16, HCR17, HCR18, HB115, HB208, HB465, HB832, HB964, HB965, HB966, HB967, HB968, HB969, HB970, HB971, HB972, HB973, HB974, HB975, HR14, HR15, HR16, HR17, HR18, HCR14, SCR4, SCR7, SCR8, HB362, HB963, HB207, HB300, HB331, HB428, HB464, HB587, HB618, HB629, HB801, HB853, HB891, HB78, HB112, HB148, HB149, HB190, HB221, HB346, HB354, HB355, HB356, HB358, HB384, HB427, HB657, HB675, HB716, HB901

Keywords: HR19, House Resolution 19, Louisiana Nursery and Landscape Association Day, LNLA, nursery industry, landscape industry, horticulture, green industry, environmental stewardship, beautification, sustainability, state capitol, special day resolution, commemoration, trade association, wholesale growers, landscape architects, grounds maintenance, interiorscapers, Louisiana agriculture

Summary: The House convened with 97 members present, heard an invocation by Pastor Morris St. Angelo, and recited the Pledge of Allegiance. The chamber then received Senate messages noting concurrence in HCR 8, HCR 9, and HCR 12, and the adoption of SCR 10, which expressed condolences on the death of Dr. Norman Christopher Francis. The House also received an enrollment report confirming several resolutions as properly enrolled. A series of personal privilege recognitions highlighted local and civic observances, including Amite Oyster Festival Day, Opportunity in Action Day at the Capitol, and a visit from international policy fellows. The House introduced numerous resolutions and bills, including measures to designate special days and highways, express condolences, commend individuals and organizations, create or modify local districts, address bail, parole, rural health clinic Medicaid reimbursement, and establish a Department of Public Service. Several committee reports were also received, including transportation and ways and means reports on multiple bills. The House adopted, without objection, several resolutions already lying over, including HR 14, HR 16, HR 18, SCR 4, SCR 7, and SCR 8, while other resolutions and bills were referred or left to lie over. Members also moved to discharge and withdraw certain bills from committee files without objection. The chamber was reminded of upcoming committee meetings, an interim emergency board ballot deadline, and adjourned until 1:00 p.m. the following day.

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• House Bill 2554 is regarding treaty reserve fishing rights.

Bills: HB2104, HB2223, HB2348, HB2554, HB2619

Keywords: aviation, wildland fires, funding, disaster relief, emergency response, irrigation, district director, contracts, beneficial interests, agriculture, timber sales, land sales, process efficiency, legislation, department language, tribal rights, fishing rights, salmon management, state-tribal agreements, natural resources

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• House Bill 2554 is regarding treaty reserve fishing rights.

Summary: The Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee reviewed several House bills in executive session. Staff briefed bills on aviation assurances for wildland fire response (HB 2104), derelict vessels (HB 2199), irrigation district director spouse employment conflicts (HB 2223), statewide food security strategy (HB 2238), water quality and game farms (HB 2343), timber sales efficiencies (HB 2348), treaty reserve fishing rights and repeal of Initiative 456 (HB 2554), and a task force on reducing regulatory stress in agriculture (HB 2619). Members noted that HB 2238 had been heard previously as a striker but was now being considered as the engrossed substitute. Several bills had no amendments and little or no fiscal impact, while others carried modest fiscal notes. The committee took action on most bills: HB 2104, HB 2199, HB 2238, HB 2348, HB 2554, and HB 2619 all received due pass recommendations and were sent either to Ways and Means or Rules, with votes recorded by voice and no opposition noted. The committee took no action on HB 2223 or HB 2343. Members also thanked staff and acknowledged departing senators for their service. In the work session, the Washington State Department of Agriculture presented an overview of the 2024 local farms, workers, and food overtime reimbursement grant. WSDA described how it used targeted outreach, cross-agency coordination, and a streamlined application to administer the one-time program, which reimbursed qualifying overtime wages for hand-harvest vegetable farms selling to local markets and schools. The agency reported that 24 farms received about $213,000 total, and members asked about lessons learned, including how the experience might inform future grant design and broader agricultural support programs.

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• For the last 15 years, I have done primary care optometry from anywhere from the Mescalero Reservation

Keywords: 996, all

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• Section E talks about affording the match with institutional reserves, institutional bonds in accordance

Keywords: 996, all